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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Apnl 7 ,1 9 9 9 - THREE Huskies sweep Mustangs By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs trav eled to Moro on Saturday, April 3 and dropped a doubleheader to the third-ranked Sherman County Huskies, 17-5 and 9-8, on a cold, windy day. The Mustangs held a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Derek Gunderson got to second base on an error, moved to third on Allan Gribskov’s single and scored on another Husky error. The Huskies built an 8-1 lead after two using good hitting and Heppner errors. In the top of the third, the Mus tangs battled back as Gunderson beat out an infield hit and went to second on an error. After moving to third on a passed ball, Gunderson scored on Shane Matheny’s single off the third baseman. Matheny moved to second on a passed ball; Gribskov reached first on an error and Matheny went to third. A wild pitch scored Matheny and moved Gribskov to second. Cory Bennetto then walked and both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Cody Bellamy then hit a two-out double to score both runners and close the gap to 8-5. The Huskies came back with three runs in the bottom of the in ning and six more in the bottom of the fourth to put the game away. Sherman County continued their scoring into the second game, building a 3-0 lead after one in ning before the Mustangs got go ing. Bennetto led off the second in ning with a double and moved up to third on a passed ball. Michael McCabe then singled to score Bennetto and moved to second on a passed ball. Mark McElligott then singled up the first baseline to score McCabe and narrow the lead to 3-2. The Huskies came right back to score two runs in the bottom of the second to build their lead back to 5-2. With two outs in the top of the third, Gribskov walked and scored on Bennetto’s double to right-cen- lone girls compete in Wahtonka tourney The lone girls' tennis team the consolation match. Sullivan traveled to The Dalles to kept the team competitive with compete in a tournament hosted strong serves and powerful net by Wahtonka. ploy. There were 16 singles entries Molly Barrow fell to Toma and 12 doubles entries between Trotter of Condon, 3-8, in the six schools participating. lone first round of the tournament but had some success in the come back in the consolation tournament with Erin Crowell round to defeat Alisha and Ton Odinet placing third. Wooderson of Sherman County, Molly Barrow won the 8-6. Barrow them advanced to consolation and the dynamic duo the final consolation round of Niki Sullivan and Amellia defeating Amber Gillsworth, 8- Peck placed sixth. 6 . Erin Crowell and Tori Odinet The final match seemed to be defeated Kasey Stroud and Kalie a contest of who was going to Fuller of Sherman County, 8-6, fall down first with both players and earned a spot in the quarter near the point of exhaustion finals to defeat Ashley Zarr and Barrow proved to be the stronger Erin Koshko of Stevenson, 8-6. of the two. "Barrow had all The win advanced the team to around good tournament play the semi finals, but Crowell and with hard hits and her serving Odinet were unable to take the was the most consistent I've seen match from Valerie Bareese and ever seen her serve,” said coach Asia Wizzaren of Stevenson, McC abe. She worked extremely falling 4-8. hard for each and every one of Odinet and Crowell then went her wins." on to defeat Condon's Shannon . Jessica Krebs was defeated by Durfey and Tessa Nicholson for Erin Weidman of Sherman third place. "Odinet had an County, 4-8. She then went into excellent tournament," said the consolation round to play coach Cathy McCabe. "She was Denise Bowman of Weston tough at the net and placed her McEwen, losing to Bowman ,3- shots in the open holes. Crowell 8. Krebs played well throughout is credited with consistent the tournament. Her serving was serving and noteworthy back consistent and she took court coverage." advantage of her opponent's Niki Sullivan and Amefiia weaker qualities. Peck lost their first match to Salli McElligott was defeated Talese Slay and Amy by Rene Robertson of Weston Richelderfer of Sherman, 4-8, McEwen, 2-8. Robertson went but came back in the