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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.