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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 12,2004 - NINE M ustang JV s sp lit w ith Bulldogs By Rick Paullus Hermiston 003 001- 3 4 1 A fter beating the Heppner 300 064-13 visiting Herm iston Frosh 6 0 13-3 in six innings, the C orey K elly, H eppner M ustang JV baseball team dropped the Edwards (5), Briscoe (6) and second gam e 7-4 to the Colt Kelly; Kyle Carlson, Bulldogs on Monday, May Dan Basile (4) and Robbie 3 as they gave up five runs Smith. W- Carlson. L- Kelly. in the first inning and were 2B- Winkler (Herm); Basile never able to make up the (Hep). 3B- none. HR- none. H erm isto n 7, gap. The Mustangs, 8 and 4, Heppner 4 finish up the season with a Hermiston 500 002 doubleheader at Riverside 0- 7 5 3 on T hursday, May 13 Heppner 020 010 1- beginning at 4:30 p.m. The M ustangs 4 12 5 Rosales and Mullay; jumped out to a quick 3-0 Quinn Peck, Sloan Keithley lead after one in the first (5) and Smith, Peck (5). W- game w hen Q uinn Peck R osales. L- Peck. 2B- w alked, C olton H ansen Rosales 2 (Herm); Carlson reached on an error. Peck scored on a wild pitch, Dan (Hep). 3B- none. HR- none. Basile singled and Sloan 30 K eithley had a two RBI single. The Bulldogs closed M ustang JVs to w ithin 3-2 before the to beat M ustangs blew the game rally open in the fifth when Cody Hermiston Frosh H ollis, Peck and Hansen walked, Basile scored two By Rick Paullus with a double, Kyle Carlson was hit by a pitch, Keithley The H eppner walked on a run, Robbie Smith was hit by a pitch to Mustang JV baseball team force in another ruri and overcam e a 4-2 d e fic it, Kody Lovgren had a two scoring five runs in the fifth inning, to rally past the RBI single to make it 9-2. The Bulldogs scored H erm iston Frosh 8-5 on a run in the top of the sixth M onday, M ay 10 in but the Mustangs came right Hermiston. The Mustangs back with four more to end improved to 9 and 4 on the it on the ten-run rule. year and wrap up the season H anson w alked, B asile w ith a d o u b leh ead er at singled, Carlson walked, Riverside on Thursday, May Keithley forced in a run with 13 scheduled to start at 4:30 a walk, Basile scored on a p.m. The M ustangs passed ball, Riley W ight walked. Smith scored a run looked good in the top of the on a fielder’s choice and first getting a single from Lovgren walked to force in Quinn Peck, a double from Dan Basile and a triple from the game ending run. Carlson went 3-1/3 Kyle Carlson to take a 2-0 innings to pick up the win lead. The Bulldogs came giving up two runs on two back with three runs in the hits and struck out four with bottom h a lf and added Basile going 2-2/3 innings in another run in the second to relief giving up one run on take a 4-2 lead. It stayed that way two hits and struck out six. Basile went four for until the fourth when the four with a double, two RBI Mustangs cut into the lead and three runs. Keithley getting singles from Carlson went one for two with four and Kody Lovgren and a RBI and scored tw ice. sacrifice fly from Robbie Lovgren had three RBI, Smith to make it 4-3. The Mustangs began Smith had two RBI, Hansen their rally with a Riley Wight scored three tim es and Carlson and Peck scored single. Then Peck singled him to th ird and stole twice. After the Bulldogs second. Basile scored one took th e ir 5-0 lead, the w ith a sin g le, C arlso n Mustangs got two back in reach ed on a fie ld e r’s the second inning w hen ch o ice, Sloan K eithley Wight was hit by a pitch, singled, Kory Paullus had a Smith singled, Lovgren had RBI single and Smith scored a RBI single and Peck had a two with a double to make it 8-4. RBI single. The Bulldogs scored The Mustangs added another run in the fifth when a run in the seventh, but Basile reached on an error could get no closer as the and eventually scored on Mustangs took the win. Basile pitched the another error. The Bulldogs third and fourth innings, in added two runs in the sixth and the Mustangs came back relief of Carlson, giving up with a run in the bottom of no runs on two hits and the seventh when Carlson striking out four to pick up doubled and scored when the win. Paullus went the Keithley reached on an error, final three innings allowing one hit, one run and striking but the rally ended there. Lovgren and Wight out four for the save. Carlson went three each went two for three. Carlson, Peck and Hollis for four with a triple, two each went two for four as the RBI and scored twice. Peck Mustangs had 12 hits in the went two for four, scoring game, but stranded nine base twice, Basile went two for four with a double, Keithley runners. H eppner 13, went two for four and Smith had three RBI. Hermiston 3 Heppner 200 150 0- 8 132 Hermiston 310 000 1- 5 6 2 Kyle Carlson, Dan Any Sine Basile (3), Kory Paullus (5) Lota o f C olors and Robbie Smith, Quinn Peck (5); Ojeda, Edwards Logos & G raphics (6) and Mullay. W- Basile. H eppner L- Ojeda. S- Paullus. 