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Club hosts Battle on the Rez 2011
The Warm Springs Boxing
Club hosted the Battle on the
Rez on Saturday, Oct. 29 at
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re
sort and Casino.
In the first bout of the night,
Shag Spino, age 15, o f the
Warm Springs Boxing Club, won
a close decision against Josh
Freas, of the Capital City Box
ing Club from Salem . This
match was in the 124-pound
category.
David Martinez, 15, of the
W arm Springs club, boxed
Jonathan Arroyo, also of the
Capital City Club. This bout,
which Arroyo won, was also in
the 124-pound category.
A ntone Sco tt, 14 o f the
Warm Springs club, fought in the
160-pound division, against op
ponent Lee Cam pos, o f the
Granger Wash., club. Campos
won this bout.
Jam ie H alliday, 16, Warm
Springs, fought in the 156-
pound division, against Tito
Gomez, 17, from Beaverton
club. Gomez won this match.
K ayla Jo n es, 19, W arm
Springs Boxing Club, was an
unopposed winner, as her oppo
nent failed to show.
The Battle on the Rez 2011
came to a close with a match
betw een two super heavy
Schimmel sisters at Louisville
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Shag Spino, 15, won his match in 124-pound category.
weights, ending with knock-out.
“We had a total o f eight
bouts,” said Warm Springs Box
ing Club coach Austin Smith.
Some of the fights were can
November 2, 2011
celled because some of the box
ers were sick, he said.
A knock-out thanks to Kah-
Nee-Ta for their sponsorship,
Smith said.
Shoni Schim m el and
younger sister Jude are both
playing for the Louisville
Cardinals womens basketball
team this season.
Shoni is a sophomore this
year, after her b reako ut
2010-11 freshman season,
when she led the Cardinals
to the Sweet 16 round of the
NCAA tournament. She was
named a first team Full Court
Press Freshman All-Ameri
can after the season. She
averaged 15.1 points per
game and 4.9 assists last sea
son.
Jude is freshman, having
grad u ated from F ranklin
High in Portland last spring.
She was named First Team
All-State in Oregon. This was
an especially rare accom
plishment because her team
d id n ’ t reach the fin al
rounds of the state tourna
ment, usually a pre-requisite
in being selected to the All-
State team.
The Schim m els, from
Umatilla, have family, friends
and fans on the W arm
Springs Reservation. Some
Photo courtesy of Indian Country Today
Jude and Shoni Schimmel will play for Louisville this
season.
W arm Springs residents are
planning to attend C ardinal
games in December.
Louisville will play the Uni
versity o f Portland Pilots at
Pordand on Dec. 17, and then
they play Washington State at
Pullman, Wash., on Dec. 19.
Indian Country Today com
mented, “The combination of
two Am erican Indian sisters
playing at a major NCAA Divi
sion 1 university such as Louis
ville is unique and will provide
Indian country with a team to
follow in the next three
years.”
Last month, Shoni, who
plays point guard, was one of
30 players nam ed to the
W ooden Award W om en’s
Preseason list, announced by
the Los A ngeles A thletic
Club. She is one of seven
sophomores on the list.
The Louisville Cardinals
womens basketball season
opens Nov. 13 at Missouri
State.
Youth attending bull riding finals, hostjundraiser
Student Athlete Profile
Herkshan: Captain, honor student, leader
“Watching him on the field is
different,” Dalton Herkshan’s
mother Danni said while beam
ing with pride. “I know my son
can be a leader, but seeing him
leading his teammates on the
field has me beaming,” she said.
“It’s every parent’s dream to
watch their kids take that role.
Being able to witness this is
breath-taking!”
E ig h th -grad er
D alton
Herkshan was selected by his
coaches this year as the first
Native American team captain.
Before each game, he and three
others are responsible for the
coin toss as well as any penalties
while he is on the field. That’s a
big responsibility in itself.
But as an Honor Student at
Je ffe rso n C ounty M iddle
School, Dalton knows the im
portance of the balance between
grades and football.
“My friends all play sports,”
he q u ietly says. “A ustin
R aschenburg, H ow ard Bell-
Dalton Herkshan
Raines are a couple of guys that
like to play. You have to get good
grades, practice hard, and know
how to have fun from the be
ginning to the end of the game.”
B esides fo o tb all, D alton
loves social studies with Mr.
Claus.
“He knows grades are the
most important thing,” Danni
said. “We taught him early on
that without good grades, he
can’t play sports.”
It has been a struggle for
Dalton, but it was a challenge
that he gladly accepted.
“When he brought his last
report card home, words can’t
describe what I felt,” Danni said.
“Now I know he can do it.”
“Hard work pays off,” Leevi
Herkshan said. “I’m proud my
son is able to work hard and earn
his spot.”
In ten years, Dalton sees him
self in college, although at the
time he isn’t sure what studies
he would like to pursue.
Dalton’s determination and
drive is an inspiration to many
of his friends.
“Kids don’t care if they win
or lose,” he says with a grin. “As
long as we give it 100 percent!”
—
by Duran Bobb
Boxers travel to Old Camp Casino in Burns
The Warm Springs Boxing
Club in October traveled to the
Old Camp Casino of the Burns
Paiute Reservation.
Four o f the W arm Springs
boxers com peted in the Old
C am p
S a tu r d a y
N ig h t
R um ble bo xin g tournam ent
on Oct. 22.
First up, in the 125-pound
class, were 15-year-olds David
Martinez of the Warm Springs
club vs. Josh Frisha o f the Sa
lem Boxing Club. Frisha was the
winner in a close match.
Next up, in the 170-pound
division, were Antone Scott of
W arm Sp rin gs, vs. T ristan
Rodriguez of Nampa, Idaho,
who won the match.
Fighting in the 150-pound
class were Kayla Jones of Warm
Springs vs. Crystal Bush of the
All-American Boxing Club in
Burns. Jones won this match.
In the fourth match, James
H allid ay o f W arm Springs
boxed Eric Limon of the RNC
club of Toppenish. This match,
in the 155-pound class, was also
a close one, and went to Limon.
The Saturday Night Rumble
at the Old Camp Casino was
hosted by the All American Box
ing Club of Burns.
Fundraiser: Raffle tick-
ets are on sale to help local
youth attend the 2011 Jun
ior Bull Riding National Fi
nals later this m onth in
Shawnee, Okla.
Hoops camp
this month
The Community Health Edu
cation Team presents Basketball
Camp with Mike Phelps. This
two-day camp will be on Friday
and Saturday, Nov. 11-12 at the
Community Center, from 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Lunch break and
snack provided.
The camp needs 30 partici
pants, ages 9 and up. Registra
tion forms are available at the
Family Resource Center. For
information or to register, call
Anita or Wayne at CHET, 541-
553-2211.
The
Women
of
Wellness group will meet
from noon-1 p.m. on Thurs
day, Nov. 10 in the large
conference room at the
Family Resource Center.
The health education topic
will be tobacco awareness.
For information, call CHET
at 541-553-2211.
The funds will help Joe Scott shawls, bags, a beaded belt,
I ll and Marcel Allen attend the and other items.
Finals.
For tickets or information,
Tickets are $2 each or three call 541-325-1144; or 325-
for $5. R affle item s include 2925.
beaded m edallions, blankets,
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