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Heppner’s Stewart wins Big 4 Rodeo award
Stewart won the
pendleton round-
up team roping
title last week
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HEPPNER — The first thing
Jason Stewart did, when he found
out he won the big 4 rodeo asso-
ciation’s “best in the Northwest”
title, was text his good buddy trevor
brazile.
“I thanked him for not coming
to the other rodeos,” Stewart said.
“this was a big
surprise. I knew I
was potentially in
the running, but I
never looked at the
standings. When
I won the Walla
Stewart
Walla steer roping
title, I knew I had
a chance.”
the award is given to the cow-
boy who accumulates the most
points while competing at all of
the big 4 rodeo — Kennewick’s
Horse Heaven round-up, Walla
Walla Frontier days, the Lewis-
ton round-up and the pendleton
round-up.
Stewart, 43, who competed in
team roping and steer roping at all
four rodeos, won the tightly con-
tested race for the first time.
“Have you seen the names on
there?” Stewart said of the past win-
ners. “I can’t believe my name is on
there with theirs.”
brazile has won the award six
times, tuff Hedeman won in 1987,
dee pickett in 1979, and the great
Jim Shoulders in 1957.
Stewart’s winnings between the
four rodeos was $11,864. He also
will receive a custom-made saddle
designed for the winner by Stoney
Saddlery of Wickenburg, arizona.
Stewart, who backed off from
rodeoing full time when he and
his wife Sybil started a family,
has pretty much stayed within the
Columbia river Circuit, where he
is third in the all-around standings,
second among the headers, and is
third in the steer roping.
before sons Jett, tripp and truu
came along, Stewart made two
trips to the NFr in team roping. He
headed for Kyle Lockett in 1998, and
for bucky Campbell in 2000.
He also won the steer roping title
at the pendleton round-up in 2003.
Last week, he won the team roping
at the pendleton round-up with
Calgary Smith.
“I feel very fortunate at my age to
win,” Stewart said of the team rop-
ing title. “pendleton is my favorite
rodeo. you win pendleton or Chey-
enne, your name goes down in his-
tory. It’s the coolest thing. It’s pretty
surreal. I’d almost forgot what it felt
like — funny how it comes back.”
Stewart, who won nine high
school titles growing up in Washing-
ton, also won the second go-round in
team roping at the College National
Finals rodeo with brazile in 1998.
they set the arena record in rapid
City, S.d., with a time of 4 seconds.
“I was at blue mountain and he
was at West texas a&m univer-
sity,” Stewart said. “We were both
rodeoing full time, but we both had
made the college finals. He didn’t
have a partner and neither did I. Our
coaches made some calls and found
out we could rope together.”
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston wide receiver Garrett Walchli
(5) wrangles in a pass to run for a touch-
down in the second half. The Kennewick
Lions defeated the Hermiston Bulldogs
28-17 at Neil F. Lampson Stadium in Ken-
newick on Friday night.
Lions fend
off Dawgs
in MCC
showdown
Hermiston falls to 0-3 in
mid-Columbia Conference
play with the loss
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Zaanan Bane, of Pendleton, sprints into the end zone for a touchdown during Friday’s league game against the Putnam Kingsmen.
pendleton rises to
2-1 overall, putnam
falls to 1-2
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
peNdLetON — to stop putnam,
Zaanan bane took to the ground.
the junior running back carried for 124
of pendleton’s 310 yards on Friday night,
and was responsible for the Bucks’ first two
touchdowns on the way to its 62-21 victory
over the visiting Kingsmen.
“He’s been working hard,” pendleton
head coach erik davis said. “He plays well
on both sides of the ball. He came into his
own tonight.”
putnam, who struggled to control the
ball in the first half, was no match for Bane’s
team-up with quarterback Cooper roberts,
carrying his first-quarter handoff for 46
yards to the 1-yard line for a first-and-goal.
bane completed the carry on the next play to
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
put the bucks on the board.
He would notch another touchdown near
the four-minute mark on a 47-yard carry.
Key tackles from linebacker Kyle Lis-
com, and a stop from defensive back Kason
broncheau kept the Kingsmen scoreless in
the first quarter.
“When the front line is clicking like it
was,” bane said, “there’s nothing you can’t
do.”
roberts would attempt a deep pass to
KeNNeWICK — the Hermiston
bulldogs still are looking for their groove.
Once they find it, they could be dangerous.
the bulldogs kept pace with Kenne-
wick for three quarters on Friday night,
but the Lions hung 14 points on the board
in the fourth quarter to hold on for a 28-17
mid-Columbia Conference victory at
Lampson Stadium.
“you can’t win if you don’t take care of
the little things,” Hermiston coach david
Faaeteete said. “If you don’t sweat the
small details, they come back to get you.
We had missed assignments and missed
opportunities. We just dropped the ball.”
It was a key 3a game for both teams,
but the dawgs (0-3) did not make it easy
on the Lions (2-1).
“they play hard,” Kennewick coach
randy affholter said. “I thought we con-
trolled the ball and handled the run game,
See Bucks, Page B2
See Dawgs, Page B2
SPORTS SHORTS
After social media complaints, Brady makes nice with refs
By JIMMY GOLEN
Associated Press
FOXbOrOuGH, mass. — a
day after complaining on social
media that there were too many
penalties in the game he was
watching on tV, patriots quarter-
back tom brady tried to make nice
with the NFL referees.
“I’m very pro-ref,” brady said
in the New england locker room
on Friday.
brady was tweeting a differ-
ent story on thursday night, when
tennessee and Jacksonville were
flagged 15 times in the first half,
starting on the very first play from
scrimmage. after titans line-
backer Kamalei Correa was called
for roughing the passer in the sec-
ond quarter, brady posted on twit-
ter: “too many penalties. Just let us
play!!!!”
a few minutes later, he added in
a tweet that has been liked 122,300
times by Friday afternoon: “I’m
turning off this game I can’t watch
these ridiculous penalties any-
more.” even broadcaster troy aik-
man seemed to agree with brady.
asked about it on Friday, brady
maintained he wasn’t criticizing
the officials.
“the refs always do a good
job. I never complain to the refs,”
he told reporters crowding around
his locker. “you guys ever hear me
complain to the refs?”
yes.
We.
do.
In this Feb. 3, 2019, file photo, New
England Patriots’ Tom Brady (12)
passes under pressure from Los
Angeles Rams’ Aaron Donald (99)
during the first half of the NFL Super
Bowl LIII football game in Atlanta.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File