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December 21, 2006
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
7 tribal players on girls varsity Boys squad enjoys com m unity support
Basketball players Logan Kneeland, Derrick Metcalf, Robert Main, Albert Adams and
Jansen Harrington (from left).
Top: (from left) Jaycelene Frank, Jacoba Smith, Yolanda Yallup, Briana Stacona
Bottom: Sharice Johnson, Whitley Ruiz, Shirelle Adams, Kristi Olney.
As with every sport, basket
ball does have certain challenges.
For this team, Ruiz said, the
Tribal member students hold challenges are w ithin them
the majority on the girls’ varsity- selves— “In a good way,” she
basketball team at Madras High added.
School this year.
All of the players said that
Seven students from Warm more community support is key
Springs play on the varsity team: to their success.
Jacoba Smith, Shirelle Adams,
“Come support us,” Stacona
S h arice Jo h n so n , Jaycelen e said. “It’s early in the season but
Frank, Yolanda Yallup, B riana. it would feel good to have the
Stacona and Whitley Ruiz.
support.”
In their league, Stacona said,
So far this season the girls’
“We’re the Indian team.”
team has won two games and
The players said no other lost one.
team features such a large
Kristi Olney, Destry Begay
amount of tribal players.
All of the girls enjoy playing
b ask e tb all at M adras H igh
School, they said, and have also
competed together in outside
tournaments.
As for the high school team,
Johnson said, “It’s more orga
nized than playing Rez Ball.”
“It’s basically the same team
as last year,” Stacona said. “We
have two new players.”
The girls agreed that all of
the players bring something to
the team.
“E veryone
has
th eir
strengths and w eakn esses,”
Smith said.
According to Stacona, “We’re
trying to focus on bringing it all
together and being just one
team.”
B y L e s lie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
Leslie Mitts photos
and Maris s a Ahern play for the
junior varsity team, while Jillisa
Suppah,
K arlen
Y allup
Katherine Quaid, Dena Tho
mas, Roschena Sargeant and
Angela Beilanger play for the
freshman team.
The girls’ basketball teams
are facing new challenges this
year after changing leagues and
divisions.
The team will compete this
year in the 5A league in the In
termountain Conference Divi
sion.
D uring prior seasons the
team competed at the 3A level.
The boys’ varsity basket
ball players at Madras High
School couldn’t put their fin
gers on why they enjoy bas
ketball so much.
“Because it’s fun,” was the
general consensus.
A lb ert A dam s, R obert
M ain, D errick M etcalf,
Jansen Harrington and Lo
gan Kneeland all play for
the boys’ varsity basketball
team.
The boys emphasized the
need for continuing commu
nity support.
“There’s a lot of people
that come out,” Adams said.
“It’s like half the gym.”
The players said that because
of the number of tribal mem
bers on the junior varsity and
freshman teams, they often see
a large amount of tribal mem
bers at the games.
“It helps,” Adams added.
“We want to get more ‘skins’
to com e to the gam es,”
Kneeland said.
So far this season the boys’
varsity team has won three
games and lost one.
“We’ve been doing pretty
good,” Adams said. “We had
one bad game.”
Playing for the junior varsity
team are Albert Kalama, Freddy
H ernandez, Terence W olfe,
Sean Sohappy, R ichard
H arrington and LaRonn
Katchia.
The freshman team play
ers from Warm Springs are
R edsky Suppah, M artin
Smith-Meannealy, Spencer
Ellsbury, Jason Smartlowit,
Damian Reynoso and Tyrell
Smith.
The boys’ basketball team
changed from the 3A league
to the 5A league in the In
term ountain C onference
League for the 2006-07 sea
son.
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