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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - THREE Mustangs beat Rangers early Four players receive baseball Mustangs win two at District By Rick Paullus b ro u g h t th e R angers to all star awards to take second A 13-run first inning w ithin 15-4, but the helped the Heppner Mustang baseball team to a 20-4 win o v er th e v isitin g D ufur Rangers on Tuesday, May 17 in a C o lu m b ia B asin C o n fe re n ce s u b -d istric t to u rn a m e n t gam e The Mustangs, now 19-5 on the year, advanced to the CBC D istric t T ournam ent in Pendleton on Saturday, May 21 to play the Pilot Rock Rockets. The winner o f that game will play the loser o f Stanfield-Sherman County for the number two seed to the O SA A /U S B ank/Les Schw ab T ires S tate Tournament After falling behind 1-0 on a solo home run, the Mustangs came back with a vengeance as Jode Coil and Josh Gutierrez singled and Nick Christman reached on an error to load the bases. Kory Paullus scored tw o with a double and Quinn Peck followed that up with a home run to make it 5-1. Dan Basile singled, M att McCabe doubled, Coil had an RBI single, Gutierrez had an RBI single, Christman again reached on an error and Paullus and Basile each had RBI singles as they took a 13-1 lead b efo re the Rangers finally got the third out. The Rangers came back with a run in the top of the second, but the Mustangs answered with two more as C oil singled, G u tie rre z dou b led and C hristm an scored them with a single A two-run home run M ustangs left no do u b t about the outcome with a five-run bottom half o f the third. McCabe singled and came around on a Sloan Keithley home run Kyle Carlson reached on an error, Coil was hit by a pitch, Christman walked to load the bases and Paullus cleared them with a double to make it 20-4. Carlson pitched the final three innings in relief of Gutierrez to pick up the win Paullus led an 18-hit attack by going three for four with two doubled and six RBI with Coil going three for three with a double and four runs scored McCabe went three for three with a double and two runs scored Basile went two for three and scored twice Gutierrez went two for four and scored three times and Christman scored three runs and had two RBI Peck had a home run and three RBI, Keithley had a home run and two RBI and Carlson scored twice. All but two o f the Mustangs who batted had a least one hit. Dufur 112 00-4 4 4 Heppner (13)25 Ox- 20 18 0 Pullen, Tibbetts (3) and Reed; Josh Gutierrez, Kyle Carlson (3) and Quinn Peck, Robbie Smith (5) W- C arlson L- Pullen. 2B- Christoph (D); Kory Paullus 2, Jode Coil, Matt McCabe (H). 3B- none HR- Pullen 2 (D); Quinn Peck and Sloan Keithley (H). Heppner celebrated its 2005 Prom on Aril 30. The prom court included (Back Row L-R): Princes Brandon Seitz and Aaron Delveaux; (Middle Row L-R): Princess Madison Bailey, King Francisco Escalante, Queen Cara Kennedy and Princess Shanna Rietmann; and (Front Row L-R): Prince Robert McElligott, Princess Blair Keithley, Princess Chelsea Britt and Prince Kyle Huddleston. Weddingf Tables * L ena G o s s e t t and B en ja m in M c h llig o tt Wedding - Saturday, June 4tli Jo li H ill and Rva n M lin k ers Wadding - Satu rday, June 4th M elissa C u tsfo r tli and O la f Pedersen Wedding Saturday, June 18th - Iricia C o e & Jon L oren ce Wedding Saturday, J lin e 25th - Kari M organ an d C Liad R ohie Wedding - Satu rday, June 25th B o b b ie R anb in & D avid B a tes Wedding Saturday, July 2 n d - C b e y e n n e R ogers & D a n iel D eC lu e Wedding - Saturday, July Qth We will be closed for Memorial Day - Monday. May 30th 217 North Main • Heppner Muttoijï Djauj 6 7 6 -9 1 5 8 Serving Heppner Lexington & lone j K Sloan Keithley just beats the throw for the winning run against Pilot Rock. Photo by Sandy Matthews By Rick Paullus T he H eppner Mustang baseball team had to rally twice to take two wins at the Columbia Basin C o n fe re n ce D istrict T ournam ent and get the second seed at the OSAA/ US Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class 2A championships S en io r Jo d e Coil drove in Sloan Keithley from first base with two out with th e w inning run in the bottom o f the seventh to give the Mustangs a 5-4 win over Pilot Rock in the first game Senior Josh Gutierrez hit a two-out two RBI single in the top o f the seventh to tie Kory Paullus warm s up to go to bat Photo by Sandy Matthews the game, then Coil and Gutierrez each had two RBI singles in the ninth to put the M ustangs ahead, helping them to an 18-10 win over the Sherm an C ounty H uskies and the second place trophy. The Stanfield Tigers had scored two runs in the bottom o f the seventh to beat the Huskies 3-2 and tak e the d istrict championship The Rockets took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning and it held up until the third when the M ustangs finally got going Gutierrez singled, Nick