FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 3, 1979
Little League workday for
grounds, painting
Mustangs 7-1 over
Sherman; lose duel
with Wahtonka
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Columbia Basin Conference
baseball action last week saw
the Heppner Mustangs clob
ber Sherman County 7-1 on
Tuesday, then lose a pitchers'
duel to Wahtonka on a road
trip to The Dalles on Saturday.
In the Sherman County
game. Mustang hurler Lionel
Wood pitched a three hitter,
retiring 11 batters on strikes,
while walking none. Wood was
also good for a single in the
contest.
All totaled, Mustang battees
tallied nine hits, including
Mike Stookey's double and two
singles good for three runs
batted in. Other Heppner hits
included Dennis Peck's two
run triple in the fifth inning, a
double by Doug Holland, and
singles by Scott McEwen,
John Murray and Randy Cole.
Sherman's lone run came in
the second inning.
Heppner fielders gave up
no errors, compared with
three for Sherman County.
Traveling to The Dalles on
Saturday, Heppner's Dennis
Peck paced Wahtonka's ace
moundsman Bill Lavelle for
four scoreless innings until the
Eagles' Jeff O'Gorman un
leashed a two run homer in the
bottom of the fifth, followed by
a two-run double by Pat
Ashmore.
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The Heppner Mustangs won
their final home track meet of
the season Tuesday, outdis
tancing teams from Pilot
Rock, Condon and lone. '
In girls' competition, lone
took first, followed by the
Fillies, Pilot Rock and Con
don. High winds kept times down
in nearly all running events,
and impeded distances in
many of the field events as
well.
All totaled, the Mustangs
racked up 77 points as a team,
trailed by Pilot Rock with 60,
lone with 27, and Condon with
18. The lady Cards racked up
62 points to the Fillies' 47,
while the Rockettes tallied
21 'a and Condon scored 6'2.
Richard Schmidt earned
triple wins with his 20-5 long
jump, 42-ll34 triple jump, and
6-4 high jump. Pilot Rock's
Over the
Lowell Gribble and Don Lott
tied for low gross among
Heppner men competing at
Boardman on Sunday, April
29. Duane Neiffer won low net
and Ron Bowman won the long
drive. Gribble was also the KP
winner.
4 In men's play at Willow
Creek this past Saturday,
Gene Pierce won first low
gross and C.C. Carmichael
won second low gross.
" John Maas took first low
net, with Duane Neiffer
Edmundson fires 66
for tourney honors
; Jeff Edmundson fired a
66 to finish medalist at a
four-way high school golf
tournament at Riverside
this past Sunday.
As a team, the Mustangs
finished second with a
score of 307, behind first
place Enterprise at 285.
Riverside was third at 334,
and wheeler fourth with
410.
' The Mustangs' Don Lott
scored 78, followed by Mike
Lott with 81, Curt Day, 82,
and Robert Bier, 90.
Earlier in the week, the
Heppner golfers traveled to
McNary, where the FiJJies
Heppner batters threatened
to break Lavelle's phenom
onal 58 scoreless innings
streak at several points,
including the first inning,
when Lionel Wood and Dale
Holland both tagged singles.
Mike Stookey showed he was
not intimidated by Lavelle's
highly impressive record, get
ting two hits in three trips to
the plate.
Lavelle's shutout of the
Mustangs on Saturday was his
seventh consecutive no-run
game. His 58-inning scoreless
pitching streak is reported to
be the second longest in
national high school baseball
history. All in all, Lavelle
struck out 14 Mustangs and
walked none, while allowing
four hits.
Peck gave up only five hits,
striking out six Eagles in the
process. The Mustangs com
mitted one error, while Wah
tonka logged no miscues.
"Both teams played ex
tremely well," commented
Mustang Coach Dale Holland.
"We just didn't get the base
hits when we needed them."
Wahtonka's win gave the
Eagles sole possession of first
place in the Columbia Basin
West, with a 4-1 league record,
a game better than the
Mustangs.
