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.
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Wedding
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Wadding
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M elissa C u tsfo r tli and O la f Pedersen
Wedding
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Iricia C o e & Jon L oren ce
Wedding
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Wedding
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Wedding
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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
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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).
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