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Police sponsor pro-wrestling
Big time wrestling is coming
to Warm Springs. Wrestlers
from Saturday night wrestling
of KPTV fame, will be at the
Community Center on April 25
to show Warm Springs what
wrestling is all about.
The Warm Springs Peace
O ffic e rs A s s o c ia tio n is
sponsoring this event with
p r o c e e d s g o in g to w a r d
scholarships for two top tribal
high school graduates.
The matches begin at 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 25. Ringside
seats are going at $7.00, and
general admission for adults
will be $6.00. For senior
citizens, students with student
body cards, and children 14
years-old and under, admission
will be $4.00. Tickets are
available now at the Police
Station.
The sponsors are seeking
volunteers of high school age to
sell tickets for the event.
Interested persons may contact
Rick Souers. Concessions will
be sold by the Pi-Ume-Sha
Committee.
March 24-27
Yakima to sponsor tourney
The 27th Annual Yakima
Nation All-Indian Invitational
Basketball T ournam ent is
scheduled for this first week of
spring at the Wapato Senior
High school gymnasium „in
W apato, Washington. The
to u rn am en t is recognized
throughout the Northwest as
an arena for highly-skilled and
competitive teams.
Teams attracted to the
Yakima Valley are traveling
from as far away as Lawrence,
Kansas and include semi-local
O re g o n T r a v e le r s . T h e
tournament hosts and Yakima
N ation representatives, as
determined by reservation
p la y -o ffs, are the S atu s
Cowboys.
Other confirmed teams for
the 12-team confrontation
include, Davis C alifornia;
Vermillion, South D akota;
Colville, Washington; Lodge
Grass, Montana; Browning,
M ontana; A rtie K nights,
S e a ttle , W ash in g to n ; St.
Stevens, Wyoming; Nez Perce
Nation, Lapwai, Idaho; and the
Coup Counters of Kyle, South
Dakota.
Championship finals are
scheduled for Saturday, March
27, at 8 p.m. Vermillion, South
Dakota will be defending their
championship title for the sixth
consecutive year.
Boxers go to prison
The Warm Springs Police Boxing Club was escorted by their coaches, R on Govenor and Frank
Smith fo r a match at the Oregon State Penitentiary on March 20. Traveling with the club were Casey
Smith, Corey Smith, Cecil Govenor, Mervin Govenor, Jerry Sam, GuyHerkshan, and Tyron Smith.
Casey boxed exhibition, while Cecil chalked up a win. Guy won by a knockout over M ike Edinger o f
the OSP club. Coach Govenor was proud o f his chib and was pleased with the experience gained in
participating in the match. Albany is the next site fo r Police Boxing club action on the week-end of
the 27th.
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Buckskin tournament draws Northwest boxers
T he B u c k sk in B o x in g
Tournament held March 13
and 14 at the Warm Springs
Community Center was a great
s u c c e s s , a c c o r d i n g to
coordinator Gerald Smith.
Besides having many visitors at
the tournament several Warm
Springs boxers took home
trophies making it even more of
a success.
The results of the tourna­
ment are as follows: 10-11 year,
60 lb . d iv is io n — C u rtis
Stauffer, Morning Star Boxing
Club defeated Corey Scott,
Warm Springs; 10-11 year, 70
lb. division—Tom Millican.
Bellvue d efeated G ab riel
Lopez, Vancouver Boxing
Club; 10-11 year, 75 lb.
d iv is io n -E m m e tt L in to n ,
Tacoma defeated Anthony
Valde, Desert Horse Boxing
Club; 10-11 year, 85 lb.
division—Jason Hargrave of
the Morning Star Boxing Club
Warm Springs Boxing Club
d e fe a te d T o m m y M o o r,
Tacoma Boxing Club.
In the 12-13 year, 80 pound
division-Darrin Hodges, Kelso
Boxing Club defeated Earl
Robine II, Morning Star; 12-
13, 90 lb. division-Frank
Vassar, Morning Star Boxing
Club defeated Bud Keller,
Kelso Boxing Club; 12-13, 95
lb. division-Stacey Stamper,
L e w is to n B o x in g C lu b
defeated Kevin Pete, Warriors
Boxing Club; 12-13 year, 100
p o u n d d iv is io n - S p e n c e r
Tobey, Warriors defeated John
Beaston, Kelso; 12-13 year, 112
lb. division-Stanley Running
Wolf, Reno Pal Boxing Club
defeated M yrton Running
Wolf, Reno Pal; 14-15 year, 95
lb. division-Maurice Linton,
Tacoma defeated Joe Bales,
Kelso.
In the 14-15 year, 100 lb.
d iv is io n —T e rry C a lle ja ,
S o la n o d e fe a te d A lfredo
Anzaldua, Desert Horse; 14-15
year 119 pound Gilbert Siller,
Lower Valley Boxing Club
defeated Tim Bill, Warriors;
14-15 year, 132 pound division-
Guy Leyva, Reno Jets defeated
Marcus Rios, Tacoma; 14-15,
139 lb . d iv is io n — R ic k
Peterson, Springfield defeated
Manual Melendez, Warriors.
In the 16 year-and-older, 119
lb. division-Jerry Sam, Warm
Spring Police D epartm ent
Boxing Club defeated Ray
Totus, Jr., Granger Boxing
Club, 16 year-and-over, 125 lb.
d iv is io n - K ir d B o C o o k ,
Morning Star defeated Duan
Hegge, Desert Horse; 16 year
and over, 132 lb. Lawrence
C a ld e r a , W arm S p rin g s
Boxing Club defeated Luther
Brown, Klamath Falls; 16 year
and older, 139 lb. division
Shane Shaffer, West Eugene
defeated Richard LeFever,
Kelso, 16 year-and-older, 147
lb. division-Terry Chocktoot,
Klamath Falls defeated Guy
H erkshan, W arm Springs
Police Department.
U n c o n te ste d ch am p io n s
include: Junior 10-11 year
division-70 pound Reynolds
Allen, Warm Springs Boxing
Club; 75 lb. Scott Holper,
V ancouver Elks; 106 lb.
Ronnie Sampson, Warriors;
125 lb. Mervin Govenor, Warm
Springs Police Department;
139 lb. John Cozad, Capitol
Boxing Club.
Senior Junior Olympics 14-
15 year division-85 lb. Ande
K napp, Tacom a; 125 lb.
Martin Ozyno, Lower Valley;
156 lb. Marcelus Allen, Knott
Street Boxing Club.
Senior 16 division-112 lb.
Steve Keller, Kelso; 156 lb.
Carlos Adams, Knott Street;
165 lb. G o rd o n M onk,
Tacoma; Heavyweight Melvin
Richey, Knott Street.
Outstanding boxers were
selected by a com m ittee
appointed by the boxing
officials. The o u tstanding
boxers include: 10-11 year
division, Ja so n H argrave,
Morning Star; 12-13 division-
John Newton, Kelso 14-15 year
division, M aurice D inton,
Tacoma; Open Senior, Guy
Herkshan, Warm Springs. Guy
Herkshan was also given the
Sportsmanship award.
The team trophies went to:
1st—Kelso and 2nd—Tacoma.
T h e n e x t s c h e d u le d
tournaments are the Northwest
Meet of Champions, March 27-
28 in Albany, Oregon followed
by the Seattle All-Indian
Boxing Tournament on April