consolation on to play in the final round bracket to defeat Becky Sparks against Katie Leithouser of and Jeanne Hmtsman of Weston- Stevenson. McElligott went into McEwen, 8-1. Peck and the consolation round to play Sullivan played Kasey Stroud Jennifer Bailey of Condon, and Jennifer Neil of Sherman for losing 3-8. McElligott played consolation, losing 3-8. Peck hard, made some impressive struggled at the beginning of the shots and improves every time she steps onto the court, said tournament but picked up her McCabe. game in the second match and made some sensational shots in ter field. Bennetto then scored as McCabe’s high fly ball was lost in the sun and dropped for an error. In the bottom of the third, McCabe made three straight put- outs from third base, as the Mus tangs held the Huskies scoreless. Josh Hill reached on an error in the top of the fourth and Cody Bellamy came in to pinch run. McElligott then hit into a fielder’s choice and moved to second on another fielder’s choice. Stefan Matheny then reached base on an error to score McElligott as the Mustangs tied the game up at 5- 5. The Huskies came back with a run in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the fifth for an 8- 5 lead. The Mustangs were looking to rally in the top of the sixth, as Travis Bellamy led off with a pinch hit single and Shane Matheny reached base on an in field hit. But a double play ended the rally and the Huskies tacked on another run in the bottom of the inning for a 9-5 lead. The Mustangs weren’t done though, as Gunderson beat out an infield hit, stole second and came home on a Stefan Matheny single. Matheny ended up at second on the throw home and went to third as Gribskov reached first on an error. Gribskov then stole second and Bennetto hit a ground rule double to score both runners and close the gap to 9-8. Bennetto moved to third on a fielder’s choice, but the game ended as Kelly Paullus filed out to deep centerfield. Bennetto had three doubles and three RBIs to lead the Mustangs at the plate. The Mustangs’ next game is a non-league doubleheader at Dufur on Friday, Apnl 9, beginning at 3 p.m. Allan Gribskov came through with a clutch two-out base hit to score Shane Matheny from third base as the Heppner Mustangs won their second straight game in the bottom of the seventh, 8-7, over the visiting Umatilla Vikings on Tuesday, March 29. The Mustangs took an early 3- 0 lead in the first on a Tim Dickenson double, a Gribskov RBI single and a two-run home run by Cory Bennetto. The Vikings narrowed the gap to 3-2 in the top of the third, but the Mustangs came right back with a Shane Matheny two-run home run. The Vikings scored two more in the top o f the fourth, but Michael McCabe hit his second home run of the year, a solo shot to centerfield, to make it 6-4 in favor of the Mustangs. The Vikings scored three runs in the top of the fifth to take a 7-6 lead and held it until the bottom of the seventh. Derek Gunderson walked with one out and Matheny laid down a sacrifice bunt. The throw got past the first baseman and Gunderson came all the way around to score the tying run with Matheny ending up on third. Gribskov then came through with the hit to improve the Mustangs’ record to 2-3. Gribskov ended up going 2-4 with two RBIs. Dylan Pettyjohn, pitching in re lief of David Bates, picked up the win. The second game of the sched uled doubleheader was called af ter three innings because of dark ness, with the Mustangs leading 4-3. Umatilla jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one before the Mus tangs rallied in the bottom of the second to score four runs. Stefan Matheny led off with a single and went to second on a passed ball. Kelly Paullus hit a pinch-hit single to drive in Matheny while he went to second. When the ball got by the centerfielder, Mark McElligott reached on an infield single, sending Paullus to third. McElligott then got into a Niki Sullivan, ready for serve from opponent 1 * Jennifer Thompson serves against Kate Deeks of Wahtonka Members of the Christian Missionary Fellowship served at the senior meal March 31. Blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for April 14 will be oven baked chicken, rice pilaf, pea and bacon salad, fruit bowl, zucchini bread and chocolate