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Madras White Buffaloes compete in State
In the first game for the Madras
White Buffaloes, the No. 2 seed from
the Tri-Valley League, were up
against the No. 1 seed from the
(Ireater Oregon League, which was
the La Grande Tigers of Eastern
Oregon.
La Grande, fresh from the 4-A,
ranks as they dropped to the 3-A
level, had quite a record going dur
ing action from the Greater Oregon
League. The White Buffaloes with
no one taller than 6 foot were in for
a game as the sports writers put it.
The La Grande line up as the
starters for the game with the White
Buffaloes; Tanner Abel 6-3; Preston
Roe 5-10; Ross Weaver 6-10; Devin
Orton 5-10; and Garron aLamoreau
6-2.
The La Grande Tigers got off to
a fast start in the first quarter on sev
eral turnovers by the Buffs, which
were some easy baskets to give them
a 19-6 first quarter lead. Their game
plan was to put a guy on Chasan
Walker and in doing so gave Kye
Wells the chance to cut loose with
drives to the basket as he was the
leading scorer for the first game with
20 points, hitting 8 of 16 field goals
and was 4 of 5 at the foul line. Kye
played an all around game as he was
good on defense also. There were
four Buff players in double figures
as Colter Barnes turned in 12 points,
Lloyd Frank 11, David White 10,
and Chasan Walker 7.
At the tip off it was David White
at 6 foot getting the tip over the 6
10 La Grande center. After the sec
ond quarter the Buffs slowly picked
away at the Tiger lead and trailed 31-
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Nicole Main defends against LaGrande player during 60-38 victory.
The Madras girls basketball team
went right down to the finals and
were turned away from the champi
onship as they lost to arch rival
Wilsonville Wildcats 61-49.
In getting to the championship
game they first defeated the Henley
Hornets by the score of 53-43. The
game was held in Gill Coliseum on
the Oregon State University campus
in Corvallis, Oregon on March 5, at
6:30 p.m.
Leading in scoring for the Buff
girls were Nicole Main and Tiffanie
Sperry as they both scored 12 points
apiece.
The Buff girls jumped right out
in front in the first quarter leading
14-9. In the first half the girls were 9
out of 24 in field goal shooting, and
they had no 3 pointers. They were 6
out of 7 at the free throw line. Nicole
Main had 4 of 8 field goals and she 4
out of 4 at the foul line for the total
of 12 points. Tiffanie Spcrry was 2
of 7 at the field goal shooting and at
the free throw line she was 8 out of
10, to give her 12 points to share
scoring honors with Nicole Main.
Elise Hawes was 2 of 3 at field
goals and hit 5 out of 5 at the free
throw line. Tosha Wilson was 3 out
of 5 in field goal shooting and she
hit 2 out of 4 at the foul line to give
her 8 points for the night. Ce Ce
Polk was 2 of 11 at field goal shoot
ing and was 0 of 1 at the foul line
and no 3 pointers to give her 4
points.
Erin Dunn had 1 of 3 field goals
21 at half time. In the third quarter
the Buffs out scored the Tigers 21
14 to really cut into their lead and
trailed 45-42, at the end of the third
quarter. In the final quarter the Buf
faloes were able to overtake the La
Grande Tigers, outscoring them 18
11, for the win in the first game by
the score of 60-55.
The Buffs advanced in the win
ners bracket to face Marist in the
second round.
Scoring for the LaGrande Tigers
were; Ross Weaver 21; Tanner Abel
15, Devin Orton 8, Preston Roc 6,
Tyler Lester 3, Evan Squire 2, and
Garron Lamoreau 1.
Marist 76 Madras 69
In the second game for the Ma
dras White Buffaloes the Marist
Spartans handed the Buffs their first
defeat at the state tournament by the
score of 76-69.
It was another slow start for the
Buffs as the Spartans outscored them
in the first quarter 21-14, to get the
early lead. In the second quarter the
Buffs out-hustled the Spartans and
outscored them 23-17 to close the
gap to one point at the half time in
termission. The scoreboard read
Spartans 38, Buffs 37.
This game belonged to Floyd
F'rank as he scored 28 points during
the game to top everyone in the
game. The third quarter was an even
one as each team scored 13 points
during that period.
