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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1972)
4 Chemawa American Chemawa Runners Win D istrict Meet Again The Chemawa cross-country team completed their fifth straight unde feated league season and captured their fifth straight Capital Conference championship at Bush Park in Salem October 27, The Braves set a new conference scoring record at the conference cham pionships by winning six of the top sevtu spots for an amazingly low total of 19 points. (Low score wins in cross country.) Woodburn finished second with 63 and Cascade third with 73. Chemawa’s Arthur Ambrose, team captain and a senior from Hughes, Alaska, was the individual winner. His time for the 2.6 mile course was 13:17 Chemawa set another record by win ning three separate invitationals and a Rube Sanders Honored by Indian Hall o f Fame The late Rube Sanders, father-in-law of Chemawa English teacher, Mrs. Ethelmae Sanders, will be inducted in to the Indian Hall of Fame at Haskell Institute on November 25. His widow, Mrs. Agusta Sanders, will travel to Haskell to accept the plaque honoring him. While attending Chemawa Indian School, Rube Sanders played football, basketball and participated in track. He was also an outstanding football player at Stanford and Willamette Uni versities. After graduating in 1900, Sanders worked at Chemawa as a printing in structor and track coach. He retired in 1937 and died in 1954. dual meet within the space of eignt, days. The Braves first took the North Marion Invitational, competing with several AAA schools, then won the Omak Invitational against some of the top schools in Eastern Washington. Two days after Omak, Chemawa poun ded Stayton 19-40 and then won their own Chemawa Invitational. Coach Kugie Louis said of the team, “ During my six years as coach here at Chemawa, this is the finest team we ever had.” Capital Conference Championships Name Ambrose Beamish George Merculief Huntington Adams Okbaok Petshaw Camp Pierce School Chemawa Cascade Chemawa Chemawa Chemawa Chemawa Chemawa Woodburn N. Marion Cascade Time 13:17 13:27 13:28 13:55 13:37 13:39 13:43 13:45 13:59 14:01 Volleyball Girls End Season at 3 -7 The girls volleyball squad finished in the middle of the Capital Conference with a record of 3-3. Their overall rec ord was 3-7. Their wins came against Gervais, North Marion and Stayton. The seven-member varsity squaa was lead by Captains Arlene Senator and Zoya Melivodov. Mary Looney, Ailene Samuels, Karen Pinkham, Romona Smi- skin and Bev Frank rounded out the team. Ailene was voted all-league hon orable mention for her blocking ability, and Bev Frank was named by Coach Loretta Papenfus as the best server. “ They were a young team,” Coach Papenfus commented. “ Only Zoya and Bev had any varsity experience before this season.” The jayvee team, which finished 2-4 in conference and 3-7 overall, was made up of Co-Captains Debbie Simp son and Janice Noyes, Becki Noyes, Georgie Tendoy, Nita Teton, Bev Tomaskin, Sharon Watt, Joni Jefferson and Linda Jane. Denise Yallup and Vivian Tomaskin kept statistics for the teams. The next Capital Conference action for girls will be in basketball, where the Chemawa girls are the defending league champions. Basketball Coming Up Next Forty-five boys turned out this fall to compete for places on the Chemawa varsity basketball team. The first scheduled game for the Braves is the Capital Conference Jamboree on *De- cember 1. The boys are holding early morning practice sessions, which begin at six o’clock. Coach Harry Lippy says that the team is very enthusiastic and is looking forward to a good year. Last year the team finished with a record of 3 wins and 19 losses. Their main problems are lack of height and experience. This year’s team is taller and more experienced and should im prove on that record. BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR —Running back Pat James (46) swings around right end and breaks loose for 77 yards and a Chemawa touchdown against North Marion, the longest run from scrimmage this year. This was P at’s first g-ame • as an offensivestarter. Pat scored twice, but it wasn’t enough’.’ The Huskies spoiled Chemawa’s homecoming with a 54-14 win over the Braves. (Photo by A1 Francis)
