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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1971)
4 F o o tb a ll Team B o y s G r a b T h ir d G a in s E x p e r ie n c e in S t a t e M e e t The Chemawa varsity and jayvee football teams did not have too good of a year in the win-loss column, but the team members put out a good effort and tried hard in every game. A lot of the players had very little experience before this year. But Coach Lawver said that next year Chemawa will have a more ex perienced team that will win a few games. Some of the players to watch next year, he says, are Leland Wilson (Yakima), Gary Abrahamson (Spokane), Adam Leavitt (Barrow), Joe Thomas Ron Sm artlow it, here p ic k in g up yardage (Omak) and Terry Ward (Lapush). a g a in s t Cascade, was named to the These five and several others learned C a p ita l Conference a ll-s ta r team as h a lf back. A lv in C h arley (17) won honorable a lot about the game this year. mention. Ron Smartlowit was named to the Capital Conference all-star team as an offensive and defensive halfback. C .C . G ir ls E nd S e a s o n Alvin Charley and Gary Abrahamson Six girls, Carol Andrews, Kathy won honorable mention. Andrews, Nancy Barnes, Janet Pakoo- Eight Chemawa seniors finished their playing days for the Braves tas, Debbie Simpson, and Patty Simp against Scio. They are Mike Will son, made up the Chemawa girls iams, Eli Wassillie, A1 Nicori, Howard cross-country team for 1971. This Egoak, Alvin Charley, Steve George, year the girls ran an identical 21//2-mile Ron Smartlowit, Terry Marchand, and course with the boys. The Chemawa girls finished fourth Daryle Marchand. The rest of the varsity will return next year for an in the unofficial “ State Champion- shin” meet held in Roseburg. Seven other season. teams competed there, with Burns winning the championship. In the Chemawa Invitational Meet the girls scored 47 points, beating Gervais (87) and Molalla (107) and finishing in second behind Burns (24). The girls also defeated "Molalla in a home dual meet. The Chemawa cross-country team finished a great season by taking third place in the State AA Champi onships at Eugene. The Braves finished with 112 points, barely los ing second place to Scapoose, with 105. Madras won the team title. Arthur Ambrose was the high fin isher for the Braves, taking eighth place. Delbert Okbaok wound up in eleventh. The other runners were Jacob Merculief, Harold Huntington, Harold Fairbanks, David Enoch, Mike George and Joe Peters. Coach Kugie Louis said, “ I was very happy with the way the boys ran. The competition was so rough that we could easily have finished eighth instead of third.” Mr. Louis has another reason to be happy. With the exception of Harold Fairbanks, the only senior, the entire team will be back to try for the title next year. Cary Abrahamson goes high for a pass again st Cascade. Gary was another a ll conference honorable m ention choice. Number (83) is Ralph Beans. This year’s Chemawa volleyball team had a record of 2 wins and 3 losses in their league and 3 wins and 5 losses overall. Coach Papenfus said, “ Our girl’s volleyball team is a young team, with only three seniors, Bernie Robertson, Mina Bailey and the captain, Margaret Igkurak. We will miss these girls next year.” The other five members of the var sity squad are Suzie Marchand, Mary Melivodov, Zoya Melivodov, Melanie Colwash and Beverly Frank. Playing for the junior varsity were Verna Finley, Rose Knight, Janice Noyes, Karen Pinkham, Ailene Samuels, Linda Jane, Mary Looney and Susan Looney. Suzie Marchand spikes the v o lle y b a ll p ra c tic e for another game. In
