SPORTS
A8 — THE OBSERVER
SaTuRday, JanuaRy 15, 2022
STANDINGS
PREPS
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Continued from Page A7
climb to 2-1 through league
play, placing them third in the
early Blue Mountain Confer-
ence standings. Sophomore Tee
Ledbetter led the way with 17
points as he continues to serve
as the primary post player for
the Bobcats. Union saw five
players score nine or more
points in the team’s most bal-
anced offensive performance of
the year.
Union has lived on the edge
throughout the first half of the
season, with seven of its 14
games being decided by seven
or fewer points.
La Grande wrestlers
throttle rival Buckaroos,
keep momentum going
PENDLETON — One of the
strongest La Grande boys wres-
tling teams in recent memory
has continued to flourish as the
2021-22 season progresses.
Coming off a fourth place
finish against 47 schools at the
Tri-State Tournament on Dec.
17, the Tigers finished 12th out
of 72 teams at the 2022 Rollie
Lane Invitational on Jan. 7.
La Grande kept its
momentum alive as it shifted
from regional tournaments to
dual format, defeating the rival
Pendleton Buckaroos 66-18 on
Jan. 12. Out of the 11 matches
that did not end in forfeiture,
the Tigers won nine matches
by fall.
Tavian Kehr, Joshua Collins,
Coby Hibbert and Ridge Kehr
all earned victories by fall in
the first four matches to estab-
lish a 24-0 lead and set the tone
for the remainder of the dual.
Pendleton managed two
wins by fall, but La Grande’s
Bobby Gulzow, Kai Carson and
Jaxson Leonard all earned vic-
tories in the final three matches
to rout the Buckaroos by 48
points.
Head coach Klel Carson
noted after the match that the
La Grande wrestlers stepped up
throughout the dual. La Grande
has seen a number of strong
contributors throughout the
year across all weight classes.
Sophomore Mason Wolcott has
gone 13-5 this year at the 113-
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
League Overall
Oregon Tech
9-0
12-5
College of Idaho
8-1
14-3
LC State
6-3
13-4
Southern Oregon
6-3
9-8
Warner Pacific
5-4
9-8
Corban
5-5
10-8
Eastern Oregon
4-5
10-7
Multnomah
4-5
8-9
northwest
3-6
6-8
Evergreen
2-7
2-11
Bushnell
2-8
4-13
Walla Walla
1-8
2-14
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Joelle Treat (5) battles for possession of the ball following a rebound at
Imbler High School on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. The Union girls basketball
team bested Imbler 52-22 in its season opener.
pound division, while fellow
sophomore Kai Carson has
impressed with a 19-2 record.
Senior Braden Carson has
dominated with a 19-1 record,
while Brody MacMillan, Wyatt
Livingston, Cole Shafer, Ridge
Kehr, Brysen Penaloza and
Collins have all accumulated
over 10 wins this year.
The Tigers’ next competi-
tion is set for the weekend of
Jan. 15 at the Oregon Classic in
Redmond.
Old Oregon League
is wide open for girls
basketball
Through the early stages of
league play, the Old Oregon
League is looking like it is any-
one’s for the taking.
With no clear frontrunners
early on, a team with a strong
league record could make
some noise by the end of the
season.
Imbler got off to a diffi-
cult 2-9 start to the season in
non-league play, but wins over
Elgin on Jan. 4 and Powder
Valley on Jan. 8 have the Pan-
thers trending in the right
direction early on. Imbler pre-
viously lost 42-18 to Powder
Valley at the Union Bobcat
Classic on Dec. 17. The Pan-
thers have won four out of their
last six contests.
The league is one year
removed from Powder Valley
winning the league with a 4-1
record in the shortened 2021
spring season — in the 2019-20
season, Joseph dominated with
a 11-1 league record and 22-8
overall record en route to a
fifth place finish at the 1A state
tournament. The Badgers got
off to a tough 0-6 start to this
season, but have trended up in
recent weeks — Powder Valley
has won five of its last seven
matchups and is 2-1 in the early
stages of league play.
