FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 28,2007
Mustangs lose in the seventh Heppner Mustangs rally twice to sweep Stanfield Tigers
By Kick Paullus
to La Grande
The Heppner Mustang baseball team had to come
By Kick Paullus
They say the third out is the toughest out to get
and it was never more true as the visiting LaGrande Tigers
scored seven runs with two outs in the tope o f the seventh
inning to break a 3-3 tie and beat the Heppner Mustang
baseball team on Tuesday, March 20, in a non-league game.
The Mustangs, 0-2 on the young year, will play their final
two non-league games at Colfax on Friday and Saturday,
March 30 and 31.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead after one but the
Mustangs tied it in the second when Nathan Kennedy
walked and ended up scoring on a ground-out by Robbie
Smith. The Mustangs took a 3-1 lead in the third when
Chance Day singled and scored on a triple by Quinn Peck,
Nacho Elguezabal then scored Peck on a groundnut.
The Tigers scored a run in the fourth and tied it
with a run in the sixth before the disastrous seventh inning.
LaGrande 100 101 7-10 11 2
Heppner 012 000 0-3 4 3
Knudsen and McKay; Quinn Peck, Nathan Kennedy
(4), Drew Johnson (7) and Robbie Smith. W-Knudsen. L-
Kennedy. 2B Linman 2, A. Nice, Z. Nice, Wright (L). 3B -
Peck (H). HR-none.
HHS softball team takes on
the Pendleton JVs
Taylor kcmpas slides into third base at the Mustang softball
game against the Pendleton JV team on March 23. Heppner lost
10-2.
-Photo by Sandy Matthews
HHS loses to
Pendleton JVs
a loss against the Pendleton JV be gjn aj 5;3Q p m
in Heppner on March 20.
-Photo by Sandy Matthews
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two RBIs. Rauch went 2-5
with three RBIs. Elguezabal
went 2-3, Holland went 2-2
with two RBIs, Kennedy
went 2-5 with two RBIs,
Hanson had two RBIs and
scored twice. Day scored
three tim es, and Eckman
scored twice.
G am e One
Heppner 200 401 2-
9 12 3
Stanfield 104 0000-
562
A ndre Rauch and
Robbie Smith; Ellis, Madri-
gal (7) and Sobotta. W-
Rauch. L-Ellis. 2B-Nacho
Elguezabal 2, Rauch (H);
Irving 2 (S), 3B-Chance Day
(H). HR-none.
G am e Two
Heppner 000 045 3-
12 12 7
Stanfield 021 4100-
8 9 1
Q uinn Peck and
Smith; Irving, Grabeel (6)
and Sobotta. W -Peck. L-
Grabeel. 2B-Peck 2, Rauch,
Colton Hanson. 3B-none.
HR-none.
competitive Sheepdog Trials on the Thompson Ranch and
the enormously dog-eat-dog Road Bowling event on Gale
Street.
The “Road Rovers," the "Misfits,” the “O ’Rheas,”
the “Shoneys.” They were all. along with five other teams
that showed up at 1:30 p.m., eager to challenge last year’s
Road Bowling champions from Redmond.
This second year of the bowling activity started as
soon as the thirty participants had read the “guidelines and
rules,” signed on the dotted line, paid their entry fees, and
grabbed their bowls, rugs, and chalk.
Leading off with the oft’ heard warning “Bowling!”
were last year’s winners, Kirk and Lottie Holcomb, and
their four-person team. As they neared the end of Gale
Street, they demonstrated the one hazard on the course by
missing the Willow Creek Bridge and not stopping the bowl
before it landed in the creek. Since “a real Irishman never
loses his bowl,” a team member hastened after a magnetic
metal detector, which was attached to a long handle for
successful retrieval of the bowl.
In the meantime, the other eight teams learned from
the Holcomb’s miscalculation and tossed their ways over
the bridge, around the Union-Street loop, and on down
Riverside to the Canyon-Road intersection. They were not
far ahead of the Holcomb team, time wise, but had added
Fair Board meeting to be held
up their tosses and anxiously guarded them from one
The Fair Board meeting will he held on Monday, another while they waited for last year’s winners to Finish
April 2, at 6 p.m. in the fair office at the fairgrounds.
the course.
Players admitted to a few surprises as the bowls
veered one way or another or covered a shorter or longer
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distance than anticipated by the players. The most common
number of tosses on the 1.3-mile course was twenty-seven.
?U4ieA A4 ^jW?>4;t JveAe! (The Road Rovers demanded a senior division next year
after noting the difference between their score of thirty-
seven and the winning score of twenty-four.)
Teams comprised of two, three, and four players
participated in the afternoon event, and a team of two took
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home the prize. Matthew and Darren Van Cleave won $75,
which was half of the entry fees, and their names will be
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engraved on the Road Bowling trophy, which will be on
display at City Hall.
C a ll our F loral Dept., 676-9-426, to order
Since this second year in Heppner for the road
bowling
competition saw nine teams participate, after only
you r Footer Centerpieceo or F ooter Lilieo!
three teams last year, the St. Pat’s Committee hope that
road bowling has found a permanent spot in the weekend
Serving panini sandwiches, soup,
schedule, at least until the trophy fills up with names.
been notified by the Nation
al Geographic Society that
he is one of the semifinalists
eligible to compete in the
2007 O regon G eography
Bee, sponsored by JPMor-
gan Chase. Bees were held
in sch o o ls w ith fo u rth -
through eighth- grade stu
dents throughout the state to
determine each school's Ge
Kevin l.aKue
o g rap h y Bee w inner.
School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which they
submitted to the National Geographic Society. In each of
the 50 states and in the territories, the National Geograph
ic Society invited the students with the tops 100 scores to
compete at the state level.
Kevin LaRue could go on to be the state winner
and represent Oregon in the national finals at the National
Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C., May
22-23, 2007. The state winner will receive $100 and the
trip to Washington D.C. The national winner will receive a
$25,000 college scholarship.
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Petersons
Nacho Elguezabal makes his move toward home during the
second game of a double-header against Stanfield on Saturday,
March 24. The Mustangs won both games 9-5 and 12-8.
-Photo by Autumn Morgan
Over the Tea
Cup Ladies
Local student named Oregon
Road Bowling a hit once again
Tension filled the air and they were ready. On
golf season to Geographic Bee semifinalists
Sunday,
M arch 18, H ep p n er’s Wee Bit O ’ Ireland
By Brittnee DesBouillons
C
elebration
was drawing to a close with the highly
begin
K evin L arue has
The O ver the Tea
Cup ladies will start the golf
season on Tuesday, April 3,
with breakfast at 9 a.m.,
prepared by the officers.
T here w ill be a
m eeting follow ed by a
' scramble play at 10 a.m.
Thursday evening.
Pitcher Nathan Kennedy takes April 26, ladies play will
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back twice to sweep the Stanfield Tigers on Saturday,
March 24, by scores of 9-5 and 12-8 in Stanfield to open
special District 5 play. The Mustangs, 2-0 and 2-2 overall,
have two non league games this weekend in Colfax before
getting back into league play with a home game against
Dufur on Tuesday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m.
The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first
inning in the first game when Chance Day singled, stole
second and w ith two outs scored on an Andre Rauch dou
ble. Nacho Elguezabal followed that up with another RBI
double but the Tigers cam back with a run in the bottom
half and added four more in the third to take a 5-2 lead.
The lead was short lived though as the Mustangs
would regain the lead in the fourth when Nathan Kennedy
walked. Drew Johnson singled, Robbie Smith had an RBI
single. Bryan Holland scored two with a single. Day reached
on a fielders choice, Colton Hanson reached on an error
and Quinn Peck scored a run with a sacrifice fly to make it
6-5.
The Mustangs added one run in the sixth when Day
tripled and scored on a Hanson single and two more in the
seventh when Elguezabal walked and Josh Shank came in
to pinch run. Johnson singled and Smith scored both with
a single.
Rauch went the distance scattering six hits while
striking out four to get the win.
Smith went 2-3 with three RBi's. Elguezabal went
2-3 with two doubles, Johnson went 3-4 and scored twice.
Day went 2-5 and scored three times and Holland had two
RBIs.
In the second game, the Mustangs found themselves
behind 7-0 after four before they got their bats going in the
top of the fifth. Brent Eckman reached on catchers inter
ference, Day was hit by a pitch. Hanson walked, Rauch
had a two-out two RBI double, Elguezabal walked,
Kennedy had an RBI single and Holland had an RBI single
to cut the lead to 7-4.
The Tigers answered with a run in the bottom half
but the Mustangs came back to take the lead in the top of
the sixth when Eckman was hit by a pitch. Day walked.
Peck scored both with a double, Rauch had an RBI single,
Elguezabal reached on an error. Kennedy had an RBI sin
gle and Holland had an RBI single to make it 9-8.
They added three more in the top of the seventh
when Eckman walked. Day reached on an infield hit. Han
son scored both with a double and Elguezabal had a two-
out RBI single.
Peck went the distance to pick up the win striking
out four and went 2-4 at the plate with two doubles and
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Date change for Willows Grange
April meeting
On account of Easter falling on the second Sunday
of April, the Willows Grange will not hold their regularly
scheduled meeting, hut will instead meet on Sunday, April
15, at noon for a potluck meal and the meeting to follow.
HHS Booster Club meeting to be held
A Booster Club meeting will be held Wednesday,
April 11, at 7 p.m. at Heppner Junior/Senior High School.
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