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A12 Sports wallowa.com February 18, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain EHS Boys: Three pointers key COUGARSSFRUHOHVVLQ¿QDOIRXUPLQXWHV Continued from Page A11 Continued from Page A11 in the second quarter and helped the Outlaws handle a full-court press that the Pros- pectors, who had thumped Enterprise by 44 points less than a month earlier, quickly abandoned. Hayward, a 5’8” guard who’d been waiting for this moment all year, hit three consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter to pull EHS ahead and, in doing so, shared high-point honors for the game with teammate Wade Isley who also chipped in nine points. Wells helped the cause in the fourth quar- ter by recording his second trey of the game and EHS, for one of the rare times this season, closed a game with some accurate free through shooting. While game totals (11 of 24) again were sub- par, the Outlaws sank seven of 11 charity tosses with the pressure on in the final min- utes to help secure the win. Every bit as instrumental in the victory, said Micka, was the play of 6’6” fresh- man Blaze Lepper. Slowed by a bad ankle much of the season that forced him to lay out for three weeks and see limited action most other games, Lepper was healthy versus Grant Union, played three quarters, and made his presence known. He end- ed the game with nine re- bounds and seven blocked shots. Micka said much of Lepper’s work came in the closing minutes when he continually batted away or misdirected GU shots and grabbed rebounds. “I can’t say how happy I am for these players,” said Micka. “They are a real- ly good bunch of kids who have worked hard all year long.” WHS Girls: overtime thriller Continued from Page A11 der Valley by 22 points and beat them by 18 points ear- on another long-distance at- lier in the season, could face tempt at a critical moment in the Badgers one more time in the game and responded by district play with state playoff popping home three critical implications on the line. free throws. Makin led Cou- Friday’s loss to league gar scorers with 22 points, co-champion Echo, a squad IROORZHGE\7D\ORU+DUVK¿HOG WHS handled easily this year, with 15, and Hall with 11. had some oddities to it, but in The possibility exists that the end the 55-38 loss was or- Wallowa, which lost to Pow- chestrated in two quarters. After falling behind 14-4 LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU :DOORZD stubbornly clawed back to within three points early in the fourth quarter before fa- tigue set in. Echo outscored :DOORZD LQ WKH ¿QDO eight minutes and won going away. +DUVK¿HOG WRSSHG :DO lowa scorers with 13 points, followed by Makin with 11. Murray scored 12 and Karl Wel- lens nine for Wallowa. Oregon League district ac- But Saturday night before an tion against Echo. That game avid crowd was totally different. would start at 8:15 p.m. in the Murray cashed in six treys Baker High School gymnasi- for Wallowa, Wellens three, um. and Noah Allen one on an eve- Echo has beaten WHS twice ning when the Cougars offense this year, once by three points moved the ball smartly, creating and most recently by a 45-32 numerous open shots that the score in Echo Friday night. In Cougars were hitting. Rebound- that game Wallowa was in the ing was another strength for thick of things and only trail- WHS on the night with Murray, ing by three points midway in Cole Hafer, and Koby Frye snar- the fourth quarter before things ing boards in equal numbers. went sour. The Cougars, who As has been the case much KLWDVFDQWWZRRI¿HOGJRDO of the year, the two seniors attempts in the second half, on Wallowa’s team did much ZHQWVFRUHOHVVLQWKH¿QDOIRXU of the offensive damage in minutes of a game where two the Powder Valley fray. Mur- Echo players — junior Michael ray ended the contest with 23 Thompson, 26 points, and se- points and Wellens with 22. nior Danny Tappo, 16 points — Also contributing markers for hit all but three of their team’s the victorious quint were Hafer 45 points. In that game, Gareth with six, Frye and Allen with four, and freshman Caevan Murray with two. EHS Girls: Kept pressure on Continued from Page A11 ing went back and forth, but Enterprise didn’t gain much game tight. We had 11 fouls ground. “We couldn’t close the LQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHUZLWK*UDQW gap,” Crawford said. Union going to the foul line In the fourth Enterprise 15 times. It was tough to over- went to its bench, giving come.” younger team members some Enterprise did recover in valuable experience. the second period, outscoring On the night, Enterprise GU 11-10 in that frame. Going center Tiffanie George led the into the half the Outlaws were Outlaws in scoring with nine down by 12. points, to go along with three In the third period the scor- rebounds and three blocked You may not need Life Insurance, but your family does. Call us today for a free quote. Wallowa Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain Wallowa junior Koby Frye went high to the rim during a regular-season ending 61-56 victory over Powder Valley in a packed Cougar Dome Saturday night. 541-426-4208 Locally owned & operated • 616 W. North Street, Enterprise shots. Sophomore Darby Gas- set was next with six points, four rebounds and an assist. &DUVHQ 6DMRQLD VFRUHG ¿YH with four rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Sarah Aschenbrenner also scored ¿YH ZLWK ¿YH UHERXQGV DQ assist and a steal. Emma Hall scored two with six rebounds and two steals. Three other teammates — Reece Christ- man, Reagan Bedard and Riley Gray — all contributed. Five teams are going to the Wapiti district playoffs, with the Burns Hilanders the num- ber-one seed. Union has the second seed, Grant Union the third, Enterprise the fourth and ,PEOHUWKH¿IWK Enterprise will face off against Imbler Friday at 6 p.m. The winner of this game will play the loser of the Union – Grant Union game (which will also be played on Friday). The winner of Union – GU will ad- vance to play Burns. Three teams will advance to the state playoffs. Coach Crawford said, “It’s going to be a fun week of prac- tice and we’ll go from there.”