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Coach Glenn Weitz' Othello game, but that everyone time, anti as a result wereable next try from getting off the
Huskies, who ran their record should be ready to start, to run that counter very ef- ground, but they were off
to 5-0 with a 14-7 beating of Senior halfback Gary Peter- fectively at us," Weitz said. "I again from the opening play of
li Ephrata here last Friday, will son suffered a slight concus- was pleased that our defense the second quarter, with
head for East Wenatchee sion late in the Ephrata game was able to stop them when it Pecks showing the Huskie air
tonight to take on the and spent Friday night in the counted. We shifted into a 6-2 game this time.
Eastmont Wildcats - a team hospital, but is expected to be both times inside the 20 in the Bisnett and Roger Beus
that has been the spoiler in ready tonight, fourth quarter, and it worked both came up with great
'~ the Huskies only previous In looking back to last despite the fact that wehadn't catches for long gainers with
bids for an unbeaten football Friday, the Huskie coach practiced it. I also felt that Buck then smashing up the
season, reported he was pleased with with breaks we could have middle from the six. The
The contest, which has to the Ephrata win despite the scored a couple more times." rugged fullback broke two
rank as the key game in the fact that Othello had to Strong First Haft tackles at the three and then
Huskie season, will get scramble through a ruggedThe Huskies' homecomingwent into the endzone stand-
underway at 8 tonight at the second half. victory actually came in the ing up. Bisnett's seventh
Eastmont field. "They made some key first half off the contest with straight PAT made it 14-0.
The game will not only blocking adjustments at half- Ephrata dominating the se- The Huskies almost had
represent the biggest hurdle cond half as the Othello another score in the closing
remaining in the path of an ~-------------------------_---_---_---Z ---=-= : defense tenaciously hung onto minutes of the first half, but
the lead. an Ephrata interception on a
unprecedented perfect season
for Weitz' charges, but also is H~s~des Up The charged up Othello fourth down pass killed the
a 'must-win" affair ff the offense wasted little time in chance at the gun.
Huskies are going to elaim the TO 5th Spot demolishing Ephrata's de- Tigers in Control
league title and a chance in fensive record of three The second half was almost
state playoffs. Othello's Huskies moved up straight scoreless games as it a complete turn-around as the
BetterThaa Record another notch in state rank- marched for a score the first Tigers marched from the
the week telling his Huskies
they could be in for their
roughest game of the year.
"Eastmont is better than its
record shows, and last Fri-
day's 7-6 loss to Quincy is no
indication of their strength,"
Weitz warned.
He noted that Eastmont
played only AA and AAA
teams in early season games,
and was well below full
strength when it met Quincy
last week.
Jacks at Best
The Wildcats come into the ings this week on the strength time it go the ball. Taking the opening drive for their only
contest with a 1-3-1 - one of of their 14-7 victory over opening kickoff back tothe 39, score of the game. Getting
the Huskies marched fromgood yardage on a counter
their poorest marks in years - Ephrata last Friday. there in just 14 plays to score, play, the Tigers drove from
but Weitz has been spending The Huskies, who were
sixth in last week's UPI poll Quarterback Kenny Pecks their own 36, with Mike
were listed fifth in the first stayed on the ground most of Michaliszn getting the score
Associated press poll of the the way with fullback Mitch on an off tackle play from the
season, announced Wednes- Buck ripping off big chunks up eight.
day. the middle and Peterson and The Huskies came back
The poll gave the Huskies
42 points and moved them
past Monroe, which was upset
in action last weekend. Sun-
nyside leads the state poll
with 75 points. Following are
Curtis with 70, North Kitsap
65 and Pullman 45. All five
teams have 5-0 records, as
does White River, which is
Richard Bisnett going outside with a passing drive of their
or off-tackle occasionally. The own that was stopped at the
lone pass of the drive - a key Ephrata 18 on a disputed
third down toss from Pecka to fourth down call. The Tigers
Bisnett for seven yards- gave then controlled the ball
the Huskies a first down at virtually all of the fourth
the five and three plays later quarter, with the Huskie
Peterson took a pitch from defense rising up to stop one
Pecka and raced around the threat at the 16 and getting
right side to score. Bisnett's fourth-down endzone inter-
GAIN FOR BISNETT - Huskie Richard BisnetC No. 24, fights off a pair of Ephrnta
defenders as Miteh Buck, No. 34, provides interference for him during action last Friday.
