SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. August 26. 1992
Mike Mahoney wins Kinzua saddle New Mexico cowboy captures Pro
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Rodeo all around title saddle
L-R: Morrow County Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court princesses Angie Partlow, Shelly Ashbeck,
Staci O’Brien and Queen Jenni Ashbeck present Mike Mahoney with saddle.
Tony Currin was the all-around
champion at the Morrow Coun
ty Rodeo held Friday, August 21
at the fairgrounds in Heppner.
Currin had a 21.79 team roping
average, along with his partner
Jim Ward. Currin and Ward had
a 13.94 time in the first go-round
and a 7.85 in the second
go-round.
Currin won the second go of
the open calf roping with a time
of 10.74. His average time in that
event was a 23.77. Currin also
had the top steer wrestling time
with a 25.53 average.
Following are other Morrow
County results:
Breakaway-a breast collar
donated by Green Feed and Seed,
first-Maureen Crossley, 3.79;
second-Tiffanie Munkers 5.97.
Calf riding-buckle by Paul and
Susie Hisler, first-Blake Knowles
63; second-Brian Knowles.
Pee Wee Barrels, buckle by
Wrangler’s Riding Horse Club.
first-Blake Knowles 19.63;
second-Kathleen Greenup 19.66;
third-Shad Hisler 20.02.
Cow riding, buckle by Coast to
Coast, first-a tie between Jason
Britt and Russell Britt 62; third
a tie between Brett McDowell
and Rick Osmin 60.
Barrel racing, buckle donated
by the Healy family, first-Stormy
Howard 17.39; second-Kim
Burke 17.50; third-B rian
Knowles 17.90.
Barrel racing, gold watch by
Peterson's Jewelers, first-Tiffanie
Munkers 17.06; second-Maureen
Crossley 17.14; third-Penny
Hoffman 17.62; fourth-Terri
Gentry 17.67.
Team roping, buckles by Mur
ray Drug and Ployhar Insurance;
first go-first-Tony Currin and Jim
Ward 13.94; second-Bob Steagall
and Bob Kindsfather 14.13; third-
Rain stops just in time for parade
The rain, while needed, stop
ped just in time for the annual
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Parade down Main Street in
Heppner Saturday, Aug. 22.
In keeping with the fair and
rodeo theme, “ Hats off to Mor
row County" Kinzua Corpora
tion’s entry easily ran away with
the prize for the most hats.
Around 30 past winners of Kin
zua’s Morrow County calf rop
ing saddles along with their hats,
rode horseback in the parade.
First Interstate Bank took first
in the commercial float division
and the Hardman community en
try won first in the community
float division with their covered
wagon with Mildred and Johnny
Eubanks handling the reins.
Marie and Leslie Huston of Hard
man followed the pioneer theme,
riding in an old-time tack.
The Pendleton Round-up direc
tors won first in the mounted
riding division and the Round-Up
court took first in the mounted
court division. The Umatilla Sage
Riders earned first in the family
riding division. Ronda and Jeff
Wallace and their family rode
alone with 41-year Sage Rider
Minnie McVae on her horse
drawn wagon.
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Nine-year-old Katie Bacon of
lone received the award for best
mounted individual. The Desert
pegasus 4-H riding club from
Boardman won the best junior
riding group.
Kitty Roach of Heppner won
the blue ribbon for her mule-
driven entry in the teams, wagons
and buggies division. The horse-
drawn cart entry by the North
Lexington 4-H Livestock club
placed second.
First in the civic and service
division was the Hermiston
DARE car. They were followed
by the Kiwanis Club entry.
The Morrow County com- ,
munity band played their way to
the first place in their division.
A 1950 Chevy pickup display
ing deer and elk horns, labeled
the Potamus Poachers, by John
and Dorothy Edwards of Lex
ington, captured first place in the
comic division. The Potamus area
was once a popular hunting place.
Daryl Wilson of Heppner took
best of show in the antique car
division with his 1925 Model-T
Ford. Bob Harrison of Lexington
took second with his 1919
Model-T.
Bob Steagall and John Moyer
14.36;
Second go: first-Ron and Brett
McDowell 7.24; second-Tony
Currin and Jim Ward 7.85; third-
Bob Mahoney and Brett
McDowell 9.32;
Average: first-Tony Currin and
Jim Ward 21.79; second-Bob
Steagall and John Moyer 28.33;
third-Ken and Jeff Bailey 30.06.
Open calf roping buckle
donated by Van Marter and Kahl
Ins. first go-Mike Mahoney
10.35; second go-Tony Currin
10.74; average-Tony Currin
23.77.
Mutton Bustin' 60 poounds
and under buckle by Court St.
Market: first-Jode Coil 58; se
cond Kelsey Greenup 40.
Steer Wrestling buckle by Shoe
Box and Miller and Sons: first go-
Jason Britt 6.40; second go-Clay
West 5.17; average-Tony Currin
25.53.
Princesses Angie, Shelly, Staci and Queen Jenni present Marty Jones (far right) with sad
dle donated by Roe Gardner, Gardner’s Men’s Wear and saddle maker Rich Boyer, Hermiston.
Marty Jones of Hobbs, New
Mexico, captured the all-around
title, a $1,717.56 purse and a sad
dle donated by Gardner's Men’s
Wear at the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo held Aug. 22 and 23 at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds in
Heppner.
Ken Bacque of Scott, Louisiana
was the champion PRCA calf
roper with a time of 8.1. Bacque
won the Mike currin Memorial
Buckle, sponsored by Judy Jean
Currin, Sid and Randi Britt, Bob
and Sherree Mahoney, Jim and
Susie Ward and the Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo Committee.
Todd Boggust of Payton, CA.
was top steer wrestler with a time
of 4.3; the team of Jake Barnes
and Clay O ’Brien Cooper were
first in team roping with a time
of 5.1; Marty Jones won the first
go-round in steer roping with a
9.8; Paul Rice, »V .lulciuu, lUOK
the second go with 12.2 and the
top average of 24.2; Matt
Weishoff was first in bareback
riding with a 78; Rod Hay won
the saddle bronc event with a 76;
Scott Raley was top bull rider
with a 75; and Marilyn Camarillo
finished first in the barrel races
with a 16.25.
Local cowboy. Butch Knowles
ended up in a three-way split for
fourth place in the saddle bronc
division, along with Darrell
Schneider of Walla Walla and
Gary Alger of Pendleton, each
with a score of 69.
Complete Oregon Trail Pro-
Rodeo results will be in next
week's Gazette-Times.