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September 9, 2015
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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
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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.
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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.
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“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
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be known when they go up
against No. 16 ranked Cove
on Thursday, Sept. 10, on the
home court.
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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,
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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
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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
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nual Catherine Creek Scamper,
this Friday (9/11) starting at
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WALLOWA: First Heppner game close
FUNDS: Triathlon to raise money
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Cougars darned near won
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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
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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
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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
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the Cougars’ year-ago team
— completing 4 of 10 tosses
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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that opportunity,” Brock-
amp said. The Wallowa
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to be a more physical game,
given that Adrian is “a basic
triple-option power running
team.”
JOSEPH:
Captain says
team ‘energetic’
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“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.”
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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.
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tition in the new season, Sat-
urday, Sept. 5, in the Prairie
City Tournament, the E-Gals
defeated Adrian, winning
two of three games.