Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 4, 2003 - FIVE M ustangs cruise past R eedsport in Heppner Sports Academy to quarterfinals host summer ball camps M ustang baseball team celebrates a fter defeating R eedsport to move on into q uarterfinals photo by Teresa Hughes By Rick Paullus The H eppner M ustangs cruised past the visiting Reedsport Braves 12- 2 in front o f a large and loud hom e crow d on a rainy, w et day on Friday, M ay 30 in the quarterfinals o f the OSAA/US Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class 2A baseball playoffs. The M u s ta n g s r e a c h e d th e semifinals for the first tim e in ten years and will play at John Day against the top ranked G rant U nion Prospectors on Tuesday, June 3. A fter a scoreless first inning, the M ustangs scored first in the b ottom o f the second on a tow ering homerun to center field by Billy G ates to give them a 1 -0 lead. The M ustangs broke a tight game open in the fourth getting five runs w hen G ates w as hit by a pitch, D onald A dam s reached on a fielder’s c h o ic e , K y le r L o v g r e n reached on an error to score Gates,, i-,uke.M urray had an R B I s in g le a n d C h u y Elguezabal launched a three- run hom erun to right field to m ake it 6-0. T h e B ra v e s c a m e back in the top o f the fifth scoring tw o runs and m ight have gotten m ore, but Josh W inters and K ory P aullus m ad e n ice c a tc h e s in the o u tfield and the M ustangs w ere able to get out o f the inning. 1 They came right back in the bottom h a lf to get tw o m o re ru n s w h e n D o n a ld A d a m s w a lk e d , L o v g re n reached on a fielder's choice and both came around to score on an E lguezabal single to m ake it 8-2. The B raves tried to rally in the sixth getting runners on second and third w ith one out, but Brad A dam s got a strikeout and a ground ball to seco n d b asem an , Josh G utierrez, w ho threw to first for the third out. The Mustangs put the game away in the bottom half w hen G ates reached on an e rro r, w ith C o d y W alto n com ing in to run for him , D o n a ld A d a m s s in g le d , L ovgren d o u b led to score W alton, M urray bunted and w hen the throw went into right field he w ent all the w ay to th ir d , as D. A d a m s a n d Lovgren scored and Jode Coil hit a fly ball to center field to score M urray and make it 12- 2 . A fter a lead-off walk th e M u s ta n g s tu rn e d an Elguezabal to G utierrez to A d a m s d o u b le p la y a n d Elguezabal caught a high pop up to end the game. Brad A dam s pitched a com plete gam e to pick up his second w in o f the post season allowing just four hits and striking out three. D onald A dam s w ent tw o for three and scored three runs. Lovgren w ent tw o for four and scored three runs. Elguezabal went two for five w ith five RBI. G ates hit his eleventh home run o f the year and scored twice and M urray had tw o R B I a n d s c o re d twice. R eedsport 000 020 0-2 4 8 H eppner 010 524 x- 12 8 1 . B rett Butler, Shane Hennring (4), Danny Dickson (5), D arryl Sw earingen (6) and S co tt B o w m an; B rad Adams and Billy Gates. W- B. Adam s. L- Butler. 2B- Kyler L o v g re n . 3B - n o n e . H R - D ickson (R ); B illy G ates, Chuy Elguezabal (H). Torn-of-the century home with great details and many updates, windows, insulation. Corner lot, nice private fenced yard. Indndes refrigerator and stove. $ 89,900 Call David Sykai to i t t this pro partial (5 4 1 ) * 7 6 -9 2 2 8 days ■ (5 4 1 ) * 7 6 -9 9 3 9 evenings 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 2 6 - 2 1 5 2 David Sykai, Agtnt JfandCe. REALTOR H 180 W. Baltimore #5 Heppner, OR 97836 www.heppnw.net Football sessions with Jim Fenwick (Head Coach at Eastern O regon U niversity) will begin June 11, w ith a coaches’clinic. Player’s camp will be held June 12 from 4-8 p.m ., and June 13 from 1-5 p.m . T he cam p is open to grades 5-12. B