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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - THREE Mustang JVs drop two at Riverside By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang JV baseball team ended th e ir season by dropping a pair o f games to the visiting Riverside Pirates by scores of 3-1 and 15-6 on M onday, May 9 as the second game was called after four innings by darkness and rain The Mustangs ended their season with a 9 and 2 record The first game was a pitchers’ duel between the Mustangs’ Nathan Kennedy and the Pirates’ Joey Parrish as runs or hits were hard to come by. The Pirates scored a run in the top of the first but the Mustangs came back witli one o f th e ir own. K ennedy led o ff w ith a single, Cody Hollis sacrificed him to second, went to third on a passed ball and scored as Andre Rauch was thrown out after striking out The Pirates scored single runs in the third and fourth and held on for the win. K ennedy allow ed just three hits, struck out five, walked two and gave up two earned runs in going the distance Robbie Smith was two for three, Kennedy was two for four and Hollis went one for tw o for the Mustangs The night cap was a different story as both teams’ pitchers had trouble finding the strike zone. The P irates again took an early 1-0 lead, but the Mustangs responded in the bottom o f the first with four runs o f their own. Hollis was hit by a pitch and Rauch followed that up with a home run to centerfield. Nacho Elguezabal w as hit by a p itch, C o lto n H anson reached on an error, Justin Archer reached on an error, Elguezabal scored on a wild pitch and Sean Murray had an RBI double The Pirates scored two in the second but the Mustangs came back with two o f their own when Hollis reached on an e rro r and scored on a single by Rauch who ended up scoring on an Elguezabal fielder’s choice. The wheels came off' for the M ustangs as their control problems led to the Rockets scoring seven runs in the third on one hit and five more in the fourth on two hits. The Mustangs hurt themselves with 17 walks and three hit batters while leaving 10 runners on base Rauch went two for two with three RBI and two runs scored Murray went one for two with a double and Hollis scored twice R iv ersid e 3, Heppner 1 Riverside 101 1000- 3 3 2 Heppner 100 000 0- 1 5 3 Joey P arrish and Riley H an co ck ; N ath an Kennedy and Robbie Smith W- Parrish L- Kennedy. 2B- Norling (R). 3B- none HR- none R iv ersid e 15, Heppner 6 Riverside 127 5-15 3 3 Heppner 420 0-6 3 3 Corpus, Norling (2) and Hancock, Andre Rauch, C ody H ollis (3), Ju stin Archer (4) and Smith. W- N orling L- Rauch. 2 8 - Corpus (R); Sean Murray (H) 3B- none HR- Martin (R); Rauch (H) * - .......... . . » f Mustangs blank Tigers 6-0 Mustangs sweep Rockets, By Rick Paullus finish second w ent tw o fo r four and N eeding ju st tw o T h ree p itc h e rs more outs for a win against the Stanfield Tigers before the rains came in to wash away a 6-2 lead on Tuesday, May 10, the H eppner M u stan g baseball team picked up where they left off in tak in g a 6-0 win on Thursday, May 12 over the visiting Tigers in Columbia Basin Conference play. The Mustangs, 7-3 in the CBC and 16-5 overall, picked up their sixth win in a row were to be at Pilot Rock on Saturday for a key CBC d o u b leh ead er to determine play-off positions for the chance to play at the d istric t to u rn am en t in Pendleton on Sunday, May 21 . The Mustangs broke a scoreless tie in the second inning getting singles from Kory Paullus, Quinn Peck an RBI single from M att McCabe and one from Sloan Keithley to take a 1-0 lead They go t some breathing room in the third when Jode Coil was hit by a p itch , Nick C hristm an singled and Paullus hit a home run to make it 4-0. The M ustangs did some two-out damage in the fourth when Colton Hanson singled, Coil doubled and Josh Gutierrez singled them home to make it 6-0. combined on the shut-out as Gutierrez went two innings, striking out five and allowing no hits Coil went