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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Registration
open for
W.S. Little
League
MLB grievance on
behalf of Ellsbury
Early bird registration for
Warm Springs Nation Little
League is now open.
You can sign up at the
Warm Springs community
Center. For more informa-
tion contact Edmund at
541-325-3856. You can find
the flyer on kwso.org
Click the ‘news and info’
tab and choose ‘event flyers’
from the drop down menu.
Buffalos
hoops in
January
The Madras High School
boys varsity basketball team
travels to Sisters High School
on Tuesday, January 7.
Game time is at 7 p.m.
The boys are at Mountain
View in Bend on Friday,
January 10; and at Valley
Catholic in Beaverton the
following Friday, January 17.
The boys varsity has a home
game against Corbett on
Tuesday, January 21.
The girls varsity team is
also at Sisters on Tuesday,
January 7. Game time at 5:30
p.m. The girls are home
against Mountain View on
January 10; and home
against Valley Catholic on
January 17. Game times are
7 p.m.
January 1, 2020
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Congrats to the December 2019 Seaside tournament Most Valuable
Player, Warm Springs’ own Dapri Miller, pictured here with his Madras
White Buffalos teammates.
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Congratulations to the Lil’ Tigers, 10-and-under Co-Ed champs at the
December 2019 Cougars Holiday Classic, Warm Springs.
Students invited
to WSU Native
appreciation
game, summit
All sixth- through twelfth-grade students are in-
vited in February to the Washington State University
Native American Appreciation Basketball Game and
Sports Summit. The game and summit will be on
Sunday, February 23 at the Washington State campus
in Pullman, Washington.
The event is hosted by the Washington State Uni-
versity Native American programs and Cougar Ath-
letics. Sixth- through twelfth-grade students of the
Confederated Tribes are invited to the campus for
the Cougars women’s basketball game against USC.
Following the game will be the sports summit, featur-
ing keynote speaker Mack Strong, former Seattle
Seahawk fullback.
Students are then invited to join in the discussion
with a panel of current Washington State student ath-
letes. Middle and high school students who plan to
attend: Be sure to bring lots of questions, and get the
lowdown on the skills—and grades—it takes to get a
college athletic scholarship, along with tips on how to
be a successful college student athlete.
All students attending the Native Youth Sports
Summit will receive a t-shirt and complimentary ad-
mission to the Cougars vs. Trojans women’s basket-
ball game. Here is the February 23 schedule:
11:30 a.m.: Washington State vs. USC at the Beasley
Coliseum.
1:30 p.m.: Lunch at the Bohler gym.
2:30-4 p.m.: Sports Summit at the Bohler gym.
4 p.m.: Optional campus tours.
The event is open to students in grades 6-12. Fam-
ily is welcome too. Deadline for registration is Febru-
ary 16. Register at
native.wsu.edu/sports-summit/
The Major League
Baseball Players Associa-
tion has filed a grievance
against the New York
Yankees on behalf of
Jacoby Ellsbury.
The grievance is to re-
gain the remaining $26
million due to Mr.
Ellsbury, outfielder.
Jacoby grew up in
Warm Springs, where he
played Little League ball.
He then played at Ma-
dras High School and
Oregon State before join-
ing the Major Leagues.
Mr. Ellsbury is an en-
rolled member of the
Colorado River Indian
Tribes, and the first
American Indian of Na-
vajo descent to play Ma-
jor League Baseball.
In 2011 Jacoby was
named American League
Comeback Player of the
Year, and was named to
the American League All-
Star team. He won a Gold
Glove and a Silver Slug-
ger Award, becoming the
first Red Sox player in his-
tory to be a member of
the 30–30 club. That year
he was the runner-up to
Justin Verlander for the
American League Most
Valuable Player Award.
He led the American
League in stolen bases
three times—in 2008,
2009, and 2013—and was
on the World Series
championship Red Sox
teams of 2007 and 2013.
Jacoby Ellsbury
He then joined the Yan-
kees in 2014.
The Yankees con-
verted Ellsbury’s $153
million, seven-year con-
tract to non-guaranteed,
contending he violated
the deal by getting unau-
thorized medical treat-
ment, then released the
36-year-old outfielder on
November 20. The Yan-
kees said he was treated
by Dr. Viktor Bouquette
of Progressive Medical
Center in Atlanta without
the team’s permission.
Ellsbury contends any
treatment he received
without authorization
was for a non-baseball-
related injury or condi-
tion, which does not re-
quire the club’s consent.
Ellsbury has not
played since 2017 be-
cause of a variety of ail-
ments. He is owed more
than $21.1 million for
2020 plus a $5 million
buyout of a $21 million
team option for 2021.