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> O I H- Th» H r p p a r r G a i r l l r r i m e . Hrppnrr Wednesday. «peli H . I ( U HHS tracksters beaten by depth, not talent Despite poor weather conditions, the Hrppnrr High School Irackairrt turned in aevrral prnonal records in the Grant Union Invitational track meet held in John l)a> last Satur day Not only did the locals face cold, blustery conditions, but also met the depth of AA track powers Madras and Vale "We didn't get beat by their talent, although If was tough competition, we were beaten by their depth as they i Madras and Vale i were able to place three competitors in every event lexcept the relays) It was all of their fourth, fifth and sislh place finishes that killed our chances." said head coach dale Conklin A pair of underclassmen turned in the top performances for the locals as freshman distance runner Cathy Martin took nearly four seconds off her season's best in the I MO-meter run with a clot king of 5 26 7 good for third place The winning time was 5 112, outstanding for the condi bona Sophomore Jumper Wayne M ilgers soared to a personal best in the high jump with a leap of 6 2 and a second place effort The winning height was 6 4'v The impressive thing about Wilger s jumping was that he didn't have a miss until 6' 3". Conklin said The final team scores for the boys were Vale 136 Madras IIS. Burns 86. 1-af’me Sit Ml Vernon 33, lone 32. Cove 27. Meppner IS. Crane 10. Monument 6. Grant Union 3. Gong Creek 2. F ram e C»ly 0 Girls scores were Madras 121. Vale 101. Hrppnrr 64, LaPme 28. Cove 25. Grant Union 23 Dayville 20 . Ml V f m M Burns In lorn- li Spray 9. Prairie City 8. Crane 4 and Long Creek 2 High point jwrformrr was Steph ante Payne who captured second in the 400 meter dash with a time of I 03 3. also a personal record second in the 2uo with a 26 9 time third in the loo dash with 13 2 and anchored the second pa Ice 400 meter relay team to a 53 9 The other members of the relay were Jodi Padberg Kim Sager and Janelle McKIhany Other place finishers were McKIhany. third in the too meter high hurdles at 17 8 Padborg second at meters w ith 2 39 9 and lama Keid. fifth in the 3.ooo meter run with a time of 13 ot Boys placing were Scott Buschke third in the high jump with 5-10 and Chris McLaughlin, fourth in the high hurdles wnth a IS I Jason Palmer threw a life time best in the discus with a throw of 119 11 but failed to place as did Stacey Kennedy who lowered her best in the 400 by two seconds to run I II This week Heppner competed in a triangular meet with AAA Hermislon and Kiverside on Tuesday and this Friday travels to The Dailes to compete in the Cherry Festival Invitational at Wahtonka High School The Friday meet b<-gin»at4pm with field events and running events begin at 5 30 p m Most of the running events will be run under the lights There were several outstanding marks turned in at John Day Sherry (Ml of Cove leaped 56 in the high jump, the second best mark among Class A schools in the state Mike Donaghu of Madras ran 4 01 8 in the 1500 meters. Bates of Bums leaped 216*1 in the long jump, and the girls 4uo meter relay tram from Madras turned in a SI 3 clocking Mustangs drop double header My TK 4 VIS HY ATT It may have seemed that the Meppner Mustangs forgot there bats last Saturday against the Weston McKwen Tiger Scots, as they could only manage two hits combined in both games and lost 104) and 12-0 in double header action A lot can tie attributed to the Tiger-Scots pitchers Tom Meier and Hick Scheibner The first game didn't start well for Meppner Weston scored four runs in the first inning, and scored in every inning but the second Mepp ner committed five errors and the Scotties bats were on fire, collecting nine hits in six innings laince Jones. Schiebner. and Meier had two hits apiece off Jim McConnell 4 2 1 lairan Mayes collected the only hit for Meppner The Mustangs hit the hall fletter in the second game, but they were hitting right to the Scotties fielders Meier was three for three in the second game and Schiebner hit a three run home run in the first inning Meppner had something going in the second inning loading the bases with one out. but Schiebner got out of the inning with two strikeouts Travis Hyatt had the lone hit for Meppner Kirst game I 2 3 4 5 « H M K M eppner M M I o a I o t o u I I a o l I II I S I M e ter and Hanson M cC onnell and K le h l. P e d ro i 4). sei ond gam e I 2 3 4 5 K II K M eppner 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 MM 4 5 2 I - 12 10 2 Schiebner and Hansen lis a it K le h l (41. and P ed ro l i t M e ie r, l i l t Schiebner Mustangs trot to victory over Viks fg « jr . w ■ Jr. Olympics slated at HHS The Heppner Elementary School will be sponsoring an AAV Junior Olympics Track and Field Meet Sunday . May 5. at the Heppner High School track Registration for all events will take place from 1 30 p m Late registration will not be permitted The meet will begin at I 45 The age divisions sanctioned for this meet are the following lo and under. II 12. and 13 14 Kvrnls for these age groups include shot put. long jump, high jump, discus. 