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protection against the on coming Gladstone defense in the first Tri-Valley league game for both teams with the game
played on the Madras home field. Gladstone went on to win the game 42-0.
Gladstone Rolls by Buffaloes in Opener
If it were a cracked record we could
change it to a little better tune, but for
the third game in a row the Buffs have
been blanked with the latest coming
from the hands of the Gladstone Gladi
ators by the score of 42-0. This was the
league openers for both teams in the
Tri-Valley league.
In the first half the Buffs made a
good showing for themselves in hold
ing the Gladiators to a 14-0, half time
lead. But the bottom fell out in the third
quarter as Gladstone was able to score
three touchdowns in just a few minutes
apart. They beat the Buffs to the punch
and got their momentum a going and
took the wind out of the sails for the
Buffs.
Time is a big factor in anything and
after a time old injuries start to show up
and the player cant perform up to his
potential or capabilities and gradually
fall apart. Like if the carburetor needs "
adjusting or the gas line needs cleaning
to get the motor a going, thats what it
appears happened to the B uffs to where
they couldn't keep up the pace set by
the Gladiators.. The Buffs lack a good
drive down the filed with a first down
after another and score a touchdown
and perhaps things will change for
them. The young team came a long
way defensively but still need a lot of
improvement The team is made up of
. mostly underclassmen even freshmen
playing some during the game. It is
noticeable when a y oung kid is matched
up against a more matured senior you
can imagine the outcome. The older
kid usually prevails. Just because a kid
might be a little large for his age dosnt
mean he is ready to take on those older
kids on the field who have had a couple
more years experience. Perhaps in a
couple of years when the younger kids
mature more and have some more ex
perience they will be a team to be
reckoned with. But for the time being
they will be taking their bumps and
bruises.
Gladstones Baumgartner was a big
threat piling up the yardage and he
scored three of their touchdowns dur
ing the game. The Gladiators have a
consistent kicker in Costa as he split the
up rights six times during the night.
The Gladiators join LaSalle and ''
Sherwood with a 1-0 record so far and '
the Buffs are with Estacada, Portland
Christian and Madras all have a 0-1,
record to date.
The next outing for the Buffs will be
next Saturday afternoon at Portland
Christian with game time at 1:30 p.m. i
The rest of the games will be on Friday
night which will put The Dalles at"
LaSalle, Sherwood at Estacada '
Gladstone at Astoria. The Buffs have
yet to score a TD. '
Madras X-Country.
Team did not fare
Well in Meet.
The Madras Cross Country teams,
both boy's and girl's didn't do too well
' at a meet held in The Dalles.
Crook County was able to take both
boys and girls divisions as the Crook
County girls finished ahead of Molalla,
with Hie Dalles Indians taking third.
The Madras While Buffalo team
was incomplete as only four girls fin
ished the race led by runner Amy Hawes
finishing 9th and Brook Alexander
19th, in a real tough field of runners.
But it was all Crook County for the day
piling up the points to win each divi
sion, as the girls ran past Pendleton for
first place and Molalla placed third.
The Madras boys placed seventh
place with Raymond Anderson leading
the way for the Buffs, as he finished
22nd over all. Chris Carpenter came in
32nd and Michael Mininick placed
33rd.
The boys runners arc improving right
along as the season progresses and each
meet goes by. There are some good
runners on the squad and could have a
good day at any meet this fall.
The Buffaloes lost one of their top
runners when Tim Williams moved to
Arizona this year. But there are im
provements seen in runners like Ray
Anderson and Michael Mininick and
others who are on the verge of taking
off to win a race. The boys need a better
turnout of runners each year. The run
ning events are always something to
watch as this is an individual effort in
every participant who is in the meet.
There are no team mates to hand any
thing to so the runner has to do his own
thing to complete the race and hope
fully a winner in that event. The run
ning events is one of the most challeng
ing sports there is.
It's a long way to the state meet and
hopefully the Buffs will have represen
tative there and it usually is held at the
Lane Community College in Eugene
later on during the fall.
Error Proned Buffs Lose Tilt
The football season has it's ups
and downs for all the schools, but for
the Madras White Buffalo's it seems
to be all downs with no ups in sight.
The Sisters Outlaws came to town
on September 15, 1995, for a non
conference game and literally de
horned the Buffalo's, shutting them
out 50-0. The Buffs couldn't get any
kind of drive or offensive going all
night long. They were full of penal
ties, miss qucs caused plenty motion
calls in the back field, and injuries
from the previous game were visible
with key players on the sideline.
The Outlaws went right to work
scoring each time they got the ball in
the first period to build up a 24-0 lead.
Their big 220 pound running back
Griff Judy chewed up the yardage
against the smaller Buff defenders.
