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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
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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.
See ROUNDUP, Page A18
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