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.