G ir ls T a k e T i t le
For second year
The Chemawa girls won their second
straight league basketball champion
ship by eliminating Cascade 53-45 in
a playoff. In two earlier games, Che
mawa had lost a 43-42 squeaker to
the Cougars and had evened the series
by winning a 57-41 rout at Chemawa.
Lorean Thompson and Susie Mar
chand each tossed in 13 points in the
playoff win.
Mari Sioux McDonald
added 11 and Lynn Louis contributed
9. Coach Yvonne Hale said, “ This is
the second year in a row the girls
have taken first in the Capital Con
ference, and that’s what I call Indian
Power going for the top.”
Cascade was the only league oppo
nent to give the Chemawa girls any
trouble, as they handled all other
teams by at least ten points. Lynn
Louis and Mari Sioux McDonald were
named to the conference all-star team,
Lynn at forward and Matti at guard.
In B a s k e t b a ll
It Was a Long , Tough Season
by Ron Smartlowit
The Chemawa Braves, short on
height and short on experience, have
wound up the 1971-72 basketball sea
son and are looking forward to next
year.
This year’s team was led consis
tently by Junior guard-forward Lloyd
Davis, who averaged around 18 points
per game.
Lloyd proved many times during the
season that he could play with the
best in the tough Capital Conference,
despite the fact that he was the short
est forward in the league. Lloyd is a
tremendous hustler, either going for
the basket dr guarding an opponent.
Coaches in the conference are high
on Lloyd and have expressed their
feeljngs to Coach Lippy on several
occasions.
Three Seniors who have weathered
through the season gave the Braves
a little maturity and experience. They
were Steve Okbaok, John Matthew and
Dave Williams.
What these three
players lacked in height, they made
up tor in guts and determination. All
season long they contested against
players 4-6 inches taller than they
were.
The Braves played good ball for
the first two quarters of almost every
game. But the second half was sim
ply too much for the Braves, as many
of the scores indicated. Chemawa is
definitely-i’n need of a couple of men
over the six-foot mark if. they are to
compete with the rest of the confer
ence.
The Chemawa Junior Varsity fin
ished the year at 0-21, not a good
season going by percentages, but they
gained a lot of experience.
Lindsay Howtopat, Don Black and
Nels Martin led the jayvees in scoring
this year, while Martin and Alvin Pen
ny drew praise for their defense. Mar
tin led the team in steals and Penny
was the best at blocking shots.
Other players on the jayvee team
were Robert Lake, Lloyd Vincent,
Floyd Jim, Walter Williams, Mitchell
Lloyd, Tom Napoka, Sonny Edwards
and Cyril George.
6 ir is Capture 3 rd at Wapato
Bridget James drives around a C ascade
player to score two more for the g irls
jayvee team. T he g irls handled C ascade
e a s ily tw ic e .
Chemawa took third place in the 16-
teana Yakima All Indian Girls Basket
ball Tournament in Wapato, Washing
ton. The girls played six games in
two days and won four of them.
The two losses were to Chemawa’s
arch-rivals, the White Swan We-la-liks.
The scores were 28-27 and 28-34.
Susie Marchand scored 10 points in
the first game and Lorena Thompson
had 15 in the second.
Chemawa defeated the Yakima Na
tion 39-33, Lynn Louis scoring 12 and
Mari Sioux McDonald 11. They also
handled the Tijuana Tavern team from
Spokane, 34-10, and an Indian team
from Eastern Oregon College, 21-11.
Their last win was over the Apoloosa
Babes from Lapwai, Idaho, 32-2Z.
Lynn Louis, Mari Sioux McDonald,
Susie Marchand and Janet Pakootas
received all-star trophies for outstand
ing playing ability.
The girls varsity will be traveling
to Warm Springs for the second annual
Cottontail Tournament during Easter
vacation. They will also host their
own annual Chemawa Girls Tourna
ment here this week.
The girls provided the only bright
spot in an otherwise long and frustrat
ing season for Chemawa. They played
more than twenty games against high
school, college and AAU teams from
three states, traveling nearly a thou
sand miles to do so.
W r e s t l e r s End S e a s o n
A t D is tr ic t T o u rn e y
“ We have some tough guys, but we
can do better,” said Coach Ben Law
yer after Chemawa scored 12 points at
the Capital Conference District Wre
stling Championships.
Leland “ Bomb” Wilson’s third-place
finish at 191 pounds was as high as
any Chemawa wrestler got. Heavy
weight Joe DePaul and 178-pounder
Alvin Charley each captured a fourth.
Henry Alexie, a first-year man wre
stling at 106, pounds, drew special
praise from Coach Lawver for a fine
9-3 season mark.