Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 5, 2004 - FIVE
Mustangs beat Vikings, 11-2
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By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustang baseball team beat the visiting
Umatilla Vikings, 11 -2, on Tuesday, April 27, in Columbia Basin
Conference play, to remain in first place with a 5 and 1 record.
The M ustangs im proved to 14-1-1 overall. They play a key
CBC doubleheader at hom e against Pilot Rock on Saturday,
M ay 8, at 11 a.m . before hosting W eston-M cE w en on
Tuesday, M ay 11, at 4 :30 p.m.
A fter spotting the Vikings a 1 -0 lead in the top of the
first, the Mustangs cam e back with two runs in the bottom half
when C huy Elguezabal w alked and ended up scoring on a
sacrifice fly by Jode Coil. Josh Gutierrez reached on an error
and scored on a double by Kory Paullus.
They added three m ore in the second w hen K yler
Lovgren tripled and scored on a Nick Christm an ground-out,
Cody Walton singled and scored on an Elguezabal double and
Coil had an RBI single to m ake it 5-1.
T he Vikings got to w ithin 5-2 before the M ustangs
broke out with four runs in the fifth when Coil walked, Gutierrez
reached on a fielder’s choice, Paullus scored both with a single,
then Lovgren and Christm an each had RBI singles.
The M ustangs added tw o m ore in the seventh when
Elguezabal reached on an error and Gutierrez walked, Naims
had an RBI single and another run scored on an error.
Kyle Carlson picked up the win, going four innings,
and allowing four hits while striking out four and giving up one
earned run. Zack Skaggs pitched three innings in relief, allowing
just one hit while striking out six.
Lovgren went three for three, with a triple and scored
twice. Paullus went two for four, with a double and three RBIs.
Coil and Christm an each had tw o RBIs and Elguezabal and
Gutierrez each scored three runs.
Statistics
U m atilla: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 5
Heppner: 2 3 0 0 4 2 x - 11 11 1
M arc Estrada, B randon Fig (6) and Steve W ilson; Kyle
C arlson, Z ack Skaggs (5) and Jode Coil. W -C arlson. L-
Estrada. 2B -Jordan B ennett (U ); C huy E lguezabal, Kory
Paullus (H). 3B-Kyler Lovgren (H). HR-none.
Football clinics planned
A H e p p n e r Y o u th
S p o r ts
A cadem y
Q uarterback/R unning Back/
R e c e iv e r C lin ic h as been
««planned for Sunday, M ay 16,
and Sunday, M ay 23, from 3
to 6 p.m .
A ge group sessions
w ill be h eld and th o se in
grades five through 12 are
welcome to attend.
T h e c lin ic w ill be
c o n d u c te d b y - E a s te r n
Oregon University offensive
c o o rd in a to r B rian H arris.
C oach H arris has recently
been hired from Boise State
U niversity w here he was the
quarterback’s coach.
“T his is a chance for
one-on-one instruction into
the m echanics o f playing the
quarterback, running back and
r e c e iv e r p o s itio n s ,” sa id
Heppner High School athletic
director and football coach
Greg Grant.
For more information
call G rant at 676-9138 work,
or 676-5257,hom e.
C ost o f the clinic is
$
10 .
Horseshoe tournament planned
A double elimination
singles horseshoe tournament
will be held at H ager Park in
Heppner on Sunday, M ay 23,
■beginning at 1:30 p.m.
C o st to e n te r is $5
with paym ent to four places.
Organizer Ken Turner
said the tournam ent will be a
w arm -up to the E lks C lub
p ic n ic a n d
h o rsesh o e
tournament coming up in June
and the lone Fourth o f July
tournament.
For more information,
contact Turner, 676-9710, or
Sim on W inter, 989-8415.
VOTE
Mustangs take two from Regis
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v DinL
By
Rick P Paullus
The Heppner M ustangs baseball team scored 22 runs
on 22 hits, eight for extra bases, to sweep the defending state
cham pion Regis Rams, 13-6 and 9-5, on Saturday, M ay l , in
The D alles at W ahtonka High School. The M ustangs also
played good defense, turning three double plays in the first
gam e and com m itting no errors in the second gam e. The
M ustangs, now 16 - 1 - 1 on the year, return to C olum bia Basin
C onference play with a doubleheader at hom e against Pilot
Rock on Saturday, M ay 8 at 11, a.m. and a single gam e at
hom e against W eston-M cEw en on Tuesday, M ay 11, at 4:30
p.m.
The M ustangs were the home team for the first game.
A fter getting out o f a jam in the top o f the first, they scored a
run in the bottom half on a double by Chuy Elguezabal and a
two-out RBI double from Kory Paullus.
T he R am s cam e back w ith a run in the second and
two more in the third, but the M ustangs responded with two in
the bottom half when Cody Walton led off with a bunt single,
stole second, and scored on a tw o-out Josh G utierrez single;
Gutierrez then cam e around to score on a Paullus single.
The M ustangs took a 5-3 lead in the fourth when Luke
M urray reached on an error, K yler L ovgren and N ick
Christman singled, Elguezabal reached on a fielder’s choice to
score a run and Jode Coil had an RBI single.
