FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Mustangs take irst, second at Big River
Last week the Heppner
girls’ golf team traveled to
the La Grande Girls Invita-
tional. Taking irst place in
the event was Hermiston
with a 404. La Grande
followed with a 434 and
Heppner inished in third
by shooting a 460. Baker
(462) and Enterprise (512)
also competed at the tour-
nament. Amanda Rea had
another good day as she
finished in second place
overall by shooting an 89.
Other scores for the Mus-
tangs were Madison Combe
(110), Riane Dompier (120)
and Caitlyn Scrivner (141).
Both Mustang golf
teams competed at the
Hermiston High School
Small School Invitation-
al held at Big River Golf
Course.
The Heppner girls shot
a 464 on the day to inish
irst. They were followed
by Enterprise with a 511
and the Pendleton JV team,
which shot a 521. Once
again Amanda Rea took
home irst place medalist
honors by shooting a 92
to top the field. Madison
Combe finished in third
place overall by shooting
a 113. Other scores for the
Mustang girls were Riane
Dompier (122), Caitlyn
Scrivner (137) and Claire
Grieb (142).
The Mustang boys’ golf
team found itself only ive
strokes out of first place
at the end of the day. The
Nixyaawii/Pilot Rock team
took irst with a 378. Echo
was next with a 381 and
Heppner inished in third
by shooting 383. The Mus-
tangs finished comfort-
ably ahead of Pendleton
JV (392), Hermiston JV
(396), Grant Union (396),
Wallowa (410), Enterprise
(416) and Imbler (457).
Logan Grieb was the
irst place medalist for the
tournament by shooting an
82. Other scores for Hep-
The View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
Sixteen women participated in the April 12 ladies’
play day at Willow Creek County Club. Weather condi-
tions for the group were cool and breezy.
Low gross of the ield went to Corol Mitchell. Tiffany
Clement took low net of the ield and Della Heideman
had least putts.
For light A, Pat Edmondson took low gross.
For light B, Judy Harris took low gross, Betty Burns
low net and Sharon Harrison least putts.
For light C, Be Steagall had low gross, Karen Hague-
wood low net and Kris Lindner least putts.
In other events, Barb Collin had most putts.
Columbia-Blue
results for The Dalles
Thirty-one Columbia-Blue Senior Golf Association
members from Willow Creek Country Club played in
extremely windy conditions at the par-71 The Dalles
Country Club golf course on April 11. Results for the
gross and net light play were as follows:
Columbia Division (17 and below handicap)
Gross: 5. Duane Disque – 86, 7. Barry Munkers – 87.
Net: 5. Dave Pranger – 72.
Blue
Division (18 to 23 handicap)
Above L-R: At Big River, girls third-place medalist Madison Combe, irst-place medalist
Gross:
9. Rick Johnston – 99.
Amanda Rea, and irst-place medalist for the boys, Logan Grieb. Below: The Mustang girls’
Net: 7. (tie) John Edmundson and Gene Orwick – 77.
golf team with its irst-place trophy from the Hermiston invitational. L-R: Amanda Rea, Riane
Dompier, Claire Grieb, Caitlyn Schrivner and Madison Combe. -Contributed photo
Senior Division (24 and over handicap)
Gross: 3. Steve Marlatt – 100, 7. (tie) Tim Hedman
and Bill Morris – 105, 9. Ralph Walker – 108, 10. Bob
Jepsen – 109.
Net: 2. Roger Ehrmantraut – 70.
The next Columbia-Blue tournament will be at Wil-
low Creek Country Club on May 9 with tee-offs at 7
a.m., 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Food service will be provided
by the Willow Creek ladies and will include breakfast
sandwiches for early arrivals and soup, bread and pie for
midday lunch for nominal fees.
WCCC Sunday men’s
play results
pner were Dan Bretsch,
who shot a 93, while Reno
Ferguson carded a 99 and
Cason Mitchell finished
with a 109. Ethan Hol-
mgren (110), Charles Cason
(112) and Logan Burright
(114) also competed. A total
of 49 boys participated in
the tournament.
