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Ihe lleppncr fwt.iii-TlriicH. Heppner. Oretfon. Thursday, May I, 198G-SEVEN Parker leashes scliool record in shot wpi ST 4 -:r Av .r4 Jim Pat kvr hraxrs thr shot OVlustang baseballers blow 8-0 lead; Wahtonka wins 14-12 Hrppwr Hih Schtml's var sit v h.iscliall team hl-w an 8-0 leiid ufler three innings be cause of poor fu-lding and ennVd up losing an important IcuniK' game to Wahtonka last Saturday 14 12 Willi the loss, the team is tied with Wasco and Wahtonka (or first place in the Columbia OHasin league with 3-1 records. Seven errors in two innings plus two timely home runs led Wahtonka to its comeback victory. Heppner scored five runs in the first inning on a single by John Bier, a triple by Doug Holland, singles by John Murray and Rick Cole, walks to Tim Hedman, Jim Hayes and Bier, and a single by Chris Zita Three runners were left on base. In the second inning, Hepp ner made it 6-0 on singles by Murray, Cole, and Hedman and walks to Hayes and Zita. Three more runners were left on hfise The Mustangs increased the lead to H-0 in the third when Bier singled and Dale Holland Cardinal netters winning lone 's girls tennis team beat Umatilla 2-0 last Friday. Kale Gutierrez won the first singles match in straight sets 7 5 and fi 3. In the first doubles match, Palli Taylor Lisa Meyers won 6 4 and 6 1. "It was the first time 1hey ever played together," Coach Duane Payne said. Against Arlington earlier in the week, Gutierrez won the only girls match playing first singles. The boys team beat Arling ton :i i. Duane Fetsch lost the first singles match in split sets. Craig Gutierrez came back to win the second singles match. Fetsch Chris Hietmann won the first doubles match for lone and the second doubles team of Troy Undstrom Koger Childers won in straight sets li 4 nnrl ti :l TV- 1 Vi-! S T put to a new tehool rrcord smacked a two-run homer hitting the scoreboard at the county fairgrounds field in Heppner. Wahtonka got its first run in the fourth on a home run by Wall. The Eagles got three more in the fifth to trail 8-4 but Heppner got two runs in the bottom of the inning on a double by Doug Holland and a' two-run home run by Murray to make it 10-4. Wahtonka got three runs in the sixth inning aided by three Heppner errors in a row, and two more in a row after a strike out. Heppner increased the score to 12 7 in the bottom of the sixth when Zita singled, Gro shens walked, Bier sacrificed, and Doug and Dale Holland hit singles. Wahtonka won the game getting seven runs in the top of the seventh inning on a grand slam by Brown and Wall's second homer of the game, a three-run blast. "The seven errors cost us the game but we sure hit the ball," Coach Dale Holland said. Hol'.'nd was also disap pointed that 14 runners were left on base. Of (he seven errors, third baseman Kick Cole was charged with four. In the hitting department, Bier was 2 for-4, Dale Holland 2 for -5 with for RBI, Doug Holland 3 for -5 with one RBI, Murray 3 for-4 with three RBI, Cole 3 for-5, Hedman 2 for-4 and Zita 2 for-3 with three RBI. Bier was the losing pitcher throwing five and one-third innings giving up five hits, four walks, six runs' (three earned) and five strike outs. Doug Holland pitched one and two thirds innings and was ripped for eight runs (five earned) on six hits with three walks and two strike outs. After 12 games, the team is 5-7. Doug Holland leads the team in hitting with a .567 average with Murray at .424 and Dale Holland at .400. The team hatting average is .3)8. Bier is the leading pitcher with an earned run average of 2 87 in 31 and two-thirds innim's lie has a I '' record I Heppner's Jim Parker set a school record in the shot put with a throw of SHOty at the Wallowa Invitational Track met last Friday. Pettyjohn (again) to Kim Pettyjohn of lone High School broke the girls school record in the 200 meter dash April 19. Margaret Doherty did not let that record stand very long as she broke the new record April 22 with a time of 27.1. Not to be outdone, Pettyjohn came bark to break the record again last Saturday by run ning the distance In 28.7 seconds. "The recorahas dropped a full second in the last week," said Coach Del LaRue. In Saturday's meet at Ar lington, Pettyjohn was first in three events, Lisa Meyers first in two and Doherty set a school record in the 400 meters to lead the girls to a win against four other teams. Ten merchants aid race Ten Heppner merchants are helping to sponsor the 15th Annual Eastern Half-Marathon May 24 along the John Day River from Service Creek to Spray on Highway 19. Sponsors include the Black horse Tavern, Cal's Lounge and Cafe, Central Market, Chuck's Bucknum's Tavern. Country Shears, Court Street Market. Gardner's Men's Wear. Heppner Elks No. 358. The Wagon Wheel and Tom's Chevron. Trophies will be awarded for the first three finishers in the nine age divisions and to the oldest and youngest fini shers. Trophies are paid for by the merchants. Entry fee is $4 before May 15 and $5 after that. Entries may be obtained by writing Rahlie Goodell at the Corncob Creek Ranch in Fossil, 97830. Buses will leave Spray High School at 7 a.m. for those who want a ride to the starting line. Runners must be at the Service Creek Trading Post by 7:15 a m. Starting time is 8 a.m. The 30th annual Spray Rodeo will follow at 1:30 p.m. May 24 and 25 preceded by a parade and followed by a dance at 10 p.m. Local Sports Heppner Coif: Iw Welch Invitational