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WEDNESDAY
January 4, 2017
Outlaw girls blow through Joseph cagers
go 2-1 on the
Crusade trail
PENDLETON
SHOOTOUT
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Joseph basketball teams
took a ride west to play sev-
eral Christian schools over the
holidays, coming back with a
2-1 record, and looking like
teams ready to be a formida-
ble presence in the Old Ore-
gon League.
Joseph’s first scheduled
game, against North Clack-
amas Christian on Dec. 27,
saw cancellation due to bad
weather. But the following
day saw the Eagles handily
defeating Southwest Chris-
tian 47-36.
“I got to play the bench
quite a bit, and they held
them pretty well,” coach
Olan Fulfer said. “I like to
win while playing the young-
er kids.”
Jake Chrisman led all
scorers with 13 followed
by Aaron Borgerding’s and
Caevan Murray’s even doz-
en each, and Cayden DeLury
scored eight.
Dec. 29 saw the Eagles
fall 54-46 to No. 2-ranked
Damascus Christian.
“The game was tied 10-
10 after the first quarter. The
second and third quarters
By Tim Trainor
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Enterprise girls basketball
team continued their hot streak, win-
ning twice at the Les Schwab Shootout
in Pendleton and improving their sea-
son record to 9-1.
The team started off Friday with a
matchup with Tri-Cities Prep, a squad
Enterprise coach Mike Crawford said
his staff knew nothing about.
It didn’t take long for Enterprise
to figure out the Washington team,
however, grabbing the lead from the
opening tip and drawing away for a
44-24 win.
Tiffanie George led with 12 points,
Riley Gray added 10 and sophomore
Karli Bedard chipped with six.
The team expected to play a fi-
nals matchup with Weston-McEwen,
a team they won a hard-fought battle
with earlier in December. But because
of a snafu that included a team show-
ing up to an empty Enterprise gym,
the girls squad instead squared off
against Hermiston JV.
The much larger school’s second
team couldn’t get past Enterprise, as
the Outlaws won 42-37.
Reagan Bedard scored 13 points,
shooting 5-for-10 from the field and
splashing in one three-pointer. She
also nabbed 4 steals. On the rebound-
ing front, Riley Gray grabbed 8 to lead
the team.
Crawford said it was disappointing
to play a JV team, which by rule does
not count as the season record, but he
is pleased with how the team is play-
ing.
“We’re playing pretty good right
now,” he said. “The teamwork is
working, our offense is working, the
press is working.”
But Crawford said two tough ball-
games await during a weekend home-
stand. The team plays Weston-McEw-
went badly, but we had a
good fourth quarter, scoring
20 to their 14,” said Fulfer.
“We played them really tough
and almost beat them on their
home court.”
Aaron Borgerding led the
scoring with 18, followed by
DeLury with eight and Tyler
Homan with seven, including
two crucial free throws in the
fourth quarter.
The makeup game on Dec.
30 saw the Eagles beating
North Clackamas Christian
49-40.
“We jumped out to an
early lead, and I played the
bench a lot in the second
quarter – the fourth quarter
too. It became close, they hit
some three-pointers against
my bench, but they stayed
with them and ended up
sealing the win. I was really
proud of them,” Fulfer said.
DeLury led the scoring
with 11 points followed by
Chrisman and Borgerding
with 10 and Homan and Mur-
ray each added 6.
The Eagles boys are now
1-1 in league play and 7-3
overall. Their next contest
is Jan. 6 against league foe
Echo.
See JOSEPH, Page A10
SPORTS CALENDAR
FRIDAY, JAN. 6
Wrestling
Photo courtesy Charity Ketscher
Enterprise junior Riley Gray pulls up for a jumpshot in a 42-22 win over Tri-
Cities Prep Dec. 29 in Pendleton.
en Friday night and 9-1 Pilot Rock on
Saturday.
“They’ll be tough, close games,”
he said. “But it we keep doing what
we’ve been doing, if we do what we’re
supposed to do, I think we can win.”
