Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. May 25. 1994 - THREE
Heppner dominates all star picks
Heppner dominated the east
half of the CBC distirct 7A-AA
baseball all stars announced Mon
day, May 23. Six Mustangs were
named to the first team and three
were named to the honorable
mention. The all stars are
nominated by all the coaches.
Senior Jerad Wicklund was
named as pitcher, seniors Rick
Koffler first base, Sam Sumner
catcher, Kevin Payne and juniors
Chris Dickenson infield and
Trent Hughes outfield.
Honorable mention picks were
senior Jim Tellechea, infield,
junior Jon Hanna, designated hit
ter and sophomore Rod Zuniwalt,
outfield.
Others named were: first team
pitcher, Shawn Tracy, j r . ,
Umatilla; designated hitter, Kyle
Fredrickson, freshman, Umatilla;
outfield Chris Humphreys, jr.
Pilot Rock; and utility, Tyler
Fredrickson, sr., Umatilla.
Honorable mention included
pitcher Brandon Dames, jr., Pilot
Rock; first base, Casey Perkins,
so., Pilot Rock; infield, Phil
Allen, sr., Umatill and David
Ellis, so., Pilot Rock; catcher,
Glenn Stillman, so., Pilot Rock;
outfield Steve Keitz, sr., Stanfield
and Ryan Simpson, jr. Pilot
Rock; and utility, Pete Meek, sr.,
Weston-McEwen.
Carl Lauritsen
receives
certification
Carl Lauritsen
Honorable mention picks l-r: Rod Zumwalt, Jon Hanna, Jim
Tellechea.
Photo by Joyce Hughes
First team all star picks l-r: Trent Hughes, Jerad Wicklund, Chris Dickenson, Sam Sumner,
Kevin Payne, Rick Koffler.
Mustangs still district champions
Same song, different dance as
the Heppner Mustangs defended
their district championship title
Monday, May 23 in Hood River
beating the Wahtonka Eagles 3-2.
Sam Sumner hit a dinger home
run in the sixth inning to give the
Mustangs the go ahead winning
run in the district tournament
championship game.
H eppner
p itcher
Jerad
Wicklund struck out six and
walked two Eagles for an outstan
ding performance on the mound.
The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead
in the second inning. Junior Trent
Hughes singled to right field and
moved around the bases off a hit
by Chad Skroch and a passed
ball. Jon Hanna sacrificed and
sent Hughes home. Skroch scored
when sophomore Rod Zumwalt
stole second and Wahtonka
bobbled the attempt to put Zum
walt out.
Schneidt got on base in the
fourth inning, for the Eagles first
time on base for the day, off a
Mustang error. Sam Evans
followed with a single but the
Mustangs defense went to work
throwing Schneidt out at third,
putting Foster on base with a
fielders choice and throwing the
next two batters out at first.
Evans again got on base again
in the sixth inning, this time off
a Mustang error when Kevin
Payne, who played excellent
defense stopping some bad hops,
slipped and hit his head over
throwing the ball to first. The
next two batters for the Eagles
walked and K’d and Harmon got
on off another Mustang error,
sending both runners in.
Wicklund allowed only three
hits for the Eagles on the day.
Good defensive play by the
Mustangs held Wahtonka in the
seventh for their second district
champion victory in as many
years.
Schneidt held the Mustangs to
just five hits, striking out seven.
Hughes was 3-3 at the plate while
Carl Lauritsen, Morrow Coun
ty Emergency Medical Services
coordinator, recently received his
paramedic licensure from the
Oregon Health Division.
Paramedic is the highest level
of emergency medical certifica
tion in the state of Oregon.
Lauritsen was previously certified
as an EMT III. This upgrade
allows Lauritsen to provide addi
tional advanced trauma care to
victims of a medical emergency.
He passed a written exam and
completed further training in
p sy ch iatric, g eria tric , and
pediatric life support as a cer
tification
requirem ent.
“ Availability of paramedic level
services will provide a much
needed resource to help assure
that Morrow County EMS pro
gram is meeting the needs of our
residents,” says Sheridan Tar-
nasky, trauma coordinator for
Pioneer memorial Hospital.
Lauritsen is the first Morrow
County EMS staff member to
achieve paramedica status. He
has been providing emergency
medical services in Morrow Sumner had two hits, including
County since 1981. As the coun his home run.
ty ’s
EMS
co o rd in ato r,
The Mustangs play at home
Lauritsen's duties require him to Friday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m.
ensure that all county pre-hospital They face Elgin, District 8
medical services comply with runner-up.
state requirements. He also pro
The Mustangs beat the Huskies
vides advanced life support ser in a pre-season doublfe header 2-1
vices throughout M orrow
and 11-5.
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Jim Tellechea gets ready to get this guy out at third.
