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SIX The Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thuriday, May 17. 1984 HHS qualifies 7 for state competition X JL Seven Heppner High School tracksters qualified for the state Class A track and field meet slated for this weekend at Lewis and Clark College in Portland by placing first or . second last weekend at the District 7-A meet in Umatilla. Four girlh and three boys make up the H H S. group that will see preliminary action on . Friday and finals on Saturday against the best of the state. Stephanie Payne led the Heppner onslaught on person al and season's bests as she qualified in three events. Payne won both the 100 and 200 meter events for girls posting times of .12.8 and :26.5 respectively. She also teamed with Missy Turner, Jodi Padberg and Pam Orr to earn a berth in the . 1600-meter relay running a time of 4:16.1 The time bettered the existing school record by nine seconds and is the second fastest time posted - in the state among Class A schools this spring. This marks the first time a girls ' long relay team has qualified for the state meet. Pam Orr was the other first place victor capturing the blue ribbon in the javelin with a throw of 118T' to qualify in that event. ; Jodi Padberg placed second in the 800 meter run with a ' time of 2:30.6 to qualify for the state meet. All three of the boys earning trips to state were second Mustangs continue to lose By TRAVIS HYATT The Heppner Mustangs con tinued their losing ways, drop ping a double-header to Umat illa Saturday afternoon at Heppner. The first game was a scoring affair with a total of 34 runs. Unfortunately 23 were scored by Umatilla. Nine runs were unearned thanks to seven errors by Heppner. Umatilla scored two in the first thanks to two errors and a double. Back to back singles, an error, and a stolen base allowed Umatilla to score two more in the second. The Mustangs scored two in the bottom of the second with a two run homer by Rick Riehl, his first of the year. Umatilla, scoring in every inning but one scored four in the fourth, four more in the fifth, three in the sixth, and eight in the seventh. This was Heppner's biggest offensive production, but their worst defensively. "Nine of Umatilla's runs were due to our errors. It's tough to stay in the game when we make that many mistakes," said coach Mike Royer. The final score was 23-11. Heppner played extremely well in the second game. Jim McConnell pitched a five hit ter but the Mustangs scored only two runs and lost 4-2. Pedro and Riehl had the RBI's "McConnell pitched one of his best games of this year, and defensively, we also play ed well. If we could have hit the ball like we did in the first game we would have won," said coach Royer. Heppner hosts Pilot Rock Saturday at 1 p.m. ; fl ? n 1 Friffav. Mav 18 Heppner Jr. High Gym Doors Open 7 pjn. Door Prizes Drawn, 7:25 p.m. Movie Starts, 7:30 p.m. Tickets On Sale At Western Heritage, Shoe Box & At The Door. Spxwraj by &nith Miimw 4-H Leaders Awic C Produced by OM1CRON - - if " vv rr I' -A fxy - i ? Wosu83i ' ... ., js.,, ,n, mi in, , , .in.n.i 1 rxKHin t Qualifiers pictured above Bock row; AAobv Tamer, Jodi Front row: John Martin, John place finishers in the district meet and all three marks were individual personal bests. John Mover leaped 423" in the triple jump, John Martin ran 4:19.3 in the 1500-meters, and Sid Kennedy threw the javelin 167'2". Both the boys and girls 400 meter relay team placed third with the boys running :46.2 (a season's best) and the girls :32.8. The boys team was composed of Archie Lucas, Kennedy, Eric Thompson and Mover. Running for the girls Pam Orr Teen staff m m positions open to 4-H'ers By BIRDINE TULLIS, OSU Program Assistant Morrow County High school-age 4-H mem bers from Morrow County are eligible to be considered for one of the teen staff positions at the 1984 Oregon State Fair. Between 35 and 40 4-H mem bers will be selected to assist with 4-H activities and pro grams at the big Salem show. The 4-H members will