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PAGE 10 JANUARY 13, 1978 [“ S P IL Y A Y TYMOO SPO R TS Colville Wins Holiday Tourney by Roger Stwyer When the buzzer ended the first h alf of the cham pionship game, the Colville Tribe of Nes pelum was trailing Vermillion, South Dakota, 43-38. At the end of the th ird q u a rte r Colville made no progress still trailing by five points, 69-64. Rut with Mike Jordan leading the way in the fourth q u a rte r the Colville Tribe managed to outscore Ver m illion to win the 19th Annual Holiday Tournament, 92-89. Termed as one of the tough est tournaments, competitive- wise by Satch M iller, Holiday Tournament director, the four day event drew capacity crowds nearly every session. Miller felt that the ’77 tournam ent had more b etter team s with taller players which provided the tough competition. Also, two records were broken at the tournament. Pete Conway, Vermillion player, scored 60 points against Nez Perce to break the most points scored in a single game. And the queen candidates broke the sales record, selling $3,200 worth of tickets. Mina Shike, daughter of Raymond Sr., and Charlotte Shike, was chosen as the Holi day tournament Queen, and Ar- lene Wewa was first runner up. All four candidates, Mina Shike, Arlene Wewa, Althea Scott and Nisa SoHappy, w ere given 10 percent of their ticket sales, two pairs of pants, sports jackets and vests, and a week-end at the Hilton Hotel in Portland. In ad dition, the queen also received a $50 savings bond, garment bag, leather jacket, and a calculator. The host team , the W.S. Magpies didn’t fare as well, dropping their first gam e to Nespelum, 94-76. After the short re st the M agpies put down Seattle 119-109, to only be de feated by Davis, Calif., 96-83. P oplar, M ontana, placed third and highly favored Ft. Yates, N.D., filled in the fourth place position. Ben M archand of the Col ville Tribe was named Hustler ; Rodney Miller, Poplar, Mont., brought down the most re bounds; and Ken Billingsly, Ft. Y ates, N.D., had the most a s sists. The sportsmanship award went to P oplar, Mont. Mike Jordan, Colville, was nam ed Most Valuable Player. All-Stars for the Holiday Tournament a re : Mike Jordan, Gary George and Bob Tarbell, Colville; Bob E aglestaff and Pete Conway, Vermillion; Wes Stevenson and Quinton Yankton, Poplar; Ken Billingsly and Tex Hall, Ft. Yates; Ken Bohanan, Davis; Byron Woods, Oakland; and Tom Richm an, Nez Perce Nation. California team and bowed out of tourney play. Despite their second half drive they were unable to overtake the big lead the Davis team built in the first half. Pictured at the tip off for the second half shows Lyman Bullchild getting the tip on the taller Davis center, also pictured is No. 44 Kanim Smith, No. 22 Isaac Mitchell, No. 42 Vernon Suppah and Richard Wells. The other player Ron Suppah not in the picture. The win advanced Davis to consolation play. Spilyay Photo. Volleyball Benefit For Heaths The Lions Club is in for some healthy competition when NAIWA (National American In dian Women’s Association) chal lenges them to a volleyball Proceeds will go to Lillie game Friday night January 13. The game will start at 7:00 Heath and her family who were p.m. at the Community Center recently burned out of their and a 50 cent donation will be home. requested. Flu Bug Fouls Girls White Buffs Although Buff Coach Dave Wiles adm itted th at the Crook County Cowgirls were “ better than we w ere” in la st Thurs d ay ’s gam e, he did say that some of his girls were battling the. flu. The Buffs lost that con test 55-45. The Cowgirls smoked past the Buffs playing tough defense and they hit 62 percent from the field. High scoring Mary Nelson, who usually averages about 20 points a game, was held to only 11. One spectator observed that the Buffs “all looked really tired com pared to Crook County.” Wiles said he w asn’t excusing their loss to the flu at all, but it couldn’t have helped matters. M adras hit just 23 percent from the field (16 of 68) and 41 percent from the line (13 of 32). But Saturday’s game against the G rant Union Prospectors Chess Tourney a t Community Center Chess buffs will have a day of competition to sharpen their skills this Saturday, January 14 at the Warm Springs Commun ity Center. Registration will be at 9:00 a.m. and game times are 9:30, 11:30, 2:00 and 4:00. The entry fee is $1.00. Anyone is welcome to come and play. There will be two sessions, one for members of the Northwest Chess Federation and the other for non-members. To join the NW F ederation, stu dents can pay membership dues of $1 and adults $5.50. Prizes for Saturday’s tour nament will be trophies, chess sets and books. For more information, call Dave Dawson at 475-6354. was a completely different story with Madras coming out on top 58 to 28. “We were ahead 25-14 at the h alf,” said Wiles, “ but during the third q u a rte r we got our full-court press going and blew them (G rant Union) off the court. We outscored them 20 to 1 in the third q u a rte r,” he said proudly. The junior v arsity girls played the last one-and-a-half quarters and actually increased the lead built up by the varsity squad, according to the coach, Mina Shike was in and out of the gam e due to her flu con dition, and Mary Nelson shot her usual game tallying 24 points. Wiles described Kimiko Danzuka as a “dedicated kid” who never misses practice. He said she gets better every week - steady improvement. With an overall record of 7-3 and a league record of 1-1, the Buffs next game will be against Mac Hi tonight (Friday). Coach Wiles doesn’t anticipate any problem - “ but you never know.” Holiday Bowling Tourney Results Of the ten m en’s team s entered in the Holiday Bowling tournament, the Warm Springs A thletic Association defeated Biff’s M idgets plus 1 to be the MADRAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date 12-8 12-9 12-10 12-13 12-16 12-17 12-20 1-5 1-7 1-13 1-14 1-20 1-26 ,1-27 2-4 2-10 2-11 2-17 2-24 3-1 3-2 Place Time Madras 6:15-8:00 Sheridan 4:00-5:45 Sheridan Redmond 6:15-8:00 Toledo 6:00-7:30 Scio 2:00-4:00 Madras 6:15-8:00 Madras 6:15-8:00 Madras 6:15-8:00 Madras 6:15-8:00 Wahtonka 2:00-6:15 Burns 6:15-8:00 Crook Co. 6:15-8:00 John Day 6:15-8:00 Mac-Hi 6:15-8:00 Pilot butte 6:15-8:00 Jr. Hi. Madras 6:15-8:00 Madras 6:15 Yamhill 5:30-7:30 DISTRICT Madras DISTRICT Crook Co. tournam ent cham ps. Warm Springs Athletic Association rol led in 2344 points com pared to second place, Biff’s M idget’s 2316. In the women’s team divi sion, Three Stooges plus 1 had it over the Apple Dumpling Gang, and also outscoring the men. The Three Stooges plus 1 scored 2358 points while the Apple Dumpling Gang had 2301 total points. Satch Miller beat Ray Shike, Sr., by 3 points in Division I of the Holiday champ roll-off. And Buford Johnson was the champ in Division II. For the women’s roll-off in Division I, Charlotte Shike beat her daughter Helena Jones 193- 181 to be champ in her division. Romona “ Teddy” Tanaw asha routed Ruthie Smith by one pin, 136-135, to win the Division II title. A Pendleton blanket was given to Nprma Smith and Ray mond Shike, Sr. each. The blan ket went to a m ale and female bowler th a t has the most total pins with handicap. The bowler m ust also bowl in four events, (team , double, singles, mixed doubles) to be eligible.