Bowling stats:
When they needed a few yards they
called on Judy and he picked up a lot
more yards than ncccsssiry.
Sisters quarterback nick Fouls had
a good night ripping the Buff second
ary apart wilh his sharp passes. The
Buff squad full ofyoung personnel had
their hands full and were never ublc lo
contain the larger Sisters players.
The game came to a close with 35
seconds remaining in the game as a
Sisters defender picked off a pass and
ran in for the TD making the score 50
0. The 45 point rule is in effect for Hie
sclK)ls this year so the game was
called.
The ncxl game for die Buffs will be
Friday night, Septcmber22, 1 995,gamc
time at 7:30 p.m., in the Buff Stadium.
The first Tri-Valley league game of the
year.
Blue Monday Mixers
The Blue Monday Mixers bowled
their fourth week of bowling at Pclton
Lanes September 18, 1995.
Blue Monday Mixers
Purple Haze 12-4
Double Trouble 11-5
Bo's Team 10-6
Hi Scr. Series (Team):PurpIe
Haze, 1750; Double Trouble, 1630;
Wildcats, 1624.
Hi Scr. Game: Purple Haze 670;
Wildcats, 576; Double Trouble, 573.
Hi Scr. Series (Men): John
Katchia, 495; Joseph Boise, 459;
Dan Brisbois, 418.
Hi Scr. Game: John Katchia, 178;
John Katchia, 177; Joseph Boise,
169.
Hi Scr. Series (Women): Sybil
Smith, 499; Arlene Broncheau,
483;DenaThurby, 467.
Hi Scr. Game: Sybil Smith, 199;
Norma Smith, 179; Dena Thurby,
173.
The Blue Monday Mixers bowled
their fifth week of bowling at Pclton
Lanes September 25, 1995.
Blue Monday Mixers
Double Trouble 14-6
Purple Haze 13-7
Bo's Team 13-7
Hi Scr. Series (Team):DoubIe
Trouble, 1858; Wildcats, 1835;
Alley Cats, 1826.
Hi Scr. Game: Double Trouble
650; Bo's Team, 642; Wildcats, 636.
Hi Scr. Series (Men): John
Katchia, 514; Alfred Wolfe, 485;
Richard Wolfe, 485.
Hi Scr. Game: Richard Wolfe,
192; Alfred Wolfe, 181; John
KatchiaClint Smith, 177.
Hi Scr. Series (Women): Libby
Chase, 522; Arlene Broncheau, 5 1 4;
Dena Thurby, 501.
Hi Scr. Game: Sybil Smith, 200;
Dena Thurby, 188; Theresa
VanPelt, 187.
Madras 3rd in Sisters
Invitational V-Ball Tourney
The Madras White Buffalo Volley
ball team came out in third place at the
Sisters Outlaw Invitational as the Ma
dras knocked off the host Sisters team
for third place, winning the first game
15-9, and the second 15-10.
White Buff Melissa Cavender done
real well in the meet with seven kills
while team mate Minta Woll contrib
uted nine service points for the ninth
ranked Buff team.
Also in the meet Madras faced Sis-
Aerobics
schedule noted
Recreation Department aerobic
and circuit training schedule
Aprnhirc MnnHav WprlnpcHnv
ters m pool play and won one of two Fridayfrom 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
games with win 15-13, and 6-15. Ma- Circuit Training: Tuesday and
dras also defeated Estacada 15-12, 15- Thursday, from 12:00 noon to 1:00
10. p.m.
Henley Hornets defeated the Burns Evening Aerobics: Monday and
Hilanders for the title at the meet. Wednesday, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Central Oregon Cowboy, Beers, Named the Ail-Around Champion at Pendleton
The Pendleton Round-Up, one of
the biggest rodeo's in die country to
day. Stands out right along with the
Cheyenne Frontier Days show held
earlier in the season.
"Let Er'Buck," The famous
Pendleton Round-Up, concluded Sat
urday September 1 6, 1 995, and another
great show went into the record books
with a Central Oregon Cowboy, from
Powell Butte, winning the Ail-Around
title, as Mike Beers walked away with
the trophy saddle and the money this
year. The top cowboys from the U. S.
and Canada come here each year to
compete for that top prize money. Mike
Beers was the top money winner this
year by earning a tie in the calf roping
and finished fourth in the team roping,
which gave him enough money to be
the top money winner and the Ail
Around Championship title for the year.
This is his second Ail-Around title he
won at the Pendleton Round-Up.
A week long schedule of a wide
verity of events from Indians to cow
boys as the whole city of Pendleton
turned to the old wild west days for the
occasion.
Every year the ever popular Happy
Canyon Pageant is a tip attraction as
thousands view the pageant each year.;,
The pageant runs nightly during the!
week with participants from the
Umatilla-Cyuse tribes who are camped
on the grounds..
