SPORTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
THE OBSERVER — 7A
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
PREP VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP
Bobcats stage furious rally Tigers win pool, but drop
bracket play matches
Observer staff
The Union Bobcats ral-
lied twice from a 28-point
deficit and scored the final
30 points of the game to stun
the Wallowa Cougars, 42-40,
Friday in Union.
Wallowa dominated the
first half, leading 28-0, and
was still up 40-12 late in the
third.
But Union got within 20
after three quarters, scored
twice in the fourth to get
within a touchdown, then
took the lead on a 40-yard
interception return by Gan-
non Carreiro and the ensu-
ing 2-point conversion with
about three minutes to play.
Cameron Dillman had
167 yards rushing and three
touchdowns for Union, and
added a 90-yard kickoff
return for a score. Jace
Phillips added 105 yards
rushing and a touchdown.
Wallowa fell short despite
amassing 403 yards rushing,
and 551 yards total. Tristin
Bales (193 yards rushing)
and Zeb Ramsden (183) led
the Cougars’ rushing attack,
while Lute Ramsden added
148 yards passing.
Union (2-2 overall) visits
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Friday,
while Wallowa (0-5) visits
Pine Eagle Friday.
Also Friday
IMBLER FALLS TO ROCKETS
The Imbler Panthers hung
close to Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
in the first half before the
Rockets pulled away for a
74-26 win Friday in Spe-
cial District 3-West play in
Imbler.
Isaac Herron had 131
yards rushing and two first-
quarter touchdowns for the
Panthers. Jayce Burnette
added 73 yards rushing and
a touchdown and threw a
15-yard TD pass to Chance
Goodman.
Pilot Rock used a pair
of first-half kickoff return
touchdowns to help build
an 38-26 halftime lead, then
scored 36 straight points in
the second half to pull away.
The Rockets finished with
398 yards rushing, and 438
total yards.
Imbler had 267 yards, 223
of which came on the ground.
The Panthers (1-4 overall,
0-3 SD3-W) host Dufur
Friday.
LEOPARDS START
STRONG BEFORE SPAR-
TANS WIN
The Cove Leopards turned
in their best half of football
this season, and trailed just
8-6 at halftime before the
Pine Eagle Spartans pulled
away for a 46-6 win Friday
in Special District 3-East
action.
“We came prepared for a
battle and played strong (in
the) first half, ending it with
a score,” head coach Levi
Wiseman said.
Chase Tennis caught a
pass from Bo Ledbetter for a
touchdown to make it a two-
point game at the half before
Pine Eagle asserted itself.
“Our team is improving
each week,” Wiseman said.
Cove (0-4 overall, 0-3 SD3-
E) travels to Crane Friday.
MUSTANGS TOP BADGERS
The Powder Valley Bad-
gers fell short in a Special
District 3-East matchup on
the road against the Crane
Mustangs Friday, 60-36.
Powder Valley (3-2 overall,
2-2 SD3-E) hosts Adrian/Jor-
dan Valley Friday.
Saturday
EAGLES ROLL AGAIN
The Joseph Eagles moved
to 3-0 on the season with
yet another blowout victory,
61-6, over Sherman/Condon
at home Saturday.
Carson Littlepage led
the Eagles’ offense with
216 rushing yards and four
touchdowns, and also caught
a touchdown pass. Trace
Collier threw 143 yards and
three scores. Juston Rodgers
had 11 tackles and Littlep-
age added nine to lead the
defense for the Eagles.
The Eagles (3-0 overall)
visit undefeated South Wasco
County Friday. It’s a rematch
of Joseph’s closest game since
starting 6-man football, a 27-
16 home win when the teams
met a year ago.
Prep Cross Country
The Union/Cove Bobcats
had a trio of top 10 runners at
the Pasco Bulldog Invite Sat-
urday in Pasco, Washington.
Taylor Fox led the Bobcat
boys taking seven, with
teammate Andrew Lackey
following in eighth, and
Israel O’Reilly in 13th.
