The Hilanders 4x400 relay team of (L-R) Maddye Dinsmore, Madison Winn, Hailey Bodewig and Madelyn Gunderson display their third-place medals. (Submitted photo)

Stanwyck sets new school record in men’s javelin

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns girls track team scored 28 points and finished eighth out of 33 teams at the OSAA 3A State Track and Field Championships held May 18-19 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Madison Winn captured third place in both the 800- and 1,500-meter races. She also set personal records in both races, running the 800 in 2:23.14 and finishing the 1,500 in 5:05.02.

Madelyn Gunderson placed fourth in the 400 meters (1:00.91), Maddye Dinsmore finished sixth in the 400 (1:03.15) and seventh in the 200 (27.88) and the 4×400 relay team of Dismore, Winn, Gunderson and Hailey Bodewig set a personal record with a time of 4:13.74 and brought home third place in the race.

For the Burns boys team, Dylan Stanwyck threw for a new school record in the javelin with a toss of 174 feet, 7 inches and finished third. Matson Gahley placed seventh in the pole vault clearing a height of 10 feet and also competed in the 400.

In the team standings, Burns tied with Toledo for 24th place with eight points.
St. Mary’s won the girls team title with 72 points, followed by Catlin Gabel with 68, Santiam Christian 46, Valley Catholic 39 and Westside Christian 38 in the top five.

Nyssa won the boys team title with 73 points. Dayton was second with 63 points, followed by Westside Christian with 48, Valley Catholic and Pleasant Hill with 41.

•••
Both members of the Crane track and field teams placed in their events at the OSAA 1A State Track and Field Championships held May 18-19 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Shayla Lundy finished sixth in the javelin with a throw of 100 feet, six inches, and Tanner Titus was eighth in the 3,000 meters, running the race in 10:16.63.

The top five girls teams were Condon/Wheeler 75.5, Damascus Christian 67, Paisley 62, Triad Christian 53 and Portland Lutheran 46.

Damascus Christian won the boys team title with 63 points, followed by Pacific 44, Prairie City 41, Southwest Christian 39 and Camas Valley 36.

The Hilanders’ Tyler Cooper takes the throw down to third as the Nyssa baserunner tries to steal a base. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

Hilanders now prepare for 3A playoffs that start May 23

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns baseball team finished up Eastern Oregon League (EOL) play with a sweep of the Nyssa Bulldogs, giving them a perfect 10-0 record in league play this season.

The Hilanders won the first game 12-1 in five innings and then shut out the Bulldogs in the second game 9-0.

Burns took a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the opener on a two-run double by Nolan Stampke, followed by Tyler Cooper’s two-run homer over the right field fence.

The Hilanders made it 7-0 in the second inning, with two runs scored on a double by Casey Heinz and a balk bringing in the third run of the frame.

After Nyssa scored a run in the top of the third, Burns answered back with five runs in their half of the inning. Heinz picked up an RBI with a bases-loaded walk, and Austin Feist then put the icing on the cake with a grand slam.

Austin Piper gave up just one more hit over the next two innings to shut Nyssa down and pick up the win.

In his five innings of work, Piper gave up just the one run on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

Stampke had two of the Hilanders’ five hits.

Heinz gave Burns a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game as he drew a lead-off walk, stole second and scored on a ground out.

In the third, Feist gave Burns a two-run lead with an RBI-single and Cooper made it 5-0 with a bases-loaded triple.

Burns went up 8-0 in the fourth inning on a three-run home run by Stampke.

A bases-loaded walk by Heinz in the fifth capped off the Hilanders’ scoring.

Stampke pitched the complete-game shut out, and gave up six hits with eight strikeouts and four walks.

Feist collected two of Burns’ seven hits.

First game
1 2 3 4 5  6  7     R   H   E
Nys  0 0 1 0 0  x  x     1    5    1
Bur  4 3 5 0 x  x  x    12   5    0

Second game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7    R   H   E
Nys  0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0    6    1
Bur  1 0 4 3 1 0 0    9    7    0

The Hilanders have secured a spot in the 3A state playoffs and were ranked sixth in the OSAA 3A rankings as of May 14.
The 3A playoffs get under way Wednesday, May 23, with the top eight ranked teams getting home games. Times and match-ups have yet to be determined.

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The Burns JV baseball team picked up two road wins at Nyssa on Thursday, May 10.

The Hilanders rapped out 12 hits and took advantage of nine Bulldog errors to win the opener 22-7 and then finished the sweep with an 8-4 victory.

