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PACE 6 September 11,1987
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Warm Springs, Oregon
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RavShike. Jr., from the Smith-Greene Logging team, awaiting the pitch at
tournament August 29-30 in Estacada, Oregon.
Memorial play has seven teams
The 1987 "Buff Katchia Memorial
mens baseball tournament was held
September 5-7 in Warm Springs.
The tournament consisted of four
teams, two from Warm Springs, a
team from Oakville, and one from
Nisqually.
The places went as follows: Third
place was awarded to Nisqually,
Washington, second place, awarded
to Warm Springs J.V. and the
Oakville, Washington team took
the championship title of the Memo
rial tournament.
All-stars were as follows: from
Nisqually, three McCloud broth
ers, from Warm Springs J.V. Tray
Leonard, Donnie Bagley and Fox
Unfinished Seasons Part II
Indians face additional hurdles
The problems are unique, Indian athletes find life tough off reservation
by Dave Trimmer
of The Gazette Staff
Pete Conway wasn't always the
outstanding basketball player fans
remember from the 1974-75 season
when he became an All-America at
Eastern Montana College.
"I did not go to college to play
basketball," Conway recalled. "I
played one year in high school and
wasn't any good, so I wasn't recru
ited. 1 worked dam hard at devel
oping my ability and skills to com
pete on the college level."
In that regard, Conway is differ
ent than many other Indians in
Montana they are outstanding bas
ketball players when they graduate
from high school. They just don't
go to college. Or, if they do, they
don't stick it out.
Conway, a Blackfeet Indian from
Browning who works for the Indian
Health Service in Billings said there
was no work on the reservation so
he thought he would try school. He
attended Western Montana Col
lege before transferring and play
ing three years at EMC. In his
opinion, Indians face three obsta
cles when they consider attending
college:
Education is not a priority to
the Indian populationand is not stressed
in most families, meaning they are
not pushed or prepared to succeed
at school;
Lack of funds, especially with
unemployment on some reserva
tions reaching 80 percent;
And problems of adjusting when
leaving the reservation for an urban
setting. Suddenly the Indian is a
minority.
But those are problems Indians
in general and some whites face.
For the athlete, there is more.
While trying to make the adjust
ment to college life, an athlete has
almost fulltime icsponsibi'.ilics to
the team.
"I do believe, in the case of most
athletes, education is not a high
pnority.'Conway satd."When they
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Leonard, from the Wolfeooint
(Warm Springs) team all-stars were
Chet VanPelt, and Ray Shike, Jr.,
and from Oakville, all-stars were
Tony Youckton, Ray Seneca, Joe
Sanders and Bill Seneca.
The M.V.P. was awarded to Ray
Seneca of Oakville, Washington
and Sportsmanship was awarded
to Nisqually, Washington.
The 1987 Lady's Wildcats Open
Fastpitch softball tournament was
held in conjunction with the men's
tournament. There were only three
teams participating in the womens
tournament, two Warm Springs
teams and a team from Nisqually.
The places were as follows: third
encounter problems in their athletic
career, there is nothing to keep
them in school."
Don Wetzel, now the superin
tendent at Corvallis coached
Browning to the Class A state
championship in 1980. Wetzel was
a member of Cut Bank's 1966 Class
B state champion before going to
play basketball at the University of
Montana.
"I've had kids go on and play,
but they very seldom go back to the
reservation," Wetzel said.
Therein lies another barrier. What
few role models there are aren't
really visable. Lewiston coach Lynn
McMillan, formerly the coach at
Plenty Coups High School, said,
"The reservation students do not
have many good role models. Very
few reservation Indians have 'made
it' off the reservation and have then
returned to serve as a good role
model. Schools like Plenty Coups
need to have students return to the
system to show the students, 'Hey,
I made it and you can to!"
Luke Spotted Bear wanted to be
that role model. He graduated from
Plenty Coups in 1981 and in 1986
became the first PCHS student to
graduate from a four-year college.
He has used his two years at Has
kell Indian Junior College in Law
rence, Kansas and Mary College in
Bismarck, North Dakota, to become
a teacher coach at St. Labre High
School in Ashland.
"I went to college to earn a
degree in teaching and coaching,
learn to better myself in the area of
education, to earn a respectable
place in society as a role model for
the younger generation, and to be
able to compete in basketball on
the college level," Spotted Bear
said.
Spotted Bear had a very success
ful college career but he said it was
still hard to leave his family, friends
and home area.
McMillan, who coached Plenty
Coups to state titles in 1983 and
1981. when Spotted Bear was the
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the Chinook Winds A thletic Co-Ed
place went to Nisqually, second
place went to Warm Springs (Uren
Leonard's team) and the 1 987 cham
pions were the Lady Wildcats (the
host team).
