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PAGE 6 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON MARCH 19, 1976 Late Birdie Cops Tie Host pro Jim Wilkinson and Orenco assistant Dave Crowe turned in identical 36-hole scores of 129 to tie for first place in the Annual Kah-Nee-Ta Invitational Pro-Am golf tour nament, held March 13th and 14th. Wilkinson and Crowe each won $387.50. Crowe led after the first day’s competition with a 18-hole total of 64, while Wilkinson was two strokes off the pace with a 66 total. Depsite a couple of missed “easy” putts on Sunday, Wil kinson was nevertheless pleased with his final tally of 63 for 18 holes. Having teed off first, he then watched from the clubhouse as Crowe sank his birdie putt on the final hole for a 65 and the tie. Nothwest P.G.A. star, and one of the pre-tourney favor ites, Jerry Mowlds was three stroked back at the finish with a 132 total, and third place, collecting $300.00 Jim Petersen and Tim Berg each came in with final scores of 135 to tie for fourth place. J DEFENDING KAH-NEE-TA PRO-AM Champ, Chuck Milne, chips Petersen and Berg each col- onto number 2 green on his way to a score of 136 and a tie for 6th DAVE CROWE displays the form that powered him to a 36-hole f lected $225. ? place. score of 129 and a share of first place in the Kah-Nee-Ta There was a five way tie Invitational Pro-Am. for 6th place, with Jeff Lind sey, Verne Perry, Harvey Hix son, Fred Haney, and defending Kah-Nee-Ta Pro-Am champ Chuck Milne scoring 136’s. The 1976 Kah-Nee-Ta Invi tational Pro-Am marked the first official usage of the new nine holes that were begun in early 1974. The new nine in cludes four holes that require the golfer to hit across the Warm Springs River, and an other that “dog legs” to the right, around a lake. One tour nament participant asked liked the location of the course, while another labeled it “chaslleng- ing.” Amateur Low Gross: Jerry Cloninger, Bend, 68-66-134; Ar den Munson, Portland, 65-71- 136; John Frederick, Portland, 68-71-139; Dale Lillard, Vane., Wash., 68-71-139. Amateur Low Net: Marv French, Portland, 121 (to win the Vernon Jackson Memorial Trophy); Elton Gregory, Red mond, 126; Bill Bristol, Port land, 126; Ed Ellis, Portland, 126; Satch Miller, Warm Springs. 129. Team Best Ball: Verne Perry (pro), Marv French, Mike Harris, and Ray Shike. Teen Club The Warm Springs Teen Club participated in a tourna ment on the weekend of March 6-7, at Lummi, Wa. Rod Mitchell was named one of the All-Stars for the tournament, as Warm Springs placed third. The Warm Springs Teen SEATTLE CENTER Rose Tageant (right) rejects this shot by boys will be sponsoring a bas Omak’s Cheryl McCraigie, in action during N.I.A.A. Regional ketball tournament here at the Women’s Basketball Tourney championship game. Omak won Community Center, Mar. 19, 20 and 21. game, 48-41. There will be ten teams taking part in the three day Results Of The NIAA Tournament tournament; they are Omak, Wa., LaPush, Wa., Pendleton, Team Sportsmanship Tournament All-Star Team: Or., Warm Springs, Portland, Kay Rhodes, Plummer, Plummer. Or., Upper McKay Creek, Most Valuable Player Idaho; Leona Blacketer, Nis- Sprague River, Or., Wapato, Susie Marchand, Omak. qually, Wash; Susie Marchand, Goldendale, and Yakima, Wa. Final Standings: Omak, Wash; Rose Tagaeant, The Warm Springs Magpies Seattle, Wash; Fran Moses, won the championship at Chem- Final Standings: W.S. Bravettes; Melody Shop awa in the mens state play First Place .-:0mak, Wa.; bell, Seattle, Wash; Thelma off March 6-7, and the right to Wabaunsee, Scow-Ma, Toppen Second Place - Seattle, Wa.; play in the national basketball ish, Wash.; Sarge Tilligotts, Third Place - Plummer, Ida.; tournament held in Ft. Dus- Yakima, Wash; Elaine George, Fourth Place - Yakima Nation. chene, Utah, on the weekend of Wa., Scow-Ma. Omak; Cheryl McCraigie, April 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Omak. OMAK’S LYNN COOPER (23) makes a vain attempt to stop Annie Dator (33) of Seattle in the championship game of the N.I.A.A. Regional Women’s Basketball Tourney. Little Britches Basketball The Warm Springs Little Britches Basketball team par ticipated in a tournament held March 6-7, 1976, at Pendleton. This was a tournament for boys 12 years old and under. The boys lost their first game to Neah-Bay, Wa., by the score of 38-40, a very close and hard fought game, then coasted to an easy 68-22 win over a Heppner team. They ran into trouble as they lost to LaPush, Wa. Warm Springs placed two boys on the all star team, Jim Scott and Tim Kneeland. The starting five for the local boys were Jim Scott, Tim Kneeland, Mark Johnson, Yah- tin Frank, and Andy Leonard. The rest of the team members are Lurch Scott, Laural La- Mear, Charles Eyle, Maurie Rhoan, and Tracy Leonard. The boys will enter two more tournaments later in the month of March, one will be in Seattle, and the other in Ya kima, Wa. • Rodeo Joe Scott, the son of Zeke and Wilma Scott, won first place in the saddle bronc riding over the weekend of March 6-7, at Choo Choo, Arizona. He scored a total of 53 points to gain top honors in the event. Scott and Ted Hurtado traveled to the southwest to participate in the rodeo; they both did well as Hurtado placed 4th in bull riding. Joe and Ted were to spend the week down there to parti cipate in another rodeo on the weekend of March 13-14, 1976, before returning to Oregon.
