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I'apr 6 April 24, 1987 Warm simun(;s, okixon 97761 Sl'ILYAY TYMOO Spilyay Tymoo i . - n 5s n TP rr I I .. IV. II Mill till II II V Z :;:;:-:tttSL ' J I A-r 1- 1 ) h :. : J: ; ' ' 'V Ill ' ' -L - " r. - f ; , ! " ' V v '": - . - . ' ... It looks like (center) Butch David is whispering, " W e are going to do things my way and you will carry the rider over the finish line," at the wild horse race during the Root Feast rodeo, April 11 and 12. Weather no threat to rodeo Take a little bit of sunshine, rain, hail, snow and mix it with dust from the rodeo arena then add a blast or two of wind and the result is how the weather was for the weekend of the annual Root Feast rodeo. Mother Nature was in true form for the rodeo April 1 1 and 12 at the Warm Springs rodeo arena. For cowboys and cowgirls par ticipating in the two-day show the weather was not a surprise. The weather didn't slow down any of the contestants. The spectators braved the weather, sitting patiently in the stands to watch cowboys and cowgirls compete. Listed are the results of the rodeo. Saddle bronc 1. Kevin West, 74; 2. and 3. split Delbert Garcia and Kevin Linton, 72. Bareback-1. Frank Paz, 70; 2. Mitch Cain, 69; Team Roping-1. Will McAulif fe Jim Jones, 8.09; 2. Carol Shad leyJack Shadley, 14.28; 3. John AlpsJohn McFarland, 14.65; 4. Mike WamplerJim Jones, 14.71. Calf roping-1. Montee Legg, 12.18; 2. Clay Finley, 12.80; 3. Larry Finley, 13.67. Barrel Racing-1. Dee DeeSchu maker, 17.21; 2. Toni Hagen, 1 7.72; 3. Monique Camarillo, 17.80; 4. Diane Alexander, 17.99. Junior barrels-1. Bobbi Hershey, 20.28; 2. Angie Simmons, 20.41. Cow Milking 1. Gordon Scott, 56.59. Bull riding 1. Murray Kalama, 69; 2. Jeff Paxton, 66; 3. Tim Fraz- Horse to be raffled A registered quarter horse will be raffled at the Warm Springs LiP Buckaroo Rodeo Club's first jun ior rodeo May 23 and 24. The newly formed club will sponsor its first rodeo for 6-18 years of age youngsters. The rodeo will be held at the Warm Springs rodeo arena located on the Kah-Nee-Ta road north on highway 3. Tickets for the raffle are being sold for$l each by members of the club: Ray Florendo, Joel Florendo, Evans Spino, Jr., Justin Tom, Cor bett Tom, Shirley Allen and Su yenn Smith. Monies made from the raffle will be used to defray cost for the May rodeo. Recently two of the club's members, Justin Tom and Flint Scott won first nlace awards in their aee divisions of buckine ponies at Prinville's Central Oregon Pee- wee rodeo. Winning first place has put each of the boys leading in bucking ponies in the Central Oregon Peewee Rodeo Association. Interested girls and boys between the ages of 6-18 years of age and their parents are invited to attend the next business meeting of the LiP Buckaroo Rodeo club Wed- nesday, April 8 at the 4-H Center located in the basement of the Daycare Center at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Lee or Chery l Tom at 553-1009. ' ' - - ',. c ? V. ' '. ..... if v ,,' - k I f ; ' 4 Spilyay Tymoo photo by Squttmphtn Delbert Garcia made riding a saddle bronc look almost like riding a rocking chair. The ride earned him 72 points enough to give Garcia a tie for second and third place with Kevin Linton. ier, 60. Wild Horse Race 1. Buck Smith team; 2. Charles Smith team, 3. Francis Suppah team. Baseball season in full The bats are a cracking and the mitts are popping on the diamonds across the country, with baseball season in full swing once again. High school baseball has taken over the sports scene after the win ter sports programs have ended. The Madras White Buffaloes base ball has had its ups and downs so far this season. This weekend they host the McLoughlin High Pio neers of Milton-Freewater, in a double header this Saturday, with the first game getting underway at 10 a.m. The Pioneers always spell trouble on the sports field and can just do that this Saturday. They have a pretty well coached ball club. The Buffs have won over LaPine and lost to the Bend Lava Bears J V team just recently. In the game against LaPine the Buffs had to come from behind late in the game to capture the win w ith the score of 7-6, in a squeeker. The Bend Lava Bears JV team came out all fired up and winning the game 11-10 in a close game, The starting pitcher for the Buffs was Dorian Soliz and was releaved by John Katchia. The loss was charged to Katchia, however Chris Lytle had a pretty fair day batting. He was four of five at the plate as he got a trip'e and two doubles for S :.'.: Steer riding 1. Justin Tom, 62; and 2 and 3 split, Flint Scott and Rocko Thompson, 56. the day. In the opening game for the Buffs, they traveled to LaPine where they went wild and a field day com ing up with 23 points to three for LaPine. Up on the mound was Dorian Soliza for the Buffs and I'ct ho j : ' f ' 1 Y' , r - -. 