Spilyay Tymoo
Page 10 November 18, 1983
SPORTS
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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
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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