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Warm Springs, Oregon SfilyayTymoo Spilyay Tymoo Sports united Tribes win Gold Madras host District-5 girl's softball tournament at Juniper Hills complex-Medals 10 July 17, 1997 A men's basketball team from Warm Springs went to the I2lh Annual Oregon Stale Gaines held July 11-13, at three different sites. Portland, Eugene and Gresham, Athletes of all ages came from all areas of Oregon to compete in all kinds of sports. The men from Warm Springs battle six other top caliber teams for the Gold Medals, at the Ml Hood Community College gym. The United Tribes had no player over six feet tall, but with tough team defense, well balanced scoring and a strong determination to win, they won the Gold Medals. Team members for the Tribes were: James Scott, Andy Leonard, Reemo Smith, Kelly Wechter, Kanim Smith Sr., T.J. Fotlz, Antone Fuentcs, Kahseuss Jackson, and Jake Suppah, all from Warm Springs. From Pendleton were Pat Johnson and Nick Joseph. The coach was Carlos Norlhrup. Team member Scott stated, "I have played in the slate games 1 1 years with other teams that might have been taller or more experienced and never won a Gold Medal. I won a Silver in 1992, so winning this Gold was very special to me. "The team would like to dedicate our Gold Medals to all the athletes past-present and future. Whom have or will represent the Warm Springs as Proud Warriors. Also we would like to thank our sponsor Warm Springs Forestry Products," he concluded. SIPI wins NJCAA National Marathon Championships-- Lansing, Michigan: Four South western Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) runners competed in the Na tional Junior College Athletic Asso ciation Marathon Championships on Friday June 6, 1997. The four man team ran well enough to capture the NJCAA National Marathon title which was hosted by Lansing Community College. Freshman Loren Sago won his second "All American" award by running the 26.2 mile course in 2:48:42. Sago's time was good enough fora third place finish. (Sago is also a cross country All American) Teammates Rodney Lupee, Gilbert Martinez, and Robert Burbank con tributed to the victory by all finishing in the top 15. TEAM STANDINGS MEN SIPI 17 SMC 24 LCC 25 Hagerstown 34 Colby 36 Vincennes 46 WOMEN o South Danville 13 Andres Bolanos 2:37.38 Ryun Black 2:39.38 Loren Sago 2:48.42 Brian Sellers 2:49.46 Abdi Abdi 2:50.36 Ben Darling 2:50.37 Iggy Rodriguez 2:51.09 Chad Simon 2:52.56 Rodney Lupee 2:53.31 Gilbert Martinez 2:55.54 Jarred Bracken 2:57.03 James Fraizer 2:57.23 Ken Tebbe 2:59.40 Robert Burbank 3:03.11 Jason Nelson 3:05.23 Jim Kurtley 3:05.24 Joy Leppala 3:09.06 Chris Phillippsen 3:13.18 Tammy Hoyt 3:13.36 Zack Cooley 3:14.24 Mike McCullough 3:17.21 Aivilla Marquez 3:18.27 Erika Phelps 3:22.18 Mark Barrett 3:24.13 Chris Byers 3:26.58 Yadir Marquez 3:28.11 Eric DeWitt 3:28.51 Doug Prochaska 3:30.59 Cherie Stone 3:34.22 Charles Miller IV 3:35.27 Freda Valdez 3:44.17 Agatha Tzortzos 3:44.40 Jeremy Strasz 3:49.14 Tad Stemen 3:51.28 Melissa Fowler 4:00.12 Darnnel Tanner 4:00.14 Heather Sission 4:18.41 Dana Walla 4:29.10 Angie Burton 4:35.20 Leslea Vardy 4:35.37 Luchresha Deloanis ...4:46.39 if i y . f&i i : Natalie Mitchell pitching during a w 1 ft' W. , 4 1 & it Jefferson County Minor league All-Stars team picture Local Bowlers do well at State Championships Many local bowlers from Madras and Warm Springs went to the Oregon State Bowling Championship tournament held March 8 to June 1, at Valley Lanes-Beaverton. In the Singles Division 1 Out of 485 entries two bowlers were tied at 57th, each scoring 677. They were Jim Yahr and Alan Pape. In the All events Jim Yahr placed 59th out of 452 entries. In the Division 2 Doubles event David Taylor and Ken Wilkinson placed 54th, wilh a score of 1236. Right behind them was Lloyd Thurman and Jim Yahr with a score of 1236 good for 56th place. There were 424 entries. In the Singles-Division 2 Raymond Shike Jr. placed 90th, out of 853 entries, with a score of 634. Mike Clements score of 623 was good for 120th place. In the Division 3 Singles event out of 685 entries Randy Sample placed 32nd with a score of 63 1 . Jerry Sampson bowled a 6 1 3, which put him in 4 1 st place. In the all events Division 3 three bowlers placed lead by Rich Hooton's 13th place, wilh a score of 1834. Randell Cook "Shoot the Rock basketball camp set for July 21-22." Shoshone-Bannock Festival, All Indian Rodeo, August 8-10. Fort Hall, Idaho. Long go, Short go-Top 10 in all events, Top 15 in Team Roping. Sanctioned by: Rocky Mountain Indian Rodeo Association. Requested co-sanction: United Indian Rodeo Association. Western States Indian Rodeo Association, Great Plains Indian Rodeo. Event Purse Entry Fee- Stock Change Sec- Total BareBack $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Saddle $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Bronc Bull Riding $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Steer $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Wrestling Team Roping $750 $75 $5 per man $4 $84-lx Enter 2x $164-2x Calf Roping $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Ladies $750 $75 $10 $4 $89 Break away Barrel Race $750 $75 $2 eye $4 $81 Special Events Jr. Barrels $50 $25 $1 One go $26 Steer Riding $50 $25 $5 One go $30 AH entries taken by: Andrea Haskctt Ramone, RMIRA Central Entn Secretary. (208) 234-2733 phone. Entry dates: July 28-30, Call back August 4-5 both from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sponsored bv: Fort Hall Rodeo Association Dale Valle'lv. President (208) 237-3215 1 nni.e F Dixev. Secretary (20S) 785-6256 v ,'" ., fr- . Hi! ; game agianst Bend ?