Royalties gatherfrom all parts of the,
northwest, Queens and courts from all
parts of the northwest who have ruled at
their local rodeos during the summer. It
is a real treat for all these girls to make' !
their trip to the Round-Up, riding their
snappy looking Quarter Horses. All ;
groups have traveled across the north-'.
west making appearances in all the
parades at all the rodeos and even goes
down to the grand floral parade in Port
land, during the Rose Festival Parade in
June.
The Indian princesses make a big hit
with the visiting crowds during the
Round-Up. The Royalty of the Happy
Canyon pageant was Queen Rae Ann
Crane and Princess Jamie Crane, both
of Pendleton. The two Happy Canyon
representatives have quite a job repre
senting and advertising the Happy Can
yon Pageant all across the Northwest as
well as acting as the host to the Round-
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Nez Perce Nation re-establishing horse breeding program
It's half past one in the morning,
on a cool summer night in the
mountains of north central Idaho.
Suddenly, the silence and darkness
of the night are broken by sounds of
approaching trucks and the slice of
headlights through the blackness. The
trucks stop, their headlights still
cutting through the night. However,
all is still not silent, for heard are the
deep, rich, guttural voicing of horses.
Soon, the doors of the trucks open
and the stillness is further broken by
the work being carried out by a
handful of students and their
instructor. Work that may seem
simplistic at first sight, but tests all
involved. It is work that, in the hopes
of the Nez Perce Indian Nation of
north central Idaho, will benefit the
entire tribe.
This work carried out in the early
morning hours, was work toward a
stronger Nez Perce Nation. The Nez
Perce Nation and its year-old Young
Horseman Project are reestablishing
a quality horse breeding program. A
new registry, the Nez Perce
Appaloosa, will be launched, using
western Appaloosa mares and four
rare Akhal-Teke stallions from
Turkmenistan. Central Asia. The first
Nez Perce Appaloosa foals will be
born next spring.
The Young Horseman Project has
won the blessing of the Nez Perce
Tribal Executive Committee. In
addition to breeding horses for sale.
the Nez Perce will be offering trail
rides in the rugged and breathtaking
country where the Salmon and Snake
rivers run, according to Young
Horseman Project coordinator Rudy
Shebala.
From the beginning, the primary
goal of the program has been to recruit
Nez Perce youth, ages 1 4-2 1 , to learn
the art of good horsemanship, horse
management practices and the
business opportunities available via
horses.
The recent early morning work
conducted by Shebala and four of his
Young Horsemen, was in preparation
for their first project trail ride. Shebala
feels the ride was a success and he
believes his Young Horsemen were
mature and responsible. Riders
trekked up into the mountains of the
Clearwater National Forest, on the
same trails wheh Nez Perce ancestors
traveled in 1 877 in their retreat to the
Canadian border.
Horsemanship, such as the Young
Horseman Project is striving toward,
was once the Nez Perce's forte, before
the tribe melded with the new cultures
of the settlers. Meri weather Lewis of
the famous Lewis and Clark
expedition to the American West,
noted the grand horses of the Nez
Perce in a February 15, 1806 journal
entry:
"Their horses appear to be of an
excellent race; they are lofty,
elegantly formed, active and durable;
in short many of them look like fine
English corsers and would make a
figure in any country."
The Nez Perce are striving to
regain that fine horse through their
Appaloosa-Akhal-Teke cross. Their
chances of success are improved
thanks to the breeding stock they are
starting with.
The Appaloosas the tribe is
starting with are strong and enduring.
Although breeds such as the Quarter
Horse have edged out Appaloosas in
popularity among American
equestrians, Shebala believes it's a
good breed and that you have to
prove that to people and always will
be proving that to people.
The Nez Perce, however, plan to .
go beyond proving the Appaloosa
alone is a good breed. In the lush
green rolling hills of the Lapwai
region, they have been breeding their
Appaloosa mares with Akhal-Teke
stallions. The Akhal-Teke is an
heirloom breed from the desert of the
former Soviet Republic of
Turkmenistan. Akhal-Tekes may
well be the progenitor of the English
Thoroughbred and have been revered
by horsemen for 3,000 years, for
their nobility, strength, iridescent
beauty, and phenomenal endurance.
In his travels on the Great Silk Road
to China, Marco Polo even suggested
that Alexander the Great's horse
Bucephalas was a Turkmen steed.
The Akhal-Teke gets its name
from the Akhal oasis, where the
nomadic Teke people live. The Teke
! are the majority tribe of Turkmen,
who adopted the Akhal-Teke horse
as their national symbol when
, Turkmenistan gained independence
from the Soviet Union in 1990.
