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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - FIVE C ardinals face up again Mustangs blast Wahtonka it 10-1. The Eagles scored on By Rick Paullus Echo and Moro a run in the sixth, but the lone Cardinal tennis team s hosted Echo on Tuesday, April 15. The lone ladies took tw o o f tw o matches and the lone men took one o f two matches. Caitlin Orem easily defeated Stacie Garcia, 8-0. Amanda Emery narrow ly defeated Heather Thomas, 8- 7. Tyler Raible lost to John M agana, 0-8, while Brian Bunch defeated Ruben Harris, 8-1. The lone tennis teams traveled to Moro on Friday, April 18. lone walked away w ith th ree w ins, w hile Sherman High School posted six wins. Orem had a 4-1 lead against Frankie Welk. Welk turned up the heat and had 6- 5 advantage before Orem finished the match with a strong 8-6 victory. Emery lost to a more experienced opponent, Tiffany Gray, 0-8. Meghan McCabe lost 2-8 to Sellah Hill. McCabe doubled up with Orem for a match, losing to Codi Stroud and Kristi Danielson, 2-8. Abby Key and "0 * Meghan McCabe reaches and returns a baseline hit to her Sherman County opponent. Alyssa Rietmann lost to Hill and Christine Alley, 2-8. Raible lost to Brett Brown, 5-8 and Bunch lost to Willy Reeves, 5-8. Johnny Collin and Paul Neiffer won their match against Reeves and Joe DeGrange, 8-4. Taylor M cElligott and Nate Rea defeated Brad Carlson and Shawn Bickler, 8-3. Mustang JVs outlast Vikings By Rick Paullus The H ep p n er Mustang JV baseball team outlasted the Umatilla Vikings 16-7 in a game in which the team s com bined for 24 strikeouts, 20 walks, 20 hits and five hit batters on Monday, April 14 in Umatilla. The Mustangs, now 7-2 on the year, host Stanfield on Friday, April 25 at 3 p.m., and travel to Stanfield on Monday, April 28. The Mustangs scored a run in the first when Luke Murray reached on a fielder’s choice and came around to score on a Trevor Rhea single, but the Vikings scored a run in the bottom half to tie it at 1 -1. In the second, Riley Wight singled, Cody Walton reached on an error, Dan Basile had a sac fly, Murray tripled to score a run and came home as Rhea reached on an error and Sloan Keithley drew ' a bases loaded walk to force in a run and make it 5-1. t They added three more in the third when Walton and Basile singled, Murray had an RBI double and Rhea reached on an error to score two more. The Vikings scored three in the fourth to get within 8-4, but the Mustangs got a run in the fifth when Matthew VanCleave walked and came around to score on a passed The H ep p n er Mustang varsity baseball team banged out 16 hits to beat the visiting Wahtonka Eagles 15- 2 on Tuesday, April 15. The Mustangs, now 7-3 on the year, have a key doubleheader at Pilot Rock on Saturday, A pril 26 and w ill be at Weston-McEwen on Tuesday, April 29 in Columbia Basin Conference play. The Mustangs took an early 2-0 lead when Josh Winters walked and Brad A dams hit a hom erun to centerfield in the first inning. They added a run in the second when Chuy Elguezabal singled and came around to score on a Winters single. In the third, Kyler Lovgren walked, Kory Paullus singled, Jode Coil had an RBI single and Elguezabal hit a sac fly to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead. The Eagles scored a run in the top of the fourth, but the Mustangs came back with two more in the bottom half when Kiel Naims walked, Billy Gates singled, Donald Adams walked and Lovgren had a two RBI single. In the fifth , Brad Adams doubled and Gates hit a home run to left field to make The South Morrow Scholarship Trust is holding its third annual golftoumament on Saturday, May 3, starting at 9 a.m., at the Willow Creek Country Club. It will be a four- person team scramble. Cost is $45, including lunch. All funds will go for scholarships for graduating seniors of Heppner and lone schools. Come su p p o rt the stu d en ts o f Heppner and lone Schools and have a fun time in the p ro c e ss, said a tru st spokesperson. The co m m ittee is currently working to establish a large enough fund to replace the Troedson Scholarships w hen they run out. The rep lacem en t w ill be for Heppner and lone students only. For more information, contact Missy Cutsforth at 989-8104, Sharon Harrison at 676-5407, or Del LaRue at 422-7468. American Legion and Auxiliary to hold meeting The American Legion and Auxiliary will meet April 28, at 7 p.m., in the Methodist Church basement. T hree m em bers, President Sharon Harrison, Dorothy Jackson and Bebe Munkers attended the District 6 meeting held in La Grande on April 12. lone and Heppner were the only units to reach goal at that time. A freedom g a th erin g took place in downtown La Grande and m em bers o f D istric t 6 participated. Election ofofficers will be held at the April meeting. The “Poppy” date will be set in May. The A uxiliary has remembered local boys that are in the service with cards. You are invited to attend the April 28 meeting and support the veterans. WCCC ladies hold Play Day