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final home meet
Jeff Lavendar, who has pre
viously cleared 6-8, took
second to Schmidt in the high
jump on misses.
'Dan Nix was a double
- winner in distance events,
taking the 1,500 meter in
4:32 a personal best, despite
the wind six seconds ahead
of Larry Palmer, and winning
the 3,000 meter run in 10:25.7.
Jim Parker also scored
double wins, hurling the shot
45-9'2, and flinging the discus
130-5, while taking third in the
javelin.
The javelin competition was
won by Bryan Marlin, another
double winner for the Mus
tangs, with a throw of 145-10
20 feet better than the second
place finisher. Marlin's other
victory was in the 400 meter
dash, which he clocked in 55.9.
Ione's Jerry Rietmann took
first in the pole vault, clearing
Tee Cup
placing second. Harold Kerr
won least putts, while Bob
Jepson won long drive and
Duane Neiffer won KP.
Results from the previous
weekend's men's play showed
John Edmundson taking first
low gross, with Gene Pierce
placing second. Don Lott won
first low net, while Ken Miller
and Ted Toll tied for second.
Francis Doherty had the least
putts. Ron Bowman won the
long drive contest and Allen
Nistad won KP.
beat Riverside 218 to 237.
Cindy Kerr led the girls
with a nine-hole score of 37.
Lottie Laughlin shot a 53,
followed by Cindi Berg
strom at 67 and Lisa Nix at
71.
Heppner boys finished
second to Hermiston and
ahead of third-place River
side. Jeff Edmundson fired an
82 to lead the Mustangs,
followed by Don Lott at 88,
Mike Lott at 92, and Curt
Day at 95. Robert Bier shot
a 117, and Darrel Miles shot
137.
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Breaking
the wire
rs top
10-6. Cardinal thinclads
scoring second place points
included Bruce Millman in the
javelin, Terry Starr in the shot
put and discus, Mike Conklin
in the high hurdles and Larry
Snyder in the 3,000 meters.
Marlin's 19-934 long jump
earned second place points for
the Mustangs, as did Mike
Jones' 12.3 finish in the 100
meters and 25.15 time in the
200 meters.
In girls' competition, the
Fillies' Maureen Healy scored
triple wins in the long jump,
high jump and 200 meter low
hurdles.
But the lone girls tallied
seven first place finishes,
including double wins by Kim
Cofenas in the shot with a
mark of 33-1, and in the high
hurdles, crossing the line in
17.2. Margaret Doherty was
another double winner for
lone, taking the 100 meter
dash in 13.2 a tenth of a
second ahead of teammate
Kim Pettyjohn and taking
the 400 meters in 71.7 seconds.
The Fillies' Kelly Hammond
scored a personal best while
taking first in the javelin with
a throw of 106-8 believed to
be the best mark in the
district, and logged another
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Margaret Doherty crosses the finish line in first place to give
lone first place honors in the 400 meter relay during four-way
meet at Heppner Tuesday. The Lady Cards took first place in
girls' competition with the Mustangs placing first among the
boys.
team in
personal best with her second
place finish in the shot, with a
mark of 32 feet. Hammond
also took first in the discus
with a throw of 82-3.
Pilot Rock distance runner
Wendy Wolfgram set a blister
ing time of 11:06 in the 3,000
meter run, taking first in the
girls' division finishing
fourth against boys.
lone finished a second ahead
of Heppner in the 400 meter
relay to earn more first place
points. Kim Pettyjohn round
HHS rodeo team
edged from first
By Mary Daly
With the rodeo season start
ing again for the Heppner
High School rodeo team, the
Mustangers placed an impres
sive second place behind the
Redmond team last weekend
at the first high school rodeo of
the year held at Rufus.
Redmond had a total of 120
points; Heppner trailed by a
mere 2 points, having a total of
118.
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ed out the Lady Cards' first
place performances with her
29.2 win in the 200 meter dash.