In the first game, Burns’ offense got going early as they scored eight runs in the first three innings, added three in the fifth and then ended the game with an 11-run sixth.

Andy Sutcliffe had three hits, including two doubles, and an RBI for Burns, Garrett Blackburn collected two hits and two RBIs, Cody Rebeiro drove in four runs and Alex Theall had three RBIs.

Logan Bailey got the win, giving up one run on one hit with six strikeouts and three walks over four innings. Jack Van Tassel pitched the last two innings and surrendered six runs, two earned, on three hits with one strikeout and three walks.

Burns trailed 1-0 after three innings in the second game, but went ahead to stay with three runs in the fourth. They then scored five runs over the next three innings to get the victory.

Sutcliffe pitched a complete game and gave up two earned runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and four walks.

Van Tassel had three of Burns’ eight hits in the game as well as an RBI and a run scored.

First game
1 2 3 4 5  6  7     R   H   E
Bur  4 2 2 0 3 11 x    22  12   4
Nys  1 0 0 0 4  2  x     7    4   9

Second game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7    R   H   E
Bur 0 0 0 3 2 2 1     8    8    1
Nys 1 0 0 0 2 1 0     4    7    8

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

Tanner Titus

The Crane Mustangs took part in the 1A District 4 track meet on Saturday, May 12, in Baker City and had two athletes qualify for the state meet.

Shayla Lundy advanced to the state meet by winning the javelin with a throw of 108 feet, 10 inches, and Tanner Titus qualified by finishing second in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:43.70.

The Crane girls team placed fourth with 66 points. Imbler was first with 161 points, followed by Cove with 75, Harper 72, Crane, Prairie City 57, Monument 56, Adrian 45, Powder Valley 30, Joseph 12, Huntington 8, Dayville 7 and Ukiah 3.

The Crane boys placed seventh in the team standings with 36 points. Cove won the boys team title with 129.5 points, followed by Joseph with 129, Prairie City 104, Jordan Valley 64.5, Imbler 49, Dayville 38, Crane, Adrian 33, Powder Valley 30, Harper 18, Monument 15 and Ukiah 3.

The OSAA 1A Track and Field Championships will be held Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Those finishing in the top eight of their events for Crane are as follows:
Girls
200m — Nichole Bentz 4th (29.15); Maddie Dorroh 5th (29.69).
400m — Morgan Corrigan 6th (1:13.13).
800m — Hannah Steeves 3rd (2:42.16).
1,500m — Mary Dorroh 3rd (5:51.61).
3,000m — Mar. Dorroh 5th (14:58.98).
100m hurdles — Tanya Williams 4th (20.22).
300m hurdles — Bentz 4th (57.03); Williams 5th (58.71).
4×400 relay — Steeves, Mad. Dorroh, Bentz, M. Corrigan 3rd (4:44.17).
Javelin — Lundy 1st (108-10); Cassidy Corrigan 5th (97-00).
High jump — Lundy 5th (4-02.00)

Boys
800m — Dan O’Crowley 3rd (2:13.57).
1,500m — O’Crowley 4th (4:45.03).
3,000m — Titus 2nd (10:43.70).
110m hurdles — Travis Landon 4th (20.02); Austin Roath 7th (21.94).
300m hurdles — Blaise Schulze 7th (50.66); Landon 8th (51.67).
Discus — Donald McDermond 6th (116-04).
Javelin — Schulze 5th (140-05).

Hilanders send 7 on to state meet

The Burns track team competed in the Eastern Oregon League District Meet on Friday and Saturday, May 11-12, at Nyssa, and seven members of the team are headed to the 3A state championships.

“There were some huge accomplishments by the Hilander track and field team this weekend at Districts,” coach Eric Nichols said. “Ninety-four percent of the athletes that competed at districts set new personal records in at least one event.”

In order to qualify for the state meet, athletes must finish in the top two of their events.

For the Burns girls team, Madelyn Gunderson was district champion in the 400 meters, Madison Winn won both the 800 and 1,500 meters, Maddye Dinsmore took second in both the 200 and 400 meters, and the 4×400 relay team of Gunderson, Winn, Dinsmore and Hailey Bodewig were district champions.

Mariah Ribeiro also qualified for state as an alternate for the 4×400 relay team.

For the Hilander boys team, Dylan Stanwyck won the javelin and Matson Gahley placed second in both the 400 meters and the pole vault.

Both teams placed third in the team standings.

Vale was the top girls team, picking up 228 points. Nyssa was second with 107 points, followed by Burns with 94, Umatilla 82, Grant Union 65 and Riverside 45.

