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MAY 24, 1983 Chemawa American Page 8 » a ex ansane CHEMAWA HOSTS CAPITAL LEAGUE DISTRICT TRACK MEET The oval trade again re sounded with the slap of feet on the pavement and the labored breath of young ath letes striving to better district records. The two day district meet began on May 13 and ran until the afternoon of May 14. Coach Dennis Shields com-- mented that this was the third year Chemawa had hosted the meet but our first as a Double A host. Chemawa finishes its first year as a Double A school along side our Leaguemates— Cascade, N orth M arion, Salem Academy, Stayton, Sweet Home and Woodburn. It has been a great competitive year and we are looking for ward to next year's competi tion. The track season dawned on 40 eager young athletes limbering up for the challenge. Coach Shields expressed his pride that eight of our track team lettered this year and took part in our first Double A district meet. Running or participating in field events were the following Chemawa students: LaVonne Stum p-shot put division; - Freda B utterfly-narrow ly missed, a point with the javelin; Scott Winsor-gave it his best in the triple jump; Frank Hostler-strides out in the 100 & 200 meter; Mike Wesley-charge through the 800 meter; Phillip WhiteBuf- falo and Mike Westwolf pump out with the 1500 and 3000 m e te r; A n so n R e d $ ta r- stretches his stamina at the 3000 meter- Paula Bighorn- goes for broke at the 200 and 400 meter run; Phyllis Tòmeo- sets a new school record in the 3000 meter run at 11 min. 52 seconds. Lettering this year were two seniors—Barry Bighorn and Phyllis Tomeo. We surely wish them the best but we will miss them terribly. Also we lettered three juniors—Mike Wesley, Mike Westwolf and Winning the first Capital League meet were Sweet Home in the Girls' division and a tie between Sweet Home and Cas cade for the boys. A great be ginning team and w ell look for greatness next year. Baseball Season Best in Ten Years By Ben Harlow CAPITAL CONFERENCE DISTRICT MEET Girls Basketball Season Rebounds with Younger Girls lower teams so things should be looking up for next year. The people to watch áre Carrie Whitford, Joann Dixey, Willa McLean, Celeste A lbert, Alvina Crows Heart, Francine White, Misty Arcand, 'Best Hustler Award winner' Maria Quincy and Estelle Demon- tiny," concluded Shileds. The season ended with JV girls winning 11 games and -losing six. Freshmen girls won eight and lost eight. Varsity girls won only, One game and lost 19 games. During the Sprots Banquet girls from the varisty and JV teams were honored and recognized. The coaches had special awards for several of the outstanding players. The Most , Valuable Player for this year's girls varsity basketball team was senior LaVone Stump. LaVonne led the team in scor- ing 135 points and 161 points in rebounding. Estelle Demontiney was named Most Improved. While she was a newcomer to the team she "came on strong at the end of the season," said the coach. Willa McLean was the Most Inspirational member of the team. Willa, a junior, was sec ond in scoring points with 125 for rebounding and overall points. Other members of the team were: Misty Arcand, Maria Quincy, Joann Lane, Carrie Whitford, Roberta Red Cloud, Freda B utterfly, Celeste Albert, and the managers. All the above named girls received letters and words o f. praise from the coaches for working , so hard and trying when Scott Winsor. Two sopho mores—Frank Hostler and Paula Bighorn—and one fresh man—Anson RedStar. ’ It looks as if our team will definitely have the core to be a great team in 83-84. '1 feel this year's ball club was much improved over last year, yet we still have our dif ficulties and overcame the ma jority of them. We, as a team, need to improve continually in all aspects of thé game of base ball. Still I would like to give my respect and congratula tions to all the baseball players who had the will and desire to make the season a success," said head baseball coach, Joe Warde in summarizing this year's team. Out of the 13 games played this year, Chemawa Braves Won/five games and lost eight. Coach Wârde said that Sweet Home was the most difficult game, but that the game at Woodburn was the best. Team captain Ken Little George agreed with the coach that the team has improved "150%" and moving up to a double A league has given the team new opportunities. CHEMAW0 CHEMAWA Q CHEMAWA 10 CHEMAWA 7 CHEMAWA 1 CHEMAWA 4 CHEMAWA 4 CHEMAWA 2 CHEMAWA 9 CHEMAWA 7 CHEMAWA 0 CHEMAWA 2 TEAM RECORD: FIVE Areas that Warde said were weak fell into the categories of experience, positions, and hit ting. At the end of the season James Harrison captured the title of Most Valuable player; Darrel Ferguson was named Most Inspirational; and Eddie Bastian was Most Improved. "I feel these players deserve the admiration from the stu dent body for their diligence and edication towards making this a successful season," con cluded Warde. BATTING AVERAGES K. LITTLE GEORGE 38-13 D. FERGUSON 38-14 J. HARRISON 30-9 A. JONES 14-4 B. HARLOW 34-9 E. BASTIAN 25-5 W. LAWRENCE 33-5 K.CLAIRMOÑT 29-4 P. COLLIFLOWER 9-1 J. COCHRAN 20-2 .342 .342 .300 .285 .264 .200 .151 .137 .111 .100 Woodburn (forfeit) 1 Cascade 6 Salem