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like watching an artist’s passion flow so with William’s performance considering FCP Warriors Quest fluidly, so gracefully, so masterfully as John’s background in the amateurs. he allows himself to enjoy his artistry. The discipline of these young war- submitted by Mark Daniels Sr., FCP Club Although, Jr. wasn’t taking very riors is so admirable as a coach to watch many shots from Mike, Mike definitely them rebound and accept defeat so gra- On Aug. 19, 2013, the FCP boxing could have easily gone either way; the proved to be a very strong and intelligent ciously, knowing they will only strive to club began its Warrior’s quest by endur- fight was that close. boxer as he did get inside and land a keep reaching to better themselves. That ing a two-week training camp in prepa- The third and final round, Marcus couple of good shots on Jr. that almost is what it’s all about for this team, to ration for a two-stage competition. Two knew he had to apply pressure the whole caused him to lose focus and want to represent themselves, their teammates, straight weekends of competition. The round. Marcus delivered many different retaliate. But Jr. was able to regain his and their community - to have that desire first stage, slated for Sept. 1, just being combinations on Neil this final round, composure and stay in the moment. He to achieve their goals and dreams in a warm up, one-day club show hosted by sending Neil in retreat mode most of the continued to out box Mike and fought a reaching their potential. They know even Gust Boxing Club in Marshfield, Wis. round. Marcus delivered a nice left very intelligent smart fight to the end. in defeat, there are lessons learned, That would lead up to the three-day to the body that caused Neil to buckle in His relaxed-in-the-moment style had which in turn, help them to progress in weekend tournament (Sept. 6-8) being pain as he turned away from Marcus, not only earned him the win, but he was their craft. True professionals! held at the Indian Summerfest in causing the referee to draw a standing also named the outstanding boxer of the On Saturday, the boys had a day off Milwaukee the following weekend. eight count on Neil. That gave Neil the evening. Congratulations Warriors! as they advanced to the finals. Sunday, The training camp was on site at the opportunity to recover just enough to Part 2 - FCP Warriors Quest Marcus Daniels was declared the unop- FCP boxing gym. The Warriors were hold on until the end of the round and Wow, what a long weekend it was! posed 178#, 17-18-year-old Novice required to eat, sleep and train on site. bout. The FCP club journeyed to Milwaukee Champion. Mark Daniels Jr. was sched- All of today’s technologies, communica- I, myself, had believed Marcus had on Thursday evening where we stayed at uled for a championship match in the tions, etc., along with any other distrac- done enough to get the W. Unfortunately, the Clarion hotel near the airport. We fourth bout of the day versus Owen tions were to be checked at the door. The the judges saw it differently and awarded had to make weigh-ins at 9 a.m. on Torres of the UCC boxing club. Warriors were disciplined to wake up at Neil the win. Neil himself, confided he Friday morning, which was held at the Both Mark Jr. and Owen started out 6:45 a.m. to begin the 7 a.m. training apologized to his corner and told them Clarion. That evening, at the Summerfest the first round feeling each other out - session each morning, which consisted he tried, but knew he lost. Unfortunately, grounds, the temperature was in the 80s, gauging distance, speed, power, and of an hour to an hour and a half of prac- that’s just the name of the game, and so we knew it would be a hot one under reaction. Jr. immediately felt comfortable tice prior to breakfast being served at 8 when left up to the judges, the right call the canopy tent. Both Marcus and Mark and began imposing his game plan on a.m. with lunch being served at noon. isn’t always made. Although Marcus was Jr. received first round byes the first Owen by utilizing his speed and quick- The second session of training began at a little devastated by the loss, consider- evening. William did have a Senior Open ness, almost pot shotting Owen at will. 4 p.m. sharp and lasted until 6 p.m. ing the sacrifices he and his team division championship match on the very Soon, Owen was bleeding from the nose when dinner was served. Lights were out endured the past two weeks, he recov- first night against a United Community by the second round. Owen was very by 10 p.m. each night. That was the regi- ered his focus quickly and knew the real Center (UCC) super heavyweight named determined in trying to turn the fight in men we lived by for those two weeks. test would be at the Indian Summerfest John Luna. John had the height, reach his favor, but he was unsuccessful as Jr. On Sept. 1, 2013, the FCP boxing the next weekend. Marcus is definitely a and weight advantage on William. would continue to have his way with club set out to begin the first stage of its true warrior. Great attitude, great We also later discovered John had him. Between rounds, we sensed Jr. Warrior’s quest. We left the gym at 9:30 resiliency to bounce back, great focus, the experience advantage as well. could end the match at any time he a.m. to make weigh-ins at noon. We