Chemawa American
8
A Goodbye to Legs
M issing a Turn
Martha Behaza (left) and Bonnie James
lead the pack through the first loop
around the Chemawa course. (Photo by
Roy Ai shanna)
G ir ls
End
O f Long
Year
Runs
On October 17 the girls had a
meet with Molalla and lost, 22—35.
The top five finishers for Chemawa
were Tat Andrew (3), Emma Leavitt
(4), Josie Ayunerak (7), Martha
Baheza (10) and Chris Penn (11).
Top finishers at Gervais October
15 were Bonnie James (4), Tat
Andrew (5), Josie Ayunerak (9),
Emma Leavitt (10) and Angie Koch-
ergin (11).
Gervais won by the
score of 19—39.
The Chemawa Invitational girls
results were Bonnie James (20),
Tat Andrew (31), Josie Ayunerak
(37), Emma Leavitt (42) and Mary
Augustine (56). Taking first was
Crook County with 35 points. Then
came Cascade (70), Madras (79),
Newberg (154), Chemawa (186) and
Monroe (208). Gervais, Sweet Home
and Reedsport had individual run
ners. The course was 2.3 miles
and the lowest score won.
The girls ran at Western Mennon-
ite October 24. The day was cold
ana tne course was slippery and
wet. Out of five schools and 36
pinners Chemawa took second and
placed three g in s in tne top ten.
They were Bonnie James (6), Emma
Leavitt (9) and Tat Andrew (10).
Catlin-Gable of Portland won the
meet.
This is a runner’s point of view
on running long distance, and how
it feels to mess it up. Picture your
self running. The starting gun just
blasted, and you blast off.
You’re ahead! There’s one girl
behind you and you get scared! She
can’t stay behind you very long!
You go faster. Your feet are cold.
It’s raining out. You don’t let that
worry you. You’ve got your mind on
only one thing—running.
You get to the open path and want
to look back to see where she’s at..
You can’t see anybody! You feel so
good inside-you keep running—FAST.
Almost to the end! Stop—look—
what way? You go left—run h a rd -
through the slickers, through the
bushes—wait! We never walked this
way when we went through!
You’re lost and it’s getting dark!
You almost want to stop alto
gether, but you think of your team
—keep going!—and finish LAST!
Man, what a disappointment!
C o m in g up N e x t
In t h e A m e r ic a n
B a s k e tb a ll and
W r e s tlin g
Stanley Johnson heads for the finish
line at Bush Park. This was the 4th
district meet for stan, a veteran of last
year’s championship team.
(Photo by
Roy AI shanna)
Delbert Okbaok led the Braves to a
third place finish at the district cham
pionships at Bush Park October 26.
(Photo by Roy Ai shanna)
B oys
In
Take
T h ir d
D is t r ic t Run
The varsity cross-country team
wound up their season by taking
third in the District Meet October 26
at Bush Park in Salem and third in
the Regionals at Burns November 3.
The Braves final dual meet record
showed four wins against LaSalle,
North Marion, Gladstone and Gervais
and three losses to Cascade, Wood
burn and Stayton.
Chemawa finished 7th out of 12
teams in the Chemawa Invitational
October 20. Reedsport won the meet
which attracted 250 runners from all
over the state.
Delbert Okbaok was named to the
Capital Conference all-star team,
and Foster Simmonds, was given
honorable mention. Other varsity
runners were Robert Lake,Stan John
son, Ken Morris, Gary Clark and
David Enoch.
Sam Beetus missed the second
half of the season with a leg injury.
“ Sam was a very good runner,” said
coach Gene Merwin. He will be back
next year, along with Simmonds,
Morris and Clark.
They will be
joined by jayvee runners that took
third place at the North Marion Invit
ational.
Members of the junior varsity
squad were Plat Ward, Phil Ward,
Leonard McCarr, Henry Alexie,
Alex Gregory and Johnson Booth.