Academy 0 Valsetz 5 Sweet Home 9 North Marion 3 Woodburn 1, • Cascade 11 Salem Academy 3 Stayton 12 Sweet Home 19 North Marion 15 AND EIGHT LOSSES GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM MEMBERS Back Row (left to fight) ROBERTA (Dates) REDCtOUD, ROBIN CAUFIELD, FREDA BUTTERFLY, ALVIRA CROW FLIES HIGH, and COACH JEFF BLACKMAN, things didn't seem to run as smoothly as they had hoped. Coach Dennis Shields said that the season was "a great learning experience for the new and young girls, along with myself. Most of the talented girls got kicked off so we en d ed with* young players." While the season did not live up to Shields' expectations he said that "we are losing on ly one senior off all the teams. There are some great young players coming up off the I CHEMAWA GIRLS SOCCER BremneHcoach) ** PreSCOtt' Gina McKaT' Lisa Wilber, kathy Bill, Judy Launer, Renee Metcalf, Michelle Metcalf and Brenda GarciaR° W: YEAR'S TRIATHALON. By Ms. LaCroix In conjunction with the March 17 Health Fair, 13 Stu dents also participated in a triathalon. Events included running three miles, swim ming six laps, weight lifting such as dead lift, deep knee bends, bench press and arm Curls. Non-swimmers were ex pected to run an extra mile. In the women's category, senior Phyllis Tomeo took first place with 57 points. Melody Crawford, also a Senior, came in second place with 54 points. In the men's category, Richard* Bearchild and Les Costel tied for first place with 60 points each in the swim mers and non-swimmers cate gories, respectively. Monte Munyan took second place with 58 points, Mike Wesley came in third with 53 points, Joe Wilbur landed fourth place but did not run the 5,000 meters, and Jon Charbonneau came in fifth with 37 points, but without running the 5,000 meters also. TRIATHALON Joe Hillaire received first place honor in the Young Men (17 and under) division. He earned 57 points in the non swimmers division. In this same, category Monfy Cagey took second place with 44 points as a non-swimmer, and a non-runner. Coming in third with 21 points but not participating in the dead lifts and squats was junior Darwin Crawford. LES COSTE LL Pe° ne' ^ackie Andrews- Eva Marie Valdez, Maria Quincy, Frances Joseph, Freda Butterfly and Louita WINNERS STAY PHYLLIS TOMEO Phyllis Tomeo, who works out by swimming an hour, running seven to ten miles and does an hour of calesthenics and spot exercises, said that this workout helped her take first place honors. She main tains a daily exercise program because she says she is getting ready for a summer marathon. In May, she will be competing in the Blooms Day Run in Spo kane, the Moses Lake "Only the Fools Run in the dark mar athon," and other locally sponsored runs. Tomeo began her workout routine last spring while pre paring for the track season and since then has decided to maintain the program. "Running lets me sort put my problems and makes me feel better afterwards," she said. . Phyllis said that she runs alone for the fun and emo tional lift. She also said that by running six days a week in the evenings, that this helps her settle down, calm down, and allows her to concentrate PHYLLIS TOMEO on her studies. All this is preparing Phyllis for her future plans of entering the Air Force in August. At this time she has no interest iij becoming an officer but would like to become a court reporter. "I started out running three miles but not at a quick pace. I don't encourage others to follow my patter because they have their own physical makeup to deal with. If peo- p le IN SHAPE are interested in running they might start running short dis tances with a friend and work up," concluded Phyllis. . LES COSTELL Also capturing first place but in mens category was Les Costell and Joe Hillaire with 60 points each. Les Costell, senior, was born in Browning and is an enrolled member of the Black- feet tribe. He said that he en joyed the triathalong because he enjoys working out. In- s te a d of swimming during the triath along, Les lifted weights, ran three times and participated in hurdle running. '1 mainly work out on weights every day and try to run three miles a day, five times a week. This keeps me healthy, in shape, and keeps my mind clear so I can think better," commented Costell. After graduation, Les plans to go to college in Montana. He has not decided on a career goal yet, but hopes to partici pate in sports there and con tinue on with his wrestling honors. White at Chemawa, Les has been on the football team, wrestling team and is current ly on the basketball team. He has Won several honors for his wrestling talents. During the summer, Les plans on continuing to work around horses and work on a local ranch. JOE HILLAIRE Joe Hillaire was bom on the Lummi reservation and is another first place winner in the triathalon. During the triathalon, Hill aire lifted w eights, p a r ticipated in the bench press, dead lift, and squats, ran 12 laps, and also ran the shuttle run. While preparing for the tri athalon, Joe said that he runs two miles every day, lifts weights, and plays basketball. Hillaire hopes to work one day as a forest ranger in Mon tana. More immediately, he plans to attend Haskell Indian College, playing baseball and basketball.