In the final quarter the game was
pretty close until the closing min
utes where the Spartans started to
get their lead at the foul line as the
compete
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for 2 points, Amy Carroll had lout
of 2 field goals and Michelle Manion
was 1 for 1 in field goals. Tarah
Sweeney hit 2 out of 2 at the foul
line for 2 points during the game.
Emily Mills was high for the
Henley Hornets with 13 points
from 4 out of 14 at field goals and 2
out of 5 three pointers and 3 out of
3 at the foul line. The Buffs out
scored Henley in the three quarters
and the Henley Hornets outscored
the Buffs 18 to 17 in the final quar
ter but that wasn't enough to come
close to catching the Buffs who went
on to win the opening game of the
tournament 53-43.
Madras girls beat Stayton 47-34
In their second game the White
Buffalo girls powered their way past
the Stayton Eagles 47-34.
Madras led throughout the game
as they jumped out to a 13-5 lead at
the end of the first quarter, and led
by the score of 22-9 at the half time
intermission.
Nicole Main led the Buffalo girls
attack in scoring as she poured in a
total of 19 points during the game.
She hit 9 out of 15 field goals and
was 1 out of 2 at the foul line. Ce
Ce Polk added 9 points as she was 4
out of 10 in fuld goal shooting and
1 out of 2 at the free throw line for
her 9 points during the game. Elise
Hawes had 6 points, Amy Carroll
5 points Tosaha W ilson had 4 points
as she was 2 of 6 at field goal shoot
ing, Tiffanie Sperry had 2 points and
Buffs would have to foul to get the
ball.
Scoring for the Buffs were Colter
Barnes 14, Chasan Walker 13, David
White 9, Dominique Fosterling 4,
Jeff Barnes 1.
Top scorers for Marist were:
Kevin Harrison 24, Josh Marbert 18,
Luke Baom 11, Andy Ewoniuk 8,
Jeff Rossow and Korec Anderson 6
each, Dylan Ixmieux 2.
Floyd F'rank had 3 of 8, 3 point
baskets, Chasan Walker had 1, the
Spartans had 6 of 17, 3-point bas
kets during the game.
The Spartans advanced and the
Buffs played for fourth place. A loss '
in the next game would put them
out of the tournament and a victory .
would advance them into the final
night of play and the chance for a
tournament trophy.
Plilomath 69, Madras 63.
The game started out fast and on
an even basis despite the Buffs were
shorter in height man for man on
the floor. No Madras player was
above 6 feet, as the taller Plilomath
players had one player at 5-10, and -the
rest over 6 feet. Logan Garvin 6
2; Ty Gilson 5-10; Kevin Boss at 6- 1
6; Anthony Cook 6-4 and Adrain '
Bowman 6-0. '
The first quarter was close but the '
Plilomath team came out ahead 28- '
23 in that quarter but in the second '
quarter the Buffs outscored the War- ''
riors 14-10, and trailed 38-37 at half
time.
The third quarter was where the
Warriors got their jump on the Buffs' r
and they went on an 18-point scor-,:
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at state, place second
Erin Dunn scored 2 points to round
out the scoring for the Lady Buffa
loes. '
Casey Bunn had 15 points for
Stayton and Kristen Nelson added
14 for the losers. , ,
During the game Nicole Main,
Elise Flawes and Ce Ce Polk each
pulled down 5 rebounds apiece tp
lead in that department. ,
Buffalo girls route LaGrande ,
In the first quarter the LaGrande
Tigers hung around trailing by 2
points at the end of the first quar
ter. In the second quarter the Buf
falo girls stiffened their defense and
allowed the LaGrande Tigers to score
only 4 points as they trailed 30-17
at halftime.
Just the stats showed the Buff girls
were dominating the game as they
hit 14 out of 24 at the field goal de
partment and the LaGrande Tigers
Perseverance pays off
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ing spree to the Buffs 15, to give
them the lead, They out scored the
Buffs in the final period 13-11 in the
final quarter to give them the win
ning margin and to play for fourth
or seventh place and the Buffs were
out.
Scoring for the Buffs: Floyd
Frank 20; Chasan Walker 11, David
White 9, Kye Wells 8; Colter Barns
6, Jeff Barns 5, Dominique
F.asterling 4.
