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Spilyqy Tyrooo, Wjrrn Springs, Oregon March 8, 2001
White Buffaloes compete in State Tournament
The Madras girls basketball team
earned a berth in the Oregon Class
3A semi-finals by winning back to
back games in Corvallis earlier this
week. The boys also won their open
ing round game, but results from
Wednesday night were not available
at press time. A full report and tour
nament photos will be prepared for
the next issue of the Spilyay Tymoo.
Madras girls opened the tourna
ment with a 53-43 victory over long
time rival Henley. The I.ady Buffs
shook off tournament jitters and
cruised to the opening round vic
tory, which launched them into the
quarterfinals.
In round two the Lady Buffs
jumped out to a 13-5 lead and held
on down the stretch to earn a 47-34
victory over Stayton. The Eagles
closed to within eight larc in the
game, but Madras reassert its domi
nance and picked up their semi-final
invitation. Nicole Main led the
way with 19 points.
The boys had to overcome a scare
in their first round game with La
Grande, a team fresh down from the
Intermounfain Class 4A ranks. Ma
dras trailed by 10 points at intermis
sion, but came back as they have
grown accustom to doing and sealed
the 60-56 win. Kye Wells pumped
in 20 points to pace the effort.
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Buffalo girls stand with pride.
Madras advanced both teams to
the Class 3A basketball tournament
in Corvallis last weekend as the
White Buffalo girls posted a 61-54
subtournament victory over Grant
Union and the Boys outlasted Cen
tral 54-49. Both games were played
in the Madras High School gym on
Blackhawks
to host
tournament
Blackhawks Basketball will host
a tournament on March 30, 31 and
April 1 at the Warm Springs Com
munity Wellness Center. This tour
nament will be for eight teams only,
and the entry fee is set at $200.
This will be round-robin format
on Friday and Saturday to determine
seeding and placement in a single
elimination bracket on Sunday. Each
team will be guaranteed four games.
Blackhawks Basketball will also
host an open men's tournament on
April 20, 21 and 22 at the commu
nity center. This tournament will be
for eight teams only, and the entry
fee is set at $ 250.00.
This will be a round-robin format
on Friday and Saturday to determine
seeding into a championship Sunday
single elimination bracket. Four
games are guaranteed for all teams.
These tournaments are
fundraisers for graduating high
school seniors from Warm Springs.
Contact: Sam Kenrura, Post Office
Box 8, Warm Springs, Oregon
97761.
Saturday night.
Girls hit free throws
The No. 3 ranked 1-ady Buffaloes
earned their ticket to Corvallis with
a comc-from-behind win over the
Prospectors, capping a perfect sea
son at home in front of a large and
supportive Madras crowd.
Grant Union's pressure defense
and up tempo style served them well
in the early going. Madras trailed 34
26 at the half, before their aggres
sive play in the third quarter turned
things around.
The 23-2 Buffaloes outscored
Grant Union 17-10 in the third quar
ter and finally went ahead for good
in the final stanza during an 18-10
run.
Free throw sh(xting was a key in
the closing minutes of play. Madras
scored 12 of their 18 fourth quarter
points from the free throw line.
Madras was just 18 of 60 from the
field during the game, so the free
throws were a bonus down the
stretch.
Nicole Main led all scorers with
25 points, Tiffanic Sperry added 14,
Tosha Wilson had 10 and Cece Polk
eight.
The victory placed Madras in the
state tournament as the No. 2 Tri
Vallcy representative with a first
round game against Skyline Cham-
pion Henley.
Boys use pressure defense
The sixth-rated Madras boys, 20
4 on the season, overcame a 28-19
halftime deficit and advanced to the
state championship tournament by
downing Central in the MHS gym.
The Madras crowd was all but si-
JCMS raises over $1,100 in Hoops for Heart
Jefferson County Middle School
students raise over $1,100 for the
American Heart Association.
On Wednesday January 17 stu
dents at Jefferson County Middle
school helped fight heart disease and
stroke by participating in Hoops for
Heart. This year's event raised over
$1,100 for the American Heart As
sociation. Hoops For Heart is a program
designed to promote physical fitness
and heart health through the fun
activity of playing basketball. The
Salmon Camp to offer two programs
This year OMSI is excited to add
two four-week Salmon Camp Re
search Teams for high school stu
dents to the two weeklong Salmon
Camp programs for middle school
students OMSI Science Camps has
been running for eight years. These
programs are offered free of charge
to Native American students with
funding from the Lucent Technolo
gies Foundation, the Howard
Vollum Fund of the Oregon Com
munity Foundation, and the U.S.
Department of Fish & W ildlife.
The goal is to provide students
with natural resource management
career exposure while working with
Native American and other profes
sionals in these fields, and to pro
vide them with the experience,
knowledge, and skills to pursue re
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Warm Springs Elementary waves
lenced in the second quarter when
their team managed just 5 points and
went over six minutes without scor
ing. The drought put Madras in a
hole, but they returned to action in
the third quarter with determination
and the rallying cry of coach Evan
Brown ringing in their ears.