Nyssa won the team title in the boys meet, finishing with 229 points. Vale picked up 137 points to finish second, followed by Burns with 86, Grant Union 79, Riverside 52 and Umatilla 33.

Those placing in the top eight of their events for Burns are as follows:

Girls
100m — Dinsmore 3rd (13.73); Bodewig 7th (14:72).
200m — Dinsmore 2nd (27.77); Gunderson 3rd (28.35).
400m — Gunderson 1st (1:00.51); Dinsmore 2nd (1:02.39).
800m — Winn 1st (2:28.50).
1,500m — Winn 1st (5:16.04).
100m hurdles — Hannah Moore 3rd (17.96); Ribeiro 7th (19.65).
300m hurdles — Moore 6th (58.29).
4×100 relay — Ribeiro, Winn, Gunderson, Bodewig 3rd (54.13).
4×400 relay — Winn, Bodewig, Gunderson, Dinsmore 1st (4:15.25).
Shot put — Anastasia Smith 6th (29-02.00).
Discus — Smith 6th (83-02).
Javelin — Megan Lee 8th (77-01).

Boys
200m — Gahley 3rd (25.04).
400m — Gahley 2nd (53.81).
800m — Beau Blackburn 7th (2:31.15).
3,000m — Payden Paramore 8th (11:23.23).
110m hurdles — Jeff Davies 4th (19.30).
300m hurdles — John Smith 4th (45.63).
4×400 — Burns 3rd (3:56.38).
Shot put — Stanwyck 3rd (41-02.00); Ty Shrout 8th (37-03.50).
Discus — Stanwyck 6th (116-01); Smith 7th (113-07).
Javelin — Stanwyck 1st (154-02); Blackburn 6th (128-05).
High jump — Davies 3rd (5-06.00); Chase Patterson 4th (5-02.00).
Pole vault — Gahley 2nd (10-06.00).
Triple jump — Davies 8th (34-09.25).

The OSAA 3A State Track and Field Championships will be held Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Amanda Casey raced to a first-place finish in the 100m. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Crane girls track team won the High Desert League meet held Friday, May 4, at Harper.

Powered by six first-place finishes in individual events, the Mustangs racked up 128 points to claim the team title.
Mary Dorroh won both the 1,500- and 3,000-meter races, Amanda Casey took first in the 100 meters, Morgan Corrigan placed first in the 400 meters, Tanya Williams won the 100-meter hurdles and the 4×400 relay team of Casey, Maddie Dorroh, Hannah Steeves and Nichole Bentz took the gold.

Harper came in second in the team standings with 103 points, followed by Prairie City with 83, Monument 72 and Dayville 44.

The Crane boys team finished fourth with 57 points. Prairie City won the boys meet with 148 points, followed by Jordan Valley 140, Harper 65, Crane 57, Dayville 43, Monument 32 and Huntington 3.

Individual event-winners for Crane included Blaise Schulze in the 300-meter hurdles and Tanner Titus in the 3,000 meters.

Individual results for Crane placers are as follows:
Girls
100m — Casey 1st (13.62), Mad. Dorroh 4th (15.03), Williams 7th (15.46), Cassidy Corrigan 8th (15.97).
200m — Maria Tompson 5th (34.22).
400m — M. Corrigan 1st (1.13.83).
1,500m — Mar. Dorroh 1st (6:04.49), Brandi Carlon 3rd (6:55.97).
3,000m — Mar. Dorroh 1st (14:05.35), Carlon 2nd (15:22.00).
100m hurdles — Williams 1st (20.50).
300m hurdles — Casey 2nd (55.71), Bentz 3rd (57.56), Williams 4th (1:00.21).
4×100 — Bentz, Steeves, Mad. Dorroh, Casey 2nd (58.03).
4×400 — Casey, Mad. Dorroh, Steeves, Bentz 1st (4:50.49).
Shot put — Thompson 8th (23-08.50).
Javelin — C. Corrigan 3rd (81-03), Shayla Lundy 6th (79-05), M. Corrigan 7th (78-00), Steeves 8th (75-03).
Long jump — Mad. Dorroh 7th (10-10.50).

Boys
200m — Travis Landon 7th (27.63).
400m — Austin Roath 3rd (1:04.26).
800m — Dan O’Crowley 2nd (2:14.59).
3,000m — Titus 1st (11:22.80), O’Crowley 2nd (11:22.99).
110m hurdles — Landon 4th (20.64).
300m hurdles — Schulze 1st (50.66).
Shot put Donald McDermond 5th (33-07.25).
Discus McDermond 5th (90-04).

