Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July Í7, 2 0 0 8
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Team wins memorial tournament
B y L e s lie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
A team o f local pool players
w on the Wayne Schjoll M emo
rial Tournam ent recently.
C hief Smith, Pearl Van Pelt,
Selena Boise and Louie Smith
w on the mixed doubles tourna
m ent hosted in h onor o f the late
Wayne Schjoll over father’s day
weekend.
Schjoll was killed in a m otor
cycling accident earlier this year.
T he well-known businessm an
ow ned several businesses, in
cluding the Rialto Tavern where
the tournam ent was held.
Clint Smith and Karla Bagley-
Tias served as tournam ent di
rectors.
“It was to honor the memory
o f Wayne Schjoll,” Smith ex
plained. “H is son w an ted to
have a memorial tournam ent so
he asked m e and Karla Bagley-
Tias if we could put on a tour
nam ent in memory o f him.”
A c c o rd in g to S m ith , 17
‘teams played in the tournament,
including teams from Washing
ton, P ortland and throughout
Chief s team went undefeated to win the tournament. Left to
right: Chief Smith, Pearl VanPelt, Selena Boise, Louie Smith.
C e n tra l O re g o n — in c lu d in g
se v e ra l te a m s fro m W arm
Springs.
Four people played on each
team. D uring the double-elimi
nation tournament, everyone on
th e w in n e r’s side co m p leted
matches in a race to win seven
total matches. O n the losing side
o f the bracket, teams competed
to win 5 matches.
As for w hether the event will
be held again next year, Smith
said he thinks that is very likely.
“T hat’s still kind o f up in the
air right now but I think the fam
ily would like to make it an an
nual, yearly thing,” Smith said.
Smith also wanted to thank
all the players for participating,
as well as the vendors w ho do
nated items for the raffle and
fo r prizes, tro p h ies, jackets,
sweatshirts and t-shirts.
Thanks to all the players for
participating. More than likely
its going to be an annual thing.
We w ant to thank a lot o f the
vendors that donated items for
the raffle and for the prizes, the
trophies and the jackets and
sweatshirts and t-shirts.
A team from W ashington
took second place at the tour
nament, while Team Hideaway
took third.
Courtesy photo.
Donte Smith pitches for the Jefferson County All Stars, 10- and 11 -year-olds, at the
recent Little League district tournament in Redmond. The team, coached by Tiger Van
Pelt and Alvis Smith III, won their game against the Hermiston All Stars, but lost to the
North Bend All Stars, and to the Bend South All Stars, who were the eventual
tournament champions.
Youth tackle football league taking sign-ups
Jefferson County youth foot
ball is a tackle football league
com prised o f two age groups
o f p lay ers fro m J e f fe rs o n
County. Fourth- and fifth-grad
ers are com bined; and sixth-
graders have their own squad.
T he league is sponsored by
B end M etro P ark and Recre-
ation District.
All equipm ent is provided,
w ith the exception o f m outh
guards and shoes. Cost o f the
program is $110.
Practices are twice a week
starting in mid August and last
all season.
G am es start in Septem ber
and go through O ctober and are
played on Sunday afternoons in
Prineville and Bend.
Applications can be picked up
at the Spilyay Tymoo or the Ma
dras Pioneer.
For m ote inform ation, con
tact Carl Lindgren at 475-7379.
Red Mt. Warriors
Starr Memorial Family Tourney
Raffle
The Co-ed tournament will
b e A u g u st 2 2 -2 4 a t th e
M uckleshoot Ballfields.
E ntry fee is $150. Prizes
to be announced. For infor
m a tio n , c o n ta c t F lo re n c e
Starr at (253) 886-9130.
The Second Annual
Co-Ed Round Robin
youth softball tourna
ment is set for July 25 at the
W arm S p rin g s ball fields.
Drawing to be held July 25
(Need not be present to win)
Tickets: $1 or 6 for $5
See the following to get
your tickets: Shawn a Tom,
Teola Tom, LeRon Tom,
V a l Squiemphen.
Team or parents may sign
their children up at CPS no
later than July 18, For infor
m ation call Berni Jackson-
Spino at 553-3209.
P roceeds to h elp 8th &
9th g ra d e C o-ed B a sk et
b a ll T e a m w ith tr a v e l
e x p e a se s.
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