Cardinals win Big Sky Conference
District 3-1A track and field meet
Thierry Delbart
wins district
tennis title
Three tracksters qualify for state
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photo by April Sykes
State track qualifiers l-r: Traci Dickenson, David Michael, Nicole
VanEtta
lone Cardinals track team L-R front: Will Parm, Joe Bacon, Jacob Taylor, Luke Swanson, Rob
Crum, John Doherty; back-LaRee Anderson, Kara Miller, Stephanie Haguewood, Becky Wagenblast,
Rodney Ehrmantraut. Not pictured Melissa McElligott, Jerad Ashbeck, Nathan Heideman, Anne
Dombrowski, Suzy Heideman.
The lone Cardinals won the
Big Sky Conference, District 3
1A track and field champion
sh ip s at H erm iston High
School last Saturday, May 6.
lone boys beat Wasco County
for first with 136 points to 120.
TJie girls won 11 of 17 events
for their championship.
"We had a pretty good day,"
said coach Del LaRue. "About
80 percent of the kids had their
best of the year." The girls
1600m relay team has the best
qualifying time in the state.
Melissa McElligott won three
titles, the 100, 200 and long
jump to lead the team.
Becky Wagenblast won the
high jump competition and
Anne Dombrowski took the
400. Other state contenders in
cluded Kara Miller in the 100
high hurdles and second place
in the intermediate hurdles.
Teammate Stephanie Hague-
wood beat Miller for first in the
intermediate hurdles. LaRee
Anderson took second in the
400 and lone's 1,600 relay team
finished second.
Jerad Ashbeck won the 110
high hurdles while Jacob Taylor
w on the 800 m. N athan
Heideman took two seconds
the triple jum p and high
hurdles, Rob Crums took se
cond in the 1,500 and the 1,600
relay team also placed second.
Other places were boys: Pole
vault: Rodney Ehrmantraut,
first, Luke Swanson second,
Joe Bacon third.
High jump Joe Bacon fourth
and Swanson sixth.
Shot: Wade Parm fifth.
Triple jump: Heideman se
cond, Swanson fifth.
1500m: Rob Crum second;
100m Jerad Ashbeck third;
400m John Doherty fifth; 800m
Jacob Taylor first, Jake
McElligott fourth, John Doher
ty sixth; 200m Jerad Ashbeck
third, Will Parm sixth; 3000m
Crum third, Steve Allen fifth.
110 High Hurdles: Ashbeck
first, H eidem an second,
Ehrmantraut third; 300 in
termediate hurdles Heideman
th ird ,
S w anson fo u rth ,
Ehrmantraut fifth.
1600 Relay: lone second.
Girl's results:
Javelin: Suzy Heideman first,
Kara M iller th ird , Becky
Picknell sixth.
Triple jump: McElligott first,
Haguewood second.
Discus: Dombrowski, third,
Becky Picknell fourth.
Pole Vault: Marie Tworek
first, Anderson second.
Shot:
Picknell
th ird ,
Heideman sixth.
High jump: Becky Wagen
blast first.
1500m Tworek third; 100m
McElligott first,; 400m Dom
browski first, Anderson se
cond,; 800m Wagenblast third;
200m McElligott first; 3000m
Tworek third; 1600m lone first.
300 intermediate hurdles:
Melissa McElligott first, Dom
browski third.
State meets will be held this
w eek en d , May 19-21 in
Monmouth.
LaRue said the biggest competi
tion for the boys should be
Wallowa and Canyonville Bi
ble. For the girls it will be Ca
nyonville Bible and St. Paul.
Mustangs split with Weston-McEwen
The Heppner Mustangs split
w ith W eston-M cEwen last
Saturday, May 6 in Heppner,
score and all 5-3, 3-5.
H e p p n er's pitcher Chris
Dickenson and good infield
defense held the TigerScots
scoreless in the first two
innings.
N um ber two batter Rod
Zumwalt got on base with a
double to get the Mustangs go
ing. Trent Hughes batted Zum
walt around for the RBI.
TigerScots number seven bat
ter Casey Giger got a double
and scored off C o u rtn ey
Brody's double to tie the score
in the top of the third.
Brian Koffler and Eric Schon-
bachler both got on base with
singles and Dickenson made ft
to first on an error, loading the
bases. Chad Skroch sacrificed
to score a run and Hughes
singled for two RBI's. The inn
ing ended 4-1.
H e p p n er's defense held
Weston-McEwen until the sixth
when they threatened with two
more runs off two singles and
a double. Trent Hughes doubl
ed in the bottom of the sixth
and scored off a squeeze play,
the last run of the game.
fourth when Hughes singled
and was moved around the
bases on a sacrifice by Josh
Coiner and scored. Greg Holtz
hit a single but was left stan
ding on second to end the inn
ing 4-1 Weston-McEwen.
Tough defense held the
TigerScots in the fifth and sixth
inning but they managed one
more run in the seventh.
