The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 12, 1979 FIVE
HH thinclads take top
individual honors
at Condon Invitational
Although a good portion of
Heppner High School's track
team was participating in a
biology field trip to the Oregon
Coast, the Mustang thinclads
who stayed close to home
during the weekend scored big
points at the Condon Invita
tional. Richard Schmidt jumped
his way to the top of the
standings among boys' indivi
dual p'ointwinners an honor
shared by Maureen Healy on
the girls' side of the competition.
Mustang Boosters to aid
in home track meets
Mustang Boosters met last
Wednesday and the group
decided to become active this
spring by helping HHS Track
Coach Dale Conklin with home
meets.
. Conklin will assign Booster
members to different timing
and records-keeping positions
at the meets. Persons interest
ed in helping should come to
the meet at least one-half hour
early. A weekly sports log.
listing schedules, is published in late May.
Tryouts, work-day are among
week's Little League events
Final tryouts for lone area
Little League baseball players
will be held this Saturday at 1
p.m. at the school athletic
field.
At the same time on
Saturday in Heppner, a Little
League workday will be held
Van Marter ends Town
Team race with 14-0
record ; playoffs begin
Van Marter ended regular
season play without a loss, two
games ahead of the nearest
challenger in Town Team
Basketball League action.
The final game of league
play, held this past Sunday,
saw Van Marter overpower
Eckman 52-46, despite a
22-point scoring effort by
Eckman's Jim Lankford. The
win made Van Marter 14-0 for
the season.
Eckman finished the regu
lar season in second place
with a 12-2 record both losses
suffered at the hands of Van
Marter.
Laverne Van Marter scored
19 points in Sunday's winning
effort, followed by Ernie Ross
with 12.
In other action Sunday,
Greenup beat Johnston 62-43.
with Dan Coiner picking up 18
points and Mark Greenup 16
for the winners. Roger Brilt
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Schmidt took first in the
high jump, clearing the bar at
6-4; first in the long jump with
a leap of 20 feet, 6 inches; and
first in the triple jump, at 39
feet 5' 2 inches, to rack up 30
points for the Mustangs
Healy took first in the high
jump with a 5-4 leap; first in
the long jump, soaring 16 feet,
3" a inches, and first in the 220,
clocking the sprint at 26.7.
A dozen teams, from Wah
tonka to Culver, took part in
the Condon meet, making the
individual performances of
each week in the Gazette
Times. Booster members also de
cided to have a sew-on patch
designed for use with the
Heppner Mustang jackets sold
by the Lions Club last year.
The jacket sales promotion
has been turned over to the
HHS band by the Lions.
The next Mustang Booster
meeting will be scheduled
with the spring sports dessert
at the Little League ball field
at the fairgrounds. Chores will
include painting, fence con
struction and field repair.
Final tryouts for Heppner
Little League teams will be
held April 21. The season
opens May 12.
was hign point man lor
Johnston with 15.
Watkins edged Smith 38-36,
in a battle that saw only one
player Gary Watkins score
in double figures, with 10.
In the final game of the day,
Lane outdistanced Forest Ser
vice 53-49, despite a 17-point
game by the Forest Service's
Lee Padberg. John McCabe
was high point man for Lane
with 12.
Finishing the season in third
place behind Van Marter and
Eckman was Lane, with a 10-4
record. Fourth went to Wat
kins, 7-7; fifth, Greenup and
Forest Service, tied at 5-9;
sixth. Smith. 3-11, and
seventh. Johnston, 0-14.
The first round of playoff
action starts on Sunday, April
15. when Van Marter takes on
Watkins at 7 p.m. and Eckman
meets Lane at 8 p.m.
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more impressive.
But the efforts of other
Heppner performers did not
go unnoticed In the "pleasant
surprises" category. Coach
Dale Conklin cited Larry
Palmer's first place finish in
the two-mile run, clocked at
10:52.9. and second place
showing in the mile, at 4:55.6.
Another unexpected bonus
was Mary Kincaid's second
place finish in the 880, at
2:42.4. Mary also took fourth
in the high jump, and Maureen
took third in the 100 yard dash.
