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Wallowa County Chieftain wallowa.com Sports September 9, 2015 A11 OUTLAWS: Losses have high points RUNNERS: Notable seniors back Continued from Page A10 out of the water,” Gill said. And, late in the day, against As for Heppner, Gill said, Heppner, they recovered their “We made a lot of mistakes. focus and showed their grit in +HSSQHU VHUYHG ¿YH RU VL[ the close second set. points in a row against us.” There were some high Our Lady Os ended with a points, with Riley Gray doing disappointing ranking of 39. well blocking at the net and At the bottom. JHWWLQJLQIRXUNLOOVLQWKH¿UVW But let’s look beyond the game against Wallowa. An- ranking and see what we’ve GUHD%XWWHU¿HOGGLGZHOOWRR got to work with. with 14 kills throughout the Given the power of day and seven blocks. Jack- Weston-McEwen and Grant lyn and Gwen Jensen had 14 Union, the Lady Os acquitted setting assists each. Tiffany themselves respectably. *HRUJHKDG¿YHNLOOV “It’s not like we got blown We see some good work, some evidence of that happy/ scrappy attitude and, overall, something to build on, but the girls are in for some se- rious serve and receive work. “We know that’s not our strong suit so we will be do- ing a lot of that,” Gill said. “We don’t have to be big hitters, but we have to play smarter.” Just how smart the ladies JHWLQWKHQH[WIHZGD\VZLOO be known when they go up against No. 16 ranked Cove on Thursday, Sept. 10, on the home court. Continued from Page A10 Particularly notable are returning senior Dawn Mist Movich-Fields (2nd at dis- trict, 6th at state), junior Isa- belle “Izzy” Tingelstad (3rd at district, 4th at state, state champion in the 3,000-meter run in track) and sophomore Eliza Irish (4th at state). Among the new runners to the Wallowa County team are freshmen Ella Coughlan and Karli Bedard (following in her sister Reagan’s footsteps), and junior Annie Duncan. Duncan is an interesting case, having been a strong runner on the Union team before moving with her family to Wallowa County this year. Also returning to the girls team are senior Zoe Sallada, juniors Reagan Bedard and Re- becca “Becca” Bateman (who’s really enjoying cross-country, KDYLQJVWDUWHGIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH last year), and sophomore Ellie Van Doozer. The 2015 season already looks to be off to a good start, with Wallowa County putting in a strong showing at the Runner Soul Cross Country Fest (host- ed at Sandstone Middle School, in Hermiston). Movich-Fields placed third, and runners across both teams placed in the top RI D ZLGH ¿HOG LQFOXGLQJ Tingelstad (17th) of the girls, and Locke (13th) and Strampe (18th) of the boys. We’ll keep an eye on these runners as they continue to de- velop their skills, and follow their progress as they go on to WKHLU QH[W PHHW WKH WK $Q- nual Catherine Creek Scamper, this Friday (9/11) starting at SP WALLOWA: First Heppner game close FUNDS: Triathlon to raise money Continued from Page A10 Continued from Page A10 Cougars darned near won WKHLU ¿UVW JDPH DJDLQVW +HS- pner, a 25-23 loss. Wallowa Coach Janea Hulse had some thoughts about the games at Ione and Heppner. Against Ione, she said, “The girls took a huge step in the right direction. They came out and played as a team and trusted each oth- er. Their movement on the court was much better than the night before ... These girls were covering each other and pushing themselves to get to each ball. “Riley Ferré is improving with every play,” Hulse said of Wallowa’s freshman setter. “Her setting is getting better and better and she is moving WKH EDOO DURXQG DQG ¿QGLQJ her hitters.” Hulse added that middle blocker Beth John- ston, a junior, “did a good job on the net. She is gaining more control on her hits and that is proving to be very pos- itive.” At Heppner, Hulse said, “Mary Beth Hulse impressed me throughout the tourna- ment. She started hitting the way I knew she could.” Concerning the team as a whole, Hulse said, “every aspect of the game has im- proved. Serving was much better, passing has improved, which has led to better setting and much better hitting. Jor- dan (Ferré) and Beth (John- ston) are both getting stronger in their blocking and getting to be more reliable hitters. It’s great to see so much improve- ment in such a short amount of time.” to Safe Harbors in 2013 and $3,129 in 2014. All of the money raised The race includes a quar- goes to Safe Harbors, a lo- ter-mile (500-meter) swim cal non-profit that works to in Wallowa Lake (starting at provide assistance to vic- the Marina), a 12-mile bike tims of domestic violence ride to Joseph and back and DQG VH[XDO DVVDXOW IRU WKHLU a three-mile run around the shelter project. resort community of Wal- “We’re lucky to have lowa Lake. sponsors that entirely Packet pickup is at the pay for the running of the south end of Wallowa Lake, event,” said Sully. “We’re at the Marina, on Friday, able to donate everything Sept. 