PAGE 10 MARCH 10; 1978
SPORTS
B uffaloes Edged In P la y-o ff A t Burns
This is what happened as the
Greater Oregon basketball sea
son came to a close with Madras
and Vale emerging as Co-Cham
pions, each team compiling an
11 win 3 loss record. The Buffs
defeating the Vikings two times
should have given them the right
to represent the Greater Oregon
League as the No. 1 team . But
due to the rules, a play-off is a
must, and as they say the third
time is a charm, so Vale edged
M adras in a h e a rt-b re ak e r by
the score of 74-72 to claim the
top spot. By this the Vikings of
Vale a re m atched against Co
quille in the first round of
tourney play. The Buffs, on the
other hand are matched against
LaSalle of Milwaukie, the No. 1
rated class A A team in the State
as of the latest polls.
With a little cool the Buffs
can do w hat they have been
doing all season long, and with
heads up play can get by L a
Salle. S tatistics don’t prove a
thing even though LaSalle is
boasting height in two key play
ers. All five starting Buffs can
score in double figures on any
given night.
Pat Gallagher, a work horse
all season long in rebounding
and scoring, has an average of
16.5 points per gam e. Another
outstanding player is Rodney
Mitchell with an average of 15.5
points per game. Ron Wilson the
ball handler in back court is
right th ere and c a rrie s a 12.4
point av erage per gam e. Mike
F iala has been coming real
strong tow ard the end of the
season doing a g re a t job in re
bounding and has an average of
9 points per gam e. Clarence
Brooks has had his nights of
pulling down rebounds and can
do dam age to the opponents of
g re a te r heights and has an 8
point average per game.
The sta rtin g five a re cap
able of scoring, in double figures
and work well together, but des-
pite th eir lack in height, with
their hustle they might make up
for that defecit.
Coach Blincoe’s bench has
had their share of playing time
and contributed much to the
Buffs’ success this year.
P ictu red to the left a t the
play-off game at Burns is Clar
ence Brooks going high for a
shot as Mike Fiala moves in for
the rebound.
Pictured to the right is Pat
G allagher getting two points
from a pass from Rodney M it
chell in the background.
Photos by Priscilla Squiemphen
Cottontail Tournament ^*sLrict Champ Greene, Loses at State
Starts Tonight
A nticipation is high. The
B rav ettes have been readying
themselves for the 10th Annual
Cottontail T ournam ent which
starts tonight (Friday) at 6:30
p.m . and ends with the cham
pionship game on Sunday March
12 at 4:00 p.m.
The big feature of the double
elim ination to urnam ent is the
L.A. Ja c k s from Los Angeles
who a re la st y e a r’s NIAA
cham ps. The L.A. Jack s a re
undefeated in g a m e a c tio n .
Other teams participating are:
Nisqually^ W ash.; Lewiston,
Idaho; Yakima, Wash.; Colville,
Wash.; Wapato, Wash.; Pendle-
ton, O regon; T aholah, W ash.;
Puyallup, W ash, and the host
team, Warm Springs Bravettes.
The weekend after the Cot
tontail tournament, the regional
tournam ent will be hosted by
Colville in Omak, Wash. The
w inner of the regionals will
autom atically advance to the
N ationals to be held in F ort
Duchesne, Utah.
Admission will be charged
daily. Adults $1.50, High School
and Junior high school students
$1.00. So go on down to the
Community Center and support
your team. Action will get under
way tonight at 6:30 p.m.
Tim G reene from Warm
Springs and Bob Crocker and
Nels Ochs of M adras repre^-
sented M adras High School at
the Oregon State AA Wrestling
T ournam ent in Eugene M arch
2-4.
Having lost his first match
to a Douglas High School grap-
pler, Tim Greene, at 136 pounds,
was elim inated early in the
tournam ent. The only way he
could have gotten back into the
tournament was if the winner of
his m atch won again, but he
didn’t. Tillamook wrestler won
the 136 pound division.
Greene, a senior, won third
a t S tate in W ashington in 1977
when- he went to school in
Sunnyside.
Bob Crocker, senior, who
wrestles in thé unlimited Divi
sion came home with sixth place
honors, and Nels Ochs, junior, at
98 pounds was fifth place in his
class.
.
Coaches a re J e rry Byrne
and Joe Thornton.
Yakima Wins Tourney
Yakima Nation beat Warm
Springs in a tournament hosted
by W arm Springs to win first
place honors February 25-26.
White Swan was th ird and
Chemawa a close fourth.
High scorer overall was Bob
Johnson of the Chemawa Indian
School. Johnson was also Mr.
Rebound and earned an all-star
position.
Most V aluable P la y e r was
Dutchie Blodgett, Yakima Na
tion.
Mister Hustle and most in
sp iratio n al play er was H arley
Kelly, Warm Springs.
All-Stars included: Leonard
Strong, Dan Kinkins, Jay Var
gas, Sid Owens, Matt McCoville,
Austin G reene, Bob Johnson,
Willie D ittentholler, Dutchie
Blodgett, and Harley Kelly.
The W arm Springs Teen
Club travels to Nespelum, Wash
ington this week-end.
On the eve before the state meet, Tim Greene (right) and Coach Jerry Byrne worked out in
preparation for upcoming matches. Greene, who was District Champion, failed to place at State.
Sandy Rangila Photo