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A10 wallowa.com September 30, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain A10 WEDNESDAY September 30, 2015 Wallowa Cougars win home opener, 66-22 Echo loses starting quarterback By Rob Ruth Wallowa County Chieftain WALLOWA — It wasn’t exactly a perfect afternoon on offense Fri- day, Sept. 25, for the mighty Wal- lowa Cougars, but they continued to make the big play frequently enough to run up a big 66-22 score on their visitors from Echo, who also lost their starting QB to proba- ble season-ending injury. handoff on a regular down, the back carried the ball 69 yards for Wallowa’s second TD, the first of the senior’s three rushing touch- downs on the day. The Cougars’ other players to score touchdowns Friday were Frye (11-yard run), Chandler Burns (runs of 36 and 90 yards), and Gus Ramsden (runs of 13 and 22 yards). This was both teams’ first league game of 2015. Wallowa scored early and often, putting up a 24-0 lead by the first quarter’s end. The combination of quarterback Koby Frye and receiv- er Travis Haga got it going, con- necting for a 60-yard touchdown, which was followed by Noah Al- len’s successful 2-point conversion run to make the lead 8-0. Later in the quarter, when Allen got the See COUGARS, Page A11 Elliott Seyler/Chieftain Sophomore Wallowa linebacker Patrick Ritthaler, number 21, wraps up Echo junior quarterback Klay Jenson, limiting Jenson to a short gain on this first-quarter play. Ritthaler had eight unassisted tackles on Friday. Joseph gridders lose by 2 points By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain The Joseph Eagle footbal- lers lost a heartbreaker at Pow- der Valley in a 62-60 shootout. Joseph had a whopping 470 yards total offense. Caden DeLury led the team in rushing, bruising his way through the Powder Valley line with 270 yards rushing on 39 carries. As quarterback, DeLury either threw or ran for all the team’s touchdowns. DeLury also completed seven passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman Tyler Homan was re- cipient of four passes, including the two touchdowns. Logan Welch had 137 yards on 26 carries. Starting quar- terback and middle lineback- er Sam Beckman missed the game due to injury. Koehn was impressed with RUNNING Welch DeLury the play of Homan and Trey Wandschneider. “Tyler played both sides of the ball the whole game, and Trey learned a lot as a defensive back playing against a passing team,” Koehn said. Logan Welch also received kudos from Koehn for his in- spired playing even after be- ing on the receiving end of a vicious illegal “crackback” block. “He got hit hard quite a few times, but he just kept com- ing back at them,” Koehn said. See JOSEPH, Page A11 JHS v-ball team beats Pine Eagle HIGH Wallowa County cross country team makes solid showing at Bob Firman Courtesy photo/Jenny Reinheardt Joseph starts strong first weekend, loses momentum By Elliott Seyler Wallowa County Chieftain Last weekend, Joseph’s volleyball team faced down Pine Eagle, beating the Spar- tans in three games — 27-25, 25-13, 25-15. The team over- all had 15 aces and 26 kills. “Our team work was posi- tive and disciplined; the girls played with energy,” E-Gals Coach Jill Hite said. “Tori Suto and Kristina Humphreys both did an amazing job com- ing off the bench and ¿lling roles on the Àoor. It takes an entire team to win games.” Individual performances against Pine Eagle were as follows: See VOLLEYBALL, Page A11 Senior Dawn Mist Movich-Fields leads a pack of runners as she races to an impressive 10th place finish. Four set personal bests, two set season bests in Idaho meet W allowa County performed solidly and impressively at this weekend’s Bob Firman Invitational cross country meet at Eagle Is- land State Park in Idaho. Of the 10 players who ran the 5-kilometer race, four broke their personal records, and two more broke their best times of the season. Coach Dan Moody’s reminder at the start of the season appears to hold true: the team is improving solid- ly and consistently, with an eye towards running at the state championship at the end of the season. Boys Varsity: Jacob Evarts (11): 19:56.50 (PB), 109th James Madsen (10): 20:37.21 (PB), 145th Girls Varsity: Dawn Mist Movich-Fields (12): 20:37.34, 10th Isabelle Tingelstad (11): 21:30.60 (SB), 23rd Karli Bedard (9): 24:36.68 (PB), 96th Eliza Irish (10): 24:36.91, 98th Annie Duncan (11): 26:18.62, 134th Reagan Bedard (11): 27:34.17 (PB), 155th Girls JV: Rebecca Bateman (11): 35:43.71, 163rd Whitney Evans (11): 37:04.10 (SB), 164th RESULTS By Elliott Seyler Wallowa County Chieftain Hayes Brothers end season on high note By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Hayes Brothers racing team ended the season strong, ¿n- ishing 11th in a ¿eld of 18 cars at their last race of the season in Ephrata, Wash., on Sept. 19. “We could have been 10th, but we haven’t gotten the engine quite right, and we hadn’t been at that track, so we weren’t sure about how to set up for it,” Jerry Hayes said. Hayes was referring to the their car’s new engine. The Hayes team decorated their car in pink as the theme of the race was breast cancer awareness. 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