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Pap 6 April 10, 1987 4 Q ( ft ."Ot: The action between the White Swan after a rebound. White Swan went Kings Kids As I saw it: It was gratifying to see the future stars take to the floor during a 13 year old and under basketball tournament that was held here in the Community Center on March 27-28, 1987. There were kids from Oregon, Washington and California, on hand displaying their skills at this early age. There are some very talented kids for their size. Ryan Sams from Pendleton displayed his ability at the age of 1 3 which is equivalent to a lot of high school players. He scored an average of 18 points per game in three games and taking his team to the championship. In those three games Sams showed a lot of promise for some good years to be seen. Scott Moses turned in a good performance also as he led the way for the Kings Kids team from the Community Center to second place in the tourney. He averaged 14 points per game. The big show down was between the Pendleton Bucks and the Kings Kids of Warm Springs in the championship game. V ' Travelers take championship title in overtime The Oregon Travelers, coached by Tony Suppah, took the cham pionship title of the Klamath Nation tournament in Chiloquin, Oregon March 19 to 22. "We've been attending the oldest active tournament for the last seven years," said Suppah, but "the only thing different this time is that we finally had a full roster." This year's roster consisted of Dion Smith, James Scott, Bob Main, Ron Jones, Jerome Davis, Chas Mitchell, Mike Greene, Harold Pennington, Bernie Earl and Sup pah. "They all produced as a team, with good defense, hustle, rebound ing and ball movement," said Suppah. Suppah said that there were times that someone would pick up the slack for other team members in scoring. "Some of the guys would get into a cold streak, but would make up for it with hustle and good defense. I felt very confident with all my players and didn't feel any hesitation when I needed to substi tute. I substituted freely when I felt someone was tiring or getting frus trated with themselves. They sup ported each other through the entire tourney which was an asset to the team." The game against the Condors (mm Pnnnj Pnlifnrnia was"hard Marathon set I he annual Rah-Nee-la Mini Marathon 14.5 mile run will start at Simnasho and end at Kah-Nee-Ta on Saturday, April 25. The annual event is sponsored by the Warm Springs Recreation depart ment. Three races will be held with the 14.5 mile run for the serious com petitor. A 10 kilometer run will start at Kah-Nee-Ta Village and will also finish at the village. A three-mile fun run wrll also be held at that time. Pre-registration for the run will cost S8 and on the day of the race the fee will be $10. All entries will Spilyaiy P5 f : ; ." A. Mm Chiefs and the Warm Springs Buffs was on to win the championship. make good Pendleton coming out the champs. Pendleton jumped out to a good start to a 16-2 first quarter lead as Sams scored 1 1 points on five field goals and one foul shot. The Kings Kids could only score one basket by Scott Moses late in the quarter. It was 14-0 before the Kings Kids could score their first points. In the second quarter the scoring was pretty even, Pendleton getting 12 while Kings Kids 1 1 points, this leaving the score 28-1 3 at half time. In the third quarter Pendleton went on another scoring spree for a total of 18 points while W.S. could only get 6. With the game pretty well wrapped up Ryan Sams spent most of the quarter on the bench. He ended up with a total of 32 points for the game as they won the championship 62-36. Others scor ing for the Pendleton team were Jason Butler 9, Scott Willard 6, Kris Jenson, Sonny Moses and Andy Sauvie each scored 4 points apiece, Gib Farrow 2 and Tate Winningston 1. The leading scorer for the Kings fought all the way," said Suppah. "At half time, the score was tied at 59. During half time, we discussed the first half and came out with a 2-3 match up zone, since Hoopa had the heighth advantage." At the end of the third quarter, the score was again tied, 79 to 79. "We kept substituting freely, giv ing each other motivation to keep pushing the ball up the court, hop ing to draw fouls. At the end of regulation time, the score was again tied, this time at 