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Cardinal relay teams reign at Condon By Debbie Radie The lone track teams traveled to Condon to compete in an eight-team meet on April 16. The Cardinal girls team took first place, while the Cardinal boys finished third. Leading the girls’ team was Amelia Peck, who finished first in the discus with a throw of 84’3". She also took first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17.5 and first in the 300m hurdles at 52.07. Diana McEUigott took first in the 100m dash with a time of 12.74 and first in the 200m dash with 27.45. Cyndi Heagy won the 400m dash with a time of 1:05.37 and finished second in the 100m dash with a time of 13.42. Jaysi Bennetto took first in the 800m run with a time of 3:36.55, placed second in the 3000m run at 15:23.82 and third in the 100m hurdles with 20.18. Eva C hitty finished second in the long jump with a jump of 12’3". She also took second in the pole vault with a jump of 6' and third in the 200m dash with 30.88. Brittany Day placed second in the 100m hurdles with a tim e o f 19.56. Kasie Peterson took second in the 800m run with a time of 3:43.62. Missy Baker placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 27’ 1" and took sixth in the 100m dash with a time o f 14.31. Barbara Holland finished fifth in the high jump, jumping 4’6". Kim Morris finished sixth in the high jump with a jump of 4’4". Both relay teams placed first: the 4x100 relay team at 59.23 and the 4x400m relay team with 4:39.02. In boys action, the 4x100 relay team of Radie, Rietmann, Burright and Tullis took first place with a time o f 45.59.Andrew Rietmann finished first in the high jump with a jump of 5’5", won the 100m dash with a time of 10.92 and finished second in the triple jump with a jump of 38’5". Brad Burright took first in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.93. He also took first in the 300m hurdles with a time of 40.32 and third in the discus, throw ing 113 ’ 1". Ashley Roberts placed second in the 100m dash with a time of 11.77, fourth in the long jump with a jump of 16’ 10", fourth in the javelin with a throw of 123', and sixth in the triple jump, jumping 34’2". Mike Radie placed third in the long jump with a jump of 17’ 1". Til Tullis finished third in the 110 hurdles with a time of 20.05 and fourth in the 300m hurdles with a time o f 49.20. Cody Bergstrom placed fourth in the 3000m run with a time of 11:56.04 and sixth in the 1500m with a time of 5:23.14. Boardman invitational track meet Andrew Reitman lone 1st place, Mike Radie lone 4th place. Riverside took 2nd and 3rd in a tight finish By Debbie Radie On April 19, the lone Cardinal track teams traveled to Boardman to take place in the first ever French Invite. The Cardinal boys team came away with first place in the meet, edging Riverside by 1.5 points. The boys were led by Brad Burright, who took first in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.04. Burright also took first in the 300m hurdles with a time of 40.29 and first in the long jump, jumping 2 1’9.5". Andrew Rietmann placed first in the 100m dash at 11.49, second in the 200m dash with a time of 23.75, and second in the 400m dash ending at 52.33. Mike Radie finished fourth in the 100m dash with a time of 11.85 and eighth in the 200m dash with a time of 24.45. Cayle Krebs finished fourth in the discus, throwing 122’ 10". Ashley Roberts placed sixth in the javelin with a throw of 138’8" and eighth in the triple jump with a jump of 36-5. The 4x 100 relay team of Radie, Rietmann, Krebs and Burright finished third at 44.96. The girls’ team placed fourth overall with a score of 59 points. * Diana McEUigott finished first in the 100m dash with a time of 12.09, first in the 200m dash with a time of 27.69, and second in the 400m dash with 1:03.31. Amelia Peck took third in the discus with a throw of 97-6, fifth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.03, and sixth in the 300m hurdles with a time of 52.17. Cyndi Heagy placed fourth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:04.92.The 4x100m relay team of D. McEUigott, Heagy, Peck and Natalie McEUigott finished second at 52.35. NOHA award given Kristina Powell, a senior at lone High School, has received a $2,000 Northeast Oregon Homebuilders Association scholarship. Powell plans to attend Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande in the fall and study mechanical engineering. HEALTH BEN EFITS f o r th e ;0037 ENTIRE FAMILY Assoc 1 Only $ 7 0 per month! • Flat Rate • Guaranteed A cceptance • Self-em ployed or n ot - no increase! • Deep m edical d isco u n ts on doctor, dental, chiropractic, em ergency room, hospital, confinem ent, vision, RX & more. C all 8 