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On Saturday, May 5, the Mustangs traveled to Ontario to compete in the 18-team Heinz Invitational.

The Crane girls team had two individual athletes place in the top eight of their events as C. Corrigan finished third in the javelin with a throw of 98 feet, nine inches and Steeves came in eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:44.59.
The Mustangs head to Baker City on Saturday, May 12, to compete in the district meet.

Kinnon Roy slips past a defender and heads for the goal in Harney’s win over Mountain View. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

The Harney-Nadzitsaga lacrosse team won the first game of their three-game swing through Montana on Friday, April 27, beating the Polson High School Pirates 18 to 4.

“This was by far our most complete game thus far this season,” Harney coach Rick Roy said. “We started fast and finished very strong. The Polson team is made up almost exclusively of Bitterroot Salish and Kootenai Nation kids from the Flathead Indian Reservation.  It was an honor to play them. They have some very talented kids, and they never stopped playing; they played hard all game long. We were just too strong and were really firing on all cylinders.”

Roy added that as a team, Harney picked up 53 ground balls, took 43 shots, cleared their defensive zone at will and won 20 of 26 face offs.

T. Jay Smith and Chanse Pierce each scored five goals, Kinnon Roy scored four and had an assist, McKinley Ridenour scored three times and had three assists and Victor Kegley added one goal and one assist. Sam Pierce stopped 11 of 15 shots on goal.

1   2   3  4    Final
Pol    1   1   1   1       4
Har   6   4   2   6      18

On Saturday, April 28, Harney-Nadzitsaga and Hellgate High School combined for 39 goals in a wild game in Missoula, Mont. Harney came out on top, 22-17.

“This was a lacrosse game, fast-paced, up and down the field, great offense, up-tempo, you name it, this was a great high school lacrosse game,” Roy said. “The spectators were treated to a great game with great effort by both squads. This was one of the craziest games I have ever been involved with.  It was not a good day to be a goalie. We jumped on Hellgate early and then they came roaring back, and it turned into a mad scramble with goal after goal. This was one of the best and most exciting high school lacrosse games I have seen in a very long time. Our kids played great and hustled all throughout the game.”

Harney picked up 55 ground balls, took 53 shots and cleared the ball at will.

Pierce led the Harney attack scoring eight goals and dishing out two assists. Smith scored five times and picked up an assist, Ridenour scored four times and had an assist, K. Roy scored three goals and added an assist and Andrew Houck scored once and had one assist. Pierce stopped 10 of 27 shots on goal.

1   2   3  4    Final
Har    7   6   3   6       22
Hel     2   5   4   6      17

•••
On Sunday, April 29, Harney-Nadzitsaga met up with the Big Sky High School Eagles in Missoula and came away with a convincing 18-1 victory.

“The kids were tired and sore from the previous two games on Friday and Saturday, but they showed up on Sunday morning and took care of business,” Roy said. “We jumped on the Eagles early and were relentless on offense, defense, at the face off, on ground balls, you name it we dictated this game from start to finish. Our kids were on a ‘business trip’ and they took care of business all weekend.

“They were very impressive and received many accolades from opposing coaches, players, spectators and the officials. I think we set a great example of how the game is supposed to be played. No team had an answer for our intensity, skills, high energy and up tempo style of lacrosse.”

Harney picked up 44 ground balls, took 57 shots and won 16 of 22 face offs.

Ridenour led the offense with eight goals and two assists, Smith scored six goals, K. Roy scored two goals and had two assists, Pierce scored one goal and had two assists, and Jordan Daugherty scored one goal and had an assist. Pierce stopped six of seven shots on goal.

Harney is back in action at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 3, when they host conference foe Redmond at Burns High School.
Harney finishes the regular season on Saturday, May 5, when they host the Hermiston Bulldogs. If Harney wins these last two contests, they will advance to the Oregon High School Lacrosse Association (OHSLA) playoff for the third year in a row.

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On Tuesday, April 24, the Harney-Nadzitsaga lacrosse team hosted conference rival Mountain View High School and squeaked by with a 10-8 victory.

“We really did not deserve to win this game.  We did not play four quarters of lacrosse,” Roy said. “We seemed indifferent and preoccupied with other things rather than taking care of business. There was a lot on the line, we needed to win this game to still have a chance to make it into the post season. We have yet to play solid lacrosse in any of the four conference games we have played thus far.

“We were very fortunate to come away with a victory because we were very sloppy late in the game. Our close defense was not very solid tonight.”

