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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 2 8 ,2 0 0 4 - FIVE Mustangs outscore Rockets M ustang JV s sp lit w ith Mustangs sweep Tigerseots By Rick Paullus By Rick Paullus Grant Union M urray had a RBI double and After what turned out to be a six-day rain delay, the H eppner M ustang baseball team came back from an early 3-1 deficit to outscore the Pilot R o c k R o c k e ts 10-7 on M onday, A pril 26 in Pilot R ock in C o lu m b ia B asin Conference play. The M ustangs, 4-1 in C B C and 13-1-1 overall, are tentatively scheduled to play the defending state champion Regis Rams on Saturday, May 1 in T h e D a lle s in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m„ before facing Stanfield in Stanfield in a key C B C game on Tuesday, M ay 4 at 4:30 p.m. T he M ustangs got a run in the first w hen C huy E lguezabal w alked, w ent to third w hen Jode Coil reached on an error and scored on a Josh Gutierrez sac fly. T he R ockets led 3-1 going into the top o f the third when the M ustangs m ounted a rally. Elguezabal led off with a walk and went to third when Kory Paullus reached on an e rro r w ith tw o o u ts. K iel N aim s had a tw o RBI single, L u k e M u rra y h a d a R B I double and Kyler Lovgren hit a home run to left field to give them a 6-3 lead. T he R ockets got to within 6-5 when the Mustangs added tw o m ore in the sixth ./when Murray singled, Lovgren and C ody W alton w alked, Elguezabal had a RBI single and Coil hit a sac fly to score Lovgren to m ake it 8-5. The M ustangs added two more in the seventh when Paullus led o ff with a double, N a im s s in g le d a n d sto le second, M urray had a RBI single, N ick C hristm an was intentionally walked and when the Rockets tried to pick him off o f first, Naims came home to m ake it 10-5. T he R ockets got to within 10-7 in the bottom half and had tw o on but the rally w as ended on a ground ball back to Elguezabal who threw to first. Christman went three innings, with Gutierrez going two innings in relief giving up two hits and no earned runs to pick up the win. E lguezabal pitched the final two innings to pick up the save. Murray went three for four w ith a double, tw o RBI and scored twice. Naims went two for four with two RBI and scored tw ice. L ovgren had a homerun, two RBI and scored tw ice. Paullus had a double a n d s c o r e d tw ic e a n d Elguezabal scored twice. H eppner 105 002 2- 10 8 5 Pilot Rock 2 110102- 793 Nick Christman, Josh Gutierrez (4), Chuy Elguezabal (6) and Jode C oil; M ichael Krosting, Colby Norquist (3), Dan Ellis (7) and Phil Perrine. W- Gutierrez. L- Krosting. S- Elguezabal. 2B- Luke Murray, K o ry P a u llu s ( H ) ; J o e y A nderson (PR ). 3B- none. HR- Kyler Lovgren (H); Nick Heimgartner(PR). By Rick Paullus A fte r g e ttin g b e a t around in the first gam e, the Heppner Mustang JV baseball team rallied to win the second game 6-5 in eight innings to get a split with the visiting Grant Union Prospectors on Friday, A pril 23. T he P rospectors broke open a close game with seven mas in the seventh inning to take a 14-2 win in the first gam e. The M ustangs, now 5 and 3, have a home game with Riverside on Thursday, April 2 9 , b e fo re ta k in g on th e Hermiston Frosh on Monday, M ay 10. In the first gam e, the Mustangs trailed 1 -0, but in the second, Sloan Keithley led off w ith a single, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and scored as R obbie Sm ith reached on an error. Kody Lovgren singled and Q uinn Peck reached on a fielder’s c h o ic e to s c o re T r a v is Eubanks who was running for Smith. Grant Union tied it in the third, added four runs in the fourth and a single run in the sixth before