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Show t ' " I v j I ! ' ' 'ft " i - ' I .Jl ! V 1 II i rrr rl , LEGS AND ARMS fly through the a.r as Irv Pro-est Pro-est o? Og'ala Sioux and Dee Baxter of the Pro- Bale's strug'e for the basketball. The Odala Sioux team beat the Provo Blazers in two championship cham-pionship games for first place in the Tournament of Tribal Champions. ' t i v - - . J : ,-' i v r ' - i LiLJ l uzd THREE VERNAL Junior High girl basketball f'etes netted honors recently. Melissa Jepson, ie" nabbed the best sportsmanship trophy and Shellie Beynon, center, was named as the most valuable player. Jennifer Huber, right, garnered the most improved award. Souih Dafrova ieam snaros win in virsv vivle concesv 'l'lic I'rovo Ulazt'i s owned a 21)-Hi leiid midway in Die first half and tlu; und'tcalcd team nicinbci s had a happy smile on their laces, hut their faces were Hreeted ty an upside down smile as they dropped a 73 to (i7 tfame to Die Olala Sioux, Saturday in the first championship champion-ship t;uni' in the Tournament of Tribal Champions in Fort Duchesne. A 2 0 lead was grubbed by the Sioux Team on two free throws by Mike C.'arlow, but a two pointer by Al "Wood" Blackbird tied up the ame at 2-2. However, Melvin Mih Hawk soared to the hoop for four points and a 6-2 advantage. advan-tage. A rebound hoop by Irv I'rovosl Have the Sioux team a lead, but Sonny Son-ny Hrown struck for two and reduced the lead to two points at 10-8. However, High Hawk poured in two for a Sioux lead of 12 8. Two free throws by Hih Hawk placed plac-ed the Sioux ahead at 14-10 but six straight counters by Hrown and Dee Baxter Bax-ter gave the lead in the game to the I'rovo I'ro-vo Blazers at lli-1-1. Two more field goals by Brown increased the Blazer advantage advan-tage to four points at 20-16. Field goals by Blackbird and Robert Vaz.ie kept the Blazers ahead with a four point lead of 24-20. However, the Blazers quit blazing the hoop as they were outscored by the Sioux team, 9 to 3, to fall behind bv the score of 29 to 27 on a held goal by Frank Means. Lornie I'innecoose was fouled and he popped in-one shot to reduce the Sioux lead to one point. George Powless entered the game and seconds later he snared a rebound on a missed free throw shot by I'innecoose and scored to give the Blazers a 30-29 lead. Carlow fired in two free throws for a 31-30 lead, but Baxter returned a one point lead of 32 to 31 to Provo due to a successful field goal. A free throw by High Haw k tied up the game at 32-32 and Baxter stole the ball from a Sioux player under the Blazer basket and Powless flipped in a shot for a 34-32 lead. A free throw by Vazzie increased the Provo lead to 35 to 32. A field goal by Provost sliced the Provo led to one point, but Vazzie Vaz-zie struck for one at the foul line for a 36 34 lead. However, four points by Carlow on a field goal and two free throws tied up the game at 31! points at the end of the first half. The game was tied early in the second half at 40-40 and then a fastbreak hoop by High Hawk and a free throw by Provost Pro-vost put the Sioux team ahead by three points at 43 40. Yazzie popped in two free throws to bring the Provo Blazers within one point at 43-42. A wide open shot by High Hawk increased in-creased the Sioux lead to five points at 47 to 42 and a basket by Means delivered a six point advantage of 53 to 47 to the Oglala Sioux team. Field goals by Yazzie and Powless cut the Sioux lead to four points, but two-pointers two-pointers by High Hawk and Carlow placed plac-ed the Sioux team in good shape with an eight point lead of 61 to 53. However, the Sioux team started to break into a sweat as they scored five points to cut the lead to three points at 61-58. The Sioux team also had a three uoint lead of 63-60, but they gained a 7 point lead in quick fashion as Carlow pumped in two shots for a 67-60 advantage with 2:38 to go. i r . "7 , ' j?' - : - ". - : :- I ; . 1 ; j 5 ' s f i , t r L- j A n tv. j THE BATTLE for the basketball is won by 100 Proof's .Leslie Myore, right, during a game with Konabud Gold. A stall game was played by the Oglala Sioux team, but the Blazers didn't quit scoring as Brown, who received a long pass from Powless, popped in a shot and put in a foul pitch for a three-point play to reduce the Sioux lead to two points at 67-65. The Provo Blazers' victory hopes were dealt a severe blow as High Hawk jetted to the hoop for two and a 69-65 lead. Baxter Bax-ter scored two points on free throws with one minute left, but Bad Hand and Carlow scored field goals to make the final score: Oglala Sioux, 73 and Provo Blazers, 67. Carlow led the Oglala Sioux team with 25 points and High Hawk added 24 counters. Carlow popped in eight field goals and hit 9 out of 11 free throws. High Hawk fired in 11 field goals and hit 2 out of 2 free throws. Also scoring for the team were Means, 10; Iron Cloud, 6; Provost, Pro-vost, 5 and Bad Hand, 3. Brown led the Provo team with 24 points. He put in ten field goals and hit 4 out of 4 free throws. Also scoring for the Provo team were: Yazzie, 12; Baxter, 9; Blackbird, 8; Beck, 6; Pinnecoose, 4 and Powless, 4. |
