Sports
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
Th e Observer
High school roundup
Cougars run past Powder Valley
Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA — The
Wallowa Cougars football
team shook off the pain of
their recent heartbreaking
loss at Crane to get back
in the win column Friday,
April 2.
Lute Ramsden threw for
159 yards and four touch-
down passes, including a
vital one to Zeb Hermens in
the fourth quarter that gave
Wallowa some breathing
room, and the Cougars held
on for a 30-20 victory over
Powder Valley. The win
improved the Cougars to
3-1 on the season.
Wallowa controlled the
game early, with Ramsden
hitting Tristin Bales and
Hermens for fi rst-quarter
scoring strikes. A touch-
down pass in the second
quarter to Ryder Goller
countered the Badgers’ fi rst
score of the game earlier
in the period, and gave the
Cougars a 22-6 lead at the
break.
Two touchdowns by
Powder Valley in the third
got the Badgers back in the
game and as close as 22-20.
But Ramsden and Her-
mens hooked up again on
a 25-yard scoring toss to
extend the lead back to 10
points.
The Cougars also made
some key defensive plays in
the fourth, including Bales
breaking up a would-be
touchdown pass, and later
grabbing a game-clinching
interception.
Wallowa outgained the
Badgers 407-259, and lim-
ited Powder Valley to just
51 yards passing.
The Cougars (3-1
overall) wrap up the season
Friday, April 9, at Elgin.
Gibb Pollard/Eastern Oregon University Athletics
Eastern Oregon University senior Santiago Peniche prepares to kick the ball Sunday, April 4, 2021, in La
Grande during the match against the Multnomah University Lions. EOU won the contest 4-0.
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallawa County Chieftain
Wallowa High School quarterback Lute Ramsden scampers for a fi rst
down in the third quarter Friday, April 2, 2021. Ramsden had 159 yards
passing and 97 yards rushing in the Cougars 30-20 win over the Powder
Valley Badgers.
This week’s prep sports schedule
Thursday, April 8
FOOTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Enterprise at Cove, 3 p.m.
Wallowa at Elgin, 7 p.m.
Baker City at La Grande, 7 p.m.
Elgin at La Grande, 4 p.m.
Friday, April 9
Saturday, April 10
VOLLEYBALL
CROSS-COUNTRY
Enterprise at Cove, 2 p.m.
Wallowa at Elgin, 5 p.m.
Joseph at Powder Valley
Tournament, all day
Wallowa Valley at 3A/2A/1A
state meet, Lebanon,
11:30 a.m. (boys), 12:30 p.m.
(girls)
Jada Gray led the Outlaws’ off ense
with 10 kills. Savannah Vaughn added
three blocks and Claire Farwell had 14
digs and served a perfect 21-for-21.
Shanna Rae Tillery had fi ve kills and
eight solo blocks for the Cougars. Hulse
also commended Haley Brockamp and
Sophie and Ella Moeller on their play.
Joseph splits weekend matches
to wrap busy week
Powder Valley 3, Wallowa 0
JOSEPH — On Saturday, April 3,
the Eagles split a pair of road matches,
hanging on against Elgin to win in four
sets, 26-24, 26-28, 25-19, 25-17, but later
in the day Union swept Joseph 25-19,
25-14, 25-18.
Joseph (7-4 overall) is scheduled to
fi nish the season April 9 at a tournament
in North Powder.
Joseph 3, Wallowa 0
Elgin 3, Enterprise 2
JOSEPH — The Joseph Eagles volley-
ball team got the best of the Wallowa
Cougars at home in an intra-county
battle Thursday, April 1, 25-16, 25-17,
25-23 — one of six matches the Eagles
played last week.
Sabrina Albee stood out for the Ea-
gles in the win with 14 kills, two blocks
and two aces. Molly Curry had a stout
day on defense with nine blocks and
added three kills, and Cooper Nave had
four blocks and two kills.
For the Cougars, Shanna Rae Tillery
had a big day with eight kills, fi ve blocks
and 19 digs. Ella Moeller had 16 assists
and 32 digs, and Libby Fisher had fi ve
kills, three aces and 22 digs.
ELGIN — Enterprise had Elgin on the
ropes through two sets, but the Huskies
turned the table and rallied to earn a
home win Wednesday, March 31, 19-25,
15-25, 25-12, 25-15, 15-13.