at McNary today at 1:30 p.m. District Girls Golf Meet May 6 at Redmond. Heppner against Hermiston at Heppner May 8 at 1:30 p.m. Heppner Track: Invitational at 4 Pendleton p.m. at Pendleton tomorrow. Uma tilla Invitational a 11 a.m. at Umatilla Saturday. Heppner Baseball: Against Condon at Condon April 6 at 4 p.m. lone Tennis: At Condon tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Sher man at lone Saturday at 10 a.m. lone Track: Big Sky Meet at Arlington at 10 a m. Saturday. vCounty parks open May 3 Morrow County's parks Anson Wright and Cutsforth are scheduled to open this Saturday. New rates in effect will be $5 per day for campers' with utility connections and $3 for all other camp spaces. Services at both parks include hot showers, electrical nnd sewnpp connections and recreational and picnic areas. The old record was held since 1974 by Barney Marshall with a toss of 51-4. Margaret Kincaid tied the school record in the 100 meter sets lone 200 meter dash record lead girls toArlington title Pettyjohn was first in the long jump at 14-4, first-in the 100 meters at 13.1 and first in the 200 meters with the school record time of 26.7. Meyers was first in the 1500 meters with a time of 5:56.3 and first in the 800 meters in 2:57.2. Doherty set an Arlington Invitational meet record and an lone High School record with a time of 65.3 second in the 400 meters. Diane Morter picked up Ione's other first place finish in the 3,000 meters with a time of 13:25.5. Pettyjohn was second in the 400 meters, Patti Taylor second in the 100 meter high hurdles, Doherty second in the 200 meters and Taylor second Where the customer is (tie company Ml Yyr fill- high hurdler with a tie of 18.7 Coach Dale Conklin said he was pleased with the toss of freshman girl Sherry Cle ment, who threw the discus in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles. Doherty was third in the long jump and third in thil(K) meters. Michelle LaRue was fourth in the shot put. Taylor was fifth in the shot put and Meyers fifth in the long jump. LaRue was sixth in the discus. In Tuesday's meet at Con don, Ione's girls were second with 39 team points while Sherman had 67 and Condon 19. Doherty set the school record in the 2(H) meters with a time of 27.1 seconds but it only lasted four days. That time ws good enough for second place in the meet however. lone had just two first place finishes. Meyers was first in the 800 mete: s with a time of .MWtt.l.A.A,iii,ni J SSI jSW C I touo cm dm m W Air la Tin Yy Cm B)pBid e Fob- O NH-3Aqua O Farm Chemicals Call Your Experts Today! PHONE JOHN RIPPLE AT 422-7289 (If no answer phone 989-8221) FOR YOUR FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL NEEDS ...THE COMPANY YOU CAN RELY ON.... n n 80-8. "It was a good meet because everybody got to place," Conklin said. The coach added that Fri- 2:52.7 and the 400 relay team of Pettyjohn, Doherty, Cindy Hill and Meyers was first with a time of 57.4 seconds. Pettyjohn was second in the 100 meter dash in a time of 13.1 seconds. Meyers was second in the 100 meter high hurdles with a mark of 24.6 and Hill finished second in the 400 meters. Doherty was second in the long jump. , LaRue was third in the discus. Hill third in the javelin, LaRue third in the shot put, Doherty third in the 100 meters and Morter third in the 800 meters. Hill was fourth in the high jump, Morter fourth in the discus, Morter fourth in the 1500 meters and Pettyjohn fourth in the long jump. 1 V. m,mv - -4 v. . . ' . , . ' ' . ' V " 1 n. V Emm Si Clmmmi EeedsS O Liquid & O Variety Of z3 day's girls meet afPendleton is cancelled. Enterprise won the Wallowa meet in both the boys and girls competition. The boys had 70 points with Wallowa second with 58, Heppner third with 56, Elgin fourth at 54 and Cove last with four team points. The Enterprise girls were first with 81 points with Heppner second with 51, Elgin third with 44, Cove fourth with 39 and Wallowa last with nine. For the Heppner boys, Duane Garrett was first in the pole vault with a mark of eight feet. Parker was first in the shot put with his school record throw, first in the discus with a toss of 135-3'i and second in the triple jump. Dan Nix was first in the 3.000 meters with a time of 10:42.2 and fourth in the 1500 meters. Earl Hammond was second in both the javelin and the long jump and was fifth in the high jump. Todd Sherer was third in both the 800 meters and 400 meters. Dry Fertilizers Application Systems Dnr UL Buck Estes was fifth in the 200 meters and the 100 meter dash and Wes Marlatt was fifth in the shot put. Heppner came in third in the 400 and the 1600 relays. For the girls team, Heppner came in first and second place in the 1600 relay with times of 5:12 and 5:25.8. Kellie Hammond came in second place in the 100 meters, third in the javelin and fourth in the discus. Lisa Wilson was second in the 3.000 meters and second in the 1,500 meters. Kim Miller was third in the long jump, third in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles and fifth in the low hurdles. Margaret Kincaid was third in the low hurdles despite tying the Heppner school . record. Paula Palmer was third in the 3.000 meters and fifth in the 400 meters. Mary Kincaid was fourth in the 800 meters and fourth in the high jump. Suzie Jacobs finished fourth in the 400 meters and Clement was fifth in the discus. Heppner's 400 meter relay team came in fourth place. (V - Chemical Fertilizer 422-7289 Lexington Office 989-8221