6 6 - 7 5 0 - 0 2 9 9 T oll F ree lone senior girls honored lone High School senior girls and their mothers were honored at the annual tea sponsored by the lone Topic Club. The group met at the Fireside room of the United Church of Christ on April 17. Senior girls present were Amber Peck, Salli McEUigott, Kristian Powell, Rhonda Wilhelm, Cyndi Heagy, and Terri McEUigott. Following refreshments, Katherine Lindstrom shared the history of the club, which was organized in 1930. Diane Stuart sang with Cheri Smouse as her accompanist. The special guest speaker for the day was Macarena Esposito, an exchange student from Brazil. Prior to the tea, the club met for a business meeting. Members discussed the summer reading program themed, “Don’t Bug Me, I’m Reading!” The program will begin the week after school is out and continue for six weeks. The group also discussed plans to prepare a lunch for the bicycle tour participants who will be in lone on June 22. Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Apnl 24, 2002 - THREE lone boys com pete at Sherman Mustang JVs County Invitational score late to beat Pirates By Rick Paullus Johnny Collin and Taylor McEUigott pose for a picture after winning the consolation bracket at the Sherman County Tennis Invitational on Saturday. Repeat winners set theme for All-State program Repeat winners are the theme for the spring version of the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic All-State program, adm inistered by the OSAA. Repeat w inners include the three-time champion lone girls tennis team (3.89) and Forest Grove speech team (3.92); the Pine Eagle softball team (3.95) is a two-time winner. Other winning squads included lone b o y s’ tennis. The teams listed below earned the highest team grade- point average (GPA) in the entire state for their activity, regardless of classification. The winning team in each spring activity will be presented a plaque in honor o f outstanding scholastic achievement and team members w ill receive a “got m ilk?” sw eatshirt and a certificate. Presentations will be made to each team later this spring. The OSAA and the Dairy Farmers of Oregon congratulate the follow ing winners: the lone High School boy’s tennis team, team GPA: 3.79 and lone High School girl’s tennis team, team GPA: 3.89. Wrangler’s change play day location The Wrangler’s Riding Club will hold its next play day at the Heppner Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 28. beginning at 1 p.m. Events include barrels, pole bending, stick horse racing and another event to be determined. A potluck for club members and families will begin at noon. There is no charge to come and watch, and the children love an audience, said a club spokesperson. There will also be a concession stand. Anyone interested in participating is welcom e. Membership is $25 for a family or $15 for an individual. Participation in a play day on a one-time basis is $5. For more information, contact Dawna Dougherty, 676- 5491, Lynn Dee Ramos, 422- 7559. Bill Green, 676-5087, or Donna Rietmann, 422-7435. Adam McCabe & Adam Neiffer placed second at the Sherman County Tennis Invitational. The lone men’s tennis Because of a conflict. team traveled to The Dalles Hunt and Neiffer had to drop out Saturday, April 20, to participate o f the tournament, creating a in the Sherman County Tennis team of Taylor McEUigott and Invitational. The doubles duo of Johnny Collin. The team of Adam N eiffer and Adam M cE lligott/C ollin won the McCabe defeated Hess/Rico of Umatilla, 8-6. Neiffer/McCabe cham pionship bracket for then defeated Brown/Reeves of consolation, defeating Carlson/ Hall of Sherman County, 8-1. Sherman County, 8-5, placing In singles action, Colin them in the championship bracket. M cEUigott defeated Roger Neiffer/McCabe Bauman of Weston McEwen, 8- squared o ff against Schuft/ 3. McEUigott lost his second Nightingale, La G rande’s top doubles team, and lost 2-8, for a match to Cole Shelton of Sherman second place finish. Jeff Hunt County, 1-8. McEUigott then played Alonso Rivera of Stanfield and Taylor McEUigott lost to Hendon/Palomino of Umatilla, 3- for fourth place, losing 8-9, with 8. Hunt/McElligott then defeated a tiebreaker score of 7-9. Aaron Tworek lost to Tim Mollerstrom Carlson/Hall of Sherman County, 8- 5. Paul Neiffer and Johnny of La Grande, 3-8. Tworek then Collin lost to Cook/Flores o f defeated Bill Routson of Umatilla, 8-3, in the consolation bracket. Stanfield. 2-8. in the first round. Tyler Raible lost his first match Then in the consolation bracket, to Levi Morrison of La Grande, Neiffer/Collin defeated Ureno/ 0-8. Raible was unsuccessful in McCullough, of Weston McEwen, his second match against Charles 9- 8, with a tiebreaker score of 9- Coronado of Mac Hi, 0-8. 