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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18 2011 AWARD CEREMONY SPEAKER -Continuedfrom PA GE ONE the gala. He and his wife, Trisha, enjoyed the chance to experience the festivities and rub elbows with people like Phil Knight and his wife, Penney. Sweeney also said he appreciated being able to take the stage and bring a light-hearted flair to an otherwise serious oc casion. “It was very grati fying to participate,” said Sweeney.” Mustang golf dominates districts, in second at state The Heppner Mustang team dominated to win first place at the district golf tournament at the Wildhorse Golf Course in Pendleton. The Mustangs then traveled to Corvallis for the state meet Monday and Tuesday, where they sit just one stroke off the lead for the state title. Lindsay Cutsforth also went to the state competition after placing fifth in district; she ended 23rd, 17 strokes off the lead at 92. Pictured are the boys' golf team (L-R): Adam Collins, Axel Lofgren, Donald Matthews, Zac Orem, Austin Gutierrez, Simen, Kyle Harrison & Lindsay Cutsforth. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Prineville High School rodeo results The Prineville High School Rodeo took place May 6-8. Results are as follows: Rodeo #1 Breakaw ay-7lh, Taighler Dougherty 4.28 Team R oping-6th, Willy Gentry 12.35 Calf Roping-3rd, Willy Gen try 13.00; 9th, Devin Robin son 17.08 Pole Bending-3rd, Blake G re e n u p 2 0 .7 8 8 ; 5 th, Taighler Dougherty 21.058; 9lh, Whitley Reece 21.856 Rodeo #2 Steer Wrestling-6‘\ Devin Robinson 13.39; 10th, Gar rett Robinson 35.38 Tie Down Roping-1st, Willy Genty 10.16 Pole Bending-3rd, Blake Greenup 20.724; 6*, Taighler Dougherty 21.177 Ione 4-H members get ready for fair Try * •«. * * > v • *■" 't M lone community 4-H member Aaron Smythe shows off his Mor row County Fair show pigs, Tom and Jerry, to 4-H leader Erin Heideman during a weekend project visit. Aaron is a fourth grader at lone Community School and the son of Scott and Claudia Smythe. The 4-H club is planning a community service project on Sunday, May 22 to help the lone Cemetery get ready for Memorial Day Weekend. -Photo bv Erin Heideman T rouble C omes in 3 ‘ s Calvin, Alvin and Melvin Ashbeck T he triplets turn 60 ! M ay 22 r - THREE Mustangs qualify lone track team six for state meet heads to state Front (L-R): Jacob Moore, Anne Gokesch and Andrew Bara. Back (L-R): M akayla Kindle, C arrie Haguewood, coach Melissa Coiner, Benta Christen an d Emma Osmin. -Contributed photo The Heppner Mus tang track team traveled to their district meet in Union on Friday, May 13 with a lot of question marks. Injuries had caused a few athletes to miss practices and compe tition the previous weeks. However, the M ustangs rose to the competition as the boys’ and girls’ teams both finished fourth place in the team standings. The Mustangs also claimed five individual titles as six ath letes qualified for the state track meet. The top two fin ishers in each event qualify for the state track meet. Carrie Haguewood and Emma Osmin each won two individual events. Haguewood claimed her third straight title in the high jump and also got a surpris ing first place finish in the long jump. Osmin raced to first place finishes in the 100M and 200M dashes. Jacob Moore won the shot put with a personal best throw. Moore also broke the four-year-old district meet record in the event. Andrew Bara finished sec ond in the 110M hurdles and earned his first trip to the state meet. The girls’ relay team (Haguewood, Osmin, Bente Christen and M ekayla K indle) ov er took Weston-McEwen and Union on the final stretch to finish second. C o n n e r P ap p as narrowly missed qualify ing for state as he finished third place in the 100M and 200M dashes. C o ach M e liss a Coiner said, “I was very pleased with everyone’s ef fort. The kids really stepped it up today. 