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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 2016)
A11 WEDNESDAY January 13, 2016 SCOREBOARD ENTERPRISE GIRLS VS. IMBLER 50-43 | ENTERPRISE BOYS VS. IMBLER 37-61 TUESDAY, JAN. 5 Girls Basketball Enterprise 52, Elgin 43 Boys Basketball Elin 56, Enterprise 41 FRIDAY, JAN. 8 Girls Basketball Enterprise 50, Imbler 43 Joseph 45, Echo 39 Pine Eagle 28, Wallowa 16 Boys Basketball Imbler 61, Enterprise 37 Joseph 45, Echo 39 Wallowa 44, Pine Eagle 31 SATURDAY, JAN. 9 Girls Basketball Enterprise 48, Union 41 Joseph 75, Wallowa 16 Boys Basketball Union 68, Enterprise 45 Joseph 48, Wallowa 25 SPORTS CALENDAR FRIDAY, JAN. 15 Girls Basketball Enterprise @ Cove, 6 p.m. Joseph @ Pine Eagle, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Enterprise @ Cove, 7:30 p.m. Joseph @ Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 16 Girls Basketball Joseph vs. Griswold, 4 p.m. Wallowa @ Echo, 4 p.m. Boys Basketball Joseph vs. Griswold, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa @ Echo, 5:30 p.m. Wrestling Scot Heisel/The Chieftain Enterprise’s Tiffanie George looks for help as she’s surrounded by Imbler defenders Friday in Enterprise. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 OUTLAWS PICK OFF PANTHERS Enterprise girls pull away late in win over Imbler Scot Heisel Wallowa County Chieftain T he Enterprise girls took a big step toward the top of the Wapiti League standings with a crucial 50-43 home victory over the Imbler Panthers on Friday night. Junior guard Darby Gassett scored 11 points — including three 3-pointers — all in the second half to help the Out- laws pull away late. $IWHUDEDFNDQGIRUWK¿UVW half that left the teams locked at 24 points apiece at the break, Imbler opened the second half with a 7-0 run and looked to be taking charge. Gassett led the Enterprise charge back, hitting a jumper then a 3-pointer that was fol- lowed by a quick turnover and layup by Reagan Bedard to tie things up at 31-31. “I called a quick timeout and they responded, which is exactly what we needed,” said Outlaws coach Mike Crawford. The game remained tight XQWLOWKH¿QDOPLQXWHVZKHQ Enterprise slowly built its biggest lead of the night. Tiffany George hit a jumper to put Outlaws up by eight with about 3 minutes left. Then Reagan Bedard converted a three-point play on a layup and free throw with PREP ROUNDUP Outlaws wrestlers win 3 weight classes at Orofino Wallowa County Chieftain that weight. He went on to place fourth at 106 lbs. Joseph coach Tim Kiesecker said he All three of the county’s mat squads PDGHWKHMRXUQH\WR,GDKRIRUWKH2UR¿- was proud of his wrestlers in the heavy no Maniac Wrestling Invitational meet brackets. “They wrestled as good as I’ve seen on Jan. 8-9. The 18-team tournament featured a number of large schools from them wrestle. Everyone wrestled well, Pullman, Lewiston and Moscow. Enter- and there was some pretty good competi- prise grapplers placed seventh in the cut. tion in some of the classes.” Wallowa brought two wrestlers to the Joseph followed in ninth, while Wallowa meet, with Joe Robb placing fourth at 182 placed 16th. Enterprise wrestlers Shane Lund (106 lbs. Coach Mel Byers said Robb’s class lbs.), Cole Farwell (113 lbs.) and Clayne 0LOOHUOEVHDFKSODFHG¿UVWZKLOH was one of the toughest at the tournament. “He wrestled pretty well, especially Evan Johnson placed second at 120 lbs. Coach Troy Farwell was well pleased for the weight class he’s in. There were some teams from bigger schools, but it with the outcome. “We did well as a team. A big part of was a good experience for the kids.” Byers added that Auston Brockamp that was getting spread out where we’re covering four weight classes where we (138 lbs.) wrestled well on the tourna- used to cover only two with our smaller ment’s second day. Both Wallowa and Joseph have a bye guys.” Joseph wrestlers Raymond Seal (160 next week with Joseph going to Oregon lbs.) and Rylie Warnock (182 lbs.) placed State University to watch a duel meet be- third. Ben Lopez, wrestling at 195 lbs., tween OSU and the University of Wyo- earned a second-place medal. Steven ming. %HFNPDQ ¿UVW ZUHVWOHG DW OEV ZLQ- ning against the only other contestant at See ROUNDUP, Page A12 Enterprise, Joseph and Wallowa at Northwest Christian Invite, 10 a.m., Colbert, Wash. Wrestling Wallowa, Joseph and Enterprise at Border Battle in Wallowa. SKI REPORT FERGUSON RIDGE 33 seconds left to ice it for Enterprise. “We got a four-point lead and they never got back inside that,” Crawford said. “We were able to extend that lead with some really good defense.” %HGDUG¿QLVKHGZLWKVHYHQ points, while Sarah Aschen- brenner scored eight. Riley Gray added six. See OUTLAWS, Page A12 Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends and holidays. Snow levels: 15-inch base; groomed runs Latest info, visit http://www.skifergi.com. ANTHONY LAKES Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday; also open Jan. 18 for MLK Day Snow levels: 3 inches last 48 hours, as of Tuesday morning; 47-inch base; 128 inches season total SPOUT SPRINGS Open noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun- day; also open Jan. 18 for MLK Day Snow levels: Unavailable Latest info, visit www.spoutspringsskiar- ea.com. Home-court advantage gives Joseph easy win over Wallowa Scot Heisel Wallowa County Chieftain The Joseph boys found their groove at home Saturday night, while the visiting Wallowa Cou- gars at times must have felt like they couldn’t buy a bucket. Junior Aaron Borgerding led the way for the Eagles with 17 points, including three 3-point- ers, as the Eagles cruised to a 48- 25 win. Enterprise brought plenty of pressure early under the boards and in the backcourt en route to DOHDGDWWKHHQGRIWKH¿UVW period. The Cougars had some looks, but watched several shots roll in and out, which frequently led to transition points for the Eagles. “We shot about 19 percent IURP WKH ¿HOG´ :DOORZD FRDFK Greg Oveson said afterwards. “We had enough good shots, good looks at the basket to make it an interesting game.” Scot Heisel/The Chieftain See JOSEPH, Page A12 Joseph’s Aaron Borgerding, left, pressures Wallowa’s Christopher Nobles on Saturday at Joseph. • Tires/ Wheels • Brakes • Batteries PASSENGER TIRES STARTING AT $39.99 • LIGHT TRUCK & SUV STARTING AT $89.99 • Alignment • Tire Chains • Siping • Air Check • Tire Rotation • Wiper Blades www.LESSCHWAB.com st 802 NW 1 • Enterprise • 541.426.3139