work under the supervision of col lege students who are respon sible for day-to-day activities at the fair. Older 4-H members interes ted in participating in State Fair as teen staff members must apply to the Morrow County office of the O.S.U. Ex tension Service by June 25th. Final selection will be made by July 15 at the state 4-H office. State JA VP S? --w.wuu. " IB are Pbdberg, Stephanie Payne and Pom Mover and Sid Kennedy were Janelle McElhany, Pad berg, Orr and Payne. Pad berg added another third in the 1500-meter run with a 5:26 clocking. Picking up fourth place rib bons were Moyer in the long jump with a leap of 20'4ls" just shy of the 20 '6" qualifica tion standard and Martin with a 2:06.5 time at 800 meters. Fifth place finishes were earned by Scott Buschke with a 510" leap in the high jump (a season's best), Sandra Wat tenburger who tied for fifth in WlItniIllIlItItlIISSIUIIlIIIIIf8IIlffllltttfttItlllltIlflIllIllI11ftltlHIIIIltllIIItIIIIttIlllltlIIIIfllItlIttlllllIIIttfItlIIinifIltiiiaitiiities HlllimitMtf CHil C1FB they'll chsrisii E S snr i as I v por i no oraauciTG... a gbt mm ! 1 Also: i 1 s Nike Sportswear s I Shorts & Tops I Matching Pants Or. the high jump at 4'6", Janelle McElhany with a personal best of :17.2 in the 100-meter high hurdles. Missy Turner (season's best) ran 1:04.4 at 400-meters, Nancy Martin who ran 2:46.2 (personal best) at 800-meters and Melinda Eubanks in the shot put. Sixth place marks were gat hered by Wattenburger, 149" in the long jump and Missy Gates (season's best) who ran 13:14.3 at 3.000 meters. "It was a good overall meet for out kids," said head coach Dale Conklin. "We got super efforts out of nearly everyone and its tough to get more than that." "We are especially proud of our state qualifiers," added Conklin. "They know each of them has a shot at placing in the state meet, but they also know they will be facing the best competition they have met all year." Teamwise the Heppner girls couldn't muster the depth Sherman County came up w ith in the battle for the girls title. Team scores were: Sher man County 85, Heppner 694. Wabtonka 52. Weston McEwen 50',. Umatilla and Stanfield 38. Dufur 32, Wasco County 24. Condon 20, Echo 16. Pilot Rock 15. Helix 14. River side 7, and lone 4. Boys scores were: Umatilla 80, Wahtonka 61' j. lone 54, Stanfield and Sherman County 48, Riverside 42, Heppner 40, Pilot Rock 34. Helix 29. Weston -McEwen 264. Echo 14. Con don 12. Wheeler County 11. Wasco County 9 and Arlington 8. ash Samsonii-e lLllCfciCf6 0 o EI Swim team he&ns seaf n Hennner Swim Tem J..nn structor and Is currentlyassii Heppner Swim Team began Its 1984 season with Fun Day of swimming at Blue Moun tain Community College on April 29. Eighteen young swimmers from Heppner and Lexington participated In the day's events including a pizza party and an opportunity to meet this year's coach, Lottie Laughlin of Heppner. Laughlin, a junior at East ern Oregon State College in La Grande, has many years of swimming experience. She Is a qualified water safety in Golf team By TRAVIS HYATT The Heppner golf team fin ally broke out of their string of last place finishes and took second place in the golf match at Heppner last Thursday. Taking first was Enterprise with 312 strokes, followed by Heppner 322, and Joseph 335, a very close match that any team could have taken. For the second week in a row Dave Green was medalist beating the previous week's score by three strokes ; he shot a 68. Jon Mitchell was second with an 83, followed by Keith Kenison 85, Ken Curtis 86, and Kevin Kenison chipped in with a 93. The JV team had some good Agri-business organization formed at lone Three lone residents have recently spearheaded a "Chamber of Commerce" for lone with a very special dif ference. The new organization, call ing itself lone Community Agri-Business Organization (ICABO.) was formed by Jim Swanson, John Bristow, and Chuck Starr as a way of keeping track of Ione's live ability through the schools, the roads and housing facil ities. According to Swanson, tying