For the Union/Cove girls,
Jaimee Baxter placed eighth
and Audrey Wells was 17th.
Times were not available,
and results for La Grande
were not available.
Prep Girls Soccer
The La Grande Tigers saw
their six-game winning streak
come to an end with a 4-0 loss
on the road at Corvallis.
Both Starra Ullman and
Audrey Garlitz had three
shots on goal for the Tigers.
La Grande (7-2 overall)
returns to Greater Oregon
League action Saturday
when it travels to Baker.
Observer staff
The La Grande Tigers won their pool at
the North Marion Tournament, defeating
two teams and splitting with a third, then
dropped both bracket play matches.
The Tigers swept Gladstone (25-14,
25-12) and Molalla (25-18, 25-16), and split
with Vernonia (25-22, 26-27). In bracket
play, La Grande fell to Tillamook (25-15,
25-19) and North Marion (26-24, 25-21) to
go two-and-out.
“I felt like in the morning we played our
game and did what we could. In bracket
play, against Tillamook especially, we didn’t
play our game,” head coach Melinda Becker-
Bisenius said. “On a different day, we beat
those teams.”
On the day, Kenzie Williams had 43
assists, 26 digs, 12 kills and five aces. Jacie
Howton led with 44 assists, and had 10 digs
and five aces. Jayce Seavert led the offense
with 37 kills, added 39 digs on defense and
four aces. Presley Justice chipped in with 23
kills and 34 digs, Felicity Houston had 38
digs, and Jaiden Hafer had five aces.
La Grande (16-3 overall) visits Pendleton
Tuesday.
Also
COUGARS SWEEP TWO ROAD MATCHES
The Wallowa Cougars picked up two wins
on the road over the weekend, sweeping the
Griswold Grizzlies, 25-11, 25-19, 25-6, and
the Nixyaawii Golden Eagles, 25-17, 25-11,
25-11.
Against Griswold, Shanna Rae Tillery
had eight kills, five aces and 32 digs. Ashlyn
Young led with seven aces, and Libby Fisher
added two blocks.
Against Nixyaawii, Jamie Johnston had
nine kills, three blocks and 18 digs. Young
added 17 digs.
“Communication is key for us,” head
coach Janea Hulse said. “We have been
working tirelessly on improving that part
of our game. These are a bunch of very tal-
ented girls that can do great things. As long
as they keep that in mind and trust each
other, they do great things.”
Wallowa (16-6 overall, 7-2 Old Oregon
League) visits Elgin Tuesday.
OUTLAWS SPLIT, GET FIRST BMC WIN
The Enterprise Outlaws split their three-
way matches in John Day Saturday, falling
to Grant Union, 16-25, 25-13, 25-21, 25-21,
but beating Pilot Rock, 25-28, 25-9, 25-16, to
earn their first Blue Mountain Conference
win of the season.
Ashlyn Gray had seven kills in the loss to
the Prospectors and added four aces. Maci
Marr had five kills, Claire Farwell had 24
digs and Carsyn Miller had nine assists.
“We played close with GU for most of the
match, but found ourselves in trouble when
we let them focus on offense,” head coach
Lisa Farwell said.
Against Pilot Rock, Miller had three aces,
Zari Bathke had four kills and Rylin Kirk-
land had five assists.
“We played well against Pilot Rock and
finally showed the confidence necessary to
win three sets in a row,” Farwell said.
Enterprise (8-10 overall, 1-5 BMC) faces
Union and Heppner Saturday in Union.
Friday
LEOPARDS ROLL
The Cove Leopards ran over the Pine
Eagle Spartans in an Old Oregon League
contest Friday, winning at home 25-7, 25-14,
25-14.
Elli Hines-Dunlap led Cove with nine
kills, Kierra Moore added eight kills and
Rachel Baird had four kills. Mykiah Over-
ton added a 95% passing rate and Raegan
Duby had a 93% passing rate.
Cove (12-5 overall, 5-3 OOL) is at Imbler
Thursday.