Second place points for lone
were won by Janet McElligott
in the javelin and the 400
meter run, by Margaret
Doherty in the long jump, by
Teresa Millsap in the 1,500
meter run, and by Kim ,
Cofenas in the low hurdles.
Scoring seconds for Heppner
were Mary Kincaid in the high
jump and 800 meters.
Team members placing in
the Top 10 in their events
were: Maureen Healy, first in
girl's cowcutting, second bar
relracing, fifth in goat-tying;
Jana Steagall, third in poles,
barrels, breakaway, seventh
in teamroping, tenth in cow
cutting; Tony Currin and
partner Cliff Dougherty, first
in teamroping; Currin also
placed third in boy's cowcut-
Cont. on page 9
9 a.m.-12 noon
Saturday
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A workday will begin Satur
day, starting at 10 a.m., for
persons interested in assisting
the Willow Creek Little
League program.
Painting and groundskeep
ing chores will be carried out
at the little league field at the
fairgrounds in Heppner.
Schedules for the upcoming
season may be picked up at
the workday, or at Heppner
lone
By Janet McElligott
lone boys literally ran away
with the trophy at the Arling
ton Invitational Saturday dur
ing a 12-school meet.
Terry Starr was the only
double winner, breaking
school records in both the
Sports Log
Varsity Baseball
Fri., May 4 Heppner at
lone 4 p.m.
Tues., May 8 lone at Wah
tonka 4 p.m.
Tues., May 8 Condon at
Heppner 4 p.m.
Varsity Track
Sat., May 5 HHS at Umatilla
Invitational 11 a.m.
Sat., May 5-IHS at Big Sky
Meet (Arlington) 11 a.m.
Varsity Golf
Thur., May 3 Heppner at
McNary 1 p.m.
(Lew Welch Invitational)
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MOTHER'S DAY SPECIALS
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Friday & Saturday
Mav4&5
9-2 a.m.
Auto Parts. Teams began
holding workouts this week in
preparation for the May 12
season opener.
A meeting for league um
pires will be held Monday,
May 7, at 7 p.m. in the
conference room of First
National Bank. A meeting for
coaches will be held in the
same location at 7:30 p.m. on
May 7.
Trackster win
discus and shot put. He also
placed fifth in the javelin.
Gregg Rietmann was first in
the triple jump, placed sixth in
the shot and third in the long
jump, and was a runner in the
second place 440 relay.
Jerry Rietmann took a
second in his specialty, the
pole vault, with Les Thompson
right behind him in third.
Thompson also garnered a
third in the 300 meter hurdles
and triple jump. Robin LaRue
' was also a big point scorer
with seconds in the high jump,
Coaches needed for girls
softball league
Urgently needed are coach
es for the summer girls
softball league which starts
May 14.
Glen Ward, league organi
zer, said coaches spend two
evenings a week for six weeks
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BEECHER'S
This season, the manager of
the Braves will be Bob
Ployhar, with John Sporseen
serving as coach. Bob Greene
will manage the Dodgers,
aided by coach Ron Bowman.
The Giants will be managed
by Rick Johnston and coached
by Wayland Hyatt. Carol
Ashenfelter will manage the
Angels, helped by coach Walt
Lacey.
short and high hurdles, while
Shawn LaRue took fourth in
the 1500.
Treve Peterson made his
name known in the 440 with a v
second place showing. Mike
Conklin took a third ribbon for
his effort in the 110 hurdles
while Larry Snider took a fifth
in the 3,000 meter run. Bruce
Millman also scored in the
triple jump with a fifth and
Jeff Hams in the 800 with a
sixth, and the high jump with
a sixth.
Cont. on page 8
starting the first of May.
Games are played Monday
through Thursday at 6 p.m.
Persons interested in coach
ing or helping coach a team
are urged to call 676-9195.
Hermiston
Open Every
Wednesday
567-7176
Heppner
Open Every
2nd & 4th Tuesday
676-9912
Main Office
Pendleton
1 S.W. Nye
(West of Red Lion Inn)
276-7361
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