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TEN The Heppner Cette-Timet, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 12, 1983 HHS tracksters to compete in state meet this weekend i - - "C fir - i I A i . 1 t.- ::.-. t ' ., -vi I - ' . " ' " k jr ' ,.,,--' , . s ' -- - - iitr phoio by Dick Snider Jody Padberg sprints for Heppner's 400-meter relay team that qualified for the state meet. It's on to the Class A State Track Meet in Portland this weekend for five girls and two boys as the Heppner High School thinclads more than made their presence felt at the District 7-A meet at The Dalles last weekend. The five girls led their teammates to the first ever district championship for HHS girls. The team scored in 13 out of 15 events to earn - a 21-point victory over the second place team. The girls failed to place in only the discus and 400 meter run. Team scores for the girls were Heppner 83. Sherman County 62. Wahtonka 61. Weston-McEwen 52. Wasco County 35. Condon 34. Stan field 30. Echo 29. Riverside 27, Umatilla 22. Arlington 12. Helix 12. Dufur 3 and Wheeler County no score. Qualifying for the state meet in their events were Sherry Clement, shot put; Pam Orr. javelin: Stephanie Payne. 100. 200 and long jump: Jodi Padberg. S00. and. the 400-meter relay team of Ja nelie McElhany. Padberg, Orr. and Payne. Added to the outstanding performances of the girls were the surprising efforts of the two boys who also quali fied for the state meet. They were John Mover in the triple jump and John Martin in the 8(10 meter run. "It certa inly has been both a successful and rewarding m iKIi) UiWill Morrow County Complex, Lexington -ID MM ; .,'.!""V,' Saturday, May 14 10a.m. to 3p.m. Coffee and Cookies Served Everyone Welcome season." said Head Coach Dale Conklin. "We set a season's goal for the girls to win the district championship and they did just exactly that We were a bit apprehensive early in the year about the boys but those two juniors really came through." All but the 400 relay were second place efforts with the relay team collecting a first place finish with a school record of :52 8. Clement also earned a school record in the shot put with a throw of 34'2V. Payne turned in a lifetime best effort in the 200 meters with a :26 6 clocking. She was edged at the tape by last year s runner-up in district and state, Arleta Reese of Echo. Payne's distance of ifi'1?" in the long jump equaled her best in that event. Mover set a personal best in the triple jump with his leap of 41'5" and Mar tin ran his best ever in the 800 with a time of 2:M Others also had personal bests. McElhany equaled her school record in the 100-meter hurdles with a : 17.5 time, good for fifth overall: Melinda Eubanks threw 31'9" in the shot put for fourth place: and Alex Lindsay jumped 18'8" in the long jump, which earned him a spot in the finals but he did not place. Chris McLaugh lin ran :19.6 in the high hurdles but did not place. Orr ran a season's best in mmi 1".7 1 "hi ii. ' ; i -.11-1 Urn the 300 meter hurdles with a clocking of :49 2. a third place finish. Ijtna Reid added to the girls effort with a sixth place finish in the hieh jump and collected fifth in the 3.000-meter run. The 1.600-meter relay team of Nancy Martin. McElhany. Orr and Padberg earned fourth with a 4:33 3 clocking. Wes Marlatt completed scoring for the boys with a sixth place finish in the shot put. Finalists in the field events but not placing were Anne Murray in the shot put and iavrlin. Lindsay in the triple jump and Mover in the long jump Each had placed in the top eicht in preliminary action to make the finals. Joanna Rown competed in the 100 and 2K) meters, but did not qualify for the finals OthiTS not qualifying for the final events included Nancy Martn. 400: Lindsay. 100 and Mover 100. McLaughlin just missed making the finals in hnrh hurdle races The fina I team scores for the bovs were: Wahtonka 109. Helix 75. lone 70. Sherman Countv 56. Riverside 49. 1'ma tila 43. Arlington 27. Echo 26. Pilot Rock 22. Heppner 21. Wheeler County 12. Condon 10. Stanfield 4. Wasco County and Dufur had no score. "Each person going to the state track meet has a very good chance of placing in the top six." said Conklin. "It will take some super efforts be cause this is the best in the state and everybody is out to do well." Pavne. Orr. Clement and Mover will compete in field event finals on Friday while all running events slated for Friday are preliminaries with the finals to be staged on Saturday. The meet will be held at Lewis and Clark Col lege in Portland. When buying potatoes, -vcldl those with a green col or. This is known as "sun burn" and can be caused by too much exposure to either sun or store lights. C.B.C. baseball game ST " i - - i 2 rvr - i ij . i , " - v fU t - Heppner barter gets hit ogainst Heppner and Umatilla both took good shots at winning their Columbia Basin Con ference baseball game at Umatilla Saturday afternoon, but.hoth ended up as losers to the weather after being tied 8-8in the top of the fifth inning. The game had not been rescheduled as of Tuesday. The Mustangs had been em barrassed earlier in the week bv Riverside, losing 16-0 on Mav 3 The Umatilla game was of the nip-and tuck variety, being tied three different times. Heppner started off with a run in the first inning when Stan .r.porseen singled and scored on Tom Ham man's ,,.,. , I? lll.N,ll,llUIM... 5" ' - I - 1 1 1 ' IBS 1 -.en 43.18 installed Plus t . TF HZj, i Riverside double, but the Vikings answered with a run of their own in their half of the inning. Umatilla erupted for four runs in the third inning to take a 5-1 lead, but the Mustangs came back with four runs in the fourth to tie the game back up All four of the runs were unearned, said Coach Brent Ecaers. However, the Mustangs couldn't hold the Vikinga at hav. giving up three more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Singles by Sporseen, Jim MoConnell. Jeff Orr and a two-run double by Rick Riehl brought in three runs for Heppner in the fifth o. knot the score again at 8 8 WILD COUNTRY RVT STEEL RADIAL 6 PLY RATING 27850Rx14 (o)3T3 0 SIZE PRICE TAX 113.53 4.04 112.03 oi 128.04 42 140.86 596 119.14 4,9 30950 RxlB 811050 fl15 311150 RkIS 331250 15 30950 Riie.S DztL7rt7GQDjS POPULAR GROUP 24 SIZES 46.75 Installed Exchange. Add 2.50 If No Trade score tied Jav Hayes relieved starter McConnell as the Mustangs pitcher and shut down the Vlkinas in the fifth. Then with one (Hit and a man on first base for Heppner, the rains came and sent the teams home, The recently dormant bats for Heppner had come lo life again, as the Muf.tangs ripped eight hits, with six different plavers Retting a hit. Hamman and Sporseen led the wav hy going 2 for-3 at the plate The two hits lifted Hamman's batting average to 417. Eleven of the 15 Heppner outs were via strikeouts as the game went just five innings since Riverside was ahead by more than 10 runs. Heppner also committed eight errors in the game. The Mustangs will host Stanfield in a league counter Thursday at 4 p.m. Heppner is now 15 in league and 44 overall. "I was really happy with our performance," said Eggcrs of the Umatilla game. "Our bats finally woke up again and we plaved pretty good defense." The Riverside game was a different story, as the Pirates' Dang Pratt fired a no-hit. no-run game at the Mustangs. "We acted like we didn't even want to be out there." said Eggers. 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