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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1973)
4 Chemawa American V a le n t in e 's D a y R o a d R a c e H e ld DISTRICT ACTION—(left) Henry Alexie at 106 pounds tries to flip his Woodburn opponent onto his back in the finals, (right) Gary Abrahamson softens up a 168—pound foe. Gary won this match and finished third in his division. Four Wrestlers Place at District Seven teams took part in the Cap ital Conference Wrestling Tournament at Cascade on February 23—24. Chemawa finished 5th with a total of 31 points. Henry Alexie took second place in the 106-pound division. He is the first Chemawa wrestler to go to State since wrestling was reintroduced here two years ago. The first and second- place finishers in each weight class earn a trip to the State Champion ships. Gary Abrahamson finished 3rd at 168 pounds. Jim Abrahamson finished J V 's B u m p G e rv a is The Chemawa junior varsity basket ball team slaughtered Gervais 89—42 in their last game on March 2. Frank Bitonti and Don Abrahamson led the scoring with 24 and 23 points. The jayvees’ record for the year was 6 wins and 13 losses. Some of « the losses were to varsity teams . i from other schools. Last year their record was 0—21. Mr. Ed John, Their coach, said “ The boys are good shots,aggressive and they play a good game.” This year’s jayvee team was made up of James Ahyakak, Alvin Penny, Allen Kaleak, Don Abra hamson, Bino deLeon, Frank Bi tonti, Owens Yahtin, Andrew To- yak, Fred Hill, Eddie Biederman, Max Adams, Lloyd Vincent and Francis Devereaux. third at 178 and Larry Edwards also finished third at heavyweight. This was the last wrestling match for the Year. Next year Coach Lawver hopes to have “ stud” wrestlers, he said. The whole team will return next fall, so Chemawa should have a better team than this year. Frosh End Season The freshman basketball team ended their season with 5 wins and 10 losses, losing their last game to ' Woodburn. The Coach, Mr. Nathan Doan said “ This is about the best team Chemawa has. They are the only team besides the girls, to beat Cas cade.” The leading scorers were Tom Tillequots and Francis Devereaux. They are among the top ten fresh men in the state in scoring, averag ing nearly 20 points a game. Isaac Jack was the leading rebounder for the season. The players on the team are Tom Tillequots, Francis Devereaux, Lavern Andrews, Robert Francis, Emery Hall, Isaac Jack, Jack Okto- llik,Grant Smith, Kirby Thomas, and Johnson Booth. The managers are Raleigh Kowunna and Ron Bourgean. Coach Doan said the best pros pects for varsity next year would probably be Tom Tillequots,Francis Devereaux, Lavern Andrews, and Emery Hall. Chemawa held its 1st Valentine Road Race. All students and staff were invited to participate. Such events as the girls 114 mile race took place. The adults also ran in this race. The boys race was iVi miles. There were individual runners too and an award for the runner who came closest to his pre dicted time. There were also teams which consisted of four runners. No two varsity runners could be on the same team. The individual winner for the boys race was Arthur Ambrose with the time of 12:48. The girls individual winner was Kathy Andrews, running the mile and a quarter in 7:17. Mr. Ed John, the boys jv basketball coach, was the adult winner in the mile and a quarter with a time of 6:09. For the boys team race Jake’s Jokers came in 1st with 54 points. The runners were Jacob Merculief, David Enoch, Tom Brown and John Henry. The winning girls team was Barb ie’s Babies with 27 points. Runners were Barbara Westcoast, Josephine Ayunerak, Tat Andrew and Smitty Smiskin. The winner for coming closest to his predicted time was Tom Brown. He predicted he’d run the 2Vi mile race in 15:00 and he ran it in 14:58, two seconds off what he predicted. G irls Clobber Cascade For Conference T itle The girls varsity basketball team beat Cascade 47—36 in a playoff March 7 at Regis to win the Capital Conference title. ' This is the third straight year Chemawa has won this title. Arlene Senator was high scorer for Chemawa with 13 points. The girls finished their regular season with a record of 13—2. The two losses were to Cascade and McMinnville in early-season games. Chemawa later beat both teams in rematches. The jayvees finished with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses. This will be the last year of bask etball for four varsity players—Susie Marchand, Arlene Senator, Ramona Smiskin and Phyllis Ward. This was Susie’s 4th year on the varsity. Lorena Thompson and Loretta Pen ny, along with Arlene and Susie, were leading scorers for the team.