asketball sessions w ith G o rd ie Jam es (H ead M e n 's C o a c h W illa m e tte University) will begin Sunday, June 15, with a coaches’ clinic and continue w ith a camp June 16 and 17. These sessions will be for both boys and girls. The first session will be held from 9-11 a.m ., for grades 3-5. The session w ill include basic fundam ental instruction. The second session will be held from 12-3 p.m ., for grades 6-8. Welcome to 4-H Camp 4-H cam p has not filled up and the Morrow County Extension would like to open the Tri-County 4-H Cam p up to anyone in grades 4 through 6, regardless if you’re in 4-H or not. A ls o , i f y o u ’re a seventh grader that didn’t get to go to cam p last year you may also sign up this year. This will be the only year we will take seventh graders. If you are interested in attending 4-H camp this year, it will be held from June 29 to July 2 at Cutsforth Park. The fee is $30 for 4-H m em bers a n d $35 fo r n o n -4 -H m em bers. The extra $5 for non-4-H members is to enroll them in 4-H so they will be covered under the M orrow County 4-H Insurance Policy. For m ore inform ation and registration forms call the Extension office 676-9642. The third session will be held from 5-9 p.m ., for grades 9-12. This session will include advanced instruction. V olleyball sessions w ith K athy W oods (H ead volleyball coach at Clackamas Community College) will begin June 18, with a coaches’ clinic. P lay er’s cam p for grades 4- 12, will be held June 19-20. Tim es for this cam p will be announced at a later date. WE PRINT ENVELOPES Heppner Gazette 676-9228 M u s t a n g s Watershed Field Days held on Neiffer’s property. rally to beat Crusaders By Rick Paullus Brad Adams l ined a 2- 0 fastball o ff the fence in left field w ith tw o outs and the b a ses lo ad e d to ra lly th e H eppner M ustangs to a 7-6 win over the Salem Academ y C ru sa d e rs on W ednesday, M ay 28 in the first round o f the O SA A 2A State Baseball Playoffs. The w in im proved the M ustangs record to 23-4 on th e y e a r a n d set up a q u a rte rfin a l g a m e ag a in st R e e d sp o rt in H e p p n e r on Friday, M ay 30. A dam s got the big home crowd going by blasting his twelfth homerun o f the year into the win in left-center field that scored Josh W inters who had, walked. , The, lead,held up until: the third w hen the C rusader scored three runs to take a 3- 2 lead, but the Mustangs came right back in the bottom h a lf w ith tw o runs to regain the lead. Adams singled and went to second on a bunt by K ory Paullus, Billy Gates reached on an e rro r, K y le r L o v g re n w a lk e d and L uke M urray b lo o p ed a sin g le to sco re A dam s and Gates. The Crusaders tied in it in the fourth and scored two m ore in the fifth to take a 6-4 lead, but G ates h it a solo hom erun in the bottom o f the fifth to get the M ustangs to within one. It stayed that way unti l the bottom o f the seventh when M urray singled with one out. Chuy Elguezabal walked with two outs, W inters singled off the leg o f the pitcher to load the bases and set up A d am s’ heroics. A dam s picked up the win going the final two innings in re lie f o f E lguezabal and didn’t allow a base runner. Adams also went four for four w ith four RBI and scored twice. Gates went three for four scoring tw ice and Murray went two for four with two RBI. Salem A cadem y 003 120 0-6 9 3 H eppner 202 010 2- 7 102 Ja re d M cC o rm ick , Jared H iebert (5) and Tim V a n d e G rie n d ; C huy Elguezabal, Brad A dam s (6) and Billy G ates. W- Adam s. L- Hiebert, Andy Wing (SA); A dam s (H). 3B- none. HR- A dam s and G ates (H). d M ag n etic D o o r S ig n s HERE Larry Luteher, OSl) Extension presenter, with students and Joe Taylor, MSWC Board Chair in background. 