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WEDNESDAY
September 2, 2015
FOOTBALL
PREVIEW
2016
EHS
loaded
for bear
By Stephen Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Enterprise High School foot-
ball coach, Mike Rowley, sits easy
behind his desk talking about the
upcoming season With 2 play-
ers on the 2015 squad, Rowley
is cautiously optimistic about the
team making its presence known
in the Wapiti League this season
The team maintains its 2A
ranking, but just barely Rowley
said the team is on the lowest end
of the population spectrum, but
still able to ¿ eld a sturdy, 11-man
team and a junior varsity team
See ENTERPRISE, Page A10
Rob Ruth/Chieftain
Wallowa football players take part in a tackling drill during an Aug. 27 team practice.
Cougars eye another state run
By Rob Ruth
Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA — Cougars football made an
impressive comeback last year, compiling a
7-3 won-loss record and reaching the state
Tuarter¿ nals, where Wallowa lost to 'ufur
For 2015, second-year Head Coach Matt
Brockamp has it in mind to build upon last
year’s success, and he has good reason to
believe this is a realistic e[pectation
“We have eight returning First Team All-
League players, so we’re going to be better
than we were last year, I think,” Brockamp
e[plains
”
WE HAVE EIGHT RETURNING FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE PLAYERS, SO
WE’RE GOING TO BE BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR, I THINK.
Coach Brockamp
Furthermore, the Cougars aren’t just look-
ing to strike it rich for only a year or two “My
incoming freshman class is loaded with talent,”
Brockamp says, “so we’re going to be a good
football team for several years to come”
The return of good times for Wallowa
football is also reÀ ected in the growing number
of bodies in uniform Last season the program
dressed 1 at the outset This year’s sTuad is up
to 22 The ma[imum allowed is 2
Brockamp, assisted by
coaches Mel Byers and
Jeremy McCulloch, de-
fensive coordinator, plans
to continue to exploit last
year’s established strengths
while adding some new
wrinkles
See COUGARS, Page A10
Joseph gets
new coach
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Joseph Charter School is
launching the 2015 football
season with a new head coach,
Toby Koehn, who held an as-
sistant coaching position at JCS
last year Koehn also spent 7-
years coaching football at Cove
High School
The team is ¿ elding 13 play-
ers for its eight-man team with
Koehn expecting as many as
three more to soon enlist in the
ranks Koehn was somewhat
shocked at the lack of interest
in the JCS football program
Brockamp
See JOSEPH, Page A10
Lady Outlaws ready to rumble in 2015-16 season
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
It’s a whole ’nother ball-
game for the Lady Outlaws
this year
Expect to see “scrappy/hap-
py” on the hardwood and at the
net this season as the Enterprise
girls’ volleyball team enters
their third year of coaching
with LaShawnda Gill, assisted
by Amy Stangel
“We’re going to go further
this year by concentrating on
defense and being scrappy and
playing smart ball,” Gill said
“The attitude is positive and
that’s going to take us further
We’ve got quite a young team
but we have some aggressive
players, all-around players that
can play front and back row
This year we’re de¿ nitely more
committed and determined”
That essential attitude was
damaged last year when the
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Andrea Butterfield gets down to it, digging a ball and doing
floor moves during practice.
team was up against compet-
itors that could take it all the
way; three of the teams in the
2A-6 Wapiti League went to
State, and Burns took ¿ rst and
Grant 8nion took second
“Last year was hard,” Gill
admitted “We didn’t win a sin-
gle league game and that takes
a toll; we were not prepared for
that league”
But hard times had the best
possible effect on the team,
which came back this year
with “high expectations and
determination,” Gill said
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
See OUTLAWS, Page A10
Coach LaShawnda Gill prepares to hit a ball to her team in a defensive drill as Gracie Carlsen
waits her turn.
Wallowa County sunrise and sunset September 3 - September 9 (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
Thursday, Sept. 3
Rise ..................................... 6:13
Set ....................................... 7:23
Friday, Sept. 4
Rise ..................................... 6:14
Set ....................................... 7:21
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Saturday, Sept. 5
Rise ..................................... 6:15
Set ....................................... 7:19
Sunday, Sept. 6
Rise ..................................... 6:16
Set ....................................... 7:18
Monday, Sept. 7
Rise ..................................... 6:18
Set ....................................... 7:16
Tuesday, Sept. 8
Rise ..................................... 6:19
Set ....................................... 7:14
Wednesday, Sept 9
Rise ..................................... 6:20
Set ....................................... 7:12
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