“This year’s league is wide
open,” Powder Valley head
coach Allen Bingham said.
“Some years pre-season isn’t
as important, but this year was
huge for us.”
Wallowa is an early con-
tender for the league, posting
a 8-5 record overall and going
2-1 in league play so far. The
Cougars defeated Elgin and
Cove by double digits and are a
one-point loss to Joseph away
from being 3-0 in the league.
The Eagles have experienced
a number of cancellations and
have only posted a 1-0 record
through league play, but the
team has won three out of its
last four matchups dating back
to mid-December.
Nixyaawii is yet to prove
itself at the league level, but
has dominated its non-league
opponents this year. The
Golden Eagles have gone 8-2
throughout the start of the
season and have outscored
opponents by an average of
12.4 points per game. Nixy-
aawii is slotted at No. 6 in the
OSAA 1A rankings, the top
spot by any Old Oregon League
team.
Grant union
2-1
3-9
Weston-McEwen
0-2
6-6
Enterprise
0-2
2-10
Pilot Rock
0-3
3-11
1A Old Oregon League
Team
League Overall
Powder Valley
3-0
13-1
Joseph
2-0
4-6
Cove
2-1
4-6
Imbler
1-1
3-10
Wallowa
1-2
3-10
nixyaawii
0-0
8-2
Griswold
0-1
1-10
Pine Eagle
0-2
3-7
Elgin
0-2
0-7
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
League Overall
Southern Oregon
8-1
15-2
Bushnell
8-2
11-7
Eastern Oregon
7-2
10-7
LC State
6-3
12-3
Oregon Tech
5-4
12-4
northwest
5-4
11-5
College of Idaho
5-4
11-6
Warner Pacific
5-4
7-7
Multnomah
3-6
3-13
Evergreen
2-7
3-9
Corban
1-9
2-15
Walla Walla
0-9
1-15
4A Greater Oregon League
Team
League Overall
McLoughlin
1-0
6-3
Baker
0-0
9-4
La Grande
0-0
6-5
Ontario
0-1
0-8
2A Blue Mountain Conference
Team
League Overall
Stanfield
3-0
12-2
union
3-0
12-2
Grant union
2-1
5-7
Enterprise
1-1
6-7
Weston-McEwen
0-2
7-7
Heppner
0-2
5-6
Pilot Rock
0-3
4-11
1A Old Oregon League
Team
League Overall
Imbler
2-0
4-9
Wallowa
2-1
8-5
Powder Valley
2-1
4-8
Joseph
1-0
4-5
Cove
1-2
2-8
nixyaawii
0-0
8-2
Griswold
0-1
4-7
Pine Eagle
0-1
1-8
Elgin
0-2
3-9
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
4A Greater Oregon League
Team
League Overall
McLoughlin
1-0
2-6
Baker
0-0
9-3
La Grande
0-0
8-1
Ontario
0-1
0-8
2A Blue Mountain Conference
Team
League Overall
Stanfield
3-0
8-6
Heppner
2-0
10-2
union
2-1
8-6
ON THE SLATE
Saturday, Jan. 15
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Eastern Oregon at Evergreen State, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S WRESTLING
Eastern Oregon at Oregon Wrestling
Classic, Redmond, Oregon, 11:45 a.m.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
union at Enterprise, 5:30 p.m.
Cove at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m.
Joseph at Imbler, 5:30 p.m.
Wallowa at nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
union at Enterprise, 4 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Cove, 4 p.m.
Joseph at Imbler, 4 p.m.
Wallowa at nixyaawii, 4 p.m.
PREP BOYS WRESTLING
La Grande at Oregon Classic, Redmond,
7:40 a.m.
PREP GIRLS WRESTLING
La Grande at Jay Bird Classic, nampa,
Idaho, 11 a.m.
PREP SWIMMING
La Grande at La Grande Invitational,
Veterans Memorial Pool, 10 a.m.
Cove at La Grande Invitational, Veterans
Memorial Pool, 10 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 17
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
La Grande at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 18
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 6:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at La Grande, 7:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 5 p.m.
Joseph at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at La Grande, 6 p.m.
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