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Pool team
The Northwest Billiard Con
gress of America Regionals in
Lincoln Gty brought more than
500 pool players to compete in
single, double and team events.
To compete in this tourna
ment, held Feb. 26 to March 2,
a pool player must become a
member of the Billiard Congress
of America (BCA).
To become a member of the
BCA, a pool player must play in
at least eight weeks of league
games.
Pool players from Warm
Springs played their eight weeks
with the Central Oregon BCA
League out of Bend. Some play
ers played in the 9-ball league in
Redmond, and some played in
the 8-ball league in Bend.
A women's 8-ball team that
played weekly in Bend made a
good showing at the Lincoln
City tournament, placing second.
They finished with six wins and
two losses.
They played undefeated
from Saturday morning until
Sunday morning when they lost
their first game, which was for
the hotseat. They came through
the backdoor to play for first
place, falling short to take sec
ond. Sponsored by Black Horse in
Bend were Jeri Smith, Karla
Tias and Betty Bagley of Warm
Springs, and Andrea Aday and
Kendra Marcoulier of Bend.
This is an all women team
who shoot against men's teams
and mixed teams during league
play.
Last year this team took third
in the women's team event at
Lincoln City.
In other team play there were
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Warm Springs Community Center
April 18, 19&20
First place, Jackets. Second place
through fourth place, awards.
One MVP, High Score, Mr. Hustle,
and Most 3-Pointers.
Rick Minthorne, director, P.O. Box 955, Warm
Springs, OR 97741. Phone (541) 553-9087, after 6 p.m.
Brackett man, Big Rat Suppah, (541) 553-9151, af
ter 6 p.m. Entrance fee $285, closing date is April 15.
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all-new approach to a timeless tradition. A tempting spread of salads, steaks cooked to
order, and Asian specialties cooked before your eyes are just a few samples of how we've
taken the term "buffet" to a higher level.
Warm Springs Tribal members receive a 20 discount in The Chinook Room
and the newly rcrnodcled fine dining Juniper Room by presenting their Tribal ID.
takes 2nd
two men's teams from Warm
Springs: One team captained by
Chief Smith and one by Tony
Boise. Chief Smith s team played
into Sunday, winning three
matches and losing two.
His teammates were Tony
Littleleaf, Louie Smith, Louie
Bagley, and Leroy Jackson aka
4Ton."
Tony Boise's team played
until late Saturday, winning two
matches and losing two. His
teammates were Randy Boise,
Selena Boise, Clint Smith, and a
player from Prineville, Jay.
Jerry Bagley played on a
team from Redmond to win
three and lose two.
Over half of these players
competed in the scotch doubles
event or the singles event.
Scotch doubles is a two-player
team event, one man, one
woman, in which the team takes
turns shooting until one misses.
Their opponent then takes their
turn alternating until one misses.
The singles event is basically
a tournament bracket of single
players playing in either Novice,
Open or Masters.
The tournament players will
now practice their skills at vari
ous jackpot pool tournaments
and tournaments to play in the
BCA 8-Ball Tournament in Las
Vegas this spring.
This summer a new season
of league play will begin, and
BCA members will again travel
to play in the Regional 9-Ball
Tournament in the fall or the
Regional BCA 8-Ball Tourna
ment in the winter.
Both of these tournaments
will be held at Chinook Winds
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The Madras White Buffalo will not lose any players
boys basketball team was with height and most of the
eliminated at state by the players are returning. In the
Newport Cubs. photograph above, Matt
The boys team can look Ellsbury of Warm Springs
forward to next year, as they takes a free throw shot.
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Special Olympians
enjoy success at state
Jefferson County Special
Olympics basketball teams were
successful at the state basketball
competition held March 1 and
2 in Bend and Redmond.
Competing in the 3-on-3 di
vision for the Jefferson County
Firestorm were Wayne Nance,
Chris Towler, John Bryant,
Talon Stormbringer and Kodiak
Stormbringer. Coached by
Eldon Tom, the Firestorm
brought home the bronze
medal.
Nance and Kodiak
Stormbringer lead the team in
scoring, while their teammates
played strong defense and
scrambled for every loose ball.
The Jefferson County Blaze,
a 'unified' team composed of
five Special Olympian athletes
and four 'partners' competed
very hard to capture fourth
place.
They finished the tourna
ment with one win and two
losses by a combined total of
two points.
In both losses, the winning
team was not determined until
the final seconds of the game.