chip cookies. Members of the Seventh-day Adventist and Nazarene churches will serve. The Senior Board will meet at 1 p.m. The seniors were saddened by the death of Sue Vinson and extend deepest sympathy to her family. She will be greatly missed. The museum dinner will be held in the dining room April 10 at 5:30 p.m. An important tenant meeting will be held Wednesday, April 14, at 3 p.m. in the center's sitting room. All tenants should try to attend. Other dates to remember are: exercise, Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.; cards, Tuesday and Friday, 1 p.m.; and Bingo, Friday, 7 p.m. W ranglers to begin season Statistics: First game Umatilla: 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 7 7 1 Heppner: 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 8 6 3 Gonzales. Ford (5) and Cleaver: David Bates, Dylan Pettyjohn (5) and Allan Gribskov. W -P ettyjohn, L-Ford. 2-B: Tim Dickenson HR: (U)-Brittain, Ford: (H)- Cory Bennetto. Shane Matheny, Michael McCabe. Bus trip cancelled By Delpha Jones The annual bus trip, sponsored by the Morrow County Historical Society, has been cancelled due to conflicting circumstances. Plans are being considered for something in September or Octo ber. The Wranglers Riding Club will start its season this Sunday, April Rebekahs hold card party By Delpha Jones The last of the series of card parties sponsored by the Holly Rebekah Lodge was held Satur day evening. Prizes were won by Cecil Jones, men’s high; Elmer Heath, second high; Vema Bnnda, women’s high; Kathy Tellechea, second high; and Bob Taylor and Lee Palmer, traveling. Kathy Clark was the hostess. The next series will start in October. The president of the Rebekah Assembly o f Oregon will be present at the next lodge meeting to pay her official visit. All Rebekahs are urged to attend. Tori Odinet (left) and Erin Crowell take third place at the Wahtonka Tournament. lone girls defeat Wahtonka St. Patrick's Senior Center Bulletin Board Statistics: Game one: Heppner 1 0 4 0 0 5 Sherman County 4 4 3 6 x 17 David Bates, Cory Bennetto (3) and Allan Gnbskov; Richelderfer and MacNab. 2B-C. Bellamy (H). HR: Thomas (5). Game two: Heppner 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 8 Sherman County 3 2 0 1 2 1 x 9 Tim Dickenson. Bennetto (5) and Gribskov: Langston and Richelderfer. 2B- Bennetto 3 (H). rundown, allowing Paullus to score, with McElligott taking sec ond on the throw to the plate. Dickenson walked and both runners moved on passed balls. Gribskov then laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to score McElligott, with Dickenson mov ing up to third. Josh Hill then singled past third to score Dickenson with the go-ahead score. f , Mustangs rally past Vikings By Rick Paullus I 11 at 12 noon, with a clean-up day. Everyone is asked to come and work. Those attending are asked to bring a shovel, pitchfork, weedbumers, weedeaters, ham mers, saws, tools and cleaning supplies. The playdays will be held on Sundays, Apnl 18,25, and May 2, 9. A potluck will begin at noon followed by the playday at 1 p.m. New members are welcome to attend. For more information, call Janet Greenup, 676-5822, Terra Adams, 676-5819, Judy Barber, 676-5037, or Judy Eckman, 989- 8498. The lone girls' tennis team hosted Wahtonka on Tuesday, March 30, and defeated Wahtonka three matches to one. Jennifer Thompson defeated Kate Deeks, 8-3. Thompson has improved on her serv ing and had some strong back court shots. Salli McElligott defeated . Kestine' Michaels, 8-6. McElligott started out way ahead of Michaels but started to lose ground. When the score was 7- 6, coach McCabe feared a tie breaker situation, but, after on inspirational talk, McElligott pulled out the big guns and put Michaels in the loser's bracket. Rose Baker and Katie Tworek lost, 2-8, to a combination ol Kate Deeks from Wahtonka and Niki Sullivan from lone. "Wahtonka was shy a player so Sullivan was gracious enough to offer her assistance to the Wahtonka team, handing Wahtonka their only win.," said coach Cathy McCabe. Allison Halvorsen and. Shelby Krebs defeated Kestine Michaels and Becky Elears. 8-1. Krebs was hitting some strategically placed shots in the doubles' alley, said McCabe. 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