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A10 Sports wallowa.com February 25, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain COUGARS: Girls heading to state Nixyaawii senior Charlotte Barkley scored 19 of her 26 Wallowa coach Greg SRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIEXWZDV Oveson said his team calm- slowed when Wallowa adjust- O\FDPHEDFNGRZQWKHÀRRU ed with a concerted double made two or three quick pass- team that forced other Eagle es, and found Makin open players to shoot the basket- again for another try on goal. ball. This time around, with After Makin (two) and less than 10 seconds to play, 7D\ORU+DUVK¿HOGKDGERRVWHG Makin, who led WHS with 13 Wallowa’s offense with a to- points, found nothing but net tal of three treys in the third from three-point distance on quarter, Wallowa outscored the right wing and Wallowa, 1L[\DDZLLWKH¿QDOHLJKW IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKH HQWLUH minutes to eke out the win. game, was in the lead at 39- Oveson said the game was 38. almost a carbon copy of a <HWWKH¿QDOVHFRQGVZHUH game between the two teams exciting too, said the Wallowa Jan. 24 when WHS, playing mentor, as Eagle players had on the road, erased a similar two additional highly contest- GH¿FLW WR HDUQ D RQHSRLQW ed, unsuccessful shots on goal victory. before time expired. The victory sends the Continued from Page A9 Cougars to Adrian to face the No. 5-rated team in the state, the No. 2 team from the 1A-8 High Desert League that boasts a 21-5 season record. Oveson says the game will be a challenge because Adrian exercises a full-court press the entire game and the Adrian gymnasium is “tiny.” Old Oregon League rules say six teams play in the district tournament with the losers sent home following Thursday night games. Three of the remaining four teams advance to state playoff ac- tion. The girls from Joseph, after downing Pine Eagle 43- 36 in a Tuesday night game to get into the district tourna- ment, earned a shot at Wal- lowa on Thursday at Baker City. While downing PE, Lind- say Kemp scored 16 points and Alexis Sykora 10 to pace the E-Gals. With their season on the line Thursday night, Joseph (7-15 on the season) was within two points of the Cou- gars at 23-21 before WHS VHQLRU 7D\ORU +DUVK¿HOG took over the game in the IRXUWK TXDUWHU +DUVK¿HOG who led all scorers with 15 points, scored 10 of her to- WDOLQWKH¿QDOHLJKWPLQXWHV when Wallowa outscored JoHi 13-5 en route to their 10-point, 36-26, team win. +DUVK¿HOG ZDV WKH RQO\ double-digit scorer in Wal- lowa’s Thursday evening win over Joseph. Wallowa’s Lauren Makin and Joseph’s Satori Albee each scored eight points for their respec- tive teams. Joseph Coach Travis Huffman said, “I thought we SOD\HGSUHWW\ÀDW,WKLQNWKH girls were a little intimidat- ed by the situation because so much was riding on the game. I kept waiting for someone to take charge, and no one ever did.” Wallowa’s girls could have ensured a slot in the state tournament Friday, yet fell big to eventual district champion Echo by a 55-25 score. Doing major damage for Echo were sisters Elizabeth and Hannah McCarty who STATE: Senior OUTLAWS: EHS girls lose mat men make tournament Continued from Page A9 Outlaws weren’t able to cap- italize. After being outscored by The tables turned and Im- ,PEOHU LQ WKH ¿UVW SHUL- bler went to the line. The Pan- od, the Outlaws totaled seven thers couldn’t sink their free points to the Panthers’ six in throws either, but with only the second frame. seconds remaining, a second Enterprise coach Mike missed free throw bounced Continued from Page A9 weight class. Crawford said, “This is a off the rim and right into the Also competing for Enter- \RXQJWHDPDQGWKH¿UVWWLPH hands of Imbler’s post player, Sophomore Clayne Mill- prise and receiving no points a lot of these kids have played ZKR SXW LQ WKH ZLQQLQJ ¿HOG er, at 106 pounds, and fresh- were Gotro Thanadkit, at 132 in this environment. They goal to break the hearts of man Cole Farwell, at 113 pounds, and Zyler Hermens, came out and played a little Enterprise’s fans, players and pounds, both came within at 152 pounds. tight and it showed.” coaches. one victory of advancing to Wallowa entered two However, EHS fought “It was a heart-breaker,” state, but each fell short in grapplers in district competi- back hard, pulling to with- &UDZIRUG FRQ¿UPHG ³2XU bouts to claim second place. tion, and both placed. in a point after at the third goal of making it to district Interestingly, Miller lost ear- Fuller, the only individu- quarter’s end. And then it was made. We set another ly to Burns wrestler Kyran al champion from Wallowa was basket for basket in the goal to move on. When we got Simpson whom he lost to a County, received one bye at fourth, with Enterprise out- there, it didn’t happen. The second time in the second 195 pounds, won a technical scoring Imbler by one, 11-10, girls did everything they were place match, and Farwell, fall over Joseph’s Warnock in and putting the game into the supposed to do except we far all practical purposes, did VHPL¿QDODFWLRQWKHQSLQQHG four-minute overtime. didn’t make our free throws. the same thing. Farwell lost Elgin wrestler Levi Carper The game remained in- We