EAGLES GET PAST HUSKIES
The Elgin Huskies fell short in a tight
four-set match against the Joseph Eagles
Friday, dropping the home Old Oregon
League contest, 25-20, 27-29, 25-22, 25-21.
Tymra Anderson had a strong all-around
game for Elgin with five kills, 16 digs, seven
blocks and five aces. Shelby Sannar had 19
assists and five kills, Jayden Palmer had 10
kills and Maddison Harvey added seven.
Stats were not available for Joseph.
The Eagles (9-11 overall, 3-3 OOL) visit
Imbler Tuesday, while Elgin (7-10, 3-5)
hosts Wallowa.
BADGERS BURY CRANE
The Powder Valley Badgers picked up their
15th consecutive win Friday, sweeping the
Crane Mustangs, 25-10, 25-16, 25-10. Stats
were not available. The Badgers (21-1 overall)
host both Adrian and Jordan Valley Friday.
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Elgin’s Jordon Palmer, right, heads upfield after snagging one of his two interceptions
during Friday’s game against Adrian/Jordan Valley.
HUSKIES
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with 76 yards rushing and
53 yards passing in a little
less than a quarter, went
down on the next defensive
series. After that, Elgin’s
offense struggled to find a
rhythm for nearly a quar-
ter, during which time the
Antelopes went on a 42-0
run to pull ahead 48-14 on a
24-yard touchdown run by
quarterback Conley Martin
with 1:35 to play in the first
half.
That’s when Elgin showed
its never-say-die mentality.
McKay, who took over at
quarterback, broke loose for a
26-yard touchdown run just
before the half. The Huskies
opened the third quarter with
a 7-yard McKay touchdown
on fourth and goal — one set
up by a 62-yard run by the
junior — to get within 48-28.
“They showed pretty good
heart,” McKay said of his
team. “At first I knew I just
had to get the team back
up. It was fun after that. We
couldn’t really stop their of-
fense, but our offense stayed
right in there with theirs.”
Martin found Wade Bond
for a 22-yard touchdown for
the Antelopes on their next
possession, but Elgin struck
back through the air. McKay
hooked up with Cody Harvey
for a 45-yard completion,
and the duo connected again
two plays later for a 20-yard
score to stay within 54-34.
The touchdown put Elgin
within a stop and a score of
making the game interest-
ing.
“We’re used to just grind-
ing out. We have that never
quit, (never) give up attitude.
That’s how we were taught,”
Huskies’ receiver Jordon
Palmer said.
Adrian/Jordan Valley,
though, pulled away as it
scored the next 30 points.
Martin scored from a yard
out to start the run and push
the margin to 28, and Bond
returned a punt 82 yards for
a score early in the fourth to
make it 84-34.
Joe Lathrop added a late
touchdown for Elgin for the
final margin.
Martin finished with 239
yards passing, 139 rushing
and 10 touchdowns — four
passing and six rushing —
for the Antelopes.
McKay, in what he said
was his first action ever at
quarterback, finished with
126 yards passing. He also
rushed for 115 yards and
had 29 yards receiving, and
he scored a touchdown pass-
ing, rushing and receiving.
Harvey had 127 yards
receiving and also grabbed
an interception on defense.
Palmer added 23 yards
receiving and also had an
impact on defense, grabbing
two second-quarter intercep-
tions to keep Elgin around
before it regained some
rhythm on offense.
“I was just going out in
coverage, seeing the ball and
got it,” he said of the picks. “I
was hoping to kickstart the
defense and offense for us.”
Rysdam said he is hopeful
Simpson will be back in time
for the Huskies’ regular
season finale at Crane on
Oct. 25.
“It’s football. We gotta
keep fighting. I told the guys,
they’re all from hardworking
families, we got a lot of work
to do now,” he said.
The team did show,
though, that it can play even
without its headline-making
quarterback.
“It’s going to be a big loss if
he can’t come back, but we’ll
be just fine,” McKay said.
The Huskies (4-1 overall,
3-1 Special District 3-East)
are off until Oct. 18 when
they host Pine Eagle.
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