105. We went into a five-minute overtime. We had the advantage, as three of their big men were in foul trouble. I had the team spread out the offense and turned Ron Jones loose one-on-one. They came out in a full court, man-to-man, hoping to put us away." Suppah continued, explaining the logistics. "I had the other team members fill in the passing lanes, while Jones either got an assist or got fouled. He capitilized by hit ting 18 out of 22 free throws. By everyone hustling, crashing the boards, blocking out, fast breaking and good defense, we were able to foul out Monty Daney, 6'8", Wes Scott, 67" and their floor general, Joe Hutt, 6'4"." The Hoopa team invited the Travelers to next year's Holiday tournament in March, 1988, for a rematch. for April 25 include, a t-shirt, raffle tickets, swim pass and a race number. Awards to be given this year will be overall male and female in the 14.5 mile first place winners to receive a two night stay at Kah-Nee-Ta, jogging outfit and trophies. Trophies will be given to first and second place winners in 14.5 mile and the 10 kilometer races in all age divisions. For more information contact Austin Greene or the Warm Springs Recreation office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (503) 553-1 161, exts. 243 or 244 or 553-1361. " - , - . M I "TJCJmLi . Warm springs, Tyimoo , -urn i . . SpUyy Tymoo photo by Mllltr full of action as the players were all showing Kids was Scott Moses with IS points Ryan Boyle 1 1, Tom Green 4, Kyle King 3, Frank Reese 2 and Ryan Grote 1. Nespelem, Washington nudges K nappa, Oregon for third place 47 40. Karmon Blake for the scoring for the winners with 1 1 points all of which came in the first half. Bubba Egbert scored 10, Seed Blake 9, Eli Krohan 7, Ray Fletch 4 and Tony Posey 2. Geister led the scoring for Knappa with 13, as he out scored everyone in the game, Kirkpatrick 11, Jones 10, Relatos 4 and Tun kila 2. Nespelem eliminated the W.S. Renegades to play for third place 42-28. This is how the tourney games went from start to finish. Game 1, Kings Kids 60, Mitchells 21: Pendleton 53, Renegades 34: Pendleton 60, Knappa 29: Kings Kids 32, Nespelem 25: Nespelem 42, Renegades 28; K nappa 5 1 , Alfred Smith Logging 15, Nespelem 47, Knappa 40, and the championship Pendleton 62 W.S. Kings Kids 36. "This year's tournament had a lot of heighth and good tough competition. The teams were evenly matched in all the play-off games, which made the tournament for the audience." Suppah added that after receiv ing their awards, the team felt it appropriate to award one of the championship jackets to the family of a friend, Ken Rivard, who was killed in a car accident. "Not only was he a good friend, he was a good competitor as a member of the Chi loquin 69ers team. The crowd appre ciated" the sentiment, and "awarded JHM I' C The Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Course was the site of the annual Pepsi Pro-A m golf tournament March 21 and 22. A total of 35 golf professionals and 140 amateur golfers played in the tourney. Walter Porterfield, pro at West Delta Golf Course in Portland took first place among the pros with Oregon 97761 feen tournament held There were ten boys and six girls teams here for the annual Cotton tail tourney, from Oregon and Wash ington and California, during the weekend of March 14 and ISth. In the double elimination the White Swan boys beat out the Warm Springs Buffs for the cham pionship while Chiloquin placed third. The teams entered in the boys tourney were White Swan, Chiloquin, Spirits, Weekend War riors, Brownstown, Nisqually, Port land, Skokomish and the War Chiefs. There were plenty of action right from the start to finish. The teams played well and showed a lot of spirit duringthe tourney. DonJones of White Swan was voted the most Baby Blues The way I sees it: The Baby Blues of Warm Springs coached by Alvis Smith, Jr. jumped out to a 1 2-2 first quarter splurge and held on to beat Lapwai, Idaho 35-31 for the v Spilyay Tymoo photo by Miller The Warm Springs Baby Blues team won the championship for the 12-year-old-and-under basketball tournament. From left to right front row: Shirley Allen, Laura Sahme, Sue Yen Smith and Luanne Foltz. Back row LR; Francis Jefferson, Christine Moses, Mona Smith, Kami Wahnetah andRachelle Smith. the Travelers with a standing