Special Olympian athletes Jeff
Irey and Liza LeClaire were in
Red Devils tourney champs,
Mustangs win at round robin
By Big Rat Suppah
Our roster for the tourna
ment in late February and early
this month consisted of Captain
Redskywalker Suppah, Captain
Rosey Twostarrs Suppah, Carl
Swallow, Kayla Jones, Arthur
Mitchell, Cheyenne Johnson,
Terrance Wolfe, Shawn Sohappy
and Anna Miller. The tourna
ment was held at the Warm
Springs Community Center.
Due to the competition, any
team could have been the tour
nament champions. We had
some very tough games against
the Warm Springs Renegades of
Carson City, Nev., and the
Warm Springs Eagles, to ad
vance to the championship
game.
The fans made the tourna
ment exciting with the support
they gave to all the teams. Our
decisions became crowd
pleasers with the close scores
down to the wire to advance in
the bracket. Teams stepped up
their abilities, so no one was fa
vored in the tourney to win it
all.
The Renegades, I heard, lost a
heartbreaker in overtime by one
point to advance to championship.
It could have gone either way, but
Carson City, Nev., prevailed.
Either way we know we had
a very tough game to play. We
did barely squeak by Carson
City. Redskywalker hit two free
throws with seven seconds left,
and the team played tough de
fense for a 42-40 victory, to ad
vance into the tourney bracket.
The championship game
against Carson City was quick,
physical and tough, with both
teams making mistakes and
turnovers.
Players got into foul trouble
early in the game, and both
benches had to step up. Then in
the fourth quarter, Rosey
Twostarrs sprained her ankle and
we had no substitute for her.
Thanks to the Carson City coach
and the tournament director Aus
tin Greene, we were allowed to
tape up Rosey Twostarrs' ankle
and put her back in the game. She
hobbled back onto the court and
the crowd cheered her on. She
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strumental in scoring for the
Blaze.
Fellow Olympian athletes
Robert Irey, David Fuentes and
Stacy alley also competed in the
competition.
Alley was successful in scor
ing her first points in state com
petition. Partners Dawn Lesser,
Bruce Stetcher, Marvin
Hernandez and Don Courtney
assisted the team with defense
and ensuring all the athletes par
ticipated in the games.
Willy Fuentes coached the
Blaze.
Bringing home the Gold
Medal to Jefferson County was
the JC Spirit.
The Spirit competed in the
traditional division and team
. members were Tim Watkins,
Remo Stormbringer, Lance
Stormbringer, Bradford
Courtney, Amber Choin and
Zachary Sperry.
The Spirit finished with three
wins and one loss. They used a
combination of intense defense
and rebounding to outclass the
field, in their second year of
competition of full court bas
ketball. Eldon Tom and Willy
Fuentes coached them. '
showed courage and a lot of heart
to play on while injured.
The game continued on, then
Carl Swallow, our point guard,
fouled out. Terrence Wolfe and
Kyle Jones were both in foul
trouble, too.
Redskywalker came down
and hit four three-point shots.
Down the wire, the team tough
ened up on defense. In the end,
with a last attempt shot, we came
out victorious 41-39 for the
championship. Carl Suppah,
MVP, Kayla Jones, MVP, Chey
enne Johnson, All-Star,
Redskywalker, All-Star, Big Rat
Suppah, coach.
Mustangs claim victory
We were fortunate to have a
team, because our players were
recruited by other teams. Which
was a plus for us, giving them
more experience for the game,
a chance to play. So when we
travel as a team they'd be stron
ger as individuals and as a team
in other tournees.
The tourney was held March
7-9. at the Warm Springs Com
munity Center. Reva, the tour
ney director, stated she'll be hav
ing her tourney again in April.
Thanks to the parents out there,
who at the last minute allowed
their kids to play. Because be
fore our first game I just had
my two captains, Rorey
Twostarrs Suppah and Anthony
Maldonado, ready to play that
Saturday morning.
Our roster filled with Abby
Scott, Ada Lopez, Malina Culps,
Isiah Kibby.Joe Sconowah, and
Coder Clements. They all were
a factor for the team going un
defeated in the tournament.
People don't realize how
much harder a kid will play
when they have the support of
family members and friends. It
was fantastic to see a lot of new
faces in players and coaches. It's
because of you all these activi
ties become annual events.
Wc had some close games.
It turned out to be a very a suc
cessful weekend for everyone.
Keep up the good work Reva,
you and your tournament staff.
God bless to all.