in the rain Ten W illow Creek In Flight A, Luvilla County Club ladies gathered Sonstegard received low gross in rainy conditions for the April and Eva Kilkenny receive low 16 Play Day. Shari Stahl net. Loa Henderson received received the low gross of the low gross for Flight B and field; Pat Anderson received Jackie Allstott received low four with an RBI and Coil low net; and Carol Norris and went one for two with an RBI. Donna Morgan received least gross for Flight C. In the second game, putts of the field. the Mustangs again scored early when Winters reached on Stokes Landing Senior Center to an error, went to third on Brad Adams’ double and scored on hold fundraiser This is a fundraiser for the a Luke Murray single. center. S tokes L anding The show will feature They added another Senior Center in Irrigon is run in the third when Winters sponsoring the Blue Mountain a variety of old time music and singled and scored on a Old Time Fiddlers show, for there will be refreshments Murray double and another the 15th year, on Saturday, available before and during the run in the fourth when Donald April 26 starting at 6:30 p.m. show. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, Adams singled and went to call (541) 922-4399. third on a Gutierrez sac bunt and scored on a Coil squeeze bunt. The Mustangs scored two insurance runs in the sixth when Gates singled, Donald Toni Cutsforth & Jacob K avaya Adams was hit by a pitch, Ben Reception ~ Saturday, April 26 Turrell reached on an error to score G ates, E lguezabal Heppner Elks Club walked to load the bases and Winters drew a walk to force K atie R iney & M ichael Olsen in a run to make it 5-0. Conor Kilkenny went Wedding ~ Saturday, May 3 the distance on the mound to U nited Church o f Christ, Condon pick up the win allowing just two hits and two walks, while Dawn Boor & Jeffery Eynetich striking out seven. Murray went two for Wedding ~ Saturday, June 21 three with two RBI, Winters went two for three and scored twice and Donald Adams Country scored two runs. Ros« 217 North Main • Heppner Game One 233 N Main • Heppner 676-9158 Nyssa 000 000 0-0 4 Mustangs sweep Nyssa ball. They added three more in the sixth when Walton w alked, B asile sin g led , Murray had an RBI single, Rhea and Kyle Carlson had an RBI single to make it 12-4. The Vikings scored two in the sixth, but the Mustangs came back with four more in the seventh when Aaron Lueck singled and scored on a Basile single. Murray reached on an error to score another run, Rhea reached on an error and later scored on a passed ball and Carlson had an RBI single. The Vikings scored a run in the bottom half and had the bases loaded, but the Mustangs got out of the jam. Murray went four for six with four RBI and scored five times. Basile went four for five with two RBI and scored three times. Carlson had two RBI, Walton scored twice and Rhea had two hits and two RBI. Heppner 143 013 4- 16 143 Umatilla 100302 1-7 69 Matthew VanCleave, Dan Basile (4), Sloan Keithley (6), Trevor Rhea (7) and Kyle Carlson; Estrada, Bissonette (4) and Q uillen. W- VanCleave. L- Estrada. 2B- Luke Murray (H); Ortega (U). 3B- Murray (H). HR- none. Cozy, Well-Kept Home l H by Rick Paullus Pitching, defense and tim ely hitting carried the Heppner Mustangs baseball team to a sweep of the visiting Nyssa Bulldogs by scores o f 5-0 and 5-0 on Friday, April 18. The Mustangs wrapped up the non-league portion of their season with a 9-3 record and will be at Pilot Rock for a Columbia Basin Conference doubleheader on Saturday, April 26 at 11 a.m., and at Weston-McEwen on Tuesday, April 29 at 4:30 a.m. The Mustangs got on the board early in the first game when Josh Winters doubled and scored on Brad Adams’ homerun in the first inning. They added another in the second when Kory Paullus w alked and went to second on Kyler Lovgren’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a Jode Coil double. In the third, Brad Adams singled and went to second on a ground out by Billy Gates; then went to third on Donald Adams’ single and scored on a Josh Gutierrez bunt. The Mustangs added their fifth run in the fourth when Coil reached on an error, went to second on a C huy Elguezabal sac bunt and scored on Winters’ single. Elguezabal made the lead stand up as he went five innings, scattering three hits while striking out eight and an intentional walk and Gates pitched two scoreless innings in relief. Donald Adams went two for three with a double and Brad Adams went two for four with two RBI and scored twice. Winters went two for Carhartt jfc Two bedroom, one bath home in Heppner with brand-new furnace, wood floors and two-car garage $ 65,000 Brown Duck Double Front Work Pant if (S41 )*76-9228 days ■ (541) 676-9939 evenings Miu/uuj'j 180 W. Baltimore #5 Heppner, OR 97836 www.fieppner.nef A 676-9426 Serving Heppner. Lexington & lone 2 Heppner 211 100 x- 5 100 O re g o n Ranch Hansen and Holliday; Chuy Elguezabal, Billy Gates (6) and Gates, Elguezabal (6). W- Elguezabal. 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