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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 4, 2001 - FIVE Mustang softball team sweeps Wahtonka lone Elementary students study volcanoes lone Elementary School students Steven Holland, Jeremy Coleman, Zac Orem and Jodan Peterson watch a volcano erupt. Cards compete at Sherman County On Friday, March 23, lone tennis teams hosted Sherman County. The Huskies are traditionally a very strong team and walked away with eight o f 11 matches. lone's Sheena Christman posted the only win for lone and freshman Billy Ross was bed before the match was called on account o f darkness. This was the first match o f the season for lone. "Everyone played well," commented coach Cathy McCabe. It is difficult to play one o f the strongest team s in the league for your very first match." In boys' action, Aaron Brown had huge serves and hit hard against Joey Yourchek but was unable to take a game away from Yourchek, losing 0-8. Jeremy Rietmann had some colossal serves and competed stror^» but fell to Brandon Welk, 1-8. Freshman Billy Ross had the unfortunate draw o f playing the last game o f the evening and had to call his m atch with Jeff Holiday tied at two games each. Ross played well against his opponent and displayed some strong skills in the short time he was on the court. Aaron Tworek and Derek Campbell had a strong match against Brad Goodenough and Brett Brown. Campbell had well placed hits and Tworek's speed is what kept them in the game before they were handed a 5-8 loss. Jeff Hunt and Cameron Krebs lost to the number-two Sherman doubles team o f Ketchum and Olsen, 3-8. Krebs is extremely aggressive at the net and Hunt is constantly improving his skills and both are learning to play as a team, said M cCabe. The doubles team o f Paul Neifer and Johnny Collin lost to Sherman County's Kaseberg and Crowder, 2-8. N eiffer and Collin, both freshmen, displayed strong skills in the back court and compete well together. For the girl's team, Molly Barrow was down 1-4 against Elisha Wooderson, made a com eback to nearly tie at 5-6, but lost the game 6-8. Barrow did an outstanding job on her serves for the first match o f the season. Sheena Chnstman easily defeated Breanne M iller, 8-0. Christman is a consistent player, who gets the ball back and lets her opponents make the mistakes. Emily Key played an outstanding match against Devin Wooderson, taking the match into a tie breaker before failing 8-0. Tie breaker score was also close at 7-9. M olly Barrow and Meghan M cCabe fought a tough match to C odie Stroud and Frankie W elk before failing to Sherman County, 5-8. Emily Key and Sarah Barrow also made w orthy opponents to Christine Alley and Kristy Danielson posting a 5-8 loss. 4,. >.-A <• •> '• a -V. v . *. A.A-^„ a A ■ 1 By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang softball team used good defense and clutch hitting from M arissa M cCabe to sweep the W ahtonka Eagles, 9-2 and 8-2, to open Eastern Oregon League play in The Dalles on Saturday, M arch 31. The wins im proved the M ustangs' overall record to 6-2 on the year. The M ustangs play at Pilot Rock on Saturday, April 6, in another key EOL doubleheader. After the Mustangs failed to score in their half o f the first in game one, the Eagles had a runner at second with no outs, but failed to score as the Mustangs turned a double play. In the top o f the second, San Juanita Elguezabal reached first on an error, stole second, went to third on a Charissa Gates groundout and scored as Marcy Miller reached on an error, lhe Eagles had the bases loaded in the bottom half, but the Mustangs' good defense kept them from scoring again. In the third, McCabe led off with a single, went to second on a wild pitch and scored as Miller reached on another error. The Eagles sent three straight ground balls to Jenni Patton at third base in the bottom half, which resulted in three straight outs to G ates at first base. The M ustangs broke the game open in the fourth as Patton led o ff with a double and went to third as Nikki Sisk reached first on a third strike wild pitch. Both runners scored on a throwing error as Sisk stole second. McCabe the doubled Symphony, singers to perform trrrt r m The Willow Creek Symphony will also perform two Young People's Concerts for area school children on Thursday, April 5. These will be held at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. at the Echo Community Center. The Young People's concerts are sponsored by the Samuel S. Johnson Foundation and Linda Barrett- Courtney/Tolem ac Inn. The Willow Creek Symphony and Singers are directed by R. Lee Friese o f Athena. Assistant conductor for the symphony is Tony Marks o f LaGrande. The symphony, based in Heppner, consists o f 43 players between the ages o f nine and 72. They represent all levels o f proficiency from beginners to advanced musicians. The W illow Creek Singers, also based in Heppner, includes about 20 adults and teens from throughout Morrow and Um atilla counties. n ffi Ititt photo by Cathy McCaba Cameron Krebs prepares to deliver a serve to his opponent. MC Health Dept. photo by Cathy McCabe Derek Campbell runs down a forehand hit by his Sherman County opponent. photo by Cathy McCabe Aaron Brown prepares to return a forehand hit. DAFFODILS... The Morrow County Health Dept, lists its monthly schedule for blood pressures and im m unizations: Thursday, April 5-blood pressures and immunizations, Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Monday, April 9-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 12-blood pressures and im m unizations, Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Monday, April 16-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 17-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; W ednesday, April 18-blood pressures and immunizations, Imgon clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 19-blood pressures and im m unizations, Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Monday, April 23-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 24-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 26-blood pressures and im m unizations, Heppner