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CHEMAWA AMERICAN S P 0 R T S O O a B O a B B O a O O O C B B B B B O B B B B O B C X a O O O O B q H a O B O O S a O O O B O O O a B a BBC aO B B O f i^ C B ^ B Q B B B P B O B D O B O O O C K S O O O O O a O tS O a O B a e a B C B B B g Q g O C B a s e b a ll P la y e r s V a rs ity C heerleaders Chosen fo r Spirited ’8 4 -8 5 Season .... B e c o m in g C o n fid e n t W in n e r s By Leonard Red Cloud and Mike Johnson “ We are a young and in e x perienced team unsure of our indi vidual capabilities and responsibili ties. At this point we’re starting to click as a team and starting to real ize that it doesn’t take individuals to win a game, but the whole team working together,” said baseball coach Joe Warde. With only two returning lettermen this season (Ken Little George and Eddie Bastian), much of the team’s time is spent in building the funda mentals, explained Warde. Morale was initially low, but the team has turned that around by making some internal changes in attitude. Apprehension about indi vidual skills is better now and things are coming together for the mighty Braves. Team members agree that they are concentrating and working bet ter together, said one of the newer players. Both the team and the coach de fine their goals for the season as ba sically trying to improve baseball knowledge, developing individual self-confidence as well as working relationships in working as a united team. They also ultimately want to win more games than in the previ ous year. While a large number of boys turned out for the spring tryouts, only 14 members made it to the final cut. Coach Warde summarized each of the players and their,talents: CHRIS PHAIR: is an outfielder and a freshman. “ Chris is a dedi cated person and w ill have the chance to improve.” GARRICK MORRISON: fresh man and infielder. “ Garrick has a lot of potential to develop but needs to work on skills. I t ’s coming.” LAR RY ROBERTS: a ju n io r playing p itche r and short stop. ‘Larry has been a good addition and very helpful.” CHESTER MOWITCH: a senior and “ is a very valuable athlete playing first base.” THOMAS ABIETA: a senior who plays infield and pitcher, “ is recov- ering from a broken hand. We ex pect good things from him because of his experience.” EDDIE BASTIAN: a sophmore and catcher, is a returning letter man. “ Eddie has all-league poten tial. He works hard and has great potential to be an excellent ball player.” KEN LITTLE GEORGE: a sen ior who pitches and plays both in and out field, “ is dedicated, intelli gent, all-league potential, and I ’d like to have nine more of him.” DAN BIRD: a sophmore, out fields and pitches, “ has the potential to be a good player.” PAT B ILLIE: a sophomore and outfielder, “ is very dedicated and dependable in all areas and very de dicated.” MONTY TONASKIT: is a fresh man who plays infield. “ Monte has potential and good skills. He has spent much of the season with a broken hand.” EMERSON S TIFFA R M : is a sophomore playing outfield. “ Emer son could be a good ball player with a little more dedication to the game.” ED FENTON: a freshman who plays outfield, “ is one of the hardest workers on the team. He’s working but has a re a l desire to le a rn more.” LANCE FRIEDLÄNDER: is a junior and “ a u tility player with ex cellent potential.” Manager V icki M att has spent two years with the team. “ She’s in valuable to me. She takes care of the books, keeps the equipment and last minute details together.” In summary Warde feels that ath letics relates to life itself, because the skills developed in athletics transfers into the m ajority of daily life. “ Kids at this time are setting at titudes and ideas in the ways that they w ill deal with life situations down the road. They w ill face the s itu a tio n , back aw ay, o r w ork through it. By participating in athe- letics, students must face up to the situation and not back away,” con cluded Warde. Action Found w ith Bumps, Bruises an Bulls By Erlena Black Weasel and Ann Bull Calf Where can a -person get throwr and knocked around, eat dirt, anc still have a wonderful timé? Rodeo Club is the place where staying on a bull’s back is where the action is, and where bumps anc bruises are more than half the fun. Under the supervision of adviser Bill Sharp 13 students are partici pating in the club’s many activities which includes bull riding and ro deoing. SCORE BOARD SCOREBOARD FOR BASEBALL OPPONENT SCORE St. Paul 4 CIS 3 Often the male members have more shots at the practice bull rid ing sessions than do the girls, but Sharp says that next year the club will expand its activities so that the girls have a better choice of how they w ill participate. From April until year end club members w ill continue to practice riding in Albany and w ill begin com peting loca lly by the end of the month. The club’ s top riders are presi dent Guy Ford and vice president Kelly Bullchild. Their best time for staying on the bulls is cu rre n tly eight seconds, but that is improv ing. Other club members are: Rodeo Queen Cookie Paul, Steven Ford, Monty Tonasket, Elroy Sterns, Rox anne Mike, Leah Jorgenson, Rosie Black Weasel, Erlena Black Weasel, Carol Running R abbit, Ann Bull Calf, Laurie Racine, and M aria Quincy as a club photographer. The club is open to all students who enjoy some fast times oh the back of a mean bucking bull. St. Paul 9 CIS 2 