The Akhal-Teke now residing in
the Young Horseman Project barn at
Lapwai were acquired from Hans
Sprandel, a German businessman,
whose late brother Eberhard, was a
breeder of Akhal-Tekes. Sprandel
entrusted the Nez Perce with four
purebred Akhal-Teke stallions. "The
Nez Perce were as good as any group
to do these horses justice," said
Shebala. Further, he added, the Nez
Perce are the best choice, simply
because of the tribe's history as
skilled horsemen.
In the Nez Perce breeding
program, the very epitome of fine
horses from Central Asia are being
put to the cultural symbol of a
Northwestern Native American
nation. The swiftness and endurance
of both breeds will be combined in
what the Nez Perce Nation hopes
will be a stunning work of nature and
humans.
Shebala said the tribe will forever
be known for their skillful
horsemanship and the Nez Perce are
going to use that as a "springboard."
By reaching back into their
cultural history, the Nez Perce are
springing into a new era for the
Appaloosa, the Akhal-Teke, and the
Nez Perce Nation.
Up.
During the Round-Up, they have a
Indian Beauty Contest, which is open
to all Indian girls who are not married.
This contest is held in the Round-Up
arena in front of the spectators during
the rodeo and this years winner of the
Indian Beauty Contest was, Jamie
Crane, one of the Happy Canyon rep
resentatives. Tribes from throughout the north
west gather for the Pendleton Round
Up, and all have an encampment on the
grounds. Each day during the rodeo
they have an intermission and during
that time the whole Indian encamp
ment enter the arena and do Indian
dancing of all kinds for the entertain
ment of the crowd.
During the rodeo each day the pro
gram is packed with all kinds of activi
ties. The Clowns usually keep the crowd
on edges with their acts and such. Each
year rodeo stock are imported from all
the world famous rodeo stock contrac
tors across the country. The top stock is
shown from each contractor with the
worlds best cowboys competing for all
that prize money.
In between events there are special
events like a Indian ladies half mile
race, a Indian mens race, a Free for all
race and several Club races with names
like, "Rolling Acres," from Boring,
Oregon, Umatilla Sage riders and the
Walla Wallariders, and of course there
is the wild and exciting Indian relay
race which provides plenty of thrills
and spills and horses running all over
the place. Sometimes there are terrible
wrecks on the track, however this year
there were just little accidents that hap
pened with nothing terribly bad.
The Westward Ho Parade is an
other beg event where there are no
motorized floats in the parade. Every
one is usually horseback, riding a
wagon or on foot. There are ever Oxen
drawing wagon loads of people during
the parade.
The Pendleton Round-LTp, one of
the finest shows across the Nation to
day already has plans for the next one,
and w hen all you can see is a empty
popcorn bag being blown across a de
serted arena you know its time to go
home for another year.
The final results of the rodeo stand
ings from all events for the Pendleton
Round-Up, 1995.
The Ail-Around
1. Mike Beers, Powell Butte, Or
egon, $6,966.: 2. J. D. Yates, Pueblo,
Colo. $3,748. : 3, Jason Evans, Weston,
Wyo. $3,291.
Bareback
1. Marvin Garrett, Belle Fourche,
S.D. 168 points: 2. Eric Mouton,
Weatherford, Okla. 162: 3. Scott Lund,
Cohagen, Mont. 161.
Saddle Bronc
1 . Jess Martin, Dillon, Mont. 1 65. 2.
Tom Reeves, Stephenville, Texas, 1 60:
3. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta. 159.
Bull Riding
1. David Fournier, Bowie, Texas,
87: 2. Myron Daurte, Peyton, Colo. 83:
3-4 tie, Ted Nuce, Escalon, Calif., and
Greg Richins, Preston, Idaho, 81.
Calf Roping
1-2 tie, Mike Beers, Powell Butte,
Oregon, Fred Whitfield, Hockley,
Texas, 36.1 seconds. 3. Shawn
McMullan, Iraan, Texas, 39.6.
Team Roping
1 . Shane Schwenke, Zortman, Montana-Monty
Jo Petska, CarlsbadNM.
23.2 2. Walt Rodman, Gait, Calif.-Clay
O'Brien Cooper, Gilbert, Ariz. 24.3. 3.
Troy Frazer, Lowden, Wash.-Shane
Crossley, Hermiston, Oregon, 27.1.
Steer Wrestling
1. Ron Currin, Heppner, Ore. 17.5.
Tony Currin, Heppner, Ore. 17.8. 3.
Doug Houston, Tucson, Ariz. 19.7.
Steer Roping
Mike Thompson, Wayne, Okla.
40.9. 2. Rocky Petterson, Pratt Kansas,
41.1 Mark Mi!!ncr, Elidj, NM "1