8 February 8, 2001
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Pendleton, Oregon championship team
The Northern! Express Tournament challenged eleven
teams to vie for the championship title January 26-28, 2(X)1 at
the Community Wellness Center in Warm Springs. Pendleton,
Oregon, coached by Alan Crawford and Kanim Smith, Sr.,
won the tournament. They were undefeated, sitting in the hot
seat, until United Tribes of Lapwai, came through the back
door to beat them, giving them their first loss. That put them
both in the running for championship.
Pendleton, Oregon was awarded championship jackets,
United Tribes was awarded Runnerup sweatshirts, Black Bear
Nations of Goldendale, Washington, coached by JR Aleck,
was awarded 3rd Place sweatshirts, and Warm Springs
Blackhawks, coached by Sam Kentura received 4"1 place T
shirts. Eight players in the tournament were named All-Stars,
they were:
Kamiakin Wheeler, Black Bear Nations
Tom Adams, Warm Springs Blackhawks
Leland Dick, Black Bear Nations
Michael Jackson, Warm Springs Blackhawks
Dave Cunningham, United Tribes
Ryan Sams, Pendleton, Oregon
Jackson Yearout, United Tribes
K.C. Pickard, Pendleton, Oregon
Other teams participating in the tournament were: Silver
Bullets, of Warm Springs, OR; Eagle Spirits, of Warm
Springs, OR; Chilixuin, OR; Blacklodge, of White Swan, "
WA; Above the Rim, of Warm Springs, OR; Columbia River
Chinooks, of Warm Springs, OR; and the host team North End
Express, of Warm Springs, OR.
The tournament director would like to thank all of his
volunteer staff, referees, teams that participated, and of course
the loyal fans who made it down to watch this tournament.
A successful tournament begins with the backbone of
volunteers, willing to give time to make an event as successful
as possible. This includes the cooks, the admissions gate, and
scorebook and clock keepers.
Many of the tournaments scheduled need a support team
like this, to be successful, I applaud all other tournament
volunteers, as well as my own for a job well done.
See you again at the Cougars Youth Co-Ed Tournament
scheduled for February 23-25, 2001. Interested teams (8lh
grade6'h grade Open Co-Ed) please contact Austin Greene at
553-1953 or 553-3243.
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Upcoming Basketball
Tournaments announced
The Warm Springs Cougars youth basketball invites you to attend the
eighth-grade and sixth-grade and under open co-ed basketball tournament
scheduled for Feb. 23-25 at the Warm Springs Community Wellness
Center. There will be eight teams in both divisions; entry fee is $75 for the
sixth-grade division, $125 for the eighth-grade division, payable by Feb.
16. Awards include champions through fourth-place, MissMr. Most
Valuable Player, MissMr. Hustle and an all-tourney team. Participation
shirts will be given to non-placing teams. For information call Austin
Greene at 553-3243 (work) or 553-1953 (home).
The 9 Annual Cougars All-Indian High School Basketball Tourna
ment will be held March 16-18 at the Warm Springs Community Wellness
Center and Madras High School. This will be a 12-team boys and 8-team
girls tournament. Entry deadline is March 9 and the fee will be $175 for
boys and $150 for girls teams. Fees will increase by $25 after the deadline.
Championship leather-sleeved and jackets and solid wool jackets will be on
hand for the boys and girls respectively. Last year's tournament held 16
boys teams from California, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The tourna
ment anticipates new teams in from the surrounding states. Early interests
include South Dakota and Nevada for this tourney. For information call
Austin Greene at 553-3243 (work) or 553-1953 (home).
The 19th Annual Kah-Nee-Ta
Mini-Marathon will be
held April 14.
The 14.5-mile run will begin at 9 a.m., with 10-kilometer run, 3-mile
run and 1-mile runwalk to begin at 10 a.m. The shuttle bus to Simnasho
for the 14.5-mile start will leave Kah-Nee-Ta at 8:30 a.m.
All runs will be on blacktop pavement with terrain ranging from flat
to rolling hills.
Medals will be given to the top three places in all age divisions for
both male and female runners.
Pre-registration cost is $12, and includes a race T-shirt; it goes up to
$14 day of race. Cost without a T-shirt is $8.
Information: Community Wellness Center, 2200 Hollywood Blvd.,
Warm Springs 97761, (541) 553-3244, fax 553-1361.
Buffalo girls defeat
Estacada
The Madras High School girls'
basketball team defeated the Estacada
girls team here in Madras by the score
of 55-38, in conference play. This
win, avenges the only loss of league
play so far this year. Earlier iff the
season the Estacada Lady Rangers
beat the Buffets in a close game on
their floor.