The Central lead was quickly
whitded to four when play resumed
in the third quarter and the two
teams battled neck and neck until
the closing minutes. ' "
A full-court press forced Central's
hand with time running short and
Madras went on a rampage. The
Buffaloes created a number of turn-'
overs late in the game and they made
the best of their opportunities, scor
ing 14 points in the final three min-1
utes of play. Madras also hit eight oP
11 free throws in the closing' surge.
Chasan Walker led the Buffs1 with'
16 points, Colter Barnes had 15 and'
Floyd Frank 13. : -
Madras went to Corvallis as the
No. 2 Tri-Valley representative, fac
ing Greater Oregon League's top
seed LaGrande, a team that dropped
from the Class 4A ranks at the be
ginning of the school year.
All-stars selected
Chasan Walker, who paced
Madras' victory over Central last
week, was named Tri-Valley Confer
ence player of the year, an honor
derived through a vote of league $
coaches. Walker and teammate
Jacoby Ellsbury both made the all
conference first team.
Three other members of
the Madras boys basketball team
were also honored by conference
event is co-sponsored by the Ameri
can Heart Association and the
American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance.
"This year's event was a huge suc
cess," said Dave Jordan Hoops for
Heart coordinator. Lorien Stacona
and Albert Adams led the way with
donations of over $300 each. "We are
very proud of all the students who
participated, and we all had a lot of
fun." Ahern's Market, Safeway Mar
ket, Erickson's Sentry Market,
lated careers. Students will be ex
posed to multiple career fields in
cluding fisheries and wildlife man
agement, range management and for
estry, field ecology, botany, zoology,
hydrology, geology and archaeology.
They will stay at Hancock Field Sta
tion in the John Day River Valley
of Central Oregon and work on
Habitat recovery and scientific
monitoring projects on the newly
protected 28,000-acre Pine Creek
watershed on the John Day River,
which is now owned by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs.
The summer sessions will be fol
lowed by school year career expo
sure visits for both the middle school
and the high school participants.
The Salmon Camp students will
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Warm Springs students wish the
coaches. Floyd Frank was selected
for the second team, while Kye Wells
and Colter Barnes received honor
able mention.
Madras' Evan Brown and
La Salle's Jack Cleghorn shared
coach of the year honors.
Rounding out the boys first
Sports World, Burger King Restau
rant, and McDonald's Restaurant all
donated prizes and refreshments to
help make the event a success. The
JROTC program at Madras High
School sent a team of students that
helped run the event. Finally, the
Hoops for Heart program would
like to thank all the people in
Jefferson County and the Warm
Springs communities who made
contributions to the American
Heart Association.
visit OMSI's Cascade Science School
facility in Bend in the fall, and spend
a week at the Oregon Coast during
Springs Break 2002. The high school
students will also visit Oregon State
University and the OSU Hatfield
Marine Science Center.
Twenty-five middle school stu
dents will be accepted for each
Salmon Camp program and ten high
school students will be selected for
each Salmon Camp Research Team.
Selection will be based on a demon
strated interested in natural resource
management and ability to work
together as a team.
The deadline is March 15, 2001.
For more information, contact Joe
Franke, Salmon Camp Coordinator,
OMSI Science Camps; (541) 318
0707 salmon'ff omsi.edu
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Buffaloes well on the journey to state
team were Joe VanDomelin of Val
ley Catholic, Adam Zimel of La Salle
and David Miller of Wilsonville.
On the girls roster, Cece
Polk and Nicole Main both made
the Tri-Valley first team, along with
player of the year Jill Noe of
Wilsonville, Lindsay Johnson of The
Dalles, Tiffany Mapston of Valley
Jefferson County Little
League Registration to
begin
Little League registration sign up is going to be strictly
enforced by a $5 late fee. The deadline to register your
children for the 2001 Little League will be Monday, March
19'
The deadline must be upheld due to the fact that there
was confusion and team overcrowding last year.
To enforce this deadline, any players registered after
March 19th will have to pay $5 per player late registration
fee. Please do not wait until the last minute to register your
children. Flyers have been posted throughout the commu
nity to make the public aware of this deadline and fee.
The fees are as follows:
$10 per player for T-ball (6-8 year boys & girls)
$15 per player for Major & Minor SoftballBaseball (8-10
year olds for Minor and 10-12
$20 per player for Junior & Senior SoftballBaseball (12
14 year olds for Junior and 14-16 year olds for Seniors)
Household Family Fee: $30. (with minimum of 3 chil
dren registered)
These prices are good only
Prices go up $5 per player after
Come register your children
the Community Center main
Community Center staff at 553
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tournament.
Catholic and Samantha Krier of The
Dalles.
Madras' Tiffany Sperry was
named to the second team, and
Tosha Wilson and Erin Dunn both
earned honorable mention.
Cindy Anderson of
Wilsonville was named coach of the
year.
year olds for Majors)
through March 19, 2001.
that
during office hours (8-5) at
office. Any questions, call the
- 32433244.