10 August 14, 1997
Warm Springs, Oregon
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1997, North American Indigenous Games
results
Warm Springs cowboys compete at Dodge City Round Up
I he 4 1 local athlete's who went to
i lie I W North American Indigenous
Cumes held August 3-1 0, at Victoria,
BC. Canada, came home with six
Gold medals, nine Silver medals and
one Brone medal.
In the Basketball event there were
five teams from Oregon with the
majority of the players coming from
Warm Springs.
In The Warm Springs Bantam
Boys basketball team won the Gold
Medal. In their first game they beat
the team from Alberta, Canada. In
the second round the Oregon team
outlasted the team from BC Canada,
for the Gold. Team members were:
Coach Austin Greene, ManagcrChaz
Mitchell, Aaron Greene, Chasen
Walker. Kye Wells, Anthony
Mitchell, Aaron Mitchell, Travis
Moschetti. Jess Stevens and Melvin
Stahi.
The Bantam division girls team,
coached by Sandra Main, brought
home the Gold medal by beating the
team from Montana in the Gold medal
game. In the first round Oregon
defeated the Ontario, Canada. They
Meeting scheduled for
August 18, at Madras
The Madras High School Athletic
Director Margaret Sturza would like
to announce that if you missed the
meeting at the Warm Springs
Community Center August 13, there
will be a meeting August 14, at the
Madras High School Gym. This
meeting is for all prospective student
athletes and they're parents to discuss
the mandatory drug testing and other
rules for the 1997-98 school year.
All paper work must be done before
any athlete will be allowed to practice.
Also at the meeting will be to meet
the fall sports coaches.
Any student who does not have a
physical may receive one at the
meeting there will be a doctor at the
meeting. Students must have acurrent
physical to begin practicing.
Fall sports practices for High
School begin Monday, August 18,
for Cheerleading, Cross Country,
Soccer, Volleyball and Football.
Times and places will be handed out
at the meeting.
next played Alberta, Canada. After
winning that game they moved onto
the championship game. The
following is a list of the team
members: Nicole Main, Billie
Suppah, Cecelia Polk, Larrissa
Wallulatum, Hester Scott, Natalie
Mitchell and Thelma Reuben.
The Midget boys team did not
come home with a medal but placed
fifth in the Midget division. Scott
Moses was the coach with Jocclyn
Moses being the manger. They lost
their first round game to the team
from Connecticut. Following were
the team members: Patrick Johnson,
Edwin Thomas, Jered Moses, Allen
Jackson, Alex Minthorn and Jan
Sohappy.
The Midget girls made it to the
gold medal game but lost to the team
from Oklahoma, so they came home
with silver medals. In the first round
they got by the team from BC,
Canada. In the next round they
defeated the team from Alberta,
Canada. The coach was Lorraine
Suppah with team members: Janelle
Quaempts, Shamona Charley, Crystal
Smith, Rcina Estimo, Amy Suppah,
Tiah Minthorn, Vanessa Enos and
Adriane Wolf.
Warm Springs Track and Field
members brought home 12 medals.
The team members were: Gabe
Walker, Josh Sandervol, Kira
Langncsc, David Fucntcs and coach
Andy Leonard.
Walker came home with four
Silver medals in the 200 meter, High
Jump, Long Jump and 400 meter
relay.
Sandervol came away with two
Bronze medals, 100 meter & 400
meter and one Silver medal, in the
200 meter.
Langnesc had one Gold in the
Javelin and a Silver in the Long Jump.
Fuentes brought home two Silver
medals for his efforts in the 100 meter
and 200 meter. He also placed fourth
in the 400 meter.
The three Warm Springs boxers
came home with two Gold medals
and a semi-finalist. The two Gold
medal winners were Joseph Stevens
and Louis Smith, while James
Spencer made it to the semi-finals.
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3rd Annual All-Indian Co-Ed slowpitch
tournament, August 30-31, at Warm Springs
Community Center fields.
12 team "True Double" elimination, entry fee $225, deadline
August 22.
Awards
14 championship jackets
1st thru 6th place
MVP's
Best hitter
Best Glove awards
" (1 male1 female)
14 All-Stars; Sportsmanship
Not responsible for theft, injury, and or accidents
Send check or money orders to:
Ricky Minthorn
PO box 955
Warm Springs, OR, 77761
Phone (541)553-1831, no collect calls please.
Call after 9p.m. evenings.
Warm Springs own professional cowboy's, Jason and Buck Smith with one of thier buckles won at Dodge
City, Kansas.
"For every good cowboy there
has to be a good cowgirl " says Suzie
Smith about husband Buck and son
Jason Smith. These two professional
rodeo cowboys, and their teams,
placed first and second on the wild
horse race competition in Dodge
City, Kansas in July. "We both have
very good teams," says Buck. "Pro
fessional Rodeo Cowboys Associa
tion are tough competitions," says
Jason. "We don't rodeo to get rich
off of it I do it more as a hobby and
also to place, and we sure have fun
competing and being around all our
friends.
