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The Super Scouts Hood to Coast Relay team consisted of (left to right)
Wayne Bulkalf, Thurman Squiemphen, Leo Helion, TomBegay, Geoff
Bury, Julian Smith, Bobby Macy,
Play it safe
Here are five steps to help you
stay in shape while avoiding sports
injuries:
1. Begin slowly. If you're fitness
swimming for the first time, for
instance, don't just plunge in. Set a
goal for swimming laps for five
minutes the first day and increase
the time as it becomes comfortable.
2. Be attuned to the temperature.
For example, walking is an aerobic
sport quickly gaining a following.
It hot weather, walk in the cool of
the morning or early evening, wear
ing a hat and drinking plenty of
fluids, before, during and after the
Basketball
A week long basketball camp
termed a success despite the small
number of turn-outs of boys and
girls.
Gary Bays, the basketball coach
of Warner Pacific College, in Port
land, along with his two sons Scott
and Jason and Ed Helfund were on
hand to present the camp and work
with the kids. Working on the fun
damentals and drills they went
through during the week session.
Gary Boys, person enjoys working with youngsters. Here he is conducting basketball camp for the kids here
In Warm Springs and the surrounding area. There were kids enrolled in the camp from Madras.
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walk.
3. Take account of terrain. If you
walk on the beach, do so on the fiat
test section. Walking along the
slanted water line adds stress to the
lower back and knees as does walk
ing in deep sand.
4. Warm up to your exercise
work. If you haven't hit the golf
course or tennis court since last
season, do a few flexibility and
stretching routines before you play
your first game. Tennis players
should volley a bit before begin
ning serious play, optimally until
perspiring. That indicates the mus
camp can
Coach Bavs said that he has had
basketball camps all summer long
in Portland, three for the boys and
two for girls before coming here.
He averaged about 110 per week
for both the boys and girls division
before coming here. The kids work
hard and show a lot of interest in
the game. For the turn-out here in
Warm Springs those who did turn
out show a lot of interest and there
are some very good potentials in
both the boys and girls groups.
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and Jahbar Davis. A Iso a member was Dr. Roy N akamura. The team
finished the August 15, 168-mile relay race in just over 20 hours.
cles are supple and ready to work
Golfers should take a nine iron and
hit several doen balls before head
ing out to the tee.
Get help from health care experts.
Before starting a new exercise pro
gram and if you re strained or hurt
in any way see your doctor. Doctor
of chiropractic specialize in main
taining the mechanical integrity of
the body.
You can get a free booklet on
protecting yourself from recreatio
nal injuries from the American
Chiropractic Association, 1701
Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, Vir
ginia 22209.
help kids
When Coach Bays was asked if
he would return again next year to
oresent another basketball camp,
his reply was, "If they ask me." He
said the stay was very pleasant
especially staying at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Lodge. Camps like this can help
anv kid who wants to plav basket
ball even though he or she may
have madethe team last year doesn t
mean they are pros at the game. No
matter how good a player is there is
always something new to learn.
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Unfinished
Madras, noted for a fine basket
ball town where the White Buffa
loes have won their share of the
league championships and some.
They have gone to state for the past
several years. Each year there have
been an Indian boy or two who
have done well on the team and
Coaches try
A colorlul segment ot Montana
athletic lore reaches a dead end
each year when high school Indian
basketball players fail to carry their
skills on to the college level.
The reasons and solutions baf
Indian stars
By Dave Trimmer
Gazette Sports Writer
When serious Montana high
school basketball fans get together
and start talking about great teams,
great games and great players, it
doesn't take long before an Indian
team or player becomes part of the
conversation.
Indian basketball is a major part
of Montana basketball lore.
Yet, when the conversation turns
to the colleges, Indians are only
obvious by their absence.
It's a sad but true fact of the
Montana sports scene that one of
the more exciting and colorful chap
ters of the state's athletic history is
also among its more tragic.
For many reasons, the Indian
story starts and stops, for the most
part, with high school.
About 20 high schools in Mon
tana have teams with a majority of
Indian players.
In the decade of the '80s alone,
Indian schools have won five state
championship, six different Indian
teams have placed in the top three
and 1 1 different predominantly
Indian schools have been to state
tournaments.
In the same span, no Indian ball
players have made an impact at a
Montana college or university and.
unofficially, only one has played
for and graduated from a four-year
institution.
Why?
Mike Harkins, one of the more
successful collegiate coaches in Mon
tana history at Eastern Montana
H.S. sports schedule
Madras senior high school fall
sports schedule for the first two
weeks
Football
Vtrsity: September 4 at Sweet
Home 7:30 p.m.
Varsity: September 1 1 at home
against Hood River 7:30 p.m.
FroshSoph.: September 10
at Wahtonka at 5:00 p.m.
Voile ball September 10 home,
at 6:00 p.m.
SPORTS
Local team wins first
Twelve co-ed teams vied for the
championship title of the sixth annual
Animals Slo-Pitch softball tourna
ment August IS and 16 at the
Community Center ballfields in
Warm Springs.
Winning top honors for the two
day tournament was the Smith and
Greene Logging team of Warm
Springs. Two of the Smith and
Greene players was selected for the
"most valuable player" awards,
Lonnie Sammaripa was selected
Instructor training offered
Would you like to teach aerobic
exercise classes but aren't sure you
have the necessary skills? Then,
this class is for you.
