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Show ' ' ' ' v . - ;J ; , ..; vi V ' " ! . I Xs: s . , , - ... ' i J?-- ,' . ' i ' ." 15 r"-iH ' v . 5 i ,f . ,,..' - f 1 - "-v.-,. , r . : - ' s ; ' ' P"" " T i rvi ' - ., (-wTLH ; . ... ... - 7 r . J i.,, ,,,-- f - -; j - ' , , --- - r -r yi - ; - .;(' . , A I : , I 1 I K' . : - i r v " ; ": MOST VALUABLE PLAYER in the Tournament of Tribal Champions, Robert Parisian of Rocky Boy. 23. nabs the ball for a rebound as he receives a tap from Clarence Smith of the White Buffalo Council, Denver, Colorado. Rocky Boy rallied in the second half to nip the White Buffalo Buf-falo team, 60 to 56 for first place. ROCKY BOY from Box Elder, Montana, captured cap-tured first place in the 25th annual Tournament of Tribal Champions in Fort Duchesne, Saturday. Satur-day. Members of the team are: front row. left to right, Barry Reyos, Emory Small, John Raining Bird, Pete Sunchild, John Reyos and back row, Lyle McDonald, Russell Standing Rock, coach; Robert Parisian, Ronnie Stump, Jesse Stump and Bobby Favel. , i ;, ... V,;- . ' ' .:. ... ' . , ' ' -'It' M ; ' SI ILL LIT hif.YNON '.hows four trophies she won during Junior fJowlin Competition. KocEiy Boy nobs YouErncaPMent otf Tribes I Chcampions crown Rocky Boy of Montana overcame a White Buffalo Council lead of 33 to 20 at halftime to capture first place in the Tournament of Tribal Champions, Saturday in Fort Duchesne due to a 60 to 56 win over the Denver, Colorado team. Moose Brown, Clarence Smith, Rusty Walking Eagle and John Smith erupted for field goals to give the White Buffalo Council team from Denver a 10 to 4 lead early in the first half. The Montana cagers from Rocky Boy cut the White Buffalo lead to five points, but the Denver crew staged a scoring stampede as Mike Poowlaw, Moose Brown, Clarence Smith and Rusty Walking Eagle exploded for field goals and a 20 to 8 advantage. Rocky Boy cut White Buffalo's lead to nine points, 29 to 20, but the Denver team popped in two field goals late in the first half to take a 33 to 20 lead. The final field goal was gained by the White Buffalo crew with one second remaining. Rocky Boy was cold in the first half, but they turned hot in the shooting department in the second half as they scored the first eight points to cut White Buffalo's lead to 33 to 28. Clarence Smith put in the first points in the second se-cond half for the White Buffalo team with a field goal at the 13:27 mark. The Rocky Boy team popped in a field goal to cut the White Buffalo's advantage advan-tage to three points, but John Smith and Moose Brown tossed in field goals for a 39 to 32 lead. Ronnie Stump connected on a free throw and John Raining Bird put in a field goal to narrow the White Buffalo lead to four points, 39 to 35, but the Denver hoopsters put in six straight points for a 45 to 37 lead. Rocky Boy fired in five straight counters to drop White Buffalo's lead to one point, 45 to 44. Ronnie Stump and John Ranining Bird put in field goals and Lyle McDonald hit two free throws. Raining Bird also hit one free throw. The Denver team put in a field goal for a three-point lead, but Lyle McDonald of Rocky Boy tossed in a two-pointer. two-pointer. McDonald put in another field goal a few seconds later for a 48 to 47 Rocky Boy lead. Rusty Walking Eagle converted one out of three free throw attempts to lie up the game at 48-48, but Ronnie Stump fired in two charity lasses for a 50 to 48 Rocky Boy advantage The game was tied up two more times at 50 and 52, and then Lyle McDonald flipped in a field goal and Emory Small tossed in two free throws for a 56 to 52 Rocky Boy advantage ad-vantage The While Buffalo team put in two field Roals to cut Rocky Boy's lead to two points at 56 54 and 58 56, but Ronnie Ron-nie Stump hit two free throws to make the final score: Rocky Boy. 60 and White Buffalo Council. 56 The lop scorer in the game for Rocky Boy was Lyle McDonald with 24 points He hil ten field goals and was 4 for 6 from the foul line Also scoring counters for Rocky Boy were Ronnie stump. 11; John Raining Bird. 11; RoIhtI Parisian. Pari-sian. 7. Emory Small. 5 and i'cle Sun-child. Sun-child. 2 Rocky Boy put in 22 field goals and hit 16 out of 23 free throws. Rusty Walking Eagle was the high scorer for the White Buffalo Council team wilh 17 points on eight field goals and one free throw. Also scoring counters were Clarence Smith, 10; Mxve Brown. 10. John Smith. 7; Ken Springer, 4. Mike I'oowlow. 4. Ixiyd Brown. 2 and Rick Williams. 2. The White Buffalo team put in 27 field goals and hil 2 out of 6 free throws. The While Buffalo team pocketed second place in the tournament. The Rocky Boy learn toppled the I'te Chiefs, 75 to 73, in the first round. Lyle McDonald, 24 and KotxTt Parisian. 18. were the top scoreres for Rocky Boy. The Montana crew defeated U & I Tigers of Montezuma Creek in the second se-cond round and then toppled the Fort Washakie Warriors. 88 to 80. Lyle McDonald, 29 and Rotx'rt Parisian. 20, were Ihe high scorers for the Montana team. Rocky Boy advanced into the championship game when they toppled the Provo Skins, 74 to 67. Lyle McDonald fired in 25 points and John Raining Bird tossed in 16. Jack Lucas was the high scorer for the Skins with 20 points. Named to the Tournament of Tribal Champions" all-star team were: Gary Manuel, Jack Lucas, Provo Skins; Obie Taveapont, Ute Chiefs; Bobby Chapoose, Ute Indians; Moose Brown, White Buffalo; David Alley, Salt Lake; Robert Hereford, Fort Wash-it riers; Vernon Harris "r" Shakespear, Mill Creek ' p I"1' Emory Small, Lyle McDonald " Boy; Rusty Walking Eagle wv,H falo and Robert Parisian, 'rJ as most valuable players Tvl ' Lake City Bear Runners nabhL sportsmanship trophy. j, . ' j . i ' i . . r - , : i n t , THE TOURNAMENT OF TRIBAL Champions' first place tro;S - is carried down the court by Jason Cuch, right and Tar.-, Jenks, left. |