- . JW A Austin Greene followed with a score ' of 1828, which was good for 1 5th -place. Randy Sample scored a 1787, which placed him 33rd. In the Division 4 Team event two team's placed. Intertribal Sports lead the way by'' placing 19th, with a score of 2755. 3N Livestock 2689 was good for 28th place. ; In the Doubles event the State ' Champions were Austin Greene and Joe Boise, who claimed the top spot with a score of 1247. Placing fifth; was Donnie Baglcy and Satch Miller ! with a score of 1228. In the Singles event three locals placed. Owen Danzuka score of 604 placed him 26th. Lonnie Oligivie bowled a 594 which earned him 39th place. Jeff Sanders followed with a score of 585 to take 50th place home. In the all-event Lonnie Oligivie" went home with 2 1 place by bowling a 1734. In the Division 5 Singles Donnie Baglcy placed 37th with a score of 568. Bagley also placed in the All-events placing 6th with a total score of 1729. Joe Boise ; placed 56th in this event also. ft. 4. (St.-. iiiiii H IfckiJi ' If - LCI ..3 i rvvv! 4CC 4. - Jefferson County Senior league There were 19 teams from around Oregon to play in the District Five Girls softball tournament. There was three different tournaments held; eight Senior teams, ages 13-15, seven Major teams, ages 1 1 -1 2, and for the first time four Minors, teams ages 9 10. There were seven All-Star teams from District-5, Hermiston, Redmond, Columbia, Bend, Willow Creek, Crook County, Hood River and Host Jefferson County. There were only four minor league teams: Hermiston, Hood River, Crook County and host, Jefferson County. Following is the list of girls from the 1997 Jefferson county Senior All Start team: Darylynne Scott, j Melanic Smith, Orie Made, Kellie j.Crqusjt, Mindv T,hornsburry,.Shc,ila Garner, VVynterSky Smith, Natalie Mitchell, Rachel Lotting, Jamie Jaca, Allison McDonald, Alicia Martin, and Andrea Hall. Coach was Dana Smith and Manager was Carrie Burtis. The team from Jefferson County got into trouble the first inning and never recovered losing its first game against Bend. Up next was the team fromWillowCrcek. Jefferson County beat Willow Creek 6-2, and advanced JC All-Stars1 3 The Jefferson County Jr. (13ycar olds) league All-Stars participated in the District-5 all-star baseball tournament at Vince Genna stadium July 9-12. The boys had a decent showing winning three and losing two. Following is the list of the team members: Jefferson Greene, Charles Stywer, Alfred Estimo, Jefferson County Senior boy's win District-5 title, advance to state championships The 1997 Jefferson County All Stars Senior league won first place in the District-5 tournament, held at Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, July 9-12. They now move onto the Stale championships, held in Salem, July 24. There were eight teams vying for first place. They were Jefferson County, Redmond, Sisters, Hermiston, Crook County, Bend. The Jefferson County team consestcd of: Keller Christensen, Foster Sahme, Jeff Barnes, Travis Moschctti, Ramone Greene, Daniel Sosa, Adam BoatRight, Scott Cloud, Jesse Armstrong, Jorge Mora, Cameron Stovall, Sam Candlano, Kyle Jividen and Mike Meres. The team was managed by Dallas Stovall and coached by Kim Dixon and Jim Johnson. In their first game, the boys from JC faced a very tough Sisters team. This game was a pitcher's duel according to JC manager Stovall, between JC's KcllerChristianscn and Sisters pitcher Danny Hooey. Christensen had a excellent game pitching, allowing two hits and striking out ten batters in seven innincs of work. JCwon by the score 0f4-T. In their second game, the team from Jefferson County had a high scoring affair with the team from Bend w ilh the Final score being 21 19. The game seesawed back and forth, until JC finally took the lead in the last half of the seventh, when Christensen hit a two-run homer to w in the game. Boatright started the 1. l:r.l.!nvtu' , ,10 "fc PR A-W 1 girls All-Stars team picture in, the loser's bracket. They next faced Columbia which was one of the better games of the Tournament, Columbia edged out Jefferson County in extra innings by the score of 9-8. Natalie Mitchell and Orie Made did most of the pitching for Jefferson County. The Jefferson County team had a good showing wininng one and losing two. They were a lot of young girls on the team and the team should improve next year. The 1997 All-Stars for the Jefferson County Major Girls were, Tosha Wilson, Lanisha Goicoa, Tara Barnes, Nikki Daniels, Sara