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By Susan Hisler
HHS District Track: A
hot one, but Heppner did
well. Marty at the end of the
season won the 3,000 and
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Heppner boys improving,
and giving their best. Girls
to the podium many times.
Claire Lindsay with javelin
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2nd in team standings. All
& all it was a good day for
Heppner.
Mustang Track &
Field OSAA State Qual-
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Riley Archer, 800m,
Halle Hisler, 100m, 200m,
400m, 4x400 relay, Healy
Hisler, 200m, 400m,
4x400 relay, Chris Hum-
phreys, Javelyn, Marty
Medina, 300m, Irelynn
Kollman, 800m, 1500m,
Lily
Nichols,
800m,
1500m. 3000m, 4x400
relay, Arianna Worden,
1500m, 3000m, 4x400 re-
lay, Hayden McMahon
100m.
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Heppner High School District Track
Heppner Diamond Teams Facilities showing results
WCCC Ladies play
day results
There were 7 players
in the ladies’ game play at
the Willow Creek Country
Club on May 14 th . The
weather was warm and
sunny. The results are as
follows; Low Gross of the
field was Virgina grant.
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Heppner High School
softball and baseball teams
are thriving. The Softball
team is ranked seventh
in the state with a 15 -7
record. They are 11-3 in
league play.
The Lady
Mustangs defeated the top
ranked Weston McEwen
TigerScots 4-2 on May
1st.. The Mustang Base-
ball team is currently 17-5
and ranked seventh. They
are playing for the league
title Tuesday May 14th
against Grant Union.
Their successful sea-
sons can be directly at-
tributed to the upgrade in
facilities. The construc-
tion of indoor practice fa-
cilities for both teams has
really helped in this pro-
cess. “We can get so much
more accomplished in the
early season with the abil-
ity to be inside when it is
raining and snowing,” said
Heppner AD Greg Grant.
It is great when both pro-
grams can have early sea-
son training sessions in-
doors.
The youth programs
have been accessing the fa-
cilities to get more training
as well. Heppner Softball
coaches and players have
hosted training sessions,
clinics and optional hit-
ting opportunities. High
school volunteers and
players have been holding
two hour hitting sessions
on Sundays this spring.
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Thompson. Least putts of
the field was Jackie All-
stott. Flights- Low gross
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(C) Betty Carter, Least
putts (C) Karen Smith Grif-
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“We have four soft-
ball teams sharing one
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gives us the opportuni-
ty to maximize our time.
There can be one team on
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ing a game while another
team can have a practice
in the facility. The facil-
ity also allows us to have
meaningful practices when
inclement weather hits
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Head Softball Coach.
“Having one full-size
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the opportunity for prac-
tice time, and game time,
for kids that want to play
baseball, but have aged out
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Building the baseball fa-
cility is one thing, but the
willingness of the base-
ball program to share what
they have built with the
younger age groups makes
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kids that want to play. The
opportunity for growth as
young men and as baseball
players is outstanding hav-
ing this facility.” Blaine
Gibbs- HS assistant and
Head Babe Ruth Coach.
These facilities are the
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many people. The softball
facility was built in 2019
by Allstott construction.
Organizations that contrib-
uted to the facility were
The Howard and Beth
Bryant Foundation, Kelly
Hale, Willow Creek Valley
Economic Development
Group, Morrow Coun-
ty Grain Growers, Wild-
horse Foundation, and
the Mike Correa led ma-
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Adam Wight- Electric,
-John Ellis- Shelves, Jer-
ry Healy-Shelves, Rick
Johnston-Nets, John Mc-
Cabe-Nets, Morgan Cor-
rea-everything).
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ity was built by Silver
Creek Construction and
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2023. Organizations and
individuals that contribut-
ed were The Howard and
Beth Bryant Foundation,
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Recreation District, Wild-
horse foundation, Willow
Creek Valley Econom-
ic Development Group,
and the Kilkenny Family
Foundation. Coaches Tim
Wilkins, Hayden Hiatt and
Mike George spent many
hours painting, putting up
nets, installing heat and
installing the pitching ma-
chine.
“Joe Armato and Kim
Coil assisted with the grant
writing and helped guide
us through the process.
We could not have accom-
plished this without their
expertise.“Greg
Grant
HHS AD.
“What a credit to our
community and others to
provide these facilities to
our school and communi-
ty”, stated Superintendent
Matt Combe.
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