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The Ileppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 11, 1979 NINE Li Heppner faces Wahtonka after smashing Umatilla Vi'.'.'.VJ :-; -.' A lot of changes have taken place in the Koffee Kup Keglers Bowling League but the Pytts are still on top with a 15-5 record. The Three L's are in second place with a 14-6 record. The Newcomers and the Gutter Dusters have 10-10 records. The Hi Ho's have a 9-11 mark. The Weary Wives and the Three Holers have 8-12 re cords while the Dregs have won six and lost 14. Even though the Dregs are in last place in win-loss percentage, the team is doing well in knocking down total pins. The Dregs have rolled Riverside Pirates lose 6-0 to the Stanfield Tigers Riverside lost to the second place Stanfield Tigers 6-0 in Columbia Basin League action Friday. The Pirates could only manage 108 yards in total offense against the improving Stanfield defense. Riverside dropped to 2-2 while Stanfield raised its record to 4-1 and took a firm hold on second place. Riverside's next game is tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Athena where they will play Weston-McEwen's Tiger-Scots. I Backseat Coach j H by Steve Powell g by Steve Powell The powderpuff football game last week during Homecoming week went off well with no injuries and the young women having a lot of fun but it could have been a lot better. Powderpuff football has great potential as a money-making project. Money brought in from the gate receipts can be used for donations to a worthy charity or to bolster the athletic budget at.the school. The women also have the right to make a big event out of the powderpuff game. People pay to see the men play so why not the women? The game should be played at night, under the lights, with the band playing and the crazy guys dressed up like cheerleaders out in front of the stands. The concession stand would be open and spectators and the players would get a lot more out of the game. If the game were played in this manner, the women could not only have a good time but they could also show off their athletic skills to probably a bigger than they have for their varsity athletic events. Powderpuff games are supposed to be fun and they can be and still bring in money for a worthy cause. In a town where the lack of different sports is a major problem and there is a lack of money in the athletic budget, any type of a fund raiser is needed. Why not make the powderpuff game a fund raiser since it is already a yearly established event and it has such a large potential? With the use of volunteer officials and concession workers, the game could be put on at a low cost. A way to make even more money is to charge everyone, including the players, the fans, the" concession workers and even the officials and the Gazette-Times sports reporter. Everyone would be willing to donate a dollar to put on such an activity and it could bring in probably about $500 a year to the athletic fund or a charity. Coaches of the women's team would probably also make the game more interesting by really teaching the game to the players. Women's football can often be a very fast-paced game with even some good blocking if they are taught the right methods. It can also be very humorous at times and it is good to keep the game fun. More people could show up if the game was played at night. There were only about 20 adults in the audience at last week's game. Principal Jim Bier of Heppner High School, said the powderpuff game was played at night one time as a fund raiser but it "didn't carry over that well." He said there is no reason for not doing it anymore but that it just had not been planned. He said the cheerleaders and the student council planned it in the afternoon in the traditional way. Bier said, after the game a few of the teachers mentioned the possibility of its becoming a fund raising activity next year. If it did become a fund raising activity, the game would be a lot more meaningful for the women involved. More people would also be able to see the game and donate their money and that would be very meaningful to the women's athletic budget. John Murray ran a punt back for a 70-yard touchdown in the second half of the Umatilla game. The Pytts lead the Koffee Kegler's bowling league over 7,743 pins and are behind only the Three L's with 8,046, the Pytts with 7,941, and the Newcomers with 7,793. The other four teams are close together in the total pins race with the Weary Wives at 7,599, the Three Holers with 7,592, the Hi Ho's with 7,534 and the Gutter Dusters have bowled over 7,509 total pins. Maude Hughes rolled the high individual game and series with a 187 game and a 507 series. The Pytts bowled the high team game with a 578 and the Three L's had the high team series with a 1,681. The Heppner Mustangs have the first of three straight football games on the road tomorrow night in The Dalles as they take on Wahtonka at 8 p.m. Heppner raised its Colum bia Basin Conference record to 5-0 last Friday with a 34-6 thrashing of Umatilla. Heppner scored the first time it had the ball on a 23-yard sweep around left end by JohnMurray. Jim Parker's kick was good and the score was 7-0. The opening drive went 72 yards on six plays. Heppner has now scored the first time its had the ball in all five games. The Mustang squad was hurt by penalties all night as they had close to 100 yards marked of against them. The first time Umatilla had the ball, Heppner was assessed a roughing the kicker penalty and an unsportsmanlike con duct penalty but Umatilla was still unable to move the ball against the Heppner defense. Heppner scored again in the first quarter when Murray screamed up the middle on an eight-yard run and with Par ker's kick, Heppner led 14-0. Second-string tailback Chris Zita showed he could score too as he made the score 20-0 when he scored on an eight- yard sweep in the second stanza. Parker again kicked the extra point and the score mounted to 21-0. Wingback Brett Sherer scored the final touchdown of the first half for Heppner on a two-yard run but