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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 2016)
A11 WEDNESDAY September 21, 2016 ROAD-TESTED EAGLES RISE TO THE CHALLENGE SCOREBOARD TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 Volleyball Joseph def. Griswold 25-21, 25-20, 21- 25, 25-19 THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 Volleyball Powder Valley def. Wallowa 25-16, 25-13, 25-18 By Scot Heisel FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Wallowa County Chieftain The Joseph Eagles have been among the region’s busiest volleyball teams this season, taking on all comers while racking up the wins. Last week the Eagles (9- 2) played fi ve matches in fi ve days, including their only home match so far this sea- son — a 25-5, 25-14, 25-24 sweep of league foe Pine Ea- gle on Friday. Their travels have includ- ed two wins at Prairie City, a 3-1 jaunt through Portland and a 2-1 run at North Pow- der. Their only two losses this season came against 3A Horizon (Tualatin) — the last of four matches in two days at Portland — and Saturday in the fi nal of the North Powder Tournament against league foe Powder Valley. They’ve lost just 10 sets in 11 matches so far and currently are the No. 4 1A program in the state, accord- ing to OSAA. Against Pine Eagle (0-7), the Eagles jumped out to a big lead early on when ju- nior Tori Suto reeled off nine consecutive service points to give her team a 10-3 lead in the fi rst set. After giving a few points back, junior Alex- is Sykora began service with an ace and brought home a 25-5 fi rst-set win from there. Football Crane 42, Wallowa 16 Umatilla 21, Enterprise 7 Volleyball Joseph def. Pine Eagle 25-5, 25-14, 26-24 La Grande def. Enterprise 25-18, 25-20 at Baker City SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 Football Jordan Valley 54, Joseph 26 Volleyball Cove def. Wallowa 25-23, 25-17, 25-18 At Powder Valley Tournament, North Powder Joseph def. Prairie City 25-8, 25-14 Joseph def. Adrian 25-20, 25-20 Powder Valley def. Joseph 25-22, 22-25, 15-8 MONDAY, SEPT. 19 Volleyball Enterprise def. La Grande JV 25-16, 25-14, 25-21 SPORTS CALENDAR THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 Volleyball Joseph @ Powder Valley, 4 p.m. Scot Heisel/Chieftain FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 Haven Johnson drives the ball past Pine Eagle defenders Savanna Hood (1) and Aubrey Vannice (4) as Hannah Tanaka (6) and Trinity Butner (5) watch from the second line. Senior Haven Johnson drove ball after ball into the Spartans defense throughout the match and served as the Eagles’ go-to attacker on of- fense. Pine Eagle kept things close in the second set, which was tied at 7-7 before Joseph pulled away again for a 25-14 Team USA claims 2 fl y fi shing bronzes at championships Wallowa County Chieftain Team USA is coming home with two med- als from the 2016 World Fly Fishing Champi- onships held last week in Vail, Colo. Enterprise fi sherman Devin Olsen did not win an individual medal for his team this year, but he contributed well, coming in 13th over- all out of 125 contestants from around the world. Olsen caught 55 fi sh. His teammate Lance Egan of Lehi, Utah, did won bronze with a catch of 60 fi sh over the course of the competition. Team USA also won a team bronze with 289 fi sh. Team USA consists of Lance Egan of Utah, Pat Weiss of Pennsylva- nia, Devin Olsen of Oregon, Norm Maktima of New Mexico and Josh Graffam of Wyo- ming. Spain claimed the team gold with a total of 302 fi sh caught and released. The silver medal went to France with a total of 293 fi sh. The individual gold went to France’s Ju- lian Daguillanes with 86 fi sh. The individual silver went to Spain’s Jordi Cortina with 70 fi sh. Team USA’s Pat Weiss placed fourth over- all with 69 fi sh. Over the course of the event 3,802 fi sh were caught and released. At the North Powder Tournament on Saturday, Joseph swept High Desert League teams Prairie City 25-8, 25-14 and Adrian 25- 20, 25-20 to advance to the title game — a tough, three- set loss to host team Powder Valley, 25-22, 22-25, 15-8. The Eagles won’t have win. The third set was up for grabs until the end. With Jo- seph up 22-18, Pine Eagle’s Savanna Hood took serve, managed a few aces and pulled the Spartans even at 23-23. But Joseph again ral- lied and fi nished strong for the win with a 26-24 third set. Football Joseph @ Wallowa, 7 p.m. Volleyball to wait long to avenge the loss, however. They’ll face the 10th-ranked Badgers (7- 2) at 4 p.m. Thursday in yet another road match. Then it’s another road game at 4 p.m. Friday in Wallowa before facing Powder Valley for the third time this season at home on Sept. 30. Enterprise @ Union, 4 p.m. Joseph @ Wallowa, 4 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 Volleyball Enterprise vs. Grant Union, noon Cross Country Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa @ Bob Firman Invitational (Boise) TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 Volleyball Enterprise @ Imbler, 6:30 p.m. Vikings escape Outlaws’ grasp Enterprise hangs tough with 3A Umatilla; penalties keep Outlaws offense in check By Scot Heisel Wallowa County Chieftain For the second consecutive week on Friday, the Enterprise football team gave a 3A Eastern Oregon League team all it could handle. And while the Umatilla Vi- kings proved to be a tough oppo- nent, the Outlaws seemed to be their own worst enemy for most of the night. “We had 10 fi rst downs, which means that our offense was mov- ing,” Outlaws head coach Mike Rowley said following his team’s 21-7 loss. “But what hurt us were the penalties.” Enterprise (0-3) committed 12 penalties for 75 yards on the night, including two motion pen- alties and a holding penalty while Scot Heisel/Chieftain Clayne Miller coasts into the end zone for the Outlaws’ lone touchdown as Umatilla’s Cody Samson pursues in the second quarter. trailing 14-7 on their fi rst drive of the fourth quarter. That series ul- timately ended on a third-down sack and a punt and paved the way for a heart-breaking 62-yard touchdown pass from Umatilla quarterback Kaden Webb to 6-7 senior tight end Sean Miller that sealed the outcome. Though with the loss came fl ashes of potentially great things to come. After a turnover on a goal line fumble ended the Out- laws’ third drive of the night, the defense held and senior Clayne Miller found a wide running lane on the next drive to score his team’s only points of the night and even the score at 7-7. See VIKINGS, Page A18 PREP ROUNDUP Crane clamps down on Cougars; Joseph football loses to Jordan Valley Wallowa County Chieftain The Wallowa football team got off to a hot start against 1A powerhouse Crane at Powder Valley on Friday afternoon, striking for two quick scores to take a 16-0 lead. The Mus- tangs (2-0) ultimately seized control en route to a 42-16 non-league victory. Both Wallowa scores came on deep passes from Gus Ramsden to tight end Travis Personal | Business | Ag Haga — the fi rst for 51 yards, the second for 30 — followed by Haga runs for successful two-point conversions. The Mustangs, who fell two points short of a state title against Dufur last season, answered with a 60-yard kick return and conversion of their own, then tightened the screws on defense. The Cougars (1-2) trailed by just six points, 22- 16, at half, but Crane pulled away from there. Ramsden completed 5 of 7 passes for 108 yards and an interception to go with the two TD passes, while Haga had fi ve catches for 108 yards. Chandler Burns led the Wallowa rushing attack with 51 yards on 15 carries. Wal- lowa converted just one of 13 third-down opportunities. Both teams committed four turnovers. 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