determination, and dedication to himself Apparently, Mr. Luna was a four-time wanted to set down on his power shots. were scheduled and pre-matched to com- and his teammates. Great job! national champion, an international By the end of the second round, the pete at the Marshfield State Fair William Alloway was already pre- champion, a junior Olympic champion valiant Owen was quickly fading. Grounds at the ice arena. The bouts were matched for this event; however, for and a golden gloves champion. That is continued on pg. 10... scheduled to off at 5 p.m. whatever reasons, his opponent was what we knew of anyway. Marcus was scheduled first at bout reported as a no-show. William’s match William and John were the fourth number eight against 22-year-old Neil was scratched for this event. bout of the evening and both would Stahl of the Gust club. Marcus had a Mark Jr. was scheduled to compete begin the round feeling each other out, very strong opponent in Neil as he felt in the twelfth match against Mike working the and then combos to the his power immediately in the very first Thunder out of the Wisconsin Rapids body. John would dig to the body with round. Neil would fire a basic one-two Boxing Club. Mike is a very well-known the left hook attempting to land that dev- combo on Marcus to start out with. veteran of and is known astating shot, but William caught on Marcus would fire combinations of his to have been in some very tough battles. to that and defended against it nicely. own in retaliation and continue trying to I informed Jr. he would need to be com- William would attack up the middle with walk Neil down. However, Neil proved pletely focused with no distractions and flurries and nice that would to be a bit elusive at times for Marcus to this fight would go in his favor. get John’s attention. William’s relenting mount much of an offense. However, losing focus for even a offense would cause John to get on his The second round was pretty much moment, Mike has the experience to cap- bicycle and retreat to the ropes where he the same; however, Neil fired a little italize on any mistakes. would utilize the entire ring by circling flurry that Marcus was not able to This evening definitely proved to be William as he would use the stick and respond to in time before the referee a night Jr. would be clicking on all cylin- move style. William would walk him Mark Daniels Jr. poses with grand- decided to step in to count a standing ders. The focus was on, the discipline down and catch him along the ropes at parents, Beverly Crawford and eight on Marcus. Marcus then tried to was on, speed, conditioning, everything times; however, William fought cau- Walter Shepard, after his win. nullify the standing eight by going after was hooking up perfectly for him. tiously so as not to walk into anything Neil; however, the second round had A completely focused Jr. without unnecessarily. William come to an end. The first two rounds distraction, confusion or excuses, is truly admitted he had fought John too cautiously, giving John too much respect. We were very proud and quite pleased with William’s efforts as he represented himself, his club, and his community with great pride and honor. The match was very close and could have gone either way. Unfortunately, the judges awarded the contest to John Luna, giving William his first defeat of his ama- teur career. So many The FCP Boxing Team (l-r): Brian Shepard, Richard Allen The boxing team (l-r) Mark Daniels Jr., Mark bystanders and boxing (Lac du Flambeau teammate), Marcus Daniels, William Daniels Sr., Marcus Daniels and William pose enthusiasts and coaches Alloway, Mark Daniels Jr., Mark Daniels Sr. with FCP tribal member Michael Armstrong. were also very impressed Page 10 POTAWATOMI TRAVELING TIMES • October 15, 2013 Departments

• Better school Gte Ga Nes Preschool News attendance submitted by Beth Wandsnider • Increased motivation, better Preschool staff would like to take their child make an apple tree, and every self-esteem this time to welcome you and your child made their own apple pie to take • Lower rates child/children to the 2013-14 school home and bake. of suspension year. We hope you and your child will Parents - stay involved in your • Decreased find this year as fun and exciting as we child’s education. The earlier in a child’s use of drugs and do every year. We had a few tears at the educational process parent involvement alcohol beginning, but now everyone has smil- begins, the more powerful the effects. • Fewer ing faces when they get off the bus. The most effective forms of parent instances of violent The last couple of years we have involvement are those which engage par- behavior been having a monthly Preschool Night. ents in working directly with their chil- One month in, This is a chance to spend some one-on- dren on learning activities at home. and we are proud to announce that the The Preschool Halloween party will one time with your preschool child and Decades of research show that when parent involvement this year is one of be on Oct. 23. Check the back packs! it’s becoming very successful. We would parents are involved, students have: the best we have ever had! like to thank everyone who came to the • Higher grades, test scores and Here is a picture of parent involve- last one on Sept. 19. The parents helped graduation rates ment for the month of September.

