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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 5 ,1 9 9 9 Mustang JVs sweep Riverside Pettyjohn pitches By Rick Paullus Mustangs for sweep By Rick Paullus Dylan Pettyjohn pitched a no hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the visiting Condon/Wheeler Blue Devils on Saturday, May 1, to give the Hepp ner Mustangs the sweep. Pettyjohn pitched the seventh inning of game one as the Mus tangs rallied to win, 15-14, and pitched a complete game 11-0 to win in a five-inning nightcap. The Mustangs spotted the Blue Devils a 10-0 lead in an error-filled first game before they got going in the second inning. Tim Dickenson and starting pitcher David Bates both walked and Cody Bellamy got on on an error to lead the bases. Zac Fabian singled to score Dickenson, Derek Gunderson hit a deep fly to cen ter to sacrifice Bates home and Shane Matheny scored Bellamy on a fielder’s choice. The Mustangs then fell behind 12-3 before getting their offense going again in the fourth. Bias Elguezabal and Bellamy both singled and Fabian tripled to score both. Gunderson then hit his fourth home run of the year to deep left- center to cut the Condon lead to 12-7. Matheny and Cory Bennetto both walked and moved to sec ond and third on Allan Gribskov’s groundout. Dickenson then hit a clutch two-out single to cut the lead to 12-9. Condon scored a run in the sixth, but the Mustangs came back with three o f their own as Bennetto singled and scored on Gribskov’s double. Dickenson reached on an error and Gribskov scored on a wild pitch that moved Dickenson to third. Elguezabal then had an RBI single to cut the lead to 13-12. The Blue Devils scored another run in the top of the seventh, but Heppner wasn’t done, as Gun derson led off with a walk, stole second and scored on Matheny’s double. Michael McCabe doubled to tie the game and went to third on the throw. Gribskov then singled home McCabe with the game winner. Gunderson led the way with two hits, including the home run . and three RBIs. Fabian was 2-3 with 3 RBIs. Gribskov went 2-5 with a double and two RBIs. Elguezabal went 2-3. Game two was a different sce nario as it was the Mustangsjump- ing out to the early lead. Gunderson, Matheny and Mc Cabe all walked to load the bases for Bennetto, who singled to score two. Dickenson then squeezed McCabe home with a bunt and Bellamy singled to score Bennetto to give the Mustangs a 4-0 lead after one. They w eren’t done there though as Gunderson again led off with a walk and was moved to third on M atheny’s single. McCabe walked to load the bases and Bennetto hit a sacrifice fly to score Gunderson. G ribskov singled to right to score Matheny and Dickenson hit a sacrifice fly to score McCabe. In the third, Elguezabal got a bad hop single and moved to third on Gunderson’s double. Matheny hit a sacrifice fly to score Elguezabal and McCabe walked again. Bennetto singled to score Gunderson and Dickenson got a two-out single to score McCabe and Bennetto. In the meantime, Pettyjohn was mowing down the Blue Devils, and finished with 11 strikeouts, includ ing striking out the side in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Bennetto was 2-2 with four RBIs, and Dickenson ended up 1- 1 with four RBIs. Matheny was 1-1 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Gunderson had a double and scored three runs. McCabe walked three times and scored all three times. The win improves the Mus tangs’ Columbia Basin Confer ence East Division record to 4-2 and their overall record to 8-9. The Mustangs next play a double- header at Stanfield on Saturday, May 8, at 11 a.m. Game one: C o n d o n -4 6 2 0 0 1 1 14 13 11 Heppner-0 3 0 6 0 3 3 15 11 14 Shaffer, Carnlne (7) and Carnlne, Barnett (4); David Bates. Bias Elguezabal (3), Dylan Pettyjohn (7) and Allan Gribskov. W-Pettyjohn (3-1). L-Camine (1-1). 2B- Osbom Aden (C); Shane Matheny, Michael McCabe, Gribskov (H); 3B-Zac Fabian (H). HR-Derek Gunderson (H). Game two: Condon-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Heppner-4 3 4 0 x 1 1 8 1 Barnett and Shaffer; Pettyjohn and Gribskov, Kelly Paullus (5). W-Pettyjohn (4-1). L-Barnett (1-2). 2B-Gunderson. 3B-none. HR-none. boys defeated Chris Marcum, 8-6, handing lone boys their only win of the evening. Jessica Krebs succumbed to Amanda Lewis in a tough fought match, losing 5-8. Jessica played well but just couldn't get the upper hand on Lewis. Jennifer Thompson conceded to Jessi Holben, 2-8. Molly Barrow handed Jennifer Madison a loss, defeating Madison 8-1. Barrow donned a ferocious forehand and her serves were skillful, said coach Cathy McCabe. The doubles team of Shelby Krebs and Allison Halvorsen lost a heartbreaker match to Jenny Lewis and Wendy Holben in a tie breaker, 8-9. Krebs played the net "excellently," said McCabe.. Amellia Peck and Niki Sullivan defeated Jennifer Madison and Kristina Klag, 8-3. Katie Tworek and Rosanne Baker easily defeated Kim Holben and Allison Allstott, 8-2. Camp Fire camp registration Oregon Trail Council of Camp Fire's Camp Program is currently taking registrations for its day camp and