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A11 WEDNESDAY April 8, 2015 :DOORZDJROI¿QLVKHVVHFRQG The Wallowa golf team traveled to the Pendleton Country Club to play in the Small Schools Tourna- ment on Friday, April 3. The team took second place with individuals also placing well. Cougars Karl Wellens and Alex &RXWDQWHDFKVKRWDQZLWK:HOOHQV coming in third place and Coutant fourth. The tie-breaker was decided through the boys’ performance on the course’s back nine with Wellens getting the nod. Wallowa’s Kai Oliver and Thom- as Jamerson both came in around the middle of the pack and only one Wallowa golf coach Marvin Gibbs instructs team member Caevan Murray at the driving range in Enterprise on Monday. Rob Ruth Chieftain VWURNH DSDUW 2OLYHU FDUGLQJ D DQG-DPHUVRQ-DPHUVRQSRVWHG his best round ever in the tourna- PHQW &DHYDQ 0XUUD\ WKH ¿IWK ER\ IRUWKH:DOORZDWHDP¿QLVKHGLQ strokes. Claire Wellens, the only girl on the Wallowa team, shot well with a VFRUHRIJRRGIRUVHYHQWKSODFH Wallowa coach Marvin Gibbs said, “The kids are playing good and they hope to keep it up. This is what we are looking forward to.” This week the team plays in the Wildhorse Invitational near Pendle- ton. Enterprise boys 4th, girls 8th in milton Freewater meet Steve Tool/Chieftain Eagles player Sam Beckman gets some steel on the ball during the first game of Joseph’s home-opening doubleheader against the Baker JV squad. Joseph lost both games, 6-3 and 31-9. Joseph loses twice at home By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Courtesy photo/Kimberly Tingelstad Courtesy photo/Kimberly Tingelstad The three top finishers at Friday’s Carnival of Speed 1500 meter race — from left, Delaney Clem, Pendleton; Isabelle Tingelstad, Joseph; and Dawn Mist Movich-Fields, Enterprise — round a corner in a tight race eventually won by Clem. Movich-Fields placed second and Tingelstad third. Alexis Sykora, a freshman at Joseph High School, did not place last Friday in either the 100-meter or 200-meter sprints while competing at the Carnival of Speed, which attracted competitors from 26 schools. LATHROP DOMINATES OPENER Senior wins three events at Carnival of Speed By Rocky Wilson C Wallowa County Chieftain ompeting at the season-opening Car- nival of Speed track meet last Friday at MacHi, in Milton Freewater, Enterprise senior Kaden Lathrop bested anywhere between 21 and 31 competitors in each HYHQWWRHDUQ¿UVWSODFHKRQRUVLQWKHPHWHUKLJK hurdles, triple jump, and high jump. Twenty-six VFKRROVLQFOXGLQJVHYHQIURP:DVKLQJWRQ¿HOGHG boys’ and girls’ teams at the annual competition easily won among both genders by the largest participating school, 5A Pendleton High School. In both the high hurdles and triple jump, Lath- URSZRQDWWKHH[SHQVHRIVHFRQGSODFH¿QLVKHU Owen Lanning of Waitsburg-Prescott, Wash. In the PHWHUKLJKKXUGOHV/DWKURSKLWWKHWDSHDW FRPSDUHGWR/DQQLQJ¶VDQGLQWKHWULSOHMXPS Lathrop hopped, skipped, and jumped 41’5”, eight inches farther than Lanning. /DWKURSFOHDUHGWKHKLJKMXPSEDUDW¶´WRZLQ that event, one inch higher than his nearest competitor from Pendleton. A sterling effort in the girls’ division was put forth by freshman Eliza Irish of Enterprise who placed WKLUGDPRQJUXQQHUVDWWKHPHWHUGLVWDQFH $VDWHDPWKH(QWHUSULVHER\VVFRUHGSRLQWV and placed fourth behind Pendleton, Walla Walla, and Waitsburg-Prescott, while the co-op Enterprise/Wal- lowa girls’ team tied for eighth with 32 points. The Joseph boys, on the strength of a sev- HQWKSODFHSROHYDXOWHIIRUWRI¶E\5D\PRQG6HDO a junior, scored a total of 2 points, while JoHi’s sophomore distance runner Isabelle Tingelstad SODFHGWKLUGLQERWKWKHDQGPHWHUUXQV to tally 12 of her team’s 13.33 points. See CARNIVAL, Page A12 The Joseph Eagles base- ball team lost both ends of their home-opening twinbill against the Baker JV Bulldogs E\VFRUHVRIDQGWKHIRRW- ball score of 31-9 on Saturday, April 4. The Eagles played ZHOO LQ WKH ¿UVW JDPH NHHS- ing the score tied at three until %DNHU EURNH IUHH LQ WKH ¿QDO innings. The Eagles had four hits with Will McCadden going 3-for-4 with two doubles and WZR5%,V The second game saw the Joseph team fall apart under a virtual onslaught by the Bull- dog bats. The Bulldogs scored nine in the second inning and LQWKLUGPDLQO\EHKLQGWKH hitting of Baker catcher Mar- cus Plumley, who homered in all three at-bats, including two grand slams and a three-run shot. See JOSEPH, Page A12 Golfers await better weather Cubs look promising Cubs coach Cliff Conrad was understandably pleased about his team’s play in the The Wallowa County Friday opener. “The girls Cubs softball team opened came out slugging and our up its season with four defense was solid. They got games last weekend. First out on top and kept the other the girls traveled to Nyssa team down,” Contrad said. Friday for opening day and He noted that Macey Frei won two league games de- and Darby Gassett were big cisively over the Bulldogs, hitters for the Cubs with Frei 15-5 and 14-2. On Satur- going 4-for-5 in Friday’s day the Cubs traveled to La ¿UVW JDPH ZLWK ¿YH 5%,V Grande and lost a 1-11 game Gassett was 2-for-5 in the before turning things around ¿UVW JDPH ZLWK IRXU 5%,V to win the second game, 14- *DVVHWW DOVR KDG IRXU 5%,V 7KH &XEV IDFHG D WHDP in the second game. of purely JV players in that See CUBS, Page A12 second game. By Rich Rautenstrauch Wallowa County Chieftain By Rochelle Danielson For the Chieftain 7KH¿UVWIHZGD\VRILWVRI¿FLDO$SULO 1st opening, Alpine Meadows took on a rather lonely and gloomy appearance, all because a little bit of snow and a little bit of rain mixed with a whole lot of cold air kept even the heartiest golfers away. Rob Ruth/Chieftain It wasn’t that way the last few days of March. While the clubhouse bustled Three young golfers make their way along the course’s edge at Alpine Meadows in preparation for the opening with Ted Golf Course late Monday afternoon. Pithoud, the new clubhouse manager, ac- quainting himself with his duties, Sher- were coming in droves to take advantage we opened,” Pithoud says, “than on ri Currie and Julie Sears readying the of the warm, windless and wonderful opening day.” restaurant, and lady golfers washing win- weather. 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