Jo Hi Invitational,
Joseph gym, tournament begins at
9 a.m.
Girls basketball
Pine Eagle at Wallowa, 3 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Enterprise, 5 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 6 p.m.
Boys basketball
Joseph at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Wallowa, 7:30 p.m.
Weston McEwen at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JAN. 7
Girls basketball
Joseph at Wallowa, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 5 p.m.
Boys basketball
Joseph at Wallowa, 5 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m.
Enterprise boys drop Pendleton JV Gomes hits bullseye once again
By Tim Trainor
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Enterprise boys and he Pend-
leton JV were a good matchup, so
the two boys basketball teams played
two games over the weekend.
Enterprise won the first game
played Friday night, 47-43. Jimmy
Wells and Chris Bathke, both juniors,
led the way with 11 points each.
Blaze Lepper added 9 points to the
tally and Rylie Hayward scored 8.
The teams were all knotted up at
19-19 after a defensive first half, but
the Outlaws pulled away late. The
team made 8 of 16 free throws, which
provided part of the four-point win-
ning cushion.
On Saturday, the teams went at it
again. This time it was all Enterprise,
smoking the Buckaroos 54-23.
Hayward had a huge game, scor-
ing 19 points and going 2-for-2 from
behind the arc. Wells and Lepper
both added 9 points
Once again, the game was close
at halftime, with Enterprise leaning
on their defense to lead 22-15. The
baskets started to fall again after half-
time, and the Outlaws pulled away as
they did Friday.
Things get more difficult for the
team this weekend, however, as they
host 2A foes Weston-McEwen Friday
and Pilot Rock on Saturday.
Cole Gomes, the coun-
ty’s 15-year-old archery
sensation, is again making
a mark with his talent.
The young archer re-
cently signed on as a field
shooter with Alpine Ar-
chery in La Grande. Anieta
Appleton, co-owner of the
store, said she and her hus-
band John were happy to
have Gomes aboard.
Anieta said this is the
first youth field shooter in
the history of the store.
“It’s really a promotion-
al position,” she said. “We
try to help them progress
in their shooting and with
their tournaments, includ-
ing business advice in or-
der to further their careers.
In turn, the field shooters
tell others about the prod-
ucts they use while shoot-
ing, stuff we carry here at
the store, and with their
sportsmanship.
They’re
basically representing our
shop when they’re out
shooting and we can’t be
there.”
Appleton said she and
her husband have known
Gomes and his family for
several years, through vis-
its to the store and its ar-
chery range.
But being named field
shooter isn’t about patron-
izing the store o necessarily
about being a good archer.
“They have an applica-
tion they have to fill out,”
Appleton said. “They do a
cover letter, a résumé and
we do an interview with
them. It’s a selection pro-
cess.”
Gomes received confir-
mation that he won the po-
sition Dec. 1, and after the
first of the year he will sign
a written contract with the
store. Toward the end of
his tenure, Gomes will also
receive a year-end evalua-
tion.
See GOMES, Page A14
County grapplers compete twice
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Photo courtesy Robert McLean
Kobe Ketscher going in for a lay up during The Outlaws 54-
25 win over Pendleton JV at the Les Schwab Shootout at
the Pendleton convention center on Dec 30.
FIGHT THE FRIGID COLD
The county’s wrestlers
saw some action over the
holidays with the Enter-
prise Outlaws wrestling
twice, at the Dec. 29 Pome-
roy Christmas Tournament
in Pomeroy, Wash., and the
Rollin Schimmel Memori-
al tournament in Pendleton
the following day. The Jo-
seph Eagles wrestled at the
Pomeroy tournament.
Enterprise coach Troy
Farwell was pleased with
his team’s efforts at both
spots, the Outlaws compet-
ed against 16 other teams at
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the Pomeroy tournament,
many from larger schools.
The Outlaws placed sev-
enth with 78 points.
The Rollin Schimmel
tournament saw Enterprise
again compete against 16
teams.
See OUTLAWS, Page A14