2B- Gazette-Times Basile, Smith (Hep); Ojeda, 676-9228 Frick (Herm). 3B- Carlson (Hep). HR- none. Custom Banners V Mustangs blank Tigers for HJHS track teams first place participate in lone By Rick Paullus A no-hitter by Chuy Elguezabal helped the Invitational Heppner Mustangs to an 11 -0 win in five innings over the Stanfield Tigers on Tuesday, May 4 in Stanfield to give them first place in the Columbia Basin Conference. The Mustangs, 6 and 1 in the CBC and 17-1-1 overall, will finish out the league schedule with a doubleheader at Umatilla on Saturday, May 15 at 11 a.m. The Mustangs went down quietly in the top of the first as did the Tigers in the bottom half although the Mustangs’ shortstop. Josh Gutierrez, went behind the bag at second base to snap a groundball and threw to first to get the out in what would prove to be the Tigers best effort at a hit for the day. In the second, Luke Murray doubled, Kyler Lovgren was hit by a pitch. Nick Christman had a RBI single, Cody Walton reached on a fielder’s choice, Elguezabal hit a two-out two RBI double and scored on a Jode Coil double to give the Mustangs a 4-0 lead. They didn’t quit there though as they added four more in the third when Gutierrez walked, Kory Paullus hit a RBI triple, Kiel Naims walked, Murray had a RBI single, Naims scored on a balk and Murray came home on a wild pitch. The Mustangs added three more in the fourth when Coil reached on an error, Gutierrez walked and both scored when Paullus reached on an error. Murray and Lovgren both walked and Christman hit into a fielder’s choice to score another run to make it 11-0. Elguezabal lost his bid for a perfect game as he hit the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the fifth, but struck out the next batter and ended the game with two harmless fly balls. He ended up with eight strikeouts for the game. Murray went two for two with a double and scored twice. Coil went two for four with a double. Paullus had two RBI and scored twice, Elguezabal had a double and two RBI, Christman had two RBI and Gutierrez scored twice. Heppner 044 30-11 7 0 Stanfield 000 00-0 0 5 Chuy Elguezabal and Jode Coil; Tyler Gabriel and Derek Smith. W- Elguezabal (7-1). L- Gabriel. 2B- Luke Murray, Elguezabal and Jode Coil (H). 3B- Kory Paullus (H). HR- none. Mustangs sweep Rockets By Rick Paullus Good pitching and timely hitting helped the Heppner Mustang baseball team to a sweep of the visiting Pilot Rock Rockets by scores of 13-2 in five innings and 4-0 on Saturday, May 8 in Columbia Basin Conference play The Mustangs, 8-1 in the CBC and 19-1-1 overall, wrap up the regular season with a doubleheader at Umatilla on Saturday, May 15 before heading into the District Tournament on Saturday, May 22 in The Dalles. The Mustangs took an early lead in the first game scoring two runs as Josh Gutierrez reached on a fielder’s choice, Kory Paullus had a RBI double and Kiel Naims had a RBI double. The Rockets scored a run in the second and one in the fourth to tie it at 2-2, but the Mustangs came right back in the bottom half to break the game open with nine runs. Luke Murray doubled and scored on a Kyler Lovgren single, Chuy Elguezabal was hit by a pitch, Jode Coil walked, Gutierrez was hit by a pitch to force in a run, Paullus had a RBI single, Naims reached on an error to score a run, Murray was hit by a pitch to force in a run, Kyler Lovgren scored two with a single and Nick Christman scored two more with a double to make it 11 - 2 . The Mustangs ended it in the fifth on the ten-run rule when Gutierrez reached on a fielder’s choice and Paullus hit a two-run home run to make it 13-2. Elguezabal went the distance to pick up the win giving up three infield hits while striking out five. Paullus went three for four with a double, home