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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Cougars co-ed tourneys this month
The Warm Springs Cou-
gars All Indian Sixth-Grade
and Under, and Eighth-
Grade and Under Co-Ed
basketball tournaments are
coming up this month.
The tourneys are set for
Friday through Sunday, Feb.
26-28 at the Community
Center gym. The awards for
each tournament include:
Ten Championship Pull-
overs. Ten runner-up
crewnecks. Finalist t-shirts
(for third- and fourth); and
All-Tourney teams. The
Eighth-Grade and Under
tourney will include an MVP
award.
For more information con-
tact Austin Greene, tourna-
ment director, at PO Box 42,
Warm Springs, OR 97761. Or
email:
austin.greene@wstribes.org
You can reach him by
February 3, 2016
North End Express tourney
phone at 541-553-1953(h); or
553-3243(work and message
phone.)
The Warm Springs Cou-
gars All Indian Sixth-Grade
and Under and Eighth-Grade
and Under Co-ed tourna-
ments are sponsored by the
Cougars Youth Basketball
Organization; the Recreation
Department; and the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs.
Australia
bound
Springs Nation (above) won the men’s division of the 2016 North End Express
Tournament, held in January in Warm Springs. Smashtown (below) won the
women’s division. The tourney was hosted by Warm Springs Recreation.
Tyler Anderson is
raising funds to make a
trip to run cross country
in Australia.
Tyler won First Team All
State Honors on the
2016 Oregon State
Cross Country Team.
Tyler runs for the
Madras White Buffalos
Cross Country Team.
The organization Sports
Down Under chose 300
cross country runners,
from several countries,
to attend the Nineteenth
Annual summer race in
Australia.
Tyler was among the
select group who will
make the trip, which for
Tyler will also involve a
stop in Hawaii.
Courtesy photo.
Jayson Smith photos.
Skywalker youth basketball league starting at center
The War m Springs
Skywalker Youth Basketball
League is getting started this
week.
This is a co-ed basketball
league for youth ages 6-12.
The cost is free.
Practice is from 4 to 5:30
p.m. on Mondays for youth
of all ages. For youth ages 6
and 7, practice is on Tuesdays.
For youth 8 to 10, practice is
on Wednesdays; and for 11
and 12 year olds, practice is
on Thursdays.
The time is from 4 to
5:30 p.m. at the community
center gym. This is a youth
basketball league sponsored
by Warm Springs Prevention
and the Community Wellness
Center programs.
About 77 youth have al-
ready signed up for the
Fitness Challenge
league, but more are wel-
come, said Reina Estimo,
Health and Human Services
community planner.
If you have questions,
call Recreation at 541-553-
3243.
Cougars 16-and-under tourney coming up in March
Courtesy W.S. Diabetes Prevention
The Warm Springs Youth
Organization in March will
host the 2016 Warm Springs
Cougars All Indian Teen Boys
16 Years and Under Basket-
ball Tournament.
The tourney is set for
March 18-20 at the Commu-
nity Wellness Center. The en-
try deadline is set for Friday,
March 4. The fee is $200
per team.
Awards: ten Champion-
ship Jackets; ten runner-up
hooded jackets; ten third-
place crews; and ten fourth-
place t-shirts. Individual
awards include MVP, Mr.
Hustle; and 10 All Tourney
players.
For more information,
contact Austin Greene, tour-
ney director; PO Box 42,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Good month in January for MHS girls
The Madras High School
girls varsity basketball team
has a home game coming up
on Tuesday, Feb. 9, against
Estacada.
The played at home ear-
lier this week (after the print
time for this publication)
against Corbett. They play at
Summit on Friday, Feb. 5.
The girls had a winning
streak toward the end of
January, beating Estacada
(69-58), Gladstone (43-35),
and Crook County (56-20).
Then last Friday they
played at Molalla, which won
70-64.
The MHS boys varsity
team has away games, Feb. 5
and 9, at Summit and
Estacada. The boys are at
home on Feb. 12 against
Gladstone.
In other winter sports at
the high school: The varsity
wrestling team has an away
meet on February 6 (Cottage
Grove), and then host Pine
High School on February 11.
CRITFC announces 2016 winter fishery
The Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
announced these fishing
regulations:
Commercial
Fishery
Gillnet
Area: The Dalles and
John Day Pools only.
Dates/Times: Now
through 6 p.m. on Saturday,
February 13.
Gear: Gillnets with no
mesh size restriction.
Allowable Sales: Stur-
geon from 43 to 54 inches
fork length, salmon (any spe-
cies), steelhead, walleye, bass,
carp, catfish, shad, and yel-
low perch may be sold or
kept for subsistence pur-
poses. Fish landed during the
open periods are allowed to
be sold after the period con-
cludes.
Sanctuaries:
River
mouth and dam closed areas
applicable to gillnet gear are
in effect. The Spring Creek
Hatchery sanctuary is not in
affect this time of year.
Additional commercial gillnet
fishing time is expected. Bonneville
pool fishing will be scheduled at a
later date.
Zone 6 platform and
hook and line fishery
Area: All of Zone 6.
Dates/Times: Now
through 6 p.m. on Monday,
March 21.
Gear: Hoop nets, dip bag
nets, dip nets, hook and line.
Allowable Sales: Salmon
(any species), steelhead, shad,
carp, catfish, walleye, bass,
and yellow perch may be sold
or retained for subsistence.
Sales of fish are allowed
after the fishing period as
long as they were landed dur-
ing the open period.
Sturgeon of legal size for
that pool may be sold only if
caught during open commer-
cial gillnet periods for that
pool. Sturgeon from 43-54”
fork length in the John Day
and The Dalles pools and
from 38-54” in the Bonneville
Pool may be retained for sub-
sistence.
For current information re-
garding tributary fishing regu-
lations, please contact tribal fish-
ery departments directly, 541-
553-2001.
You can reach him by email
at:
Austin.greene@wstribes.org
Or call 541-553-1953(h);
or the Recreation office at
553-3243.
Congratulations to the November Fitness winners:
Sylvia McCabe, Melissa Danzuka and Emily
Dionne, of Team Platypus (above wearing the
prize fleece jackets - not pictured from the team
are Kristin Nilles and Andrea Sohappy).
The jackets were provided by the Wellness Team,
led by Edmund Francis.