Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 23, 2025 -- SEVEN
Heppner junior high takes second Mustangs earn the wins they need
at Weston Invite
The Mustang junior
high track and field team
started its season strong
at the Weston Invite April
11, earning a second-place
finish for both the boys’ and
girls’ teams in a competitive
field.
The boys tallied 147
team points, second only to
Central (175), with Helix in
third at 95. The girls com-
piled 92 points, finishing
just behind Central (115.5).
Heppner athletes also
earned several first-place
finishes and posted a wave
of personal and season
records throughout the day.
On the boys’ side,
Charlie Mullins led the way
in distance events, win-
ning both the 800 meters
(2:36.02) and 3000 meters
(11:01.00), with teammate
Ketch Fennern placing
second in the 3000 and
winning the 300m hurdles.
Heppner swept the top three
spots in the 800 meters,
with Carmine Albritre and
Axton Hendricks joining
Mullins on the podium.
Brodie Ogden was a
force in the throws, winning
the javelin (120’5”), taking
third in the discus, and
placing fourth in the shot
put. Heppner’s 4x200 relay
team of Mullins, Albritre,
Ramos Lopez, and Hen-
dricks earned gold with a
time of 2:02.30.
For the girls, Hadlie
Duncan grabbed wins in
both the 800 (2:38.58) and
1500 meters (5:33.71),
while Mikalie Duncan won
the 3000 meters. Andee
Lathrop had a strong meet
as well, winning the long
jump and 300m hurdles.
Heppner’s girls 4x200 relay
team also claimed first with
a time of 2:12.58.
Full Weston stats are as
follows:
Boys
100 Meters
16th – Brodie Ogden
(8), 14.81 (PR)
22nd – Luke Imes (8),
15.26 (PR)
29th – Jasper Hanna
(7), 16.02 (PR)
200 Meters
13th – Luke Imes (8),
32.72 (SR)
400 Meters
2nd – Ketch Fennern
(8), 1:03.28 (PR)
3rd – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 1:04.54 (PR)
8th – Frank Di Salvo
(7), 1:12.34 (PR)
800 Meters
1st – Charlie Mullins
(7), 2:36.02 (PR)
2nd – Carmine Albritre
(8), 2:39.42 (PR)
3rd – Axton Hendricks
(8), 2:48.01 (PR)
6th – Frank DiSalvo
(7), 3:00.72 (SR)
1500 Meters
1st – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 5:09.38 (PR)
4th – Carmine Albritre
(8), 5:19.36 (PR)
3000 Meters
1st – Charlie Mullins
(7), 11:01.00 (PR)
2nd – Ketch Fennern
(8), 11:22.00 (PR)
3rd – Axton Hendricks
(8), 11:30.00 (PR)
5th – Frank DiSalvo
(7), 14:20.00 (SR)
300m Hurdles (30”)
1st – Ketch Fennern
(8), 52.84 (PR)
4x200 Relay
1st – Heppner A: Char-
lie Mullins (7), Carmine
Albritre (8), Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), Axton Hendricks
(8), 2:02.30
Shot Put (8lb)
4th – Brodie Ogden (8),
29’3” (PR)
9th – Jasper Hanna (7),
25’6” (PR)
Discus (1kg)
3rd – Brodie Ogden (8),
85’7” (PR)
4th – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 78’3” (PR)
10th – Jasper Hanna
(7), 62’0” (PR)
17th – Luke Imes (8),
56’6” (PR)
Javelin (450g AeroJav)
1st – Brodie Ogden (8),
120’5” (PR)
3rd – Charlie Mullins
(7), 98’4” (PR)
4th – Axton Hendricks
(8), 92’11” (PR)
10th – Jasper Hanna
(7), 84’7” (PR)
16th – Carmine Albritre
(8), 74’8” (PR)
27th – Dawson Piper
(7), 61’10” (PR)
High Jump
12th – Dawson Piper
(7), 4’0” (PR)
Long Jump
4th – Ketch Fennern
(8), 15’2” (PR)
24th – Luke Imes (8),
11’3.75” (PR)
27th – Dawson Piper
(7), 10’5” (SR)
Girls
400 Meters
3rd – Ella Mullins (6),
1:12.71 (PR)
800 Meters
1st – Hadlie Duncan
(6), 2:38.58 (PR)
2nd – Mikalie Duncan
(8), 2:57.49 (SR)
1500 Meters
1st – Hadlie Duncan
(6), 5:33.71 (PR)
2nd – Ella Mullins (6),
5:47.87 (PR)
4th – Andee Lathrop
(7), 6:11.81 (SR)
3000 Meters
1st – Mikalie Duncan
(8), 13:18.91 (SR)
300m Hurdles (30”)
1st – Andee Lathrop
(7), 59.43 (PR)
2nd – Ella Mullins (6),
1:00.30 (PR)
4x200 Relay
1st – Heppner A: Had-
lie Duncan (6), Mikalie
Duncan (8), Ella Mullins
(6), Andee Lathrop (7),
2:12.58
Long Jump
1st – Andee Lathrop
(7), 12’6” (SR)
8th – Ella Mullins (6),
11’0” (PR)
Heppner Dominates
Big Cats Invite in Stan-
field
Heppner junior high
athletes also turned in an
outstanding performance at
the Big Cats Invite in Stan-
field April 18, with the girls
placing first as a team and
the boys coming in second
to Central Middle.
