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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1981)
Page 10 January 19,1981 SPORTS __________________ i______________________ :______ j Ft. Pecks wins Holiday Tourney second year in a row F t. P e e k , o f P o p la r , M ontana, defeated P ryor Montana, 95-82 to win the championship game of Warm Springs Nation’s 22nd All- Indian Holiday Basketball tournam ent played at the Community Center December 31-January 3. This is the second year in a row Ft. Peck has won the 12- team tourney. In winning the tournament. Ft. Peck received the first place trophy and each team member were given ja c k e ts aw ard ed to the champions. Ft. Peck appeared to have the game under control from the first quarter. Tex Hall had 11 first half points and Ken Billingsley contributed eight to lead' Ft. Peck to a 45-30 halftime lead. Both finished the game with 17 points. By the third quarter Pryor had Closed the lead to 10 points and although outscoring Ft. Peck 37-32 in the fourth quarter, they still had to settle for second place. Leading scorers for Ft. Peck were Billingsley and Hall (17 points), Maynard Heart (15 pts.), Quenton Yankton and Merle Smith (12 pts.), and Jim Walker (10 pts.). Walker was also named the tournament’s “Most Valuable Player.” Joel Pease led all scorers for the game with 30 points and teammates Louie Goodluck and Clinton Goodluck had 17 and 10 points respectively for Rryor. The “Sportsmanship” trophy was given to Pryor. In climbing the bracket to the championship game. Ft. Peck first beat the Warm Springs Magpies 120-71 and Taholah, Washington, 113-87. The Magpies won their first gam e a g a in s t H o o p a , California 63-57 before losing to Ft. Peck 120-71. The Magpies also played and beat Warm Springs II (Duffers) 82- 78 before dropping out of the tourney against Satus 74-54. For the Duffers team, they lost to Satus 126-95 and again to Simcoe Creek 88-81. T aholah, W ash, placed Bank Shot— Vernon Su ppah (no. 12), W arm Sprin gs M agpies, tries unsuccessfully to block, u shot put in by un unidentified third, Sprague River, Ore. Warm Springs If player during first round action of Holiday placed fourth, Colville placed tourney. It was tough match for Todd Danzuka as he was stopped by Glen Quocksister of S to ’ L o Boxing Chib in the feature bout o f Warm Springs Boxing C lu b’s A ll-Indian Boxing tournament December 27-28. Danzuka refused to give up and got some good punches in as can be seen in left photo. Warm Springs champions included Reynolds Allen, Tony Stacona, Cecil Govenor, and L aw ren ce C aldera. Each received champion jackets. In Vancouver for a Silver Gloves tourney January 10 Warm Springs brought back several awards. Guy Herkshan claimed the 125 lbs. title and was n am ed B e st Ju n ior Boxer. John Sampson, runner- up in 139 lbs. weight class was M ost Inspirational Boxer and had the M ost Outstanding Bout. Reynolds A Hen was winner o f the 65 lb. class. fifth and Satus, Wash, won sixth in the four day tourney hosted by the Magpies. The “Mr. Hustle” award was given to Martin Whitecraft of the Sprague River Ducks. A ll-Stars included Jim Walker, Tex Hall and Bill Eaglestaff, Ft. Peck; Louis Goodluck and Carlson Goes Ahead, Pryor; Rackey Wagner and Ollie St. Clair, Taholah; Skip Barney and A drian W hitecraft, Sprague River; Steve Hawkings, Satus;' Mike Jordan, Colville Tribe; and Bob Eaglestaff, Warm Springs Magpies. The M agpies upcom ing tournaments are at Toppenish, Washington for the Blood- runner Invitational January 23-25, C h ilo q u in S ta rs I n v i t a t i o n a l , C h ilo q u in February 6-8, Nez Perce Nation tournament February 14-16, and Umatilla Invita tional in February. Wednesday night bowling During the week of January 7, Guy Davis team had the lead in the standings with an 18-6 record followed by Warm Springs Athletic Association 16-8; J.R. Smith Logging Co. 13-7; Kah^Nee-Ta' and Gib’s Texaco each ,4-10; V.F.W. Post #4217 ,0-10; Madras Auto Parts and Zane Jackson Logging Co. each had 1,-13; Farm Bureau also had 1,-13; Wes’Floor Covering 10-14; Confederated Tribes 9-15 and the Warm Springs Juvenile Department 3-21. The high three game series went to Guy Davis-Olds for their-2705 total.Zane Jackson Logging Co. 2682,. Madras Auto Parts 2672. High individual three game series Dick Souers rolled 649, Ray Shike, Jr. 643 and Dennis Story 640. For the high team game Guy Davis Chev-Olds rolled a 949, Zane Jackson Logging Co. 948 and Guy Davis Chev-Olds 940. The high individual game Claude Smith rolled a 244, Dennis Story had a 244 also and Dick Souers 243. Here was the way the teams were matched up on the night of January 14: On lanes 1-2 Guy Davis vs V.F.W. Post #4217; 3-4 Kah-Nee-Ta vs. Zane Jackson; 5-6 Warm Springs A.A. vs. Confederated Tribes; 7-8 J.R.Logging Co. vs. Farm Bureau; 9-10 Warm Springs Juvenile Department vs. Wes’ Floor Covering; 11-12 Gib’s Texaco vs. Madras Auto Parts. There were no results of the nights action at press time. This is the leagues sixth week for the winter quarter. Senior Court Queen—Melissa Johnson, daughter of Ruth Tewee, and Tony Torres, son of Caroline Torres, exchange glances bef ore Melissa was announced senior court queen of the 22nd Holiday Basketball Tournament.
