The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, December 30, 2019, Page 9, Image 9

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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.
BOBCATS ROLL
Kylie Marriott led a
balanced offensive attack
Friday with 14 points as the
Union Bobcats rolled past
Condon/Wheeler, 57-17.
Marriott scored 12 of her
points in the fi rst half to help
the Bobcats build a 29-13
halftime lead, then Union
salted away the win by
outscoring the Knights 28-4
in the second half.
Callie Glenn added 11
points, and three players
— Taylar Daggett, Audrey
Wells and Brianna Kohr —
scored seven points apiece.
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