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1 i.M,i.frT.w.n1,mi ifiinn.,- .m, --lym- g , - m --- -g-"- -g y PAGE 6 December 23, 1992 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Spilyay Tymoo JTV- V ... X' " ,11-1 mi 'Win mmmt .. t" il'iipi. )'' I'.ir I ' ) t Alumni Ada Billey goes up for a basket during varsityalumni game Friday, December 18. The Dalles defeats Madras The Madras Buff boys lose game in the fourth quarter. After leading throughout most of the game The Dalles Indians came alive in the final stanza to outscore the Buffs 19-6, and take the win away from Madras. Jason Hand's 20 points paced The Dalles Indian attack. Peterson contributed 14 for the winners and others scoring were Hogsett 6, Beer 6. Schwinof 4, Bcrtrand, Sperry, Madras boys lose own tourney B uf f aloes host holiday tournament where the Hood River Eagles, Crook County Cowboys, Henley Hornets and the Madras White Buffaloes all participated. The Eagles of Hood River Valley came out champs. They were winners over the Henley Hor nets Friday night and had their hands full containing the Cowboys of Crook County and had to come from behind to edge out the Cowboys in the final quarter to win the championship, Crook County placing second. The Henley Hornets sting the Guard Leif Suppah looks for open man Jim V - :'. S .!.....'. , , i 1 I r I Olscn and Bradford. Tom Norton led the Buffs with 13 points John Boyle 6, Mark Harris 6, Scott Delamartcr 6, Shane Barnes 6, Leif Suppah 5, Spencer Gcrke 2, Christensen, Phifcr, and Ring. Road games are always hard to win when the lead is held until the closing minutes of the game. The season is just underway so there arc brighter days ahead. Buffaloes for third place handing them a 7 1-64, beating. It looked like the Buffs were making a move at the closing minutes of the game as they really closed the gap and were on their way to tie the score when a cinch lay up was missed. That seemed to halt a Buff run at the Hornets as they held on to take the game and third place. The next game for the buffaloes is when they travel to take on The Dalles Indians, Tuesday the 15th. in game against Henley. Hood River Valley Eagles win girls holiday First it was the boys who came over and won the boys tournament, and this past weekend the girls came over to win the girls holiday tourney making it a 1 lood River Valley sweep this year. The I lood River girls came over to beat the Host Buffs by the score of 64-53. I lood River jumped out to an early lead and appeared it might be a blow out, but the buff girls defense tight ened up to hold the Eagles and to tic the score at 34-34, during the half time break. Allison Kirsch was good at the foul line as she made 9 out of 1 0 to help her lead the way for the Buffs in the scoring column. Alyssa Macy did a great job on rebounding for the Buffs until she got into foul trouble. It was the third quarter where the Buffs couldn't get going and Hood Ri vcrcapiiali.cd on several mistakes made by the Buffs and ran the score up once again. Hood River was relatively cold at the foul line in the first half, but improved in the second half. In the final quarter it was catch up again for the Buffs but the ball wouldn't fall through for the Buffs even though they out played the Hood Buff girls fall short to Indians On Tuesday night The Dalles In dians, made the scene at the Buffalo stomping grounds and went home victorious. The Buff girls basketball team put up quite a battle but fell Just a little short of points as the final buzzer sounded as the score board lit up The Dalles 50, Buffs 44. At the end of the first period The Dalles led 10-7, but the Buff girls kept right in there to take a one point lead at the half time intermission where the score Madras 28, The Dalles 27. At the end of the third quarter the Activity bus has There is a new activity bus sched ule that will be effective January 4, 1993 through the month of February 1993. First Run: Depart from Junior High School at 5:30 p.m.; Depart from Senior High School at 5:40 p.m. Second Run: Depart from Junior High School at 7:45 p.m.; Depart from Senior High School at 7:55p.m. There will not be a bus run on January 1st, 18th, or February 15th due to holidays, (NO SCHOOL) or on January 22nd (TEACHER HOLIDAY). The same drop off points will be on Quinn Lane, first stop (behind Fire Hall and lawn