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SPORTS 7A 8A — THE OBSERVER MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2019 EOU tracksters begin season Lights slip by Eastern Oregon Observer staff Observer staff LA GRANDE — A contingent of Eastern Oregon University track and fi eld athletes opened the 2019-20 indoor season Saturday at the Jacksons Open in Boise, Idaho. Sophomore Maggie Ledbetter earned an automatic national indoor meet qualifying mark in the women’s shot put with a mark of 44-feet-3-1/4, which was good for second on the day. The EOU women had three in the top four in the high jump. Cheyanne Collins cleared 5-foot-1 to tie for fi rst. Karli Bedard also cleared 5-foot-1 but took third on tiebreakers, and Olivia Lane was fourth at 4-foot-11. Kinnah Rhodes placed fourth in the wom- en’s 60-meter hurdles in 9.21 seconds, and EOU’s 4x400 relay team — Collins, Kaitlyn Burgess, Lane, and Elizabeth Herbes — was fourth in 4:18.77. The EOU men had two placers in the long jump, where James Dudley took second at 21-feet-5-1/4 and Allex Kosel was fourth at 21-feet-3-1/4. In the high jump, Jacob Gates and John Brown each tied for second with a mark of 5-feet-10-1/2, and Noah Chaney was second in the pole vault at 15- feet-1. Brown was fourth in the triple jump at 41-feet-2-1/4. Sam Roddewig was third in the 600 in 1:31.00, and the 4x400 relay team of Rod- dewig, Bryce Peters, James Dudley and Cody Milmine was fourth in 3:37.47. EOU next competes at the Lauren Mc- Clusky multi-event meet Jan. 11 in Moscow, Idaho. Staff photo by Ronald Bond La Grande’s Spencer Gerst, top, was the 220-pound champion at the Muilenburg. MUILENBURG Continued from Page 6A fi nal. And Bisenius fi nished 4-1, coming up short in the fi nal against McLoughlin’s Jesse Jones, 13-0. La Grande also had one of the best, if not the best, performance from a female wrestler in the history of the tournament. Freshman Delia Gulzow recorded three pins to fi nish with a 3-2 record in the tournament and take fi fth at 106 pounds. All of her matches were against males. “Super proud of her,” La Grande’s head coach said of Gulzow. “She just loves wres- tling and she is a competitor. She gets after it, works hard every day, really competes and she is fun to watch. I really enjoy coaching her.” Rogan Willins (4-1 at 106) fi nished third. Joshua Collins (4-2 at 120) and Joel Rogers (3-2 at 285) were each fourth. And Brysen Peneloza (3-2 at 113) and Casey Cornford (3-2 at 182) joined Gulzow in placing fi fth. The Tigers far outpaced runner-up Burns, which fi nished with 263.5 points. The rest of the top-fi ve teams were Weiser (235), Herm- iston (229) and Scappoose (193.5). Union/Cove was the next-highest local school, placing 14th with 67 points. The Bob- cats earned fourth-place fi nishes from Gage Martens (106) and Carter Blackburn (145) and a sixth-place fi nish by Jaxon Blackburn (132). Martens went 3-2 on the day with a pair of pins. Carter Blackburn was also 3-2 with a win by fall, and Jaxon Blackburn fi nished 2-3, twice winning via pin. Elgin took 15th with 46 points. Kenny Terry was the only Husky to place, fi nishing with a 4-1 record on the day to take third at 126. He pinned Burns’ Corbett Graham in the third-place match. Ty Hammond added three wins for Elgin at 160. Enterprise was 16th with 42 points, led by Evans’ victory over Kehr in the champion- ship round. The junior, who went 5-0, said he believes the title should give him a boost moving forward with the season. “This last year I’ve just been developing my confi dence, wrestling my match, and I think that’s what won it for me, going out and wrestling my match,” he said. “It defi nitely helps me get more confi dence moving onto the bigger tournaments like district and state.” Charlie Evans added a 3-2 record in the tournament for the Outlaws. Imbler, which took 18th with 25 points, picked up a second-place fi nish from Gar- rett Burns at 113 pounds. Burns went 3-1 to reach the fi nal, including posting a win over Reynolds Kenny Vang by a 7-5 decision in the semifi nals, before falling to Bishop Kelly’s Christopher Martino by pin. Joseph/Wallowa scored 110.5 points Friday and Saturday to take fi fth at the Culver Invitational. The Eagles were paced by three second- place fi nishes from Zeb Ramsden (145 pounds), Ronny Morello (170) and Jonah Staigle (220), each of whom went 3-1 in the tournament with three wins by fall. Lute Ramsden (126) fi nished with a 3-2 re- cord to take fourth place, and both Jett Peter- son (106) and Laramie Hess (195) took fi fth, Hess picking up two wins on the weekend. Staff photo by Ronald Bond Continued