Spilyay Ttymoo Sports "Y r , ii H i i t . , mar ; r - - In the game with the Vale Vikings Quarter Back Brian Miller is seen he was sacked by the defender,. The Madras White Buffaloes As the No. 3 seed from the Tri Valley League the Madras White Buffaloes traveled to Vale, Oregon, on November 8, 1997, to meet the Vikings in state football play-off's first round. The Buffs made a game effort in taking on the Vikings on their home field but at the end they couldn't pull this one out losing to Vale by the score of 1 4-1 2. All through the game it looked like the Buffs could come through with another come from behind wins, but the time factor took its toll, and the Vikings used up as much of the clock in the final quarter to hang on for the close win. The host Vikings had more control of the ball mostly from errors by the Buffs. The Buffs had many turn over's during the game by pass interceptions and acouple of fumbles. Mfll 9fl9?LI,ltry honored Harriers concluded a fine season with The following girls received their an awards banquet November 6. Coach Lonnie Henderson used this rally call, "We love to run," to motivate his runners to a very successful season. The following runners received JV award. Floyd Frank, Aaron Greene and Justin Miller, while David Fuentes, James Johnson, John Kalama, Craig Graham, Lee Zumwalt, Michael Manning and Gerald Tias received their varsity letters. Madras, as a team, finished sixth at the Tri-Valley District Cross Country meet. Manning lead Madras by placing second that earned him a trip to the State Cross Country meet at Lane Community College in Eugene. Manning placed sixth in 3A division and posted the best time for a freshman overall, including the 4A TVL Announces All-Stars The Madras White Buffs had 11 players on the Tri-Valley All-League team. Lead by Keller Christensen and Brian Miller being named to the Defensive First-Team. Peter Johnson and Christensen made the Offensive First team. Miller, a senior, was the First team punter and Sophomore, Christensen picked for his play at inside linebacker. On the Defense Second team two Madras seniors earned second team status, down lineman Shawn Jaca and outside linebacker Shawn Wollin. Madras had six players on the Defense Honorable Mention team. Tive seniors made the team. Seth Harris and Glendon Smith earned a in the state play-off , Madras here just after getting a pass off and The time and possession of the ball was the key to Vale's win. The Buffs kicked off to Vale in the opening of the game where they marched down field to score where a lot of the yardage came on penalty's against the Buffs, calls that were very questionable, but you cannot over rule the decision of the officials even if they were erroneous. Penalties put the ball in good scoring position and the Vikings were able to capitalize on that and scored as Bates ran the ball in and with the kick good they led 7-0, at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter there was some hark knocking football as both teams battled it out back and forth until Brian Miller was able to connect with Jercd Rico on a 1 8 yard pass for the Buff score, but the kick was no The following girls received their varsity letters. Brooke Alexander, Jenny Wilcox, Leila Woll, Mette Hornung-Rankin, Andrea Kari and Molly Fuentes. Marie Kalama received a manager's letter for her assistance. The girls placed fourth at the Tri-Valley District meet but didn ' t have anyone qualify for the State meet. Each year the OS AA compiles the G.P.A.s of the varsity teams in every sport and schools. The top school in every boy's and girl's sport receive an award. The Madras girls varsity team earned first place for 3 A schools and was third out of all girls cross country teams for the state. They were fourth out of all sports including boys or girls. Their average G.P.A. was 3.89. The top team was Wilson High School girlscross-Country team with a 3.97. snot on the team for their play at down linemen. Cornerbacks Miller, Jcrold Rico and strong safety Jason Cordcs for their play in the defensive backfield. Jercd Moses, junior, was named for his play at down lineman. The Buffs Keller Christensen at running back and Peter Johnson at " wide receiver and place kicker were selected for the Tri-Valley First team Offensive unit. Jake Jaca made the second team at wide receiver. Madras had eight players make the Honorable Mention team. Brian Miller at quarterback. Shaw n Wollin at running back, Jerold Rico and Kyle Wyatt at wide receiver. Shawn Jaca at center, guards Jesus Zarate and Seth Hams and Nick Williams at tackle. A flag was thrown by the official for roughing the passer which moved the ball into good field position wher the Buffs-weraable to score on .... the nPYt niav for their final TD of the aame. Millers run fell short. lose to Vale Vikings 14-12 good leaving the score 7-6 in favor of The Vale Vikings at the half time intermission. In the third quarter the Vikings were able to hit pay dirt again with the kick good they led 1 4-6. The Madras White Buffaloes came right back on a pass from Miller to Jaca for the TD, and the try for two points Miller couldn't find a man open so he scooted around right end and went right up the goal line where the score should have tied the game at 14 apiece, but the referee ruled he didn't make it across the line so the Buffs had to settle for no points after the TD, which left the score 14 12. The rest of the game was a battle for yardage and losing the ball on turn ova's. In the fourth quarter Peter Johnson