Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - THREE
Mustang JVs pull away for win
over Pirates
By Rick Paullus
T he
H ep p n er
Mustang JV baseball team
scored six runs over the last
three innings to pull away for
an 8-2 win o v er the
R iverside
P ira te s
on
T hursday, M arch 17 in
Boardman in their first game
of the season. The Mustangs
will be at H erm iston on
Monday, March 28 at 4 p m.
and at Umatilla on Thursday,
March 31 for a doubleheader
beginning at 3 p m
The Mustangs took
an early 2-0 lead in the first
when Cody Hollis walked,
stole second and scored on
a M att M cC abe single
N acho E lg u ezab al then
doubled to score McCabe
The Pirates tied at 2-
2 in the bottom o f the fourth,
but the Mustangs came back
with two more in the top of
th e fifth. H ollis again
walked, stole second and
scored on a McCabe single
Then McCabe again scored
on an Elguezabal double.
They added tw o
more in the sixth when Sean
Murray reached base after
being hit by a pitch. Hollis
reached on a fielder’s choice
and b o th sco red on
consecutive errors with two
outs to make it 6-2.
In the seventh,
Elguezabal singled, Colton
H anson
and
N ath an
Kennedy walked, Elguezabal
scored on a wild pitch and
Hanson scored on an error
to make it 8-2.
Andre Rauch went
four innings giving up two
runs on one hit with Kennedy
going three innings allowing
no runs on tw o hits, one
walk while striking out five
to pick up the win
E lg u ez ab a l w ent
fo u r fo r fo u r w ith tw o
d o u b les and tw o RBI.
McCabe went two for four
scoring twice, Hollis scored
three tim es and Kennedy
went one for three with a
double
Heppner 200 022 2-
8 9 1
Riverside 000 200 0-
2 3 3
A ndre
R auch,
N athan K ennedy (5) and
R obbie Sm ith; D oherty,
Corpes (6) and Hancock. W-
Kennedy. L-Doherty. 2B-
N acho Elguezabal 2 (H).
3B- none. HR-none
The Mustangs were
up 8-0 with one out in the
top o f the second inning in
the second game when the
game was called on account
o f darkness
Heppner Legion and Auxiliary
to celebrate 86 years
T he
A m erican
L e g io n and A ux iliary
H e p p n er P o st w ill be
m eeting at the H ep p n er
Senior Center on March 28
to celebrate the Legion’s 86th
birthday. The celebration will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with a
potluck, with birthday cake
and ice cream being served
in honor o f the Legionnaires.
B o th g ro u p s will have
m eetin g s fo llow ing. All
members welcome
lone Legion to celebrate 86th
birthday
Tuesday, March 29
The lone American
Legion and Auxiliary will tie
celebrating the American
L egion’s 86th birthday on
at the
lone Legion Hall. A social
hour Will begin at 6:30 p.m.,
with dinner fbllbwing at 7
p.m.
Mustangs use big inning to
R p o f r 'l o k l / i t n i p
Jode Coil #3 and Josh Gutierrez get a player out at first base.
Photo by Sandy Matthews
The ball takes a bad bounce against Kory Paullus #13 at first
base. Photo by Sandy Matthews
By Rick Paullus
An eight run sixth
inning erased a 2-1 deficit
and carried the H eppner
Mustang baseball team to a
9-5 win over the visiting
C la tsk a n ie T igers on
Monday, March 21 in a non
league baseball game It was
the season opener for the
M ustangs who will be at
Colfax, WA on Friday and
Saturday, March 25 and 26
for tw o more non-league
games.
The Mustangs broke
a scoreless tie in the bottom
o f the th ird w hen Josh
Gutierrez singled with one
out, went to third on a Kory
Paullus double and scored on
a
N ick
C h ristm an
groundout.
It stayed that way
until the Tigers came up with
two runs in the top o f the
sixth to take a 2-1 lead, but
that was short-lived
With one out, Tony
B olin and D an B asile
singled, Cody Hollis was hit
by a pitch, Bolin scored on a
suicide squeeze bunt by Kyle
Carlson that was fumbled by
the Clatskanie pitcher, to tie
it at 2-2. G u tierrez and
Paullus walked to force in
two runs, Christman scored
two with a single then Quinn
Peck hit a homerun to right
field to make it 9-2.
The T ig ers cam e
back with three runs in the
seventh and had the bases
loaded, but Gutierrez got a
ground ball to second that
Jode Coil smothered and ran
to second for the force out
to end the game.
Gutierrez went the
first two innings allowing no
runs, C oil p itch ed tw o
scoreless innings striking out
two and allowing no hits and
Bolin went two innings to
pick up the win.
Paullus went two for
three with a double, Bolin
went two for four, Christman
went 1-3 with three RBI and
Peck had a home run and
three RBI.
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Heppner 001 008 x-
992
B race, D oyle (3),
Renolds (6) and Byrum; Josh
G utierrez, Jode Coil (3),
Tony Bolin (5), Kyle Carlson
(7), Gutierrez (7) and Coil,
Quinn Peck (3). W- Bolin
L- Doyle. S- Gutierrez. 2B-
Kory Paullus (H). 3B- none
HR- Byrum (C); Peck (H).