'w' it . f ' Delton Trimble at bat against the Bend team on the Buff home field. I ne Bend team went on to edge the Buffs 11-10, to win the game. Oregon Travelers take NIAA championship title in tourney The Oregon Traveler! were vic torious in their bid for the cham pionship title of the National Indian Athletic Association (NIAA) bas ketball tournament held April 13 through 18 in Oklahoma City. "The Nationals enabled us to play teams we had never seen or competed against before. Thecom pctition in our bracket was very tough, regardless of the final scores. ' All games were tough from start to finish. . .we just managed to capi talize on their mistakes, coming out on top," said coach Tony "Big Rat" Suppah. The toughest game, said Sup pah, was against the Cluney Alberta, Canada All-Stars, which went into overtime. "We had a 12 point lead and lost it due to over confidence and slack defense. We won and woke up for the rest of the games, letting no slack and keeping pres sure on our opponents from start to finish of each game." Suppah added that "when the games got tough, we got stronger with good support for each other on and off the floor. We were always pushing with no hesitation on substituting."Suppah took nine players to the tournament and "all played with self-confidence, giving us no weak link anywhere. . .we were a team with no super stars. We produced fantastically as a team." In the first game of the tourney, the Travelers defeated the Seneca Nation from New York by a score of 1 19 to 84. Game two went into overtime against the Canadian team with the final score being Travelers 87, Cluney 79. In the third game, the Travelers beat the host Okla homa City team by a score of 120 to 1 03. Game four against the Che rokee Nation from Oklahoma was called in the fourth quarter due to the 30 point lead ruling. The final score was 101 to 69. The championship game, said Suppah, "was a see-saw battle from the start. We jumped out to a 20-4 lead, then went into a long, cold spell, enabling the North Dakota Warriors to tie us at 24. They took the lead at the half with a score of 42 to 40." Suppah added that the Travelers have been competing against the Warriors for the past six years. "We knew we had our work cut out for us." At half-time, the team discussed the first half. "We figured as a team we just had to keep pushing them harder, with pressure on the ball full court, rebound together, sub stitute freely, thus keeping our boys fresh for the fourth quarter. We needed to hit our free throws and move the ball quicker on offense and not give them a chance to set up on defense." The Warriors wouldn't give in, said Suppah. "But neither would we. With the pressure put on by both teams, one of us had to break down with mistakes. Toward the end of the fourth quarter, we pushed into a lot of turnovers, capitalizing on their errors." The final score was 105-90 in the Travelers' favor. swing later on was releaved by Delton Trimble. Both pitchers did a good job. John Katchia got a grand slam home run, while Trimble and Lytle each got two doubles apiece during the game. it -1 J "Well meet each other again next season and they'll come at us harder. This means we must be up for the rematch when the time arrives. The team with a full roster is usually the team that comes out victorious. As IVe said all along, its tough to have everyone make all the tournaments because of work or whatever, but we're looking for ward to next season to be even tougher with the competition hop ing and trying to put us away in the tournaments." The team's success, said Suppah, was due in part to their sponsors. "Without them, we wouldn't have been able to represent our region, reservation, Simnasho and the state of Oregon. We say thanks a million for the support we received. You had faith in our team's abilities." Suppah said they were always seeking new sponsors every year. "Times are getting tough all over and we felt fortunate to get the support we did from those who sponsored us. We are the NIAA 1986 Oregon State playoff cham pions, NIAA 1986 Men's 5th place champions, we brought home a third place bronze medal from the 1986 Oregon State Olympics games in the open 'A' division. The sponsorship encouraged the team to produce "110 percent," said Suppah. The team placed in the top four places in all the tour nies they have entered. "This gives the sponsor some advertising and awards won by the team. . .Our appreciation goes out to all who helped us get to the tournament. Our blessings and appreciation goes to those fantastic people for having faith in us. God bless them all." Suppah concluded, saying that the team has been to four NIAA Nationals, and "this was one of the poorest tournaments put together. The director didn't come close to having gyms confirmed or brackets made. He informed teams incor rectly of playing times and gyms. The