The next match for both
teams is this Friday when
they travel to Union to par-
ticipate in the Buffalo Peak
Invitational.
Twenty-six men participated in the par-three tourna-
ment at Willow Creek Country Club on Sunday, April 17.
It was a special day for Delbert Binschus, who got a hole
in one. The results are as follows:
Gross—1 st /2 nd (tie), Duane Disque and Dave Pranger,
63; 3 rd , Erin Mason, 64.
Net—1 st , John Edmundson, 49; 2 nd /3 rd (tie), Delbert
Binschus/Rod Wilson, 52.
Special Events—KP #2/15, Erin Mason 7’11”; KP
#8/17, Scott Burright 11’4”; KP #9/18, John Edmundson
8’7”.
Sunday, April 24, is the annual Heppner Mustang
Scramble. Greg Grant and his golf team will host the
three-person event.
Community
lunch menu
Heppner students look for the winning
strategy in state chess tournament
Heppner Church of the Nazarene volunteers will
serve lunch on Wednesday, April 27, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center.
Lunch will include baked chicken with orange sauce,
rice pilaf, mixed vegetables, Waldorf salad, hot rolls, and
strawberry mousse.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Nine students from
Heppner Elementary School
qualiied for the state Chess
for Success Tournament in
Portland, OR on April 9-10.
Forty teams participated in
the team competition on
Friday, with 275 youth in
the individual competition
on Saturday.
The kindergarten
through fifth grade team
competition was one for
the record books this year
because of the high num-
ber of teams competing.
Heppner’s kindergarten
through ifth team consisted
of Paul Lindsay, Ty Boor,
Jacob Finch, John Lind-
say, Nickolas Wenberg and
Claire Lindsay. Each team
competes against four play-
ers from another school;
whichever team wins the
most games wins the match.
There is also a possibility
of a tie, which gives a team
half a point. HES won two
out of their ive matches on
Friday. Paul Lindsay won
four of his ive games dur-
ing team play. The winner
of the K-ive team compe-
tition was Hope Chinese
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Charter.
Roen Waite, Hannah
Finch and Felix Matthew
competed at the sixth
through eighth level on
Saturday for an individual
title.
“The competition was
challenging, to say the
least,” says chess advi-
sor Mary Ann Elguèzabal.
“Many of the players com-
peting have chess tutors and
take their chess games as
seriously as Heppner High
School takes its football
games!”
Paul Lindsay, Jacob
Finch and John Lindsay
qualiied for the individual
competition. Each team
member played ive games
on Saturday. Paul Lindsay
was Heppner’s top-scoring
player, who was only half
a point away from placing
third.
“We would like to con-
gratulate all the players on
their hard work and the
many hours of practice
it took to make it to the
tournament,” Elguèzabal
says. “Since they learned
so much this year, they will
Back (L-R): Tomàs Elguèzabal, Ty Boor, Paul Lindsay, Jacob
Finch and Mary Ann Elguèzabal. Front (L-R): Nickolas Wen-
berg, Claire Lindsay and John Lindsay. Not pictured: Hannah
Finch, Roen Waite and Felix Matthew. -Contributed photo
do an even better job next
year.”
Elguèzabal added that
on the way home the play-
ers were talking about their
favorite part of the tourna-
ment, and some quotes
include, “Even when I lost,
I learned something,” “I
liked winning,” and “The
opponents were always
nice.”
Chess Mates is fund-
ed through donations and
staffed entirely by volun-
teers. This year an anony-
mous donor helped tremen-
dously. Alongside unpaid
staff of Deb Campbell,
Sherry Matteson, Brandi
Sweeney and Mary Ann El-
guèzabal, the group also had
a team of dedicated volun-
teers in Wayne Seitz, Dick
Jones, Joe Jones, Tomàs
Elguèzabal and many oth-
ers who gave their time.
Elguèzabal says the
club is already looking
forward to next year, and to
inding those chess players
who will qualify for the
Chess for Success state
tournament.