Smith led the scoring with five goals and and assist, Pierce scored three times and had an assist, K. Roy scored once and had an assist and Ridenour scored once.

Pierce stopped 12 of 20 shots on goal. Roy added that the team did do good in some aspects of their game. “We picked up 49 ground balls, we took 42 shots, cleared the ball at will from our defensive end and dominated face offs, winning 15 of 22,” Roy said.

1   2   3  4    Final
MV    0   3   2   3       8
Har   3   3   3   1      10

Nolan Stampke slides safely into second base in a cloud of dust. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

Burns faces G.U. on Friday in key EOL twinbill

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns baseball team improved to 4-0 in Eastern Oregon League (EOL) play by sweeping Riverside 8-3 and 10-1 on Friday, April 20, at Corbett Memorial Field.

Austin Piper pitched a complete game and got the win in the opener, giving up just one earned run on eight hits with one strikeout and no walks.

Burns took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Tyler Sims doubled home Nolan Stampke.

Burns increased their lead to 4-0 in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Brennan Bailey and Jeff Garner’s two-run single.

The Hilanders tacked on two more runs in the sixth when Stampke doubled home Casey Heinz and then scored on a single by Tyler Cooper.

In the top of the seventh with Burns up 8-1, the Pirates made things interesting when the first three batters scored two runs on an error and two doubles.

The rally ended there however, as Piper put the next three batters down in order.

Stampke was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Garner 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

The Hilanders took control of the second game with a seven-run fourth inning. Leading 3-1, the Hilanders put their first two batters on with walks and then loaded the bases on a single by Heinz. Austin Feist followed with an RBI single and Stampke doubled in two more runs. Sims then singled to bring in Feist and Stampke. A two-out single by Garner drove in the final two runs for Burns.

The win went to Stampke as he gave up just one unearned run on four hits over seven innings while striking out eight and walking two.

Heinz, Feist, Stampke and Garner each collected two hits for Burns.

First game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R   H   E
Riv   0 0 0 0 0 1 2      3    8    4
Bur  1 0 0 3 2 2 x      8   11   4
Second game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7    R   H   E
Riv  0 0 0 1 0 0 0     1    4    1
Bur  0 1 2 7 0 0 x   10  10    2

In other EOL action on Friday, Vale and Grant Union split their doubleheader. Vale won the opener 9-6 and Grant Union took the second game 3-2.

On Saturday, April 21, Nyssa and Umatilla split their doubleheader. Nyssa won the opener 11-9 and Umatilla pounded the Bulldogs 16-4 in the second game.

Burns continues EOL play this Friday when they travel to John Day to take on Grant Union. The doubleheader starts at 1 p.m.

•••
The Sisters Outlaws came up with an 8-5 win over the Burns Hilanders in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday, April 18.

After falling behind 4-0 after two innings, the Hilanders began a comeback in the third. After Heinz and Feist started the frame with back-to-back singles, Stampke followed with a homer over the right field fence to cut the deficit to one.

Burns took the lead in the top of the fourth as Austin Martin scored on an error and Stampke singled in Piper.

Burns couldn’t hold the lead however, as the Outlaws put three runs on the board in the fifth and added an insurance run in the sixth.

Stampke got the start and gave up three runs on four hits with a walk and one strikeout in one inning of work. Piper pitched the next two innings and gave up an unearned run on one hit. Sims came on in relief and took the loss as he gave up three runs, two earned on four hits with three walks and one strikeout. Martin finished up on the mound and gave up one run on one hit and a walk.

Stampke was 2-for-3 with four RBIs and Martin finished 3-for-3 with a run scored.

•••
The Burns JV baseball team split their doubleheader with Vale on Tuesday, April 17.

The Vikings won the opener 12-2 in five innings, and the Hilanders bounced back to win the second game 12-10.

Hailey Bodewig races to the finish in the 100m hurdles. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns and Crane track teams competed in the Arlie Oster Memorial/Burns Lions Invitatinal on Saturday, April 14, at Burns High School.

The Hilander boys team placed fifth in the 10-team meet with 69 points, and Crane came in eighth with 39 points.

Prairie City won the boys meet with 110 points, followed by Lakeview 97, Madras 80, Paisley 69.66, Burns, McDermitt (Nev.) 55.5, Culver 42.33, Crane, Dayville 34 and Monument 19.5.

The Burns girls team placed fourth with 70 points and Crane was fifth with 53.5 points.

Paisley finished on top in the girls meet with 112 points, followed by Lakeview 101.5, Culver 72, Burns, Crane, Prairie City 44, Madras 41, Monument 39, Dayville 29 and McDermitt 6.

