EIGHT • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29, 1993
Oregon Trail wagon passes through county
The official Oregon Trail
Wagon Train has passed through
Morrow County.
The wagon is owned by the
Bob Harrison family and is the
same one that Bob drove in 1976
for the U .S. B icentennial
Celebration. Everett Keithly and
Travis Harrison helped Bob
refurbish the old wagon after the
wheels had been reworked by a
wheelwright in Moscow, Idaho.
A portion of the money for refur
bishing the wagon came from a
grant from the Oregon Trail
Coordinating Council and the
Morrow County Court.
The wagon first appeared in
Heppner’s St. Patrick’s Day
celebration with Joe Yocom and
Bob Harrison driving it to
transport the Morrow County
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Queen and her court. The next
showing was at the lone 4th of Ju
ly parade where it carried the
Rietmann family members who
were the parade’s grand mar
shals. RoffWestburg of Heppner
drove his team of draft horses for
this event. In August Bob and
Everett drove the wagon in the
Morrow County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo parade. The
wagon was put on display on
September 14 in the lone City
Park when Cycle Oregon VI
with 2,200 bicyclers rode
through Morrow County on a
route paralleling the Old Oregon
Trail.
The most outstanding event for
the Morrow County wagon was
the participation in the four-day
ride across the county with the of
ficial wagon train. Stops were
made at Well Springs and at
Cecil. Bob and Everett drove the
wagon with Travis Harrison ac
ting as outrider. Others involved
with riding the wagon and par
ticipating in the layover day ac
tivities at Cecil included Sharon
Harrison, Claudia Hughes, Bon
nie Clow, Betty Carlson, Kirsten
Daniel, John Edmundson, Mar
sha Sweek, Tiffany Harrison and
Lorene Griffith. Louis Carlson
accompanied the wagon train on
horseback on the second day.
Jean Nelson met the wagon train
at Well Springs and told the
group about the history of the
Well Springs area at the evening
campfire gathering there. The
team of draft horses for the cross
country trail ride was furnished
by the Cold Springs Ranch of
Arlington.
Arrangements for the Morrow
County wagon were made by
Jean Nelson of the Morrow
County Historical Society and
John Edmundson of the Morrow
County Tourism Committee.
Many individuals and businesses
donated time and money to make
this possible. Businesses which
gave financial support included:
Bank of Eastern Oregon, Inland
Empire Bank, Port of Morrow,
Kinzua Corporation, Pacific Gas
Transmission Cô., and Portland
General Electric Co.
Mustangs keep perfect record with
38-22 win over Sherman County
The Heppner Mustangs open
ed defense of their Columbia
Basin Conference league champ
ionship with a 38-22 win over the
Sherman County Huskies Friday
night. Sept. 24 in More.
Heppner started slow again
trailing after one quarter. The
Huskies put together a 15 play
drive that covered 65 yards to
open the scoring. Quarterback
Jesse Alsup dived over from the
two yard line with 2:48 remain
ing in the first quarter to put Sher
man County on top. Alsup hit
tight end John Williams for the
pat for an 8-0 lead.
The Mustangs put together
their own scoring drive to answer
the Huskies. Quarterback Rick
Koffler ran the ball nine primes in
the drive and scored wfth 10:02
left in the half. Koffler ran the pat
in to tie the score at 8-8.
Free safety Len Brittner
recoverd his second fumble of the
the proceeds from Reno Night night to set the Mustangs up in
will go towards the new baseball business at their own 44 yard
line. Junior running back Chris
field.
Anyone interested in helping is Dickenson capped off a 14 play
drive with a two yard plunge to
encouraged to attend.
give the Mustangs the lead. Kof
fler bootlegged the pat into the
end zone and it was 16-8 with on
ly 2:08 left in the half.
Sherman County popped a 40
yard gain after a good kickoff
return and needed only three
more plays to score just before
By Anne Morter
the half. The pat was good on an
The lone Cardinals hit a brick
Alsup keeper and it was 16-16 at
wall last Friday, Sept. 24 in
the half.
W allow a,
w atching their
The Mustangs lost senior two
unblemished record disappear, all
way starter Kevin Payne midway
before halftime. The Cards found
through the first half to an injury.
themselves on the wrong end of
Payne had his kneecap dislocated
the 45-point “ Mercy Rule”
on a late hit on a kickoff return.
before the end of two quarters
He is questionable for this week’s
when the Chieftains showed ab
game.
solutely no mercy, running the
The M ustangs put some
score to 48-0.
distance between them and the
Wallowa tallied only four first
Huskies on their first two posses
downs in the game but scored
sions
of the second half. Junior
early and often on big plays. The
halfback Trent Hughes, who is
Chieftains passed for 188 yards
getting better and better each
and ran for 166 more while stifl
week,
bobbled the ball on the
ing the C ardinal’s offense,
kickoff
and then raced up the
holding them to just 34 yards of
middle
of
the field 80 yards for
total offense. The Cards’ season
a touchdown, the first touch
record fell to 2-1 but they remain
down return in four years
ed undefeated in league play since
Wallowa was a non-conference for the Mustangs. Several good
opponent. On the schedule this
week is Condon in lone starting
at 7:30 p.m.