Woodburn 14 CIS 4 Cascade 12 CIS 2 Salem Academy 9 CIS 2 Stayton 8 Chemawa 1 Kayak Club has undergone many changes in this year’s program. Un like last year, members are doing more than just running the river. They have been studying the river, water safety, first aid, and survival training. At the beginning of the year, club members decided that they did not want to go back and forth to the Wil la m e tte pool to p ra c tic e th e ir kayaking skills. They decided to try and get the use of Chemawa’s pool. This proved to be no easy task. Ob taining all the levels of permission =X==^<= A fte r many hours of nervous practice sessions the six new varsity cheerleaders for 1984-85 have been selected. They are juniors Julie McDonald, Theresa Jacobson, and Leah Thompson; and sophmores Pattie Little Wolf, Cheri Huff, and Lisa Mahle. Cheerleading adviser, Ms. Debra Thorpe, said that the “ tryouts this year weren’t as good as in previous years in terms of numbers of girls trying out, but in terms of quality we had some good candidates for the six openings that we had.” The girls presented their cheers and routines in front of selected stu dents from student council, regular student body, faculty members, ma trons, and administration. This was the first time in many years that the judges represented such a wide cross section of the Chemawa com munity. Girls were rated on style, tech nique, and spirit in their public dem O LD W ELCO M E N E w j C h e r I H u ff T r e r e s a J a c o b s s o n L e n a Ik e J u lie onstrations, and had to have staff and faculty recommendations. M c D o n a ld L e a h T h o m p s o n & T r a c y A r t h u r r e c e i v e d a w a r d s . They Under the dedicated supervision w e lc o m e in t h i s y e a r ,8 n e w r a l l y te a m » of adviser Thorpe the cheerleading squad has grown from a small group of girls that had a high turn over, to a team of highly motivated and con-J fident girls whose routines are now King, and Roxanne Mike. spirit and set the example for new expressing that level of expertise Two more positions for male mas students as to what Chemawa spirit cheerleaders and team. “ We were so and confidence. cots and five JV cheerleaders w ill be is really about. Students who show embarrassed, but we kept right on chosen in the fall. up at games, she said, re a lly do cheering as if we really knew what “ It has taken alot to build up the When asked about her goals for make a difference in how the team we were doing!” girls and raise the spirit here, but the new year Cheri Huff, sophmore plays and how the students feel I ’m really proud of them,” added and an enrolled member of the Sis about the team. There is still time to show your Thorpe. seton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, said Cheri said that her most memora school spirit in terms of supporting that she hopes to sharpen her cheer ble cheering experience came once the Braves. There are several base Other g irls who demonstrated ing skills and then help the teams go at an away game when the JV cheer ball, softball and track meets com their spirit and willingness to show on to state. leaders went out on the floor to do a ing up here in Brave’s Territory. their skills were Audry Jones, Va She wants to encourage students Head out to the fields and catch the floor cheer but instead did a sideline lerie Williams, Tracie Arthur,, Kim to work together to raise the school action! cheer in fron t of the other riv a l EARLY SEASON PROMISING By Venus St. Paul The Chemawa G ir l’s Softball Team ventured to Scio, Oregon, on Tuesday, M arch 27, 1984, to play their first game of the 1984 season. Both teams started off slow in the firs t inning, then Scio drew firs t blood in the second inning scoring three runs on a bases-loaded double. Chemawa came back in the third in ning with a single run. Neither team scored two more runs in the fifth to tie the game at 3-3. In the sixth in ning, Chemawa scored two more runs and then held Scio to no runs to take the lead. The seventh inning saw Chemawa send four batters, up without suc cessfully scoring. They then retired the next three Scio batters to being home their 5-3 victory. Thè winning pitcher was Thelma James with Audrey Jones catching. M ary Bob, Renee Peone, Becky Peone, Thelma and Audrey Jones all had hits for Chemawa. Job well done, girls: Keep it up! ! GIRLS SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD Chemawa girls pitched it hard to Gervais on A p ril 16. While the coaches said that the girls looked like they had improved compared to the last games, it wasn’t enough to pull off a win. Tough infield G erri LaM erre, Maria Minthorn, Pam James, and Annette Swimptkin joined pitcher Thelma James and Michelle “ Slick” Metcalf in watching over the bases. They put up a good defense, but they just couldn’t get under their hits. The same was true for outfield Lelani Paul (leftfield), Lana Doney (right-field), and Sheryl Pakootas (center). In the end Gervais took it away the score 5-1. Under the coaching efforts of Venus St. Paul, Rodney Clark and Jeff Ernst the team is working hard to win the next game. Members of the 1983-84 girls soft- ball team are: Jackie Andrews, Cen terfield and pitcher; Thelma Berg- Chem aw a Swim Team Sets School Records in R egional Com petition BIRTH OF COMPETITIVE SWIMMING AT CHEMAWA HIGH SCHOOL By Jake Johnson On January 7, 1984, while swim ming