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Keeping the winning tradition alive
Nixyaawii
players follow
footsteps of
their brothers
NIXYAAWII’S
OSAA 1A STATE
APPEARANCES
2007: Lost in the first
round.
2009: Lost in the second
round.
2010: Placed 4th.
2014: Lost in the second
round.
2015: Placed 2nd.
2016: Placed 3rd.
2018: Went 0-2.
2019: Won state title.
2020: Placed 3rd.
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
M
IssION — One
group of broth-
ers forged the
path. The other
is keeping the tradition alive.
Basketball at the Nixy-
aawii community school is
a family affair. For the boys
basketball team, everyone
from the smallest of fans
to the elders pack the gym
to watch the Golden Eagles
work their magic.
The 2019 Golden Eagles
put the team on the map,
winning the 1a state title and
posting a 28-2 record.
The team featured play-
ers Mick schimmel, Moses
Moses and Tyasin Burns, and
won the 1a state title — the
first for the school that put
its first team on the court in
2004.
Fast forward to the pres-
ent, the younger brothers and
cousins of the 2019 team are
headed to state Wednesday,
March 2, through saturday,
March 5, in Baker city with
visions of a championship in
their eyes.
“I think it sets a high
standard,” Nixyaawii coach
Jeremy Barkley said. “They
want to be winners like their
brothers. There have been a
lot of good teams at Nixy-
aawii, they just didn’t get
it done. It was nice to have
the leadership in that (2019)
group to push them over the
top.”
In addition to schimmel,
Moses and Burns, the 2019
team also had deven Bark-
ley, Magi Moses, dazon sigo
and Quanah Picard.
The following year, minus
Barkley and sigo, the Golden
Eagles returned to the state
tournament and finished
third.
Nixyaawii won the 1a
culminating week tourna-
ment last year, but the Oregon
school activities association
does not recognize that as a
state title.
This year’s team features
Baron Moses, brother to
Magi and cousin to Moses;
dylan abrahamson, brother
to Burns; aaron Bark-
ley, brother to deven; saint
Jeremy Barkley/Contributed Photo
Members of the 2018 Nixyaawii boys basketball team pose for a photo with their younger brothers after winning the Old
Oregon League district tournament. The younger brothers now are the core group of the 2022 Golden Eagles. Front left —
Deven and Aaron Barkley, Mick and Saint Schimmel, Magi and Baron Moses, Dazon Sigo and Tommy Moore, and Tyasin Burns
and Dylan Abrahamson.
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian
Nixyaawii’s Aaron Barkley (20) drives toward the basket Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, against the Ione/Arlington Cardinals in the
second round of the Oregon School Activities Association Class 1A State Tournament at Nixyaawii Community School in Mis-
sion. Nixyaawii defeated the Ione/Arlington Cardinals 68-54.
schimmel, brother to Mick;
Tommy Moore, brother to
sigo; and symon Picard,
brother to Quanah.
Going one step further,
former WNBa player shoni
schimmel — sister to Mick
and saint — stops by occa-
sionally to offer insight and
advice to the players.
“all these kids come from
big family groups,” coach
Barkley said. “shoni had a
talk with Baron (her cousin)
before the district title game.
It’s good to have her give him
advice. she’s a legend. The
cool thing about shoni is that
she has always been around.”
The Golden Eagles (23-6)
won the Old Oregon League
district title last month with
a win over Powder Valley,
and earned a spot in the final
eight with a victory over Ione/
arlington last week. Both
games were decided in the
fourth quarter.
“When you are on the
same level and have that
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Schedule subject to change
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
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1A state tournament: Nixy-
aawii vs. Country Christian,
Baker High School, 3:15 p.m.
1A state tournament: Echo vs.
North Douglas, Baker High
School, 8:15 p.m.
2A state state tournament,
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ton High School
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vs. Bonanza, 3:35 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
Heppner vs. Knappa,
8:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
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1A state tournament: Nixy-
aawii vs.TBD
1A state tournament: Echo
vs. TBD
2A state tournament: Stan-
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team chemistry, you get
those wins,” Barkley said.
“It showed against Ione. We
banded together to get that
win.”
First up for Nixyaawii
at state is OOL foe Powder
Valley at 8:15 p.m. Wednes-
day.
“We have shown we can
play with anybody,” Barkley
said. “To get to the final eight,
you can expect to play a great
team. We play Powder again.
hopefully we play our game.
We are not looking past this
game. Win or lose, the next
opponent will be good too.”
Nixyaawii may have one
player who lights up the
scoreboard every now and
again, but most of the Golden
Eagles’ wins have been a
team effort.
“They feed off each other,”
Barkley said. “If someone is
having a tough night, they
pick each other up. dylan
may have eight points, but
16 assists. It’s good to see
them have a complete game.
I have three kids who aver-
age double figures. They are
doing a good job distributing
the ball.”
sophomore Baron Moses
leads the Golden Eagles in
scoring with 22.8 points and
8.6 rebounds per game.
“Baron has really grown
this year as a player,” Bark-
ley said. “Mentally, and he’s
blossomed on the floor. He
has learned to keep his poise
and has been a tough player
out there. he played a year up
in aau and did good things. I
think that really helped him.”
Juniors aaron Barkley
(13.1 points, 5.7 rebounds,
4.6 assists, 4.2 steals) and
abrahamson (12.8 points,
6.4 assists, 3.4 steals) round
out the players who score in
double figures, while 6-foot-5
junior coyote Jackson battles
inside and averages 8.9 points
and 5.6 rebounds a game.
rounding out the starting
five is 6-1 senior Kirk Houle,
whose value goes beyond the
score sheet.
“he’s a hard worker,”
Barkley said. “he gets
rebounds, plays tough d and
makes a shot when he needs
to. he’s that great role player
that teams need.”
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