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WEDNESDAY
January 7, 2015
Wallowa boys win one
of three at LG tourney
Tallest player out
with an injury
WALLOWA – In spite of
subpar shooting that, in the
end, narrowly missed a sec-
ond win, the Wallowa Cougar
boys’ basketball team won
one of three contests Dec. 29-
31 at the La Grande Optimist
Basketball Tournament held
at Eastern Oregon University.
Wallowa, now 1-1 in
league and 5-6 overall, missed
19 lay-ins during a one-point
49-48 loss to Powder Val-
ley (5-6) on Monday, Dec.
29, said WHS Coach Greg
Oveson. The Cougars re-
deemed themselves somewhat
the following day by nudg-
ing 2A Cove (4-7) by a 49-
46 score, then fell 49-33 on
Wednesday, New Year’s Eve
day to a talented team from
Monument/Dayville (7-4).
Senior Gareth Murray
led Wallowa scorers with 13
points against Powder Valley.
The team’s other senior, Karl
Wellens, tallied 15 points to
lead the scoring parade the
following evening in the win
against Cove, while no Cou-
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ures in the loss against Monu-
ment/Dayville.
WHS played all three
games without the services of
its tallest player, 6’3” fresh-
man Caevan Murray, who was
sidelined with a sore back.
Oveson said his team exe-
cuted the offense well during
the tournament, yet repeated-
ly failed to capitalize on scor-
ing opportunities.
Enterprise
sophomore
Wade Isley
shoots over
an Imbler
defender
Saturday
evening
at Quinn
Court. The
Outlaws
stayed with
the Panthers
for most of
the game
but let it slip
away in the
fourth.
WRESTLE DOWN,
GAIN A CROWN
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Outlaws drop 2
over weekend;
record now 6-5
By Rocky Wilson
Wallowa County Chieftain
After bursting through the
gate with a fast 6-1 start, the
Enterprise boys’ basketball team
has lost four consecutive games
and now stands 6-5 on the young
season, 0-2 in league play.
EHS launched its league
campaign last Friday and Sat-
urday nights, falling 61-51 to
Elgin in Elgin Friday night and
43-30 at home against Imbler
Saturday.
In the game against the Elgin
Huskies (1-1 and 5-9), Enter-
prise senior Kaden Lathrop and
Husky senior Jake Burgess put
on shooting exhibitions those in
attendance might long remem-
ber. Lathrop, all 6’6” of him,
scored no less than eight points
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a total of 35 points in a losing
effort.
See OUTLAWS, Page A10
EHS girls beat
Elgin, Imbler
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By Rich Rautenstrauch
Wrestling before a sizable crowd, Joseph grappler Jared Wilcox (top) bested Cody Fletcher of Orofino Saturday afternoon
in an earlier round of the 160-pound weight class at the Jo-Hi Invitational. Wilcox eventually took second place in that
classification.
Wallowa County Chieftain
a second half that concluded
with a 41-19 Powder Valley
victory. Wallowa’s top scorer
on the game was Macey Frei
who netted six points. Harsh-
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The Lady Outlaws opened
up league play last Friday, Jan.
2, winning both of their week-
end games. First the girls trav-
eled to Elgin for a thriller and
beat the Huskies 29-26. On
Saturday the Imbler Panthers
came to town and the Outlaw
girls took it to them 53-42.
EHS seniors Carsen Sajonia
and Emma Hall came up big
and provided the inspiration
for the weekend sweep.
Against the Huskies, Enter-
prise played from behind in the
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going on an 8-1 run, but by the
end of the frame the score was
8-6. EHS went on their own
12-2 run in the second, going
into the locker room up 18-12.
Enterprise coach Mike
Crawford said in the third pe-
riod things really slowed and
it seemed like the score stayed
the same forever, but Elgin
brought the game closer, scor-
ing seven to Enterprise’s three.
See HARSHFIELD, Page A10
See WINS, Page A10
Senior grappler drops a weight class to take title at invite
By Rocky Wilson
Wallowa County Chieftain
JOSEPH – Wallowa senior wres-
tler Micah Fuller, after wrestling at
220 pounds all season and regularly
struggling to stand atop the champion-
ship podium at meet’s end, achieved
that goal last weekend at the JoHi
Cosgrove/Eschler Invitational when he
competed one weight class lower at 195
pounds and won the individual title at a
wrestling tournament that attracted 22
teams.
But is wasn’t easy. Fuller, who
often has gone fewer than the full six
minutes this season while posting a
12-3 overall record, had to expend
all his energy to narrowly decision
Grangeville, Idaho, wrestler Shaydn
Wassmuth 9-8 in the 195-pound
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T EAM SCORES :
Culver 218.5; Weiser, Idaho 135.5; Baker/Powder
Valley 115; Santiam Christian 96; Elgin 78; Clear-
water, Idaho 67.5; McLoughlin/Weston-McEwen
64; Joseph 58; Crane 57; Ontario 49.5; Gran-
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Pine Eagle 45; Heppner/Ione 43; Pomeroy, Wash.
41; Union/Cove 34; Enterprise 28.5; Wallowa
26; Irrigon 22; Waitsburg/Prescott, Wash. 20;
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See INVITE, Page A16
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WALLOWA – Following a
blowout loss to Powder Valley
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day La Grande Optimists
Basketball Tournament held
at Eastern Oregon University,
WHS senior Taylor Harsh-
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back 15-point games to earn
respectability for her team
during a Dec. 30 loss to 2A
Cove, and then propelled her
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ment/Dayville on New Year’s
Eve day.
Against Powder Valley
(2-0 league and 6-5 overall),
the black and orange were
tied with the Badgers after the
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12 at the half, and then saw
the wheels fall off thereafter.
Wallowa, 0-2 in league and
4-7 overall, lost its identity in
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Enterprise senior Carsen
Sajonia scores two while
playing against the Imbler
Panthers Saturday evening
at Quinn Court. The Outlaws
opened league play last
weekend and went 2-0.
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