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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1981)
CHEMAWA-SHERMAN GAMES CHEMAWA VS MCKAY Boy’s and girl’s varsity basketball teams and the Chemawa wrestling team went by charter bus on Dec. 8 to Sherman Indian School at Riverside, California to meet their team s. Inter-BIA Boarding School competion, friendly but Fierce, was the aim of the gam es. The teams enjoyed the experience gained in com peting and getting to know athletes in another BIA school. The groups also toured the school and, on the way home spent a day at Disneyland. The three team s were accompanied by their coaches -- Don Bailey, Larry Byers, Ed John, Jack Quincy, and Dennis Shields. Our basket ball boy’s team topped Riverside, and Chemawa wrestlers brought home the mat honors. The Chemawa Braves’ 9th grade basketball team was defeated Jan. 23, 1981 by the McKay 9th grade basketball team by a score of 60-45 on their home court. Wilfred Lawrence, with 18 points was the high man for Chemawa. The coach for the Braves is Larry Byers He has led the team undefeated until now. The Braves had approximately 75 supporters. 1 need time alone to read and to study schoolwork, but I never get it because someone is always coming into my room. I can’t study when someone is talking loud or making noise. Also, I like to be alone so I can take a nap once in a while. On our way home to Browning, M ontana, for Christmas vacation we got into a bus wreck. It was so sudden. We were all asleep when the bus stopped short and you could fell the bus sliding. Everyone jumped up and looked around The bus hit a car that was parked along side the road. The bus then spun around and hit the side of the hill. It was turned sideways so that no car could pass on either side. So the bus driver was getting all the boys to get off the second bus and try to push the crosswise one out of the way. Just when they were going to push it out of the way, a semi-truck came and hit the bus from the other side. Fortunately, all the students got out of the way. But the bus driver got hit and his leg was broken. The boys Varsity Basketball team played an exciting game against Santiam on home court February 3rd. The final score was Chemawa 60, Santiam 48. Coach Ed John, said this win moves Chemawa closer to making the district play-offs. The leading scorers were Alden Kickingwomen with 18, Arthur “ Coot Fred with 13, Leonard Lawrence with 11, and Roger Kemp with 10. CHEMAWA WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Contenders in the Chemawa W restling Tournam ent, held here on January 17th, were Glendale, McKay Hi (Salem), and Alsea. The presence of 100 Che mawa fans, the fact that Chemawa w restlers kept the slate clean in sports m anship. plus a number of wins, all contributed to a strong showing for Chemawa. High scorers were: Raymond Gensaw, 117 lbs, a first place trophy; Fernandez Sandoval, 108 lbs, a first; Sammy Butter fly, 1301bs, and Tom Licht, heavy weight, second place trophies. Team-wise, Chemawa stood in third place. Mr. Simpson and Don Bailey are wrestling coaches. G i1 ham p u ts one up