clinic, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Monday, April 30-blood pressures and im m unizations, Boardm an clinic, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m. Darren Van Cleave The W illow Creek Symphony and the Willow Creek Singers will perform their spring concert at Stokes Landing Senior C enter in Irrigon on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. The symphony will perform a variety o f music including "Sounds o f Simon and Garfunkel," and "Rondeau" from "M asterpiece Theatre." Darren Van Cleave, 16, o f Heppner, will be the soloist for "A Trumpeter's Lullaby" by LeRoy Anderson. The choir will perform several sacred selections. "Amazing Grace" will be sung by the choir along w ith orchestral accom panim ent. The concert in Irrigon is free to the public and is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and the Umatilla Electric Cooperative. A reception will be held after the concert. D riftwood JIM WEST W o r k in g H o r s e s Production SaCe TULIPS... and up the right field line and went to third on a passed ball. Jesse Gutierrez walked, and stole second as McCabe came home on the throw. Elguezabal reached on a fielder's choice and both runners moved up on a passed ball, then came home on a Gates single to make it 7-0. In the sixth, McCabe led off with a single and went to third on a G utierrez single, who later stole second. M cCabe was thrown out at home on a close play on a passed ball, but Elguezabal tripled to score Gutierrez and later scored on a wild pitch. The Eagles scored a run in the sixth on an error, and added another score in the seventh. The Mustangs then turned a double play to end the game. McCabe went three for four to lead the Mustangs at the plate and Shelley Rietmann went the distance on the mound to get the win despite a fat lip and nasty cut on the inside o f her m outh due to a pre-game throwing accident. In gam e two, The M ustangs turned another double play to get out o f a jam in the bottom o f the first inning and added a ran in the second when Gytierrez walked and was tripled hom e by M cCabe. In the fifth inning, the Mustangs broke a 1-1 tie when Rietmann singled, Elguezabal and Gutierrez walked and McCabe doubled to clear the bases, giving the M ustangs a 4-1 lead. The Eagles loaded the bases in the bottom half, but failed to score DA's Report Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen has released the following report: -Julian G arcia-Lopez was found guilty o f Crim inally Negligent Homicide following a stipulated facts trial held on February 8. Garcia-Lopez was ordered to 18 m onths in custody o f the Oregon Departm ent o f Corrections with three years probation. He was also ordered to pay $474 in fines, fees and assessments and a compensatory fine o f $5,000 to the estate o f Debra Ann Cousins; pay costs o f treatm ent caused or aggravated by his conduct upon the victim's families; and com plete drug and alcohol treatm ent. His driver's license was suspended for eight years. -Rodrigo C hairez plead guilty to Sexual Abuse I and was sentenced to 75 m onths in custody of the Oreogn D epartm ent o f C orrections with post-prison supervision. as Alecia Geer made a nice running catch in left field for the third out. In the seventh, McCabe and Gates singled and Sisk walked to load the bases. Jesse Kempas had a two-out single to score two and Patton singled to score two more to give the Mustangs a 8-1 lead. The Eagles added a run in the seventh, but the M ustangs held on to get the win and the sweep. McCabe had another good game, going three for four, with a double, triple and four RBIs. Gates was two for four, Rietmann, two for five, and Sisk, one for two with a double. Rietmann went the distance for her second win o f the day. Gates had four RBIs for the day and played great at first base. Statistics Game One: Heppner: 011 502 0-9 7 1 Wahtonka: 000 001 1 - 2 8 4 Shelley Rietmann and Jesse Gutierrez; Katie Smith and Lindsey Lick. W - Rietmann. L - Smith. 2B - Jenni Patton, Marissa McCabe (H); Lacey Lick 3, Sam Biecher (W); 38 - San Juanita Elguezabal (H). HR - none. Game Two Heppner: 010 030 4-8 10 5 W ahtonka: 001 000 1 - 2 6 3 Rietmann and Gutierrez; Smith and Li. Lick. W - Rietmann, L - Smith. 2B - McCabe, Nikki Sisk (H). 3B - McCabe (H). HR - none. JV M ustangs rally to defeat W ahtonka By Rick Paullus The Heppner M ustangs JV baseball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat the visiting Wahtonka Eagles, 11-5, on Monday, April 2 on a chilly, windy afternoon. The Mustangs moved to 2-0 on the year with a rematch against Wahtonka there on Thursday, April 5, and a doubleheader at hom e on Friday, April 6, against LaGrande next on the schedule. Trailing 2-0 in the third, Luke Murray was hit by a pitch and Kiel Naim s reached on a error. Murray scored on a Brian Gutierrez groundout and N aim s scored on a Kyler Lovgren fielder's choice to tie it at 2-2. The Mustang put up five more in the fourth as Ben Turrell and Zack Skaggs singled and Trevor Rhea reached on an error to load the bases. Murray drove in two with a single and Gutierrez following that up with a homerun to centerfield to make it 7-2. The Eagles got to within 7-4 in the fifth, but the M ustangs came back with four m ore in the sixth as Murray reached on an error, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. He scored on a squeeze bunt by Naims. Naims went to second on the play and scored on a Gutierrez single. G utierrez came around to score on a wild pitch as Karl Morgan walked and Morgan scored as Robert Whalen struck out on a wild pitch and forced a throw to first. Gutierrez shut out the Eagles in the seventh as Mustangs' pitchers Conor Kilkenny, Adam Bergstrom, Zack Skaggs and Gutierrez com bined for 11 strikeouts, but walked five and hit four batters. Gutierrez led the way at the plate, going two for four with a homerun and five RBIs, with N aim s going two for four with two runs scored. Murray had two RBIs and scored three runs. Statistics W ahtonka: 011 021 0-5 3 4 Heppner: 002 504 x-1 1 7 7 Carter, Stans (3), O'Halloran (5) and Huxel; Conor Kilkenny. Adam Bergstrom (3), Zack Skaggs (5). 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