Show National Indian hoop event set I Ifor for April 6 10 at Ft Duchesne The Ute We Tribe will be hosting the National Indian Activities Associations Association's National n Basketball Tourney April 6 6 until 10 Sixteen games will be played on April 6 and 7 7 The April 6 and 7 games will begin at 9 aim am m at Union High School and at the Ute Tribe purpose multi purpose building The upper division will play at Union and the lower division at atthe atthe atthe the Ute purpose multi building in Ft Duchesne ON APRIL 8 four consolation games will be played in the morning and eight championship championship championship cham cham- ga games es will take place in Ft Duchesne beginning at pm p.m. Eight games will be played in Ft Duchesne on April 9 with two sessions at 9 am a.m. and pm p.m. The finals will be beheld beheld beheld held on April 10 in Ft Duchesne The Saturday times will be as follows 12 noon and place pm p.m. and p pm p.m. m. m 3rd and and 4 30 pm p.m. 1st and 2nd An awards banquet will be held at or 7 pm p.m. According to Rex LaRose Lafose Ute Tribe Recreation Director and president some of the teams that will be in the theto to tourney are as follows Los Angeles Vikings Lapwai Idaho Nez Perce Seattle United Indians of All Tribes Haskell Kansas Browning Montana Stars All-Stars and the Ute Chiefs as host team Teams from Alberta Canada British Columbia and Alaska teams from the various state tournaments taking place this weekend across the country will be attending also Twenty Twenty- two state tournaments will be occurring this weekend The national tourney will consist of 32 teams TIlE THE BROWNING Stars All-Stars are the defending national tournament champions The Montana team has most valuable player from last years year's tourney Ken Pemberton returning Pemberton a 67 forward played basketball for Western Montana University of Billings this past season Browning will also have two national stars all of last year Dale Birdsbill 64 guard and Pete Conway 65 center returning Birdsbill played for Western Montana this past season Conway also played on the Montana s squad ua Eugene Sonny Tiger 62 and Dennis Firethunder 65 will be the key players on the Los Angeles Viking squad The Ute Chiefs Ft Duchesne will willbe willbe willbe be led by Bobb Bobby Chapoose 64 and David 59 on the outside and Ron 6 and John Angel 63 on the is a member of the Dixie High basketball team that is playing at the 3 A 3 A tourney this week David has been playing for forthe forthe forthe the Sherman Indian school in Riverside California Tm TI TEAM MI from Kansas will willbe willbe willbe be led by 63 player coach Wayne Postoak Postoak Is the basketball coach of Haskell Junior College When asked for his comments on the national tourney Hex flex LaRose Lafose said Were at a good point now We are pretty much prepared now This Friday and Saturday the state Indian basketball tourney will happen at Intermountain High School Brigham City Ten teams will be entered The Ute Chiefs have qualified for national tourney due the fact they are the tho host team Two teams from Ft Duchesne New Day Center and Ute Tribe Utes will be taking part at the state tourney 1 fit t j. j f s I M r M R a ie w UINTAH'S R RON N GUFFEY 34 Jan Jon Goodrich 12 center andRick and andRick andRick Rick Gardner 33 struggle with Spanish Fork players In heated action near the basket Other Uintah team members In the picture are Duane Merrell 21 and Mike Phillips 22 |