from Page 6A The Boxers, meanwhile, cooled off considerably in the second half, shooting just 33% as they simply couldn’t keep up. Jones collected a game- high 13 rebounds, and three players had eight assists apiece — Heckard, Brock Johnson and Kobi Gardea. Eastern, though, lost Gardea midway through the second-half to a scary-look- ing knee injury. The extent of the injury is unknown pending further medical evaluation. “All you can do right now is pray. He is a student ath- lete, he is a human being, so I feel bad for him,” Labarda said. “He’s in pain. Forget about basketball — I want him to be healthy.” The win came a night after a second straight home loss Friday, 101-91, to Whitman. The Mountaineers, who never led, fell behind by as much as 24 points in the fi rst half and trailed 58-41 at the break. Eastern failed to get the margin below double digits in the second half. McCullough was one of three players for EOU to score at least 20 points, fi n- ishing with 26. Jones added 21 points, Schetzle had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Gardea had 10 assists. EOU (7-4 overall) hits the road to visit Southern Or- egon and Oregon Tech next weekend. the lead. Josh Pine won by forfeit at 165. Keegan Mulhill followed with a 12-6 deci- sion over Chase Short at 174. And Marco Retano scored six points for the Mountain- eers with a win by fall over Ethan Roetman to give EOU its fi rst lead at 18-17. The fi nal match, though, went to MSU- Northern as Isaac Bartel earned a 10-3 decision over Ryan Redford. Editor’s note: See Wednesday’s edition of The Observer for EOU’s results from the Reno Tournament of Champions. La Grande opens strong in Baker Observer staff LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers swim team opened the 2019-20 season Saturday with a dominant performance by the girls team at Baker. The girls won nine of the 11 events and fi nished with 159 points for a sizable victory over second-place Pendleton (93 points), while the boys scored 99 points to edge the Buckaroos by 12. “(The) women’s winning effort (was) led primarily by the large group of talented and experienced seniors,” head coach Darren Dutto said. “We also have a tre- mendous amount of depth.” The LHS girls swept the relay races. The senior group of Riana Scott, Ro- mayne Ricker, Maria Capra and Kristal Jensen took the 200-yard medley relay in 1:56.22. Scott, Kennedy Kruse, Jensen and Laramie Ricker cruised to victory in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:50.25, and Capra, Kruse and the Ricker sisters won the 400 freestyle relay by more than a minute, posting a winning time of 4:00.73. For Scott and Kruse, the relay victories were part of four-win afternoons. Scott also took the top spot in the 100 freestyle (57.15) and 100 breaststroke (1:14.34), and Kruse won the 200 freestyle (2:08.23) and 500 freestyle (5:49.04). Romayne Ricker was fi rst in the 200 individual medley (2:18.94) and second in the 100 backstroke (1:07.04), and Capra won the 50 freestyle (25.97) as part of a 1-2 fi nish with Jensen, who was second in 26.77. Capra was also second in the 100 butterfl y (1:02.05). The Tiger girls picked up three more second-place fi nishes: Riley Weigand in the 200 freestyle (2:14.21) and Chloe Lynch in the 200 IM (2:31.89) and in the 500 freestyle (6:17.23). The LHS boys collected a win in the 400 freestyle re- lay from the team of James Thurman, Adam Remily, Devin Ingram and Kobe Cooper (4:07.66). The Tigers also had two individual wins by T.J. Clay in the 100 freestyle (54.81) and 100 backstroke (1:04.59). Also winning for La Grande was a pair of freshmen in Ga- briel Zamora, who took the 200 freestyle (2:15.02), and Glenn Ricker, who earned the top spot in the 100 but- terfl y (58.22). LHS earned second in the other relay races, with Clay, Ricker, Jack Seydel and SCHEDULE Tuesday PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Nyssa at La Grande, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Wallowa at La Grande JV, 7 p.m. — Subject to change Brady Doyle fi nishing the 200 medley relay in 1:59.11, and Thurman, Remily, Ricker and Clay completing the 200 freestyle relay in 1:43.44. The Tigers also got second from Ingram in the 200 freestyle (2:20.83), Rick- er in the 200 IM (2:14.62), Thurman in the 50 freestyle (25.30) and Seydel in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.54). Cove, competing in its fi rst swim meet, scored 22 points to take third on the boys side. The Leopards were led by Tim Koza, who won the 500 freestyle (5:22.41) and the 100 breast- stroke (1:08.69). 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