7. lone tennis com petes at Helix lone tennis teams traveled to Helix on Friday, April 19. The women won all three of their matches while the men won one of eight matches. M acarena Esposito defeated Sue Tongtorrith, 8-5 and Sara Peck defeated Mandi Scott. 8-1. Meghan McCabe and Sara Peck teamed up to defeat Sue Tongtorrith and Mandi Scott, 8-0. In men’s action, Colin McEUigott lost a tight match to Ben Schw arz, 6-8. Aaron Tworek fell to Kurt Scott, 6-8. Tyler Raible posted the only win for the lone men, defeating Ryan Harris, 8-6. Brian Bunch lost to Chance Penn. 5-8. Jeff Hunt took Tyson Reger into a tiebreaker losing. 5-7, for a score of 8-9. Billy Ross and Taylor McEUigott lost their doubles match against Ben Schwarz and Tyson Reger, 2-6. Johnny Collin and Brian Bunch posted a 3-8 loss against Kurt Scott and Chance Penn. (No Deductible!) NE A T HOME SURROUNDED B Y FOREST 2000 Redmond modular located in the trees. Willow Creek runs through your front yard. Near snowmobiling, hunting and fishing. Enjoy the sensation from the deck. Located 1/2 mile from Cutsforth Park. 3.5 ACRES. $ 180,000 (¡b ’Xjant/Cb. REALTOR Î3 180 W. Baltimore »5 - Heppner. OR 97836 ® HHS PROM FLOWERS Deadline ia Tuesday, A pril 30th for guaranteed ¿election Uc Country Roso (541) 676-9228 days (541) 676-9939 evenings \ \ 233 N. Main • Heppner Monday-Friday 9-6 Saturday 9-1 I -800-326-2152 ItotW 'U « Utrnl Mustangs sweep Rockets j in CBC play By Rick Paullus i It took five innings for; the Heppner Mustangs' offense j to wake up on Saturday, April 20,! but when they did, they exploded j for seven runs in the sixth inning; to take a 9-1 win over the visiting J Pilot Rock Rockets in the first game of the Columbia Basin Con ference doubleheader. The Mus tangs continued their offensive> onslaught, scoring nine runs in the! first three innings of the second ! game and eventually won, 10-2,! to get the sweep, improving their j CBC record to 4 and 1 and in first; place, and moving their overall j record to 10 and 4. The M ustangs play a : doubleheader at Umatilla on Fri-! day, April 26, beginning at 2 p.m.,; before hosting Condon on Tues-1 day. April 30, with first place on the line. lone mayor declares “Back to | School Week” I fo r HHS Prom is Friday. M a y 5 th! CALL DAVID SAKES TO VIEW THIS PRO PERU nw hcppnrr.net NOW TAKING ORDERS The Heppner Mustand JV baseball team scored threq runs with two outs in the bottorrt of the seventh inning, escaping with a 4-3 win over the Riversidq Pirates in Heppner on Mondays April 15. With the win, the Mus tangs’ record improves to 4 anc 0. They played a home gam< against the Hermiston Frosh or April 19 and a road game a: Pendleton against their frost team. The Pirates scored a rur in the top of the first inning am made it holed up until the bottoir of the third when the Mustangs Nick Christman singled, Jode Coi walked and Luke Murray sacri ficed them to second and third Kiel Naims then singled to scora Christman to tie it up at 1 -1. The game stayed that way until the Pirates scored sin gle runs in the sixth and seventh' innings to take a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh. With two outs, Chuy Elguezabal reached on an error and stole second and third as Naims walked. Josh Gutierrez had an RBI single and went to second on the throw home. Both runners came home as Ben Turrell reached on an error to give the Mustangs the come-from-be- hind win. t Christman went four in-j- nings, allowing one hit and one run while striking out four. Gutierrez pitched two innings, allowing two hits and one run with tw o strikeouts. Coil picked up the win’ by pitching the seventh, giving up! one run on two hits. John Franswa went one for one with two walks, with Murray and Naims each going one for three. Statistics Riverside: 100 001 1-3 S 5 Heppner: 001 000 3-4 5* 3 Shawn D irksen and- Derek Hancock; Nick Christman, Josh Gutierrez (5), Jode Coil (7) and John Franswa. W-Coil. L- Dirksen. 2B: Riverside-Dirksen, Sonny Phipps. 3B-none. HR- none. I 676-9426 lone city mayor, Betty Gray, has proclaimed the week of ; April 29-May 3 to be “Back to ! School Week”. Back to School Week is j a statew ide program that! encourages community members j to visit their neighborhood! schools, meet faculty and students ! and see first hand what and how j students are learning. Only one in four adults j have children in public school. ! This program is directed toward ! that 75 percent o f adults who; don’t have the chance to be as ; involved with public schools as | parents are. One of the goals of : Back to School Week is to reach ! out to legislators and voters who j make decisions regarding the J fates of public schools. I
