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WEDNESDAY
September 13, 2017
Cougars fall
to Adrian
squad, 36-52
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Grandpa Jeff Barnhart of Post Falls, Idaho, gives last-minute instructions to grandson Tristan just prior to competing in the
Fast Ass Express contest Saturday at Hells Canyon Mule Days in Enterprise.
MULE DAYS ROUNDUP
More than 50 competitors and several hundred spectators packed
the Wallowa County Fairgrounds for Hells Canyon Mule Days
on Sept. 7-10. Smoky skies cleared in time for Saturday’s parade,
and the remainder of the event was accompanied by terrifi c
late-summer weather.
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Ginger Daggett slices pork for the barbecue dinner scholar-
ship fundraiser Saturday at Hells Canyon Mule Days. In ad-
dition to pork, diners were fed large helpings of corn and
beans, as well as dinner rolls.
Betty Cosgrove of Joseph served dozens of pies to hungry
customers Saturday at Hells Canyon Mule Days. The effort
was under the direction of Hurricane Creek Grange; howev-
er, Betty said she isn’t a Grange member, just a willing vol-
unteer.
Despite a strong effort in less than perfect
conditions, Wallowa High School’s Cougar
varsity football team came up on the short end
of a 36-52 score against a combined Adrian
and Jordan Valley team.
The game was played Saturday, moved
from Friday because of diffi culty with the
lights at Adrian’s fi eld.
Quarterback
Gus Ramsden led
the team with 186
yards passing and
134 yards rush-
ing. Patrick Rit-
thaler contrib-
uted 149 receiving
yards. Sam Hilliard
was pegged for 37
yards rushing.
“Gus had a
good game and
didn’t slow down
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one bit,” said
Gus Ramsden, quar-
Coach Matt Brock-
terback for the Wallowa
amp. “He had a
High School Cougars,
couple nice long
led his team with 186
runs.”
yards passing and 134
Ramsden had
yards rushing against
a
73-yard
run for
Adrian on Saturday.
a touchdown in
the second quarter
and a 54-yard run in for a score in the third. He
completed four of nine pass attempts, with two
touchdowns.
Wallowa drew fi rst blood on an 11-yard run
across the goal line for Austin Brockamp. He
had a total of 36 yards rushing for the game.
The Cougars sat on those eight points
until the middle of the second quarter and had
boosted the score to 20 by the half.
Wallowa added one touchdown in the third
and another in the fourth. Brockamp said the
fi nal score was a bit misleading as Adrian
scored on the last play of the game.
“They played good defense against us and
we gave them a short fi eld three times fi rst-
half,” Brockamp said.
The Wallowa squad was coming off what
the coach referred to as a tough week, having
to practice indoors in t-shirts because of poor
air quality from nearby wildfi res. Air tempera-
tures were in the mid-90s at game time, which
had several players vomiting on the sidelines
and pulling shoulder pads to stay cool.
Next up
Brockamp said he believes with a full week
of outdoor practice in full gear, his team should
be ready to face Sherman County at 4 p.m. Fri-
day at Powder Valley. Both are 1-1 so far.
“They are big ... I mean really big, and they
have a talented quarterback,” said Brockamp.
“Sherman is probably the biggest team on our
schedule, perhaps the biggest in the state.”
Two Sherman players weigh in at nearly
300 pounds each. Another four players are
listed in the 200-plus category.
SPORTS CALENDAR
ENTERPRISE
JOSEPH
WALLOWA
VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Thursday, Sept. 14 –– Joseph vs
Pine Eagle at Halfway, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 14 –– Wallowa vs.
Powder Valley at Wallowa, 5 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Saturday, Sept. 9 –– Joseph plays in the
Pine Valley Tournament at North Powder, time to be
determined.
Friday, Sept. 15 –– Wallowa plays in Powder
Valley Tournament at Powder Valley time to be
determined.
Friday, Sept. 15 –– Enterprise vs. Umatilla at
Umatilla, 7 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Saturday, Sept. 16 –– Wallowa vs. Cove at Cove 1
p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, Sept. 16 –– Joseph vs. Prairie City at
North Powder 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 19 –– Wallowa vs La Grande at La
Grande 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 9 –– Enterprise-Joseph-Wallowa
participates in Catherine Creek Meet at Catherine
Creek State Park in Union, 11 a.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
Saturday, Sept. 9 –– Enterprise-Joseph-Wallowa
participates in Catherine Creek Meet at Catherine
Creek State Park in Union, 11 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 15 –– Wallowa vs. Sherman County at
Powder Valley 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Friday, Sept. 15 –– Enterprise
varsity plays in the Baker
Tournament 10 a.m. at Baker City
CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, Sept. 9 –– Enterprise-Joseph-Wallowa
participates in Catherine Creek Meet at Catherine
Creek State Park in Union, 11 a.m.
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