Defenders for the Tigers are Jeff Fox, No. 80, and Mike Michaliszn, No. 25.
JUST OHS AND EASTMONT
After suffering
straight loss to
Warriors, the
Mustangs will
try for a
Coach
squad is
Connell
Thursday at
The Mustangs,
been edged t
in overtime
were stopped
day at Moses
Frontier
yard run up
second qua
added the
of the points it
game.
The c(
lots of
teams, saw
penetrate to the
in the third
On page
out a schedule
explains. "with
and AAA
capacity those
schedule enough
US."
The two
for the Huskies
to affiliate
Mid-Valley leal
Yakima Valley
League in the
Cruzen pointS
Mid-Valle~
teams and
"The Quincy coach said sixth behind the Huskies wi~h kick made it 7-0 with 7:03 left ception from Craig Stickel ceptive to
his team played its best game 24 points, in the first period, with just 29 second remaining Eastmont in
' inclusion of
of the year to beat Eastmont To the air after the Tigers had pene-With the Othello Huskie Class A and ask for ac- ceptance into the Caribou. and Othello
and was much improved over ---: = _=~-=-:-- -- "-------~ A penalty kept the Huskies' trated to the 11. gridders currently holding a ceptance intothe Caribou That league would have nine league to a ,
itsprevioustwo games," ~ Otheflo Ephrata 5-0 season record and pros- League with Quincy and schools with the acceptance of
Yards rushing 107 177 b
le"
for
Weitz said. "Eastmont was Yards passing134 57 pects looking great for state Omak. Quincy and Omak with ages
p poses - 11 teal
also without its No. 1 quar- Totalyards 258 234 contender teams in both All Three Below 400 Ephrata possibly reaching the sibility there rni
terback and used its top PassesFirst downs 16-9-210 1443-112 wrestling and basketball, the All three of the schools fall breaking point, divisions but long
running back only in the Fumbles/lost 1/0 1/1 OHS athletic program ap-below the Class AA designs-Othello WellOver the YakimavalleY
Ourt~. quarter when it scor- Penalties 4/50 4/20 pears to be at an all time high. tion which is for schools with While the other schools are be at stake.
ed." Punts a/30 3/33 However, while the Hus- enrollments of 400 to 1,000 in looking at declining enroll- The Frontier
Huskie scouting reports kies are sailing through the the top three grades, ments, Othello currently has ation would
show the Wildcats will be ,~ current season, schoolofficials Omak, which just barely 460 in top three grades with travel problems
back at full strength this are pondering a problem went over 400 to make its big seventh and eighth grade Pullman and
weekend, and will consider- which could live the Huskies move up from A a year ago, is classes insuring that figure closest teams
ably out-weigh the Huskies.After the first full weekend NORTH CENTRALWASHINGTONAACONFERENCE virtually "homeless" for the now well under with 385 will probably even increase Colville a long
1975-76 year. students. Quincy, which has during the next three or four Cruzen was
The Wildcat offensive attack of play the North Central League Games AllGames Present indications are that 396 students at present with years. Eastmont is larger attend an
isbased on a wishbone similar Washington AAConference W L Pf Pa W L T Pf Pa Othello and Eastmont could smaller enrollments project- thansome AAA schools in the meetingon
Huskier° the onedefenseWhiChtroublegave theat look".standings featurea "new OTHELLO 1 0 14 7 5 0 0 117 48 be the only two Class AAed for the future, has sis0 area with over 800 students, week with
Toppenish. Defensively the Ephrata 1 1 28 14 3 2 0 82 28 teams left in the district for voted to move down. • OHS athletic director Jess sentatives in
Wildcats show a 4-4 with Powerful Eastmont has Quincy 1 1 7 27 2 3 0 43 65 competition next year, andEphrata currently has 405 Cruzen reports that the school no matter
linebackers stunting on traditionally been atop the Omak 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 82 70 school officials are scrambling in the topthree grades, but 21 officials are currently study- it appears the
almost every play. , standings, with the Othello Eastmont 0 1 6 7 1 3 1 34 78 around attempting to deter- of those students are from ing the problem facing Othello schedules
SpoilersTwiee Huskies struggling to keep at mine just what this will mean other districts and enrolled in and Eastmont, but haven't ably changed ¢
The big question is whether least the .500 level. However, at Ephrata, while Quincy In a battle featuring pas~ . for scheduling and post,~sea- a special education program, come up with a decision.
