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Lake Powell wins Fort Hall Classic Men’s 65 & Over basketball tourney
Nimiipu 60 & Over champs; X Factor wins women’s 50+
Fort Hall Classic Men’s 65 & Over champions: Lake Powell.
By JOSEPH WADSWORTH
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — The Fort Hall Classic Men’s 65 & Over All-Indian Basketball Tournament Champions are Lake Powell, Ariz. as they won over AZ Redskins, Ariz. 51 to 41.
Third place went to United Tribes N.D. Fourth place was Dust Devils.
All Stars: All Stars for Lake Powell Elvis Billy and Johnny Slinkey; AZ Redskins Dave Lyson and Normen Tippecani; United Tribes Jim Shakespeare. MVP is Harry Yazzie of Lake Powell.
Fort Hall Women’s 50 & Over basketball tourney champions: X Factor.
Women’s 50 and Over Championship went to X Factor, Ariz. as they won over EchoHawk Law, Idaho 34 to 21. Third place was Golden Hoopers, Ariz. Fourth place was EchoHawk Law, Idaho. All Stars: X Factor Stephanie and Dannielle; All Stars for EchoHawk Law are Linda and Eva; Golden Hoopers Sandra Dalgai; AZ Natives Nezbah Penn. MVP is Zannita FastHorse-Pongah.
Fort Hall Classic Men’s 60 & Over champions: Nimiipu.
Men’s 60 & Over Champs are Nimiipu, Idaho who won over United Tribes N.D. 63 to 49. Third place was AZ Redskins, Ariz. Fourth place went to F-Troop, N.M.
All Stars: Nimiipu Scott Williams and Spider Ramone; United Tribes Buck Jourdain and Bobby Gonnie, AZ Redskins Johnny; F-Troop Silas Alexander. MVP is Kendell of Nimiipu.
Kalifornia Cold Ones win Fort Hall Classic Men’s 50 & Over basketball tournament
All Tribes Women’s 40 & Over champs; Hoop4Coop wins 40+
Fort Hall Classic Men’s 50 & Over champions: Kalifornia Cold Ones.
FORT HALL — Following are the results for the Fort Hall Classic Men’s 50 & Over, Women’s 40 & Over and Men’s 40 & Over All-Indian basketball tournaments on Saturday, April 4 at Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr. High School Blaine Dixey Gymnasium.
Men’s 50 & Over
Kalifornia Cold Ones from Calif. won the Fort Hall Classic Men’s 50 & Over All-Indian Basketball Tournament against second place team Tatanka Nation from N.D. scoring 59 to 42.
MVP from Kalifornia Cold Ones was Dave Smith; All Stars were Mike Carboni and Tuffy Kirk. Second place All Stars from Tatanka Nation were Emmit Taylor and JR Camel.
In an earlier game, team Old School from Mont. took third place after a loss to Tatanka Nation, and Blazers from N.D. took fourth place after losing to Tatanka Nation.
Fort Hall Women’s 40 & Over basketball tourney champions: All Tribes.
Women’s 40 & Over
All Tribes from Ariz. won the Fort Hall Women’s 40 & Over All-Indian Basketball Tournament against second place team Frybread Riot from Mont. scoring 82 to 45.
MVP from All Tribes was CC LeClaire from Warm Springs, Ore.; All Stars were Chandra DeSuze and Jaci McCormac. Second place All Stars from Frybread Riot was Cheryl and Mitzy.
Dosa Wihi from Nev. Took third place and Burque from N.M. took fourth place after both teams lost to Frybread Riot in earlier games.
Fort Hall Classic Men’s 40 & Over champions: Hoop4Coop.
Men’s 40 & Over
Hoop4Coop from S.D. won the Fort Hall Classic Men’s 40 & Over All-Indian Basketball Tournament against Native Ballerz from N.M., who took second, scoring 80 to 70.
Randy’L Teton presented a warrior spear that was made by Leo Teton to the MVP; MVP from Hoop4Coop was Jesse Heart from Pine Ridge, S.D. Champion All Stars were Howard Walker from Elmo, Mont., and Sparky Pease from Crow, Mont. Second place All Stars from Native Ballerz were Benson Billie and Matthew Benally.
Eesha from Nev. took third place after losing to Native Ballerz, and Free Agent from Mont. took fourth place after losing to Eesha.
Blaine Dixey ‘Bad Dude Award’ winners
Blaine Dixey (center) with winners Harry Yazzie (left) and Sterling Littlegeorge (right).
FORT HALL — The “Bad Dude Award” in honor of Blaine Dixey went to Sterling Littlegeorge, he received a letterman coat and trophy.
Also receiving a Pendleton from Blaine Dixey was Harry Yazzie for Blaine’s player pick.