Boosters to meet, plan Reno Nite
The Heppner High Booster
Club will meet Wed., Oct. 6, at
7 p.m. at the high school home
ec room.
Plans for Reno Night, which
will be held Oct. 16 at the Hepp
ner Elks Club, will be discussed.
“ This is a big fund raiser for the
club,’’ said a spokesperson. A
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Cards lose to
Wallowa 48-0
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Mustang defensive linebacker Ryan Munkers (75) tackles a
Huskie running back. Munkers is assisted by Trent Hughes
(44) and two others, while Len Brittner (3) and Rick Koffler (2)
look on.
blocks including the last one by and it was 30-22 with 7:47 left in
Jon Hanna sprung him. The pat the ball game. The Mustangs lost
was no good and Heppner led Chris Dickenson for the rest of
the evening with a knee injury
22-16 with only 14 seconds gone.
The Mustang defense, led by and his status is uncertain for this
linemen Joe Lindsay and Kevin week.
Koffler wasted no time giving
Scott, and defensive back Len
the
Mustangs a comfortable lead,
Brittner, started to stiffen. They
stopped the Huskies at the 14 taking another option play 56
yards on Heppner’s first play
yard line after a good drive.
Koffler broke the longest run from scrimmage. Koffler had 191
yards on 15 carries on the even
of his career on the next series.
The Mustangs ran option left and ing. He hit Brittner with another
Koffler cut back and sprinted 74 pat for a final score of 38-22.
The Mustangs return home Fri
yards for a touchdown. He hit
Brittner with the pat for a 30-16 day, October 1, hosting the Stan
field Tigers at the Morrow Coun
lead.
The teams traded possessions ty Fairgrounds.
The Tigers lost to the Weston-
and each punted for the only time
McEwen TigerScots 12-10 last
on the evening.
The Mustangs started another Friday night and played the Elgin
drive but Sherman County pick Huskies tough two weeks ago. It
ed up a fumbled pitch and Shull should be an interesting game.
ram bled 64 yards for a Game time is 7:30 p.m.
touchdown. The pat was no good
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The Morrow County Historical
Society will meet Sunday, Oct. 3
at the Grange Hall in Lexington.
The meeting will get underway
with a turkey potluck dinner at
1:30 p.m. followed by the
business meeting and program.
Winners of the four divisions
of the senior essay contest held
at the Morrow County Fair will
receive their awards at the
meeting.
Also during the meeting, Cen
tury Farm certificates will be
presented.
Several Historical Society
members greeted the wagon train
Sunday at Cecil. Member Lor
raine Griffith cooked a lovely
dinner for members of the train.
The public is invited to attend
Historical Society meetings.
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Heppner running back Kevin Payne shows the pain of a knee
injury suffered in the Mustang win over Sherman County.
Payne thought he dislocated his knee.
Nothing goes right for Cards
By Anne Morter
A tentative Cardinals squad
took the court Friday, Sept. 25
against Cascade Locks and never
snapped out of it, losing 8-15,
5-15. According to coach Greg
Likens, Cascade Locks seemed to
have everything go right while
“ not much happened” on the
Cardinals' side of the court. “ We
didn’t hit very well. We didn't set
very well. We didn’t pass very
well,” commented Likens.
Melissa McElligott was the
leading scorer with eight points
on eight of 10 serving with three
aces. At the net, she was 10 for
13 hitting with six kills. Mary
Jane McCarty was seven for 10
at the net with four kills.
The lady Cards face Condon
for an important match this Fri
day Oct. 1 at home. Game time
is 5 p.m. After losing to the Blue
Devils in a tournament earlier in
the season, the Cards need a win
against the Blue Devils to stay in
the hunt for a district tournament
berth.
Lady Cards
split m atches
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By Anne Morter
The lone lady Cardinals split
their volleyball matches last
week, easily downing Helix on
Tuesday. Sept. 24 but falling to
Cascade Locks on Friday, Sept.
25.
The Cards had an easy time
with Helix, downing them 15-5,
15-6. As a team, they served on
ly 80 percent but 18 of their total
30 points were from serving aces.
The lady Cards' hitting percen
tage was 77 percent with a 55
percent kill ratio, a number that
pleased coach Greg Likens.
Mary Jane McCarty was the
leading scorer with seven points
on eight of nine serving with
three aces. April Taylor added
five points on six of six serving
with another three aces. Melissa
McElligott led at the net with four
kills on five successful hits.