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SPORTS
8A — THE OBSERVER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019
Cougars hang with Mustangs until fourth quarter, fall 56-40
Observer staff
The Wallowa Cougars pushed
Crane to the limits before falling
short in a wild shootout Friday
night at home, 56-40, in Special
District 3-East action.
Wallowa rallied from a 14-point
defi cit in the third quarter to pull
even at 28-28 on two Lute Rams-
den touchdown passes — one of 80
yards to Tristin Bales and another
of 30 to Ryder Goller. A Lute to
Zeb Ramsden touchdown in the
fourth kept the Cougars within
42-40, but Crane scored the fi nal
two touchdowns to escape with the
win.
Wallowa racked up 526 yards
— including 345 passing from
Lute Ramsden — as the teams
combined for 998 yards of of-
fense. Crane had 391 yards on the
ground.
Zeb Ramsden had 138 yards
rushing and 131 receiving and ac-
counted for four touchdowns. Lute
Ramsden threw four TD passes —
two to Zeb, one to Goller and one to
Bales.
The Cougars (1-6 overall, 1-4
SD3-E) wrap up the season Friday
when they host Cove.
TIGERS KEEP ROLLING
The La Grande Tigers won their
fi nal regular-season road game in
touchdown pass, and the Joseph
Eagles posted their most lopsided
win since moving to 6-man football,
running roughshod over Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler at home Friday,
93-7.
Littlepage also had a kickoff re-
turn for a touchdown and returned
two interceptions for scores in the
blowout win
The Eagles rushed for 279 yards
and nine touchdowns. Juston Rodg-
ers led the team with 75 yards and
a score. Trace Collier was 6-for-8
passing for 149 yards and two
scores, with 94 of those yards going
to Littlepage.
The Eagles (5-0 overall) face
Prairie City/Burnt River Saturday
at the 6-man classic at Sherman
County High School.
HUSKIES BACK ON TRACK
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Wallowa’s Lute Ramsden, right, looks for running room in the
Cougars’ game against Crane Friday.
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outright with a win. A win by Baker
would force a tie for the top spot.
dominant fashion, taking it to win-
less Cottage Grove Friday, 70-6.
Stats were not available.
La Grande (7-0 overall) hosts
Baker Saturday and can lock up
the Greater Oregon League title
EAGLES ANNIHILATE MITCHELL/
SPRAY/WHEELER
Guylen Snyder rushed for 74
yards and four touchdowns, Carson
Littlepage added 64 yards rushing
and two scores and also caught a
Tristan Simpson accounted for
300 yards and six touchdowns in
his fi rst game back from an injury,
and the Elgin Huskies shook off
their fi rst loss with a 50-20 home
win over Pine Eagle Friday in their
regular season home fi nale.
Simpson rushed for 157 yards
and three touchdowns, and was
also 6-for-9 passing for 143 yards
and three scores. All three of his
touchdown passes went to Jordon
Palmer, who accounted for 104
yards receiving.
Wyatt Hallgarth added 51 yards
rushing and a touchdown, and
Andres Schmittle rushed for 61
yards. Elgin outgained Pine Eagle
442-212.
The Huskies (5-1 overall, 4-1
Special District 3-East) travel to
Crane Friday. The winner earns
second and will face Union in the
Special District 3 playoffs Nov. 1,
while the loser gets third and a
matchup with Dufur.
BADGERS RUN PAST COVE
The Powder Valley Badgers went
on the road and secured a 54-0
victory over the Cove Leopards
in Special District 3-East action
Friday.
Stats were not available.
The Badgers (4-3 overall, 3-3
SD3-E) face Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
in their regular-season fi nale at
EOU Thursday, while the Leopards
(0-6, 0-5) travel to Wallowa Friday
to fi nish their season.
PANTHERS DROP FINALE
The Imbler Panthers fi nished
the regular season on the road
with a loss to Ione/Arlington, 41-24,
Friday night.
Stats were not available.
The Panthers fi nish with a
record of 1-6 overall, and 0-5 in
Special District 3-West.
Outlaws split home matches with Grant Union, Pilot Rock
Observer staff
The Enterprise Outlaws
split a three-way match at
home on Saturday, falling in
straight sets to Grant Union,
27-25, 25-22, 25-19, then
sweeping Pilot Rock, 25-8,
25-16, 25-20.
Ashlyn Gray had 10 kills
in the loss to Grant Union.
Rilyn Kirkland added seven
assists, Jada Gray had three
blocks and Claire Farwell
had 22 digs.
In the win against Pilot
Rock, Jada Gray had four
kills, Carsyn Miller added
eight assists and Tishrei
Movich-Fields had three
blocks.
“We played well and made
few errors,” head coach Lisa
Farwell said of the win over
Pilot Rock. “We also man-
aged to get some younger
players some playing time
in the match, and they did
great.”
The Outlaws (9-14 overall,
2-9 Blue Mountain Confer-
ence) wrap up the season
Tuesday when they host
Weston-McEwen.
EAGLES SWEEP FINAL
TWO OPPONENTS
The Joseph Eagles
fi nished the regular season
with two wins in Old Oregon
League action Saturday to
secure a bye in the OOL dis-
trict tournament, sweeping
Nixyaawii 25-15, 25-9, 25-16,
and Griswold, 25-11, 25-15,
25-13.