Kelly Hammond's fourth
place showing in the shotput
rounded out the Heppner girls'
scoring at 51 points, good for a
third place team finish behind
meet winner Wahtonka and
second place Wasco County.
In team scoring, the Hep
pner boys tied for fourth with
Umatilla, behind third place
lone, second place Wahtonka
and meet winner Joseph.
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By Cindy Kerr
Sunday men's play kicked
off the 1979 Willow Creek
Country Club golf season on
April 1.
Ron Bowman won the low
gross honors and Robert Bier
won the low net award. Don
Lott and Harold Kerr tied for
least putts. Lott also won the
K.P. contest and Kerr won the
long drive contest.
The next event was Men's
play, Sunday April 8. John
Edmundson won low gross
followed by John Shaw with
second low gross. Jim Wishart
won first low net followed by
Harold Kerr with second low
net. Doug Gunderson finished
with the least amount of putts,
taking that prize. Second least
putts was won by Chuck
Starks. Robb Rush was the
long driver while Harold Kerr
took the K.P. award.
April 13 is the deadline for
signing up for team men's
play. You can sign up in the
club house. Women will begin
action Tuesday May 1.
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" Nix going into the gun lap of the 1,500 meter race at
Tuesday's five-way meet at Umatilla. Nix edged past Palmer
to take first in the event in 4:38.5. Palmer was second with a
LeadinS the Back time of 4:40 well ahead of the rest of the pack. Meet results
" had not been compiled by Wednesday noon, but tentative
results showed Heppner boys finishing first, with the Fillies
taking second.
Mustang golfers ace RHS,
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Heppner High School golfers
got off to a strong start,
winning both contests of the
first week of action.
Heppner goiters traveled to
Boardman on April 4, where
both the boys and the girls
defeated Riverside. The score
for the girls was Heppner 206
and Riverside 229. Cindy Kerr
led that effort with a 9-hole
score of 37, followed by Cindf
Bergstrom with 50. Lottie
Laughlin, 51. and Diane Sam
ples with 68. Jeff Edmundson
fired a 78 to lead the boys to a
339 to 348 win over Riverside.
Don Lott shot a 79. Curt Day
shot an 89 and Mike Lott
scored a 93 to round oui the
Mustang scoring. Robert Bier
shot a 96 and Darrel Miles a
112 for Heppner's jayvees.
Keeping on the winning
note, the Mustangs won their
second meet over Enterprise,
286 to 295. Mike and Don Lott
led the effort, with each
scoring a 70. Jeff Edmundson
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shot a 71 and Cindy Kerr shot a
75 to total out Heppner
scorers. JV scorers were
Lottie Laughlin, 46. and Dar
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because Enterprise does not
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third at Condon
The lone boys track team
placed third out of 12 teams
Saturday afternoon at the
Condon Invitational.
Ione's Robin LaRue garner
ed two seconds to lead his
team in total points. LaRue
jumped six feet in the high
jump, four inches below
Hcppner's Richard Schmidt
who took first, and ran a 16.0
in the 120 high hurdles. Terry
Starr broke the school record
in placing second with the
discus at 128'6", and put the
shot 40'1:;" for a third.
The mile relay team of
Treve Peterson, Jeff Hams,
Robin LaRue and Gregg
Rietmann took a third, while
the team of Duane Fetsch.
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440 yard relay. Rietmann also
went 39'5 V in the triple, good
enough to take a fourth. Hams
also took a fourth in the 880
yard run with a 2: 13 time. The
only other placer for the boys
was Mike Conklin in the 120
high hurdles with an 18.7 time
and a sixth place. Overall the
Cards scored 49 points.
Although the girls under
lone Coach Del LaRue didn't
place as impressively as the
boys LaRue said, "I was
pleased with the way we did."
Ione's Janet McElligott was
the only girl to place, with an
87'3:ij" throw in the javelin at
fourth place and a 66'8'2"
throw in the discus, good
enough for a sixth.
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