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SPORTS MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019 THE OBSERVER — 9A Boys hoops: Eagles finish three-day road trip with 2-1 mark Observer staff LA GRANDE — Hadley Miller scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half Saturday as the Joseph Eagles boys basketball team pulled away for a 59-47 road win over the St. Paul Buckaroos. The teams were tied after one quarter, 12-12, and at halftime, 24- 24, before Joseph found an offen- sive spark to earn the win. Miller had nine points in the third as the Eagles inched ahead 43-39, and stayed hot in the fourth. Hayden Hite added 12 points, and Mason Ferre had 10 points. The Eagles (7-3 overall) face Crane Thursday in Pendleton. OUTLAWS BOUNCE BACK Enterprise rebounded from its loss to Nixyaawii Friday with a 66-59 win over Condon/Wheeler on Saturday at the Winter Classic in Mission. Devin Greer scored a team-high 25 points for Enterprise, while teammates Flynn Nave and Cason Kirkland added 13 points apiece. The Outlaws, who were ahead only 36-33 at the half, were up 50-45 after three and held on from there. The Outlaws (4-3 overall) host Pilot Rock Friday to begin Blue Mountain Conference play. COUGARS HAVE ROUGH OUTING Wallowa struggled with a short turnaround Saturday at the Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament in Echo and fell to the Ione/Arlington Cardinals 74-31. Ione/Arlington raced out to an early 15-point fi rst-quarter lead and continued to pile it on. The Cardinals outscored the Cougars 29-9 in the second to take a 46-11 lead at the half and led by 45 after three. Tristin Bales scored 11 points and Zeb Hermens added eight for the Cougars. Wallowa (4-6 overall) heads to Pine Eagle Saturday to begin Old Oregon League play. BOBCATS CLIPPED BY GOLDEN EAGLES The Union Bobcats hung with the defending 1A state champion Nixyaawii Golden Eagles Saturday, but ultimately fell short at the Win- ter Classic in Mission, 64-57. Nixyaawii grabbed the early lead and held it throughout. The Golden Eagles led 27-19 at the half and 41- 34 after three quarters, and held on in a high-scoring fourth that saw each team score 23 points. Keegan Glenn scored 23 points to lead Union, including 13 points in the fourth quarter. Jace Phillips added 21 ROUNDUP go up 28-13 at the half, then limited Condon/Wheeler to 11 points after halftime. Claire Farwell and Carsyn Miller added six points apiece for Enterprise. The Outlaws (8-1 overall) host Pilot Rock Friday to be- gin Blue Mountain Confer- ence play. Callie Glenn scored BOBCATS GET PAST CONDON/ WHEELER Keegan Glenn poured in 33 points Friday, and the Union Bob- cats used a 16-2 run to take over the lead on the way to a 62-53 win over Condon/Wheeler. Union’s big second quarter turned a seven-point fi rst-half defi cit into a 24-17 halftime lead, which it maintained throughout the second half. Glenn scored 20 of his points in the second half to help the Bobcats fend off the Knights. Jace Phillips added 10 points. EAGLES PULL AWAY FROM Photo by Ben Lonergan/EO Media Group 25 points Saturday, includ- ing 12 in the fourth quarter, and the Union Bobcats woke up on offense in the second half to pull away for a 48-31 win over Nixyaawii at the Winter Classic in Mission. The Bobcats led 17-16 at the half after outscoring the Golden Eagles by nine in the second quarter, then rushed out to a 32-24 lead after three quarters before extend- ing the lead in the fourth. Chase Murray went off for 25 points Friday to lead the Joseph Eagles to a 51-35 road win over the Perrydale Pirates. Murray scored 15 of his points in the fi rst half to help the Eagles build a 28-19 halftime lead. Joseph built its lead to 40-29 after three and added on in the fourth. Carson Littlepage added 12 points for the Eagles. COUGARS ROUGH UP ECHO Tristin Bales scored 20 points Fri- day, Zeb Hermens added 17, and the Wallowa Cougars sprinted out to an early lead and rolled past Echo at the Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament, 60-25. Wallowa broke the game open in the second quarter, outscoring Echo 20-3 to sprint out to a 33-7 lead at the half. take a 32-11 halftime lead and rolled in the second half to their second straight win. ENTERPRISE SLIPS BY NIXYAAWII Friday TIGERS ROUGH UP JUNC- TION CITY EAGLES FALL IN LOW- SCORING BATTLE Ella Dunlap scored 14 points Friday to lead four players in double fi gures as the La Grande Tigers opened the Sisters Tourna- ment with a 66-31 rout of Junction City. Kenzie Williams and Josie Reagan added 12 points each, and Camryn Collman chipped in with 10 points for La Grande. The Tigers broke the game open in the second quarter to The Joseph Eagles were handed a 33-25 road loss Friday against the Perrydale Pirates. Both teams struggled offensively in the fi rst half, which ended with the Eagles trailing 10-7. The Pirates opened up a 21-16 lead after three quarters and held on in the fourth. Sabrina Albee led the Eagles with 14 points, 13 of which came in the second The Joseph Eagles dropped their second game in a row Saturday, losing to the defending 1A champion St. Paul Buckaroos, 41-22. Stats were not available. The Eagles (7-3 overall) face Crane Thursday in Pendleton. Enterprise’s Jada Gray works the ball upcourt Friday during the Outlaws’ win over Nixyaawii. PERRYDALE Carsyn Miller and Ashlyn Gray scored 13 points apiece Friday, and the Enterprise Outlaws held on for a 47-41 win over Nixyaawii in the Winter Classic in Mission. Gray added 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals for Enterprise, which had just a three-point lead after three quarters at 31-28, but scored 16 in the fourth to secure the win. BUCKAROOS BEAT EAGLES COUGARS TOPPLE CARDINALS BOBCATS STOP NIXYAAWII Friday Brianna Kohr added 10 points, all in the third quar- ter, for the Bobcats. Union (8-2 overall) visits Toledo Thursday for the Boomer Beach Bash. Continued from Page 7A Jamie Johnston scored a game-high 19 points Sat- urday to lead the Wallowa Cougars to a blowout win over Ione/Arlington, 51-30. Shanna Rae Tillery added 10 points for Wallowa, which fi nished 1-1 at Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament. The Cougars, who out- scored the Cardinals in each quarter, held a 23-11 lead at the half and 34-18 after three quarters. Wallowa (5-5 overall) faces Burns in North Powder Monday. points, 14 of them in the second half. Union (7-3 overall) faces Toledo Thursday at the Boomer Beach Bash. half. Brianna Micka added fi ve points. COUGARS CLIPPED BY ECHO The Wallowa Cougars dug themselves a hole after three quarters Friday and were un- able to complete a comeback in a 40-36 loss to Echo. Jamie Johnston scored 15 points and Shanna Rae Til- lery added 13 points for the Cougars. Wallowa fell behind 30-20 after three quarters, then scored 16 points in the fourth to make it interesting. 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