El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1982 Page: 8 of 27
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El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Sat , July 31, 1982
Page 9-A
Sports
L-N Photo by Chris Hurbrr
Nohavitza Leads Texans
El Campo’s Jeff
Nohavitza completed
the first go-round of the
national Youth Rodeo
competition Monday
and turned in a time of
10.8 for 17th place
heading into last night’s
second round.
Nohavitza competed
in the Steer Wrestling,
an event he has entered
for less than a year.
His time was the best
posted by a Texan in the
event although Texas
does lead the state com-
petition.
There are 120 bull-
doggers competing at
the rodeo which is being
held in Douglas, Wyom-
ing. The top-20 bull-
doggers after tonight’s
competition will ad-
vance to the national
rodeo’s finals competi-
tion.
Bald Eagle Celebrates Bicentenial
EC Golfers Compete
Men Also Set To Hold Tourney
David Brewer, Chris Woolery
and Kim Jennings claimed the top
spots in Monday’s El Campo
Junior Golf Association Tour-
nament.
Coach John Allen, who helped
create the Association, presented
the winners with plaques to
commemorate their victories
Brewer won his age 14-17-year
old flight with a two over par 73.
Woolery won the second flight, in
which 11-13-year olds played nine
holes, with a 54.
Jennings won the girls’ flight
w ith a nine-hole 61.
William Speckels finished
second in the second flight with a
69. Brian Jensen and Thomas
Taylor tied for third place with a
75.
Carl Jensen claimed second
place in the 14 17-year old flight
with a 127.
The men’s golf association will
also hold a tournament as they
will host the first annual Last
Fling Men’s Partnership, Sep-
tember 18 and 19.
The two-man, best ball tour-
nament will feature 36 holes of
golf, five flights and $4,500 00 in
prize money First place team in
each flight will earn $400 while the
second place team will take home
$300 The third place team will
collect $200
The entry fee is $110 per team
and includes a meal on Saturday,
September 18 Inquiries may be
sent to Men’s Golf Association,
Tournament Director, Wayne
Zaskoda, P O Box 141, El Campo,
TX 77437.
Community Roping Club
Concludes Rodeo Season
The Community Hoping Club
completed their nine weeks of
practice sessions with 12
cowboys and cowgirls claiming
championships of the different
events.
The results of the season’s
competition are as follows:
Sub Jr Figure Eight Barrels:
DSheyanne Stepan, 78 778.
2)Lacy Goetsch, 79 003 3) Jill
Phillips, 91 788 Jr. Figure Eight
Barrells: 1) Jamie Johnson,
78.824 , 2)Jody Weishuhn, 80 006.
31R.L. Shelley, 90 874
Sr. Figure Eight Barrels:
llMach W'ade Dromgoole, 75.814.
2)Karen Shelley, 77 118 3)Kelly
McClure, 82.057. Jr. Cloverleaf:
l)Shay Stepan. 197.000. 2)PauIa
Baumgarten, 142.986 . 3)Shelley
Stepan, 144.418.
Sr. Cloverleaf: llCindy
Nohavitza. 130 598 2)Lilleete
Smidt, 136.685 . 3) Becky Rucher,
139(197 Adult Cloverleaf:
DKenna Clark, 130.429 2)Joyce
Rucher, 131.586. 3)Nancy
Thiltgen, 148.036.
Pole Bending: DMichelle
Massey, 173 67 8 2) Mach Wade
Dromgoole, 184.026. 3)Shay
Stepan, 192.536 Breakaway:
1)Keith Treybig, 93 567 . 2)Stacy
Stepan, 168 874 3)Chad Weishuhn,
170 066.
Ribbon Roper: DDavld
Nygaard, 86.62 . 2)Nick Strauss,
131.90. 3)Joe Beaver, 136.40.
Ribbon Runner: llMaurie
Treybig, 86 62 . 2)Marilyn Stepan,
112.70. 3)Debbie Caldwell, 123.52.
Jr. Tiedown: DCalvin Callis,
158 086 2) Marshall Atkinson,
168 688 3)Dexter Grace, 187 491.
Sr. Tiedown: 1 lEddie Lee
Balusek, 103.843. 2)Larry Gam.
109.208 3)Roy Rucher, 130.31.
= Mouthing Off ==="-- - -=Bv JOISATHAN FEIOE!S =
Football Fever Hits
The United States is
celebrating another
bicentennial this year,
although this one has not
been accompanied by the
red-white-and-blue
hoopla that saturated the
country in 1976.
It was in 1782, six years
after the U.S. declared its
independence from
England, that Congress
adopted the bald eagle to
adorn the national seal,
and ever since then the
bird that inspired the
symbol has steadily
declined in number
According to Texas
Parks & Wildlife
magazine, habitat loss,
shooting, pesticides and
even electrocution have
reduced bald eagle
populations to the point
that they are classified as
endangered in 43 of the
lower 48 states, including
Texas, and threatened in
the other five.
But things may be look-
ing up for the bald eagle
in its bicentennial year.
In Texas, as well as in
many other states, bald
eagle populations are
showing modest in-
creases. It’s nothing
November Catch
Called Record
A 16-pound, three-
ounce striped bass
caught by Austin resident
John Thayer last
November has been
certified by the Inter-
national Game Fish
association as a new-
world record in the 16-
pound tippet class for fly-
fishing
Thayer caught the fish
while wade fishing below
the Tom Miller (Late
Austin) Dam in Austin
He caught a large
streamer fly.