three, striking out six, hitting two, walking one and allowing two hits to pick up the win and Christman went the last two, striking out two to pick up the save Coil went three for three with two doubles and tw o runs scored, Paullus went two for two with the home run and three RBI, Peck went two for three and Gutierrez had two RBI The M ustangs collected 12 hits as a team, with eight o f the nine getting at least one hit. Even they were missing two starters and had players moved to d ifferen t p o sitio n s The Mustangs had no errors with Hanson making a tough play behind second base and Peck playing well behind the plate Stanfield 000 000 0- 05 1 Heppner 013 200 x- 6 12 0 Taylor, Challis (6) and Smith; Josh Gutierrez, Jo d e Coil (3 ), N ick Christman (6) and Quinn Peck W- Coil L-Taylor S- C hristm an 2B- Sm ith, Taylor (S); Coil 2 (H). 3B- none HR- Kory Paullus. L ocal youth w ins statew id e Americanism Essay contest . 1 • • <«> t " Mustang softball ends with loss to Stanfield, Echo Shane Smith (center) of Heppner displays the certificate, medallion and $100 savings bond he received for winning the Oregon Elks 2005 State Americanism Essay contest. With him are his mother Jymme Franzwa (right) and Tony Clement (left), Exalted Ruler of Heppner Elks Lodge #358. Senior Emily Bergstrom slides into third base safely. Photo by Hal Bergstrom The Heppner Mustang softball team ended their season with a loss at home, Saturday, May 14 against a combined Stanfield and Echo team Babe Ruth baseball golf tournament to be held A Babe Ruth Baseball golf tournament will be held on Sunday, May 29. The tournament will be an 18-hole, four man/woman scramble For more information call Rick Johnston at 676-5562. Columbia Basin Electric Co operative has hired South eastern Reprographics (SRI) to conduct a complete GPS field inventory as part of our new mapping program. This will require that SRI visits each pole, meter and pad- mounted device on the CBEC system. SRI will be using pick ups and ATVs with CBEC markings on them for in- ventory. Please direct any questions to Slater Jb ' Mitchell, 676-9146. W i The Heppner Elks L odge is pleased to announce the 2005 Oregon S tate Elks A m ericanism E ssay first place aw ard w inner. Shane Sm ith o f Heppner took top honors with his essay on “What Old Glory Means to Me.” Smith earned a $50 savings bond for placing in the local competition and an en g rav ed m edallion com bined w ith a $100 savings bond for his win at the state level His essay will be forwarded to the national Elks competition Smith is the son o f Jymme Franzwa of Heppner and a sixth grade student at Heppner Elementary School The annual program is open to all sixth through eighth grade students and is sp o n so red by the Elks. Participants had to write a one-page essay on this year’s to p ic, “ W hat Old G lory Means to Me.” “There were some really excellent essays,” said L indsay K incaid, local committee chair “I’m very pro u d o f all our local students who participated, they really put some thought into these essays.” Karen Smith-Griffith o f HES and Dean Robinson o f lone Elementary provided classroom support UEO FINANCIAL SERVICES Anda K. Zastnnv Financial A d\isor By Rick Paullus By sw eep in g the Pilot Rock R ockets in a Columbia Basin Conference doubleheader on Saturday, May 14, th e H eppner M u stan g baseball team moved into second place in the CBC east division Both games w ere shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule as the Mustangs won 12-2 and took the second game 12-1 The Mustangs, w ho finished th e CBC season with a 9 and 3 record and m oved to 18 and 5 overall, were to host Dufur on Tuesday, May 17 with the winner to move on to the D istric t T ournam ent in Pendleton on Saturday, May 21 . The Mustangs broke open a scoreless first game in the top o f the third when Matt McCabe led off with a double and scored when Kyle Carlson hit a long home run to left-centerfield Then with two out, Josh Gutierrez singled, Nick C hristm an walked and Kory Paullus