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Spilyay Tymoo Page 10 November 18, 1983 SPORTS - Hard work, patience gets C.R. to finals The Madras White Buffaloes on the losing end o f the game with Gladstone. The mud covered Buffs pu t up a good battle but could not contain the speedy. Gladstone backs. Gladstone gives Buffs mud bath The Madras White Buffaloes ran into a bit of trouble in their first round state play-off f o o tb a ll gam e a g a in s t Gladstone; on their home field November 5. On a wet soggy field with heavy rain falling into the faces of the Buff players kept them from making a stable drive. During each Madras posses sion of the ball they looked good for a couple of plays but mistakes, fumbles and pass interceptions were always there to kill a Buff drive. Madras had its few moments of glory as Jason Smith pounced on a G ladstone fumble after two plays in the game on their 35 yard line. From that point M adras marched down field When Phil Fine punched thé ball over from two yards out and Scott Williams kicked the extra point giving the Buffs a 7-0 lead. From that point on the mud, rain took its toll as Gladstone went to work scoring in each quarter to post a 46-15 triumph over the Buffs. Madras final score came in the fourth quarter with Fine plunging over from the one and Williams running for two extra point conversion. All in all the Buffs had a very successful season and can be tough next year once again. by Pat Leno The rodeo season for 1983 is at a close with the last show being the Indian National Finals Rodeo. But for C.R. Squiemphen, it is time to start getting ready for the 1984 rodeo season. C.R. is well known on the rodeo circuit as a barrel racer and rpper. In 1983, she placed second in the Western State Indian Rodeo Association regional rodeo thus giving her a berth in the Indian National Finals Rodeo held in Albuquerque, New M exico, November 10-13, 1983. For C.R., winning is a part of the rodeo game. She has been a tough competitor in rodeos for many years. In 1981, C.R. earned the right to participate in the INFR by placing second in the WSIRA regional rodeo. It was a goal that she had set for herself. Being able to win enough money in the barrel racing event gave her the berth at Nationals. In 1981 she traveled the 1,313 miles to compete with the best of the best. For a rodeo contestant the ultimate goal is to win enough points (each dollar earned in an event is a point) to represent your a sso c ia tio n at the championship rodeo. In 1981 it was not in the cards for her to bring home the championship and so she just set her goals to make it to the championship rodeo in 1982. In 1983 she again was in the top monies in WSIRA in barrel racing. Again, she placed second place in the WSIRA regional rodeo giving her another chance at going up against the best Indian barrel racers in North America. Getting a berth in the Nationals is not something that happens to fall into one’s lap, it is a honor that each contestant works hard to gain, the right to compete with the best. For C.R., rodeo is something for which she has to prepare herself and her horse—long hours are spent getting and keeping in shape. It means long hours spent on the road traveling to as many rodeos as possible to earn points and money to be on the top. It means being on time and competing no matter what the weather is like.* In the last year, C.R. traveled to rodeos in Washington, Oregon, Califor nia and Nevada. Most of her weekends were spent at rodeos. In most cases it meant spending hours traveling to rodeos to compete twice during the weekend. Most of her runs in the barrels ran between 16-18 seconds totaling 32-36 seconds of running the barrels per weekend. In C.R.’s case and more often then not, she is in the money and that is what it takes to get to the Finals. For C.R. it was a rough schedule for she also works during the Continued on page 12 Travelers triumphant in annual tournament The host team of the first All- the tournament, the struggle Indian tournam ent of the fo r th e c lim b to th e ■ season, the Oregon Travelers, championship was on. In the Won the tournam ent. The running for the consolation aiinual Oregon T ravelers’ bracket for fourth place, the tournament was held Novem Yakima Players edged the ber 4, 5 and 6 at the Warm Magpies with a score of 71-68. Springs Community Center The team from Hoopa, had a with twelve teams vying for the run away in their game with the Chemawa team, 90-44. The championship trophy. In thè first game of the Yakima Bucks out-scored the tournament, the Warm Springs Warm Springs buffers, 101-81, Magpies outscored the Warm giving the Bucks the game with Springs Police Department, the highest score in a single 78-48. The Satus Cowboys met game. Game twelve pitted the and defeated the Warm Springs Lapwai. Bloods against the D uffers in the scheduled W a rm S p r i n g s P o lic e second game of play with a department with the Bloods score of 73-53. The Yakima winning, 52-48. Heading up the bracket, Bucks walked through the third g a m e , w in n in g a g a in s t vying for a chance for the Chemawa, 73-57. The Oregon championship, the defending Travelers came through their champs, Pendleton Bucks, met first match with the Yakima an d d efeated the S atu s Cowboys, 83-61. In another bid Players with a score of 79-62. During the second day of the for the trip up championship tournament, the Warm Springs alley the Oregon Travelers Magpies met the defending defeated the Taholah Skins, 59- 1982 cham pionship team , 52. On the final day of the Pendleton Bucks, losing by a slim margin with a final score to u rn a m e n t, the L apw ai of 75-73. The Satus Cowboys Bloods and Yakima Bucks beat the Hoopa, California played a close game with the team in a close game with a Bloods winning with a final score of 70-69. The Taholah score of 60-57. The Hoopa Skins out-scored the Yakima team walked over the Yakima Bucks, 86-67 in the seventh Players with a score of 70-60. game of play. In another close With those two games out of game, the Travelers edged the the way, the Lapwai Bloods Lapwai Bloods with a score of were destined to meet the Hoopa team for the fourth 60-58. W ith each team having place play-off. The Satus Cowboys and the played their opening game for Pictured here are the champs of this years Ribbon Shirt basketball tourney. Standing (left to right) Dion Smith, Roman Suppah, Jerome Davis, Bernie Earl, Bob Main and manager Tony “Big R at” Suppah. Kneeling (left to right) Norris Pahnanteer, John Ramaris, Willie Stacona and Jay Keyes. N ot pictured are Ron Jones, K ip Archimaut and Bob Eaglestaff. Spilyay Tym oo p h o to b y M iller Taholah Skins battled for the third place trophy with the Cowboys winning, 95-88. The Lapwai Bloods took the fourth place honors against Hoopa, California with a final score of 86-81. In the championship game, the Oregon Travelers beat the Pendleton Bucks with a final sco re o f 77-64, giv in g tournam ent. “ Mr. H ustle” Pendleton the second place received a hooded sweatshirt trophy and the Travelers the and a beaded buckle for his efforts. That award was given championship. The Sportsmanship trophy to Charlie Shippentower of the was given to the Satus Pendleton Bucks. The “most-3- Cowboys. Louie Belgarde, age points” award went to Buck 51 of the Chemawa team Jones, Pendleton Bucks. Joe received a jacket for being the oldest active player in the Continued on Page 12
