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To get to the trailhead,
follow Hurricane Creek Road
about 5 miles out of Enterprise.
Instead of following the pave-
ment at the Grange Hall, drive
straight ahead onto the gravel.
If you’re traveling from Joseph,
turn left just after passing the
Grange Hall. The trailhead is
about 3 miles up the gravel road.
The road is narrow, although
turnouts are plentiful. On Dec.
12, most of the road had packed
snow that had devolved into ice
at some points, although it ap-
peared it had been plowed up
to the trailhead. The parking lot
is large and contains a loading/
unloading dock for livestock as
well as a pair of hitching rails.
The dock looks as though
it has a trail behind it, but this
is not a trail. Facing the dock,
the trailhead is marked to the
left. The Hurricane Creek Trail
at the start is rife with ice and
it’s a good idea to have trac-
tion devices on your footwear.
About a tenth of a mile up the
Hurricane Creek trail, the Falls
Creek Trail is plainly posted on
the right side. After a brief walk
of about 150 yards through the
forest the terrain opens into a
small valley with Falls Creek
running through its center. The
trail winds through the north
side of the valley and it doesn’t
take much of a walk before you
realize how Falls Creek got its
name — a beautiful 40-foot wa-
terfall lies at the west end of the
valley, pouring from the top of a
stone cliff.
While the falls are not as
spectacular as say, Multnomah
Falls, it is a wonder because of
its proximity to the trailhead.
The mostly colorless winter
hues of the landscape also lend
a stark beauty to the falls itself.
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under the snow, but it appeared
one trail led along the north face
of the valley, while another led
along the north side of the creek
bed. Much of the valley face
trail is a sort of packed shale/
gravel that is quite narrow at
points and under snow contains
the possible danger of sliding
off down toward the creek. The
creek trail is considerably less
hazardous and is quite a pleasant
walk with the creek murmuring
alongside.
Eventually the creek trail
leads to a small knoll perhaps 50
yards from and just to the right
of the falls. From this point, the
falls are spectacular.
Walking the trail without
knowledge of the topography
or even the falls itself was
quite brief. Even with a stop
of about 15 minutes at the
knoll, the round trip from the
parking lot was a little over an
hour.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
This week’s athlete of the week is
Wallowa wrestler Gus Ramsden. The
freshman athlete wrestles at 145 lbs.
and placed second in his weight class
at the John Rysdam Memorial Day
tournament held Dec. 18-19 in Elgin.
In the championship match, Ramsden
finally lost after the fourth overtime 2-
0 against La Grande wrestler Hakan
Strommer. The match was given to
Strommer because he had scored first
in the regulation match that ended
in a 5-5 tie.
Ramsden’s coach Mel Byers
called it the finest and longest
match of the meet. He added that the rulebook had to be consulted
after the third OT because no one had seen a match last that long.
Ramsden in the son of Mark and Amy Ramsden of Lostine.
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ROCKETS
Then immediately after forcing an
Outlaw turnover, Madison Dave dribbled
the length of the court before making a
quick pass to Kayla Deist left of the bas-
ket who nailed the short jumper to give
Pilot Rock a 28-20 lead. The Rockets
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33-20 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Outlaws’
full-court press and the overall team
length threw the Rockets out of rhythm.
Numerous turnovers, missed free throws
and blocked shots plagued Pilot Rock
and gave the Outlaws a boost.
But with 45 seconds left, the Rockets
held a 38-28 lead and thought they had
the win in the bag as Wilson took out
his main players for the reserves. But
the Outlaws weren’t ready to throw in
the towel as a quick 3-pointer by Gassett
and 3-point-play by Reece Christman
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onds remaining. Gassett led Enterprise
with 15 points.
But the Rockets held on in the end,
something that Wilson didn’t envision
when he made the decision to make the
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the Outlaws on Friday in Pilot Rock.
substitutions.
“A little closer than I hoped,” he said
with a laugh. “I thought 10 points (lead)
was enough.”
Boys
Enterprise 63, Condon/Wheeler 53:
The Outlaws trailed big early Saturday
at the Rocket Invite in Pilot Rock, be-
fore battling back and pulling away in
the end. Brett Greenshields led the way
with 14 points and Jimmy Wells added
12.
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showed growth in a young team by be-
lieving in teamwork and an offense,”
said Enterprise coach Ron Lathrop.
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streak with a 12-point win over Enter-
prise at the Rocket Invite on Friday. En-
terprise was led in scoring by Wells with
18 points, Greenshields (9), Justin Exon
(7) and Rylie Hayward (6).
“Pilot Rock returned the favor by
beating us by 12 after we beat them last
weekend by 13,” Lathrop said. “The
team is still learning to be patient and
run an offense.”
had a win and got three wins
this weekend. These smaller
meets are good for my young-
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ren Maken each contributed and the laudatory comments Beckman, who weighs 96 lbs
nine points for Joseph, while of their coaches. Nine teams but has to wrestle at 106 be-
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14: The Cougars struggled in
Enterprise placed third year,” Kiesecker said.
Wallowa brought three
their second league game of in the tournament with 84.5
the season. No game details points and Joseph was close wrestlers to the meet who
were available at press time.
behind with 82. Wallowa scored in second, third and
fourth places. Coach Mel
Nixyaawii 67, Wallowa placed ninth, with 35 points.
10: The Cougars took a loss
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Friday in their Old Oregon tlers place in the top three in wrestled at 145 lbs, earned his
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overtimes.
for his team.
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The popularity of the Wen-
aha elk hunt has a lot to do
with its high success rate.
“We don’t have this year’s
data yet, but it’s usually
about 60 percent success,”
Matthews said.
In contrast, some of the
least popular hunts are ant-
lerless elk hunts. Matthews
said people pick them up as
“leftover” tags or second-
and third-choice tags oppor-
tunities. Matthews added
that some elk hunts, such as
the archery spike bull-only
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overtime rounds, so after the
fourth round, Ramsden’s op-
ponent was declared the win-
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in the match.
Both Joseph and Enter-
prise are traveling to Pome-
roy, Wash., for a Dec. 27-28
tournament.
John Rysdam
Memorial Day
Tournament results
106 lbs: 1. Shane Lund,
Enterprise. 2. Steven Beck-
man, Joseph. 120 lbs: 1. Cole
Farwell, Enterprise. 2. Evan
Johnson, Enterprise. 126 lbs:
2. Clayne Miller, Enterprise.
138 lbs: 3. Auston Brockamp,
Wallowa. 145 lbs: 2. Gus
Ramsden, Wallowa. 160 lbs:
1. Raymond Seal, Joseph. 3.
Zyler Hermens, Enterprise.
182 lbs: 3. Rylie Warnock,
Joseph. 195 lbs: 2. Benja-
min Lopez, Joseph. 3. Cole
Kiesecker, Joseph.
generally the least successful
hunts. About seven percent
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2014.
Matthews said several
seasons are still in progress,
including cow elk hunts and
an antlerless deer hunt. The
elk hunts will stretch into
January.
“The big hunts are over,
and these are the smaller
hunts with a smaller number
of tags,” Matthews said. He
said ODFW also issued a fair
amount of bear and cougar
tags, and that a high percent-
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successful year for elk hunt-
ing with an average year for
deer tags as deer hunting
goes.”
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Charter Art Program (CAP) classes this fall.
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