area); 2nd stop will be at the Community Center 34th Annual Warm Springs Holiday Indian Basketball Tournament December 30 through January 2 Community Center Gym Women's Wings recapture cross country championship The all American Indian Wings of the Southwest Junior Women's Team, with three runners from New Mexico and four from Arizona, re captured their national championship crown at the 1992 TACUSA Cross Country Championships in Kenosha, Wisconsin on November 28th. It was their third national TAC (The Athletic Congress) title in the past five years. They easily outpaced the second place team in the 5,000 meter course, scoring 37 points to New Mexico North's 139 points. Fourof the Wings girls placed in the top 10 finishers and a fifth Wings girl placed 1 1th. The Wings of the Southwest Jun ior Men, undefeated champions from 1 988-1 990, were clipped in the 5,000 meter race by Loyola University's Junior Varsity Squad and placed second with a team score of 106 to Loyola's 89 points. Brandon Leslie, Navajo, a sophomore from Gallup High School, Gallup, New Mexico, placed second overall among the junior men, with a time 15:32, six seconds behind first place finisher Chris Gcorgulcs, from Boston Col lege. Wings first finisher in the junior women's race, in 25 degree weather, was Gallup, New Mexico High School freshman, Valencia Tildcn, Navajo. Tildcn placed fifth with a time of 19:43, followed one second later by Wings runner, Melissa Luccro, La guna Pueblo, who placed sixth. The first place finisher. Heather Hollis from Raleigh, North Carolina, ran River Girls. The Hood River girls held on to their lead and went on to win the game and the tournament. Leading scorer for the Hood River Eagles was Hill who poured in 27 points to top all scorers and Benjamin 15, Kuhnhauscn 6, Jubilz 4, Kadcll 5, Berg 3, Ji. Dykstra 2, Abbas 2, Ju. Dykstra, Mchcgan and Bickfcrcd. Allison Kirsch led the Buff scor ing with 15, Rungc 13, Clowcrs 12, Macy 7, Badtcn 2, Harris 2, 1 lawes 2, Jones and McConncll. Faces of the past swept the floor as a group of former B uff girls made up a team, the White Buffalo alum nae who filled in as a team couldn't make the tourney this year. In their first outing the Alumnae breezed past the Buff girls by the score of 8 1 to4 1 , as Ashley Thorpe led the troops with 14 points, Lana Shike and Emily Ralls scored 12 apiece and Michelle Simmclink 11, for the alums who weren't in double figures. Margie Durcttc added 9, Christcl Leonard 6, Ada Billy 6, Jocclyn Moses 6, Janet Wiles 4, Rchcnkel 1. Jennifer Rungc led the scoring for teams were knotted at 45 apiece in a close game. It was in the final quarter where The Dalles Indians were able to outscore the Buffs 20-17 and that was the margin it took to win the game. Heather Clowcrs topped all scor ers with 21 pints, Christensen 12, Rungc 10, Kirsch 6, Hawes 7, Harris 6, Jones, Badtcn. Al ice Cooper led The Dalles attack with 19 points Coolcy 6, A. Schultens 2, LeBerton 11, M. Cooper 6, J. Schultens 2, Beer 15, Linncll 4. new schedule parking lot. There will be no other activity bus run after the 7:55 p.m. Madras de parture. It will be up to the parents to pick up their child after games; or if their child missed the last bus run. If several students are involved in a sports activity practice and they missed the activity bus, it may take some car pool planning between the parents or guardian to have 1 or 2 vehicles go to town to pick the stu dents up and bring home, (this has happened). Communication is the key be tween coaches to student to parent to parent. For more information.please call 553-33113312. 19:03. Mary Jo Boot, Zuni Pueblo, placed seventh, three seconds after Lucero, with a time of 19:47 and Melanie Long, Navajo, from Ganado, Arizona, placed eighth, with a time of 20:09. Pamela White.Navajo, from Kayenta, Arizona, placed 11th in 20:2 1 . Terri Kelewood, Navajo, from Ganado, placed 16th, with a time of 20:48 and Rayola Werito, Navajo, from Tuba City, Arizona, placed 27 in 21:39. "The girls really ran well." stated Will Channing, founder and director of Wings of the Southwest and Wings of America." This is Valencia Tilden's first year to run competi tively. She is only 14 years old." The junior races are open to runners ages 14-19. The Wings of the Southwest Jun ior Boys won the second place spot for the second year in a row. Last