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A18 Sports wallowa.com January 14, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain E-Gals lose pair Union County out-pins locals a 40-35 score. “We had the score tied at the end of the third quarter,” Huffman said, The E-Gals suffered defeat “but we only scored three in in two road games, at Echo on the fourth and that killed us. Jan 9. and Wallowa on Jan. 10. We had opportunities to capi- Echo, the top-seeded team talize on, and we didn’t do it. in the league, did away with 7KHLUSOD\HU7D\ORU+DUVK¿HOG the E-Gals 62-46. Joseph took over the whole game and coach Travis Huffman said, made us hurt.” “It’s frustrating, because we’re Huffman had high praise right there. Echo is the number for Joseph freshman Sykora, one team in the league, but we who scored a team-high 20 made too many mistakes play- points. “She just doesn’t give ing them.” up; because she doesn’t know Huffman said he planned to what the word means. She’s a focus on turnovers during the real competitor.” coming week of practice. “We Despite the 0-3 league start, QHHG WR JHW RXU FRQ¿GHQFH Huffman still has high hopes back, get more positive, and for the squad. “We need to try get things going better. Echo to stay the course, be positive is beatable, but they have more and have more energy. It’s experience and they’re more frustrating when you lose so FRQ¿GHQW´ +XIIPDQ VDLG much, but they have to realize Alexis Sykora and Satori Al- they’re as good as anyone else bee had 16 points each in the and play hard. We’ve just got effort against Echo. WR¿QGVRPHFRQ¿GHQFHVRPH- Joseph lost to Wallowa by where,” Huffman said. By S.F. Tool By Rocky Wilson Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Chieftain On a night when wrestlers in only one weight division completed a full three rounds of wrestling, a team composed of grapplers from Union, El- gin, and Imbler high schools outscored a team made up of wrestlers from all three Wal- lowa County high schools, 48-34, in a dual wrestling meet held Jan. 7 in Wallowa. With the exception of one forfeit received by each team and one 10-point major deci- sion, 11 of the 14 weight clas- VL¿FDWLRQVZHUHVHWWOHGE\SLQ $QG¿YHRIWKRVHSLQVFDPHLQ WKH¿UVWURXQG Possibly for wrestling en- thusiasts, the biggest drama was not contingent on who would win a match, but if a pin would beat round’s end. At 145 pounds, Joseph’s Milligan Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain Enterprise freshman Cole Farwell makes a move just before pinning Ty Hook of Elgin. Wrestlers from Union and Wallowa County gathered in the Cougar Dome Wednesday evening, Jan. 7, for the Border Battle. Raymond Seal was winning his match over Elgin’s Tan- ner Owen handily, yet could not register the desired pin until one second remained in Motors Proudly serving Wallowa County since 1963 202 East North St. • Enterprise, Oregon 541-426-3128 or 1-800-421-3128 milliganmotors.net T ERRY D ECKER Owner 541-426-3128 2007 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 3/4 Ton 2008 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 3/4 Ton $21,995 $33,225 #7E588250 #8F134604 #8F136656 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe LT1 2011 Chevrolet Suburban LT 2012 Chevrolet Silverado LT1 1/2 Ton $31,995 $36,995 their three-round tussle, or at the 5:59 mark. In similar fashion with opposite results, Enterprise’s 152-pounder Zy- ler Hermans was within one second of disentangling and moving on to round three when Imbler’s Tyler Tandy pinned his shoulders to the mat at 3:59. The solitary match that went the entire three rounds was between Joseph’s Jared Wilcox and Elgin’s Jordan Vermillion at 160 pounds. Wilcox was in control throughout, yet settled for a 10-0 major decision and not a pin. Wrestlers from Wallowa County who pinned their op- ponents were Clayne Miller (106 pounds) and Cole Far- well (113 pounds) of Enter- prise, and Wallowa’s Micah Fuller at 220 pounds. Wallowa mat man Camer- on Salmon scored six points for the local team at 138 pounds where he drew a bye, while losing their matches by pin were Enterprise’s Nate Anton (120 pounds) and Gotro Thamadrit (132 pounds), plus JoHi wrestlers Lars Skovlin (126 pounds), Cole Kiesecker (170 pounds), Riley Warnock (182 pounds) and Ben Lopez (195 pounds.) Union County’s forfeiture came at the 285-pound heavy- weight class. 2008 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 1 Ton $41,995 Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain #AR180662 #BR373324 $29,995 #CZ202987 Joseph’s Tyler Johnson shoots inside against Wallowa in the Cougar Dome Saturday evening. The Eagles were rallying late but lost their momentum and the game. Eagles endure pair of losses through fourth, with Joseph’s QXPEHU DSSHDULQJ ¿UVW 15-16, 16-14, and 16-24. JOSEPH – Second-year Cayden DeLury was the Joseph boys’ basketball coach top scorer for Joseph with 14 Olan Fulfer continued his pro- points; Deni VanWinkle and cess of building a program, Noah DeLury were next with but was set back by two loss- 13 apiece, Aaron Borgerding es last weekend. The Eagles scored six, and Jake Christ- traveled to Echo on Friday, man, Sam Beckman and John- Jan. 9, and left there with a ny Stein all scored two. Although the Wallowa bitter taste in their mouths af- ter losing to the Cougars 83- contest also ended in a Joseph 52. The EHS boys then came defeat, Fulfer was more up- home for a cross-county game beat about the experience. “It on Saturday and lost to some was a fun game. Wallowa hit more Cougars, the ones from some big shots and are a well- Wallowa, 42-47 (see related coached team. We’re having good quarters but we need to story). Fulfer said he only want- have a good complete game,” ed to say one thing about the Fulfer said, adding, “Winning loss to Echo: “I was proud is a process. We are building of my boys and the way they a foundation for the overall responded to the Echo team program.” The Eagles travel to Pine and their fans. They kept their heads above the fray Eagle on Friday, Jan. 16, and played like sportsmen and then Griswold comes to Sather Court for a Saturday should.” 6FRUHV E\ TXDUWHU ¿UVW game. 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