The Ram s scored three runs in the fifth to take a 6-5
lead, but the M ustangs broke the gam e open with six runs in
the bottom half. Paullus reached on an error, M urray had an
RBI double, Lovgren had an RBI double, Christm an singled,
and W alton w as hit by a pitch. E lguezabal w alked in a run.
Coil reached on an error to score a run and Gutierrez reached
on a fielder’s choice to score tw o m ore to m ake i f l l -6.
They added two insurance runs in the sixth when Kiel
N aim s w as hit by a pitch and scored on a Lovgren double,
and Lovgren scored on a Walton single.
Gutierrez went five innings, giving up just two earned
runs with Christman pitching a perfect sixth and seventh innings
in relief.
Lovgren w ent three for four with tw o doubles, two
RBIs and three runs scored. Paullus went two for three with a
double and three RBIs. W alton w ent tw o for three with two
runs scored. Christman went two for four, Gutierrez had three
RBIs, and Coil and Elguezabal each had two RBIs.
The M ustangs sw itched and were the visitors in the
five inning second game. They jum ped out to lead with four
runs all scored with two outs in the first inning. Gutierrez walked,
Paullus singled, Naims had an RBI single, Murray had an RBI
single and two runs scored when Lovgren reached on an error.
The Ram s cam e back with three runs in the bottom
half, but the M ustangs cam e back with three o f their ow n in
the top o f the second to push their lead to 7-3. Walton reached
on an error, Elguezabal had an RBI double, Coil singled,
G utierrez had an RB I single and Paullus scored a run on a
ground-out.
The Rams got to within 7-4 until the Mustangs scored
two more in the fifth when Murray reached on a fielder’s choice
and scored on a Lovgren triple, while Christm an had an RBI
single.
The M ustangs held on for the win as Coil cam e in to
get the final two outs in relief. Christman went two innings for
the win with Kyle Carlson going two innings in relief, giving up
one run on three hits.
C hristm an w ent tw o for three with a double and an
RBI. Lovgren had a triple and an RBI. Elguezabal had a double
and an RBI, and M urray scored twice.
Statistics
Gam e One
Heppner: 13, Regis 6
Regis: 012 0 3 0 0 - 6 8 4
H eppner: 102 262 x - 13 13 3
Dan Martin, Drew Church (5) and Daniel Weis; Josh Gutierrez,
N ick C hristm an (6) and Jode Coil. W -G utierrez (4-0). L-
Martin. 2B-Weis (R); Kyler Lovgren 2, Chuy Elguezabal, Luke
Murray, Kory Paullus (II). 3-B-W eis. HR-none.
Gam e Two
H eppner 9, Regis 5
H eppner: 430 02-9 9 0
Regis: 301 01-5 9 3
N ick C hristm an, Kyle C arlson (3), Zack Skaggs (5), Jode
Coil (5) and Coil, Chuy Elguezabal (5); Reid, Highberger and
A ustin M oothart. W -C hristm an (4-0). L-H ighberger. 2B-
E lguezabal, C hristm an (H); M oothart, Tyler Lulay, Drew
Church (R). 3B-K yler Lovgren (H). HR-none.
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Mustang JVs go extra
innings to beat Pirates
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner M ustang JV baseball team scored two
runs in the bottom o f the ninth to beat the visiting Riverside
Pirates, 10-9, on Thursday, April 29. The M ustangs were
leading the second game of the doubleheader, 6-0, in the bottom
o f the third when the game was called on account o f darkness.
The M ustangs improved to 6 and 3 on the year. They
will play the Hermiston Frosh in Hermiston on Monday, May
10 at 4:30 p.m. before finishing out the season at Riverside on
Thursday, M ay 13, at 4:30 p.m. for a doubleheader.
The Mustangs took an early 1 -0 lead in the bottom of
the first when Quinn Peck reached on an error and came around
to score on a Dan Basile double. The Pirates scored three in
the top ot the second, but the Mustangs came back with a run
in the bottom half when Robbie Smith singled and ended up
scoring on a sacrifice bunt fly by Travis Eubanks.
The Pirates increased their lead to 5-2 in the third, but
the M ustangs got a run back when Basile, Kyle Carlson and
Riley W ight singled and Smith was hit by a pitch to force in a
run.
The Pirates led 7-3 in the fourth. The M ustangs rallied
to tie it when Peck singled, Cody Hollis walked, Basile had an
RBI single, Sloan Keithley was hit by a pitch to load the bases
and Sm ith and Colton H anson each reached on errors with
tw o out to score three m ore runs.
The Mustangs took an 8-7 lead in the sixth as Carlson
singled, Keithley bunted him over to second and he came in to
score as W ight reached on an error. The Pirates cam e right
back to tie it in the seventh. After a scoreless eighth, the Pirates
scored a run in the top o f the ninth to take a 9-8 lead.
The M ustangs cam e right back though w hen Peck
walked, stole second and scored when Basile reached on an
error with two out. After Carlson walked, Keithley singled to
score Basile with the winning run.
