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Biglow bests arena record,
picks up title at Farm-City
Washington
cowboy Jason
Minor wins the
all-round crown
Mac-Hi
names
4 athletes,
2 teams to
Hall of
Fame
By ROY ELIA
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
MILTON-FREEWATER
— Four individuals and two
teams will be inducted into the
McLoughlin High School Hall
of Fame during the school’s
induction ceremony Saturday,
Aug. 21, at 6 p.m. in Mac-Hi’s
Jack Williams Auditorium,
120 S. Main St.
The event, free and open
to the public, will shine its
spotlight on the 1991 and
1992 Class 3A state champion
wrestling teams, educator
Elsie Williams, community
volunteers Beverley McRae
and Sharee LaRue-Wright,
and a local businessman —
the late Gilbert Tomlinson.
A reception will follow
the ceremony at Mac-Hi.
Donations will be accepted
and those attending may be
required to wear masks due
to possible COVID-19 restric-
tions, according to event orga-
nizers.
By ANNIE FOWLER and NICK
ROSENBERGER
HER MISTON — Clay ton
Biglow was high-fi ving his buddies
behind the chutes after scoring a 92
on the back of Xplosive Skies in the
bareback event Saturday, Aug. 14,
on the fi nal night of the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo.
His score was not only the best
of the week, but he set an arena
record, surpassing the 89 set by
himself in 2019, Andy Martinez
(2006) and Austin Foss (2017).
“I’ve been on her once and it
didn’t go so well,” Biglow said.
“This was redemption.”
Biglow picked up a nice check of
$6,239 for winning the title.
The 25-year-old has a certain
love for the FCPR. It was the fi rst
big rodeo he rode in.
“I’ll always come back,” said the
California cowboy, who won the
2019 FCPR bareback title. “I really
like Hermiston.”
Biglow, who has made fi ve trips
to the National Finals Rodeo, will
be headed to Las Vegas for his
sixth. He is sitting fourth in the
world standings with six weeks left
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Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Bareback rider Clayton Biglow, of Clements, California, rides Xplosive Skies to win the night with a score of 92
points Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, during the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
in the regular season.
“I’m excited,” he said. “You
always want to fi nish strong.”
Jason Minor of Ellensburg,
Washington, who competed in
team roping and tie-down roping,
won the all-around title. Minor,
who competed Aug. 13, was not
on hand to pick up his saddle and
other trinkets.
Steer wrestling
Curtis Cassidy had the hot run
of the night, taking down his steer
in 3.6 seconds. It’s the second-best
time in the second go-round.
“It’s not the steer you want, but
it’s the one you win money on,”
Cassidy said. “I don’t know what
the payout is, but it will be decent.”
Cassidy shared second place in
the second round, good for $1,703.
The Canadian cowboy needs
to put a little more money in his
PRCA account if he wants to make
a return trip to the NFR. He is
sitting 18th in the world standings,
about $6,000 behind Cody Devers,
who sits 15th.
“It all helps,” Cassidy said. “You
just have to pick away every week
and hope the draw gods are with
you. We are going full throttle until
Pendleton.”
J.D. Struxness won the average
with a time of 7 seconds on two
runs, which paid out $3,456.
Saddle bronc riding
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Saddle bronc rider Riggin Smith, of Winterset, Iowa, rode Tiger Warrior
to a score of time of 87.5 to win the go-round Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021,
during the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
It’s hard to fathom that a score of
87.5 points will only get you a share
of sixth place and $869, but that’s
where Riggin Smith ended up after
turning in the top ride of the night
on the back of Tiger Warrior.
“We we were talking that this
rodeo might have been the most
even of all the rodeos in the saddle
bronc,” Smith said.
Ben Anderson put up an
arena-record score of 90.5 on Aug.
13, and that held up for the title
and $6,514.
Smith may not have won, but
he was excited to match wits with
Tiger Warrior.
“I have dreamed of being on that
horse for a long time,” the 2020
Saddle Bronc Rookie of the Year
said. “This is one of those horses
you watch on TV. I’ve always kinda
felt that horse separates the boys
from the men.”
Tie-down roping
Pacen Marez is a Columbia
River Circuit cowboy that doesn’t
stray too far from his home in
Prosser, Washington.
