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Lorry Clfltan, nation's fop rodeo parforaor
When Heppner Rodeo buffs
gather around the corral to
talk about the great feau of
the men who chose to follow
the bone jarring sport of
professional rodeo, the name
of Larry Mahan will he kmg
remembered.
Mahan, a wiry 29-year-old.
has his sixth all around
cowboy championship all but
roped and hog tied It's the
first time for a man to win six
all around championships in
the history of professional
rodeo. Mahan was a winner at
the Heppner Rodeo. Aug.
In baseball. Mahan 's skill
would be akin to breaking
Babe Ruth's home run mark,
or pick your sport and record,
and the smiling, dark haired
cowboy's feat ui rodeo would
equal it.
Mahan s six all around
championships beat the mark
of Jim Shoulders. Henryetta.
Okla., who was the only
cowboy to win five all around
crowns During his winning
days in the late 40 s and 5u's,
Shoulders also picked up the
most individual event cham
pionships, and his mark of 16
countinues to stand as a
record not likely lo be beat.
To win the coveted all
around crown, a cowboy must
participate in two or more
rodeo events in six standard
events-bull riding, barback
bronc riding, saddle bronc
riding, calf roping, bull dog
ging, or team roping
There's no fancy point
system to figure out either.
It 's all based upon who wins
the most money at the 600 or
so rodeos that are sanctioned
in nearly every state by the
Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Inc.. headquartered in Den
ver, a group made up of 3.500
professional rodeo cowboy.
The final curtain on the 1973
rodeo season rang down Nov.
4. and short of adding a few
thousand dollars more to his
winnings, Mahan leads his
closest competitor in the all
around race by a comfortable
$16,000 margin.
As of Oct. 19. Mahan had
won $56.4 IB compared to
$40,107 garnered by his closet
competitor-Tom Ferguson,
San Martin. Calif.
In addition to winnings that
could top the $5! .000 mark.
Mahan w ill pick up a bonus of
$13,850 from the Rodeo A
wards Program-! 10.000 as the
all around king, plus $3,850 for
his high standings in bull
tiding and saddle bronc
riding.
Not only does Mahan com
pete in bull riding and saddle
bronc riding, he also is ranked
number six in the bareback
bronc standings with winnings
in this event amounting to
$15,389 as of Oct. 19.
In bull riding. Mahan is
ranked number three with
winnings of $21,789. He s also
ranked third in the Rodeo
Cowboys Association stand
ings in saddle bronc riding and
has spurred his way to
winnings of 19.340.
On many occasions, Mahan
has exhibited the kind of
determination and drive that
is necessary for any cham
pion. Last year at a rodeo in
Cheyenne, Wyo., Mahan was
astride a spinning bull and
was scoring w ell as the horn
sounded to indicate the eight
second ride was over. After he
got off the bull, he realized
that he injured his arm.
Somehow, he had ripped his
bicep muscle from the bone
and was not at full strength for
the balance of the rodeo
season. Howver, he bounced
back this year without a
backward look at what had
happened
Most of the cowboys have
come to expect a certain
number of injuries in the
rough sport, but in order to
compete, the majority of the
men psych themselves to
believe the broken bones will
happen to someone else
There's also another kind of
determination that a profes
sional rodeo cowboy has to
have in order to wear the
champion's buckle. In the
parlance of the cowboy, it's
called "going down the road."
For most people, it's called
travel
It's axiomatic that the
greater number of rodeos a
cowboy participates in. the
greater his chances of win
ning This year. Mahan en
tered more than 100 rodeos in
all parts of the country. This
calls for going down the road
most of the year, since there's
only about a two-week stretch
around the Christmas holi
days when no RCA rodeo is
scheduled.
To meet this demanding
schedule, Mahan flies his own
twin engine plane, used com
mercial flights, and drives his
own car many miles. It's a
challenge-to travel and be
coming the only man to win
the all around title six times.
But Mahan baa never backed
away from a challenge
champions don't.
Big Sky All -Stars named
The All Star team for the
Big Sky conference for 1973
football season was an
nounced recently.
Chosed for the offensive
team were: ends. Terry Cal
loway, Culver, Mark Bow
man. Echo, and Mark Riet
mann. lone, honorable men
tion; guards. Curtis Sampson.
Echo, Ted Nisley. Culver, and
Paul Ashursts. lone, honor
able mention, center, Bruce
Fostor, Dufur; quarterbacks
tie Jeff Spike. Echo, Kirk
Holcomb. Culver, with Mark
Rietmann. honorable men
tion; halfbacks. Tom Gates,
Culver, Don fhalde, Dufur.
honorable mention Aaron
Klinger and Phil Carlson, both
of lone.
Chosen for the defensive
team were, line; Rex Barber.
Culver, Tom Gates, lone. Ted
Nisley. Culver, and Bruce
Foster, Dufur; backs, Tom
Gates. Culver. Steve Asher.
Wheeler. Wayne Ottum, Echo,
and Phil Carlson, lone. Hon
orable mention went to Mike
Warren and Charlie McElli
gott, both of lone.
