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F• With their first-ever state playoff berth firmly in their grasp on the strength of a crowd-pleasing, but somewhat slipshod 40-6 victory over Quincy last weekend, Coach Glenn Weitz' undefeated Othello Huskies will have lots of incentives still dangling in front of them as they head for Richland to take on the Hanford Falcons this Friday. The Huskies, who are now 7-0 for the season, will be going for win No. 8 against the 2-5 Falcons at 8 p.m. at the Columbia High School sta- dium. While the Huskies have the playoff spot safely tucked away, they will still have lots at stake in Friday's non-con- ference contest. A victory will allow them to tie the record for the most wins ever by a Huskies football team, and a "big" victory just might propel them into first place in the state Class AA poll. Most Wins Aim The 1967 Othello Huskie team posted a 8-1 record for the best in school history and a win Friday would, of course, tie that mark. However, even more important will be the chance for the Huskies to show how they stack up with powerful Sunnyside, which has been leading the state poll all season. The Sunnyside team es- caped with an unimpressive 25-8 win over the Falcons last Friday, and if the Huskies could come through with a stronger showing, they would make a good case for being moved up to the No. 1 spot. Comparative scores be- tween two other common opponents leave the Sunny- side-Othello rating about a tossup. Sunnyside managed only a 6-0 over Selah in its opening game with the Hus- kies romping over the Vikings 26-6 the following week. However, Sunnyside downed Toppenish 26-0 and the Huskies barely escaped with a 28-21 overtime victory the following Friday against the Wildcats. Follow Again Now the Huskies will get their chance to follow the state poll leaders against the Falcons. The final score could be a factor in the state ratings, and that could make for a tough decision for Coach Weitz who doesn't believe in running up big scores against over- matched opponents. However, Weitz isn't look- ing on Hanford as an "over- matched" team. He reminded that the Falcons gave the Huskies a 42-12 trouncing here last year, and will be every bit as tough as Selah and Toppenish. The Falcons will come into Friday's game with a 2-5 record. Their wins have been over Grandview and Wapato with the losses to Ellesnburg, Toppenish, Prosser, West Valley and Sunnyside. They met Toppenish in the second game of the season and played a tough game before losing 12-6. Tough Defense Weitz reported that the Huskies haven't scouted Han- ford, but know from reports from other coaches that they can be tough. They are a big team and have featured a strong defense in virtually all of their games this season. "Their offense has not been able to consistantly keep an attack going," the coach reported. "Our. reports indi- cate that they will be real tough if they are able to come up with some offense." Weitz said his Huskies should be at near full strength for the Friday game. Junior tackle Rob Johnson, who missed the Quincy game with the flu, is expected back for at least limited action; with junior end and interior line- man Mark Mohs also sche- duled to be eligible for play again. 'Sloppy Game' Although he was pleased with the victory over Quincy, Weitz said he felt the Huskie offense wasn't nearly as sharp as the game it played the week before at Eastmont. "It was a pretty sloppy ball game on offense, and I wasn't ,happy with our play," Weitz said. "We weren't consistant at all, and if it hadn't been for a couple of long pass plays, the outcome could have been different." Weitz said he was also dis- appointed that the Huskies are continuing to pile up numerous penalties. He said penalties especially hurt the offense against Quincy. Weitz said the ~iuskies will, also ~ working to correct a 'hole' in the |ine which aaw all four PAT kick attempts and one field goal blocked. While the coach expressed concern over the offensive play he said he felt the defensive unit turned in one of its best performances of the year in almost completely stopping the Jacks. Weitz noted that quarter- back Kenny Pecka went over 1,000 yards in passing during the game. In seven games he has 1,005 yards passing. Easy Quincy Win Despite their consistancy problems, the Huskies had last Friday's game in control all of the way. They scored the second time they got the ball as Al Dellinger got a Jack fumble at the Quincy 37. Mitch Buck dove in from the one just six running plays later. The next touchdown came in the opening minutes of the second quarter following an exchange of fumbles, which saw Dellinger get the Huskies the ball again at the Quincy nine after a great quarterback "sack" by Dan Edson. Pecka slipped down for a five yard loss on the first play, but then one play later hit Gary Peterson on a 14-yard toss for the score. Buck then ran the PAT over for a 14-0 lead. The Jacks made a brief rally as they surprised the Huskies with a 44-yard pass to Rick Mayfield to the Othello 30 and then scored five plays later. Two Quick Scores The Huskies boomed right back as Peterson tossed 60 yards to Craig Stickel off a pitch from Pecka for a touchdown. Buck pulled down an interception minutes later at Jacks 18 and Pecka connected with Peterson again for another score as the Huskies led 26-6 at halftime. The Othello offense sput- tered a bit during the third Mustangs Post Showing, The McFarland Mustangs put together their best showing yet this year as they breezed toa 30-14 victory over Chief Moses last Thursday to boost their record to 2-2. The Mustangs jumped to a 16-0 lead early in the contest and then controlled it all of the way on a good offensive showing. Kevin Skogen scored the