know how important that early to another Burns wres- midway in the second round WHQVHLQWRWKH¿QDOVHFRQGV is.” tler, Dallon Higgins, then to claim his title. Crawford recalled his team Sophomore Darby Gassett was bested by Higgins again Wallowa’s second wres- going to the free throw line played phenomenally and was when the second place/third tler, 120-pound competi- with the game tied, but the awarded player of the game. place match was held. tor Luis Mendez, won two EHS also received seven matches, lost two matches, team points from freshman DQG FODLPHG D ¿IWK SODFH LQ Dylan Staigle who, like Mill- the tournament for 10 team Continued from Page A9 er, wrestled in the 106-pound points. Echo game. “We came out and played our game. The And then for the Eagles it ER\V ZHUH FRQ¿GHQW :H KLW was on to at least one state some big threes and poured it Don't have enough garbage play-in match. on from the inside too.” to go on service, but Joseph beat the Echo Cou- Echo was up 10-9 after need a place to dump it? gars 52-50 on Friday, Feb. one quarter, but the Eagles Dump your garbage at our office 20, in district action in the then bested the Cougars 10-6 418 SE Alamo St, Enterprise during office hours! Pay for the first Baker City gym, and then lost in the second for a 19-16 (541) 426-3492 nine and the tenth one is FREE! to powerhouse Nixyaawii, halftime lead. A high-scoring One punch per can or bag. 37-56 on Saturday, leaving third was highest for Echo, Any questions please call our office. Joseph as tourney runner-up. 18-14, putting the Cougars Joseph coach Olan Fulfer up by a point before Joseph’s EE summed up the reasons for offense prevailed 19-16 in R F his team’s success in the WKH ¿QDO VWDQ]D WR JLYH WKH Eagles the win. “Cayden (DeLury) hit a big three-pointer near the end and Sam (Beckman) hit four clutch free throws (in a row) to help us win the game,” Fulfer noted. Stats weren’t avail- able from Saturday’s game Ask about our new against Nixyaawii. Fulfer rideshare program or Gassett scored 14, going IRXUIRU¿YH IURP WKUHHSRLQW range. Senior leader Carsen Sajonia scored six including a three. She also had three re- bounds, two assists and three steals. Emma Hall didn’t score any points but did have four rebounds, three assists and a steal. Center Tiffanie George scored three with four rebounds and an assist. Sar- ah Aschenbrenner scored six points with three rebounds and a block. Freshman Reece Christman put up one three- point shot and made it. She also had three rebounds and an assist. Riley Gray, anoth- er freshman, scored and had two rebounds and two assists. Crawford will be losing three seniors from this year’s team, but some of his team will be returning for two more years and other players for three. He thinks EHS will become the team to beat. each scored 15 points. Eliza- beth is a senior and Hannah a sophomore. Calling the outing Wal- lowa’s worst game since December, Oveson said his troops trailed 16-4 after eight minutes and never threatened the eventual league champs. Echo (9-3 in league and 19-6 overall) kept full-court pres- sure on the Cougars through- out most of the game. In the opening minutes of the second half, Wallowa rebounders Calli Miller and Macey Frei picked up their fourth fouls and Oveson, seeing the handwriting on the wall, began pulling his starters to rest them for Sat- urday’s showdown with Nixyaawii. MATS: Young wrestlers vie for state Continued from Page A9 Those who place high at Boardman will move on to the State Junior High School Wrestling Tournament sched- uled for March 14 in Wood- burn. Competing in pod com- petition Friday, Feb. 6, on mats inside the Pine Eagle High School gymnasium, several local wrestlers com- peted well. In fact, the team from Enterprise won 13 of 15 matches it competed in and had three of its five wres- tlers go undefeated. Winning three match- said the Eagles came out and played “like they had nothing es each for Enterprise were to lose.” Going into the half seventh grader Kennison the Joseph Eagles were up Knifong and eighth graders by one over their formidable Shane Lund and Evan John- foe. In the second half, how- son. Knifong and Lund wres- ever, Nixyaawii came out fast tled at 95 pounds and John- and strong and poured it on, son at 110 pounds. Winning two of three matches for the Fulfer acknowledges. One of the highlights of same Enterprise team were last week’s tournament came sixth grader Trace Evans, at when Joseph was forming its 90 pounds, and eighth grad- spirit line before the Nixy- er Klint Norton, at 200-plus aawii game. The Wallowa pounds. In that same tournament, boys’ and girls’ teams and Wallowa fans all joined in the Joseph junior high school line. ”We really appreciated coach Ryan Seal said his four wrestlers compiled an accu- it,” Fulfer said. -RVHSK¶V ¿UVW VWDWH SOD\LQ mulative record of 8-4. Going game was scheduled Tuesday undefeated for Joseph with at home against the Dufer 3-0 marks were 80-pound Rangers. A Joseph win would eighth grade wrestler Steven place the Eagles to a second Beckman and eighth grade play-in for a spot among the 160-pound wrestler Callum elite eight in the state tourney. Wilcox. 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