Free games to
Mustang fans of 65
Mustang fans. 65 or over,
are eligible for free activity
passes for the 1973-74 Heppner
High School basketball season
which can be obtained at the
high school office.
Condon dominates
1973 All-Stars
The Columbia Basin Con
ference football champion
Condon Blue Devils domi
nated the 1973 all-star football
selections recently picked by
the conference grid coaches
with six individuals named to
seven positions.
Seniors comprised almost
the entire first team make-up
of the choices for all star with
0 being named along with
three juniors. No sophomores
nor freshmen were picked on
the first team.
There were two repeaters
from the 1972 all-star team,
both defensive players. John
Hoffman, senior from Condon,
earned defensive halfback
honors although last year he
was picked at linebacker, and
John Richelderfer. senior
from Sherman County, re
peated at defensive end
Hoffman was further hon
ored by being selected to both
the offensive and defensive
team as were John Boyer,
senior from Heppner; Dave
Stewart, senior of Sherman
County, and Jay Johnson,
senior from Weston-McEwen.
Two offensive players, both
from the same school, were
unanimous choices of the
coaches Tony Villanueva.
senior quarterback from Wes-ton-.McEwen.
and Ross Mem
hart, a senior end. the target
of many Villanueva passes,
were honored.
Broken down by schools, the
victorious Blue Devils, unde
feated in conference action,
had six individuals at seven
positions; Weston-McEwen
earned four berths; Heppner,
Sherman County, and Pilot
Rock each collected three
berths: Wasco County had
two. Umatilla, one. and River
side, none.
Condon also dominated the
second team all-star balloting
placing seven; Sherman
County had five; Heppner,
four; Weston-McEwen and
Umatilla, two each, and Pilot
Rock. Wasco County and
Riverside, one each
OFFENSIVE FIRST TEAM
Ends - Ross Meinhart.
Weston-McEwen. and John
Boyer. Heppner; Tackles -Dave
Stewart. Sherman Coun
ty, and Bill Kik. Umatilla;
Guards - Doug Kackley,
Condon, and Jay Johnson.
Weston-McEwen: Centers -Randy
Morris, Heppner. and
Gary Phillips. Condon; Quar
terback - Tony Villanueva.
Weston-McEwen: Halfbacks -John
Hoffman. Condon, and
Bob Wea'.herford. Condon.
Fullback - Randy Thurman.
Pilot Rock.
DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM
Ends - John Richelderfer.
Sherman County, and Dennis
Baniett. Wasco County; Tack
les - Dale Piatt. Pilot Rock,
and Dave Stewart. Sherman
County; Middle Guard - Jay
Johnson . Weston-McEw en ;
Linebackers - Steve Murray.
Pilot Rock. John Pierce,
Condon, and Ray DeClue.
Wasco County; Halfbacks -Dave
Eaton. Condon. John
Boyer. Heppner. and John
Hoffman. Condon.
OFFENSE SECOND TEAM
Ends - Tom Brown. Wasco
County, and Dave Eaton,
Condon: Tackles - Keith
Beamer. Condon, and Gleen
Joliff. Condon: Guards - Ken
Hart. Sherman County, and
John Kilkenny. Heppner. and
Keven Johnson. Condon :
Quarterback - Jim Bird,
Sherman County . Halfbacks -Craig
Krosting. Pilot Rock,
and Ken Eckman. Heppner:
Fullbacks - John Pierce,
Condon, and John Richelder
fer. Sherman County.
DEFENSIVE SECOND
TEAM
Ends - Mike Berestrom.
Heppner, and Greg Shearer.
Condon; Tackles - Don Far
rer, Condon, and Bill Kik.
Umatilla. Middle Guard
Mike Mills, Heppner: Lane
backers - Ron Fox. Weston
McEwen. Chris Snider, River
side, and Darrel Smith. Uma
tilla: Halfbacks - Jim Bird.
Sherman County, and John
Adams. Weston-McEwen.
HONORABLE MENTION
Offenses End - John Ad
ams. Weston-McEwen; Tack
le - Tom Hawk. Pilot Rock;
Centers - Steve Kock. Sher
man County, and Dan Mor
gan. Wasco County. Quarter
backs - Jerry Gentry, Hepp
ner. and Bryce Logan. Con
don: Fullback - Gayland Bled
soe. Umatilla.
iDefensive) Linebackers -Ross
Meinhart. Weston-McEwen;
Halfbacks Jerry
Zielinski. Riverside. Jim
Graham. Riverside, and Ken
Eckman. Heppner.
Mr and Mrs Robert Reid
and family of Hermiston spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Reid and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck
Mitchell and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Conlee and
family.
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are now on sale for $10 which
entitle admittance to the 10
home games. The price repre
sents a savings, as gate price
this year is $1.25 per game.
Tickets may be purchased at
Heppner High School or at
Peterson's Jewelers.
Mustangs will play on their
home court on Friday. Dec. 7,
against Wallowa, and Satur
day, Dec. 8, against the lone
Cardinals.
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School Tuesday. Dec. 4 Game
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