hit a home run to left field to give the Mustangs a 5-0 lead They added another run in the fo u rth when Carlson hit another bomb in almost the exact spot his first home run went to, making it 6 - 0 . The M ustangs put the game away in the fifth when Quinn Peck singled, Dan B asile doubled and McCabe scored both with a d o uble Sloan K eithley walked, Carlson hit into a fielder’s choice, Jode Coil had an RBI d o uble and Gutierrez scored two on a single Paullus reached on an error and Peck reached on an o th er e rro r to score another run to make it 12-0. The Rockets scored two runs in the bottom half and had runners at first and third, but the Mustangs were able to get out o f the jam and end the game Gutierrez went four innings scattering five hits, striking out three, walking one and allowing no runs to pick up the win. Christman pitched the fifth, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out two. C arlson went tw o for three with two homeruns, three RBI and scored three runs Basile went tw o for th ree w ith a double. Gutierrez went two for four with two RBI and two runs scored Coil and Peck each Paullus had a home run and three RBI as the Mustangs had 13 hits as a team The Mustangs again scored first in the second game when Basile, McCabe and Carlson all walked to load the bases and Coil hit a sacrifice fly to score Basile in the top o f the second In the third, Paullus led off with a home run, Peck doubled and ended up scoring on a wild pitch to make it 3-0. They sco red four more in the fourth when Coil singled, Gutierrez reached on an error, Christman had an RBI single on a wild pitch and B asile had an RBI double. The Rockets got one back in the bottom half, but back came the Mustangs in the fifth with five more to put the game out o f reach. Matt Kenny and Carlson singled w ith K enny ev en tu a lly scoring on a wild pitch. Coil was hit by a pitch, with two out Paullus was intentionally w alked, Peck w alked to force in a run and Basile and McCabe reached on errors to score three more runs to make it 12-1. Coil w ent the distance to pick up the win striking out eight, allowing just two hits, two walks and no earned runs Peck went two for three with three RBI and scored twice Coil was one for one w ith tw o runs scored Paullus went one for two with a home run and scored three runs and Basile, Kenny and C arlson each went one for two H eppner 12, Pilot Rock 2 Heppner 005 16-12 13 0 Pilot Rock 000 02-2 72 Josh Gutierrez, Nick Christman (5) and Quinn Peck; Murry, Severe (3), Ellis (5) and Perrine W- Gutierrez. L- Murry. 2B- Matt McCabe 2, Jode Coil (H); Byrnes, Severe (PR). 3B- none HR- Kyle Carlson 2, Kory Paullus (H). H eppner 12, Pilot Rock 1 Heppner 012 45-12 8 3 Pilot Rock 000 10-1 24 Jode Coil and Peck; Byrnes, N orquist (5) and Perrine W- Coil L- Byrnes 2B- Peck, Basile (H). 3B- none HR- Paullus (H) Heppner Schools busy as end of school year nears As the school year draw s close to an end, numerous activities are being seen at Heppner Schools. The Heppner High School C eleb ratio n o f E x cellen ce will be held Monday, May 23, with a com m unity b arb ecu e beginning at 6 p m , dessert at 6:45 p m and aw ards presented at 7 p m Spring concerts will be held this coming week, with Heppner Elementary S ch o o l’s concert at 6:30 p m , Tuesday, May 24 and H H S’s concert at 7 pm , Thursday, May 26. HHS will also be p re sen tin g the m ystery, “Nine Girls,” on Wednesday, M ay 25 at 7 p m and Saturday, May 28 at 7 p m T h ere will be no school on Monday, May 30 due to M em orial D ay Students will then attend Friday, June 3 However, the last day fo r sen io rs is Thursday, May 26 HHS graduation will be held on June 4 at 2 p m Methodist Church to host guest speakers Long Term Financial Needs, Retirement Planning, IRA’s; Pension Rollovers, Long Term Care; Life Insurance ***** Securities related products and services made available through BED Financial Service» ate offered by Royal Alliance Asaociatea. 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