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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 10,2006 Mustang softball team splits against Echo/Stanfield lone students compete in OSAA Heppner High students attend band festivals Amy Jepsen at the piano. Trumpets players (L-R): Devin Robinson, Justin Gutierrez, Ian Murray and Brett Harrison. Photo by Deb Gutierrez. a Whitney Matthews pitches during the first Echo/Stanfield game on Saturday, May 6. The Mustangs split the douhleheader, with Matthews taking the loss in the first game and Allan Betsinger pitching the second. Bad inning costs Mustang JVs By Kick Paullus A seven-run third inning for the v isitin g Umatilla Vikings was too m uch for the H eppner Mustang J V baseball team as they took an 8-3 loss on T h ursday, May 4. The Mustangs, now 5-5 on the year, will finish the season at Pendleton on Thursday, May 11 for a d o u b leh ead er beginning at 4 p.m. against the Buck freshmen. The M ustangs trailed 8-0 before they finally got on the board in the fifth when Sean Murray got hit by a pitch, stole second, went to third on a Quinn Chick groundout and scored as Ricky Martin grounded out. They added two m ore in the sixth when •T O O L S •PA IN T •AUTOM OTIVE •H A R D W A R E •E L E C T R IC A L S U P P L IE S •P L U M B IN G S U P P L IE S ►HOUSEWARES •A N D M O R E ! Dalton Wellman reached on an error, Ju stin A rch er singled and Murray came through w ith a tw o -o u t single to score both. Murray went one for two with two RBI, Cody Hollis went one for two and Josh Shank went one for three as the Mustangs could muster just four hits on the day. Shank pitched well in relief going four innings not allow ing a hit w hile strik in g out three and walking one. 2 Umatilla 107 000 0-8 5 Heppner 000 012 0-3 4 3 Quillen and McLine; Justin Archer, Josh Shank (4) and Dalton Wellman. W- Quillen. L- Archer. 2B- K. Wilson (U). 3B- none. HR- none. Niklas Kamp with his clarinet. Two lo n e H igh School Seniors, Amy Jepsen and Niklas Kamp, recently competed in the 2006 OSAA S tate Solo M usic C om petition. There were 444 vocal and instrumental music soloists representing 108 Oregon high schools in the state finals this year. The com petition was held at Corban College in Salem the last weekend in April. Jepsen and Kamp qualified for the state finals by winning first place, and also earning a superior “ 1” rating in their instrument category at the d istric t co m p etitio n on March 4 at Hermiston High School. State finalists were given 10 minutes to perform. There were three judges for each event and they independently scored each contestant on a score sheet w orth 330 points. There w ere 990 to tal p o in ts possible. The five performers with the highest scores in each category were awarded medals. Jepsen finished in second place out of 22 piano finalists with a score of 929, which was only five points behind the first place winner, Bennita Ki from Tigard High School. Jepsen performed three pieces: Toccata by Khachaturian, Sonata in D M ajor by S c a rla tti and Chopin Etude #4, Opus 10 by Chopin. K am p. who is an ex ch an g e stu d en t from G erm any attending lone High School this year, was one of 16 finalists in the clarinet competition. He did an excellent job, but didn't make it into the top five. Kamp performed the Third Movement of the Concerto in D Flat by A ntonin Kozeluh and Aria by Karl S tam itz. He was accompanied on piano by Michelle Stone, lone music teacher. B oth stu d en ts p e rfo rm ed one o f th eir contest pieces for the lone Spring Music Concert this past week. Saxophone players (I.-Rl: (»rant Smith, Kelsey Wolff and Sean Murray. Photo by Scott Mallory of the Blue Mountain Eagle. On W ednesday, April 12, the Heppner High School Band attended the T ri-C ounty High School Band F estiv al at G rant- Union High School in John Day. Small schools from all over the district attended to p erform for the guest conductor and clinician, Dr. Ed C arw ith en (A ffectionately known as “ Dr. C ” ). The H eppner group gave a great perform ance o f a V ictor Lopez jazz chart “Cosmic Bb” for the clinician, and was chosen to perform on the evening's concert. After bands performed for Dr. C, all p lay ers g ath ered to practice four pieces as a m ass en sem b le fo r an evening concert. Four bands were chosen to play before the mass band, as well as a Heppner schools present spring recorders, Orff percussion, programs The H eppner Elementary School will be p re sen tin g its Spring Program on May 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the HES gym. All grades will be performing. There w ill be sin g in g , ALL MERCHANDISE THE REGULAR PRICE I SALES TERMS: H EPPNER H ARDW ARE I ST° REH° dRS CASH I 9:00 to 6:00 VISA • M.C. 106 MAY STREET I m o n . to s a t . ALL SALES H EPPNER, OR 97836 Ic io s e d Sundays FINAL baritone ukuleles and music by the fifth and sixth grade bands. The Heppner High School Spring Program will be May 23 at 7 p.m. at the high school. The choir and junior high and high school bands will be perform ing co n cert m usic in varied styles, including, “Flourish for Wind Band," by Ralph Vaughan W illiam s, “ In a M ellow Tone," by Duke Ellington and music from the movies, “O, Brother Where Art T h o u ?” and P eter Jackson’s “Fellowship of the Ring.” Academic all- state awards given 70 % OFF Director's ensemble playing a couple Dixieland pieces. On W ednesday, April 26, the Heppner JH Band atten d ed the Tri- County Junior High Band Festival at Stanfield Junior/ Senior High School. Small bands from around the district attended, and each band performed a piece for the clinician, Devin Otto from Eastern W ashington University. The Heppner JH Band performed “Flourish for Wind Band” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Then the students were split into two mass ensembles to prepare for an evening concert. The advanced group was rehearsed and conducted by the c lin ic ian , w hile the younger group was directed by some of the area band directors. LOYAL BURNS MORROW COUNTY COMMISSIONER "Experience that can work for you!" OSAA and the Dairy Farmers of Oregon recently announced the 2006 Academic All-State awards. Locally, lone placed 10,h in 1A girls' track and field with a 3.56 gpa. Teams placing in the Top 10 were awarded pins. lone also placed 18,h in girls’ tennis for 3 A/2A/1A schools with a gpa of 3.44 and 12,h in boys’ track and field for 1A schools with a gpa of 3.02. R iv ersid e High School (a 3A school) placed 23rd in girls’ tennis for 3A/ 2A/1A schools with a gpa of 3.37; 18lh for 3A /2A /1A schools in boys' tennis with a gpa of 3.14; 15th in girls’ softball for 3A schools with a gpa 3.40; 30lh for boys’ track and field in 3A schools with a gpa of 3.04; and 21" for girls' track in 3A schools with a gpa of 3.47.