"I've been involved with rodeo
since I was very young, this is my
second go-around," says Buck. "I
quit the first time after I got married
and had kids, the second time was
when I lost my son Troy. I continued
to rodeo again 15 years ago, and so
far I've done well for a cowboy my
age," says Buck. "I've even trained
some local cowboys in my days, but
before I became professional, my
son Jason and I used to compete in
most all Indian rodeos through-out
the northwest, ORA, and Pacific coast
rodeos," says Buck.
"I started with the Oregon Rodeo
Association (ORA) when I was 13
years old," says Jason Smith. "I did
so well, it wasn't long afterwards
when I went professional. It feels
good to rodeo alongside my dad,"
says Jason, "he gives me alot of in
spiration. I'm not sure, but I think my
dad is the oldest competitor in pro
fessional rodeo as well as all Indian
rodeo. Everything I' ve learned about
Roman Jones basketball girls "Offensive Basketball Camp" hopes to draw more next year.
clinics and know what to do in four seconds, Nike will make this car
The Roman Jones Girls Offensive
Basketball camp had three local
participants. Camp director Roman
Jones said, "This a blessing because
if we had a big turn-out most of the
girls would not get the one-on-one
teaching if there were more girls
here."
Roman Jones is Director of
Basketball operations for the Portland
Power, a women's professional
basketball team. Joining Jones was
his brother, Nick Jones, Community
Planner for the Portland TrailBlazers.
Roman Jones brines much
knowledge of the game of basketball.
He graduated from Franklin High
School where he lettered in basketball
for four years. After graduation Jones
went to the University of Oregon,
lettering 1958, I960 and l96l.Then
he moved onto the Professional level,
playing three years for the Grand
Rapids. Tackers in the Continental
Basketball Association and played
two years for the Harlem Clowns
touring team. He also coached at
Portland State University and has
done numerous camps and clinics
throughout the west coast.
Roman Jones stated, "Our goal
here was to give the girls more
offensive skills. We start with the
hook shot, probably the most
forgotten shot in basketball. It is a
good shot for girls because they are
generally playing against girls as tall
as them. Once they get the shot down
they can use the hook shot against
taller defenders. I hope to teach the
girls how to read the three lanes in
four seconds, so they can come down
whether to pass or drive either
direction left or right. One of the
things young girls don't do is go to
the basket strong and most of the
time they end up with a turn-over,
rather then a basket and a foul."
1 One of the reasons Jones decided
to come here was because of Vesta
Miller who stated, "Most of the camps
are held in Portland and our youth
have to travel over there." Jones
stated, "I talked to Nike and they said
go ahead and do the camp. Next year
Nike will make this camp much
bigger, all three of the girls who
participated this year will receive a
certificate to get a pair of Nike shoes
at the end of the camp. I am going to
come back next year and hope that
more girls will come to the camp that
will take place sometime in June."
Nick Jones stated, "I spent most
of my time trying to talk to kids about
staying in school and being the best
person that they can be. Last year I
saw about 43,000 kids throughout
Oregon and six counties in Southwest
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rodeo, I've learned from my father,"
says Jason. Throughout our rodeo
years, my dad and I have traveled to
Ellcnsburg and Omak, Washington,
Ventura, California, Lewiston, Idaho,
Penelton Roundup, Salem, and
Dodge City, Kansas where we both
placed first and second and tied."
"Besides money, our trophies were
nice belt buckles worth $900 each,"
says Buck. "Besides Rodeo, we also
supply 15 to 20 head of horses to the
rodeo associations during the rodeo
events" says Buck. "It requires an
entry fee and a three-person team for
the wide horse race, says Buck. A
shank men, ear men and a rider. Troy
Winters of Pendelton has been on my
team for the past three years but we
haven't had a steady rider." "My
team members are Mark Tobiason,
of Eugene and Joe McCIain of
Redmond" concludes Jason.
Washington. I also go around doing
basketball camps, helping my older
brother, Roman." When asked why
they were doing the girls' camps,
Nick stated, "Because Roman works
with the Portland Power and we want
the girls to learn how to play this
game as well as they can."
Nick played basketball in Portland
was two time All-City and All-State.
He received a four-year scholarship
to the University of Oregon., He
played five years in the NBA, playing
for the San Antonio Rockets, now
Houston, and Golden State Warriors.
Hunting Season
begins
Saturday,
August 16
Tags available
today from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and
Friday from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. at
Fish and Wildlife
Building in
Industrial Park
Blackwolf Prevention
Tournament
November 14-16
(541)553-1960 for
more information
Candice Miller drives to the basket against instructor Roman
Jones.
Nick Jones, left, Melanie Smith, Candice Miller. Tasha Wilson and Roman Jones, right