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SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 19, 1979 Morrow County Invitational atttracts runners from 1 7 schools l . lf.Itf wra , (; 4 r7 6 Sr . " w ' ' " ff f . t-TT" ' til4 V7 " . m- jr- -x .. . r;a CZ n? ......57 :-- q 4- Competition was fierce during last weekend's Morrow County Invitational track meet at Umatilla. Seventeen schools sent teams to take part in the meet. Good weather, an excellent track, and great competition combined to result in some remarkable times for Class-A track. Heppner Coach Dale Con klin termed the event "the toughest Class-A track meet ever held in the state of Oregon." And he probably wasn't overstating the case. Seven of the first place finishers have the best marks for their events in the state. A full dozen first place showings in the boys' events were good for meet records, and all but two first place finishes in the girls' competition surpassed previous meet bests. Heppner boys placed fourth in team standings, behind Enterprise, Joseph and Weston-McEwen. The Fillies took fifth. On an individual basis, the Heppner thinclads showed they are able to compete with the best. Mustang weightman Jim Parker took firsts and broke personal records in both shot put and discus. He hurled the MS HHS winning on the links Safi Ione's Kevin McCabe beats the ball to first base even though Mustang secondbaseman Mike 6 i Stookey makes a valiant effort to get the horsehide there on time. Heppner crushed the Cards 16-6 in the Tuesday afternoon tilt at the Fairgrounds. Mustangs, Fillies first at 5-way Umatilla track meet The Heppner Fillies took first place in last Tuesday's five-way track meet at Uma tilla, despite reports from unofficial results that showed the Heppner girls placing second. The Fillies racked up 47 points to edge the hosting Umatilla girls by two, with Stanfield finishing third with 44 points. lone took fourth, with Riverside placing fifth in the girls' standings. In boys' competition, the Mustangs tallied 78 points, well ahead of second-place Riverside with 50, Umatilla with 43, lone with 34, and Stanfield, 26. Heppner thinclads who placed high in the meet included Richard Schmidt, first in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet 10 :!j inches. Jim Parker hurled his way to firsts in the shot put, at 46-9, and the discus, 125-3'l. Dan Nix edged out teammate Larry Palmer by less than two seconds to win the 1,500 meter run in 4:38.33, and took top honors in the 3,000 meter run in 10:07.5 less than a tenth of a second better than second place Palmer. Mustang jumping specialist Schmidt also won the high jump, clearing six feet in the blustery weather, and the triple jump with a leap of 41-7 just ahead of Jim Park er and Bryan Marlin. Buck Estes finished the intermediate hurdles in 51.1 seconds, good for second place, and Bryan Marlin's 155-5 javelin throw also earned second place points. In girls' competition, the Fillies' Maureen Healy once again racked up the points for Heppner, taking first in the 400 meter run in 1:00.3; first in the long jump at 16-4, and first in the high jump at 4-11. Mar garet Kincaid took second in the 800 meter run, and Mary Kincaid was second in the high jump. The Fillies' Kelley Hammond finished second in shot put action, followed in third place by Dawn Honneg ger. Hammond also finished third in the javelin, behind Ione's Janet McElligott in second. Sports Log at VARSITY BASEBALL Friday, April 20 Wahtonka at lone 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21 Heppner at Condon V':m?tiV Tuesday, April 24 Wasco at lone 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 Heppner at Sherman 4 p.m. TRACK Saturday, April 21 Sherman Invitational, HHS, IHS Moro 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 24 lone at Condon 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 Heppner at Wahtonka 4 p.m. GOLF Thursday, April 19 Riverside, Wheeler, Umatilla at Heppner 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 Heppner vs Hermiston at McNary 1:30 p.m. TENNIS Saturday, April 21 Riverside at lone 10 a.m. Heppner golfers kept their winning streak rolling, defeat ing Umatilla and Wahtonka Thursday, April 12, and Pen dleton varsity, Saturday, yVpril. 