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John Sporseen named Heppner mentor
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John Sporseen
'Good discipline...
on the field, in
practice, in school.'
"Good discipline ... on the field, in practice, in school."
That's the recipe for a winner, John Sporseen, newly
attained head grid iron coach at Heppner High School says.
Sporseen, a husky, 200 plus pounder, sat in his office
Monday, punching a pocket computer. The mini-brain was
dwarfed by fingers that could only have belonged to the big
frame they were attached to.
Weights, heights, times were all punched into the
computer, as Sporseen, eyed a list of 50 gridder hopefuls with
the first league test just three weeks away.
The newly hired head mentor has a history in football that
started in his high school days at Central Catholic High
School in Portland. There, at about 200 pounds, Sporseen was
a tackle and center.
His college football was held to a short freshmen stint at
Notre Dame. He played under such esteemed college and
professional coaches as Terry Brennen and Hank Stram,
former Kansas City Chief head coach.
A car wreck sidelined Sporseen, 38, from his playing tasks
but didn't stop his field strategy from the coaching sideline.
After two years at Notre Dame, he graduated from the
University of Portland in 1963.
He moved on to a junior high school in Woodburn, a private
school named St. Lukes. For two years he coached all sports
but track. John F. Kennedy High School was next. Four years
as freshmen basketball coach, varsity baseball and assistant
football, gave way to his first sporting love , . . football. .
Sporseen has coached at Scio as head gridder coach for the
last seven years. For three years there he also acted as head
baseball leader and frosh basketball coach.
At Scio he compiled a 35-27-1 record in the class A
competition. His squads tied for the league championship
Kinzua
eighth
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Kinzua Corporation's slo
pitch softball team advanced
into the semi-finals Sunday
morning, but fell short in their
bid to place in the Men's
''Recreational slo-pitch State
" Championship Tournament in
Forest Grove and Banks this
' weekend.
' -" The strong hitting team was
plagued by errors and ended
' up with a still respectable
eighth place finish in the state.
I Saturday morning, Kinzua
handed the Coast Guard a 10-9
lost for their first victory.
Kinzua played with tourna-
' ment jitters in the first inning
1 allowing the Coast Guard five
runs on errors.
' They fought back an scored
. seven runs in the second,
j I Gearl Seal and Dan McBride
; ' hit singles and scored on Dave
: Eckman's home run. Mike
Smith and Tim Bellany cross- '
... ed 1he plate . following Bil
f Baker's home run. Seal kno-'
eked in Kevin Dick and Mike
; Rowell to score before the
;j inning was over.
. T The Coast Guard evened the
.' score in the third 7-7 and took
? the lead in the fourth 9-8,
; Kinzua came up with one run
on Gary Kemp's single.
Kinzua scored two runs in
the seventh and held the Coast
. Guard to one run clinching the
. win.
" La Verne Van Marter and
v ' Geaqrl Seal scored on Vernon
'. Seal's single in right field.
5-4 loss
Kinzua stook on a strong
Quad Wheelers in the second
game and lost 5-4. Both teams
played tight defense until the
third inning with Kinzua
scoring two runs and the
Wheelers with one.
Mike Smith and Tim Bel
lamy hit singles to get on base.
Gary Kemp's and Bill Baker's
sacrifice fly brought the two
runs across the plate.
Mike Rowell scored a run in
the fourth while Smith came
up with the last Kinzua run in
the fifth.
Quad Wheelers scored two
runs in the sixth and one in the
seventh on three Kinzua er
rors to clinch the victory.
Team
rop s
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Cindy Dougherty and Janice
Steagalt teamed up on Aug. 23
to Lake first place and fast
time in novice competition in
the open team roping compe
tition in Hcrmiston.
Cliff and Cindy Dougherty
finished with fast time but
tailed to ttUre.
Rodeo
I Friday,
r Saturday,
: Sunday
J 6-3 win
In the afternoon, batters
went to work hitting four home
runs and scored an impressive
16-3 victory over a team from
Tillamook.
Bill Baker '3 home run in the
first started the game rolling.
Mike Rowell came up with the
other run on Gearl Seal's
double.