Scoring for the Warriors: Logan
Garvin 28, Anthony Cook 12;
Tommy Martin 11 Tommy Bain 8;
Kevin Boss 6, Adrain Bowman 4.
The Buffs were out of the Tour
nament for this year.
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David White, No. 42, listed as
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only could get 6 out of 17 from the
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Ce Ce Polk and Tiffanie Spcrry
n were high scorers for the game, as
Ce Ce got 1,8 points and Spcrry got
ib 13 points, Tasha Wilson added 10
r. points as the trio were in double fig
,ureSin scoring. Ce Ce Polk was 2
i out of 2 at the three point mark,
Nicole Main and Amy Carroll each
added 4 points. Erin Dunn 3, Elsie
Hawes , Natalie Mitchell, Ksyleen
Clements all had 2 points apiece, and
Emily McFarland had one point.
Madras scored 1 5 point in each quar
ter to give them their 670 points, and
this win put them in the champion
ship round, which meant the state
championship game with
Wilsonville.
Wildcats top Buffs in title game
In the championship game the
Wildcats of Wilsonville jumped
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Charley, her children Sonny and Devere, and Craig Smith.
Tournament
At the free throw line Floyd Frank (far left) and Chasan Walker
(second from right) prepare for possible rebound.
6-feet gets the tip on Marist's 6-7 Kevin
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right out to a big lead. The player
with No. 22, was the girl that got
Wilsonville going. That was Jill Noe,
who started right out in scoring
against the Buff girls to give them
their big lead at the end of the first
quarter as the score board read 16-9,
Wilsonville.
They kept up their drive in the
second quarter to extend their lead
to 35-19 at the end of the second
quarter. .
IN the third quarter the Buff girls
got a little drive of their own going
where they out scored the Wildcats
17-9 to cut into their large lead, but
the Wildcats kept the pressure on the
Madras girls to where they just
couldn't over take the Wilsonville
team.
The Buffs ran into foul trouble
to where they lost CeCe Polk to five
fouls. That hurt the Buffs on both
offense and defense. Sperry and Amy
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Harrison at start of the game.
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Carroll both had 4 fouls on them
also,
Scoring for the Buffs: Tiffanie
Sperry 13, CeCe Polk 10, Tasba
Wilson and Nicole Main 6, Erin
Dunn and Amy Carrol 4 each, Elise
Hawes, Kayleen Clements and
Michelle Manion each had 2 points
apiece.
Scoring for Wilsonville: Jill Noe
24, Kelli Wolfram 10, Karissa Limb
9, Lisa Draney 8, Colby Fackrell and
Julie Clark 4, Alix Kustrum 2.
When it came down to the Cham
pionship game both finalist teams
were from the same league the Tri
Valley league.
Where Wilsonville Wildcats were
No. 1 seed to the tournament and
Madras white Buffaloes were No 2
seed, and that's just the way it ended
with Wilsonville the Champions
and the Madras White Buffalo girls
the runner-up.
Whenever Nikki Charley lis
tened to recollections of Huckle
berry feasts gone by, stories of the
Hehe rodeo figured prominently in
the telling. Wishing that today's chil
dren could experience the same fun,
she questioned whether the rodeo
grounds, which had fallen into dis
repair, could be renovated and the
event revived. Everyone agreed it was
a good idea, but, like many good
ideas, it could have remained wish
ful thinking.
Fortunately Charley was not just
a dreamer but an activist. She began
summoning support. She talked to
the elders at their weekly luncheon.
She asked Spiljay to get out the
word. She asked Warm Springs For
est Products Industries for their help.
Last Thursday morning at Hehe,
a beaming Charley stood in a cold
drizzle and watched her perseverance
pay off. WSFPI was delivering
enough lumber to rebuild the cor
ral. Charley's husband, Robert, dis
cussed building plans with former
rodeo organizer, Buzzy Scott and
WEDD's Craig Smith.
Nearby, the laughter of Charley's
sons echoed the promise of happy
days to come when, thanks to their
Mom and those who answered her
call, Warm Springs children see ro
deos return to Hehe.
When that day happens, Nikki
Charley who wanted the children to
attend will be responsible for it