In boys’ competition,
standout performances in-
cluded a first-place finish
in the javelin from Brodie
Ogden, who launched a
personal-best throw of 131
feet. Ogden also placed
second in the discus (86’6”)
and fourth in the shot put
(31’1”), rounding out a
dominant day in the throws.
Distance events proved
fruitful for Heppner as well.
Seventh graders Aidden
Ramos Lopez and Charlie
Mullins shared a tie for first
place in the 1500 meters,
both clocking in at 5:01.0.
Ramos Lopez also took sec-
ond in the 800 meters with
a personal best of 2:26.6.
Ketch Fennern was another
strong contributor, finishing
third in both the 800 meters
and 1500 meters, and also
winning the long jump with
a leap of 16 feet, 7 inches.
The 4x200 relay team
of Carmine Albritre, Axton
Hendricks, Aidden Ramos
Lopez, and Charlie Mullins
placed fourth overall with a
time of 1:58.6.
On the girls’ side, Cath-
erine Lindsay sprinted to
gold in the 200 meters,
finishing in a personal-best
27.8 seconds, and added a
third-place finish in the 400
meters (1:06.5). Mikalie
Duncan secured a win in
the 800 meters (2:29.2) and
added a third-place finish in
the 1500 meters.
Hadlie Duncan had
a banner meet as well,
winning the 3000 meters
(12:11.7) and the 300m
hurdles (57.6), both in per-
sonal-best times.
Heppner’s girls 4x200
relay team of Lindsay, M.
Duncan, Lathrop, and H.
Duncan took second overall
with a time of 2:05.4.
Full team stats were:
Boys
100
Meters:
31st – Frank Di Sal-
vo (7), 14.3 (PR)
49th – Jasper Hanna (7),
15.6 (PR)
200
Meters:
11 t h – B r o d i e O g -
den (8), 29.6 (PR)
24th – Frank Di Sal-
vo (7), 32.0 (PR)
32nd – Luke Imes (8), 33.8
400
Meters:
5th – Charlie Mull-
ins (7), 1:06.0 (PR)
9th – Frank DiSalvo (7),
1:10.0 (PR)
800
Meters:
2nd – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 2:26.6 (PR)
3rd – Ketch Fen-
nern (8), 2:30.1 (PR)
5th – Axton Hen-
dricks (8), 2:37.4 (PR)
6th
–
Carmine
Albritre (8), 2:37.6
9th – Frank DiSalvo (7),
2:55.2 (PR)
1500 Meters:
1st – Charlie Mull-
ins (7), 5:01.0 (PR)
1st – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 5:01.0 (PR)
3rd – Ketch Fen-
nern (8), 5:17.3 (PR)
4th – Axton Hen-
dricks (8), 5:22.0
5th – Carmine Albritre (8),
5:28.1
300m Hurdles:
2nd – Ketch Fennern (8),
57.0
4x200 Relay:
4th – Carmine Albritre
(8), Axton Hendricks (8),
Aidden Ramos Lopez (7),
Charlie Mullins (7), 1:58.6
S h o t
P u t :
4th – Brodie Og-
den (8), 31’1” (PR)
8th – Jasper Hanna (7), 25’5”
25th – Luke Imes (8), 20’3”
(PR)
D i s c u s :
2nd – Brodie Og-
den (8), 86’6” (PR)
4th – Aidden Ramos
Lopez (7), 84’4” (PR)
7th – Jasper Han-
na (7), 63’1” (PR)
27th – Luke Imes (8),
43’10”
J a v e l i n :
1st – Brodie Og-
d en (8 ), 1 3 1 ’0 ” (P R )
4th – Axton Hen-
dricks (8), 100’7” (PR)
15th – Jasper Hanna (7), 79’6”
16th – Charlie Mul-
lins (7), 76’0”
22nd – Dawson Piper (7),
71’0” (PR)
High
Jump:
3rd – Carmine
Albritre (8), 4’4” (PR)
9th – Dawson Piper (7),
4’2” (PR)
Long
Jump:
1st – Ketch Fen-
nern (8), 16’7” (PR)
26th – Luke Imes (8), 12’2”
(PR)
Girls
100
Meters:
27th – Ella Mullins (6),
14.8 (PR)
200
Meters:
1st – Catherine Lindsay (8),
27.8 (PR)
400
Meters:
3rd – Catherine Lind-
say (8), 1:06.5 (SR)
4th – Hadlie Dun-
can (6), 1:07.5 (PR)
28th – Sofia Di Salvo (6),
1:29.1 (PR)
800
Meters:
1st – Mikalie Dun-
can (8), 2:29.2 (PR)
3rd – Ella Mullins (6),
2:50.1 (PR)
1500 Meters:
3rd – Mikalie Dun-
can (8), 6:05.3 (SR)