breaking the game open in the seventh. Dan Basile w ent two for four with a double. T h e P r o s p e c to r s scored two runs in the first and one in the second leading 3-0 before the Mustangs got on the b o a rd w h e n C o d y H o llis reached on a fielder's choice, w en t to th ird on a B asile double and scored as Kyle Carlson grounded out. G rant U nion led 5-1 going into the bottom o f the fifth w h e n th e M u s ta n g s G ra d e 10: L a u r ie m ounted their com eback as M u rra y ( 4 .0 ) , T a k o rn Peck doubled, Hollis walked, K hem pila, K rystal N airns, B a sile h ad a R B I sin g le , Heather Yocom, Heather Rill, C arlson reached on an error Daniel Basile, Jessica Brandt- to s c o re o n e a n d C o lto n D ru ry , R o y P r o c to r a n d H anson w alked to force in a run to m ake it 5-4. Brianne Jones. G ra d e 11: S a n d ra K r o tz e k ( 4 .0 ) , J o s h u a L a n k fo rd (4 .0 ), E liz a b e th O r w ic k ( 4 .0 ) , V era The W rangler’s Riding Club held their second playday P a w lo w sk y (4 .0 ), S h an n a R ie tm a n n ( 4 .0 ) , C a ra o f the season on Sunday, April 25. Participants com peted in a K e n n e d y , K y le e D is q u e , stick horse race, barrels, poles and key race events. Stick h o rse race: 1 James West, 2nd- Kolby Currin, Josey G r a n t, J e s s ic a 3rd- Coby D ougherty and 4th- Jaiden M ahoney. Wainwright, M adison Bailey, B a rre ls : L e a d L in e- l sl- K olby C urrin, 2nd- C oby B lair Keithley, Terra W ilson, L in d s e y H o d g e s , E m ily D ougherty, 3rd- Jam es W est and 4,h- Evan K ollm an; A ge 5- B ergstrom , Tyler B oyer and 8 - 1 1,1 - Blake Greenup, 2nd- G arrett Robinson, 3rd- Tate Gentry a n d 4 ,h- Ryan Dougherty; A ge 9-12- I s'- Jessica Hughes, 2nd- Kyle Huddleston. Taighler D ougherty, 3rd- D evin Robinson and 4th- R ebecca G ra d e 12: L u k e M urray (4.0), Blake Allstott, Jepsen; A ge 14-17- l sl- A m y Jepsen, 2nd- B ecky Schiller, C hantea M acaulay, W arren 3rd- Ashley Zim m erm an and 4lh- Susan Southworth. Poles: L e a d L in e- l sl- K olby C urrin, 2nd- Jam es G ivens, Judd L em m on, Kiel West, 3rd- Evan Kollman and 4lh- Jaiden M ahoney; A ge 5-8- N aim s, Tiffany Piper, Sarah 1 Blake Greenup, 2nd- Bobbie Correa, 3rd- Garrett Robinson Barrow, C ody W alton, Adam Wight, Matt Young, Courtney and 4 th- Tate G entry; A ge 9-12- 1“- R ebecca Jepsen, 2nd- N elson, Sheena Shank and Devin R obinson, 3rd- Jessica H ughes and 4,h- Willy Gentry; A ge 14-17- l sl- Am y Jepsen, 2nd- Becky Schiller and 3rd- Eric Torres. Susan Southworth. K ey R a c e : L e a d L in e- 1sl- Jaiden M ahoney, 2nd- Kolby Currin, S*1- Coby Dougherty and 4lh- James West; Age 5-8- l sl- G arrett R obinson, 2nd- Tate G entry, 3rd- Bobbie C orrea and 4,h- Ryan D ougherty; A ge 9-12: 1“- Jessica H ughes, 2nd- R ebecca Jepsen, 3rd- T aighler D ougherty and 4lh- D evin R obinson; A ge 14-17- l '1- Becky Schiller, 2nd- A m y Je p se n , 3rd- A sh ley Z im m e rm a n and 4 ,h- S usan Southworth. Heppner Jr/Sr High School announces Quarter 3 honor roll H eppner Jr/S r H igh S chool h as an n o u n c ed its quarter three honor roll for grades seven through 12. G r a d e 7: M a g g ie Armato (4.0), Spencer Palmer (4 .0 ) , S herilyn P eck (4.0), Jo rd an S hepherd, M athew H olland, Luke Young, Joe Pranger and Edward Waddell. G r a d e 8: B a illie K eithley (4.0), Sean M urray (4 .0 ) , K elsey W o lff (4 .0 ), W h itn e y M a th e w s, A ftan B etsinger, Jenna B ow m an, M egan Orr, Andre Rauch and Jason Wainwright. Grade 9: Regina Seitz, M a h a le y H u d d le sto n a n d M yah Southworth. Maddern’s Mowing 4 More We ’ll give your yard that personal touch! 