Spilygy Sports
Page 6 Spilyay Tymoo August 18, 2005
Begay wrestles at Down Under Games
By Brian Mortenien
Spilyiiy Tymoo
Maine Begay'i father started
his travels when he w as 1 8, per
forming traditional dances in
Germany. And now Blaine
Begay has started his own trav
els, having recently returned
from Australia, where he partici
pated in the Down Under
Games in wrestling.
Begay, a senior at Madras
I ligh School, finished 4-4 in the
two-day wrestling tournament in
Surfer's Paradise, Queensland,
Australia, July 12 and 14. Inter
national Sports Specialties, Inc.,
a company based in Utah, con
ducted the trip and tournament.
Begay qualified for the tour
nament by virtue of his two
straight trips to the Class 3A
state wrestling meet, and by rais
ing nearly $4,000. I Ic said the
tournament was great, but the
experience of traveling abroad
mattered most to him.
"It was a good experience,
especially at my age," Begay, 17,
said. "Nowadays, you don't get
too many experiences like this.
I enjoyed it. Starting my travels
as a young man is pretty good."
Begay'i trip to Australia was
from July 8 to 20. 1 le first spent
three days in I lawaii, where his
team, the Oregon-Washington
team, practiced and weighed in
for the tournament.
"They thought it would be a
hassle to weigh-in in Australia,"
Begay said. I le said the wrestlers
would be more concerned with
maintaining their weights if
there were more weigh-ins, so
the wrestlers' weights from that
weigh-in in I lawaii were officially
entered.
Begay wrestles at the heavy
weight, or undcr-275 pounds,
division. 1 le weighed in at 252
pounds, and said that's his low
est weigh-in as a heavyweight
wrestler.
After a day in I lawaii, Begay
and the Oregon-Washington
team flew into Sydney, Austra
lia, July 11. After they landed in
Sydney, the team boarded an
other plane to Brisbane, and
from there, piled onto a bus that
took the wrestlers to the Gold
Coast
The team stayed in a hotel
one-quarter mile from the beach
and about a 20-minutc drive
from the gym.
The tournament was run on
three mats. Begay said he
thought the tournament would
be "way bigger," but with only
eight teams competing, there
was enough mat space for the
individual tournament Tuesday
and the team dual meets Thurs
day. Begay, the Tri-Valley Confer
ence heavyweight champion
before going 0-2 at last season's
state meet, went 2-2 in the indi
vidual tournament, beating chal
lengers from New Zealand and
Utah but losing to wrestlers from
Pennsylvania and Utah. Cody
DuPont, a wrestler from Lake
Odessa, Mich., won the heavy
weight division title.
As Begay did during his
matches in the dual meets, the
Oregon-Washington team also
went 2-2, beating teams from
host Australia and New Zealand.
Begay was one of only four
wresders on his team from Or
egon, as most of the team, even
the coach, Kevin McNulty, were
from Washington.
"We had a good strong team,"
he said. "Three or four (of the
team's wrestlers) placed. They
had had some good wrestlers,
strong wresders."
The wresding days were long,
starting at 8 a.m. and finally
pulling out at almost 7 p.m.
"We were in the gym all day,
10 or 1 1 hours a day," he said.
In between the two days of
competition, the wresders had
a free day. Begay spent the day
looking for gifts for his family.
"I got to check out the town,
and we went to a zoo."
Set BEGAY en pagt 7
Chief sponsorng
memorial horse race
By Bill Rhoadeo
For tht Spilyay
Warm Springs Chief
Dclvis I leath is sponsoring a
memorial horse race in honor
of Francis David at this
year's Wasco County Fair.
David died in an accident on
the track at Tygh Valley in
the 1950s.
The race is Sat., Aug. 20'
The Chief and Kah-Nce-Ta
Stables will donate $300 for
first place, $200 for second
place and $100 for third
place.
Chief Heath commented
that he wanted to sponsor the
race because he realized over
the years that his association
with David as a young man
helped shape him and make
him into the person he ii
"We roomed together at
boarding school," said Heath
"We weren't really good
friends but we gave each
other good information on
the racetrack. "
Heath said they would
warn each other if the track
had holes, had a muddy spot
or was rocky.
S(0 HORSE RACE 7
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Sid MillerSpilyay
Youth rodeo action at the Huckleberry Feast at HeHe
rodeo grounds.
Rodeo at The Dalles
commemorates tribes, treaty
Fall sports
gearing up
Madras High School
sports practice begins
Tuesday, Aug. 23. Stu
dents must be eligible
prior to the first practice.
For morcnformation call
475-7265. Jefferson
County Middle School
sports orientation for par
ents is Friday, Sept. 2 at
7 p.m. at the middle
school commons. For fall
athletes, grades 6-12,
physical exams will be
available this Friday, Aug.
19, at 4:30 p.m. at the
Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center. Call 553
1196 to schedule.
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Greetings sir or madam,
Let me introduce our orga
nization. We are the Columbia
River Indian Rodeo Association
(CRIRA), which is a non-profit
organization. This organization
represents the Indian tribes that
live in the states of Oregon,
Washington and Northern Idaho.
Originally most of these tribes
are from the Columbia River
area. It has been 150 years since
the signing of the Treaty of
1855, and the relocation of our
tribes to our present day reser
vations. The CRIRA has just finished
its rodeo season and is looking
forward to holding its Regional
Finals Rodeo which will be at
the Fort Dalles Days arena in
The Dalles Sept. 9-10.
In support of our Indian ro
deo, Fort Dalles has donated its
arena at no cost to us to help
defray costs. In an effort to put
on this rodeo, we are seeking
sponsorship to help with the
costs of putting on this big pro
duction. The total cost is
$17,375.
For information, please feel
free to call me or Carson
Badonie, who is the CRIRA vice
president, or our stock contrac
tor Mike Filbin or Kitty Filbin.
Their phone numbers are listed
below.
The City of The Dalles holds
a lot of history for the tribes
who lived along the Columbia
River. They traded both with
other tribes and with non-Indians,
as well. In commemoration
of the Treaty of 1855 for the
Warm Springs, Yakama, and
Umatilla tribes, we want to re
member and pay tribute at this
rodeo to our past and current
leaders, elders and veterans.
Our plans also include a tee
pee village open to visitors and
a traditional horse parade in the
rodeo grand entry.
We would appreciate your
support and sponsorship. Sin
cerely, Edison Yazzie,
CRIRA president.
(Edison Yazzie can be
reached at (541) 553-5817;
Carson Badonie at (509) 877
7741 or (509) 949-3252; Mike
or Kitty Filbin at (541) 467-2415.)
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