Individual placers (top eight) for Burns (B) and Crane (C) are as follows:
Men
100m — Blaise Schulze (C) 8th 12.79
200m — Schulze (C) 5th  26.13
800m — Andy Lamborn (C) 7th 2:35.56
1,500m — Tanner Titus (C) 3rd 4:57.52; Dan O’Crowley (C) 4th 5:02.66; Matson Gahley (B) 5th 5:06.80; Payden Paramore (B) 7th 5:11.42
3,000m — Titus (C) 1st 11:03.18; Paramore (B) 3rd 12:49.86
110m hurdles — Travis Landon (C) 4th 22.35
300m hurdles — John Smith (B) 2nd 46.55; Jeff Davies (B) 7th 51.47
4×400 relay — Burns (Thomas Cain, Gahley, Davies, Smith) 5th 4:03.88
Shot put — Dylan Stanwyck (B) 2nd 38-05.00; Ty Shrout (B) 3rd 37-09.50; Donald McDermond (C) 5th 35-01.00
Discus — Stanwyck (B) 2nd 120-11; Smith (B) 3rd 108-02; Shrout (B) 6th 101-10
Javelin — Stanwyck (B) 4th 163-01; Schulze (C) 7th 128-04; Beau Blackburn (B) 8th 123-09
High jump — Chase Patterson (B) 7th-tie 5-02.00
Pole vault — Gahley (B) 5th 9-06.00; Davies (B) 6th 9-00.00

Women
100m — Hannah Moore (B) 6th 14.55; Nichole Bentz (C) 5th 14.40; Hailey Bodewig (B) 8th 14.84
200m — Bentz (C) 4th 30.25; Maddie Dorroh (C) 8th 32.26
400m — Madelyn Gunderson (B) 2nd 1:05.31; Mad. Dorroh (C) 6th 1:16.04; Bea Ribeiro (B) 7th 1:18.52
800m — Madison Winn (B) 2nd 2:39.58; Brandi Carlon (C) 4th 3:13.11
1,500m — Winn (B) 1st 5:56.84; Mary Dorroh (C) 3rd 6:19.63
3,000m — Mar. Dorroh (C) 1st 14:43.58
100m hurdles — Moore (B) 3rd 19.43; Mariah Ribeiro (B) 6th 20.35; Bodewig (B) 7th 20.50
300m hurdles — Gunderson (B) 4th 57.16; Moore (B) 5th 58.66; Tanya Williams (C) 7th 1:05.36
4×400 relay — Burns (Winn, Bodewig, Gunderson, Moore) 2nd 4:42.74; Crane (Bentz, Hannah Steeves, Williams, Carlon) 3rd 5:10.26
Shot put — Anastasia Smith (B) 4th 29-01.00
Javelin — Shayla Lundy (C) 3rd 89-02; Riley Fleming (B) 5th 83-11; Steeves (C) 8th 74-05
High jump — Lundy (C) 4th-tie 4-00.00
Long jump — Megan Lee (B) 8th 12-01.50
Crane will host the Ranchers Invitational at 10 a.m. Friday, April 20.
Some of the Burns track team members will compete in the Crane meet on April 20, while others will take part in the Bandana Invitational in Meridian, Idaho, the same day.

•••
The Mustang track teams traveled to Vale on Friday, April 13, to compete in the  Eastern Oregon 1A Invitational.
Out of the 14 teams, the Crane girls tied with Cove for fifth place with 40 points and the Crane boys came in 11th with 16 points.
Those placing in the top eight in their events for Crane are as follows:

Women
200m — Bentz 4th 29.68
400m — Bentz 4th 1:08.69
800m — Steeves 2nd 2:51.95; Mar. Dorroh 5th 3:08.11
1,500m — Mar. Dorroh 3rd 6:17.51; Carlon 7th 6:57.77
100m hurdles — Williams 6th 21.87
4×100 relay — Crane (Bentz, Steeves, Mad. Dorroh, Amanda Casey) 7th 59.22
Javelin — Lundy 3rd 94-09; Cassidy Corrigan 4th 89-04; Morgan Corrigan 6th 85-11; Steeves 7th 85-05
High jump — Lundy 5th 4-04.00
Triple jump — M. Corrigan 8th 26-05.00

Men
800m — Titus 4th 2:18.30
1,500m — O’Crowley 8th 4:53.71
3,000m — O’Crowley 3rd 10:58.56; Lamborn 5th 11:11.17
Javelin — Schulze 2nd 135-02

Greenleaf Friends Academy (Idaho) won the boys meet with 118 points, and Vale scored 127 points to take the top spot in the girls team standings.