ovation." "We've ended another successful season and are now looking for ward to this year's NIAA Men's basketball nationals, in Oklahoma City April 13 to 18. The tourna ment gives us the opportunity to represent the Tribe and our region. We placed fifth out of 32 teams in the 1986 nationals." Final results of the Klamath tour nament are as follows: Champs, Oregon Travelers; second, Condors from Hoopa; third, Skins from Taholah, Washington and fourth. X, V ... f-' " ' i l " t valuable player for the boys, while Portland took the sportsmanship trophy. The Chiloquin girls beat the Warm Springs Bravcttcs for the cham pionship, with Chcmawa placing third. Other girls teams playing in the tourney were Wapato and Sko komish, Washington and the Warm Springs Pacers. Tori Case of Chi loquin was voted MVP while Miss Hustle went to Reggie Holly of the Bravettes and the Sportsmanship went to the Warm Springs Pacers. All stars for the boys were Ed Case, Jr., Smitty Smith, Jim Wah tah, Roosevelt Suppah, Glen Jones, Donnie Baglcy, Dean Sohappy and Rod Thomas. The all-stars for the win local championship here March 28. Kami Wahnetah led the way for the Blues scoring 16 points all field goals. She was none for two at the foul line ending up the game with 1 Hawks from Beatty, Oregon. The Sportsmanship trophie went to the Blazers from Portland. Sugar Crane, from Beatty, was named Mr. Hus tle. Joe Hutt of Hoopa received the Ken Rivard Memorial award for scoring 118 point in three games. Most Valuable Player was Jerome Davis. All stars were Joe Hutt, Jerome Davis, Bob Eaglestaff, David Rivard, Sonny McConville, Rat Reed, Sugar Crane, Art Escolonni, James Scott, Montey Daney, Ron Jones and Adrian Whitcraft. 77 ait m- t, : V7 i "t ... f T tiff x y Spiyo, Tymm r f a two-day score of 137. Kah-Nee-Ta pro Greg Little and team members Spud Miller, Zane Jackson, Ray Shike and Louie Pitt tied for fifth place in the team division. James Conner, Tom Estimo, Levi Bobb and Jo Yattup teamed with Bob McKendrick to take first in the team division. Spilyay Tymoo girls division were Isabella Rcvcs, Reggie Sclam, Dcannic Smith, Torri Case, Lynn Tanewasha, Tonya Mitchell, Chrystal Leonard, Tor ina Tuppcr and Gwen Allen. The basketball committee would like to thank the following spon sors for a grand tourney for the teen. Bob Mclnturf-Rainbow Mar ket; Juniper Auto Sales, Iras; Elton Greeley; Aherns Stop and Shop; Dora and Sal Sahmc, Tccney M illcr, Spilyay Tymoo; The Oregon Tra velers sponsored the sportsmanship trophies while the Warm Springs Athletic Assoc. sponsored the bas ketballs for the Miss and Mr. Hus tle award. tourney four fouls. Shirley Allen contrib uted ten points for the winners and she also missed 7 points for the team on three field goals and one foul shot while Luanne Foltz added two points to round out the scoring for the Blues. Other players for the Blues were Laura Sahme the play maker didn't score as she was 0 for two at the foul line and she ended up with four personal fouls. Chris tine Moses ended up with two fouls, Francis Jefferson and Su Yen Smith didn't see much action. Wheeler led the scoring for Lapwai with 8 points, Samuels and Scott 6 apiece, Pablo and Attao 4 points and C. Scott 3. The Blues made 16 field goals and three foul shots and were called for 1 5 personal fouls, while Lapwai made 13 field goals and made 5 free throws and were called for 12 per sonal fouls. Fouls sometimes indi cate the aggressiveness of a team. A team who is really trying usually gets the most fouls. Hoopa, California, just got by Knappa, Oregon for third place by the score of 18-16. Fafris was high scorer for Hoopa with 9 points, Frank 4, Cicelly and Allison scored two apiece and Terry Stuart 1. Engblom and Houden each scored five points apiece Brendse 4 and Tipton 2 for Knappa. For girls 13 and under there was some good games during the two day tourney. Other teams were Alfred Smith Logging Co., Nisqually, Washing ton. Boosters to meet Duffers Madras Buff Boosters will be playing against the Warm Springs 40 and over Duffers during the benefit game Tuesday, April 7 at the Warm Springs Community Center. All proceeds from the game will go to the purchase of a reader board at the Warm Springs Ele mentary school. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students or $5 per family. 4 "