SIX * Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21,2004
Little League opens for the season
lone tennis teams take on Riverside
Robert McElligott takes a shot against Riverside.
Doug Holland, representing MCGG, threw the first pitch to open the 2004 Willow Creek Little League
season on Saturday, April 17.
Mustangs and Tigers split key
doubleheader bases loaded walk to score
By Rick Paullus
A seventh inning rally
came up short in the second
gam e and the H eppner
Mustang baseball team settled
for a split in a key Columbia
B asin
C onference
doubleheader against the
visiting Stanfield Tigers. The
M ustangs, 10-1-1, 1-1 in
CBC, won the first game 13-
1 in five innings before
dropping the second game 4-
3. TTiey continue CBC play at
W eston-M cE w en
on
Saturday, A pril 24 for a
doubleheader beginning at 11
a.m., before returning home
on Tuesday, April 27 for a
game against Umatilla at 4:30
p.m.
It took the Mustangs
a while to get going in the first
game, but once they did they
blew the game open with eight
runs in the third inning on eight
hits. Chuy Elguezabal got them
going with a walk, Jode Coil
had a ground-rule double and
Josh Gutierrez, Kory Paullus.
Kiel Naims, Luke Murray and
Kyler Lovgren each had RBI
singles. Then Nick Christman
singled, Cody Walton had a
RBI single, Elguezabal drew a
another run and Coil reached
on a fielder’s choice to score
another to make it 8-0.
The Tigers scored a
run in the fourth, but the
Mustangs ended it in the fifth
when Elguezabal had a two-
out double. Coil a RBI single,
Gutierrez a single, Paullus a
RBI double and N aim s a
three-run home run.
Elguezabal went four
innings allowing two hits while
striking out four to pick up the
win.
Coil went three for
four with two RBI and scored
twice. Naims went two for
four with four RBI and scored
twice. Paullus went two for
four with two RBI and scored
two runs. Gutierrez went two
for four and scored twice.
The second game
turned into a pitcher’s duel
between Elguezabal and the
Tigers’ Tyler Gabriel. The
Mustangs took a 1 -0 lead into
the sixth inning getting a run in
the third when Christman
reached on an error, stole
second, went to third on a
Zach Skaggs groundout and
scored on a Walton infield hit.
The Tigers took the
lead with three runs in the sixth
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and led 4 -1 tacking on another
run in the top of the seventh
before the Mustangs mounted
a rally. Murray led off with a
single, Lovgren doubled,
Christman had a RBI single
and Lovgren scored after
Christman got into a rundown
after a pick-off attempt. With
two out, Elguezabal singled
and went to third on a Walton
single, but the rally ended on a
groundout.
Elguezabal went the
distance to take the loss,
striking out nine while giving up
seven hits.
Walton went three for
four and Lovgren and Paullus
had doubles for the Mustangs.
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Derek Smith (3) and Tyler
Gabriel; Chuy Elguezabal, Josh
Gutierrez (5) and Jode Coil.
W- E lguezabal (5-0). L-
Sobotta. 2B- Elguezabal, Coil,
Kory Paullus (H). 3B- none.
HR- Kiel Naims (H).
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The videos will show
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maintains the website.
“We hope the addition
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property buyers who want a
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After taking an 11-6
win in the first game, the
Heppner Mustang JV baseball
team couldn’t hold on to a lead
and dropped the second game
11-10 to the Grant Union
Prospectors on Friday, April
16 in John Day. The
Mustangs, now 3 and 2, will
be at home for a rematch
against the Prospectors on
Friday, April 23 at 11 a.m. in
a doubleheader and will host
the H erm iston Frosh on
Monday, April 26 at 4 p.m.
The Prospectors took
a 3-0 lead after three before
the Mustangs finally got their
bats going as Dan Basile
walked, went to third on a
Kyle C arlson single and
scored on Sloan Keithley’s
groundout. Carlson eventually
scored on a passed ball to
make it 3-2.
