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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1980)
Spilyay Tymoo Buffs lose out at state All-conference feam selected Among those selected for this year’s All Conference basketball team, Eriç Mitchell, a local boy, received honorable mention. Ron Wilson of the Buffaloes and team captain along with Tim Witbrock of Burns were both unanimous picks. Tracy Runge, also of Madras and Mark Hammond, Burns; Paul Unger, Vale; Larry Parker, Mac Hi, rounded out the first five. Second team: Greg Josi ( G r a n t U n io n ) ; M a rk McCallum (Mac Hi); Matt H am m ond (B u rn s); Ken Ellison (Grant Union); Efrem Ramirez (Nyssa); Carl Daniels (Madras). ♦ Honorable mention, Eric Mitchell; Jeff Lofgren (Burns); Rick Vaught (Grant Union); Carl Burton (Mac Hi); and Kurt Allen (Vale). All four of the Madras boys are one of the reasons why the Madras White Buffaloes made it to the State Basketball Tournament at Eugene in M cA rth u r C o u rt at the University of Oregon for the third consecutive year. Eric Mitchell showed why he received honorable mention for the conference All-Star team with his good defensive play, fin e s h o o tin g a n d his outstanding rebounding. He picked off nine rebounds in the opening game against Henley despite a height disadvantage to the taller opponents which makes the Warm Springs people proud of him. Boxers win five The Warm Springs Boxing team competed in their first all- Indian boxing tournam ent March 8 at Lummi, Washing ton, and out of seven boxers competing, five brought home championship jackets. The other two were given runners- up medals. Reynolds Allen, 60 lbs., Tony Stacona, 80 lbs., Sterling Holiday, 90 lbs., Mervin Govenor, 95 lbs., and Mike Berry, 147 lbs., were given cham pionship jackets foi winning all their matches. Sheldon Sutterlee and Alvis Smith III were runners-up and each received a medal. Demc Tewee and Cecil Govenor alsc made the trip but had nt opponents to box. Mervin Govenor was given t trophy for “Best Bout—Jr Division” and Mike Berry stopped his opponent in the second round. “All these bys knoRv what to go after, they know what to do,” said coach Ron Govenor. “They really put out.” “These boys don’t miss any practice and that’s what I like abut the boys.” Those teams making the AH- Indian tourney were Chilli wack, B.C.; Yakima Nation; Granger, Washington, Gensaw Boxing Club of Klamath, California; W arm Springs California; Warm Springs; and Lumi (host team). Govenor hopes to take his team to Chilliwack, B.C for thier boxing tournament April 18-19. He also hopes to take four senior boys to the Indian N ationals to be held in Carnegie, Oklahoma, April 26,27. The Madras White Buffa loes, traveling to Eugene for their third state AA basketball tournament in as many years, .lost their first game to Henley, 6 2 -5 3 , b u t c am e b a c k Wednesday to post a 60-58 o v e r tim e v i c t o r y o v e r Philomath. Today they meet two-time defending champion and number 1 ranked Marist. Henley took advantage of the Buffs cold shooting in the first and third quarters. Madras’ field goal percentage for the game was 30.4% compared to Henley’s 47.8%. But for the first half, Madras could only make 7 out of 29 field goals attempted to shoot 24%. Earlier in the season, Madras beat Henley in overtime 64-61, and they also lost once to them, 80-60. Scott Vanderhoff led the way for the Hornets with 19 points. Wes Miller had 13 and Norm Barney had 12 points, 8 of those were scored in the last quarter. Ron Wilson was high scorer for the Buffs with 14 points. Carl Daniels and Eric Mitchell both had 12 with Mitchell bringing down nine rebounds and making six out of seven free throws. W ith s e v e n s e c o n d s remaining on the clock against Philomath, Ron Wilson made a 15 foot jumper to clinch the game 60-58. But it took a 14 point rally in the third quarter to keep the Buffs in the game. Tracy Runge and Ron Wilson both had 26 points for the game to lead all scorers. The consolation round played Friday morning ended with a Marist victory over Madras 61-54. Carl Daniels and Ron Wilson were the high scorers each making 13 points fo r th e M a d ra s W h ite Buffaloes. Eric Mitchell of Warm Eric M itchell (32), M adras White Buffaloes, and R ick Springs contributed heavily Z or os inski (33), Henley Hornets, fight fo r the rebound at the state with his good defensive play A A basketball tourney. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Stwyer and rebounding.