year, in Boston, they placed second to Dartmouth University. "This is a very tough race,'' commented Channing. "Theother juniors are from university teams and almost all our runners are high school students. They did really well for a high school team." Brandon Leslie, who, on Decem ber 5th, placed 9th at the Western Region Kinney High school Invita tional in Fresno, California with a time of 1 5: 1 8, placed a strong second in Kenosha for the Wings team. John Tsabetsaye, Zun i Pueblo, placed 2 1 st at TAC in Kenosha with a time of 16:25. He also ran in the Kinney regional on December 5 and qualified the Buffs with 1 5. Sharon Jones added 10, Kirsch 4, Clowcrs 4, llawcs 4, Christcnson 2, Badtcn 2, Macy, Harris and McConncll. In other games during the tourna ment the I lood River Eagles got into the finals by defeating a team from British Columbia, Maple Ridge, by f , . , t v,. .... r , ... s i . ' rrn I t .. ... -J ' 4 . f ? - ' " i v I ' A . ! V FJ ' . t ' : M if if ..... t ' 4 rfix .. . ft. '.'ful'-'ftX ':-.. - AW0WWP- v mii "f ," . .J 3 ; . ' "' . , ; " - ir . U V.- mmtl ,- I .V-.. - - . Madras varsity forward Rachel Clovers tops scorers with 21 points during game against The Dalles Indians December 15. for the national race with an 8th place time of 15:17. Other Wings of the Southwest junior finishers at TAC included: Sheldon Chcromiah, La guna Pueblo, 23rd, with a time of 16:3 1 ; Ramonc Norris, Navajo, from Mexican Springs, New Mexico, 27th with a time of 1 6:38; Blaine Thomas, Navajo, from Shiprock.Ncw Mexico, 33rd at 16:46; and Bryan Kee, Navajo, from Window Rock, Arizona, 48th at 17:04. Three other Wings of America teams competed at the TACUSA race in Kenosha. Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, the Wings of the Northern Plains Junior Girls placed third with a team score of 209. Their boys team, with a team score of 255, placed fifth. Wings of the Southern Plains' junior boys team, based in Norman, Oklahoma, placed 8th with a team score of 344. The junior girls from Wings of the Great Lakes, based in Bcmidji, Minnesota and Oneida, Wisconsin, came in fourth, with a team score of 251. while their junior boys placed 9th, with a total score of 406. Wings of the Northeast, from Old Town, Maine and Wings of the Northwest, in Spokane, Washington were unable to participate this year. The City of Kenosha declared November 28th Wings of America Day. The proclamation, signed by Kenosha mayor John M. Antaramian, welcomed the Wings runners to Kenosha and wished them good luck in the TACUSA competition. Kenosha community and civic orga nizations rallied to Wings' aid and tournament the score of 73-49. Maple Ridge just didn't have the speed or height to compete with the Eagles from Hood River. In the first game on the final night the Alumnae team ran past the Maple Ridge team. The Alumnae team replaced the Oregon Cily team who did not make the tourney. X V ;v ? X. X provided food, meals, transportation and hospitality during their four day stay. Organizations included: City of Kenosha Administration and Transit Department, Catholic Women's Club, Cooper House Restaurant, Dairyland Greyhound Park, Down town Kiwanis, Kenosha County Ex tension Homcmakcrs, KenoshaNoon Optimists, Kenosha Women's Club, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Trcmper High School and Cross Country Team and Trcmper Octagon Club. Uniforms and running shoes for the Wings runners were donated by Nike, Inc., headquartered in Bcavcrton, Oregon and sweatsuits for the team were provided by Polo Ralph Lauren, New York, NY. Running Strong for American Indian Youth, with Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills as spokcspcrson.provided grant money for airfare for the run ners. Wings of America is a youth de velopment project of The Earth Circle Foundation, a non-profit educational organization, based in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Wings was fonded in 1988 as Wings of the Southwest and has since grown to include six national teams. Wings is supported entirely by private grants and donations. Wings publishes a quarterly news letter, The Wind Messenger, which is distributed free to American Indian Youth. For more information, contact Wings of America, 53 Old Santa Fe Trail, Sante Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-6761. FAX (505) 988-3879. ' 4