against M cM in nville , Guy Ford and Steve Ford swam in their first swim meet. They did very well taking second and third place for the 100 free style. In the second meet, two other stu dents went to the meet over in A l bany. They were Joseph Blacketer, and John Blacketer. Joe took first in the 500 free style, and John took sec ond place. In the th ird meet at Lebanon Phillip Solomon, Jake Johnson and Mike Weasly all set new school re cords. Phillip Solomon, swam 100 yards with the time of 1:17:05 Jake Johnson, swam 100 Butterfly with the time of 1:15:32 Mike Westley, swam 100 Back- stroke with the time of 1:24:53 In the final meet team members brought back a second place trophy from Lincoln City on February 11. There were eight other teams there. New school records were set again in the 200 medely relay, 100 meter breast stroke, and 100 meter back stroke. Those who earned a letter were Mike Westly, Jake Johnson, Joseph Blackter, Steven Ford, and Phillip Solomon. K a y a k in g H as G re a t Y e a r by Gerald Kelly ------ M from staff members, program and department heads, clearance and pool reservation times, took coor dinating and patience. After three months the club had permission anc1 members were delighted. Patience and persistence paid off. “ I never thought we were going to get to use the pool, but now we have it. Chemawa students w ill get an idea of what we are about. Maybe we’ll even get a few females in terested,” said Jesus Senter, club president. K ayak Club also underw ent major changes in its goals and pur pose. In order to gain more oppor tunities, the club members turned the focus into learning experiences rather than just a group looking for fun. games and good times. Training has been demanding at times, but club members agree that advisers David Graham and Ed Bartlett have given them skills that they will always use. River trips this year have includ ed excursions on the Deschutes and Willamette with members of dorms and staff. Kayak members have also served as river aides when dorms took raft ing trips. Club members included Phillip Soloman, Monte Munyan, Byron Lee, Jesus Senter and Gerald Kelly. DATE 3/27/84 3/30/84 4/02/84 4/05/84 4/13/84 4/16/84 OPPONENT Scio CIS Sacred H eart CIS Woodburn CIS Sweet Home CIS Central CIS Gervais CIS man, rig h t fie ld ; M ary Bob, 1st b a s e ; T a m m y C o h e n , o u t- fie ld /p itc h e r; Kim George, left field; Pam James, short-stop; Thel ma James, 1st base and pitcher; Audry Jones, catcher; Robin Marsh, center field; Michele “ Slick” Met c a lf, c a tc h e r/3 rd base; M a ria Minthorn, 2nd base/pitcher; Becky Old Man, center field; Becky Peone, Break Dancers Break Dancing By Mike Johnson and LaVelle Walk er Let’s go everybody! Get out on the floor and do the “ tut,” the “ Centi pede,” and the “ Moonwalk.” Let’s see some back spins, handstands, and action! That’s exactly what the fans or dered and what the three members of the Soul Sonic Playboys delivered in a special assembly held April 20. Chris Green, Kim Lewis and friend, who made their Chemawa Debute are local students from McNary and SCORE 3 5 19 19 10 3 11 1 16 3 5 1 right field, 3rd; Renee Peone, catch e r ; S h a ry l P a k o o ta s , c e n te r field/pitcher; Tina Webster, right field; Francine White, right field; L oni P aul, le ft fie ld ; A n ne tte Swim ptkin, 3rd base; G errie La- Mere 1st base; Lano Doney; center; and Kim Piapot. The team is being coached by V. St. Paul, R. Clarke, arid J. Ernest from recreation. Get Down North Salem High Schools who form frequently for groups. Soul Sonics got their start foo around. They approached var groups about teaching others break dance and now offer less at the local YMCA in town. After their initial demonstra the group offered ind ivid ua l i small group lessons to Braves i wanted something more th ril than watching movies. Many of the students have ta o ff and are p erfecting th e ir c techniques. Thanks to the recreai department who sponsored the i assembly many Chemawa stude are now starting a program here Hard W o rk M o tiv a te s Track Team M e m b e rs By Mike Johnson and Leonard Red Cloud Here is a track team that only an sw ers to tw o w o rd s : “ W o rk Harder!” Mike Wesley, Frank Hostler, Phil lip White Buffalo, Wayne Windells, Herb Allen, Robert Allen, Anson Red Star, Vince Bryan, and Albert Perry make up the tough competitors of this season’s Braves track team. Field coach Eddie Mike said that all the boys are gradually improving and the real strength is coming from the long and short distance runners. Track Coach Marvin Devereax agrees. He credits Wayne Windells as his most improved long distance runner. In a recent race Windells came in third in the 300 meter run. When it comes to sprinters De vereax predicts that Frank Hostler could make it to state. In a recent race Frank came in first. Eddie Mike hopes for some state competition, too. He stated that with a. lot of hard work he feels that the team this season has the power to make it to state. Mike credits Robert Allen, a junior, for his example as an a ll around fie ld e r which has en couraged other team members. Strutting his stuff, Allen threw the javalin 155 feet, the discus 110 feet, and the shot-putt at 45 feet. Mus cles? This kids eats W heaties’ BOXES for breakfast! With all these remarkable fea tures Chemawa’s Boys Track team w ill lead the way during the district meets.
