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T1IE G AZETTE TIM PS, Heppnrr. OR. Thursday. Aug. W, H7H, Pag i Mustangs open season with rival Blue-Devils "I. 1 Jftvt -! utf'H'K , r; Heppner High School opens lti 1976-77 varsity football schedule with rival Condon in three weeks. The opener, slated for 8 p.m. at the Morrow County rodeo grounds, sets Condon against Heppner on Sept. 10. Following that game, the Mustangs will have games each week with Columbia Basin conference foes. John Sporseen, head mentor at HHS, said he has heard that Umatilla and Sherman County Steagall paces rodeo ers Morrow County cowboys and cowgirls placed respec tively last week in the ' Tri-County Junior Rodeo in Prineville. , A Morrow County barrage of young competitors invaded Prineville Aug. 20 and 21, ' coming home with two first places and a handful of other top spots. Leading the way was Junior division leader Jana Steagall of Lexington. Miss Steagall won the junior poles, tied for fourth and fifth in barrels with Maureen Healy, was fifth in calf riding and sixth In goat tying. Other junior division win ners included Brett Sherer, lone, second in poles; Todd Sherer, lone, tied for fifth in poles; and Maureen Healy, sixth in calf riding. Cindy Dougherty paced the senior division action with a first place triumph in poles, " Dawn Peterson was third in a tie in steer dobbing; Mary Healy tied for third in barrels, sister Janice was sixth in barrels; and the team roping duo of Jerry Gentry-Aaron McCall was fourth In that category. Also participating but fail ing to place were Cliff Dough erty.Tara Mahoney, David Steagall, Lorie Childer and Glenn Griffith. will be the teams to beat. He won't, however, count out his own Mustangs. Along with those three, Sporseen and company will have to put up with the likes of powerhouses Riverside and Weston-McEwen, along with Wasco County and Pilot Rock. Last year, in the CBC, there were three teams in the top ten In the state. Riverside was fifth, Weston-McEwen sixth and Sherman County, a respe ctable eighth. With history like that, the Mustangs will' have to be ready. Bucking off opponents down the line, the Mustangs will face in order, Condon, Pilot Rock, Oregon Trail (combined Stanfield and Echo) River side, Weston-McEwen, Sher man, Umatilla, Pendleton JVs (non-conference) and Wasco County. Of those, all are conference testers except Pendleton's Buckaroo seconds. Condon, Riverside, Sherman and Was co County will all be home games. Heading this year's Hepp ner coaching staff is John Sporseen, newly hired grid iron mentor from Scio. Along , with Sporseen, also athletic director, will be the able bodied Dale Conklin and George Koffler. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. 0 tern1 ' -j. mm It r- : V- z " t '' --.., -.,.r,..2,:S J-, s -?-W .:- V v -'-W. tr- i fl , - v: rm". - - Cj ' .,7. r ! , Jf ..ne , --.' ' v., - I . , .. " Barrels, bulls added to rodeo o) Girl's barrel racing and novice bull riding have been added io the event list for the Friday night Morrow County Rodeo. The two new events will more than make up for the de letion of pony races. Pony ra cing has been cancelled be cause of insufficient entries in recent years. The girl's barrel racing competition has been deleted from the program for the Wranglers Horse Show but is being added to the Friday night Morrow County rodeo. There will be a junior and senior division. The junior division is for girls age nine-14 as of January 1, with an entry fee of $7.50. - The senior division is for girls age 15 and over as of January 1, with a $10 entry fee. According to Susie French, the stock contractor will bring some young bulls weighing from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. The novice bull riding event has been added to permit novice contestants to enter this popu lar event without having to contend with the risk present ed by the older and larger bulls. Entries will be taken at the rodeo office on Thursday (today). The entry fee is $15 plus a $5 stock charge. Anyone who has not previously won $250 in bull riding and who Is not a permit or card-holding member of a professional cowboy association is eligible. First days of daily doubles were conditioning drills. Coach John Sporseen looks on. (G-T photo) Three seniors lead volleyballers Three seniors returned to pace a 25-girl volleyball team, eyeing their season opener