run, four RBI and scored three runs. Christman went two for two with a double and two RBI. Lovgren went two for three with three RBI and scored twice. Naims had a double and two RBI, Murray had a double and one RBI, Gutierrez scored three runs and Elguezabal and Coil each went one for two. The second game was scoreless until the third when Christman singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Cody Walton and scored on a double by Coil. The Mustangs added three more in the fourth when Paullus doubled and came home on a home run by Naims. Murray and Lovgren singled and both moved up on a wild pitch and Murray scored as Walton grounded out. Gutierrez made the lead stand up going the distance allowing just three infield hits, two walks, hit two batter, while striking out seven. Murray went three for three. Paullus went two for three with a double. Naims had a homerun and two RBI and Coil had a double and one RBI. Heppner 13, Pilot Rock 2 Pilot Rock 010 10-2 3 2 Heppner 200 92-13 11 0 Kyle Humphreys, Dan Ellis (4). Travis Severe (4) and Phil Perrine; Chuy Elguezabal and Jode Coil. W- Elguezabal (8-1). L- Humphreys. 2B- Luke Murray, Nick Christman. Kiel Naims and Kory Paullus (H). 3B- none. HR- Paullus (H). Heppner 4, Pilot Rock 0 Pilot Rock 000 000 0-0 3 0 Heppner 001 300 x-4 10 1 Mitch Byrnes and Perrine; Josh Gutierrez and Coil. W- Gutierrez (5-0). L- Byrnes. 2B- Coil, Paullus (H). 3B- none. HR- Naims (H). I H eppner Ju n io r H igh track m em bers p a rtic ip a ted in the lone Invitational track meet on Friday, April 30 at Pendleton S u nridge track. Full placement results have not been co m p leted but the following is placement as of May 10. Eighth grade boys’ results include: Lane Bailey: Is*- 300m hurdles, 2nd- 100m hurdles, 2nd- high jump, and placed in javelin; Nathan V anC leave: l sl- 100m hurdles, Is'- high jump and l 51-shot put; Tayler Hodges: 5lh- 100m hurdles; M att M cCabe: l 5'- discus, 2nd- shot put, 3rd-highjum p; and N acho E lguezabal: 3rd- discus, 4,h- 200m and 4th- shot put. Seventh grade boys’ results include: Spencer Palm er: 2nd- 800m (ran against eighth grade), 5,h- 1500m (ran against eighth grade), 2nd- triple jump and placed in ja v e lin ; M ark McCabe: 6Ih- shot put and placed in 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay ; C hris Wellington: 1st- 400m (ran against eighth grade), 1st- 800m (ran against eighth grade) and l a- 200m; Dalton Wellman: 2nd- 1500m and placed 4x200 relay; Ben Wood: 6th- shot put; Joe Pranger: 4,h- triple jum p; Matt Holland: 3rd- long jump and placed in 4x200 relay, 100m and 200m ; Tyler Robinson: placed in 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay; Lane W right: 4 ,h- discu s and p laced 4x100 relay; Jo h n ath an H endricks: placed 4x100 relay; and Braden Britt: placed high ju m p , 4x200 relay and 200m. Sixth grade g irls’ results include: Catherine M cE lligott: 1st- 300m hurdles, 1st- 1500m, 1st- 800m and 2nd- long jump; Brynna Rust: Is*- 100m, 1“- 200m, I s'- long jump and 2nd- 100m hurdles; Erin Price: 2nd- 1500m, 3rd- 800m and 5th- triple jump; Ashley Wolff: 2nd- shot put; Kristen VanCleave: 3rd- 1500m, 4th- 800m, 3rd- high jump and p laced in ja v e lin ; and Jodessa Chapa: 2nd- 800m an d 4 ,h- 1500m. Seventh grade girls’ results include: Nikki Fritz: 1 high jump; and Whitney Smith: 3"1- shot put and 5"’- highjump. Eighth grade girls’ resu lts include: K ylie Doherty: Is'- 100m hurdles, 2nd- highjum p, 2nd- 4x200 relay and 4th- long jump; Baillie Keithley: 2nd- 4x200 relay, 4th- 100m and placed 4x100 relay; Kelsey Wolff: 3rd- 400m and 5,h- 800m; Taylor Kempas- 2nd- 400m and 5,h- long jum p; Cyde Coil: Champion high jump; Aftan Betsinger: 3rd- discus, 3rd- shot put, 4th- high jump and placed in 4x100 relay; Kate Kendrick: 2nd- 4x200 relay, 4th- discus and placed in 4x100 relay ; K endra R ayburn: 2 nd- shot put; Kelsey Fox: 2nd- discus, 4th- shot put and placed in 4x 100 relay; and Katie Kilkenny: 1st- shot put, 2nd- 100m hurdles, 3rd- high jump and placed in 4x100 relay. City council continued from page 1 The H eppner Fire Department has expressed interest in expanding on to the Gazette property, which is located next to the fire department. Accepted resignation The council accepted the resignation of Jackie Allstott from the city budget committee. 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