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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1982)
P j|^ 0 M « rc h 2 6 J 9 8 2 Spilyay Tymoo M l I' Spilyay Tymoo III . . I. A Roman Suppah impressive at State Tourney Roman Suppah was selected to the All-State basketball team while Marist claimed this year’s State AA Basketball championship. Im pressing coaches and making headlines, Suppah made quite a name for himself an d th e M ad ras W h ite Buffaloes who were represent ing the Greater Oregon League at this year’s state AA basketball tournament. Playing in only three games in the tournament, super Suppah managed to compile enough points to place him fourth among all scorers. The other leading scorers had played in four games. Pre-tournament play sports writers, newscasters and other experts favored the defending c h a m p io n s , th e L a S a lle Falcons, as a team, to repeat itself in this year’s champion ship. There were a lot of surprises this year as many favorites were knocked out of contention, the underdogs coming up with key wins. The second round bracket is I where the powers of the tournament were singled out. Favorite LaSalle from the top bracket and Astoria from the lower bracket were both beaten out. The final match-up for the championship was between Marist, which came out the 1982 champions, with Gervis placing second. Third place went to Newport and fourth to LaSalle. Sherwood gained the consolation by getting by Stayton in a game played at 1:30 on Saturday. Madras, the champions of the Greater Oregon League, earned their right to go to the state tournament. The G.O.L. along with seven other districts in the state send the top two teams from their league to the state tournament each year. This year Madras filled the number-one spot while Nyssa, the ru n n er-u p ,. filled the number two spot. Madras and LaSalle battle it out in the quarter-final game for fourth place in the State AA Basketball tournament. Here Roman Suppah goes high to score two points as WUeyFortson waits for a possible rebound Opponents, No. 44 Tom •The Buffs got going in the right direction in the opening game beating Illinois Valley 75- 71, but then fell victims to the Newport Cubs -in a squeaker with the final score 62-60. In the third game the Buffs were eliminated from tournament play at the hands of the strong LaSalle Falcons from the Capitol league. The score was 84-70. The AA class sports in the state consists of eight districts 1. Mark Bando 2. Brent Counts 3. Johnny Coppedge 4. Alan Peckham 5. David Thompson 6. Roman Suppah 7. Mike Dienes 8. Paul Pedtader 9. Andy Marincovich 10. Mark McLaughlin School Marist Gervis Stayton Brookings LaSalle Madras Sherwood Astoria Astoria LaSalle throughout Oregon. By the time tournament time rolls around many of these AA team can handle any AAA team on a given night. Any team that makes it to state play offs has really earned thè right to be there because it has been s a id t im e a f t e r t im e , s 32 points key Madra “Competition is the spirit of achievement and the founda tion of success—in sports and business. L eading Scorers Tournament A ll Stars Name Dragicevil, in background D avid Thompson, 10 M ike Kern and Mark McLaughlin of LaSalle surround the basket. Buffs lost 84-70. Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Brent Counts Johnny Coppedge Alan Pechham Roman Suppah David Thompson Mike Deines Scott Cuthbertson Mark Bando No. Games 4 4 4 3 4 ’ 4 4 4 School Gervis Stayton Brookings Madras LaSalle Sherwood Brookings Marist Total Points 98 88 87 86 83 77 70 58 Headlines, articles and photos in Oregon newspapers told of Roman Suppah’s outstanding performance at state. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Rangila Bravettes road trips-talent by Julie Mitchell Warm Springs w om en ’s basketball team traveled to Pendleton and White Swan the p ast tw o w eek -en d s. In Pendleton, on the 13th and 14th, the Bravettes placed fourth in the single elimination tournament. Fran Moses was named to the all-star team. The host team, Pendleton Athletics, took their own tourney and Pendleton 2 finished a distant second. White Swan scheduled-the B r a v e tte s a g a in s t th e Pendleton Athletics in the first round of their tournament at the White Swan Pavilion during March 19-21. Pendleton put the six-rooster team in the losers bracket immediately, 47- 34. In the ten-team tournament the Bravettes put out five teams, playing through the back door. The women beat the S e a t t le S p ir it s , 5 5 - 3 3 , demolished the Satus Eagles, 40-28, and squeaked by the Nez P e r c e , 4 3 -3 8 . D e s p ite numerous rolled-over ankels. the Bravettes continued to win on Sunday. Pendleton 2 was trounced, 39-17, and Omak was left with third place, 54-44. Playing their fifth game, the P e n d le to n A ’s m et th e B ravettes in the fin a ls. Pendleton attempted to tire their opponents by running and s u b s t it u t in g o fte n . T he Bravettes used their one-man bench as needed and kept in the c o n te st.W ith two minutes and tired remaining the A ’s were up by one, but those last minutes were a culmination of weary bones and tired feet. The score was Pendleton 59, Bravettes, 50. The Warm Springs roster included, Wanda Jiminez, Julie Mitchell, Kimiko Danzuka, Brenda Cobum, and Jodie Pimms. Fran scored a game high of 29 points and received beautiful Pendleton blanket, as well as an all star duffle bag. feet Wanda received an all-star bag in addition to a Ms. Hustle P e n d le to n b la n k e t. T he to u r n a m e n t c o o r d in a to r presented handsom e blue championship jackets to the Pendleton’s A ’s. The team would like to thank Elton Greeley for sponsoring the entry fee for the White Swan tournament. Individual support contri butes greatly to the Bravettes p a r t i c i p a t i o n in r o a d tournaments.
