The Canyon Weekly December 28, 2011
Volume 2, Issue 52
News and Life - For Our Side of the Mountain!
Serving the communities of Lyons, Mehama, Elkhorn, Mill City, Gates, Niagra, Detroit, Breitenbush, Idanha and Marion Forks
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Happy New Year! From all of us at The Canyon Weekly :) Santiam Girls basketball wins 2011 Bandon Holiday Invitational All Santiam players awarded 2011 Sportsmanship Award for enthusiasm, manners and conduct
By Randy LaFollett, Girls Basketball Coach
The Santiam Wolverine Girls Basketball team won three games to take first place at the Bandon Dunes Holiday Tournament on December 19-21. The Lady Wolverines defeated teams from Myrtle Point, Blanchett Catholic and Jefferson High School. This is the 2nd year the team has participated; in 2010, the team placed 4th. In the first game, on Monday, the Wolverines faced a tough Myrtle Point defense, but were able to pull out a 35-30 victory. JJ Halemeier led the team in scoring with 12
points. She also had 9 rebounds. Freshman Hannah Thompson also scored 9 points for the Wolverines. OnTuesday, the Lady Wolverines faced the highly rated Blanchett Catholic from Salem. They held the lead from start to finish and beat Blanchett 48-33. Brittney Thompson went six for six from the field and led all scorers with 13 points and hauled in 7 rebounds. JJ Halemeier had 9 points and 7 rebounds. Harley Davidson, Olivia Santos and Hannah Thompson each scored 7 points in the win. Wednesday’s Championship game featured Santiam vs. the Lions of Jefferson High School. In this exciting game, Jefferson led the contest at the end of the third quarter by 10 points. A determined fourth quarter by the Lady Wolverines led to a comeback. Santiam out-scored Jefferson 16 to 4 to steal the victory and the championship. Hannah Thompson led the team in scor-
ing with 19 points including 4 three point baskets. JJ Halemeier had 7 points. Harley Davidson and Brittney Thompson each had 5 rebounds for the team. Santiam players selected for the All Tournament team were JJ Halemeier and Brittney Thompson. In addition, Santiam High School was also awarded the 2011 Sportsmanship Award. This was the first year the Bandon Tournament presented this award. The Bandon Booster club decided to present this award as a part of the tournament because they were so impressed by sportsmanship of the Santiam teams in 2010. In presenting the award the Bandon Booster Club recognized Santiam High School students for their enthusiasm, manners and conduct throughout the tournament.
These Christmas riders took advantage of the beautiful weather in Gates last week by riding through town handing out candy canes to kids. Left to right: Marty Vavre of Gates (with her dog Fenwick) riding Foskiss, Larry Adkins of Scio riding Bobbie, Donna Randall of Lacomb riding Bellagio and Randee Randall of Lacomb riding Nico.
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