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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
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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.