missed a 40 yard field goal which would have put the Buffs ahead Mini-biathlon VIII II UIUU HVI I Ken Billingsley was first to cross the f ' J 4 : 11 - J 1 Sylvia McCabe waves her partner to If I. is 1 by one but the kick went a little wide.. The Buffs had another chance to take the ball down the field after Jaca intercepted a pass and while he was running it back he fumbled and Vale took over again. That might have made the big difference if he hadn't ' fumbled the ball. The Buff defensive squad done a real tough job where they held the .Vikings on several occasions. , Glendon Smith and Jered Moses played a good defensive game. Moses got a un-assisted sack on the quarterback, and was in on many of the, sacks they put on the Viking quarterback. This was the Buffs final game of 1 the season where they ended up with a 6-4 overall record, one of the best in many seasons. Vale earned the right , to travel to meet Junction City on their field. held in Memory of Joey IIVIV- III iviwiiiwijr w j rat 'm. iLyi f finish line. t ' ' V irw? leave for the bike race. . I ft, Blackwolf contunied from Lapwai won this contest by the score of 76 to 54. Lil Foot Ellen wood scored 28 points, he had four 3-pointcrs in the game. Fred Gold had 19 for the Rebels. Game 20 had the All Nation Warriors playing the Wildcats in the finals of the losers bracket. The Wildcats edge out the Warriors in overtime by the score of 51 to 47. Rocky Three Irons scored 17 and Ray Scott pitched in 16 for the winners. Chip Sweeney scored 17 for the Warriors. The Warriors took fourth place while the Wildcats move on. The Wildcats faced the Simnasho Running Rebels in game 21 . Simnasho won this game 71 to 57. The Rebels lead 37 to 21 after one half of play. In the second half the Wildcats could not close the gap and the Rebels moved onto the championship game while the Wildcats placed Third. James Scott lead a very balanced attack with 1 4 points for the winners. Ray Scott had 21 for the third-place Wildcats. In the championship game Lapwai played the Simnasho Running Rebels. Lapwai won 1 1 8 to 94. This game was played four 10 minute quarters where the other games were two twenty-minute halves with a running clock. In the first quarter, the Rebels stayed with the Lapwai team and only trailed by five with the score at the end of one being 32 to 27. In the second quarter, the Rebels outscored Lapwai 26 to 24 and were down at half-time 53 to 56. Cunningham had 14 first-half points to lead Lapwai, while Kausuess Jackson had 12 points for Simnasho. In the third, Lapwai pulled-away from Simnasho by outscoring them James Scott, Simnasho, going up player -. ! jjni f J Warm Springs Recreation held a Mini Biathlon November 8, 1997 at the Warm Springs Community Center. This event was organized for November Fitness Challenge participants to earn triple points. It is a mini-biathlon in comparison to the Road Warriors Biathlon held in April that was organized by Wellness Coordinator, Joey Ortiz. The Recreation Department has continued to organize this event in Memory of Joey Ortiz. Adult Co-Ed Division Overall Time 1st Place Holly Anna Spino 58.04 Andrew Smith 2nd Place Johnny Smartlowit 1 :06:37 Sylvia McCabe 3rd Place Shirley Smith 1:07:19 Frank Smith Men's Team Overall Time First Place and Overall Winner Ken Billingsly 57:04 Kelly Wechter Men's Individual Don Courtney 59:54 Youth Individual Travern Yazzie I would like to thank the sponsors: Tribal Council, WS Fire Management, ' WS Forest Products, WS Market, Indian Head Gaming, WS Composite Products, Oregon Embroidery, Esmade Made, Madeline Queahpama, Bo Ortiz, 3-N Livestock, WS Diabetic Team. It wouldn't have been possible , with the staff, also Esmade Made, Shasta Smith, Conrad Queahpama, WS . Fire & Safety, WS Police Department and Lana Leonard. This event is carried on in memory of Joey Ortiz w ho was the Wellness Coordinator from 1993-95. He was also the first coordinator for the Road Warriors Biathlon. , Andy Leonard November Fitness Challenge triple points: For those who biked-95. minutes; For those who ran-101 minutes. page 8 29 to 14 and lead 85 to 67 at the end of the third quarter of play. Cunningham scored eight points in the quarter. The fourth quarter, Lapwai kept the pressure on and ran way with the game winning 1 1 8 to 94. James Scott made four 3-pointcrs in the quarter and had five for the game en route to 27 points for Simnasho. Dave Cunningham had a game high 31 points. Cunningham got help from teammates Lil Foot Ellenwood who had 21 points, Greg Jose pitched in 18 and Jack Yearout and Jambo Malhcny with 16 points apiece respectively. Following is the result. 1st Lapwai 2nd Simnasho Running Rebels 3rd Wildcats 4th All Nation Warriors Sportsmanship Yakama All-Stars Jamie Henry Klamath Falls Jeff Brisbois ' North West Chiefs Adrian Avaian Hoopa Roman Suppah A 1 1 Nation Gary Sampson Wildcats Mackie Begay Tom Cat Fred Gold Simnasho James Scott Simnasho Jambo Matheny Lapwai Greg Jose Lapwai Mr. Hustle and Mr. Rebound, went to Rocky Three Irons, who had 50 rebounds total for the tournament. Top Three-point was James Scott of Simnasho made 1 1 three-pointers total, five in one game. High Scorer was Jack Year Out with 33 points in one game. Top Gun went to Lil Foot Ellenwood. MVP of the 9th Annual Blackwolf 6' plus 1 was Dave Cunningham of Lapwai. for the block against a unkown Ortiz, Nov. 8 , Individual Times 30:47-Bike 1 i 27:57-Run 27:20-Bike 39:17-Run 30:07-Bike 37:12-Ftun Individual Times 20:01 -Bike 28:03-Run 29:30-Run 30:24-Bike 35:19-Bike