to execute. We also discussed William home, we detoured off into Green Bay Warriors Quest not giving Mr. Luna too much respect where we had arrived at 7:30 p.m. to ...continued from pg. 9 The match went with this time around and to take the fight visit the Armstrong family in the hospi- In the third round, we sensed Mr. neither giving ground and both going for right to him, being more aggressive in tal - to share our champion warriors’ cel- Torres was ready to go, and we instruct- the win. Both warriors definitely gave as his offense. William did exactly every- ebration with our family, friend, and ed Jr. to go for it now in the middle of well as they received, and they both had thing he needed to do; however, Mr. Potawatomi tribal member, Michael the final round. Jr. did go for it and the battle wounds to share with one Luna and his corner had also made Armstrong Sr. It was so encouraging to Owen’s corner threw in the towel indi- another after all was said and done. adjustments, which kept the match fairly know how much he appreciated the team cating they’d seen enough and wanted to Although it was a fairly even match, the evenly close yet once again. Once again, taking the time to share our success with protect Owen from any further unneces- edge and win went to Richard in the the match was close enough to go either him and his family. It was an honor and sary injury. Mark Jr. was declared the end, but both had tremendous respect for way, and once again, it was no mystery: a pleasure. 165# Senior Open Division Champion. one another afterwards as well. Great UCC was the local favorite. So, it wasn’t It was also an honor and a pleasure Congratulations champs! match - very proud of both their warrior surprising that the win had been awarded to represent you, the Potawatomi tribe. Marcus was able to get a non-title performances. They both represented to John Luna yet again. Both matches We thank all those who have taken the match in which he sparred with Lac du themselves, their clubs and their tribes between the two were definitely crowd time to stop in and show your support to Flambeau’s Richard Allen. This would respectably! pleasers and definitely memorable to the your team. Many, many MeGwetches to prove to be a good match as they both The main event had William fans, as you could see the progress in you all. knew each other very well in the ring as Alloway also getting a rematch with both fighters’ adjustments from one fight On behalf of the FCP Boxing Club, prior sparring partners. Both Marcus and John Luna. William was excited to get to the other. I would also like to express our team Richard understood and respected one the opportunity to avenge his first and As far as our team is concerned, all appreciation to the FCP executive coun- another as friends and sparring partners, only loss so quickly, that we jumped at three are champions of native pride. We cil for making this all possible in giving but once in the ring, they would both be the opportunity. We had already dis- brought all three back as our champions. us the opportunity to represent our tribe going for the win. cussed what adjustments we would need We sacrificed together, we trained in successfully achieving our goals. together, we bled, sweated and left Many, many MeGwetches to the council. everything in the ring together like the We have also received additional warriors we are disciplined to be. So our invitations in Wisconsin Rapids, Racine pride, our honor, our respect for our fel- and Milwaukee in the upcoming months. low boxers in amateur boxing is still We’re waiting to receive details, and I intact. will try and keep you all posted.Thank The tournament had come to an end you for your support. We hope to contin- on Sunday and we had begun our jour- ue representing you proudly! ney home at 5:30 p.m. On our route