takes on the Wenatchee Huskie foes Selah .camP'~fffl~o~t~tli1~c~tfOn.- Ephrata's request for a "It would be virtually
Cruzen
the Huskies will be able to the current standings are a
keep thisyear'sperfect mark turn-around with the un-Purple in a non-league game. through with a 19-12 victory The situation came to a change to Class A was impossible forourtwoschools answer must
soon, since
intact. Twice before - in 1967 beaten Huskies sitting atopThe big surprise came last over Toppenish, while Han- head last week when Ephrata approved last week by theto sit here and bump heads ball schedules
weekend at Quincy as the ford, the Huskie' Oct. 25 indicated that it probably will state board, but the final with eachother two and threecurrently in
and 1968 under Coach Sam the heap and Eastmont in last Jackrabbits bounced up toopponent, boosted its record be petitioning to move back to decisionmay reston , ac- times during the season to fdl arebeing drawn
Martin - the Huskies wentplace, upset Eastmont 7-6, while the to 2-3 with a 6-0 decision over
into the Eastmont game with Just how long that situation Huskies were stopping Wapato.
perfect records and both will continue to exist will be Ephrata 14-7 for their fifth Other action saw Connell
times came away with losses.
The loss in 1967 was the only answered at East Wenatchee straight win of the season, win its third straight with a
blemish on a best-ever 9-1 tonight when the WildcatsOmak, meanwhile, was giv- 48-0 trouncing of Pomeroy,
Huskie season record, and Huskies collide. Other ing a good account of itself and winless Royal drop its
The Huskies have beatenaction tonight will find Omak while losing to Mid-Valley fifth game 34-0 to East Valley
Eastmont only twice in the playing its first league game power Prosser. of Yakima. l
rivalry of about 15 years
between the two teams, and
interestingly both Othello
wins have come in East High
Wenatchee on come-from-be-
hind finishes. A last-second @
Stan Peterson to Jim Maw
pass gave Othello a thrilling
win in 1964, with a pair of •
razzle-dazzle plays engineered
by Keith Pershall and Roger
Broughton sparking a Huskie
14-13 win and providing the •
Huskies only conference title
in Weitz' first year at the ~O
helm in 1971.
Huld~ Ready
Weitz said the Huskies
have lots of little aches and
bruises going into tonight's
Game Dropped _.=
A contest between the We are contemplating building dry storage facilities in _ l
Othello Junior Varsity and E
Moses Lake JVs scheduled Othello for all types of storage (boats, furniture, etc.)
here Tuesday was canceled, 14" x 6" - All.Other Mag and
school offieiais report. If interested contact Kent Pearson.
The next action for the JVs, Chrome Reverse - Chrome Wheels in
who are 1-I for the se,son, 937 N. 7th 488-2585 =_"
will come next Monday when
they host their Eastmont i
counterparts at 6 p.m. on =
Huskie field. .=
The game will follow a
Frosh contest against Carroll
and be the final home "ffi-
appearance for the JVs this ==
~ason.
Othello Couples
Nace in Tourney [
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COEUR D'ALENE, Ida. - |
Two local couples placed re- ::: |
cently in the Second Annual
North Shore Couples Golf :~
Tournament held at the Coeur
d'Alene Golf Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Sobotta One 24' x 24' steel garage erecte/and ready to use
tied for third in the gross
division with a score of 161, ONLY $3600. This includes one x 8' garage door
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Lochmiller placed 12th in the and one 48" walk-in door. Concrete floor and sales
handicap division with a net
tax is included. In your choice of color. 2WAYSTO CHARGE *OurOwngustomergreditPlan .UankAmeri©ard
Also entered from Othello
were Mr. 'and Mrs. Bob
Stricker. For Information Contad
The annual tournament,
sponsored by the North Shore ~ I
Motor Hotel and the Coeur
d'Alene Golf Club attracted
100 couples from Idaho, q
Washington, Montana, British
Columbia and Alberta, who Kent Pearson Doyle Palmer
competed for over $I,000 in 341 E. MAIN
, 488-2585 OR 488-3727 .