Eastern Oregon University - Mountaineer Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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During the Blue Mountain rodeo in Heppner, Eddins repeated wins in bare- back and bull riding. He also was given all-around honor as EOC finished second. Other Heppner action included Eddins, Maddox, and Machau in that order for bull riding finals. Machau also finished fourth in first steer wres- tlingg Every, second in first ribbon ropingg Miss Trowbridge, first in bar- rel racingg Miss Tsiatsos, third first breakaway roping, and Miss Nogle, third fastest in first barrel racing. Nota bene: Special thanks to Curt Robinson, rodeo correspondent. 146

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Rodeo as Sport That rodeo as sport has, to put it mildly, come into its own became ob- vious when regional finals ended: EOC placed third among more than 20 col- leges, universities, and community colleges of the northwest. Montana State captured first, and Blue Mountain in Pendleton, second. For the year, Lee Eddins finished second both in bareback and bull ridingg Keith Maddox took third in bull riding, fourth in bareback. These two participated in national finals after the book's deadline. At season's start, two teams from La Grande went two ways: one to Cen- tral Oregon Community, the other to the University of Montana. That was another first for EOC. At Bend, all EOC cowfolk went into the finals, netting Jill Nogle first in breakaway roping, second in goat- tyingg Keith Maddox, first bareback and third bullridingg Del Machau, third bareback and second bullridingg Charles Every, four saddle bronc riding: Eddins, second bareback average, fourth bullridingg Blair Philippi, third ribbon roping, and J im Hurl, sixth rib- bon roping. EOC placed second be- hind Blue Mountain Community. The next meet in Yakima garnered the Mounties one of the top five spots 9 official results never were received. Deena T siatsos picked up a first on second breakaway roping. At Montana State University's rodeo, EOC placed fourth of 19 entrants, with fine performances by Every, Mad- dox, who made highest marked bare- back ride the first time around, as well as Eddins, Philippi, Miss Nogle, and Machau. Next action came at Lewiston, Idaho, and Lewis and Clark College. EOC sent all three bareback riders in- to the finals. Sue Trowbridge was one of three women to make finals in each of three events. EOC landed among top four teams out of 20 there. A third place at the Washington State University rodeo followed for EOC. Maddox led the way, with a highest-marked bull ride in all com- petition. Miss Trowbridge recorded fastest time in first barrel racing. Gayle Adams was sixth in that event. Maddox held down first in bull riding and third in bareback, while Eddins placed fifth in bareback in final tallies. Eddins' and Maddox's trophy buck- les helped greatly for EOC's second at the Treasure Valley rodeo in Ontario. Maddox also was named runner-up for all-around cowboy. Home at EOC for its rodeo May 13- 15, the locals fielded 27 women and men. EOC finished second behind BMCC. Eddins took all-around cowboy dominating bareback and bull riding. Machau took second in steer wrestling and bull ridingg Maddox, fourth in steer wrestling and bull riding on a splitg Every, second in final bull riding Philippi, third first ribbon roping, and Hurl, fourth in second calf roping. Miss Nogle was second in first goat- tyingg Miss Trowbridge, first in second barrel racing, and Miss Tsiatsos, split fourth in second breakaway roping. EOCers who placed with no count for Leam honors included Ed Newton, first steer wrestling and fourth in first calf ropingg Mike Lynch, third both in calf and ribbon roping, and Judi Butler, split fourth in second breakaway roping. fcontinued on next pagej 145

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'! -NW f --nw X' lt- 11- -wow ii ,tr sax t, R. ' Nl ' i , xg? W we I. Baseball That the EOC baseballers never won both games of any doubleheader they played this season explains why Coach Howard Fetz inevitably was disappointed this spring. Despite that, his defending district champions from last year, still clung to hope even as they went into the season's final games against Oregon College of Education. Sad to say, they split that twin bill, too, losing the first 8-5 and winning the second, 2-1, to finish their first EvCo season even-up, 6-6. Gordon Syphers, already most valuable player for his football prowess, also won the MVP award in baseball. He also was spotted as one of three Mountaineers on the all- district diamond team. , M- . ' , V, . i in f 2 ...ies , . W' I, -ff , sw- John Collins, a senior from Pleasant Hill, was selected for the third time as a member of the all-district team. Ron Scott, EOC's premier outfielder, made up the trio on this team from EOC. He was chosen for his second straight year. Scott comes from Gladstone. Honorable mention for district play went to Jim Fryback a junior second baseman from Eugene, Charlie Lewis, a sophomore outfielder from Plattville, Colo. , and George McGhee, a sophomore pitcher from Portland. Only one team member made the Evergreen confer- ence's all- star team. Steve Bates, a sophomore pitcher from Vale, was tapped for this honor. He transferred to La Grande from Treasure Valley Community College.