1 , vrufl no*!lW T he W illow C reek W atershed Field Days were held on M ay 7-8 on Duane N eiffer’s property. Not only does N eiffer donate the use o f his property, but he also serves as a presenter at the M apping station and w orks w ith the lone students to prepare the stations before the field days. O n M ay 7, 193 students attended the e’frent and 160 students attended on the second day. They rotated am ong se v e n d iffe re n t le a rn in g stations: Soil D evelopm ent and Formation, W eather and Watersheds, Wheat and Plant Identification, Mapping-Math A p p lic a tio n s in N a tu ra l R eso u rces-G P S and c o m p a s s w o rk , M a c r o invertebrate sam pling and identification, Water Quality M onitoring and Testing, and Stream Bank Stabilization and Restoration. The h a n d s -o n experience for the students is very im portant in teaching them about conservation o f our soil and w ater and how that affects all o f us, stated a M o rro w SW CD spokesperson. A .___ „ « The plant identification station was taught by Dawn C a llo w ’s sc ie n c e c la ss at Columbia Middle School: Josh P ark er, R afael N o rw o o d , Clay Callow, Kyrie Bashaw, A m anda Reeves and Josie Francis. They each taught a particular concept and then helped the kids select plants to press and to arrange them in the plant presses. I was quite impresses with this group o f students, they w ere very willing to jum p right in and talk to the kids, stated teacher D aw n C allow . A lso, G ary Hunt, CM S w ho has been a part o f the field days from the beginning w orked w ith the lone students presenting the macro-invertebrates station. Each year the students from lone participate in many capacities and they alw ays have a cam p cook (Cam eron K rebs) to feed the leaders, presenters and sta ff ( if there are enough hamburgers). The lone students presenters were: Mike Radie, Ashley Roberts, Billy G ates, Brian Bunch, Johnny Collin, Caitlin Orem, Til Tullis, Tracy Griffith, Billy R oss, Paul N eiffer, Jam ie V andenB rink and A ndrew Rietmann. ____ — _ . Q 4 )eW in g f a b l e s & ^ l'O a tr)it 'B o o r i f f y f / e r t / ^ S || TVettditty - (Saturday, rJ une 21 tfeju 'ea ICre/u di W ate J ía n g /ey Q (Stuuaer - d lo a d u y, rfu n t .10 y) Tileddint/ - ¡Saturday , rfady 5 »* U M U J’i Heppner Gazette- Ti mes 217 North Main • Heppner 676-922 Serving Heppner Lexington & lone 676-9158 \\ The group leaders and helpers from lone were: Jaysi B ennetto, Brian G utierrez, N a ta lie M c E llig o tt, D an N olan, D ian a M c E llig o tt, Ja m ie V a n d e n B rin k , E va Chitty, Nathan Rea, Cameron K rebs, E m ily Key, C u rtis T h o m p so n , C a y le K reb s, Jason ¿inter and Tim Doherty. M any o f these students have helped for the last four years. Steve B ro w n field ’s field biology class in Heppner w orks w ith M orrow SW CD throughout the year placing Stow-a-ways in Willow Creek in three strategic areas. The data lo g g e r’s are rem oved e a c h fa ll a n d th e c la s s downloads the recorded water temperature information. The following Biology II students also helped at the field days: Tyler Henderson, Cody High, R a c h e l H o w a rd , J e s s e Kempas, Chantea Macaulay, L a c e y M a tte s o n , M a rc y M iller, Luke M urray, D oug O rw ick and B rooke R ust. They taught the students how to m ea su re w a te r q u a lity p a ra m ete rs in c lu d in g pH , tu r b id ity , c o n d u c tiv ity , tem perature and dissolved oxygen levels at the w ater quality station. The continued success o f the field days is due to the cooperation o f the Corp. o f Engineers, local landow ners a n d s u p p o r t fro m m a n y agencies, teachers, students, parents and schools. C raig Satter and Tammy Cam pbell, U m a tilla /M o r r o w E S D , coordinated the field days with th e h e lp o f th e N a tu r a l R eso u rces S y s te m Consortium. ft Country fj Rose (ÿ 233 N Main • Heppner f A 676-9426 A K iw i* W e P r in t E n v e lo p e s Heppner Gazette- Times 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8