Peak-to-Peak World Championship
Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament
Annual All-Indian Peak-to-Peak World
Championship Men's and Women's
Basketball Tourney: Held for the past 5 decades in Chiloquin, Oregon, this
traditional tournament host's teams from around the United States and
Canada. 16 Men and Women's teams are invited to take part in
friendly competition through the sport of basketball.
2007 we celebrated our
53rd Year of the tournament.
For more
information contact
Manny Ochoa at (800) 524-9787 ext
During our visit to
Chiloquin and Klamath Falls,
some of the issues presented were; Tribal issues, environmental issues, teen
pregnancy, drug and alcohol use, , youth in small towns.
Some of the tribal issues were; the depletion of their rights and land which
were somewhat restored. The number of sucker fish has been depleted since the
dam was built which has effected the traditions and
rituals. There is a high rate of teenage
pregnancies throughout the whole community. This could be because there are not
many facilities such as Planned Parenthood which could educate both males and
females about safe sex or the importance of abstinence. Recreation and sports
are everywhere in Klamath
County. Camping, fishing
and hiking await every visitor. Lakes and streams are fished for trout,
steelhead and Kokanee. There are many hiking trails
in the area, and for the adventuresome, even mountain climbing. Climbers will
enjoy spectacular views from Pelican Butte and Mt. McLaughlin.
33 is a popular sport, and there are many ski and snowmobile trails in the
north county area, as well as Nordic slopes, lifts and facilities at the Willamette Pass Ski Area. Klamath
County is proud to claim Crater Lake National Park
(shown in the picture below), Oregon's
only National Park. The lodge was recently fully restored and opens for
visitors and guests. While visiting the park, you can take the Rim Drive and
experience the spectacular scenery at each viewpoint. There are narrated hiking
tours and evening programs about the natural history of the park. A favorite
activity is taking a boat excursion out to Wizard Island and the Phantom Ship
Youth migration is also
quite high in this community; as there are not many jobs or opportunities to
further their education other than the Oregon Institute of Technology (the
Athletic Department creates educational opportunities through the medium of
competition at the collegiate level as well as the opportunity to benefit
personal health and fitness to the campus community through the Tech-Fit
facilities and educational classes offered). The stakeholders we spoke with,
during our visit in Klamath Falls
all pointed out that sport in rural cities is a major factor for the community
as a whole. The schools not only benefit from the activities after school but
the students and family members also find that sports could be an avenue for
success. In order to see the true significance of sports one must recognize
that being on a team changes ones perspective from an individual to group (band
of brothers). Sports in this community is very
important as it takes kids off the street and keeps them out of trouble. Entire
communities go to games in support of the individuals who sacrifice their time
for the love of their teammates and the love of the games. We have learned in their lives that it is not
really a sacrifice but a part of growing up that took place along with
development of their skills. People would rather open the newspaper on Saturday
morning after the Friday night football game and see a picture of the
Quarterback rather than another teen pregnancy or an arrest for drug use. As we conclude this research we feel that
sports is not only a way to bring whole communities together but it helps in
the development of teens during the time of their lives when they need it most.
In Klamath county, the
schools within the district have been suffering from a 50% matriculation rate
in which half of the students in a the 2006 graduating
class are dropping out because of reasons stated above. This sends a message to
the teens within the community that education is not a big deal in cities such
as Klamath. Sports could have a positive effect on individuals, by how they
view themselves to the community thus influencing them on their decision
making. For example, students who are a part of a team recognize that one bad
decision could also affect their teammates in such a way that might be
detrimental.
Pride of Klamath
Falls: DAN O’BRIEN
Larry Hunt, a high school arts teacher (at Klamath Falls, Oregon)
interested young O'Brien in the decathlon. Dan was 4th at 84 TAC Juniors as a prep senior then enrolled at University of Idaho
under Coach Mike Keller. Unready for college life he floundered until 1988,
qualified for 88 Olympic Trials while with Duane Hartman at Spokane Community
College, then re-enrolled at Idaho where an injury negated much of his final
year of eligibility.
O'Brien remained in
Moscow, Idaho
area and trained with Keller and nearby Washington State
Coach Rick Sloan. He made a breakthrough in 1990 with initial 8" in Pullman Washington,
and then was runner-up to Dave Johnson at both TAC (8484w) nationals and
Goodwill Games earning him # 4 world ranking. Dan also made the first VISA-USA
national team which provided training and living support. With vault weakness
corrected, O'Brien went to top of world in 91, just missing Daley Thompson's
world record while winning TAC nationals (8844w), then captured his first of
three IAAF world championships in Tokyo.
1992 was as low a
season and as high a season as any decathlete could imagine. At age 25 O'Brien
was primed for prominence and fame. Nike, the show manufacturer, featured
O'Brien and Dave Johnson in an elaborate show promotion featuring Dan and Dave
entitled To be Settled in Barcelona.
Then O'Brien suffered a stress fracture in early spring. He biked, swam, stayed
in shape and went to the Olympic Trials in New Orleans a bit shy of technical training.
Regardless he was on record pace when he missed the opening height in the vault
ruining his Olympic chances. Ten weeks later, at Talence's
DecaStar, he broke Daley Thompson's world record with
a gaudy 8891 total.
But without an
Olympic gold medal O'Brien believed his career would be lacking. So he, Keller
and Sloan planned and executed a virtually perfect Olympiad. In the next four
years Dan went undefeated, won a two more IAAF world titles (Stuttgart and
Goteborg), the Goodwill Games crown (St. Petersburg), and, on a warm August
Atlanta evening in 1996, convincingly won the Olympic gold that the public had
expected four years earlier. In the meantime he had piled up 4 more national
crowns. In the process his lowest score (8682) was virtually better than anyone
else's best score. So dominant was O'Brien that the 90's might be called Dan's
decade.
Unexpectedly Dan,
now 30, did not announce his retirement after his Atlanta Olympic win. He took 97 off, but
trained diligently in 98 wining another Goodwill Games title with world's best
score. In 1999 Czech Tomas Dvorak broke Dan's world record (8994) and Dan
announced his intention to compete with an eye on Sydney and regaining his WR.
Oregon
State University
Like: Oregon State
University
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2007/04/10/news/sports/sports1.txt
http://www.klamathtribes.org/events.html
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2007/04/09/news/sports/sports1.txt
History of Klamath Falls
http://www.ccorphomes.com/OurCommunities/KlamathFalls/Default.aspx
Klamath county link