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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1972)
4 W in te r A th letes Given A w ards Athletes participating in winter sports were honored at a banquet and assembly on April 3. The individual coaches and advisors presented the awards. Mr. Ben Lawyer, coach of the Che- mawa grapplers, awarded twenty let ters and inserts. Andrew Boots, Gabe Alexie, Norman Moore, Howard Egoak, Jeff Frank, Herman Evan, Joe Moses, Alvin Charley, Leland Wilson, James Abrahamson, Matthew Nicholai, Ralph Beans, A1 Nicori and Alfred Francis received inserts. Roland Andrew, Henry Alexie, Carl Hoffman, David Titus, Fred Hurley and Joe DePaul won letters. Alvin Charley was named Honorary Captain. Howard Egoak won the Most Inspira tional award and the Most Improved award went to Fred Hurley. Coach Yvonne Hale of the girls basketball team presented varsity awards to Lynn Louis, Mari Sioux McDonald, Raeann Moses, Susie Mar chand, Emla Tillequots, Margaret Igkurak, Rosie Knights, Patty Simp son, Susan Looney, Lorena Thompson and Janet Pakootas. Ramona Smiskin, Debbie Simpson, Ailene Samuels, Linda Jane, Loretta Penny and Mary Looney received jay- vee awards. Bridget James and Mary Stewart received certificates. Mana gers were Connie Simpson and Sharon Cloud. Miss Hale’s varsity won the Capital Conference championship, the Chema wa Invitational, Warm Springs Cotton tail Tourney and placed third in the Yakima Tourney. Lynn Louis, Mari Sioux McDonald, Susie Marchand and Lorena Thompson were named to the Capital Conference All-Star Teams. The jayvees, who had a season record of 10-1, set a new single game scoring mark of 46 points. Anna Willis and Grace Nichols received awards for their work as var sity cheerleaders. Sharon Watt, ,Iva Smith and Mary Looney won awards as junior varsity cheerleaders. S p ik e r s C lip E a g I es Chemawa won its first ..ome track meet of the year by defeating Stayton 7216 - 6216 on April 28 The Braves outscored the Eagles 26-1 in the dis tance races for the margin of victory. Arthur Ambrose took the mile in 4:56.3 and the two-mile in 10:39 to lead the Braves. Ralph Beans was also a double winner in the 440 and javelin. Harold Huntington, John Mat thew, Les Lafferty and David Williams also won events for Chemawa. Sprinter Pat James works on his specialty, the 100-yard dash. The best time for Pat so far this year Is 10.6 seconds. Coach Llppy predicts Pat’ s time will go down as the weather Improves. B a s e b a ll Senior Patty Simpson broke her own school record in the javelin with a toss of I 10’ 2” at Gladstone. This distance makes her one of the best javelin throwers in the state. R e tu rn s Baseball is back at Chemawa again, after many years of absence. Twenty boys turned out for the 1972 team, which will have to play all its games on the road due to a lack of a home field. A wet spring has held down the number of games, but Chemawa looked good in an exhibition game against the Woodburn jayvee squad. The Braves beat the Bulldogs in a six-inning con test, 6-1. Coach William Eoff had special praise for southpaw pitcher Gene Pur ser. Purser, a senior, struck out 14 Woodburn batters and allowed only three hits in his first start for Chema wa. During the rain the team is still practicing, giving special concentra tion to developing their infield. Inflelder Raymond Paul takes batting practice as baseball returns to Chemawa after having been dropped for many years. Ray Is one of twenty boys on the 1972 squad.