the kick by Holland missed to make the halftime score 27-0. After a very entertaining Homecoming halftime show, the second half of football action was anti-climactic. Tailback John Murray pro vided the only excitement in the second half for Heppner fans as he raced a punt back 70 yards the first time Heppner had touched the ball offen sively and with the kick by Parker, Heppner led 34-0. The reserves on the Hepp ner team then came in and gained some valuable playing time. Although the second units did not score at all offensively, they did hold Umatilla's first and second units to just six points. The second unit did move the ball close enough for Parker to try a 32-yard field goal but the boot missed off to the right but it had more than enough distance. Umatilla's only score of the game came in the final period on an eight-yard run by Gary Jones. Sparetimer's League has new leader Morrow County Grain Growers took over the first place position in the Spare League last week. Coast-to-Coast had been in first place most the season but they now find themselves in second place with 13 Vi wins and 62 losses. The M.C.G.G. team has Wk wins and 5' losses. Peterson's is not far behind with a 13-7 mark and Jerry's Mobil is in the fourth slot with a 10-10 record. Bucknum's has a 9V4-10V4 record and Central Market is at 8-12. Gardner's are xk-Wk and Sears is in last place at 5-15. Coast-to-Coast is still in first place in knocking down total pins with 10,683 and Peter son's is second at 10,557. M.C.G.G. is next knocking down 10,156 and Central Mar ket is fourth back at 9,381. The Bucknum's team has hit 9,027 pins and Sears is at 8,252. Jerry's Mobil has won a lot of games but is not that high in the total pins competition as they are next to last with only 8,228 pins rolled over. Gard ner's is last with 7,913 total pins. The high game of the week was bowled by Jo Pettyjohn with a 196 but Karen Palmer was right behind her with a 195 and Phyllis Cole rolled a 193. The high individual series was rolled by Cole with a 515 and Hazel Reid rolled a 501 in the three-game total. Coast-to-Coast again had the high team game with a 952 and M.C.G.G. had the high team series with a 2,759. Harriet Evans picked up the 3-7 split and Fran Cook rolled out the 4-7-10. Jackie Allstott and Verna Brinda each were successful on the 6-7-10 split. Fullback Doug Holland was the workhorse on offense for the game as he carried the ball 15 times for 113 yards. Murray, who usually carries the ball about 25 times a game, practically had a night off for him even though he accounted for three scores as he carried the ball only five times for 57 yards. PREDICTION: As for Wah tonka, the second units could probably beat the varsity team from that school. That is not a put-down to the Heppner second units or a put-down to the Wahtonka varsity team it is just the truth. Wahtonka was shut-out last week, by Weston-McEwen 47-0 and since Heppner beat the TigerScots 21-7 earlier this season, it would seem predic table that the Mustangs could beat the team from The Dalles by at least as much. But since Coach John Spor seen does not like to run up the scores on weaker opponents too much and he does like to give his reserve players a lot of playing time, the score should be about 44-0 in favor of the visiting team. After four games, the statis tics for the Heppner team are amazing. Not including the Umatilla game, Heppner had outscored its opponents 106-16. The team relies on a high scoring offense in the first half and the defense takes control in the second. Heppner had given up only six points in the second half while scoring 25, but in the first half, Heppner had scored 81 and the opponents 10. The team has beaten sec ond place Stanfield in the opener 20-0 and Riverside 26-0. Weston-McEwen then fell 21-7 and Sherman lost 39-9. Doug Holland leads the team in interceptions with two with Todd Sherer, Brett She rer, John Murray and Cliff Dougherty all with one steal each. Dale Holland also leads the team in fumbles recovered with three and Doug Holland has two and Ray Miller and Earl Hammond have one apiece. Jeff Bailey leads the team in defense as he has tackled the runner for a loss six times. Parker has done it four times, Dale Holland three, Ham mond has done it twice and Joedy Marlatt, Steve Marlatt, PatClark.Doug Holland, Tim Jones and Murray have all done it once. Joedy Marlatt leads the team in blocked kicks with two and is third in all-around defense with 56 points. Parker leads the team with 70 defensive points and Dale Holland has 62. Doug Holland has 52 and Hammond has 46 points defensively. Murray has scored 12 touch downs for 72 points to lead the team. Doug Hollanj has scored two TD's for 12 points scoring and Parker has kicked 10-of-13 extra points for 10 points. Chris Zita and Dale Holland have scored one touchdown each for six points scored. The all-purpose running i back Murray also has re turned six kickoffs for 178 yards for an average of 29.8 yards per return. In punt returns, he has run back eight punts for 103 yards for an average of 12.8 yards per return. Rick Cole has run back three punts for 52 yards for an average of 17.3. Murray leads the team in rushing with 392 yards on 77 carries for a 5.1 average. Doug Holland has 151 yards on 38 carries for a 4.0 average and Zita has carried the ball 36 times for 123 yards for a 3.4 average per attempt. Brett Sherer has had 1 1 attempts for 76 yards for a 6.9 average. Parker has done the punting and has booted 12 for 402 yards for a 33.5 average per punt. John Bier has done most of the passing and he has hit 18-31 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns and one intercep tion. Bier's favorite receiver has been the tight end Holland who has grabbed seven throws for 69 yards for an average of 9.9 yards per catch. Murray has four catches for 27 yards and Doug Holland has caught three passes coming out of the backfield for 67 yards for a 22.3 yards per catch average. Larry Palmer and Cole have two catches each and Zita has one. 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