Heppner
103 001 x- 5 6 1
Eric Schonbachler walked to
Weston-McEwen
001 002 0- 3 6 3
first
in the fifth and advanced
Brody and Bailey; Dickenson and Coiner.
around the bases by stealing se
W-Dickenson, l-Brody. Homeruns none.
In the nightcap the Tiger cond and a wild pitch on third.
Scots took control of the game Zumwalt sacrificed to score
with a run in the first and third Schonbachler and Dickenson
innings and two more in the got a double but was left stan
ding on second. The Mustangs
fourth.
The Mustangs got singles by tried to come back in the sixth
Dickenson in the first, Hughes and seventh but came up short.
in the second and Jim Garrett Greg Holtz made it to first on
and Brian Koffler in the third, an error in the sixth scoring for
but couldn't score until the Heppner but pinch runner Tim
Sumner who came in for Kof
fler, was left standing on se
cond. Koffler singled to first.
The Mustangs are coached by
Rick Johnston and Robin Graff.
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Heppner
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Weston-McEwen
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Giger and Glidewell; Skroch and Zum
walt W-Giger, l-Skroch. HRs none.
all
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lone's Thierry Delbart has
been having a pretty good year
in tennis. Not only is he going
to the state championships, he
also has not lost any of his 20
matches this year.
Last week at the district
3A/2A/1A tennis tournament in
the Tri-cities Delbart beat Bryan
Escobedo 6-1, 6-4 to win the
boys singles title and advance
to state.
lone also claimed the boys
team title at the d istrict
tournament.
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"Thanks for the Memories,"
a music and comedy variety
show based on the USO shows
of World War II, will be
brought to Heppner on May 21
by th e N o rth w est Senior
Theatre, a volunteer theatrical
group composed entirely of
performers over the age of 55.
A rtistic director, Vivian
Lyman of Sylvan says, "C re
ativity is ageless, and because
of that, we don't feel there are
constraints on us because we're
senior citizens. We believe
senior citizens are a national
treasure, and we're doing our
level best to prove it." The
N orthw est Senior Theatre
creates its own material and has
several shows which it tours in
the northwest.
"Thanks for the Memories"
is coming to Heppner in con
junction with the "Produce for
state. Michael qualified in two
events.
Dickenson placed first in the
high jump with a jump of 4-ft
10-inches, VanEtta placed in
the 1500 meters and Michael
placed second in the long jump
with a leap of 19-foot 2-inches
and second in the triple jum p
at 39-9.
Rev. Bob D ow rey to retire
By April Sykes
The Rev j Bob Dowrey, pastor
at th e H e p p n er U nited
Methodist Church, has an
nounced his retirement, effec
tive June 25.
The Rev. Dowrey and his
wife, Cathy, plan to move to
The Dalles.
The Rev. A1 Trachsel, who
has served in Dufur and Tygh
Valley, has been named the
new pastor. Everyone is invited
to meet the Rev. Trachsel and
his family on Sunday, July 2, at
the church.
Mustangs head to district playoffs
The Heppner Mustangs are
making their fourth trip to the
2A district baseball playoffs
under coach Rick Johnston, this
time in the number two spot.
Heppner earned their right to
the playoffs by beating Stan
field 6-5 in a comeback to win
in the seventh inning game.
Heppner had to win one of
the two games played Tuesday,
May 16 and lost the first one
with lots of errors and had just
about as many in the second
game.
They pulled it off however in
the last inning, two outs, bases
loaded, tying run at bat, every
baseball players dream. Chad
High School
rodeo does
well at Spray
Heppner High School did
well at the Redmond High
School Rodeo, held May 13-14.
Tiffanie Munkers, Lexington,
won the all-around champion
ship and placed third in goat
tying, fourth in poles and fifth
in barrel racing.
Katie McCoin, Condon, plac
ed first in poles and fourth in
team roping.
Lexi Matteson, H eppner,
placed fourth in barrel racing
and sixth in team roping.
Justin Matteson, Heppner,
placed first in calf roping,
fourth in team roping, and fifth
in bull dogging.
Senior Theatre to perform
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Thierry Delbart
T hree H e p p n er ath letes
qualified to compete in the state
track m eet • S atu rd ay in
Monmouth.
Nicole VanEtta, Traci Dicken
son and David Michael all plac
ed second place or better at last
w eek's district 7-2A meet in
Hermiston to qualify them for
Victory: Posters from the
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Morrow County Museum on
May 13 and runs through July
Skroch at the plate, first pitch,
sm ack-grand slam, right over
right field fence, 6-5 Heppner,
none of the errors matter
anymore.
The Mustangs face Wahton-
ka, the number two team from
the west division. The game
will be played Saturday, May
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"Thanks for the Memories”
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World War II and the spirit and
music that rose out of it to share
this experience with younger
friends and family members,
said Marsha Sweek, museum
director.
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