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Hilanders’ Tyler Cooper covers third as the Ontario baserunner slides in. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

The La Grande Tigers took two from Burns in non-conference baseball action on Saturday, April 7, in La Grande.

The Tigers won the first game 1-0 and topped the Hilanders 7-4 in the second game.

The Tigers scored the only run of the opener in the bottom of the fifth on one hit, an error and a sacrifice fly.

Austin Piper took the loss, giving up the one unearned run in six innings of work. Piper allowed seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk.

Burns did have a couple of chances to put a run on the board, but couldn’t come up with the key hit. In the third inning, Austin Martin delivered a two-out single, and reached third on a double by Casey Heinz. The next batter grounded out however, ending the rally. Tyler Sims and Tyler Cooper had back-to-back singles in the fourth, but couldn’t advance any further.

The Hilanders’ Nolan Stampke led off the sixth with a single and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Sims. Cooper was then hit by a pitch, and after both baserunners stole bases, Brennan Bailey drew a walk to load the bases.  The scoring threat was over there however, as the Tigers turned a grounder into a double play.

The Hilanders finished with six hits, led by Heinz with two.

Burns took a 1-0 lead in the third inning of the second game as Austin Feist came home on a ground out.

The Hilanders made it 2-0 in the next inning when Jeff Garner scored on an RBI single by Heinz.

La Grande tied the game in their half of the fourth and then went ahead with a score in the fifth.

Burns came back with a run in the sixth to make it a 3-3 game, only to see the Tigers plate four runs in the bottom of the inning.

Stampke’s home run in the seventh provided the Hilanders’ final run.

Garner led the Hilander offense, going 2-for-2 with a run scored.

Stampke pitched four innings and gave up two earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Martin threw one inning and gave up one unearned run on one hit with one strikeout and a walk. Sims pitched the final inning, surrendering four runs, three earned, on two hits and two walks.

First game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Final R H E
Bur  0 0 0 0 0 0 0     0     0  6  1
LG   0 0 0 0 1 0 0     1     1  7  0

Second game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Final R H E
Bur  0 0 1 1 0 1 1    4      4  7 3
LG   0 0 0 2 1 4 x    7      7 10 1

The Hilanders hosted Lakeview on Tuesday, April 10, but results were not available by press time.
Burns will open up Eastern Oregon League play Friday, April 13, when they travel to Umatilla. The doubleheader begins at 2 p.m.

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The Burns baseball team split a doubleheader with Ontario Tuesday, April 3, at Corbett Memorial Field.
The Tigers won the first game 5-3 and the Hilanders scored twice in the sixth inning for a 5-4 comeback win in the second game.

Burns took an early 1-0 lead in the opener as Heinz drew a lead-off walk, advanced to second on a single by Feist, stole third and scored on a passed ball.

Ontario put two runs on the board in the second inning with an RBI triple and a sacrifice fly, and Burns tied the game in their half of the inning on an RBI triple by Garner.

The Tigers took the lead with a run in the fourth inning and made it 5-2 with runs in the fifth and seventh frames.

Burns looked to put a seventh inning rally together as Stampke led off with a single and came home on a double by Sims. The Hilanders would go on to load the bases, but were unable to score again before the final out.

Piper took the loss, giving up five earned runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

Burns finished with eight hits, led by Stampke who was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
The Hilanders also left 12 runners on base.

Trailing 4-0 in the second game, Burns scored three runs in the third inning to cut the lead to one.

Kieran Colahan got the rally started with a single and Heinz and Martin drew walks to load the bases. Feist then singled to drive in two runs, followed by Stampke’s sacrifice fly.

Down 4-3 with one out in the sixth, Stampke and Sims both scored on an Ontario miscue to give the Hilanders the win.
Stampke pitched a complete game innings and got the win. He gave up two earned runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

Austin Piper delivers a pitch in Burns’ game with Glide. (Photo by RANDY PARKS)

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Hilander baseball team hosted the U.S. Cellular Spring Thaw Baseball Tournament March 27-29, and despite wet, windy conditions, all six games came off without a hitch.

On the first day of the tournament, Burns opened with a 12-2 win over Willamina in six innings.

With the score tied at 1-1, the Bulldogs pushed a run across to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth, but the Hilanders erupted for nine runs in their half of the inning to blow the game open.

Casey Heinz got the rally going with a lead-off triple and scored on a single by Nolan Stampke. Tyler Sims followed with an RBI double, and two batters later, Austin Feist drove in two runs with a single to center field.