1 am extremely pleased with our results. There are a few kids that have been to state before, but there are also some that get to experience it for the first time. That’s exciting.” The Mustangs will compete at the 2A State Championships on Friday and Saturday at Western Oregon University in Mon mouth. Complete Heppner re sults: (1:14.90). 1 5 0 0 : 6 lh, L a r s s o n (6:18.76). 100m hurdles: 6lh, Christen (22.27). 300m hurdles: 5th, Christen (59.66). 4x100 Relay: 2nd, Hepp ner (Kindle, Haguewood, Christen, Osmin) (54.51). 4x400 Relay: 5th, Heppner (Gokesch, Christen, Lars son, Sunklakk) (5:07.14). Discus: 14th, Sundklakk (59-11); 15th, Gokesch (59- 4) . Javelin: 4th. Gokesch (94- I) ; 14th, Larsson (52-9). High Jump: l sl, Haguewood (4-10). Long Jump: 1st, Haguewood (14-10.25); 4lh, Kindle (12- 10.25); 11*, Pafkova (10- II) Triple Jump: 3rd, Hague wood (29-10); 4*, Kindle (27-11.75). Boys 100: 3rd, Pappas (11.71); T 7*, Wright (12.30); 11*, Kempas (12.59). 200: 3rd, Pappas (24.21), 7*, Kempas (26.00), 11*, Palmer (28.91). 400: 7*, Palmer (63.33). 8 0 0 : 7 ,h, H e d m a n (2:24.70). 1500:5*, Hedman (4:53.71); 13*, Dowdy (6:18.22). 110 H urdles: 2nd, Bara (17.63). 300 H urdles: 3rd, Bara (48.22). 4x100 Relay: 3rd, Heppner (Bara, Wright, Kempas, Pappas) (47.44). 4x400 Relay: 5*, Heppner (Palmer, Fowler, Pappas, Hedman) (4:00.10). Shot Put: 1“, Moore (45- 9.75), 8*, Bara (34-9), 9*, Fowler (34-4.5), 10*,Hintz (33-2.75). Discus: 3rd, Moore (128-8), 8*, Hintz(105), 11*, Fowler (86-5). Javelin: 6th, Wright (128- 9). Long Jump: 6*, Kempas (17-6.5), 14*, Dowdy (11- 5) . Girls 100: 1st, Osmin (13.92); 7,h, Kindle (14.63); 9lh, Pafkova (15.61). 200: 1", Osmin (29.22); 11*, Pafkova (32.72). 4 0 0 : 8 ,h, G o k e s c h BACK 2 BEECHERS 1 R e sta u ra n t & L o u n g e Come Join U s fo r Lunch or D inner R e sta u ra n t H o u rs: T u e sd a y -S a tu rd a y 11:00 am - 9 :0 0 p m Sunday 11:00 am - 7 :0 0 p m L lo n e 5 4 1 -4 2 2 -9 8 0 0 . . The lone Cardinals track team is soaking wet after a cloud burst, but warm in the knowledge that they're headed to the State Track and Field Championships on May 20 and 21 at Western Oregon University. Back Row (L-R); Bailey Haguewood, Jeremy Coleman, Beth Morter, Alex Rietmann, Siren Endresen, Makenna Ramos, Tanner Rietmann, Evan Rietmann and Kirk Haguewood. Front Row (L-R): Steven Holland, Stacee Halvorsen, Shadow Kendrick and Luke Em- mel. State-bound but not pictured is JoAnna Patton. -Photo bv Paula Emmet lone women’s track 3rd, with a long jump of and field team took the 2nd 18’4” ; 4*, Luke Emmel place trophy with 95 points with a 200M of 24.82a PR; at districts. lone men took 5*, Kirk Haguewood for the 3rd place, finishing with javelin of 127’ 1 ”; 4*, Mak 61 points. lone women enna Ramos with a 100M in exceeded Coach Rudolf’s 14.0a; 4*, Siren Endresen expectation of 90 points, with a 1500M of 6:14.26a and the men placed 2nd in all and 5* with a 3000M of their qualifying events for 14:04.0a benchmark for the state meet in Monmouth new event; 5*, Stacee Hal this coming weekend, lone vorsen with 100M hurdles will take all 14 team mem of 18.73a PR, 5* for a triple bers to state, as they will jump o f 27’6.5” and 6* compete in 14 events at the for a javelin of 88’9”; 5*, state championship meet. JoAnna with a javelin of