All-stars were as follows: for
Nisqually, Lisa Smith, Lisa McCloud
and Linda McCloud received all
stars. For Warm Springs, Christel
Leonard, Angie Namenuk and June
Smith received all-stars. For the
Lady Wildcats, all-stars were Tonya
Mitchell, Maria Minthorn, Julie
Mitchell and Colleen Smith.
M.V.P. was awarded to Libby
Chase of the Lady Wildcats and
Nisqually received the sportsman
ship award.
most valuable player, said. "He
beat the odds but he had several
advantages. He was raised by a
very stable family unit; both par
ents worked on the reservation and
neither had a problem with alco
hol. He does not have the bilingual
problem. He understands Crow
but does not speak it as a first lan
guage. In addition, he is a very
good basketball player."
Current PCHS coach Dell Fritzler
said that while Spotted Bear had
the support and strength to leave,
few others receive that boost for
selfish but probably subconscious
reasons.
"One of the main problems, I
feel, is the importance that the
community puts on basketball,"
Fritzler said, "Basketball is one of
the few areas that Indians have
been able to compete with their
white counterparts and do very
well."
That puts the star players on a
pedestal and under tremendous
amounts of pressure, Fritzler said.
They are worshipped by young and
old alike and treated special even
by parents, who in turn receive
special treatment from the fans.
"When the star graduates, it is all
over," Fritzler said. "He loses the
star status and next year's team has
the new stars.. .Then, when they go
away to college, they aren't special
anymore."
He points out that college teams
have players as good or better at
every position so the reservation
star has to spend time on the
bench. And in practice, a demand
ing college coach won't treat the
bench-warming freshman as a star.
If the former star balks, the coach
simply says, "I have other players
that can fill your shoes now and if I
dont. Ill recruit one for next year."
Fritkr said that sends the Indian
home fc support and he Ron't be
criticized for not making it in col
lege because, afterall. hardly anyone
else has made it either.
Local teams
The Chinook Wind Athletic Asso
ciation and Eagle Creek Softball
Complex held its 1st annual co-ed
softball tournament, August 29
30. near Estacada, Oregon.
Two local teams, Macy's and
Smith-Greene Logging of Warm
Springs, participated in the tourna
ment. The first day each team com
peted against other teams and the
scores of their games decided who
they would play the second day.
Saturday morning Macy's played
103 participate in resort
The 8th Annual Kah-Nce-Ta
Junior Golf tournament was held
August I4-I6 at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort Golf Course with 103 contes
tants. A practice round was held for
the participants on August 14. It
was also a day for the parents to
play a round of golf. There were 22
parents involved.
There were four boys in the 18-year-old
division. Placing first was
Jim Hagg: second. Brad Schmautz;
third. Jeff Bernhard and fourth,
Emerson Miller. No scores were
available at press time.
The 16 and 17-year-old boys
results were as follows: I. Terry
Blake. 151; 2. Peter Buck, 152; 3.
Kevin Cruikshank, 158;and4. Paul
Park. 161.
In the 14-15-year-old group Bro
die Berg, placed first with 166;
second was Scott Thompson with
167; third was Franz Miller with
, U. if If
The Good Bye Girls participated in the August 15, 168-mile Hood to Coast Run. The 11 -member team
completed the run in 28'A hours. Team members, from left to right, were Rosalind Charley S ampson, N orene
Greene, ValSquiemphen, Becky Solii, Karen Sahmaunt, Kristina Sampson, Sandra Greene, Sally Craig, Becky
Quinn, Gladys Squiemphen, LisaKaber, Iris Quam, Sue Bastion, VickieMoore and Shirley Ireland.
Wasco County Fair enjoyed by many
. With the grand entry at a rodeo
that kicks off the rodeo perfor
mance for the day is where all con
testants serpentine into the rodeo
arena horse back. In the background,
drum beats can be heard as a float
of Native American Indians make
their way past the grand stand all
decked out in Indian regalia, a
colorful site. Following on horse
back, the Indian princess and her
court.
At thcTygh Valley rodeo during
the Wasco County Fair the Stars
and Stripes were honored as Diane
Bain circled the arena carrying the
"Greatest Flat" in the World, the
stars and stripes. As the words to
the song echo in your mind of. "It's
Great to be an American," makes
us realize how lucky we arc to be
able to choose the activity we want,
and enjoy ourselves and the way we
please here in the United States.
Everyone and the stock was ready
to give their best shot in front of a
DAY & DATE
Frl. 911
Fri. 918
Fri. 925
Fri. 102
Fri. 109
Fri. 1016
Fri. 1023
Fri. 1030
Fri. 116
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9 Denotes homecoming
play in tournament
Taco Time and won 9 to 8. The
second game that day they lost to
Eagle Creek, 2 to 10 and then came
around the third game and defeated
Satus7 to 5.
The same day Smith-Greene Log
ging won their first game against
Lapwai 10 to 4, then again beat
Portland 5 to 4. The third game of
the day they were defeated by Muc
kleshoot 4 to 5.