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. or we raise to Safe Harbors.” on race morning. Be there The race donated $2,000 by 8 a.m. to prepare. The DEFEAT: OPENER: Cougars trounce Panthers Outlaws lose to 6tan¿elG Continued from Page A10 GARAGE D00R Also specializing in INSTALLATION AND REPAIR Call Paul Vlietstra 541-263-1247 Licensed Bonded & Insured CCB#200036 race starts at 9 a.m. A 5km run/walk is also available to those who are not up to the Triathlon but want to participate. The course is the same as that of the triathlon and will start after the last swimmer has left the water. No day-of-the-race reg- istration is taken, so Thurs- day, Sept. 10, is the last day you can enter the race. Register by visting www.active.com and click on triathlon. Although quarterback Koby Frye was also part of that ground game with 71 yards rushing, he addi- tionally took to the air in this contest — far more fre- quently than was seen with Continued from Page A10 the Cougars’ year-ago team — completing 4 of 10 tosses -XVWLQ ([RQ OHG WKH GH- for 159 passing yards. Most fense with 12 solo tackles of those were accumulat- and one assist as well as ed in two touchdown plays causing two fumbles, re- — of 75 yards in the first covering one. McCadden, quarter, and 62 yards in the Bales and Wade Isley each third — to the same inviting snared seven tackles. Bales target, 6’2” junior Travis recorded the team’s only Haga. sack, which resulted in a The flow of the game five-yard loss. was comfortable for Wal- 7KH QH[W 2XWODZV JDPH lowa throughout. After is a non-league battle at Ir- the Panthers climbed back rigon on Sept. 11. into it with their two sec- ond-quarter TDs to make it 24-14, the Cougars’ Patrick Ritthaler ran one in from 10 yards to put Wallowa up 30- 14 at the half. Thereafter, it was all Wallowa. While their de- fense was shutting out Chil- oquin in the second half, the Cougars found the end zone once in the third quarter and three times in the final stan- za to make this victory look easier than it should have been. Long runs accounted for the three fourth-quarter TDs — scampers of 53 yards each by Noah Allen and Burns, and freshman Gus 5DPVGHQ¶V \DUG H[SOR- sion, the Cougars’ longest scoring run of the day. In addition to Burns, Ritthaler, Allen and Rams- den, quarterback Frye also scored Friday via the run. Wallowa had 687 total Are you part of a nonprofit in Wallowa County? We need your help. The Wallowa County Chieftain is working to create a master list of nonprofits in Wallowa County. We are looking for the NAME of the nonprofit, CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS and WEB SITE if available to be updated or added to the list! Either call the information into the Chieftain Office at 541-426-4567 or email cjenkins@wallowa.com Thank you for your help! wallowa.com yards on offense. On the de- fensive side of the ball, Joe Pendarvis’ 6 tackles led the team, followed by Frye with 5, and Ramsden and Cole Hafer each with 4. Hafer was also forced 3 Chiloquin fumbles, and Haga had 3 QB sacks. “It’s good to be 1-0,” said Wallowa Head Coach Matt Brockamp. Still, he said he can see “lots to improve on” at this stage of the season. And now the Cougars are going to test themselves against last year’s number one team, Adrian, Friday at $GULDQ ³:H¶UH H[FLWHG IRU that opportunity,” Brock- amp said. The Wallowa FRDFK VDLG KH H[SHFWV WKLV to be a more physical game, given that Adrian is “a basic triple-option power running team.” JOSEPH: Captain says team ‘energetic’ Continued from Page A10 “I think we’re really fun and energetic, and we all get along, so it’s just a really fun team,” underscored Albee. Coach Jill Hite reinforced this message, saying that “we really work hard on team uni- ty.” 7KHWHDP¶V¿UVWIXOOJDPH was this week; we’ll keep track of their scores and sta- tistics as the season develops and numbers become avail- able. Judging by their per- formance at practice, and the supportive attitude the play- ers demonstrated, this looks to be a strong team whose players trust one another. ,QLWV¿UVWWDVWHRIFRPSH- tition in the new season, Sat- urday, Sept. 5, in the Prairie City Tournament, the E-Gals defeated Adrian, winning two of three games.