Beginning Monday, September
14, 1987, Eva Montee. Coordina
tor of the Tribal Wellness Program
in Warm Springs, will be offering a
class called "Teaching Aerobic
Exercise." The class will be free of
charge to Tribal Members and any
tribal employee working in Warm
Springs. The class will meet in the
Community Center basement
aerobics room each Monday and
Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. for approximately ten (10)
Seasons
showed some good college poten
tials as college scouts observed
them perform, but where do they
go?
In the, Billings Gazette, of Bik
lings, Montana, an article came
out in a five-part series covering
Indian basketball players in that
to pin point
fles fans, coaches and other players.
In the Unfinished Seasons series,
several successful Indian athletes,
white and Indian high school coaches
and college coaches try to pinpoint
the problem and solution.
fade after high school
College, said it is a combination of
adjustment factors social, basket
ball academic but the bottom line
is that all coaches recruit for one
reason, to win. "Prejudice doesn't
enter into it. You don't recruit
white, black or Indian, you recruit
to win," he said.
Luke Spotted Bear, a 1981 grad
uate of Plenty Coups High School
and a 1986 graduate of Mary Col
lege in Bismarck, North Dakota,
said, ultimately the responsibility
lies with the individual, although a
number of factors enter the picture.
Harkin, now a professor of EMC,
had 288-158 record in 17 years as
coach of the Yellowjackets. In build
ing that record, Harkins was one of
the first M ontana coaches to serious
ly recruit black players and he also
had three outstanding Indian play
ers, Pete Conway, Darrell Hill and
Ken Pemberton.
But even Harkins admitted the
cards are stacked against Indian
basketball players.
However, he said the problems
facing Indians were the same fac
ing many small-town or rural stars
in Montana. And most of the Indian
schools are in smaller towns on or
near reservations.
That intertwines with the adjust
ment factors.
"College basketball is sophisti
cated," Harkins said. "In small
schools, they can dominate the
ball, they don't always have to play
defense and they can take bad
shots. You can't do that in college.
At college, you have to play a role."
That also encompasses thesocial
and educational adjustments.
At home, the college freshman
was a star player. "A basketball
player on the reservation is more of
a hero than a basketball player at
Billings Senior or Billings West.
Then, w hen he goes to college, he's
just another guy." Harkins said.
Conway, w ho attended Western
Montana College before transfer
ring to Eastern and graduating in
1975. said that although Indians
are considered a minority, they are
really a minority until they leave
home.
"I believe the biggest obstacle 1
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from the men and Missy David was
selected from the women.
Second place honors went to the
Macy's Market team of Warm
Springs; third to the Seattle Tra
velers; fourth to the Pendleton
Rookies and fifth to the Satus Free
Spirits. The Four Winds team was
given the "better than nothing"
award.
Sally's Crew of Yakima received
the Sportsmanship trophy.
weeks and will cover all topics
related to the teaching of aerobic
exercise classes. It will also include
practice teaching.
If you are interested in attending
this class, call ext. 205 to pre
register and plan to be present at
the first session on September 14th.
To qualify, you must attend all
instructional classes and be willing
to volunteer some instructional time
to the Wellness Program upon com
pletion of the course.
If you would like additional infor
mation, call Eva at 553-1161, ext.
205.
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state and how they performed and
where they went.
With Dermission from the Bil
lings Gazette sports editor, these
articles will appear in the bpilyay
Tvmoo. in live parts, me tirst
"Indian stars fade after hieh school
by Dave Trimmer, of the Gazette
staff.
the problem
The first part of the series ident
fies the problem
In other parts, to run in the nextl
four issues of Spilyay Tymoo, wej
view the problem from all perspec
tives and search tor solutions.
had to overcome was becoming
minority," Conway said, "On the
reservation, you are the majority
and therefore, you don't have an
understanding how mainstream
America does things.
He added that unlike other mino
rities, Indians are isolated on the
reservation.
Harkins pointed out that college
life is a big adjustment for every
student, but especially so for those
who have to spend time at practice,
Basketball players are not recru
ited for academics, so sometimes
it's a gamble. The average student
pays money to go to school (ath
letes receive scholarships
so they pay more attention.
A number of college coaches
echoed similar themes to Harkins'.
After being named the Most
Valuable Player when Plenty Coups
won the 1981 State championship
Spotted Bear went to Haskell Indian
Junior College in Lawrence, Kan
sas, before going to Mary. When
he graduated from Mary, Spotted
Bear became the first graduate of
Plenty Coups to complete a four
year college education. Plenty Coups
opened in the mid-1970's when
Edgar High School was closed.
Spotted Bear said he wanted to
quit school a number ol times
mainly because he missed his fam
ily. He also admitted. If I ever did
quit school, my folks would have
killed me.
It still wasn't easy.
Besides the pressure of a night
life, restoring his study habits and
the monotomy of daily lectures
Spotted Bear said. "Probably the
hardest (obstacle) of them all is just
being away from home. I missed
the one-step-away from the love,
care and protection that my family
gives me.
Spotted Bear added, "There is a
problem, but what can we do about
it? Students have to learn on their
own how important it is to take
school seriously? It's all up to the
individual. I sure hope this (atten
tion to the problem) w ill help change
the y ounger students'minds towards
college."
N'eit: The problems are unique.