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Henry Coughlan took second to help the Wallowa Valley
cross country team to a third-place fi nish Saturday.
Outlaws open in
second, third
Observer staff
The Wallowa Valley cross
country team, the combined
Enterprise, Wallowa and
Joseph co-op, opened the
season with a pair of strong
fi nishes at the Runners Soul
XC Fest Saturday in Herm-
iston, with the girls team
placing third and the boys
placing second.
Four members of the
Outlaw girls, who scored
86 points and trailed only
Kennewick and Hermis-
ton, placed in the top 25.
Ellyse Tingelstad led the
way in fourth (21:05.01)
and Kyla Hook followed in
13th (22:08.57). In 21st and
23rd were Lucrezia Cur-
cio (23:44.32) and Maddie
Nordtvedt (23:56.91). Mary
Catherine Matthews round-
ed out the top fi ve Outlaws
in 36th (25:06.20).
Jaimee Baxter led the
Union/Cove Bobcats, who
took fi fth with 108 points, by
fi nishing sixth in 21:06.02.
Union then had a cluster of
runners between 26th and
35th — Danielle O’Reilly
(24:12.91, 26th), Kaitlin Mar-
tens (24:17.18, 28th), Audrey
Wells (24:43.80, 32nd) and
Audrey Hill (24:56.38, 35th).
Jacki Martini and Corbyn
Sexton both fi nished in the
top 20 to lead La Grande,
which was seventh with 160
points. Martini fi nished 16th
(22:13.72) and Sexton came
in 19th (23:31.29). A pair
of freshmen followed with
Delia Gulzow placing 39th
(25:27.80) and Anne Sweet in
49th (27:20.08). Bella Gulzow
rounded out the Tigers’ top
fi ve in 62nd (29:11.63).
EASTERN
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a 13-yard run with 10:30 to
play in the game.
The Mountaineers’ next
drive ended when they were
stopped on fourth down, but
they got one more chance
with two minutes to play,
and they took advantage.
EOU drove 70 yards in 10
plays on the winning drive,
and twice converted a fourth
down — once on a Quinn 14-
yard pass to Josh Mendoza,
and once on a SOU pass
interference. Quinn then
threw the winning strike to
Wilkerson to complete the
comeback and seal Eastern’s
fi rst win of the season.
The teams traded four
fi rst-quarter interceptions
as they struggled to fi nd
their footing. EOU got roll-
ing in the second, taking a
10-7 lead on a Kaler Moore
12-yard run and pushing the
margin to 10 on Victor Dias’
12-yard reception.
Jordan Suell hauled in a
33-yard scoring reception for
SOU to cut the gap to 17-14
at the half, and the score
held there until the fourth.
Quinn fi nished 27-for-49
Elgin’s lone runner for the
girls, Anika Jacobson, was
27th in a time of 24:15.99.
The Outlaw boys trailed
only West Valley (Yakima) as
they scored 89 points to take
second, and put two run-
ners in the top fi ve. Henry
Coughlan (16:44.20) came
in second, and Zac Knapp
(17:05.58) placed fourth.
Brenden Moore (19:10.74)
followed in 28th, while
John Matthews (19:22.74)
was 30th and Ian Goodrich
(19:37.93) was 36th.
Union/Cove was close
behind, taking third on the
boys side with 97 points. The
Bobcats had three in the top
15 and four in the top 21.
Andrew Lackey (17:29.16)
led the team in 10th, with
Taylor Fox (17:59.77) in 13th,
Israel O’Reilly (18:26.34) in
15th and Carter Blackburn
(18:59.14) in 21st. Monte
Kirby rounded out the top
fi ve for Union/Cove in 48th
(20:09.58).
The La Grande boys
scored 194 points to place
seventh. Cristian Mendoza
(17:16.45) led the Tigers
in fi fth. Braxton Bisenius
(19:05.23) followed in 26th.
Donald Sweet (20:13.26)
placed 50th, Garrett Street
(20:39.33) was 58th and
Caleb Murie (21:49.47) was
76th.
Elgin, which was 13th,
was led by Kaden McClure
in 42nd at 19:59.83. Kevin
Hendrickson (22:25.13) was
79th, the only other Husky to
crack the top 80.
The teams are back in ac-
tion Friday at the Catherine
Creek Scamper in Union.
passing. Wilkerson, who
converted from quarterback
to wide receiver ahead of the
season, had seven catches for
65 yards. Conner Falk added
fi ve grabs for 55 yards.
The Mountaineers also
won the ground-game battle.
A week after allowing Col-
lege of Idaho to amass 377
yards, EOU held Southern
to just 96 yards rushing, and
itself gained 151. Moore and
Dias were the top rushers for
EOU, with 53 and 45 yards,
respectively.
Hutchinson was 19-for-30
for 177 yards for SOU and
was also the Raiders’ top
rusher with 64 yards. He was
sacked four times — three
times by Sage Delong, who
had a team-best eight tack-
les. Zack Jacobs, meanwhile,
had both interceptions. The
total yardage allowed by
Eastern (273 yards) was its
fewest since allowing 280
against Montana Tech in a
road game last fall.
EOU (1-1 overall, 1-1
Frontier) hosts Montana
Tech in its home opener
Saturday. The Orediggers
(0-1, 0-1) are coming off a 28-
14 loss to College of Idaho in
their season opener.
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