4th – Andee Lath-
rop (7), 6:08.9 (SR)
7th – Sofia Di Salvo (6),
7:01.1 (PR)
3000 Meters:
1st – Hadlie Duncan (6),
12:11.7 (PR)
300m Hurdles:
1st – Hadlie Dun-
can (6), 57.6 (PR)
3rd – Andee Lathrop (7),
59.1 (PR)
4x200 Relay:
2nd – Catherine Lindsay
(8), Mikalie Duncan (8),
Hadlie Duncan (6), Andee
Lathrop (7), 2:05.4
Long
Jump:
2nd – Catherine Lind-
say (8), 13’5” (PR)
4th – Andee Lath-
rop (7), 13’2.5” (PR)
16th – Ella Mullins (6),
11’5.75” (PR)
Caleb George delivers a strike.
Ryan Haugen beats the throw to the plate. -Photo by Brian -Photo by Brian Bunch
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By Brian Bunch
Friday, April 18, was a
beautiful day for baseball
in Heppner as the Mustangs
(8-5 overall, 5-3 league)
played host to the Sher-
man Huskies (3-9, 0-4)
in Special District 7 play.
The Mustangs, coming
off a mid-week loss to the
Stanfield Tigers in extra
innings, were searching for
answers going into Friday’s
double-header. The weather
couldn’t have been better
for an April day in the foot-
hills of the Blue Mountains,
with a sunny 61 degrees at
first pitch.
Ryan Haugen would
get the start on the mound
for the Mustangs, giving
up a lead-off walk to start
the game before settling in
and inducing a pop-out, fol-
lowed by two quick strike-
outs to give the Mustangs
a little momentum out of
the gate. Caylan Proud-
foot would get a single in
the bottom of the first and
would score on a Karver
Wilkins double to give the
Mustangs a 1-0 lead that
would carry into the third
before another run would
cross the plate for either
team. A pair of hit-batters
and a walk by R. Haugen
would give the Huskies a
2-1 lead after three innings.
Another hit-batter,
combined with an error
and a single in the top of the
fourth, would put the Hus-
kies up 3-1 in the middle of
the inning. Unfortunately
for the Huskies, the heart of
the Mustang order was due
up, and seeing their second
round of pitches from Hus-
ky starter Drake Dark, they
were finding their stride.
Two Mustang singles, a
double, and a sacrifice-fly
would give the Mustangs
a 2-out rally, leaving the
game tied at three after four
innings.
The fifth inning would
give the Mustangs what
they needed to earn the win
as Caleb George gave them
a lead-off runner getting on
base with an error. George
would go first to third on
a great sacrifice bunt from
Jace Wilson, then score on a
Proudfoot single. Proudfoot
would go on to score on an
Alakae Rodriguez single;
Rodriguez would then score
on a Mason Orem single.
Rodriguez would replace R.
Haugen on the mound with
one out in the sixth inning.
R. Haugen finished with 5.1
innings pitched, allowing
three runs (two earned) on
six hits with two walks and
seven strikeouts, earning
the win. The Mustangs
would finish the fifth inning
with a 6-3 lead.
Rodriguez would give
up one earned run on two
hits in 1.2 innings of work
with one walk and four
strikeouts, earning the save.
That one run, a last-ditch
effort by the Huskies on a
wild pitch with two outs
in the top of the seventh,
would make the final score
6-4 Mustangs for the first
game.
Proudfoot and Rodri-
guez would lead the team
on offense with two hits
and two runs each, joined
by Orem who also had two
hits, all three contributing
an RBI.
Fifth Inning Come-
back Powers Mustangs
through Game 2
In game two of the
double header, the Sher-
man Huskies carried a 5-1
lead into the fifth inning.
