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East Oregonian
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Stanfi eld opens school year with renovated track, tennis courts
By MARCO
GRAMACHO
East Oregonian
STANFIELD — Stan-
fi eld School District started
fall term classes Monday,
Aug. 22, and the district’s
renovated track and tennis
courts are ready for the
community and students.
“Stanfi eld School District
had been saving up for the
tennis courts and the track
renovation for a few years,”
explained Beth Burton,
superintendent of the Stan-
fi eld School District.
The tennis courts were in
bad shape with large cracks
throughout the surface. The
track had some similar crack-
ing issues in the asphalt base
that were very obvious in the
surface material.
“We are excited to have
a new asphalt base and new
surfacing over the top. It’s a
400-meter oval track, pretty
standard,” Burton said.
The track renovation cost
was $456,700 and the tennis
courts cost $28,600.
“These projects were not
bond-funded,” Burton said.
“Originally, we thought we
might utilize our Elemen-
tary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund III
for these projects, and we got
approval to do so. However,
we decided to shift those
Stanfi eld School District/Contributed Photo
Fall term classes began Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, for the Stan-
fi eld School District, which spent $456,700 to give new life
to its track.
Stanfi eld School District/Contributed Photo
Stanfi eld School District began classes Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, and the district’s renovated
tennis courts are ready for use. The district spent $28,600 to redo the courts.
funds to our bus garage proj-
ect. The tennis court and
track are paid for out of our
General Fund. We had been
saving for a few years.”
The Hor y na Spor ts
Complex at the bottom of the
hill on West Harding Street
holds the tennis courts, base-
ball fi eld and football fi eld.
The practice football field
is inside the track, which is
up on the Stanfi eld School
District school campus
between the elementary
school and the secondary
school.
Burton pointed out that
accessibility to both facili-
ties is great.
“While the track is still
closed as the renovation is
not yet complete, it is a facil-
ity that is open all the time
for public use,” she said. “It
gets a considerable amount
of community use in the fall,
spring and summer. It is safe,
and it is pretty well-lit. The
tennis courts are open for
public use as well.”
Once the track renova-
tion is complete next month,
Stanfield School District
won’t have any large-scale
facilities improvements for a
little while.
“Our community is grow-
ing as there is a tremendous
Rodeo:
Naughton:
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Before the Morrow County
Rodeo, the OTPR took place
Aug. 19-20, with a payout of
more than $35,000. Russell
Cardoza of Terrebonne won
the all-around title, compet-
ing in steer wrestling, team
roping and tie-down roping.
“We had slack on Thurs-
day, and our perfs were full,”
Healy said of the rodeo, which
continues to operate in the
same location as it was 100
years ago.
I n addition to the
all-around title, the rodeo
also gives out the Mike
Currin Memorial Buckle to
the winner of the tie-down
roping, which was Bo Pickett
of Caldwell, Idaho.
Barrel racing champion
Jessica Telford of Caldwell
was awarded the Janice Healy
Davis Memorial Buckle.
Not to be outdone by the
rodeo, the parade featured
royalty courts from the
past, including 1946 queen
Darlene Biddle Hoskins, who
is 95 years young and was the
parade Grand Marshal.
“We had a good celebra-
tion this year,” Judy Healy
“They called me and
informed me the main
assistant coach position
for track was opening up,”
Bradley said. “They heard
stuff about me from Lane
(Maher). Once that initial
contact was made, things
moved pretty quickly. The
former head coach (Austin
Basterrechea) took a job as
the assistant athletic direc-
tor.”
While the move is an
exciting one, Bradley said
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo/Contributed Photo
Ken Bailey, left, of Heppner won the Morrow County amateur
calf roping title on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Also with Bailey
are his grandchildren Tinley, Tymber, Tiller, Kabel, Koy and
Roane, Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo President Tanner Britt, and
Jeff Watkins, far right, from Morrow County Grain Growers,
which sponsored the saddle.
said. “We had the Pendleton
Mounted Band, which was
an honor for us. The parade
was awesome with all the old
wagons, and the past royalty
was pretty cool. The farm
museum (Morrow County
Agriculture Museum) really
went out of their way to make
sure we had the wagons.
The past royalty was on the
wagons and some on horses.
Some of these people hadn’t
seen each other for years. That
was pretty special.”
Among the older wagons
was one that once belonged
to the late Joe Yocom, who
was a lifelong volunteer for
the Morrow County Fair &
Rodeo, and was honored as
grand marshal in 2008.
Yocom’s fully restored
yellow covered wagon is well-
known in the Westward Ho!
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amount of housing in the
works, so there may be a need
to evaluate our capacity and
do some precursory planning
sooner than later,” she said.
Stanfi eld schools Athlet-
ics Director Lorena Woods
pointed out the support of the
community was paramount
to achieve the goal.
“Sports are a huge part
of the everyday life of chil-
dren and teenagers in our
schools,” she said. “Kids
learn to play tennis at an
early age, between 9 and 12.”
Stanfi eld School District
has 545 students in grades
K-12. The student population
is very close to 50% Hispanic
and 50% white. About 1% of
it came with a little sadness.
“I’m really excited about
it, but it defi nitely was not
an easy decision,” he said.
“Every year you get a kid
into the high school that
you want to see through
their senior year. Not an
easy decision.”
Bradley’s move has him
working with former Pend-
leton hurdler Lane Maher,
who, in two years at College
of Idaho, has set indoor and
outdoor school records in
the hurdle events.
“When you have an
athlete of Lane’s caliber,
it makes it easier on the
coach,” said Bradley, who
the population identify as
Native American or Alaskan
Native and less than 1% iden-
tify as Asian or Black.
“I love our school district,
and I love this community,”
Burton said. “I live in Stan-
field and I love that I live
where I work. My oldest
daughter started kindergar-
ten at Stanfi eld Elementary,
and I am grateful to know
that she is in the best hands
with the staff here. I love that
I can look down the hallway
in both schools, elementary
and secondary, and know that
there is not a single teacher I
wouldn’t be proud for my
daughters to have. I’m looking
forward to a really good year.”
coached the hurdles at
Pendleton for seven years.
“We are excited to work
together again. He has two
more years. He has some
national aspirations he
wants to hit.”
It’s a cool group of
athletes over there. They
are welcoming and are
happy to have me.”
Bradley said he leaves
the program in good hands
with Naughton.
“Maddy has been an
assistant for a long time at
Pendleton,” he said. “She
was a coach when I was an
athlete there. She is a famil-
iar face to the kids.”