676-5463 Free Estimates The Prospectors left the bases loaded in the sixth and had runners on second and third in the seventh but the Mustangs got out o f both jam s without any runs being scored. T h e y tie d in th e seventh when Riley Wight was hit by a pitch, went to third as Smith reached on an error and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Hanson. The M ustangs won it in the eighth when Peck led off with a single, Hollis reached on a b u n t s in g le a n d B a sile doubled to the fence to score Peck with the winning run. Keithley picked up the win in relief of Peck going three innings allow ing no runs on one hit and striking out three. Basile w ent four for five with two doubles and two RBI. Peck went three for four with tw o doubles and scored two runs. Sm ith went tw o for four w ith a double, C arlson and Hanson each had two RBI and Hollis scored twice. G r a n t U n io n 14, H eppner 2 G rant Union 011 401 7-14 12 1 H eppner 020 000 0- 264 H olland and Johns; Kyle Carlson, Dan Basile (5), Sloan Keithley (7) and Robbie S m ith . W - H o lla n d . L - C arlson. 2B- Johns, O liver (G U ); Dan Basile (H ). 3B- none. HR- none. H e p p n e r 6, G ra n t Union 5 G rant Union 210 110 00-5 8 4 Heppner 001 030 11- 6 113 Heiple, Wright (5) and Johns; Q uinn Peck, Keithley (6) and Sm ith, C arlson (5). W- Keithley. L- W right. 2B- H eiple (G U ); Peck 2, Basile 2, Sm ith (H). 3B- none. HR- none. Wrangler’s Riding Club playday results KREMENTZ a tradition of trust Re-elect TJiam ontf G a r r in j G offeciion 4 Charlotte Gray Morrow County Justice of the Peace ■8 Peterson's |"<52 J e w ele r s/ ^ 7 H eppner 25 Years Judicial Experience • 25 Years Continuing Legal Education • Law Trained Judge • 678-9200 .i V The H eppner M ustang baseball team got a s w e e p o f th e W e sto n - M c E w e n T ig e r s e o ts o n Saturday, A pril 24 by scores o f 6-2 and 16-6 in C olum bia B asin C onference play. The M ustangs, now 3 and 1 in the CBC and 12-1-1 overall, have a non-league doubleheader a g a in s t d e f e n d in g s ta te champion Regis in The Dalles on S aturday, M ay 1 at 11 a.m., before getting back into the C B C w ith an im portant game at Stanfield on Tuesday, M ay 4 at 4:30 p.m. The Mustangs jumped out eady in the first game when Jode Coil reached on an error, Josh G utierrez singled and Kiel N aim s singled to score both for a 2-0 lead. The Tigerseots scored a ra n in the third, but the M ustangs got it back in the fourth w hen K ory P aullus singled and eventually scored on a K yler Lovgren sac fly. They added tw o m ore in the fifth w hen C huy E lguezabal sin g le d , sto le se co n d and scored on a Jode Coil single. W alks to Paullus, N aim s and Luke M urray forced in a ran to m ake it 4-1. The Tigerseots added a ran in the sixth, but the M ustangs got it back in the seventh when Paullus was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a M urray single. Elguezabal went five innings striking out five and giving up just two hits and went tw o fo r fo u r at the p late. Gutierrez pitched the final two innings to get the save. N aim s w ent one for two with two RBI. Murray had two RBI and Coil and Paullus each scored twice. In the second gam e, Elguezabal led off with a walk and eventually scored on a N a irn s s in g le , b u t th e T igerseots cam e right back w ith tw o runs in the bottom half. The M ustangs cam e back w ith seven runs in the second. L ovgren and N ick Christm an reached on errors, C o d y W alton sin g led and E lg u e z a b a l re a c h e d on a fielder’s choice to score a ran. C o il h a d a R B I s in g le , G utierrez grounded out to score one, Paullus had a RBI single, a ran was scored when N aim s reached on an error, another run cam e hom e when L ovgren reached on another error. T he Tigerseots came back w ith