Voegeding competes in
state tennis tournament
By Anne Morter
Thomas Voegeding added
another memorable experience to
his year as an exchange student
in lone last weekend when he
competed for lone in the State
Tennis Tournament in Roseburg.
By virtue of his third place finish
at the district tournam ent.
Thomas advanced to the State
1A-2A-3A tourney. The tennis
players were tough and
Voegeding was eliminated in the
The Heppner Coordinating
Council is currently meeting
weekly to work on updating the
Heppner Strategic Plan. The next
council meeting will be at 7:30
a.m. May 30 in the GEODC
office.
The council has reformulated
the strategic plan with seven ma
jor goals as follows:
-create o p p ortunities for
business development resulting in
full time living wage jobs; retain
existing employment; develop in
frastructure to attract new
employment and residents; in
crease and improve housing; in
crease and improve lodging ac
commodations; develop and
maintain accurate community in
formation; enhance community
appearance and livability.
The council is now working on
the strategies and action plans that
support the achievement of goals.
The original Heppner strategic
plan was developed by the Hepp-
ner Vision 2000 committee in
1991.
The Heppner Coordinating
C ouncil and the H eppner
Economic Development Cor
poration have scheduled a joint
meeting for Wednesday, June 1
at 8 a.m. to clarify the roles and
responsibilities of each organiza
tion in regard to building the
economic health, unity and pro
gress of the Heppner community.
By Anne Morter
The lone lady Cardinals came
within two points of the State
Track C ham pionship last
weekend May 21 held at Western
Oregon State College in Mon
mouth. In down-to-the-wire scor
ing, St. Paul finished second in
the mile relay to the Cardinal’s
sixth to take the hotly contested
title. Melissa McElligott, com
peting with a sore hamstring, won
the 100 and the triple jump, set
ting a new state record in the tri
ple jump. Jamie Lovett repeated
as champion in the discus, also
setting a new state record.
In addition to her two wins,
McElligott paced the Cardinals
with a second place finish in the
200 in 27.43 and fourth in the
long jump with a jump of
15’3!4” .
Lovett set a new personal best
on the road to her state record in
the discus. Sitting in second place
with one throw remaining, she
popped a throw of 117*7*’ to win
the event. She also finished sixth
in the shot with a throw of 30’8” .
April Taylor was fourth in the
1500 in 5:21.24 and sixth in the
javelin with a throw of 98’1” .
Becky Wagenblast placed sixth
in the high jump at 4 ’7” and
seventh in the 800 in 2:44.8.
Go
Mustangs
Beat Elgin
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Joyce & Jaci,
Kim Bedortha was seventh in
the high jump 4 ’2” and the 3000,
12:53.7.
Lyndee Minster was eighth in
the 1500 in 5:53.8.
The boys’ team finished eighth
in the team standings with 33
points. Lars Krechting led the
way, setting a new state record in
the high jump at 6’6” but plac-,
ing second on the basis of more
misses. He grabbed a third in the
pole vault at 10’8” and fifth in
the javelin with a throw of
153’3” .
Jared Ashbeck sped to third
place in the 110 high hurdles with
a time of 16.75.
Jim Logan placed fifth in the
400 meters in 52.51.
Rob Crum was seventh in the
3000 with a time of 10:26, a per
sonal best by 14 second. Jacob
Taylor also improved his time in
the 800, running 2:07.5 for
seventh place.
The 400 relay team of Gregg
Holtz, Jake Bacon, Ashbeck and
Joe Bacon finished eighth with a
time of 47.28.
“ Everybody did a good jo b ,”
said coach Del LaRue of his
teams’ efforts at the state meet.
“ All of our kids improved. We
had some great efforts even
though they didn’t place,” he
added.
Aaron Heideman named to east-
west Shrine football first team
Aaron Heideman, a tackle from
lone High Shcool, has been mov
ed from alternate stuatus into the
starting lineup of the East-West
All-Star Shrine Football game in
Baker City. The change was due
to vacancies in the first team
lineup.
The Shrine East-West Football
Game will be played at Bulldog
Stadium August 13. This event is
rated in the top five in North
America for their contributions to
the support of Shriners Crippled
Childrens Hospitals. This is the
world’s largest philanthropy
where any child can receive treat
ment for orthopedic or bum
disorders. The Shriner’s make no
distinction as to race, creed or na
tional origin.
Aaron Heideman
This program is made possible
by the support of Oregonians
throughtout the state along with
talents of fine young athletes who
give generously of their time and
energies, said a spokesperson.
Rick Koffler. Heppner, was
named earlier to the team.
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chance to find his rhythm,
defeating him 6-0, 6-0.
Thomas also got one other
unofficial match, losing to Jaime
Rameriz of Umatilla, 3-8.
“ The whole experience was
good,” said lone tennis coach,
Jim Raible. “ Just to be down
there will all that tennis talent was
overwhelming,” he added.
Coordinating council to meet
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