Kinzua increased the lead to
four with runs scored on
Vernon Seal's double and
single by Tim Bellamy.
In the third, Kinzua scored
two runs on Mike Rowell's
double and La Verne Van Mar
ter's single. Marvin Lane was
awarded the RBI.
Tillamook scored one run in
the bottom of the inning.
Van Marter's double and
single from Dan McBride and
Vernon Seal increased the
score to 9-1 in the fifth.
Tillamook came up with two
runs in the sixth while Kinzua
scored four. Runs were tagged
by Baker, Kevin Dick, Rowell
Van Marter and Gearl Seal.
Dan McBride's home run was
called back due to missing
second base.
Kinzua clinched the victory
in the seventh with Gary
Kemp's and Mike Rowell's
home run. Bill Baker added
the other run.
right field. In the second
inning, Vernon Seal hit a
double and scored on Kemp's
single.
The next inning saw Mike
Rowell hit a single to center
field and Marvin Lane hit a
ball to right field. Vernon Seal
knocked in Rowell and Lane
with a double.
Pizza Palace rallied with
three runs in the fifth while
Kinzua scored four runs. Van
Marter's home run started the
inning for Kinzua. Adding
runs were Gearl Seal, Dan
McBride and Vernon Seal.
The last three Kinzua runs
were scored by Dick, Rowell,
and Van Marter. Pizza Palace
came up with three runs in the
seventh.
1 2-8 win
La Verne Van Marter and
Mike Rowell's home run
spurred Kinzua to a 12-8
victory over Pizza Palace of
Seaside, in an early Sunday
morning game.
Both teams scored two runs
in the first.
Mike Rowell hit Kevin Dick
in as he scored a home run in
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twice in his seven-year stay. His best season was a winning
8-1 year in 1971. Last year his squad managed a winning 5-4
record in the Tri-River Conference.
Calling football his number one sport, Sporseen said he
doesn't plan to coach anything else besides football. "I like
baseball." he says, "but I like football better."
Sporseen finds the change from Linn County at Scio to
Morrow County "a change but not an unpleasant one." He
said his family has enjoyed Eastern Oregon through hunting
and camping expeditions in the past.
With Sporseen comes his wife Rita and two boys, Stan nine
and Ron Seven.
Sporseen looks at the season optimistically. His goal he
says, "is always to win every game." Heppner was 5-4 last
year under the direction of personable Chuck Starr, now
principal at lone.
Sporseen says, after an hour and a half of practice Monday
that he sees good potential. He said he was impressed with
the seniors and a rash of young kids.
He hasn't had time to evaluate quickness or speed or even
depth but he has seen the weigh-ins and that in itself, he feels
is impressive.
Sporseen reeled off weights of 256, 240 and a pair of 194s
along with a bunch of men in the 170-180 range.
He likes that big size, being a former lineman, but is quick
to note that "little guys can be tough and do the job."
"We seem to be in pretty good shape," he says. Harvest
and the county fair have hampered about 20 of the
prospective list of 50 from practice but he is expecting them
at either the morning or evening practice this week and next
during daily doubles.
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23-15 loss
Gearl Seal hit two home
runs but to no avail as Kinzua
lost 23-15 to 3-M Crane, of
Tigard in the semi-final game
Sunday morning.
3-M jumped to an early led
with two runs in the second
and six in the third. Kinzua
closed the gap scoring seven
runs in the third. Vernon Seal,
Mike Smith, Tim Bellamy,
Kevin Dick, and Mike Rowell
hit singles while Van Marter
slugged a double. Gearl Seal's
home run closed the inning.
The next inning saw Kinzua
score three runs highlighted
by Keith Curnutt's home run.
Curnutt knocked in Gary
Kemp and Vernon Seal scored
previously.
3-M scored two runs in the
fifth and sixth while Kinzua
scored one in the fifth. Gearl
Seal took the honors with
another home run in center
field.
In the sixth, Kemp and
Curnutt scored on Mike Row
ell's triple. Kinzua led 13-12 in
the seventh as 3-M batters
went to work. They scored II
runs on numerous Kinzua
errors.
Kinzua 's last attempt fell
short coming up with two runs
by Vernon Seal and Mike
Smith.
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