tw o runs in the bottom o f the second, but the M ustangs c am e back with a ran in the third w hen Coil doubled and scored on a wild pitch and tw o m ore in the fourth w hen N aim s singled, stole second and scored on L ovgren’s double, w ho stole t h ir d a n d s c o re d o n a Christman groundout. Coil hit a home ran to lead o ff the fifth and after the T igerseots answ ered in the bottom half, the M ustangs added four insurance runs in the seventh. G utierrez and N aim s walked and scored on D an B a s i l e ’s d o u b le , C h ris tm a n w a lk e d , Z a c h Skaggs had a RBI single and Elguezabal had a RBI single. G u tie r r e z r e liv e d C hristm an in the third and a llo w e d th re e h its , o n e unearned ran, and no walks, w hile striking out six to pick up the win. Coil went three for six with a double, home ran, two RBI and scored three tim es. Naims went two for three and scored three runs. L ovgren had a double, tw o RB I and scored twice. Elguezabal had tw o RB I and scored tw ice, Basile went one for one with a d o u b le a n d tw o R B I and M urray doubled twice. H eppner 6, W eston- M cEw en 2 H eppner 100 120 1- 670 W e s to n - M c E w e n 001 001 0-2 3 4 C h u y E lg u e z a b a l, Josh G utierrez (6) and Jode C oil; Jeff D uke, Alec Sheard (6) and Ben G reenw alt. W- E lguezabal (6-1). L- D uke, save- G utierrez. 2B- none. 3B- none. HR- none. Heppner 16, Weston- M cEw en 5 H eppner 171 210 4- 16 12 7 W e s to n - M c E w e n 220 010 0-5 6 6 N ic k C h r is tm a n , Gutierrez (3) and Coil; Tommy C lark, Riley A llen (5) and G reenw alt, Tony Todd (3), D uke (6). W- G utierrez. L- Clark. 2B- Luke M urray 2, K yler L ovgren, C oil, D an Basile (H); Clark (W M ). 3B- none. HR- Coil. Rea to complete AIT course Arm y Pvt. Brooks S. Rea has arrived at A berdeen Proving G round, A berdeen, MD, to complete the wheeled v eh icle re p a ire r adv an ced in d iv id u a l tra in in g (A IT ) course. The student will be trained to troubleshoot, repair, replace and adjust all related engine, fuel, air and cooling system s, electrical chassis, m ec h a n ic a l and h y d rsu lic co m p o n en ts, system s, and assemblies of wheeled vehicles and diesel power plants/packs. A dditional instruction will in c lu d e u se o f te c h n ic a l p u b l ic a ti o n s , to o ls a n d diagnostic equipm ent needed to repair wheeled vehicles. He is the son o f Sgt. C ra ig A . a n d s te p s o n o f B arbara J. R ea o f lone. R ea is a 2001 graduate o f lone High School. ODFW holds open-house to discuss hunting season The O re g o n D e p a r tm e n t o f F is h a n d W ildlife will be holding an o p e n - h o u s e m e e tin g on Tuesday, M ay 4 from 3 to 7 p.m . at the H eppner O D FW office. T he purpose o f the meeting is to discuss the 2004 h u n tin g season ta g rec o m m e n d a tio n s and the 2005 season proposals. Proposed changes for this year include reduction of deer tags for several o f the area d e e r h u n ts , a n d f u r th e r reduction o f antlerless and e ith e r-s e x e lk tag s in the Heppner Unit. Both proposed re d u c tio n s are a resu lt o f continued poor calf and fawn s u r v iv a l. In a d d itio n , a 'i proposal to change the 2005 H ep p n e r U n it e lk h u n t (# 2 4 8 A 1) bag limit from “any- elk” to “one bull elk” will also be discussed. P e o p le a re encouraged to stop by and visit with the biologists and discuss big gam e seasons and any other w ildlife questions they may have. Justice Court Brian H. Burnside. 23, H eppner, V B R 87/55, fine $ 2 3 9 a n d D riv in g w h ile S uspended- violation, fine $423. S te v e n C ru m , 2 2 , lone, Furnishing A lcohol to M in o r s , f in e $ 4 8 3 , 180 suspended days in jail and one year probation. t