C hristm an walked, Kory Paullus had an RBI single, C hristm an scored on a wild pitch, Dan B asile w alked and M att McCabe scored two more with a double to give the Mustangs a 4-2 lead The Rockets came back to score one run in the sixth and one in the seventh to tie it up and set up the dramatic ending Keithley reached on an error and with two out. Coil hit a bomb to the fence in right-center and M ustang baseball team with trophy Keithley just beat the throw for the winning run C oil p itch ed six strong innings, striking out eight, allowing four hits and two earned runs. Gutierrez pitched the seventh and picked up the win. Coil went three for five, Paullus two for four and McCabe had two RBI Against the Huskies, the M ustangs b ro k e a scoreless tie in the top o f the fourth when Basile reached on an error, McCabe had an RBI single, Keithley walked, Kyle Carlson was hit by a pitch and Coil scored two with a tw o-out single to make it 3-0. The Huskies came back in the bottom half with (L-R): Cathy Halvorsen, lone library technician and Linda a grand slam homerun to go Neiffer, lone I" and 2"J grade teacher received the Crystal Apple up 4-3, but the Mustangs came right back with four award. lo n e E lem en tary runs of their own in the fifth w ith m any school School first and second Christm an led o ff with a grade teacher Linda Neiffer committees H alv o rsen w as and lone Schools’ library honored for her work in the technician Cathy Halvorsen lone Schools library After re ceiv ed th e U m atilla- the former library technician A B abe Ruth Morrow ESD Crystal Apple aw ard for the service to resigned during the 2003- Baseball g o lf tournam ent 2004 school year, both the will be held on Sunday, May education The awards were elementary and high school 29 The caddy auction will presented May 11 libraries were combined and be held at 8 a m , with golf Neiffer was honored Halvorsen had the task o f beginning at 9 a m The for her work both in her class making them flow together tournament will be an 18- and throughout the school She was active in updating hole. fo u r m an/w om an even to the high school level and displaying materials and scramble Her passion lies in teaching in prom oting literacy by C ost for the reading and she strives to see helping to start the to u rn am en t is $30 per that all children have books A ccelerated R eader and person, with lunch included appropriate to their reading STAR programs Proceeds from the event skills She is also very active Nick Christman, Jode Coil, Kory Paullus and Josh Gutierrez received all-star awards for baseball in the Columbia Basin Conference East Division. Photo by Phil Carlson Neiffer and Halvorsen receive Crystal Apple award double, Paullus reached on an infield hit, Peck reached on an e rro r to score Christman, Basile scored tw o w ith a d ouble and sco red on a single by Carlson. The Huskies again came back with two runs in the bottom half, but the Mustangs added one in the sixth when G utierrez and C hristm an singled and Paullus reached on a fielder’s choice to score one and make it 8-6. The Huskies scored four runs in the bottom o f the sixth to take a 10-8 lead, but again the M ustangs came back as M cCabe singled, Keithley walked, Coil was hit by a pitch and Gutierrez singled to score two and tie the game at 10-10. It stayed that way until the ninth when the Mustangs broke the game open M cC abe w alked, Keithley singled, Carlson walked, Coil and Gutierrez each had two RBI singles, Paullus reached on an error, Peck reached on another error, B asile w alked as Paullus scored on a wild pitch and McCabe scored two more with a single to make it 18-10. Coil went the final two innings, striking out two and giving up one hit to pick up the win. Gutierrez started and went five innings, giving up six runs on six hits, while striking out five Gutierrez went four for six w ith fo u r RBI McCabe went three for five with three RBI and scored three runs, Coil went two for six with four RBI, Christman w ent tw o for six w ith a double, Paullus had two RBI and scored tw ice, Basile scored three runs and had two RBI and Keithley scored three runs Heppner 5. Pilot Rock 4 Pilot Rock 200 001 1-4 4 1 Heppner 004 000 1-5 9 4 Mitch Byrnes, Kit Murry (5) and Phil Perrine. Jode Coil. Josh Gutierrez (7) and Quinn Peck W- Gutierrez L- Murry 2B- Perrine 2 (PR); Matt McCabe (H) 3B- Coil (H) HR- none Heppner 18, Sherman County 10 Heppner 000 341 208-18 15 1 Sherman County 000 424 000-10 10 6 Gutierrez. Nick Christman (6 ) , Coil (8) and Peck. Evan Kaseberg, Derek Wood (6), Doug McKinney (9) and Eliot Kaseberg W- Coil L- Wood 2B- Christman. Dan Basile (H); El Kaseberg. Wood (S) 3B- none HR- Ryan Sharp (S). Babe Ruth baseball golf tournament to be held V I b en efit th e B abe R uth Baseball program For m ore in fo rm atio n , call Rick Johnston at 676-5562 M a g n e tic D oor Signs H ERE H eppner G azette-T im es 676-9228 V