WALLOWA — Wallowa played
Damascus Christian close in two of three
sets in a home match Friday, April 2, but
fell, 25-23, 25-15, 25-16.
In other action:
South Wasco County 45, Joseph 0
MAUPIN — The Joseph Eagles (4-1
overall) suff ered their worst loss in the
three years of playing six-man football
on Friday, April 2, on the road against
nemesis South Wasco County. The home
team won 45-0.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Joseph 3, Imbler 2
IMBLER — Joseph outlasted Imbler
on the road Tuesday, March 30, in a
fi ve-set marathon, 14-25, 25-13, 22-25,
25-15, 15-11, to begin the week.
Damascus Christian 3, Wallowa 0
WALLOWA — Wallowa dropped a
three-set bout to Powder Valley, 25-12,
25-14, 25-19, on Friday, April 2.
Tillery had 11 blocks on defense, and
Brockamp recorded fi ve blocks.
Wallowa (5-5 overall) wraps up
action Friday, April 9, at Elgin.
Powder Valley 3, Joseph 0
JOSEPH — In the fi rst of two match-
es Friday, April 2, the Eagles dropped a
home match to Powder Valley in three
sets, 25-10, 25-16, 25-16.
Sabrina Albee had fi ve kills and four
blocks to lead Joseph. Molly Curry add-
ed three kills, Aimee Meyers had three
kills and three aces, and Zoey Leith and
McKenzie Keff er each had 10 digs.
Imbler 3, Enterprise 0
ENTERPRISE — Enterprise wrapped
up Season 2 with a home loss to Imbler,
25-20, 25-11, 25-23, on Friday, April 2.
Gray had 14 kills to lead the off ense,
and Asiya Salim had 10 assists. The
Outlaws, who fi nished with a record of
2-6 overall, served at a 98% clip.
Damascus Christian 3, Joseph 0
JOSEPH — Joseph matched Damas-
cus Christian nearly point-for-point for
two sets, but ended up falling in a close
battle, 25-23, 28-26, 25-17.
Albee had seven kills and two blocks.
Leith led the defense with 11 digs, Keff er
added nine, and Curry had two blocks.
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EOU men’s soccer
fi nishes on positive notes
The Observer
LA GRANDE — The
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity men’s soccer team
ended its season with back-
to-back shutout wins at
home against Multnomah
University.
The Mountaineers on
Sunday, April 4, defeated
Multnomah 4-0, then beat
them again 3-0 on April 5
at Community Stadium,
La Grande.
EOU fi nished the
season 4-7-0 overall, EOU
Athletics reported, and
went 3-5-0 in Cascade
Collegiate Conference East
Divisional play.
The Mountaineers
came out aggressive on
the off ensive end April 4,
fi ring off a season-high 33
shots for the game com-
pared to only six by the
Lions (0-11, 0-8). EOU
also held an 11-2 shots-on-
goal advantage.
Alexander Zuluaga got
the scoring started for the
Mountaineers with a goal
in the 18th minute off the
assist from Lewis Wright.
Less than 10 minutes
later, senior Patrick Larsen
headed in a corner kick
from Rudy Salinas-Sol-
orio, giving the Mountain-
eers a 2-0 advantage.
The Lions kept EOU
out of the net for the fi nal
20 minutes of the period.
In the 74th minute,
EOU extended its lead to
3-0 when senior Santiago
Peniche picked up his fi rst
goal of the season. And
with fi ve minutes to play,
freshman Nick Ridgely
found the back of the net,
also for the fi rst time this
season, giving the Moun-
taineers the 4-0 win.
The Mountaineers
repeated the performance
April 5, outshooting the
Lions 18-8 for the game
and posting a 6-2 edge in
shots on goal.
Corner kicks played a
role in the Mountaineers
win. EOU put up seven to
the Lion’s four. Play also
was physical on both sides
as the two teams com-
bined for 34 fouls, with
Multnomah committing 19
while EOU had 15.
In the fi rst 45 minutes
of action, EOU scored
twice to take a 2-0 lead
into halftime.
The fi nal goal for
Eastern came in the 70th
minute as Ridgely teamed
up with Zuluaga. Rid-
gely got deep into the right
side of the penalty area
and made a quick cross
to Zuluaga who nailed a
no-look goal to the right
bottom corner of the net to
account for the fi nal score.