resident camp. Camp DaKonYa is located 18 miles east of Pendleton in the Blue Mountains. Camp Dates are; day camp - June 14-17; cost-$95 for Camp Fire members, $110 for non- members. Resident Camp - June 20-26; Cost-$185 for Camp Fire members, $200 for non members. Camp is not limited to Camp Fire members only. Transportation to and from camp is provided. Hiking, crafts, nature, ecology, singing, games, and crossing the monkey bridge are a few of the activities; the resident camp also offers archery, bb-guns, horsemanship, and campfires. Applications are available at the Camp Fire Office, P.O. Box 115, Pendleton, OR 97801, 541- 276-6181 or 1-888-276-6181. Applications will be accepted until June 1. Statistics: Game one: Riverside- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Heppner- 0 1 0 2 3 3 x 9 9 1 Turner and Slover; Allan Gribskov and Kelly Paullus. W-Gribskov. L-Tumer. 28- Josh Hill, Zac Fabian, Gribskov (H). 3B- Stefan Matheny. HR-none. Game two: Riverside- 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 6 8 3 Heppner-3 2 1 0 0 1 x 7 11 3 Gutcher and Slover; Michael McCabe, Stefan M atheny (6) and Paullus. W- McCabe. L-Gutcher. 2B-Mark McElligott. Cody Bellamy (H). 3B-none. HR-Cory Bennetto. Heppner student selected for volleyball tour host clubs in each city. She will return from Rome July 27. Kim is the daughter of Mark and Cathie Pointer of Lexington. Lexington News By Delpha Jones Statistics: lone girls tie with Echo; The lone tennis team hosted Echo on Friday, April 30. Echo went home with a win defeating the lone boys, 4-1, but the lone girls tied with Echo,, 3-3. In boys' action, Nate James defeated Jeremy Rietmann, 8-4. Rietmann played his best match of the season. Steve Crum fell to Aaron Brown, 3-8. Derek Campbell fell to Chris Marcum in a tight match, 6-8. Adam McCabe and Adam Neiffer lost to Nate James and Nick Marcum, 6-8. "McCabe and Neiffer have displayed a great sense of humor when playing against more experienced doubles teams, accepting their losses good-naturedly and usually keeping their opponents in stitches throughout the match," said coach Cathy McCabe. Colin McElligott and Jeremiah McElligott again earn their title of the "Dynamic Duo", defeating Tyler Campbell and The H eppner Mustang JV baseball team remained unbeaten as they swept the visiting River side Pirates JVs 9-1 and 7-6 on April 29. Allan Gribskov pitched a one- hitter in the first game, allowing just a first inning run. The Mus tangs tied it in the bottom of the second as Josh Hill doubled and was scored by Nick Anthony’s single. The Mustangs took the lead for good in the fourth as Zac Fabian doubled home Gribskov and Cody Bellamy, who had both walked. The Mustangs tacked on three more in the fifth as Gribskov doubled home Kelly Paullus and Hill, who had both walked, and later scored as Anthony reached on an error. In the sixth, Mark McElligott singled, Travis Bellamy walked and Paullus singled to load the bases. Hill hit into a fielder’s choice to score M cElligott, Gribskov hit a sacrifice fly to score Bellamy and Anthony singled to score Paullus for the Mustangs’ final runs. Anthony ended up going 2-3, with three RBIs; Gribskov went 1 -2, with a double and three RBIs; and McElligott went 2-4. Heppner jumped out early in game two, as Cory Bennetto belted a three-run home run, driv ing in McElligott who had singled and Michael McCabe who had reached on a fielder’s choice. The Mustangs tacked on two more in the second as McElligott doubled to score Anthony who had walked, and Travis Bellamy hit a sacrifice fly to score Fabian who had singled. The Pirates scored two runs in the top half of the third, but the Mustangs came back with a run in their half as Paullus singled, Cody Bellamy doubled, and Fabian hit a sacrifice fly to score Paullus. The Pirates came back to get within 6-5, but Heppner scored another run in the sixth. Travis Bellamy reached on an error, stole second and scored on a Bennetto single. Riverside scored another run in the seventh but it wasn’t enough as Matheny picked up the save in relief of McCabe. Kim Pointer Heppner High School junior Kim Pointer has been selected as a member of the 1999 Goodwill Ambassadors European volleyball tour. The tour will take Kim and her teammates from across the U.S. to London, Paris, Geneva, Venice, and Rome. John Littleman, Goodwill Ambassadors Tours director states, "The tour is sponsored by the Sports for Youth Foundation (a non-profit corporation) and Northwest Volleyball; leaders nationwide for volleyball oriented activities since 1974. Over the past 17 years the foundation and Northwest Volleyball have hosted many tours to Western Europe and Russia. In those 17 years it has 'been our pleasure to coach and tour with young athletes such as Kim, who do an excellent job of representing themselves and their community to the world through the sport of volleyball." While on tour Kim and the other 1999 Goodwill Ambassadors will be hosted by volleyball clubs in each city. "The tour is not limited to playing volleyball. It is an educational and cultural tour as well. In each city there are planned visits