in Monument in just weeks. three Over the tee cup Men's team play Is now in its final two weeks and winners will be determined during this period. Club championship play is underway and most have played their first rounds. Missed last Sunday's play again but understand that Francis Doherty won top honors with John Edmundson a close second. In Ladies play last week the low gross winner was Lois Hunt and Monica Jones had the hot putter to win least putts. The next major tournament will be the Lions Tourney on Sept. 11. This is the third year for this event and it appears it will be the largest. Entries are coming in from Hood River, The Dalles and Pilot Rock thus far. Proceeds are sent to the Oregon Lions Sight Foundation to help them continue their many worthwhile projects. -. FFA'ers win big Refuge applications available now Applications are now avail able for waterfowl hunting on the Oregon part of Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Ap plications for the first half of the season may be obtained from Umatilla National Wild life Refuge, P.O. Box 239. Umatilla, Oregon 97882 or U.S. Fish Wildlife Service. P.O. Box 3737. Portland, Oregon 97208. Applications for the second half of the season will be available October 131, 1978. All applications for the first half must be postmarked prior to September 15. The controlled hunt was well accepted by the hunters last year. A few minor changes have been made, mostly to improve the goose hunting in the crop lands. The hunting and permi' procedure will be essentially the same as last year. General regulations include: 1. hunting by permit only; 2. waterfowl hunters must hunt from assi gned blinds and 3. steel shot will be required. Six members of Heppner's FFA chapter came away from Enterprise and the Wallowa County Fair last week, hads loaded with hardware. The chapter competed in Greenhand and Advanced di visions. The Greenhand team took first place in their division and the advanced team settled for third behind Joseph and Enterprise. In the individual competi tion, Julie Grieb took high point judge overall, followed by Jackie Mollahan In second and Ken Grieb, seventh. The next judging competi tion for the FFA chapter will be at the Morrow County Fair and later at the State Fair in Salem. . . t r i r-i 1 i u it it ii i on nn P 'I' m VT' . mm) lJ J -J n ' Cornish ame Hens 1 'A lb. each $1.19 Hill's Jumbo Bologno 79 ib. - f ' f , Cabbage 12 ib. Honey Dew Melons 19' lb. A feet another happy Subaru owner Louette McGraw It Harlty Swain's best advertisement for Subaru motor can. She's been telling all her friends and ne Ighbori how easy her new Subaru han dles, how much fun it is to drive and the savings she makes with her Subaru't terrific mileage. Talk to Louette and then head for Marie Swain Subaru (on th Hermlston McNarjr highwsy) and test drive the car Detroit couldn't build. You'll be glad you did! Lettuce 3hcs Oranaes 7ib Peaches 3 ibs. n s. Potato Chips Z?Z69 Prlcei Effective Frl. Sat. August 27 & 28 Court Stroct Market Mrprvrm ftrm Wr4 animslt 111 N. Court St. Heppner Or. G7G-0G43 Rebecca Randall, Heppner High School coach, listed a tournament at Monument with at least Enterprise, Dayville, Monument and Heppner play ing at the squads first encoun ter, Sept. 10. The net squad boasts three senior returners in Darla Cooper, Vicki Edmundson and Debbie Holland. Backing them up this season will be six juniors, nine sophomores and seven frosh. The 25 girl turnout was at the first slated practice, Monday. Randall anticipates more girls during the team's practice sessions from 6:30-8 p.m. Randall said Marlene Piper from Portland State Universi ty will be in Heppner, Sept. 7 to put on a onenday clinic for volleyballers, from 1-7 p.m. The squad's schedule is a busy one with four home matches and five away tilts. At home, the Mustang girls will battle lone, Sept. 16; Sherman, Oct. 12; Riverside, Oct. 19; and Hermiston, Oct. 21. On the road, they will meet Riverside, Sept. 21; Wasco County, Sept. 28; Hermiston, Sept. 30; Condon, Oct.' 5 and lone, Oct. 26. All the games will be 6 p m. rivals except for Hermiston which both will be 4 p.m. matches. Sub-district is slated for Nov. 1 with no location set yet. District will be in Pendleton, Nov. 6 with state, Nov. 13. i ( 7 t- Sign Up Now For Winter Bowling Leagues At Fiesta Bowl ! 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