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WEDNESDAY
December 21, 2016
WRESTLING
EAGLES GUN DOWN
OUTLAWS, 48-37
Enterprise,
Joseph fare
well in
Elgin meet
By Stephen Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Caevan Murray of Joseph goes up for two during the Eagles 47-42 loss to Powder Valley on Dec. 17.
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
T
he Joseph High School Eagles
cruised to a 48-37 home victory over
Enterprise High School in a Dec. 12
boys varsity basketball game.
The Eagles jumped on the visitors
from five miles down the road, scoring the
first 13 points of the game. Enterprise scored
its first points of the game with three minutes
left in the first quarter, making it 13-2.
Joseph led 20-10 at the end of the first
quarter before Enterprise went on a small
run to close to within single digits. But that’s
as close as they got in a very physical game
that saw 34 fouls.
Joseph’s stout, zone defense proved diffi-
cult for the Outlaws to figure out. Enterprise
scored many of their points on foul shots or
offensive rebounds.
“Each year we always get better, and it’s
good to have these games to show us where
we need to be at and what we need to do,”
said Joseph coach Olan Fulfer.
Yet he still saw ways to improve and stay
focused on the task at hand
“When we get in front early like that, we
can start playing flat,” Fulfer said. “That’s
what happened with Heppner, and it came
back to bite us (After jumping out to a 19-5
lead, the Eagles lost 55-54 in the closing
seconds).” He added that his team needed to
concentrate more on crashing the offensive
boards.
Fulfer also congratulated Enterprise for
their tenacity, noting that Enterprise fought
hard and kept pushing the Eagles.
“They didn’t make it easy on us, and we
need to learn from it,” he said.
Aaron Borgerding led all scorers with 19
points, followed by Cayden DeLury with 12
points and Jake Chrisman contributing 9 to
the Eagles’ cause. Stats were unavailable for
the Outlaws.
Both Joseph and Enterprise wrestling
teams headed over the hill to Elgin to
participate in the John Rhysdam Memo-
rial Invitational meet Dec. 16-17. Eleven
teams competed at the event.
Steven Beckman of Joseph won the
106-pound class with a convincing win by
fall over Kennisen Knifong of Enterprise,
while Shane Lund of Enterprise won the
113-pound class with an 8-4 decision over
Alejandro Duran-Puente of Baker/Pow-
der Valley. Rylie Warnock of Joseph won
the 182-pound category.
Outlaws coach Troy Farwell said near-
ly everyone on the team came away with
a win over the weekend.
“It was good having bigger schools
like La Grande and Baker there for some
of my tougher kids, but it was a little
tough on my younger kids,” he said. He
added that seeing all but two of the teams
in his district competed, which gave his
wrestlers a heads-up on upcoming com-
petition.
Cole Farwell placed second at 126
pounds, even when wrestling Jace Hays
of Baker/Powder Valley, a 4A school.
“Those are the kinds of matches
my tougher kids need, they need to be
pushed,” Farwell said.
Final results for local wrestlers who
finished top three: 106 pounds — Steven
Beckman, Joseph, first; 113 pounds —
Kennisen Knifong, Enterprise, second;
126 pounds — Shane Lund, Enterprise,
first; Cole Farwell, Enterprise, second;
182 pounds Rylie Warnock, Joseph, first;
195 pounds — Gavin Balwin, Joseph,
third.
SPORTS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21
Boys Basketball
Enterprise at Weston McEwen, 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, DEC. 22
Boys Basketball
Enterprise at Cove, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
‘They didn’t make it easy on us,
and we need to learn from it.’
Enterprise at Cove, 5 p.m.
MONDAY, DEC. 27
Girls Basketball
Joseph at North Clackamas Christian, 5:30
p.m.
Wallowa at La Grande Optimist Tournament
Joseph coach Olan Fulfer
Boys Basketball
Size, storms can’t stop Enterprise girls
By Tim Trainor
Wallowa County Chieftain
Neither a winter storm or
a 4A school could stop the
Enterprise girls basketball
team last weekend.
The team had been sched-
uled for a round of games
over two days at the Pilot
Rock Tournament outside
of Pendleton, but nasty road
conditions and a closed inter-
state kept the team from trav-
eling Friday.
But the skies parted Sat-
urday, and the bus from En-
terprise was able to make the
trip. The team’s reward: A
51-28 thumping of 4A Mc-
Loughlin.
The outcome was never in
doubt. Enterprise umped out
to a 15-5 lead after the first
quarter and coasted thereaf-
ter.
Sarah Aschenbrenner led
the way with 12 points off
the bench, going 5-for-5 from
the field and 2-for-2 from the
free throw stripe. Reagan
Bedard added 10 and Tiffanie
George scored 8 points in
another deep team effort that
Joseph at North Clackamas Christian, 7 p.m.
Wallowa at La Grande Optimist Tournament
TUESDAY, DEC. 28
Boys Basketball
Joseph at Southwest Christian, 7 p.m.
improved Enterprise to 5-1
for the year.
The loss dropped Mac-Hi
to 1-6.
The girls travel to Athena
to take on Westen-McEwen
Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Joseph at Southwest Christian, noon
WEDNESDAY DEC. 29
Boys Basketball
Joseph at Damascus Christian, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Joseph at Damascus Christian 11 a.m.
Riley Gray, of Enterprise,
dribbles the ball down
the floor under pressure
from MacHi’s Sydney
Richwine during the
Pilot Rock Basketball
Tournament on Saturday.
FRIDAY, DEC. 30
Boys Basketball
Enterprise at Les Schwab Shootout, Pendleton
Girls Basketball
Enterprise at Les Schwab Shootout, Pendleton
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