Image provided by: The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Warm Springs, OR
About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 2006)
Spjlysy l y J v q o , September 28, 2006 Springs, Oregon Page 9 New faces on Madras frosh/soph football squad B y L e slie M itts Spilyay Tymop There are some new faces on the field this football season. Nine tribal members are con tributing to the frosh/soph foot ball team— adding to several Native American students who prlay on the varsity team. S As for the best part o f the game, many o f the team mem bers are in agreement—hitting if their favorite part. | According to Terence Wolfe, a'15-year-old outside linebacker and tailback, “That’s what foot ball is about.,, You get to hit people.” Wolfe, a sophomore at Ma dras High School, is playing Ms first year of football. . Though he plays for, the fro sh /so p h teatp, he also occasionally plays with the varsity team. | WpJhjr 'isn’t the only frosh/ s o p f player lending a'hand to th e varsity team . E m erson Cplpus jr., a 15-year-old sopho- th p re, and M artin Sm ith- Mennealy; a 14-year7old-. fresh man, each suit up for the var sity team as well, i ¿Culpus has played football "since the seventh grac^e, he said, and plays -tackle and defensive. tackle. F or him , the highlight is. spending time with. Ms team mates. ■ Smith-Mennealy said the best part, in his opirnon, is the adrenar line rush. “I get pumped play- Miguel Frank # Tyrell Smith. Trevor Suppah Charles Wolfe Terence Wolfe ing the game,” he explained. As free safety; and wide receiver, Smith-Mennealy has also partici pated in football since Ms middle schpol years. > , Victoria KatcMa, a 16-year- pld juniprj is playing -her first year o f football after playing soccer for sik yfeara.,4' The only female team mem ber, KatcMa is playing defensive tackle— and though some might find it difficult to be the only girl, KatcMa said she doesn’t mind. \ “Sometimes I feel awkward,” she said. “Most of the time I’m Used to it, growing up with three Boys in the house.” So far, s'h*e said, m ost o f - the boys don’t shy away from tackling her or getting aggres sive! “A lot o f them just go for it and act like I ’m not a girl,” she said. At tMs point, she said, “It’s , been fun sO far, learning the dif ferent plays and everything” | Other team members include Tyrell Sm ith, a 14-year-old freshman, playing defensive end and tight end. Chez Frank, a 14-yedt-old freshman, will be playing right guard and tackle. Miguel Frank, another 14-year-old freshman* will be playing tackle and re ceiver. Trevor Suppah and Charles Wolfe, both 14-year-old fresh- Cheryl Patterson-Courtney She was a four-year starter as a goalie on the Wolves’ field hockey team. > She also played softball and basketball. 1 Patterson-Eoufcney received her degree in physical education and health at the Oregon Col lege o f ^Education. Patterson-Courtney is now Martin Smith-Mennealy man, each played football in middle school and continue tMs year ddfing their first year o f Mgh school football. S uppah will b e playing lineback and tailback. Nick Katchia, who is unable toiplay on the varsity team due to an injury, is the team man ager. TMs year’s new players join five tribal members on the var sity team: Jose Alvarez, Cody Sw itzler, L aR onn K atchia, R oland M orningoW l and Chance Squiemphen. The fro sh /so p h team will play their next game today in Bend. 732 SW 6th St., at the “Y” in Redmond Patterson-Courtney named to WOU athletic hall of fame i Cheryl Patterson-Courtney was a bit shocked to get a phone" call telling her she was being in J | 4uçtçd inîO„the Western O regon . U niversity’s athletic h a lf o f fame. “I t . was a big surprisë. T thought he was kidding,” she said. p u t looking at her athletic achievements, she shouldn’t bed surprised at all. fPatterson-Courtney was. a four-year track and field All- American in the javelin, firnsh- ing-fifth in the national champi onships four times at Western, then at the Oregon College of> Education. ¡As a sophomore in 1971 she helped the Wolves’ 440-yard reliy earn All-American honors with a fourth-place finish. She alsp left with the school’s jav elin record. Victoria Katchia 55, and lives in Warm Springs w ith h er hu sb an d Terry, jjiwlirtney Jr. ..r. T.hey„ att.exide„d the.. Western. Oregon Umversity atMetic hall o f fame induction ceremony earlier this, m p n th in Monmouth. - ' Cfieryl works at the Warm Springs National Fish Hatch ery. She has taught community education classes through Cen tral Oregon Commumty Col lege; and m o sj^ refe en tly coached softball at M adras High School. “I think it would be excit ing to try .the junior high level and help I young athletes d e f velop their skills;” she said. (This article, 'by Jesse Sowa, ap peared originally in the Albany Denio- crai-Herald, and is reprinted here with permission.),.., \ Desks, Living Room, Dining Room, Tables, Lamps, Recliners, Mattresses, Bedroom, Daybeds, Sleepers, Bunk Beds,; i Leather, Entertainment’ Centers, and MORE! FREE DELIVERY to MOST Central Oregon areas. Open ■o o> +•* a 0) o 7 Days a week 10-6 Mon.-Sat. o O (0 11-5 Sun. o I -o r ■“ HOME FURNISHINGS - REDMOND Locally Owned & Operated since 1980 923-4155 your favorite "Home 1 IS Hess FENDERS by ENDRES Fast, Courteous 24-Hour Service. Accident Recovery. Roll Back, for damage-free Towing. Statewide coverage, Insurance approved. 475-6491 office, or 480-9685 cell