Burns then loaded the bases with a fielder’s choice and a hit batter, and Heinz cleared the bases with his second triple of the inning.

The Hilanders tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the sixth, and the game was called because of the 10-run rule.

Kieran Colahan got the win for Burns, giving up two earned runs on two hits with eight strikeouts and four walks in 5 1/3 innings.

The Hilanders banged out 10 hits in the game, led by Heinz, Stampke and Feist who were all 2-for-4 at the plate.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R H  E
Wil  0  0  1  0  1  0  x   2  2  2
Bur 0  0  1  0  9  2  x 12 10  3

Willamina also played in the second game, losing to Glide 12-3.

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On Wednesday, March 28, Glide got past Burns 4-2 in the first game, followed by Vale pummelling Willamina 20-1.

The Hilanders fell behind 3-0 in the third inning as the Wildcats put together a two-out rally.

Glide then added another run in the fourth to go up 4-0.

Burns cut the lead to two in the fifth, but could get no closer as Glide picked up the win.

Austin Piper was saddled with the loss, giving up four earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

The Hilander offense was held to just three singles.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R H  E
Gli  0  0  3  1 0  0  0   4  5   2
Bur 0  0  0  0  2  0  0  2  3  1

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On the third and final game of the tournament, Vale beat Glide 7-4 in the opening game, and Burns topped Willamina 10-4.

Willamina got off to a good start in the re-match with Burns, scoring three runs in the top of the first on four hits.

The Hilanders came back to tie the game with one run in the first inning and two in the second.

Burns took a 5-3 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Jeff Garner and an RBI double by Austin Martin.

Feist brought Heinz home with a sacrifice fly in the fourth, and the Hilanders added another four runs in the fifth to put the game away.

Stampke pitched a complete game and picked up the win. He surrendered three earned runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and one walk.

Burns collected 11 hits, led by Feist and Heinz who were both 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Martin went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored and Brennan Bailey 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R H  E
Wil  3  0  0  1  0  0  0   4  7  3
Bur 1  2  2  1  4  0 x  10 11 2

The Hilanders hosted Ontario on Tuesday, April 3, but results of the doubleheader were not available by press time.

Burns’ non-league schedule continues Saturday, April 7, with a doubleheader at La Grande, and then they host Lakeview at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 10.

Girls basketball special award-winners (L-R): Rebekah Clark, Morgan Corrigan, Paige Landon. (Photos by RANDY PARKS)

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Crane Union High School winter sports teams received much-deserved post season recognition at the sports awards ceremony Thursday, March 22.

Athletic Director Chuck Steeves started things off by noting that both the dance and wrestling teams received Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic awards. He then introduced the High Desert League Scholar-Athletes including Thomas O’Toole, Jacob Rothgeb, Bekah Titus, Hannah Steeves, Paige Landon, Elizabeth Davis, Eric Davies, Wilson Witzel, Tanner Titus, Dan O’Crowley, Levi Miller, Cassidy Corrigan and Zach Cody.

Steeves also announced Witzel had been awarded a $500 High Desert League scholarship.

Head coach of the girls basketball team Stub Travis then introduced the team and presented the awards. The special awards were voted on by the players, and the winners were: Most Improved — Rebekah Clark; Most

Wrestling special award-winners (L-R): Zach Cody, Tanner Titus, Donald McDermond, Austin Roath, Wyatt Clark.

Inspirational — Morgan Corrigan; Most Outstanding — Paige Landon.

Travis also announced that Landon, Steeves and Cassidy Corrigan had been named to the All-League Second Team and M. Corrigan received Honorable Mention.

Head wrestling coach Dave Doman introduced his team and complimented each wrestler on their performance during the past season.

Receiving special awards: Most Improved — Austin Roath, Tanner Titus; Most Inspirational — Wyatt Clark; Most Outstanding — Zach Cody, Donald McDermond.

Head coach of the boys basketball team Mick Miller congratulated each of his players on an outstanding season and presented awards. Winning special awards were: Most Inspirational — Blaise Schulze; Most Improved —

Tyler Opie; Most Outstanding — Ryan Opie.

For the High Desert League, R. Opie was named Player of the Year, T. Opie and Cole Maupin were named to the

Boys basketball special award-winners (L-R): Ryan Opie, Tyler Opie, Blaise Schulze

First Team All-League, Levi Miller Second Team and Nic Nyman Honorable Mention.

Dance team coach Debbie Titus introduced the dancers and thanked them for their hard work throughout the season.