14. Heppner Mustangs com bined for a 353, total to defeat Umatilla 376 and -Wahtonka 383 at McNary. Mike Ldtt fired an 83 to tie for medalist honors and to lead H.H.S. boys. Jeff Edmundson toured the par 71 course with 85, followed by Don Lott with 86 and Curt Day with a 99, to make the winning score. Robert Bier shot a 116 to finish for the boys. The Filly golfers kept their four-year undefeated record clean as they beat Wahtonka 218 to 257. Cindy Kerr was the medalist with nine-hole scores of 41 and 40, totaling 81. Lottie Laughlin shot a 54, Cindi Bergstrom a 55 and Sandra Ward shot a 68 to total out Heppner scoring. Also playing was Heather Winter with a 71. ' Because Pendleton did not have a girls team, the Fillies broke up into varsity and JV teams. Heppner varsity de feated Pendleton varsity 294 to 298, at Heppner. Jeff Edmundson fired a 71 to lead the effort, followed by Don Lott and Cindy Kerr at 72, and Mike Lott, 79. Curt Day shot an 86 to finish out the varsity scores. Heppner jayvees were de feated by Pendleton 198 to 178. Robert Bier lead the team with a nine hole score of 41, followed by Lottie Laughlin at 44, Lisa Nix, 55, and Sandra Ward, 58. Darrel Miles shot a 61 to finish out the J. V. scores. put 47 feet l'2 inches, and unleashed a 136-foot 6V2 inch discus throw that was a full seven feet better than the second place finisher. Richard Schmidt soared 20 feet, 7M inches to take first in the long jump, and cleared the bar at 6-2 to take second in the high jump, behind an awe some 6-8 effort by Pilot Rock's Jeff Lavender. Other Mustang point win ners included Bryan Marlin, whose 156-8 javelin hurl was good for third place, and Larry Palmer, who trimmed 12 seconds off his previous best time in the 3,000 meter run to finish fourth in 9:58.7. Winning time in that event was a lung-bursting 9:42.3 by Pilot Rock's McKinney. Marlin also finished second in the triple jump, and picked up sixth place points in the 200 meter dash and long jump. State high jump champion Maureen Healy continued her domination of that event during Saturday's meet, taking first with a leap of 5-2 three inches higher than the second place finisher. Healy also set a meet and school record in the 200 meter low hurdles, crossing the line in 31.8 seconds, nearly two seconds ahead of the second place challenger. Maureen easily could have been satisfied with the two wins, but she went on to set another meet record, taking first place in the long jump with a leap of 16-9, and finishing second in the 400 meter dash, a scant eight; tenths of a second behind the winning time of 1:01.2. Other Filly point winners included Mary Kincaid, who tied for fifth in the high jump with a leap of 4-8. Some examples of the excel lent times recorded during the Morrow County Invitational included a 4:18.5 finish in the 1,500 meter run by Enter prise's D. Weaver. Heppner's Larry Palmer took sixth in that event, with a highly respectable time of 4:33.4. Weston-McEwen's Brandt Bannister set a meet record in the 100 meter high hurdles with a time of 15.4, and Riverside's T. Johnson un leashed a 175-foot toss in the javelin. HEPPNER SWIM TEAM Sun mm mm cage Sale Lane upsets Eckman in TT playoffs Sparked by John McCabe's 17-point game, Lane upset Eckman 57-41 during the first round of Town Team League playoff action this past Sun day. Lane built an 18 point lead at the half, coasting through the second half of play to capture the win. Also scoring double figures in the game were Lane's Dana Heidman with 12, and Eckman's Jim Lankford and Ken Eckman, with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Eckman was defeated only twice during regular season play, both times by Van Marter. Van Marter had more than its hands full Sunday in reaching a 43-40 victory over Watkins. Watkins led the unbeaten Van Marter team by as many as nine points during the first half, with the lead seesawing between the two teams numerous times during the second half of play. Cont. on page 7 5-9 p.m. EACH DAY April 25-26-27 American Legion Hall-Heppner tlew-Used" Abused Items Are Needed For Our Sale... 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