Lockey, Megan Lytic, Marissa Hagman, Lindsay Carroll, Sasha Mitchell, Jordan Graeme, Crystal Alley, Emily StrucH,. and Brieona Whitaker Coaches were Ten Drew and Lance Goicoa and Manager Carl Daniels. In their first game Jefferson County ran into a very tough Redmond team and lost 12-2. The Jefferson County team didn't score until the fourth inning, but by that time, the Redmond team held a commanding lead of eight to zero. The next game was against the team from Columbia which was - year old boys Jake Wise, James Wolfe, Colter Barnes, Jared Adams, Brennan Whitaker, Jeff Cloud, Justin Bronson, and Paul Houck. Coaches were Robert Holcomb and Kevin Story. They won thier first game by the score of 10-0 beating Redmond. The next game JC fell short agianst the team from Bend and lost the game by the score of 15-6. JC had to play game pitching with Moschctti picking up the win in relief. JC had good games and rode the hot bats of Scott Cloud who went four for four, Christensen and Boatright each had four hits, and three RBI's. Sahme got JC going with a triple, with bases loaded, in the first inning. JC moved onto the champioship game and faced a Sisters team with revenge on its mind. Due this being a Double-Elimination and since JC didn't have a loss Sisters had to beat them twice. In the Championship game, JC lost a heart breaker 7-4 to Sisters forcing a second game because this was JC first loss. In the first Sisters jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but in the third JC came back and made the score 4-3 in JC's favor. In the seventh Sisters rallied and scored four runs, JC couldn't anwser in their half of the inning. Sisters won 7-4 and forced a second game. Shane Crowdcr, pitcher for Sisters, struck out 12 batters. Stovall stated, "Christcnsen's first game against Sisters and Crowdcrs win over JC were the best pitching performances of the tournament." In the second champioship game, JC beat Sisters by the score of 17-7 and moved onto the State Champioships. In the first JC got a blessing in disguise, by losing the coin toss and having to be the visitors. The JC team jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Outlaws responded w ith five runs of their own in the bottom half of the first. Then in the second 3 Vv'." :t. , 10 played Sunday 13, at 12 p.m. The Girls from Jefferson County came back and defeated the Columbia girls, score unavaible. Up next the Jefferson County girls faced Crook County July 14, at 3 p.m. The Jefferson Conty girls responded with another win. The girls then had to play Redmond again because Redmond lost in the winner's bracker to Hood River. The JC team got behind early and never recovered, losing 14-2. With the loss JC was put out of the tournament. The Jefferson County Minor league team member were: Nikki Lytic, Laurcllc Graves, Kelsey Lang, Christina Barnes, Jillian McWilliams, Kristy Watkins, Brittney Welch, Katie Alley, Verna Mitchell, Rcann Graybael, Sissaley Graybael and Erica Henderson. Coaches were Leonard Lang and Shelly Brown. Up first fro the Jefferson county team was Crook County. JC lost its first game and had to play the losers of the Hermiston and Hood River game, Hermiston was the next team JC faced. JC lost this game also, but had a good showing. Scores were unaviable at press time. place second Redmond on Saturday July 12. JC won this game by the score of 14-6 and advanced to the champioship game. In the championship JC kept it close for five innings, then Bend got the bats rolling and pulled away for the 7-2 win. JC placed second. Bend will now represent District-5 at the State championships. JC bounced back to score three more runs and never lost the lead again. JC then put the game away by scoring ten runs in the last three innings to seal the win. Jeff Barnes did a nice job of pitching considering he missed the first week of practice, due to he played in an All-Star basketball tournament the week before. But he came in and pitched really well and held the Sisters team off balance all game long. Barnes also made some . great defensive plays off the mound. The other boys who had good games were Jorge Mora going 3 for 4, had four stolen bases and scored three runs. Christensen and Sahme each collected two hits and scored 4 & 2 runs respectively. Cloud also had a good game by driving in three runs." This was JC second District-5 title in the last three years. Stovall stated "JC should be strong the next five years or so with the talent on the 1 3-year-old team. Jefferson County now plays at Salem, Holland Fields, on Sunday July 1 9. JC got a bye so that could be an advantage in the tournament, with the good chance of winning the tournament in three games. "Even if we have to go through the back door, we have a great pitching staff, Christensen, Boatright, Moschctti, Barnes, Sahme and Jividen, so we will be all right." concluded Stovall. The JC's have won two State titles, one in 1971 when Satch Miller and Lylc Rhoan coached them and present manager Stovall was a member of that team. The other coming in 1976 when Dick Soucrs lead them.