At the present time the Buffets
are rated No. 2. in the state and are
on top of the league. Their next out
ing, they will travel to face the
Wilsonville Wildcats, who at the
present time are rated in the No. 3,
spot right behind the Buffs in state
rankings.
The first quarter was very close
as either team could get any kind of
drive going. At the end of the quarter
the score was 10-6, in favor of the
Buff gals. ;
Junior guard Nicole Main put
a lot of pressure on the Ranger gals
with her driving moves to the basket '
and scored 22 points for the game.
Nicole was tough on defense also
causing a lot of turnovers that the Buff
gals capitalized on piling up the points yt
on fast breaks.
CeCe Polk, also had her hand
in the pie, as she also scored a total of
22 points, to share top scoring hon
ors with Nicole Main. CeCe popped
in 5, three pointers for the game. She
also had a hand in the defense mak
ing steals, blocking passes all evening
long.
' . Tiffany Sperry, was tough un
der the back boards pulling down her
share of the rebounds and had a good
all around play for the game.
The whole team did a great job
with the visiting Ranger Gals from
Estacada.
The first half it was a close
game as the score was 29-26, after
two quarters of play. (All stats are
unofficial at this point). In the sec
ond half the Buff Gals tightened up
their defense and only allowed the
Estacada girls to score only 12 points
in the second half. While on the other
hand the Buffs scored 26 points to
pull away from the Lady Rangers to
get the win.
The next outing for the Buffalo
girls, they will travel to Wilsonville,
on Thursday the 8th., which will be a
big test for them as the Wildcats are
rated No. 3, in the state just behind
the Buffaloes.
Native American Baseball
recruiting teens for
upcoming Jr. Olympics
Native American Baseball is recruiting
14-18 year-old Native Americart'Baseball
players for the upcoming 2001 USA Junior
Olympic Baseball Championships in Tuc
son, AZ, from June 22-30, 2001. The tour
nament will consist of 64 teams from across
the United States of America. If interested
please contact Dinah Benally at (503) 613
7590 or (503) 513-7849.
Go
Buffs!!!
Zone 6 winter fishing season announced
January 25 by compact states
On January 25, 2001 the Com
pact states of Oregon and Washing
ton adopted the following Zone 6
treaty Indian commercial fishing pe
riods for the winter season:
6:00 a.m. on February 1 to 4:00
p.m. March 21 (no Sunday closures)
Area: Zone 6 (Bonneville, The
Dalles, and John Day Pools)
Restrictions: No mesh restric
tion will be in effect. All river mouth
and dam sanctuaries remain in effect,
except that there will be no sanctuary
at Spring Creek Hatchery.
Allowable Sales: The allowed
sales during the above winter gillnet
season will be carp, Chinook, coho,
shad, steelhead, sturgeon, and walleye.
Commercial Sturgeon size
limit: Sturgeon between 4 feet and 5
feet in length may be sold commer
cially. Subsistence Sturgeon Harvest:
Sturgeon between 4 feet and 5 feet in
length may be kept for subsistence
purposes.
Sturgeon setline fishery: The
January treaty Indian commercial
setline fishery has closed as sched
uled January 3 1. The sturgeon setline
fishery may be re-opened at a later
date if the sturgeon commercial catch
guidelines are not exceeded in the
winter season fishery.
Sturgeon catch guidelines: The
sturgeon catch guidelines are 1,300
in Bonneville Pool, 1,100 in The
Dalles Pool, and 1,160 in John Day
Pool.
Scaffold fishery: The scaffold
fishery remains open year-around.
Scaffold catch may be sold during
open commercial fishing periods.
If you have any fishing enforce
ment problems or need assistance or
information, day or night, contact the
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisher
ies Enforcement Office, 4270
Westcliff Drive, Hood River, OR.
Phone: (541) 386-6363 or toll-free
(800) 487-FISH (3474). Please con
sult your tribal Fish and Wildlife
Committee for additional details on
tribal regulations. Please wear your
life jackets for safety.
Shoshone
Bannock Tribes
Chosen as Host
for Indian Nations
Attending Winter
Olympics
The Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes have accepted an offer from
the Native American 2002 Founda
tion to host all Indian Nations dur
ing the XIX Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City in February 2002.
The Shoshone-Bannock Offi
cial Tribal Host Committee, a group
of local volunteers, is seeking
people throughout the United States
for subcommittees on education,
information, marketing of arts and
foods, performances, housing and
transportation. Interested parties
should contact Garth Towersap,
Chairman at 208-478-3936 or 888-297-1378.
Mail should be ad
dressed to: Shoshone-Bannock Of
ficial Tribe Host Committee, P. O.
Box 306, Fort Hall, Idaho 83203-0306.