Their ace, Leven Whitbeck,
had taken the mound in
the second game and had
not allowed a hit through
the first four innings. But
all that would change as
Heppner/Ione Mustang’s
relief pitcher Caleb George
would work a 1-2-3 top half
of the fifth inning, and the
Mustangs would carry that
momentum into the bottom
half.
George had replaced
starting pitcher Caylan
Proudfoot after he pitched
3.0 innings, allowing four
runs (three earned) on six
hits with two strikeouts
and no walks. After four
solid innings, the Husky
ace came out struggling
in the bottom of the fifth.
Whitbeck would walk Kea-
ton Coiner and Shad Gree-
nup before hitting George
to load the bases. A Jace
Wilson double would start
the rally for the Mustangs,
scoring Coiner and Gree-
nup and leaving George and
Wilson in prime scoring po-
sitions with Proudfoot com-
ing to the plate. Proudfoot
would get on base and reach
second on an error while
Greenup scored another
run and George moved to
third. Karver Wilkins would
load the bases with a hit-by-
pitch that would induce the
Huskies to pull their ace;
fifth inning, bases load-
ed, no outs, and the heart
of the Mustang order due
up. Whitbeck would take
the loss with 4.0 innings
pitched, allowing seven
runs (five earned) on one
hit, with five strikeouts and
four walks.
Things didn’t improve
any for the Huskies with the
relievers in; an error, two
walks, two hit batters, and
a Wilson sacrifice fly would
give the Mustangs a 10-5
lead through five innings
of play.
Deep in their second
game of the day, at one
point you could hear a Hus-
ky player saying “...we
only have so many pitch-
ers….” as they searched
for answers to the Mustang
base runners. Wilkins and
Rodriguez would tack on
scores in the sixth inning
and put the game just out
of reach for the Huskies as
their seventh inning rally
attempt fell short, 12-8
Mustang final.
George earned the win
for the Mustangs, pitching
4.0 innings in relief, giving
up four runs (two earned)
on four hits with one walk
and six strikeouts. Husky
pitching as a whole gave up
12 runs (five earned) on two
hits with eight walks and
six strikeouts. Rodriguez
and Wilson were the only
two Mustangs to tally a hit
with one apiece, but Wilson
managed three RBIs and a
run, and Rodriguez man-
aged three runs.
Extra Innings Not
Enough as Mustangs Drop
Another to Tigers
On April 15, the Hep-
pner/Ione Mustangs had
faced off against the Stan-
field Tigers in a tightly
contested baseball game
that went into extra innings,
ultimately resulting in an
8-9 loss for the Mustangs.
Caylan Proudfoot led
the Mustang offense with an
impressive four hits, includ-
ing two doubles, and drove
in two runs. Jace Wilson
contributed two hits and a
walk, while Mason Orem
also added two hits and an
RBI. Caleb George hit a tri-
ple, and Shad Greenup re-
corded two hits, including a
double, and an RBI. Several
other Mustangs contributed
hits and walks throughout
the game, showcasing a
strong offensive effort.
Alakae Rodriguez
started for the Mustangs,
pitching 4.0 innings and
allowing only one run while
striking out seven batters.
Ryan Haugen followed,
pitching 3.0 innings and
recording five strikeouts,
though allowing five runs.
Despite the strong pitching
performances and offensive
output, the Mustangs were
edged out by Stanfield in
the extra innings.
Midway Through
League Play Mustangs Sit
Alone in Third
After eight league
games the Heppner/Ione
Mustangs find themselves
in third place behind Irrigon
and Grant Union/Prairie
City/Monument. Caylan
Proudfoot is leading the
team with 19 hits, batting
.404 on the season while
Caleb George leads the
team with 20 runs and an
OPS of .981. Ryan Hau-
gen is the team’s leading
starting pitcher going 3-1
on seven starts with 34.1
innings pitched and a 3.262
ERA; Alakae Rodriguez is
carrying the team leading
ERA at 2.333 with 9.0 in-
nings pitched.
The Mustangs look to
improve on league stand-
ings with a visit to Pilot
Rock on April 22 at 4 p.m.,
and then Pilot Rock will
visit Heppner on April 29
at 4 p.m.
Lunch
& Dinner
Menu
4/23 - 5/1
Thursday: Hot corn beef dip with coleslaw
Friday: Tuna melt with macaroni salad
Saturday: Hot dog, chips, and potato salad
Sunday: Closed.
Monday: Chili burger with French fries
Tuesday: Mongolian beef with vegetables
and potstickers
Tuesday Night 6-9pm $2 hard shell tacos
Wednesday: Grilled chicken burger with ham
and Swiss. Side of cottage cheese.