They tied in the fifth
when Kody Lovgren singled,
went to third on a Quinn Peck
single and scored on a Basile
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lone tennis team s
hosted Riverside on April 16.
lone women swept the Pirates
4-
0, while the men won three
of eight matches.
Tyler Raible posted
an 8-3 win against Curtis
Darrow. Takom Khempila
defeated Anton Konyakhin, 8-
3. Brian Bunch lost a close
match to Geoff McDonough,
5- 8. Robert McElligott lost to
Steven Robert, 4-8. William
M cN ary lo st to R ussell
Paulson, 2-8. The doubles duo
of Johnny Collin and Paul
Neiffer were equally matched
ag ain st Jaso n Im us and
A ndrew G oad but w ere
unable to pull out the win losing
to Riverside 4-8. Neiffer and
Collin doubled back to play
against Juan Martinez and
John Young posting an 8-5
win. Taylor McElligott and
Robert McElligott challenged
Jose C havez and A nton
Konyakhin, but lost their
match 1-8.
Tina Tuzarova easily
defeated Marla Wizer, 8-2.
Meghan McCabe defeated
Jennifer Mendoza, 8-1. Emily
Key posted an 8-0 victory
against Nitasha Beaver. Key
and M cC abe team ed up
against Veronica Lezama and
Lucia Madrigal defeating the
Pirates 8-1.
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Prospectors came right back
with a run in the bottom to
regain the lead.
The Mustangs broke
the game open in the sixtft when
Riley Wight ended up at
second on an error, went to
third on a passed ball and
scored as R obbie Sm ith
reached on a fielder’s choice.
Cody Hollis singled, Lovgren
had a RBI single. Peck had a
RBI single, Colton Hanson
reached on an error to score
one, Basile had a RBI single,
Carlson had a RBI ground-
rule double, Sloan Keithley
had a RBI single and another
run was scored when Wight
reached on a fielder’s choice
to make it 11 -4.
The P ro sp ecto rs
scored single runs in the sixth
and seventh but it w asn’t
enough as the Mustangs held
on for the win.
C arlso n w ent the
distance to pick up the win
scattering eight hits, one walk,
five strikeouts and three
earned runs.
Peck went three for
five with a double and Basile
went two for three with two
RBI. Carlson and Lovgren
each went two for four and
scored twice. Hollis went two
for four and Keithley had two
RBI.
The Mustangs took
an early lead in the second
game, getting two runs in the
top of the first as Peck reached
on an error, Hollis bunted him
to second and scored on a
C arlson sin g le and he
eventually scored on a wild
pitch. The Prospectors came
right back with three runs in
the bottom half and added two
more in the second and held a
5-2 lead until the fourth inning.
Lovgren reached on a
fielder’s choice. Peck and
Hollis singled, Lovgren scored
on a wild pitch, Basile walked
to load the bases and Carlson
trip led to em pty them .
Keithley then hit a RBI double
To give the Mustangs a 7-5
lead. |J
They added tow more
in the fifth w hen Travis
Eubanks reached on a fielder’s
choice. Peck walked, Hollis
moved both runners up on a
groundout and Basile scored
them with a single.
The P ro sp ecto rs
scored three in the bottom half
to get within 9-8, but the
Mustangs added a run in the
top of the sixth when Hanson
reached on an error and came
around to score on a Peck
groundout.
T he P ro sp ecto rs
scored two in the bottom half
to tie it at 10-10 and got the
game winner in the bottom of
the seventh inning with one out
Carlson went two for
four with four RBI. Basile went
two for two with two RBI.
Keithley went two for five and
Peck scored three runs.
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Kyle C arlson and
Robbie Smith; Holland, Wright
(6) and Johns. W- Carlson. L-
Holland. 2B- Quinn Peck,
Carlson (H). 3B- none. HR-
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Smith; Heiple, Oliver (5),
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W right. L- Keithley. 2B-
Keithley (H); Heiple (GU).
3B- Carlson (H). HR- none.
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