Carlson pitched the last three innings to pick up the
win, giving up just one hit while striking out six.
Basile went four for five with a double, two RBIs and
three runs. Peck went tw o for five with a double and scored
three runs. Keithley w ent tw o for four, while C arlson went
two for five.
Statistics
Riverside: 032 200 101-9 4 5
Heppner: 111401 022-10 13 6
Joey Parrish and Ryan Pedro; Sloan Keithley, Dan Basile (4),
Kyle C arlson (6) and R obbie Smith. W -Carlson. L-Parrish.
2B -Parrish, A nthony C orpus (R); Basile, Q uinn, Peck (H).
3B-none. HR-none.
HJH Track team competes
at Pendleton meet
T he H eppner Jr. H igh track team com peted in their
fourth m eet o f the season on A pril 23 at the Pendleton
Invitational Track Meet, where sixth grades competed against
sixth, seventh against seventh grades, and eighth against eighth.
“T his was a big m eet held under poor w eather conditions.
Team members had to learn to handle the weather components,
and did well with the cold rainy w eather,” said coach Susan
Hisler. Teams participating were Pendleton. Umatilla, Heppner,
lone, Stanfield, Ukiah, W eston-M cEw en, Echo, C olum bia,
Pilot Rock and Helix. Results are as follows.
Sixth grade girls: Kristen Van Cleave-first shot put,
24’ 1”; second 400m, 1:16.61; fourth 800m, 3:02.29. Catherine
M cElligott-first 1500,5:34.0; second 100m hurdles, 21.41;
first 800m, 2:49.78. Erin Price-second 1500m, 5:46.64; third
800m, 2:58.20. Ashley Wolff-fifth shot p u t 22’ 10” ; third discus,
4 3 ’8” . Brynna Rust-first 100m hurdles, 19.84; first 100m,
14.88; first 200m , 30.97; first long jum p, 12’ 1.5” . Jodessa
Chapa-sixth 1500m, 6:56.32.
Sixth grade boys: Ben W ood-first shot put, 30’3.5” ,
first discus, 6 2 ’5” ; sixth 100m, 15.55; fourth 4x100 relay,
1:08.90. Mark McCabe-sixth discus, 46’9”; fourth 4x 100 relay.
Lane W right-fourth discus, 4 9 ’ 10”, fourth 4x 100 relay. Tyler
Robinson-fourth 4x 100 relay.
Seventh grade girls: Nikki Fritz-first high jum p, 4 ’0”.
Whitney Smith-second/third tie with Doutre, high jum p, 3’ 10”.
Seventh grade boys: C hris W ellington-first 400m ,
1:00.49; first 800m (run with the eighth graders), 2:23.03; first
4x200 relay, 2:04.27. Dalton Wellman-second 800m, 2:30.55;
first 4x200 relay. Spencer Palm er-third 800m, 2:33.18; first
4x200 relay. M att H olland-sixth 100m, 14.59; first 4x200
relay; 200m in 29.47. Braden Britt-sixth 200m, 32.91.
Eighth grade girls: Cyde Coil-first high jum p, 4 ’4 ” .
Katie K ilkenny-second shot put, 2 6 ’ 11” ; sixth 4x200 relay,
2:36.88; second high jum p, 4 ’4 ” . Kylie D oherty-third high
jum p, 4 ’3” ; sixth 4x200 relay. Kelsie Fox-fourth discus, 6 8 ’.
Kendra Rayburn-fifth shot put, 26’ 1” . Afton Betsinger-sixth
shot put, 25’2”. Kelsey Wolff-sixth 400m, 1:25.24; fifth 800m;
sixth 4x200 relay.
Eighth grade boys: M att M cC abe-third high jum p,
4 ’8” ; third shot put, 34’0” . Lane Bailey-fcurth 100m hurdles,
17.65 (personal best); sixth 800m , 2:42.38. N athan Van
Cleave-fifth 100m hurdles, 18.24; first shot put, 3 8’6” ; third
discus, 101 ’ 1” ; first high jump, 5’. Nacho Elguezabal-fifth shot
put, 32’ 1” ; fourth high jum p. 4 ’4” ; fourth discus, 98 ’ 11”.
“The Heppner Jr. High track team is doing extrem ely
well again this season and is headed into the final week, with
track cham pionships to be held at Um atilla on Friday, M ay 7
at 1 p.m .,” said Hisler.
“The Heppner team is looking forward to challenging
individual and team titles in wrapping up their 2004 season.
Sixth grader Catherine M cElligott has rebroken her 1500m
record and is near Abby K ahl’s 1995 800m record. C hris
Wellington, a seventh grader, is something to watch in the 400m,
800m and 200m , and is one o f H eppner’s fastest seventh
graders on the all time list. Brynna Rust, a sixth grader, will
challenge for 100m hurdles, 100m and 200m titles. H eppner
is strong in both girls’ and boys’ 1500m and 800m runs. The
field events have also seen a lot o f success, w here, as usual,
the high jum p is loaded with Heppner kids, as well as shot and
discus events,” Hisler said.