in agri-business with the town's needs is especially im portant for lone because it depends on farming as a main source of its economy. It is also what makes ICABO dif ferent from Heppner's Cham ber of Commerce. "Heppner Chamber worked with us to help form ICABO and we plan to work together toward mutual goals in the future," said Swanson. Presently, ICABO meets EN'S UIEflR Heppner, Oregon y836 structor and Is currentlyassis ting the coach of the La Grande swim team. The Heppner swim team will begin practicing at the city pool June 8. Heppner will be host June 17 of the fir invitational swim meet of the Eastern Oregon District for the 1984 season. Anyone interested in joining the swim team or who would be willing to help with the invitational swim meet may call Nancy Bruch 676-9420, Sheridan Tanarsky 676-5059, or Nelson Connor 676-5W45. places 2nd scores led by Travis Harrison, 82. Pradit Thongdy had a personal best, 86; John Kenny tied his personal best with a 91, and Carl Martin had a 106. The girl's team had a total of 224 strokes. Anne Mc Laughlin led the girls with a 47, followed by Carla Miles 55, Jodie Mattison 58, and Dana Reid 64. Lorraine Hewitt was medalist with a 39. "It was our best showing so far this year particularly with Green's 68. Both Kenison's carded personal lows as did John Kenny, Pradtf Thongdy, and Dana Reid. "We still need to show much improvement however, before we head into district," said coach Duane Neiffer. every second and fourth Wed nesday at noon, rotating be tween Beecher's Cafe Bnd the Office Tavern. Swanson es timates about 20 people have been attending the meetings. There is a $10 membership fee to offset expense, Swanson concluded, and the meetings are open to everyone. HOMELITE SAVINGS nr- iff v.. ..S 20 OFF ALL HOMELITE CHAINSAWS & GAS STRING TRIMMERS IN STOCK Morrow P O Box 367 Lxlncton, Oregon 97839 lone Jr. High track teams finish 5th, 6th By ASHLEY CONKLIN lone's Junior high , track teams competed In a seven learn meet on Thursday, Muy 10. The boys were fifth with 48 points and the girls were sixth with 534 points. Thrower Doug Raaf placed second in both the shot put and discus. Another thrower, Gary Rea, was fourth in the shot and third In the discus. Ken Snider was second in the 100 meter hurdles, third in the pole vault, and fifth in the Softball throw. Kevin Bull ran fifth in the 1200 meter run, The 1200 meter medley relay team of Dustin Padberg, Raaf, Tim Beeson, and Brian Ball placed third. lone loses to By ASH1.KY CONKLIN Both the lone boys and girls tennis teams lost to the Echo Cougars on Tuesday, May 8. The boys lost 2-1 and the girls 20. Mark Meyers beat David Lilly 8-6 Also in boys singles play, Eric Pointer lost 4 8 to Ully. The boys doubles team of Mike Kietmann and Ignacio Garzon lost in straight sets 0-6, LEE'S BIRTHDAY SALE STILL GOING ON! SAVE 20 AND MORE! Last day is June 4th V&R 676-9418 FLOOR COVERING Homelite Lightning Bug GENERATOR 600 wan onW 38900 M.C.G.C. County Grain Ph 989 For the girls Jill Conklin ' won the long jump and tied for third in the high jump. Kris Anderson was fifth In the 400 meters and clocked second in the 800 meters. In the Softball throw Angle Kudmill threw fourth. In the 1200 meters Linda Morter was second. The medley relay teum of Rudlsill, Anderson, Morter, and Katie Doherty earned a fifth place. Roys tram scores: Union 110, I matilla 90',. Columbia and Heppner 67, lone 4H, Stan field 29, Pilot ItcM-k 23. (ililn team tcorrt: Colum bia 7fi'a, Umatilla 734. Pilot ttmk 664, Stanfield 65 4. Heppner 56, lone 534, Union 33. Echo 1-6 to Andy Say lor and Bink Ramos. The girls doubles team of Paula Anderson and Sandi Wright a I ho lost 0-6. 1-6. They were defeated by Jamie Har vey and Tia Cody. Patty McElligott and Kim McCabe were also beaten in consec utive sets. They dropped a 1-6, 1-6 match to Missy Davis and Jodi Cody. Growers INC. - 8221 1(800)452-7396 iiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiitiiiimiiiuiiMiiiiiiiiiiniMHiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH
