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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 22,2009 - THREE HHS softball falls to Weston-McEwen Heppner Mustang Cassie Day hurls a pitch in Friday during the softball game against Weston -McEwen. The Mustangs lost both games in the double header. - Photo by Sandy Matthews HHS golf team to host 12th annual three man scramble H e p p n e r H ig h School go lf team will be sponsoring the 12th annual three-person scram ble at Willow Creek Country Club on Sunday, April 26. Play will be a three- person scrambler using the Oldsmobile Scoring Meth od. The team handicaps have been established using this method and allowing a maximum handicap o f 12 per team. Cost o f the tourna ment is $35 per player and is open to the first 27 teams. Prizes will be awarded for first through third place (net and gross). Tee prizes will be given for every hole. KP and long putt prizes will also be awarded Registration forms are available at H eppner TV. Registration will be ac cepted the day o f the event from 8 a.m. until tee time at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served following play. Proceeds from the scram ble will benefit the HHS golf team. For more inform a tion call Greg Grant at 676- 5257 or Matt Scrivner at 676-8001. Mr. Bill'i Traveling Trivia Show! Heppner Elbs Club 7:00 p.m. Saturday April 25 Proceeds to benefit Heppner Day Care $120 a team - Max 6 member# rtf NOW SERVING! White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha Rootbeer Italian 5oc|a Fresh Squeezed Lemonade GET READY FOR PROM NIGHT! WE HAVE ALL PROM ACCESSORIES! >Jc S----" ^ ° rs flf s lA Heppner ß o u ' b o n n ie re s , Friday, e w e lru ' April 24 * Kyi | l y * 10:00 p.m. I^ k e - u p -TSE j FY Wedding,Tables R ile y B r e t t W ig h t & A m a n d a D a w n M ile s S a tu rd a y , M a y 2 n d Jarecl D e a n E c fc m a n & T r is h a K ay A d a m s S a tu rd a y , M a y Qth M e g a n K a e B a ile y & K yle R ic h a r d S n o w S a tu rd a y , M a y 3 0 th S h e lle y K a th ry n R ie tm a n n & A d a m A sh ley M c C a h e S a tu rd a y , June 2 7 tl, ^ M umuj ' j D/uuj 217 North Main • Heppner • Phona 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 I Heppner girls' track team finishes second at Dick Hornya Invitational There were 21 teams c o m p e tin g at th e D ick Hornya Invitational in Stan field on April 17th, and the Heppner girls’ track team finished second to Sherman County. The girls were only three points behind the first place Huskies. The girls finished first in only one event - the 4x400-meter relay - but still m anaged 95 team points. Erin Price led the Mustangs w ith th ree second place individual finishes in the 400-m eter dash, 100-me- ter hurdles, and 300-meter hurdles. Price was caught from behind in an exciting 400 race that say first and second separated by only .03 o f a second. Catherine M cE lligott raced to tw o third-place finishes in the 1500 meter run and the 300- meter hurdles. The M us tangs finished two-three-five in the 300 hurdles w ith Brynna Rust getting fifth. Keshawna Talamantes led the field events with places in two events - sixth in the shot put and third in the discus. Carrie Haguewood m atched her season best o f 4 ’ 10” in the high jump while finishing second, and Vivian Thompson jumped her personal best o f 30’9” in the triple jump on her way to a second place finish in the event. Jordan Wright had a personal best m ark o f 134’5” in the javelin and finished fifth. Jordan Hat field and Spencer Palmer finished fourth and seventh in the 800 meters, and Alex Pickles finished sixth in the long jump and seventh in the Mustangs host first track meet of season The Heppner High School track team hosted their first meet o f the season on Tuesday, April 14. The Mustangs hosted 10 other teams on their home track. Several Heppner ath letes got season best marks despite the cold weather. Carmen Lee ran her fast est time o f the year in the 100-meters while finishing second. She also recorded her best long jum p o f the year and finished third. Ke shawna Talamantes racked up a second place finish in the javelin and two fourth place finishes (shot put and discus). Catherine McEllig ott and Brynna Rust finished one-two in the 300-meter h u rd les, and M cE lligott also won the 1500-meters. Erin Price finished first in the 200-meters and the 400- meters and finished second in the 100-meter hurdles. The girls’ 4x400-meter re lay team (Price, McElligott, Lane, 2. Butter Creek Lane, 3. Heppner/W illow Creek Lane, 4. Lexington/Sand H ollow Lane, 5. R uggs/ HHS Booster Club Lane, 6. Kilkenny Lane. Blocks lin ing the track have already been painted to recognize past state champions. The junior high and high school track team are also sp o n so rin g a youth track meet to coincide with the event. Registration for the youth track meet be gins at 12:45. The track dedication and recognition ceremony will be held at ap proximately 1 p.m. with the youth track meet to follow. The youth meet is for ages 0 through grade five. Events will be long ju m p , tennis ball throw , 25-m eter, 50-m eter, 100- meter, and 400-meter runs. Ribbons will be given to all children who participate. Ladies Play Day results Ladies Play Day was held on Tuesday, April 14, at the Willow Creek Country Club. Results are as fol lows: April 14 Low gross o f the field was Pat Edmundson and Corol M itchell. Low net o f the field was Lorrene M ontgomery. Least putts o f the field was Pat Dough erty. F lig h t A w in n ers were: low gross was Vir ginia G rant; low net was Nancy Propheter; and least putts was Sandi Hanna. F lig h t B w in n ers Triple Jum p - 7. Pickles (36’6” ). Girls’ placers: 400M - 2 . Price (1:03.10). S Rut! (1:09.27); 1500M -3 . McEl lig o tt (5 :3 4 .2 0 ); 3000M - 8. J. Chapa (14:41.11); 100M H urdles - 2. Price (17.32); 300M H urdles- 2 . Price (49.77), 3. McElligott (50.84), 5. Rust (53.54); 4x100 Relay - 3. Heppner (Lee, Putman, Arevik, Pat ton) (5 6 .3 9 ); 4x400 R e lay - 1. H eppner (M cEl ligott, Rust, Price, Arevik) (4 :2 9 .3 9 ); Shot Put - 6. Talamantes (28’8” ); Discus - 3. Talam antes (9 0 ’5” ); High Jump - 2. Haguewood (4 ’ 10” ), 5. Patton (4 ’6"); Long Ju m p -3 . Lee( 14’ 1” ), 7. T hom pson (1 3 ’4 .5 ” ); Triple Jump - 2. Thompson (30’9”). Coil takes to the mound Rust, Frida Arevik) ended the meet with a first place finish as well. The group of Mustang high jumpers fin ished third (Carrie Hague wood), fourth (Lee), fifth (JoAnna Patton) and seventh (Marlen Weise). The Mustang throw ers led the boys’ team. Jor dan Wright finished first in the javelin, second in the shot put and third in the discus. In the shot put, Mark M cCabe was second and Deniz Kalyon was fifth. In the discus, Spencer Palmer was sixth and McCabe was seventh. Brandon G arcia finished third in the javelin. Alex Pickles finished third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jum p. Bryan Holland got third in the 400- meters and fifth in the long jump. Spencer Palmer got second in the 800-meters, and Eric Vogel was second in the 3000-meters and third in the 1500-meters. Heppner Mustang Wacy Coil takes to the mound after several Dedication to be held for HHS track The Heppner High School and Ju n io r High track teams will be honor ing past coaches and a past administrator for their dedi cation to the Heppner track program. Enough funds were raised through generous donations to build a six-lane, rubberized track at Heppner High School in 2005. The track will be dedicated on Sunday, May 3, to the fol low ing people who were instrumental in building the track tradition at Heppner High School: Don McClure, Dean N affziger, D orothy Agee, Dale Conklin, Chuck Starr, Phyllis “ Payne" Ar- mitage, Susan Healy Hisler, Steve Brownfield, and Wade Smith. Track donors, in cluding past state champi ons and their families, will also be recognized. Lanes at the track are: 1. Padberg triple jump. The Mustangs have two meets remaining before their district rrieet on May 8th. They will travel to Moro for the Sherman Invitational and to Hermiston for the K iw anis In v itatio n a l on Saturday, April 25th. Coach Melissa Coiner said, “ We have several o f our kids nursing injuries, and we hope to get them healed before our district meet in three weeks.” Boys’placers: 100M - 7. Chick (12.11); 800M - 4. Hatfield (2:19.33), 7. Sp. Palmer (2:22.08), 3000M - 8. Nelson (1 l:48.93);4x400 relay - 5. H eppner (H at field, Chick, B. Holland, Sp. Palmer) (3:56.85); Javelin - 5 . Wright (134’5”); Long Jump - 6. Pickles (18’3”); were: low gross were Betty Christman and Jackie All- stott F lig h t C w in n ers were: low gross was Sher- ron Woodside. KP #3: flight A was Corol Mitchell. Long Drive # 1 : flight A was Pat Edmundson; and flight B was Lorrene Mont gomery. Long Putt #2: flight A was Corol Mitchell. B ird ie s : Pat E d mundson on # 1. Match players need to sign-up by May 20 at the clubhouse. years of making his home behind the plate. The Mustangs beat the Weston McEwen Tiger Scotts 9-2 and 15-9 in the double header in Heppner this weekend. - Photo by Sandy Matthews P e n d l e t o n 1 4 U t e a m w i n s f ir s t s o ftb a ll to u r n a m e n t o f y e a r Pictured is Baily Bennett with her team’s trophy. -Contributed Photo The Pendleton 14U softball team, an ASA (Am ateur Softball Association) team in the 14 and under age group, held their first tourna ment o f the year called the 3 Rivers Rally in Richland, WA. Seven team s were entered in this age group from Hood River, Baker City, H erm iston and Tri- Cities. On Saturday, Pend leton 14U went 3-0 in pool play beating the Tri-Cities Storm, Tri-Cities Ringors and Hood River Heat. On Sunday, they made it into bracket play with a bye in the first round and played the Oregon Outlaws in the second round, beating them 6-2 which placed Pendleton I4U in the cham pionship game. The team ended up winning the championship game 7-1 against the Tri- Cities Storm. Baily Bennett pitched four and 2/3 innings for the Pendleton 14U. giv ing up only three runs in a 10-5 win. The team has seven m ore tournam ents scheduled at this time. \