HJHS track team to hold car wash
The Heppner Junior
High School track team is
h olding a c ar w ash on
Thursday, March 24 to help
raise funds for the track
renovation project. The car
wash will be held from 9 a m
to 3 p.m. in the Les Schwab
parking lot. The price is $ 10
p er au to m o b ile and all
donations all welcome
The team will also be
collecting pop can donations
at the car wash
S usan H isler is
returning for her 11th year as
head coach o f the HJHS
tra c k team and will be
a ssiste d
by
M elissa
M cE llig o tt-C o in e r. The
coaches are excited to have
approxim ately 50 student
athletes on the team this
year
Baseball schedule
change
The Heppner High
School b aseb all gam e
scheduled for Friday, April 1
in Heppner against Grant
Union is now set for 12 p.m.
Wranglers Riding Club
By MeHyn Robinson
For horse lovers o f
all ages, the Wrangler Riding
Club will again hold a series
o f four playdays starting
A pril 17 T hese Sunday
afternoon meets will be held
at th e M orrow C ounty
Fairgrounds rodeo arena and
will conclude on May 8
There are events for all ages,
including stick horse riders
This year the club is
selling raffle tickets on a
T ra e g e r L il’ Tex p ellet
barbecue stove from Shirley
and Kit George o f L o tt’s
Electric. The retail value of
the stove is $699; however,
the club was given a reduced
purchase price Proceeds
w ill p ro v id e p rizes for
playday year-end awards in
the different age groups and
help with annual taxes More
information may be obtained
by calling Amy Kollman at
6 7 6 -9 4 0 7
or
D arcy
Robinson at 676-9014.
These annual horse
games have been part o f the
club’s history ever since it
w as o rg an ized in 1946.
C harter member H ow ard
Bryant recalls when these
wild and woolly events were
held in arenas built at various
ranches. Those early events
were appropriately named
the Dougherty’s Dilly Duster
in Sandhollow, the Balm
F o rk B raw l at Ralph
Beam er’s ranch; the Rhea
Creek Riot at Floyd Jones’
and the Buttercreek Ambush
at Randall M artin’s (now
part o f the Hughes ranch.)
B ack then pole
bending and barrel racing
w ere fo llo w ed by m ore
rugged games. For instance,
the “ scoop shovel” race
required a contestant to stay
aboard a bouncing shovel
being pulled over humps and
ro c k s w ith a ro p e by a
partner on horseback. Young
“wantabe” rodeo stars often
bit the dust when riding the
ranch owner’s cows. Ropers
w ould try their skills at
catching and wrestling hefty
ranch calves to the ground.
D an B rosnan was a
youngster when he met his
m atch w hen to ssed and
trampled by a Greenup bull.
At the Jones’ ranch
on R hea C reek, team s
attem p ted to rope and
wrestle into woolsacks some
very cagey wild goats that
had been captured for the
occasion. It was the not “the
luck o f the draw” when a
team managed to rope the
herd’s smelly, old billy goat.
T here w ere few horse
trailers in those days so most
horses were transported by
truck However many riders
simply rode from Heppner to
these ranches arriving in time
for a huge potluck dinner
before the afternoon games
M em bers
held
monthly meetings in a former
CCC building on th e
fa irg ro u n d s w here the
d o rm ito ry now stands.
L ively
p a rtie s
and
entertainment rocked that
old wooden building. When
the p|an0 was f,rst movec|
into the building, a section
o f the floor gave way.
O th er
W ran g ler
events through the years
include the organization in
the early 1950s o f the annual
h o rse show held in
conjunction with the fair
Fred Mankin, who owned
some well-bred Tennessee
W alking
h o rse s,
is
remembered for his years as
show superintendent
In 1949, th e club
began stag in g Sunday
morning cowboy breakfasts
during the annual Morrow
County Rodeo Through this
event the club acq u ired
enough funds to purchase, in
1956, a small parcel o f land
below Heppner from Harvey
H arsh m an The h illsid e
property required a great
deal o f excavation to carve
out a level area for an arena,
so Don Evans spent many
h o u rs w ith a b u lld o zer
M em bers w ent to the
mountains and cut poles with
which they built the arena
fences. A former bandstand
at the fair g ro u n d s was
moved and remodeled into a
clubhouse on the property.
D ifferent ranchers
would truck roping stock
and bucking cows for these
events. Along with enjoying
the playday roping events
charter members Bryant and
Cornett Green did a lion’s
share o f rep airs and
m aintenance on the club
property for many years
They were also part o f the
crew th a t built bucking
chutes at this arena
For several years,
the club p a rtic ip a te d in
saddle club relay and baton
races at both the Heppner
Rodeo and the Pendleton
Round-up. Former jockey
Joe Yocom recalls the many
thrills and spills Other racing
e n th u sia sts w ere the
G reen u p , E u b an k s and
Papineau families. The club
also had a drill team that with
lots o f practice got the hang
o f “ allem ande le ft” and
performed at Condon and
other rodeos
An annual overnight
trail ride in June became a
p o p u la r
affair
w hen
W ran g ler m em bers and
guests gathered at the former
Winchester Lodge on Ditch
Creek Tents were pitched,
yet the lively music of Lennie
Lowden on the old pump
organ and Harold Erwin’s
guitar music kept up a lively
beat until the wee hours o f
the morning.
C u rre n t
annual
membership in the club is
$40 for family memberships
and $30 for singles There
are no entry fees at playday
events.
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