first touchdown on a two-yard keeper and then passed to Monte Jones for the PAT. The second score came a few minutes later with Skogen and Jones teaming up on a 20-yard scoring completion. Bruce Garner scored the PAT on a run. Chief Mo came back with a touchdown to make it 16-8 at the half. but the Mustangs continued to click through the air as Skogen and Jones combined for two more touchdown plays. Coach Howard Deiong credited his squad with a good effort noting that tho offensive line play and blocking was much improved over the first three games. The Mustangs will be hoping to make it two in a row over the Braves and put their season on a winning basis when they play Chief Moses in a return match at 4 p.m. today at Moses Lake. period, but finally put togeth- er another scoring drive from the Huskie 36. The touchdown came on a perfect pass on a 4th and 15 situation from Pecka to Stickel, covering 45 yards. With reserves playing the entire fourth quarter, the final touchdown came on a 15-yard sprint around end by sopho- more John Bliss with 8:17 remaining in the game. A pass from Todd Burton to ~Mike Ferguson got the extra point. Othello Quincy Yards rushing 124 22 Yards passing 250 64 Total yards 374 86 Passes 11-22-1 4-13-3 Fumbles, lost 3/1 4/4 Penalities 8/83 8/96 ~~------------------ =---------------------2 ?i!~i! iI i • ,i Othello High School officials announced Monday that the Huskies' opening state playoff game definitely will be played at the Moses Lake High School field on Nov. 8. The Huskies will be playing the Frontier League champion in the "tournament" pairings which will feature eight Class AA league champions. Pullman is currently leading the Frontier League and has a victory over West Valley, which is second. The Pullman squad is slated to meet third place East Valley this week- end and a victory there would virtually sew up the title for the Greyhounds. Their final game on Nov. 1 is against Cheney, which is well down in the Frontier standings. The winner of the first round game at Moses Lake will advance the following week on Nov. 15 against the winner of a game between Sunnsyide, Mid-Valley champion, and the champion of the Seamount League, which takes in the area south of Tacoma. ~--_--__--__--_--__--__--__--_--__-~ -- _ .--__--_--___--__--__--_~_--__-_ i:!:i:i!i:~!i:.::!:: ~:?! CAUGIqT BY LEG - An unidentified Huskie defender grabs Quincy's Steve Mickelson by one leg as linebacker Mitch Buck HUSKIES CLINCH SHARE The final big weekend oI play in the North Central Washington AA Conference will come this Friday with the Othello Huskies already hav- ing clinched no worse than a tie for the league champion- ship and having assured themselves of the loop's berth in the state playoffs. While the undefeated Hus- kies are playing at Hanford, all four of the other league teams will be meeting. The second place Ephrata Tigers will be at Eastmont, with the Omak ,f! Pioneers at Quincy. After Friday, the only league game remaining on the schedule will be the Huskies' Huskies Move Up to 2nd Othello's undefeated Husk- ies continued their state poll climb as the moved from third to second spot in this week's Associated Press listing. The Huskies, who have now moved up every week since the poll was started, are ranked right behind Sunny- side. They moved past Curtis, which dropped from the unbeaten ranks with a 14-7 defeat at the hands of Enumclaw. The Huskies and Sunnyside are currently the only un- beaten AA teams in the state. Sunnyside receded 95 points with 11 first place votes, with the Huskies getting 73 in second. Following are Pullman with 51, Sumner 47, and Curtis 39. A pair of clutch touchdowns in the fourth quarter provided the Othello Junior Varsity with a thrilling 12-6 comback win over their Quincy count- erparts in action at Quincy on Monday. NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AA CONFERENCE OTHELLO Ephrata Quincy Eastmont Omak League Games All Games W L Pf Pa W L T Pf Pa 3 0 83 13 7 0 0 186 54 2 1 68 14 5 2 0 164 28 1 2 13 67 3 4 0 90 111 1 2 28 50 2 4 1 56 121 0 2 14 62 3 4 0 98 112 regular season finale at Omak next week. While the Huskies were rolling to their 40-6 victory over Quincy last Friday, they were getting a helping hand from Eastmont, which knock- ed off defending champion Omak 22-16. That combination clinched the playoff spot for the Huskies. With Othello having only Omak remaining, Ephrata is now the only team with a chance of tieing them for the title. Since the Huskies beat the Tigers earlier, they would get the playoff spot even if the tie did result. While Ephrata was seeing its last chance for state honors go out the window, it was boosting its record to 5-2 with ills fifth shutout of the season- a 42-0 trouncing of the Wenatchee JVs. In addition to their 14-7 loss to the Huskies, the only blemish on the Tiger record is a 14-6 season-open- ing defeat at the hands of state-ranked Class A power Cashmere. Other play last weekend saw three of the Huskie non-league opponents pick up victories. Hanford - the Huskie foe this Friday - played a strong game before losing 25-8 to state poll le'ader Sunnyside. However, in other Mid-Valley games Top- penish dumped West Valley 26-7, and Selah beat Grand- view 28-7. Both are now 3-4 for the season. Connell (5-2) continued to roll toward a Southeastern Washington championship with a 42-6 beating of DeSales, while Royal (1-6) was edge~d 6-0 by White Swan in a game which required two overtimes to decide the issue. The Pups let the Quincy team score a touchdown in the second quarter and then finally got their offense untracked in the final period. The tieing touchdown came on a 25-yard pass from sopho- more Todd Burton to John Bliss. The Pups then took over the ball on their own 20 and drove 80 yards in 14 plays to get the winning score. Bliss went over from six yards out for the touchdown. Coaches reported that fr~eshman fullback Dallas Sphar had several long gainers on the ground before he fractured an ankle late in the game. He will be lost for the remainder of the season. Another freshman, Brad Boersma, was credited with a key interception, and sopho- more James Hunt drew praise for an outstanding perfor- mance both on offense and defense. A transfer this fall, Hunt played at Quincy last season. The Pups, now 3-1, will close their season next Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Connell at 3 p.m. .