to museums (The Louvre in Paris); landmarks such as the Palace of Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, the Vatican, San Marcos Square, and the Sistine Chapel; cathedrals such as Westminster Abby and Notre Dame and many other historic sights." Kim will leave Seattle July 5 for London where she will participate in the World Youth Games on July 10-11. From there she will travel to the remaining cities and will play volleyball matches set up by the A home is urgently needed for three teenaged girls. Interested families would be required to complete a home study and pre service training to certify as foster parents. Families interested in providing long-term foster care should call Kathy Skinner at 541-481-9482, extention 22. -;- Dallas Craber is spending some time in Lewiston, ID., with his son while recuperating from surgery. -:- Bill and Bonnie Klinger were recent callers at the home of his mother and husband, Bill and Annetta Padberg. -:- Mr. and Mrs. Rodman from Union recently visited their daugh ter and family, Mike and Roni Jones. -:- Joe Yocum is recuperating from an injured shoulder. -:- Holly Rebekah Lodge will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for the regular meeting. Valda Smith of Hermiston and Jo Irvin of Irrigon were visi tors at the dam in Heppnei. They enjoyed a visit with Jo’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowen, and in Lexington. Delpha Jones accompanied her niece, Pearl Trahan, of Pilot Rock to Portland for a weekend with Charlene Whitney and Bo Bowen. They were joined by Michelle Trahan of Eugene Sat urday. They were visitors of Howard De Lano’s home in Ore gon City to see the Lipizzan horses. Due to the war in the Middle East, the U.S. is now raising these beautiful animals for export. As the horses were considered the property of Middle East royal fami lies, many were put to death by those destroying all property of the families. An interesting note is that the horses are bom black, but change to white when about four years old. TigerScots upset Mustangs By Rick Paullus The Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots scored a run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh in ning to upset the Heppner Mus tangs, 5-4, on Tuesday, April 27, in Athena. The Mustangs scored two runs in the first inning as Derek Gunderson led off, reaching first on an error and later scoring on Shane M atheny’s double. Matheny went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Michael McCabe’s sacrifice fly. The Mustangs took a 3-1 lead in the third as Gunderson singled, stole second and third and scored on an error by the catcher. The TigerScots came back to tie the game in the bottom of the third and took a 4-3 lead in the fifth. Matheny hit a long home run to tie the game up in the top of the seventh, but the TigerScots came back to get the win. M atheny went 2-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs. Gunderson went 2-4 with three stolen bases and two runs scored. Bias Elguezabal went 1-3. Statistics: Heppner- 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 Weston-McEwen-1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 7 Bias Elguezabal, Tim Dickenson (4) and Dylan Pettyjohn and Allan Gribskov; W a g en a a r and Peters. 2B -S h a n e Matheny. HR-Matheny. Wranglers Riding Club holds playday The Wranglers Riding Club held their third playday on Sunday, May 2. Results are as follows: Stickhorse Race: first Ryan Dougherty; second Makenzi Hughes; third Tate Gentry; fourth Connor Green. Leadline: barrels-first Kyle Harrison, second Ryan Dougherty', third Garrett Robinson, fourth Tate Gentry; poles-Kyle Harrison, Garrett Robinson, Ryan Dough erty, Rebecca Jepsen. Five and under: barrels-first Willy Gentry, second Donald Matthews, third Kade Mader, fourth Rebecca Jepsen; poles- Donald Matthews, Willy Gentry, Colby Green, Mary Rietmann. Six and seven year olds: bar rels-first Taighler Dougherty, sec ond Jessica Hughes, third Eric Jepsen, fourth Brynna Rust; poles-Taighler Dougherty, Jessica Hughes, Eric Jepsen, Joe Pranger. Eight through 10 year olds: bar rels and poles-first Lane Bailey, second Emily Rietmann, third Jamie W estberg, fourth Che Green. 11-13 year olds: barrels-first Lacey Davis, second Jessica Westberg, third Jennifer Griffith, fourth Madison Bailey; poles-Jen- nifer Griffith, Jessica Westberg, Madison Bailey, Lacey Davis. 14-15 year olds: barrels-first Tracy Griffith, second Ashley Ward, third Brett Barber, fourth Kelsey Greenup; poles-Tracy Griffith, Kelsey Greenup, Ashley Ward, Brian Rust. 16-18 year olds: barrels-first Tracy Rankin, second Bobbie Rankin, third Krista Adams; poles-K rista Adams, Tracy Rankin, Bobbie Rankin. 19 and over: barrels-first Terri Gentry, second Kirk Mader, third Sara Greenup, fourth Angie Hughes; poles-Sara Greenup, Terri Gentry, Angie Hughes. The next playday will be held Sunday, May 9, Mother’s Day. Potluck will begin at 12 noon, fol lowed by the playday at 1 p.m. Members are reminded to bring their own meat for the barbecue and a salad or dessert to share. 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