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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
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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
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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
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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
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lone thinclads compete at John Day
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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
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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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By TRAVIS IIVATT
The Meppner Mustangs came
from behind last Tuesday evening,
and won their fourth game of the
year in an exciting game against the
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the first inning Hon Doherty and
Troy Hyatt hit consecutive singles,
and after Jim McConnell walked,
Hick Hiehl doubled to right field and
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Things were relatively quiet in the
next three innings as Hyatt was
pitching well for Heppner and get
ting some timely defensive help
Hyatt helped himself in the fourth
inning knocking in Doherty who
walked and stole two bases and
Heppner held a 4-0 lead after five
innings
The Vikings scored their first run
in the sixth inning on Jerry Vandev
er's KBI single Heppner scored an
insurance run in the bottom half of
the sixth and they led 5-1 heading
into Ihr final inning
Hut the game wax far from over ax
far ax Umatilla wax concerned The
Vikingx put on their hitting shoes
and xcored four runs on four hits in
the top half of the seventh to tie up
me game
Umatilla's vision of extra innings
wax not to be done, with one out in
the inning Travis Hyatt led off w ith a
single After a strikeout Hob Hiehl
singled to left, and thanks to wild
pitch by Vandever that Ty Arlxigast
struck out on. but reached base
never the less Doherty, then walk
ed lo score Hyatt and ice the victory
for the Mustangs Vandever took the
loss, and McConnell was the winning
pitcher for Heppner
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