100 meter hurdles. 100 m dash. 200 m dash. 400 m dash 400 m relay. 800 m run and 1500 m run Iio v s liii| | N e w ** A special attraction will he rum petition among the 2 7 year olds Age divisions are 2 3. 4 5. and 6-7 Events for these youngsters are softball throw, 50 m dash and standing long jump This track meet may be used to qualify athletes for the State Junior Olympic Track Meet to be held in I’or Hand June 12 f’artinpantv must meet or belter the qualifying stan dards for their respective age groups to qualify for the state competition Volunteers are needed to help run events To volunteer, call Heppner Klementary School <676 9128 or Phyllis Pay ne 676 5173 1 W ED MORNING DUFFERS April 17. the Wednesday Morning Duffers played with the following results Kurile Massey low gross. Char Iren Isom low net, Sheree Warnell least pulls Verna Batty K P on 4 Charleen Isom K P on I GET EXTRA TOUGH ON YOUR LAWN HHS golfers win all By Travis Myall The Heppner golf team hosted the Milton Freewater JV squad last Tuesday and handily beat them 159 to 202 Mac Hi s varsity squad was at a meet in K ah n eela. and the JV s could only play nine holes 'They have some good golfers with a fair amount of experience." said coach Duane Neiffer about Mar Hi's varsity team, "but we will give them a run for their money Dave Green and Keith Kemson were high men with a score of J7 for nine Dan Struthers shot a 42. followed closely by Sean l-awsonv Jacque Johnston t57>. and Dawn Palmers Ml rounded out the girls team The next match is here at Heppner against Riverside April 25 SNAPPE R has created a new breed of lawn mowers The t * b a Tough 21 Hi-Vacs’ With stronger more power ful engines Featuring cast iron Cylinder sleeves long life valves dual element air clean ers mechanical governors and solid state ignitions These mow ers roll on commercial duty Steel wheels that turn on sealed ball bearings All four models have the patented Hl-Vac' system that creates a ixXM’dul vacuum to set up grass lor a smoother cut S N A P P tH s l dr,i Toughs Only at you» SNAPPER dealer ^ I f’« * «nap with lone thinclads compete at John Day M> y s l l l KY t ONKI IN The lone boys and girls track teams competed in the Grant Union Invitational at John Day, Saturday, April 20 The meet was hampered by cold weather and snow The lone boys placed sixth with 32 points, while the girls finished ninth with 13 points Schools from "AA "A " and H" ranks competed in the meet I>eena Hams broke her own school record in the discus, throwing 93' 3” . earning second place She finished fourth, putting the shot 30' I I V , and sixth, throwing the javelin 89 6 '. " Handy McCabe picked up a first, second and a third He cleared II' to win the pole vault, triple jumped 39 9 ‘i " for second, and was third tossing the discus 126' 10" In the shot put, Donnie I)oherty was second, putting 48' 51«" He also threw the discus 84 leel Distance runner Jerry Anderson competed in both the 1500 and 3000 meter runs He clocked times of 4 46 5 and 10 46 8. resjjectively Anderson also long jumped 14' 10" Eric t ook dashed the 400 meters in 58 2 He also heaved the javelin HI' 5" In the loo meter dash. Chris Kea sprinted to a time of 12 8 Arhley Conklin long jumped 17' 4 V and triple jumped 34 lo" In the loo he ran 13 7 and 27 9 for 2 uu meters Thrower Gary Hea put the shot 29' 7", plus throwing 64 9 " for the discus Distance runners Tim Beeson and Kierin Doherty ran the 1500 and 3000 meter respectively Beeson's time was 5 13 6 and Doherty's time was unavailable On Friday. April 26. lone will travel to The Dalles for the twilight Cherry Festival Invitational which f v------- begins at 4 p m Then, on Saturday April 27, lone will compete in the second annual State "B Invitation al track meet The meet begins at 11 a m and will be held at Mt Hood Community College in Gresham Team scores for the boys were Vale 136. Madras 115. Burns 86, I .a Fine 58. Mt Vernon 33. lone 32. Cove 27, Heppner 18. Crane 10. Monument 6. Grant Union 3. long Creek 2, and Dayville and Fram e City 0 Girls team scores were Madras 121, Vale 101, Heppner 64 Ijk Fine 28. Cove 25. Grant Union 23, Day ville and Mt Vernon 20. Burns 16. lone 13. Spray nine Fram e City eight. Burnt River six. Crane fodr and Kong Creek two. 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