The second day was actually the
beginning of the tournament. Macy's
first game was against Taco Time,
1 69 and fourth was Lonnie Damon
with 171.
The 1 2 a nd 1 3-year-old placed as
follows: I. Jared Takeuchi, 168; 2.
Chris Cone, 172, 3. Troy Fanning,
173; 4. Mark Claeys. (?) 13. Otis
Johnson, 208; IS. Leif Suppah,
241; 18. Matthew Smith, 268.
In the 10 and 1 1 -year-old boys
division, Jeffery Hirata placed first
with 214, John Keaton was second
with 217, Bret Norris was third
with 224. Dale Frischnecht was
fourth with 226. Frank Reese, Jr.,
placed eighth with 254; Obedt
Moody was tenth with 313 and
Aaron Wilson placed eleventh with
336.
In the Pee Wee division Greg
Claeys took first with 123. Brian
Millerplaced second with 134. Jon
Neece took third with 136, Kelly
Kimura. placed fourth with 138.
Lil' Bull Suppah, placed sixth with
186, and Jesse Reese took seventh
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packed house at the Wasco County
Fair grounds with the Sombrero
Stock out of Sisters, Oregon, pro
viding the wild and wooley action.
The top cowboys were on hand
from local talent throughout the
Northwest also showing the home
town fans they had guts to enter the
rough sport. There were some con
testants making their first appear
ance in a rodeo of this caliber,
while others are in the standings of
the Northwest Rodeo Circuit.
What a way to make the scene.
"Buckwheat Scott"climbed aboard
Sombrero's might bull called
"Satin". A big bull that's hardly
ever been ridden the required eight
seconds and when a cowboy is
bucked off. Satin usually goes after
them. Well, Buckwheat made a
good attempt and stayed aboard
four or five jumps and that's all she
wrote. Raymond Hurtado who fol
lows the circuit had his hands full
of one of those tough bulls. Ray-
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1987-88 Varsity Football Schedule
OPPONENT PLACE TIME
Hood River Home 7:30
Crook County Away 7:30
Mac Hi Home 7:30
Bye
Ontario Away 7:30
Nyssa Home 7:30
Burns Away 7:30
Vale Away 7:30
Baker Home 7:30
Macy's lost due to a forfeit. The
second game Macy's won the for
feit against Portland. They soon
played the third gameagainst Muc
klcshoot lost 7 to 5. They were then
eliminated from the tourney.
Smith-Greene Logging won their
first game Sunday against Mucke
shoot 9 to 3.
They then played Eagle Creek
and lost 8 to 9. They then came up
against Lapwai and lost 3 to 6.
They were also eliminated.
tourney
with 307.
The lone girl in the 18-year-old,
Ania Laver had a score of 175.
In the 15-17 girls division Sandy
Haag took first with 164, Shauna
Craig took second with 169, Shan
non Miller took third with 179.
Elzunia Laver took fourth with
204, and Saphronia Coochise took
sixth with 272.
12-14 year girls division Karlcy
Mills, with 190 took first in the 12
to 14-year-old girls division fol
lowed by Leta Brown with 194.
Dawn Baxter was third with 196.
Jennifer Briggs fourth with 200,
and Heather Miller, seventh with
216.
With four participants in the Pee
Wee girls division. Darcy Cruik
shank took first with 117, Amy
Leer was second with 144, Sarah
Charles, was third with 149; and
Lil' Fawn Suppah took fourth with
222. ,
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mond Smith making his debut in
bull riding had his hand hung up in
the rope and dangled along side the
bull for a while. He came loose and
luckily there was no serious injury.
What would the Wasco County
Fair be without the horse races
provided by several local horse
owners. That little track is pretty
dangerous for some of those high
spirited horses. Those turns came
pretty fast and are sharp especially
if a horse is used to running on a
larger track.
People running horses at the fair
were Vernon Spino. Ricky Gray
bael. Lester Poitra, LeRoy Scott,
Toba Scott. Cliff Pamperine and
Bill Nichols. A total of four races
per performance provided plenty
of action on the track for the spec
tators. Gordon Scott made the best
of things on Sat. night by winning
the wild cow milking. Calgary style.
Several local entries were in the
wild horse race in the likes of Hobo
Patt. Chuckie Smith. Jason Smith.
Buck Smith and the Spino teams
were all entered in the wild event.
Local girls made their run in the
barrel race as Alfredine Smith,
Yvonne Washington. Jodel and
Shanna Johnson were on the Sat
urday night program. Laura Miller
came in third in the girls 16 and
under barrel racing during the Sat
urday afternoon show ev en though
she knocked over a barrel during
the run.
The arena was action packed
during the rodeo performance even
though many participants went to
the State Fair in Salem, but to
those who stayed for the Wasco
Co. fair had a great time.
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