The fish did not earn a
state record, since the
Texas Parks and W ildlife
Department's fish
records committee does
not maintain a separate
flyrod category or line
class divisions The
current Texas record
striped bass, which
weighed 38 pounds, four
ounces, was caught
upstream from Miller
Dam in the headwaters of
I-ike Austin in March
1981
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theless it’s significant.
Many people think of
bald eagles as living only
in the more northern
parts of this country, and
are surprised to learn
they nest in Texas
Wildlife biologist John
Smith of Rockport has
been, surveying bald
eagle nests in Texas for
the past 11 years, and his
findings are evidence
that the big bird may be
on the verge of a
comeback.
Smith told Parks and
Wildlife magazine that
from the time he began
his surveys in 1971 until
last year there were bet-
ween five and seven bald
eagle nests known in
Texas, but the most re-
cent count revealed a
total of 15.
And as for the other
ideas tor the national seal
that were considered bet-
ween 1776 and 1782 — if
Thomas Jefferson had
had his wav the seal
would have depicted the
children of Israel
wandering through the
wilderness. Or it could
have been a wild turkey
or an image of Moses
dividing the Red Sea,
both of which were sug-
gested by Benjamin
Franklin
Texas Parks & Wildlife
magazine is $5 for one
year and $9 for a two-
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without notice. To
subscribe, send check or
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It is strange how sports con-
versations have changed this
week.
Like birds flying south for
winter or salmon swimming
upstream, sports enthusiasts
have almost instinctively ad-
justed their thoughts to football
Water sprinklers at Ricebird
Stadium have begun their
seasonal duty and the weight
room has gradually become more
crowded.
Football fans have become
itchy for news of an Oiler trade or
red hot rookie. Texas high school
football coaches have met in
Houston for the annual football
conference and sportswriters
have found themselves sub-
consiously counting the days until
a practice session or scrimmage
can be reported
El Campo is ready for football
and the El Campo High School
football coaches are busy getting
ready for the mob of players they
Many Thanks
Mike Bergstrom (far righi ■ and Juan krrrdondo <«r««Hid from right
read tke plaque* tkal were presented lo them along with I I ( ampo !*•»*• *
league Ml Mar HuOness manager \ en*e Marline/ s» a| ih» pimv
league $11 Mar learn * part* Thursday Detail* are In Mouthing Off
will turn into teams The first step
in that process is a meeting
Monday in the High School
cafateria.
The parents of football players
will meet at 7 p.m. Monday with
the players getting together at
7:30. A week later Coach Buzzy
Kieth and his staff will begin to
issue shoes and football season
w ill be officially underway.
Kieth and his comrades have
just returned from Houston where
they took part in a three day
coaching school A highlight for
the El Campo contingent occurred
when Coach Ed Campbell, who
guided the Ricebirds to the state
AAAA baseball championship,
was presented with a ring to
commemorate his team’s ac-
complishment
Kieth received a similar ring,
which he still wears, in 1968 when
he was the Ricehird baseball
coach He played a major role in
this year's coaching school as the
Texas High School Coaches'
Association. Inc President Kieth
was presented with a watch in
gratitude for his work as
president
He considered the school in
which Tony Mason. Bill Curry,
Barry Dowd, Bill Xubb and
Emory Bellard spoke, to be very
help! ul
It gives an opportunity to
share ideas with others,” he said
If you pick up one item, that one
item may somewhere down the
line win you a ball game I really
thought it was a good coaching
school”
lie added that the watch was "a
real nic e surprise ”
Another nice surprise will be a
film Kieth plans to show at
Monday s meeting It has t>een
delermimsl that the Southwest
Conference Highlight film he will
show is almost guaranteed to
inflict lootball fever and may f*e
bar mini to \ our patience
of course Rinse conditions may
have alreadx set in
• • •
I’he 1 :i < afri|Hi Pony I .eague All
Stars find a parts Thursday night
and had Frank Sinatra and Bing
( Metis ta-en ttieM they surely
*ou!d have offered a < horns of
wtiat a swell jmMs Hii* is
Burlier ursl hamt’urger* with all
the trimmings and then some
were expertly prepared by a
group that included Gene Rowell
and Andy Swoboda and a great
turnout of parents and players
made it a special occasion.
Hie players took time out to
thank Manager Mike “Bergy”
Bergstrom and Coach Juan
Arredondo for all the time and
patience they contributed for the
team Bergstrom, Arredondo and
business manager Vense Mar-
tinez were presented with plaques
to thank them for their efforts
1 wanted to quickly add a name
to last week's column about little
league volunteers who did such a
tremendous job this year Striving
for brevity, I clumped most of the
volunteers together under that
title. One man's work and
devotion does stand out, however,
and should not be omitted
Little League President Jarrell
Nohavitza did a super job this
year and although no one com
plained about his omission from
Wednesday’s column, obviously
understanding the oversight. I
could not let another column go by
without giving credit where it is
due
• • •
Thursday was a sad day in
collegiate sports
The University of San Fransisco
chose to drop their first class
basketball program because they
could no longer control idiotic
members of their alumni who
placed winning above all 4*thies
and sportsmanship
These morons 'a stronger
adjective would lx- more ap
propriatei ruined a basketball
program that has produced Bill
Russell K C Jones and Bill
Cartw-nght by consistently paying
off players tiehind th«* I'mver
sity's back
Collegiate sports are to build
character, sportsmanship and
fun Winning is nice tail it should
not tie achieved at all < lists The
idiots who ruined amateur
tiaskethall for the t nivi-fsity of
San Francisco a perremal |»owi-t
and two time national champion
got what |lies deserve
Unfortunately a lot ot ofher
good fanple did not deserve to Ion
their till*MImII program
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1982, newspaper, July 31, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006664/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.