Hermiston is a short jaunt
compared to most, and Marez
made the most of his night, turn-
ing in a time of 8.8 to share the
top time in the performance with
Texas cowboy John Douch. The
8.8 second-runs tied for sixth in the
second go-round and paid out $836.
Marez also had a time of 17.9
seconds on two runs, putting him
third in at the average for a payday
of $3,280.
“I just came with the expecta-
tion to be here and let the chips
fall where they may,” Marez said.
“This is my fi rst time here. I’m just
a circuit guy. I don’t go out and go
on the road. I work full time fi ve
days a week.”
1991 Wrestling
Five members of the state
championship team — Jon
Thomas (106 pounds), Bart
Ewing (115), Max Zerba (130),
Matt Millar (148), and Ryan
Kralman (168) — placed fi fth
or better at the state wres-
tling championships. Millar
and Ewing were runners-up,
Thomas and Zerba both
placed fourth, and Kralman
took fi fth. Four — Thomas,
Ewing, Zerba, and Kralman
— claimed district titles while
Millar fi nished second at that
meet.
Remaining roster spots
were occupied by Jim Miller
(106), the late Tobin Zerba
(141), L.G. Bullock (157),
Travis Burwell (168), Scott
Aalbers (178), Dennis Mooney
(178), Roy Clark (191), and Joe
Chappell (191).
Mac-Hi outpointed Phoe-
nix 105.5-95 at the top of the
state tournament’s team table.
St Helens was third.
The Pioneers amassed 363
points in their run to the top of
the district-tournament ladder.
Mac-Hi was led by OSAA
Coach of the Year Jerry
Ewing.
1992 Wrestling
It looked like the times would
all stay in the high 17 seconds for
the barrel racing until Brittany
Tonozzi, from Lampasas, Texas,
blasted out of the gate and sped
around the barrels for a time of
This championship team —
which racked up an all-time,
state tournament-best 162
points — had one wrestler
walk away with an individ-
ual crown and two others who
brought home seconds. Max
Zerba posted a 4-0 record on
his path to achieving suprem-
acy in the 136-pound weight
See FCPR, Page A11
See Mac-Hi, Page A11
Barrel racing
SPORTS SHORT
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd retiring after decorated career
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd is retir-
ing after a decorated career that
included a pair of World Cup titles
and two Olympic gold medals, as
well as a bronze medal at the Tokyo
Games.
The two-time FIFA World Player
of the Year known for her dramatic
hat trick in the 2015 World Cup fi nal
will play four as-yet unannounced
friendly matches this fall with the
U.S., and fi nish out the season with
her club team, Gotham FC. She
hinted for more than a year that she
was nearing the end of her career
and made it offi cial Monday.
“Through all the goals, the
trophies, the medals and the cham-
pionships won, what I am most
proud of is that I’ve been able to stay
unapologetically me,” said Lloyd,
whose international career has
spanned some 16 years. “My jour-
ney has been hard, but I can honestly
say I’ve stayed true to myself, to
my teammates, my coaches, the
media and the fans throughout my
entire career and that is what I am
most proud of. Everyone sees the
moments of glory, but I have cher-
ished the work behind the scenes
and the adversity that I’ve had to
overcome to get to those glorious
moments.”
The 39-year-old Lloyd scored a
pair of goals in the United States’ 4-3
victory over Australia in the bronze
medal game in Japan earlier this
month. She became the fi rst Amer-
ican to score in four Olympics, and
her 10 total goals in the event set a
new record among U.S. players.
She ranks second on the national
team’s all-time list with 312 appear-
ances, and fourth with 128 goals.
Lloyd is probably best known for
her three goals, all in the space of 16
minutes, to lead the United States to
a 5-2 victory over Japan in the 2015
World Cup fi nal. Her third goal in
that match was a blistering strike
from midfi eld.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
Lloyd scored in overtime in a 1-0
victory over Brazil in the fi nal. Four
years later, she scored both goals in
the gold-medal match against Japan
at Wembley Stadium, becoming the
only player to score winning goals in
consecutive Olympic fi nals.
Fernando Vergara/Associated Press
United States’ Carli Lloyd celebrates scoring her side’s fourth
goal against Australia Aug. 5, 2021, in the women’s bronze
medal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Kashi-
ma, Japan.