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No, it’s not the Civil War with battles fought between households. However, the Shriners East-West All-Star football game does pit a father against a son.

Union’s Dale Andrews is one of the East’s team managers.

Andrews serves as a greenskeeper at the Buffalo Peak Golf Course. But, for the next week, he will help the East team prepare for its Saturday  showdown in Baker City.

READY AND ROPING: Harley Rodeo series award winner Brad Goodrich competes in the team roping event with Trevor Knowles. Observer photo/BRUCE MASON

Hopefully, Brad Goodrich didn’t experience tired hands through this award-winning ceremony, because both were definitely needed to carry his hefty earnings out of this Chief Joseph Days rodeo Saturday night.

JOSEPH — Colby Reilly earned 86 points in the bull riding event Friday night at the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo.

Ad Bugenig edged Jeb Knox by one point in the saddle bronc event.

In the bareback riding event, Steven Peebles, Dan Webb and Jason Sherman each recorded 81-point finishes.

JOSEPH — On the second night of the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo, Shawn Morehead took the lead in the Saddle Bronc contest (74), moving one point ahead of second place Ben Londo. 

In the team roping event, the bloodline combination of Riley Minor and Brady Minor gained sole possession of first place, finishing the event in 6.1 seconds. 

Action will resume at Harley Tucker Memorial Arena in Joseph tonight at 7.

COrnered calf: Jason Stewart and Dave Inman take fourth place (12.4 seconds) in the first go round of Wednesday night's team roping. - photo/RON OSTERLOH

Londo won the bareback riding event (70 points), as well as the Saddle Bronc (73).

Tony Mendes won the bull riding event, posting 84 points, and was also the lone rider who stayed atop the bucking bull for eight seconds.

LOCAL HEART: La Grande’s Trent Shafer swings at a pitch during the 9/10-year-old Little League state tournament. Bend South beat La Grande 12-2 Saturday. submitted photo

But the La Grande 9/10-year-old Little League All-Star team dug a hole too deep to climb out of Saturday.

The local all-stars’ bid of a state title fell short with 12-2 loss to Bend South.

OFF LINE: Union County’s Weston Spencer is pulled off the bag as a Snake River Valley runner steals third base Saturday. The Observer/PAUL HARDER

The 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team fell to Snake River Valley 20-8 in the opening round of bracket play.

Union County closed to within a run, 6-5, after scoring three times in the third inning.

POWER PITCHING: Union County’s Derrick Peasley delivers a pitch during pool play at the 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star State Tournament Wednesday. Union County fell 10-0 to Hermiston. - The Observer/PAUL HARDER

But throw in nine errors into the game and there’s a different outcome.

Union County dropped its opening game in the 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star State Tournament with a 10-0 loss to Hermiston Wednesday.

SMOOTH STROKE: Alli Godfrey won three events at Ted Walker Invitational in The Dalles July 11-13. - Observer file photo

Allie Godfrey, 14, won three events —400 freestyle (5:29.52), 100 butterfly (1:18.7), 200 butterfly (2:55.85). Logan Gomez, 14, won the 200 backstroke (2:53.23.)

WALLA WALLA — Five games, no substitutes and very little rest translated into a sixth -place finish for Legacy Ford at the Walla Walla tournament.

The Mustangs defeated King Nissan Saturday, 9-3, handing the opponent its first loss of the tournament. Kaden Titus earned the win on the mound, while Evan Humphrey and Travis Ludwig each went 3-for-4.

 “Kaden pitched really well that game,” Mustangs manager Eric Yundt said. “He kept the ball down, forced them into a lot of ground balls.”