Four individuals 93’8” and 3rd with a triple qualified in all four of their jump of 29’9.5”. Other personal re events. They are sopho more Shadow Kendrick, cords achieved are: Jer senior Beth Morter, senior emy Coleman with over Tanner Rietmann and Ju 20sec PR in the 1500M in nior Steven Holland. All 6:34.72a; Makenna with a relays qualified, with the 200M of 29.92a and Bailey women’s 4x 100 (consisting Haguewood with 2 PRs, of Makenna Ramos, Stacee a 100M of 13.21a and a Halvorsen, Beth Morter, 200M of 27.66a. A noteworthy per Shadow Kendrick, and al ternates Siren Endresen and formance was the women’s JoAnna Patton) placing l sl 4x 100 relay with a well-run with a team PR of 53.21 race. Makenna had a great start, handing off to Sta sec. The men’s 4x100 cee, who passed the rest of (consisting o f Evan and the competition. She then Tanner Rietmann, Luke passed the baton to Beth, Emmel, Steven Holland, who rounded the corner and alternates Alex Riet for another great handbffto'' mann and Bailey Hague Shadow, who led the home wood) placing 2nd with a stretch by over 15 meters to team PR of 46.61 sec. The take the win. The girl’s goal men’s 4x400 (consisting of had been to get under 54 Luke Emmel, Tanner and seconds all season and they Evan Rietm ann, Steven did it with style and a new H olland, and alternates PR of 53.21a seconds. For final district Kirk Haguewood and Jer emy Coleman) closed the team standings with “best meet by placing 2nd with a marks for the season,” fol time of3:47.87a, while run low links on www.athletic. ning “soaking wet” during net. All the girls finished in the top 10, as did nearly all a cloudburst. Winning gold med of the boys. Going into the State als as district champs are: Championship rounds will Beth Morter for the triple be these athletes: jump, 33’7.25” PR. Beth also broke the lone school Event-Seeded-Name record again with a 800M lOOM-lOth-Tanner Riet run of2:32.73a PR. Shadow mann Kendrick ran 100M for 100M-5th-Shadow Ken 13.17a PR, and the wom drick en’s 4x 100M relay team put 200M-6th-Steven Holland 200M-4th-Shadow Ken in a 53.21a PR. Wi nni ng s i l ver drick medals for runner-up are: 400M-6th-Steven Holland Shadow, with a 200M of 800M-4th-Beth Morter 27.5a PR and long jump of Shot Put-5th-Beth Morter 14’11.5”, Beth with a shot High Jump-6th-JoAnna put of 34’6.5” PR, JoAnna Patton Patton with a high jump of Long Jump-6th-Shadow 4'4", Tanner Rietmann w ith Kendrick a triple jump of 38' 10” and Triple Jump-lOth-Tanner 100M of 11.59a PR, Ste Rietmann ven Holland with a 200M Triple Jump-2nd-Beth of 23.7a PR and 400M of Morter 52.9a PR, men’s 4x100M 4x100M Relay-4th-Wom relay with 46.61a PR and en's Team m en’s 4x400M relay o f 4x100M Relay-8th-Men’s Team 3:47.87a. 4x400M Relay-10th- Ot h e r s pl a ci ng Men’s Team were: 5*, Evan Rietmann with 100M of 12.22a and Annual track and field day this Sunday Andrew Bara celebrates earn ing a trip to the state track meet by finishing 2*d in the The lone National 1I0M Hurdles. -Contributed Honor Society and the lone photo iZ Field Day this Sunday, May 22. Events will begin at 2 Track Team will hold their p.m.. rain or shine, on the 6* Annual Youth Track and lone High School Football Field. Children ages 0-5 years and grades K-5 are eligible to compete. Admission is free but donations are welcome. HEPPNER FAMILY FOODS All proceeds w ill benefit the CONGRATULATES AMY WADOELL Creative Care Preschool in FOR BEING OUR MAY lone. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH 111 For more informa tion, contact Ryan or Alli so n Rudolf at 422-7401 or rrudolf@ione.k 12.or.us.