SPORTS
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
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17.30 seconds. She fi nished 11th
overall and picked up a check for
$1,127.
Tonozzi, who is ranked 13th
this week in the world stand-
ings, has been busy with 10-hour
drives every day this week.
“We’ve driven a lot of miles
this week and it’s nice to come
back to Hermiston and win more
money and hopefully fi nish this
year off good,” she said.
Her next shot at winning
money will come Aug. 17 in Cald-
well, then Montana and Canby.
But until then, she’s planning on
resting up as much as possible.
Kylee Scribner won the barrel
racing title and a nice check for
$7,514.
class. Thomas and Ewing concluded 3-1 at
106 and 115, respectively.
Millar (157) won a team-high fi ve matches
and placed third. Bryan Miller (130), Kurt
Woody (148), Burwell (157), and Mooney
(191) took fourth. Kralman (168) was sixth.
Phillip Smith (123) and John Timmons
(178) did not place, but managed one match
victory apiece.
The 1992 championship was Jerry Ewing’s
fourth as head coach.
Bull riding
The bull riders faced a brutal
lineup of bulls, but Laramie
Mosley of Palestine, Texas, was
able to stay on Short Bus for 86.5
points — the top ride of the night,
the FCPR title and a payday of
$6,091.
“I’ve been on that bull, same
score, same result. I was really
excited to come down,” Mosley
said.
Elsie Williams
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Bulldogger Pacen Marez, of Granger, Washington, wins the tie-down roping go-round with a time of 8.8
seconds Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, during the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
Mosley, who limped off the
arena grounds after his ride, was
already in pain from a ride the
day prior after he was stepped
on and rolled his ankle. But, “it
is what it is,” he said.
To get on his bull Aug. 14, he
said it took a lot of mental power.
“I couldn’t think about my
ankle hurting, my leg hurting,
I just had to go at him,” Mosley
said. “I knew what he was. I
knew he was a super, super good
bull.”
Moseley, who is 12th in the
world standings, is trying to hold
his spot for his fi rst trip to the
NFR.
“I think the NFR has always
been a childhood dream for me
and I couldn’t be more excited,”
he said.”
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Team ropers Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith take the night with a score of 4.4 seconds Saturday,
Aug. 14, 2021, during the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
Team roping
In a close round of team
roping, the veteran-rookie duo
of Patrick Smith and Tanner
Tomlinson had the top run of
the night and earned the number
two spot in the round with a
time of 4.4 seconds. That time
came with a check for $1,963.
Smith and Tomlinson, who
both come from Texas, have
recently been gaining traction
in the PRCA and are looking to
keep their momentum as they
head to Caldwell.
“We’re going to try to fi nish
the season strong,” Smith said.
“We’re a little behind the eight
ball, but like I said, roping with
someone like him, any checks
are usually big checks with him
so don’t count us out yet.”
Tomlinson, who is just
coming off his rookie year, said
he’s learned a lot from Smith,
and mentioned the team chem-
istry that they’ve built. But even
before they were teammates,
Smith knew that Tomlinson
had talent.
“I’ve watched him rope the
last couple of years and I’ve
seen how talented he was,”
Smith said. “He’s about as fast
as he gets so coming off his
rookie year we decided to team
up and put some eff ort into it.”
Kaleb Driggers and Junior
Nogueira won the average
with a time of 8.8 seconds on
two runs. They each picked
up $3,387.
Melon
FEST
Williams, who currently resides in
McMinnville, commenced a 30-year stretch
of teaching at Mac-Hi in 1954. She was seen
by nominators and community members as
a driving force behind the school, creating
both the gymnastics and girls track programs,
and an instructor that dedicated her life to
students by coaching, mentoring and coun-
seling.
Beverley McRae
Beverley McRae, the Class of 1943’s salu-
tatorian, is the widow of former American
Legion baseball coach George McRae. She
was part of a loyal group of family members
that dedicated themselves to Milton-Freewa-
ter’s American Legion baseball program as
players, coaches, statisticians and conces-
sion volunteers. McRae has devoted many
years volunteering for programs, such as the
Boy Scouts and Blue Birds, and serving on
numerous boards and associations.
Sharee LaRue-Wright
The 1987 graduate was a professional
barrel racer. She owned a weekly news-
paper for 10 years and authored a weekly
column entitled “On the Road with SeeYa” —
which won her multiple Oregon Professional
Journalist awards. Mrs. Larue-Wright is the
owner of Your Competitor News, established
in 1993 as the Northwest’s only rodeo maga-
zine. She is the secretary/treasurer of the
2020 Professional Rodeo Association Board
of Directors. This past year, she prepared
and facilitated the Milton-Freewater Junior
Show Virtual Livestock Show and Auction.
Gilbert Tomlinson
Tomlinson, named Walla Walla Boss of
the Year in 1970, graduated from Mac-Hi
in 1950. He grew the family’s milk business
from Milton-Freewater to Pasco, and points
beyond. Tomlinson designed the fi rst Dari
Mart and built it on Ninth Avenue in Walla
Walla in 1956. A second store in Walla Walla
and a Milton-Freewater location followed —
in 1961. The opening of a Dari Mart facility in
Pasco in 1971 led to expansion in Pendleton,
Lewiston, Clarkston, Spokane, La Grande
and Hermiston.
ACTIVITIES
• Free Watermelon
Face Painting
• Photo Booth
by 60 Minute Photo
Saturday, August 21, 2021
• Kids’ Games
9 am - 3 pm • Downtown Hermiston
• Waterslide
SCHEDULE
9 AM
All-day Entertainment by
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Sponsored by Destiny George Realtor
10 AM Watermelon Costume Contest
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1st - $300 2nd - $200 3rd - $100
11 AM Watermelon Bathtub Races
12 PM Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
1 PM Gems Cheer Royals Performance
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• Produce Vendors
• Craft Vendors
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