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mch M M M m m m Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 16, 1990 - THREE Riverside downs Heppner 1-0 By Bob Krein On Tuesday, May 8, the Heppner Mustangs traveled to Boardman to face the number 1 ranked Riverside Pirates. The Mutangs had ace Russell Britt on the mound who pitched the en tire game and allowed only one hit. Britt struck out 12 and walked only one. Riverside’s only run came in the fourth inning when Mike Tallman reached first on a single and stole se cond. With two outs a Mustang er ror allowed him to score. The Mustangs had base runners in every inning except one but failed to get a runner across home plate. The Mustangs had five hits, including doubles by Eric Connor, Tom Ken ny and Slater Mitchell. The Mustangs are now 8 and 3 in league play and 9 and 5 overall. Heppner Riverside Krein Devin R. Britt Mitchell Pedro Connor J. Britt Grabeel Kenny Totals HHS first in Jo and Janie Cupps advance Cardinal girls tennis team to state track meet wins Condon match district By Anne MoCer Knowledge By Anne Morter contest Heppner High School students placed first in the school district in the high school division o f the 1990 spring Knowledge Master. The Knowledge Master is a national competition conducted on the com puter. A team o f students attempts to answer correctly in the least possi ble time as many questions as possi ble from all the content areas of the school curriculum. Team members were Sarah Clark, Mark Conklin. Eric Connor, Bob Krein, Dan Lindsay, Dean Munkers, Pete Pearson, Jeannie Patterson. Cory Rill, Kevin Tucker, Laurel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Webber-Gray and Becca Wicklund. The students were selected for their 0 0 0 1 0 0 X1 AB R H RBI SB academic ability and ability to work 0 1 as a part o f a team. 0 0 Linda Dutcher, coordinator for the 0 0 Heppner High School team, said that 0 1 the team’s score was the second 0 0 0 2 highest score for the school in the 0 0 eight times Heppner High School has I 0 0 participated in the competition. In a couple of surprising finishes, lone senior Jo Cupps advanced to the state track meet in the discus and her little sister, Janie Cupps, advanced in the high jump. Both girls qualified for the state meet at the district 7A meet held last weekend in Hermiston. Jo Cupps set a school record and personal record in capturing second place in the discus with a throw of 107’8” . Throughout the season, the discus had been her second strongest event, the javelin being her first. She was aced out o f a state spot in the javelin when Valerie Winborne of Stanfield uncorked the winning throw on her last attempt to knock Cupps to third place. Cupps had a throw of 111'0” . Freshman Janie Cupps surprised the field by clearing 4 ’ 10” to claim second in the high jump. Her jump was a personal record by two inches. In other girls’ action, Danielle Stefani placed third in the 1500 in 5:22.89. While she did set a new personal and school record with that Pirates off to playoffs By Mikka Evans CROP HAIL INSURANCE Give Us A Call t rt tÎ T ïS S w V v jf .. '» V t 'i V r t . i j • «• 'u 'v V i ’i • a . PLOYHAR INSURANCE 127 N. Main Heppner, OR. 676-5818 J time, she missed a state berth by four seconds. Stefani, a freshman, did not finish the 3000 after suffering an asthma attack in mid-race. On the boy’s side, no Cardinals advanced to the state meet. Gabe Garcia finished a heartbreaking thirds in the 400—a race where the top three finishers were in a near photo finish. Garcia had the fastest qualifying time going into the finals. He also finished sixth in the 200. Mike Garrett ran to a fifth place finish (4:47.41) in the 1500 for the other boy’s points. Several other Cardinals had good performances but didn’t get into the score column. Mac Lovett ran 11.85 in the 100 meters to set a personal record. Mike Lovgren and Mark Anderson each had a personal best in the discus but didn’t make the finals. Chrystal Minster set personal records in the 200 and long jump but didn’t make the finals. Jo and Janie Cupps will compete at the State A track meet to be held Friday and Saturday at Silke Field in Springfield. The Riverside Pirates are on their way to the district playoffs as the Columbia Basin Conference East Division champions. Riverside will play the Columbia Basin Conference West D ivision Cham pions- Wahtonka in The Dalles on Monday, May 21 at noon. The Pirates have won five o f the last six games. They beat the Mac- Hi Pioneers, 15-4, in six innings behind the pitching o f freshman Marc Andreason and relief pitcher, Mike Tallman. The Pirates next competition came from the Pilot Rock Rockets and Tucker Hodgens. The Pirates dominated the first game, 16-1, en ding it in five innings with Scott Timms on the mound. In the second game there was a big change in the way the Rockets played. Behind the pitching of Tucker Hodgens, the Rockets won the second game, 4-2, leaving Riverside’s Matt Andreason as the losing pitcher. Riverside found out that it was time to meet up with their cross country rival. Heppner, again. This time the Mustangs were ready to play ball and Riverside was ready to answer them. It was a tough game, but Riverside came out on top with a 1-0 victory. Billy Byrd lead the Pirates to the victory at the mound and at the bat, receiving the only RBI o f the game. The Pirate’s last game was Satur day in Weston-McEwen where they shutout the Tiger-Scots in both games, winning 10-0 and 11-0. Both were over in six innings. Pitching for the Pirates were Scott Timms and relief pitcher Mike Tallman in the first game, and Matt Andreason in the second game. The Pirates have only one league game remaining before the playoffs. Their last game will be in Stanfield on Tuesday. Billy Byrd will be pit ching in hopes of getting his sixth win of the season. With one game remaining, the Pirates have a league record of 13-1 and a season record of 19-2. Hermiston JV’s win 13-3 By Bob Krein On Friday. May 11, the Heppner Mustangs faced the Hermiston J. V. in a non-league contest. The Mustangs used this game to sharpen skills at the plate. Your Graduates Deserve the Best The Mustangs looked good at the plate, going seven for 19 as a team. The Mustangs lost 13 to 3 in five in nings. They wanted to save their pit chers for the game the next day Doug Devin lead the Mustangs with two hits and Jim Kindle hit a home run. Heppner Hermiston JV 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 3 5 2 13 AB R H RBI SB Krein Devin R. Britt Mitchell Pedro Kenny J. Britt Kindle Grabeel In the final pre-district tune-up, the lone Cardinals girls’ tennis team hosted Condon on Tuesday, May 8. The host team had a good afternoon, winning four matches and losing two. Renee Van Leersum easily dispat ched Christy Nation, 8-0, to lead the way for the Cards. Nation, Con don’s number-three singles player, was substituting for their number- one player, Shandie Johnson. Linda Morter showed an improved game as she defeated Jennifer Byrd, 8-5. » t » Fumika Matsui lost to Junko Yamanaka. 0-8, to complete singles play. In d ou b les’ action, Amy Wagenblast and Nancy Morter fell to Jennifer Byrd and Junko Yamanaka, 2-6, 4-6. 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