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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 20,1997 Five tie for Morrow County all-around honors Five cowboys and cowgirls tied for the all-around honors at the Morrow County Rodeo held August 17 in Heppner. All- around winners were Steve Currin, Tern Gentry, Jim Lunders, Lacey Matteson and Ryan Matteson. Currin won the drawing for the buckle, sponsored by Les Schwab. Emmett Evans took first in the amateur calf roping with 42.2 second average and won the saddle sponsored by Kinzua Resources. Justin Matteson was second with 45.9 seconds average. Evans tied for second and third place with Dick Temple in the first go with 24.6 and was first in the second go with 17.6. Matteson was first in the first go with 14.6. Shad Bishop took second place in the second go with 20.3. The team of Jim Ward and Steve Currin took the team roping buckle, sponsored by Heritage Land Company and Pettyjohn's Farm Builders Supply with an average of 45.7 for three go-rounds. The team of Justin and Ryan Matteson was second with 53.7 and the team of Bob Steagall and John Moyer, third, with 61.0. . Cliff Dougherty and Steve Miller were first in the first go with a 10.1. Miller teamed with Steve Currin for a second place in the first go with a time of 12.5 and Chuck Matteson and Butch Knowles were third in the first go with 14.8 seconds. Ward and Currin were first in the second go with 8.3 seconds and the father-son team of Brian and Butch Knowles were second with 8.9 seconds. Steagall and Moyer were third with a 10.7. Cliff Doherty won the open calf roping buckle, sponsored by VanMarter and Kahl Insurance, and the Neil Beamer Memorial spurs. Dougherty finished with a time of 12.3. Steve Cumn was second with a 15.9 and Bill Bishop, third, with a 16.7. Kelli Currin won the senior barrels and a watch from Peterson's Jewelers with a time of 17.71. Lexi Matteson was In the cow nding category, Ryan Matteson was first with 69 points. He won a buckle sponsored by Coast to Coast. Jim Lunders was second with 62 and Jeremy Vandeventer was third with 57. Che Green took the mutton bustin' buckle, sponsored by Court Street Market, with 73 points. Willy Gentry and Cody Hollis tied for second and third with 68 apiece and Ethan Ellis was fourth with 65 points. Stefan Matheny won the nine- 13 calf riding buckle in a drawing. There were no rides, but ground money was paid to contestants Kyler Lovgren, Sloan Keithley, Bnanne Wishart, Dave Flynn and Matheny. second with an 18.09; Theresa Reece was third with 18.21; and Kim Burke, fourth, with an 18.33. Annie Hisler was the winner for the junior barrels with a time of 17.91. She won a buckle sponsored by the Healy family. Lacey Matteson was second with 17.95; Jaylene Papineau, third, with 18.29; and Amy Papineau, fourth, with 18.91. Pee wee barrels winner was Ashley Ward with 18.37. Second was Sammi Lane with 18.66; third, Kalah Lane, 19.66; and fourth, Madison Bailey, 20.21. Ward won a buckle sponsored by the Wranglers Riding Club. Lisanne Currin won the break away breast collar sponsored by Green Feed and Seed with her first place time o f 3.9. Terri Gentry was second with 6.3. Gentry was the winner of the 14 and over goat tying buckle, sponsored by Gar Aviation-John and Kelli Boyer. She had a time of 13.0. Bobbie Rankin was second with a time of 17.3. Lacey Matteson won the nine- 13 goat tying buckle, sponsored by Dick Temple, DVM. She had a time of 16.8. Jim Lunders took first in the steer wrestling with a time of 6.1 and won the buckle, sponsored by Turner Ranch. Keith Papineau was second with 6.5. Photos by Joyce Hughes L-R Jan Bothum and granddaughter, representing Neil Beamer family, Cliff Dougherty, court. L-R: Terri Gentry, Kelly Boyer, court. L-R: Bill McCoin, saddlemaker, Emmet Evans, court. L-R: Lisanne Currin, Mike Proctor, court. 4 L-R: Che Green, court. L-R: Cliff Green, Ryan Matteson, court. L-R. Ashley Ward, Janet Greenup, representing Wranglers, court. L-R. Stefan Matheny, Annie Hisler, court. L-R: Annie Hisler, Hailey Davis, Jordan Crossley representing the Healy family. L-R: Kristal and Dick Temple, Lacey Matteson, court. ------------------ ---- L-R: Jim Lunders, Ken Turner, court. L-R: Cliff Dougherty, Bob Kahl, court. L-R: Kelli Currin, court. it • - .. V > V . V L-R: Jim Ward, Steve Currin with court. All-around winners (L-R): Terri Gentry, Lacey Matteson, Ryan Matteson, Jim Lunders, Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court Princesses Maci Childers and Kara Miller, Queen Dawn Boor, Marcy Bacon representing Les Schwab.