PAGE 10 MARCH 7,1983
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Defending champs,“Champs” of tourney
The Yakima Players dumped
the White Swan Chiefs by the
score of 118 to 106 for the
championship of the third
annual Magpie six foot and
uuder basketball tournament
held here in the Warm Springs
C o m m u n ity C e n te r on
February 25 through the 27th.
The Yakima Players won
the tournament for the second
straight year as they built up an
early lead which put them
ahead by 11 at the end of the
first quarter, 30-19. From that
point on, the scoring was pretty
much even w ith Yakima
holding on to their lead.
Jay Keys scored a total of 42
points to pace the winners as he
swished the nets with 15 field
goals, one which counted three
points from out o f the
perimeter circle and he added
11 more points from the charity
stripe. There were four others
who joined Keys in double-,
figure scoring.
The White Swan Chiefs put
up a battle during the last three
quarters out-scoring Yakima,
27-25, in the second quarter.
Both teams scored 29 points a
piece in the third quarter but
the determined Yakima team
managed to continue their
dominance scoring 34 points to
the Chiefs 31 in the final stanza
and 15 of those points came
from the free throw line.
It was the first quarter surge
by the Yakima team which put
them up by 11 points and
the White Swan Chiefs were
unable to overcome the deficit
throughout the game. Both
teams lost two players each
from foul trouble late in the
fourth quarter. There was one
technical foul on White Swan
for unsportsmanship conduct
by one of the team members.
The Intertribal Sports team
rambled over the Owyhee
Neveda team, 130-80, for third
and fourth placps in the
tournament. There were five
out of seven of the Intertribal
players scored in double figures
with Jack McCormick leading
the way with a total of 36
points. Both team s were
deadlocked at the end of the
first quarter at 20 points apiece.
But from that point on it was all
I n te r tr ib a l’s show . They
contributed three baskets
which counted three points
during the scoring spree by the
I n te r tr ib a l sq u a d . M ark
Whitman got a hot hand in the
fourth auarter where he scored
16 points in that quarter alone.
Marty Tom of the Owyhee
team managed to pop in 22
points for his team and
Manning Jason contributed 19
points as the Owyhee team
could not get anything going
after the first quarter.
In other action the Warm
Springs Magpies won their first
game, 107-99,in a close game
over the Valley Panthers. They
had a walk-by win for the
second game as the Pendleton
team did not show up. But from
then on, the roof fell in on the
Magpies as they dropped their
next two games which put them
out of tournament play. First
losing to the White Swan
Chiefs, 99-94, and their final
game they lost, 69-66, to
Owyhee.
The Oregon Travelers ran
smack into a deadend, losing
their first two games to the
White Swan Chiefs, 116-95,
and the final game they to the
Valley Panthers,83-81.
Jay Keys of the Yakima
Players was voted the Most
V aluable P la y e r o f th e
tournament. Mr. Hustle was
Charlie Shippentower of the
Wapato Hawks. The All-Stars
were Jim Wabense and Titus
Shoulderblade of the Players,
Vince Blodgett and Chief
Sanchey from the White Swan
Chiefs, Jr. Cowpoo and Zeke
Doembo of the Intertribal,
Donald Kickingwoman and
Marty Tom of Owyhee, Moose
Senator of the Valley Panthers
and Austin Greene from the
Magpies. Hoopa, California
received the Sportsmanship
trophy.
Roadrunners win tourney
The Simnasho Roadrunners
won the Yakima Valley College
30 and over tournament held at
30 an d over b a s k e tb a ll
tournament held at Toppenish,
Washington on February 25,
26 and 27. The Roadrunners
came back after a loss in the
sem i-finals to the S atus
Cowboys.
The R oadrunners came
through the backdoor to win
the championship but they
managed to pull it all together
and win the next three games.
They dusted the Mission Bulls.
They then met the Satus
Cowboys who were at that time
undefeated. In the rematch
against the Cowboys the
Roadrunners won with a score
of 135-102, giving the Cowboys
th e ir f ir s t lo ss o f th e
tournament and evening up the
losses between the Roadrun
ners and Cowboys. In the final
game for the championship
title the Roadrunners went to a
man-to-man defense and beat
the Cowboys, 113-79, thus
earning the championship title
and giving second to the Satus
Cowboys.
Named to the All-Stars were
G ary G reene an d H ood
McCormack of the Simnasho
Roadrunners; Ron Washines,
Leroy Senator and Bin Fiander
of the Satus Cowboys; Leo
Stewart, Paul Jones and Tom
R o d riq u e z of P e n d le to n
Mission Bulls; Soy Redthunder
of Nespelem and Clark of the
Ace of Clubs. The Most
Valuable Player was earned by
Kub Ellenwood, Roadrunners
who also earned the high scorer
trophy of the tournament.
Frank “Chin” Suppah, 56, was
named the “ oldest active
player.”
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“The tip-off, ” starting the game fo r third and fourth places during the recent Six Foot and Under
basketball tournament. This game between the Intertribal Sports and Owyhee, Nevada. Intertribe
went on to win 108-80. Pictured is Dion Smith, Intertribe, and 21, Marty Tom o f Owyhee.
Buffaloes GOL champions
What more can one say
a b o u t th e B u ff v a rs ity
basketball team who came
through a remarkable season
and record of 10 wins and 0
defeats and the GOL league
championship.
In the final same of league
play the Buffs toppled the
Grant Union Frospectors quite
handily by the score of 109 to
64, thus wrapping up a fine
season and a ticket to State as
the top seed from the GOL.
The Buffs did just about
everything there was during
regular league play. Practically
dominating most of the games
both home and on the road.
When the chips were down they
held their poise to come from
behind for key wins. The only
two close games were on the
road where they managed to
come from behind, first, to nip
Nyssa 46-43 and just recently at
Burns winning 64-60 under
heavy pressure.
By d o in g j u s t a b o u t
everything during regular
league play when the game was
going good for them the whole
team got in on a piece of the
action. This is what produced a
fine bench during the year. If a
key player got into foul trouble
there was a replacement on the
bench to keep the tempo going.
There was total Buff power
under both boards giving the
opponents only one shot while
being able to take two or three
under their own basket. The
ball handling under pressure
didn’t have much effect on the
team and the turnovers were
minimal as compared to the
opponents.
Roman Suppah and Jerome
Davis of Warm Springs were
the big guns for the Buffs all
season long scoring high in
double figures in each game
along with superb rebounding.
Suppah will be no stranger
during the State play-offs as he
was selected to the All-State
basketball team last year. Brad
Blackm an also has state
tournament experience and
played under pressure there
before. Davis should put added
p u n c h in s c o r in g a n d
rebounding as he did all season
long and adding Dendauw and
Mike Boggs the Buffs should
make things happen on Mac
Arthur court in Eugene.