NIAA directors had to take over the tourney and try to straighten out the director's mess. In return," Travelers win Players Memorial tournament The Oregon Travelers, coached by Tony "Big Rat" Suppah, were victorious at the third annual Play ers Memorial Tournament held April 3, 4 and 5 at the Warm SpringSj Community Center. According to Suppah, it took the team three games to "finally start playing good team ball." In the first game, said Suppah, the team pulled out a score, being six points down, with 47 seconds lefl against the Granger, Washingtor team. "With good, hard defense and hustle, we were victorius with a score of 87 to 84." Suppah added that they made a mistake of "underestimating Gran ger. No one was really up for the game." During the second game against The Dalles, the bench came out and pulled the team through. "It took time but with a good team effort we were the winner again." During the third and fourth games against Hoopa, California, all the team members were pumped with support for each other. "We came Simnasho Mini-Marathon Saturday, April 25 All races start at 10 a.m. Smith's horses to Rodeo contractor, wild horse racer and representative for the Timber Division for the Wild Horse Racers of America, Buck Smith of Warm Springs, will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada with 1 2 horses from his wild horse racing string. The horses will be used at the Wild Horse Racers of America national finals May 2-5, 1987. The top six teams of wild horse racers will be competing for the championship title. According to Cm.fl, til ilt tA lit hi. linppM frt. thc compct jt ion wcre made carlier said Suppah. "the director tried to blame the NIAA organization for his mess." The Travelers were for tunate as play all their games with few complications. The teams were required to pay a $315 entry fee to participate. Suppah said that the awards were of "very poor quality, some awards were not available for the teams." As champions, the Tra velers will receive a trophy, cham pionship jackets, rings and sweats. The teams roster included: Ron "RJ" Jones, 6'4" Klamath Tribe, played for Oregon State; Brooker "Pacman" Jones, 6'3", Umatilla Tribe, played for Blue Mountain; Buck "Buffalo" Jones, 6'4", Uma tilla Tribe, played for Southern Idaho; Jerome "JD" Davis, 6'5", Warm Springs Tribe, played for Boise State; Jamie "Bull Dozer" White, 6'3", Nez Perce Tribe, played for Washington State; John "Jun ior Lay 6', Creek Tribe, played for Yakima Valley College; Rich "Ged dus" Wells, 6'2", Gros Ventres Tribe, played for Central Washington; Harold "Toot" Pennington, 6'2", Warm Springs Tribe, played for Chemawa High School; Tony "Chas" Mitchell, 5'6", Warm Springs Tribe, played for Madras High School; Kip "Truck" Archambault, 6'6", Sioux Tribe, played for Western Oregon and Tony "Big Rat" Sup pah, 5'11", Warm Springs Tribe, played for Cal State vs Long Beach. Results of the tourney are as fol lows: first, Oregon Travelers; second North Dakota Warriors; third, Caddo Spring; fourth, Santa Clara; fifth, Cherokee Nation; sixth, Spirits from Oklahoma City; seventh, Lawrence, Kansas and eighth, Crowhawks. Three members of the Travelers 1 were among the 12 named to the All-Star team. They were Ron Jones, Brooker Jones, Buck Jones. Also on the all-star were Monty Larsen, HankTakenalive, Ken Hall, Lindy Waters, Joy Byrd, Steve Daney, Joe Hult, Norm Tippiconni and Luke Spottedbead. Most Valuable Player was Brooker Jones and Mr. Hustle was Ron Jones, both of the Travelers. out smoking on defense and offense with large victories in both games for the championship. They all took up the slack for each other when someone would be off in their offensive game, making up for it with hustle on defense." The Travelers' team roster included Dion Smith, James Scott, Bob Main, Rich Wells, Jerome Davis, Tony Mitchell, Harold Pen nington, Roman Suppah, Clifford Earl, Ivan Brownotterand Suppah. The tourney results were: Cham pions, Oregon Travelers; second, Hoopa, California; third, LaConner, Washington and fourth, The Dalles, Oregon. The sportsmanship award went to the Warm Springs Spirits. The Mr. Hustle award went to Mike Wilbur of Laconner and the MVP award went to Jerome Davis. The All-stars were: James Scott, Roman Suppah, Dion Smith, Mike Jones, Dean Jones, Jason Raye, SS Edwards, Mike Wilbur, Jerry Lovie and Lonnie Sammeride. be In Nationals this year. An interesting twist is that Buck will be competing on the Edison Yazzie team along with Yazzie and Roy Begody for the championship title. Also competing will be Smith's son Jason and his team of Anson Begay and Mark Tobiason. Wild horse racing could be called a fam ily affair for the Smith family. Traveling to the finals will be much like a vacation for the Smith family as Buck's wife Suzie will have the opportunity to visit her aunt in Las Vegas. ' V".
