Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 1, 2003
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Local team takes fourth at Yakama
By Dave McMechan
Spilyqy Tymoo
The Warm Springs
Ridgerunncrs basketball
squad took fourth place at the
recent Yakama Nation All-Indian
Basketball Tournament
of Champions. Fourth-place
is an outstanding finish in the
Yakama tournament, said
James Scott, player and coach
of the Ridgerunners.
"The Yakama tourney in
my opinion is one of the most
competitive adult basketball
tournaments in the country,"
said Scott, who has been play
ing in the tournament for 22
years.
"I've yet to find a tourna
ment with as much of a com
petitive atmosphere," said
Scott, "and the quality of the
players continues to grow
year after year."
The Yakama Nation All
Indian tournament this year
marked its 48th anniversary. In
past years the tournament was
held in the Wapato High
School gym.
This year, though, the
event took place at the
Yakama Nation Legends Ca-
Warm Springs boxers
By Austin Smith
Boxing coach
In April the boxing club from
our community went to compete
in the Inland Washington State
Championships, hosted by the
Triple-A Boxing Club of Spo
kane. Regardless of how I got
us lost on the road coming back
home, the trip itself seemed to
be a success. Almost everyone,
got to box except Austin Smith
Jr. He had no one in his age and
weight class that matched up
with him. This is one rule that is
applied to all the competitors.
You must be within two years
of one another and you also
must be within five pounds of
weight of one another. For some
odd reason Austin just didn't
have anyone there at his age or
weight to box with. Then some
thing happened with Trevor
Tewee, Jasper Smith and
Leonard American Horse, they
also got walk through recogni
tions, although they did get some
match bout competition during
the tournament, and they all won
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James Scott of Warm Springs received the Most Assists Award
at the Yakama Nation basketball tournament. His team the
Ridgerunners took fourth place at the recent tourney.
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Toppenish.
The Lapwai, Idaho, team took
these matches.
Wesley Graybael had two
boxers in his weight class at 106
pounds. They boxed for the
championship on Saturday
night. It was a good bout for
Graybael, he missed many
punches, but the other fella did
too. Wesley carried the action
and the third round showed
heavy to the red corner and we
won that bout and the 106
pound championship plus five
points for a team win.
U Johnny Smith of the Warm
Springs Boxing Club and Justin
Evans of the Central Oregon
Boxing Club ended up the only
two 131 pounders in their
weight division, so they boxed
for that championship spot on
Sunday afternoon in the blue
ring and in the red corner. A
bloody fight it was, but it wasn't
native blood. It was a close box
ing match with some good turn
ing and tagging done by Evans,
who scored with his jab a lot.
But Johnny landed all the power
punches from his slower set
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first place. The Lapwai team is
consistently among the very
best Indian teams in the nation,
compete at Spokane
pace. Johnny seemed in better
condition in this competition.
So being in shape is the key
to having confidence to win. The
131-pound championship
match in the junior open divi
sion came to the red corner and .
we brought it home.
Leander Smith on Saturday
night boxed his way to Sunday's
open junior cadet championship.
match bv first defeating the
Delarosa boxing club's 85
pound entry. His next opponent
on Sunday afternoon was, an
other native boxer from the
Colville Boxing Club of
Nespelem, Wash., and it was for
the championship match for the
open junior 85-pound division.
Leander was perfect men
tally. He was very game to win,
but it was just not his time to
defeat this opponent It was.
good and close and had me hop-
ing, yet hoping isn't for the
judges to score. Leander got the
second place medal, but sounded
like a winner after the match and
when the talk resumed.
In the 145-pound match
bouts, Trevor Tewee was the
first Warm Springs winner. It
took Trevor one round to soften '
him up more and in round two
Trevor stuck him with a stiff
jab a few times and that got him
ducking, but only into his hard
right upper cuts. Before the third
,man stepped in Trevor had him
down, but he got up by the
count of eight and took some
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said Scott
Besides Scott, players
from Warm Springs who are
on the Ridgeroncrs team are
Travis Tsosie, Michael Jack
son, Kahseus Jackson, Aaron
Greene, Ty Eaglcspeaker and
Reemo Smith. Manager is
Sam Kentura.
Scott said that over the
years he has had loyal spon
sorship for his team. Spon
sors he wishes to thank in
clude Benson Heath,
Howard Arnett, Safeway,
Sentry, Les Schwab Tires
Center, the Museum at
Warm Springs, Community
First Bank, Bright Wood
Corp., Roadhouse and
Kayo's of Bend.
Scott said he welcomes any
future sponsorship help from
any local businesses or indi
viduals. Scott received a trophy dur
ing the tournament fol hav
ing the most assists in 2002.
"I never expected that," said
Scott.
Scott said he would like
to see Warm Springs host
more adult basketball tournaments.
more hard punches that sent;
him down and no more getting
up this time. No boxing match
is easy. When they are over, you
can take it easy. Trevor did pretty .
good.
Jasper Smith won two match
' bouts in the 114-pound weight
class. One victory was against
Tyson Bruce from the Kelowna
Boxing Club and another a
from a boxer out of the Tacorna
Boxing Club. Both bouts became
exciting, or maybe it just appeared
to me like that ' Anyhow Jasper
kept his training next to him and
it all paid off. .'..'
Leonaxd American Horse, I
think his name had a lot to do
with his winning. He and Omar,
his sparring partner from Cul
ver, they, went all the way up to
Spokane to spar again, but this
time they had a crowd, peers, .
and pressure to win. Plus, it
wasn't a sparring session tHis
time either, and there was a
prize if you could beat the other
guy at this game. So I think our
man American Horse had it
scouted out already and knew .
how much had to be done to
wrap up the win. It couldn't have
been accomplished without his
unique perspective in doing it
right '
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