Sabrina Albee led the way
in both matches with 11
kills, three blocks and six as-
sists against Nixyaawii and
six kills, three blocks and
fi ve aces against Griswold.
Madelyn Nelson added six
assists against Nixyaawii,
and Camille Crenshaw had
while Union (19-3) hosts
Pilot Rock Tuesday with a
chance to fi nish undefeated
in Blue Mountain Confer-
ence play.
Friday
LEOPARDS FALL IN THREE
TO BADGERS
The Cove Leopards fell
in straight sets to Powder
Valley at home Friday night,
25-20, 25-15, 25-16.
Austin Kendall and Kierra
Moore each had four kills for
the Leopards. Mykiah Over-
ton passed at a 94% rate and
Raegan Duby was at 85%.
Enterprise’s Claire Farwell returns a ball during the Out-
laws’ match against Grant Union Saturday.
seven assists and eight digs
against Nixyaawii. Both
Nelson and Molly Curry had
two aces against Griswold.
The Eagles (15-12 overall,
9-3 OOL) face either Elgin
or Imbler in the OOL district
tournament semifi nals
Saturday.
COVE TOPS PINE EAGLE
The Cove Leopards
fi nished the regular season
with a four-set win over
the Pine Eagle Spartans on
Saturday.
Austin Kendall and Kierra
Moore both had seven kills
in the win for Cove. Elli
Hines-Dunlap had fi ve kills
and Rachel Baird added four.
The Leopards (13-8 over-
all, 6-5 OOL) face Wallowa
Saturday in an elimination
match in the Old Oregon
League district tournament
at La Grande High School.
BADGERS FINISH WITH
TWO MORE WINS
Powder Valley fi nished
the season with its 28th and
29th wins, sweeping Nixy-
aawii to wrap up Old Oregon
League play at a perfect 11-0
Saturday, 25-6, 25-9, 25-12,
then edging Union in a
nonleague match in fi ve sets,
25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 18-25,
15-8.
“It was amazing volleyball
played by both teams,” Bad-
gers’ head coach Marji Lind
said of the match against
Union. “The energy in the
gym was electrifying.”
The Badgers (29-1
overall) will face either
Wallowa or Cove in the
OOL semifi nals Saturday
at La Grande High School,
Tiger soccer splits at Mac-Hi
Observer staff
Audrey Garlitz, coming off a seven-goal
performance earlier in the week against
Nyssa, scored four more goals, and Lauran
Rinker scored twice and added two assists
as the La Grande Tigers clinched a share of
the Greater Oregon League title for the ninth
year in a row with a 6-1 road win over the
McLoughlin Pioneers Friday.
“It was a solid, all around performance,” La
Grande head coach Sam Brown said.
La Grande ran in winning streak in GOL
action to 17 matches in a row with the win.
The Tigers have outscored their GOL oppo-
nents this season, 30-1.
Mac-Hi did become the fi rst league op-
ponent to score on La Grande since Baker in
the league opener last fall, ending a streak of
nine straight GOL shutouts. Alexyss Cham-
berlain, though, did record three saves.
La Grande (10-2 overall, 5-0 GOL) fi nishes
league play Saturday at Ontario, and can lock
up the league title outright with a victory.
TIGER BOYS FALL TO PIONEERS 1-0
The La Grande Tigers saw the roles
reversed. Just three weeks after earning
a 1-0 home win against the McLoughlin
Pioneers, Mac-Hi returned the favor with its
own 1-0 home victory in the rematch Friday
in Greater Oregon League action at Milton-
Freewater.
“It was an awesome game,” La Grande
head coach Sid Rangel said. “We had tough
competition and we saw a different Mac-Hi
this time around....We had our chances but
we just didn’t fi nish on the attacking third of
the pitch.”
The loss, which was the third in a row for
the Tigers, ended their hopes of a GOL title.
La Grande, though, can still fi nish second in
the league with a win at Ontario in its season
fi nale and a loss by Mac-Hi to Baker. A tie
and a Mac-Hi loss would put the teams in a
tie for second.
The Tigers (7-4 overall, 2-3 GOL) travel to
Ontario to fi nish the regular season Saturday.
The Elgin Huskies
fi nished the regular season
with a home sweep of Pine
Eagle on Friday, winning
25-17, 25-22, 26-24.
Tymra Anderson led Elgin
with nine kills, Kaelin Evans
added eight digs, Jayden
Palmer had 16 assists and
Erika Adams tallied three
blocks.
The Huskies (10-12 over-
all, 5-7 Old Oregon League)
face Imbler Saturday in an
elimination match in the
Old Oregon League district
tournament at La Grande
High School.
COUGARS TOP CRANE IN
FOUR
The Wallowa Cougars
wrapped up the regular sea-
son with a four-set home win
over the Crane Mustangs
Friday, 25-23, 22-25 25-16,
25-19.
The Cougars (19-7 overall)
will face Cove Saturday in
an elimination match in the
Old Oregon League district
tournament at La Grande
High School.
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