-_--__--__--__--__--__--__--_--__--__--__--_= More Sports On Page 14 HARD-HITTING DEFENSE - An unidentified Huskie defender smashes into a Quincy ball carrier as Rich Blsnett, foreground, and Mitch Buck, 34, move in to help. ?!i moves in to make the stop during action here last HIGH TACKLE- Richard Bisnett is collared from b a Quincy defender after a gain in action last OFFICIAL , NOTICE: The following two proposed constitutional amendments are to be submitted to the voters at the state general election to be held on November 5, 1974• Ballot titles and explanations were prepared by the ofltce of the Attorney General. This is a legal publication as required by low from the office of the Secretary of State• Senate Joint Resolution Proposed Constitutional Amendment the time period during which the governor is to veto while the legislature is in session, it would ten to twenty days the time granted to the governor cise his veto power following the adjournment of a session. Ballot Title: Shall the governor's item veto power be restricted and the legislature be permitted to reconvene itself to consider vetoed bills? t Vote cast by members of the 1974 Legislature on final passage: HOUSE: [98 membersl Yeas,66; Nays,31; Absent or not voting, 1. SENATE: [49 members] Yeas, 40; Nays, 6; Absent or not voting, 3. The Law as it now exists: The state constitution provides that before a bill passed by the legislature can become law, it must either be presented to the governor for his approval or submitted to the voters in the form of a referendum. When a bill is presented to the gover- nor, he can approve it by signing it or he may permit it to become law without his signature by failing either to sign or veto it within five days if the legislature is still in session or ten days if the legislature has adjourned. Alternatively, the governor may disapprove such a bill of the legislature by vetoing it, either in whole or in part. In the exer- cise of his authority to veto part of a bill passed by the legisla- ture, the governor may veto any section or item in the bill. If a bill is v~toed, in whole or in part, it is returned to the house from which it originated for reconsideration if the legis- lature is still ~n session. If the legislature is not ir~ session, the bill is filed with the secretary of state who is then to bring it before the house from which it originated at its next session. The legislature may override the governor's veto by the vote of a two-thirds majority of the members of each house. There is, however, no provision in the present constitution for the legislature to reconvene itself for the purpose of reconsid- ering acts vetoed by the governor. Effect of Senate Joint Resolution No. 140, if approved into'Law: This proposed constitutional amendment would restrict the governor's power to veto items in bills passed by the legisla- ture by limiting it to appropriation items only. The amend- ment would not, however, affect the governor's power to veto an entire bill or an entire section of a bill, regardless of the nature of the bill. The proposed amendment would also permit the legisla- ture, within forty-five days after its adjournment, to recon- vene itself by a petition of two-thirds of the membership of each house in a special session of not more than five days duration solely to reconsider any bills which the governor has vetoed in whole or in part Finally, while the proposed amendment would not change oint Resolution Proposed Constitut Ballot Title: Shall a thirty-day durational quirement be established for voting erwise eligible citizens eighteen age or over? Vote cast by members of the 1974 Legislature on final HOUSE: [98 members] Yeas, 90; Nays, 6; Absent or nO! SENATE: [49 members] Yeas, 43; Nays, 0; Absent or not The Law as it now exists: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitt tended the right to vote tO citizens eighteen older. In addition, recent decisions of the United preme Court have also affected the qualific~lons state may impose for voting in its elections. BecauSe decisions, a state may no longer enforce a men~ of more than thirty days in duration, nor may the right to vote to persons who can read and glish language or prohibit voting by Indians'not Accordingly, certain provisions of the Washin[ Constitution with respect to voting qualifications rendered ineffective. Those provisions include a requirement for voting of twenty-one years; a one and ninety-day county durational residence req~ prohibition against voting by nontaxed Indians; ment that voters be able to read and speak the guage. Effect of Senate Joint Resolution No. 143, if approved into Law: This proposed constitutional amendment would foregoing presently ineffective provisions and that in order to yote in an election in this state, a be a .United States citizen who is eighteen older, and who has been a resident of the state, precinct in which he resides for at least thirt~ election at which he seeks tovote. In addition, however, this constitutional retain an existing disqualification for voting by ins. and persons convicted of felonies, unless civil rights.