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October 11, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
Cougar gridders stomp Pine Eagle, 68-6
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa High School football team squashed
a young and injury-plagued Pine Eagle squad
Friday afternoon in Halfway, 68-6.
The Cougars blew the game wide open with
four touchdowns in both the fi rst and second
quarters.
Pine Eagle answered with its lone touch-
down in the third quarter.
Coach Matt Brockamp pulled his fi rst string
players and cleared the benches for the second
half of the game.
“We scored on the fi rst play of the game,”
Brockamp said, “and scored several times on
defense as well.”
Austin Brockamp led the effort with 164
yards rushing. He also caught the lone pass of
the game from quarterback Gus Ramsden for
six yards.
The Cougars had a total 403 yards rushing,
among the highest for a single game for the sea-
son. Patrick Ritthaler turned in 114 yards rush-
ing, Ramsden 94, Tristin Bales, 21, Zeb Rams-
den 19 and Zeb Hermens 11.
Defensively, 16 Cougars made the stats with
either tackles or assists, led by Brockamp with
four tackles and six assists.
Friday evening’s home game against Cove
is expected to be a much better matchup. Both
teams are 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in league
play.
“This should essentially be a title football
game,” Brockamp said. “We’re looking forward
to it.”
Although a bit reluctant too look too far
down the road, Brockamp said he is anticipat-
ing post-season play for his team, perhaps even
a home game to kick things off.
Joseph volleyball team second in its league
Enterprise girls defeat
Elgin, fall to John Day
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Joseph Eagles took
a short fl ight to Wallowa on
Tuesday, Oct. 3, thoroughly
declawing the Cougars on
their way to a three-set sweep:
25-20, 25-12 and 25-19.
Match highlights included
several stellar performances.
Senior Alexis Sykora had 11
kills and a block while Emma
Hite collected 13 kills three
serving aces, six digs and three
assists.
Freshman standout Sabrina
Albee bagged eight kills and
18 assists while Camille Cren-
shaw chalked up one kill and
four serving aces. Tori Suto
tallied one kill and eight digs,
and Annie Story had three
serving aces and three digs.
The Outlaws were at Cove
Oct. 6 winning in four sets:
Hite had 11 kills, a block and
six aces, 10 digs and three
assists with Sykora following,
notching nine kills, four blocks
nine digs and two assists.
Albee secured her share of
the battle with seven kills, fi ve
aces, four digs and 17 assists.
The following day, the
Eagles protected their home
nest by killing off a plucky
Echo squad in four sets. The
fi rst set ended with a 25-17
Eagles victory. The second
set was a see-saw affair with
the game tied at 19 before the
Eagle ran up six straight points
to seal the deal, 25-19.
The Eagles saw a lull in the
third set as sparkling defense
on both sides led to the team’s
only downfall of the afternoon
as they succumbed 25-27.
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Joseph Charter School volleyball standout Emma Hite
serves an ace during Saturday’s march against Echo. The Ea-
gles won the match handily, three sets to one.
The Eagles were back on
top in the fi nal match, winning
easily, 25-16. Over the after-
noon, Hite led the team with
16 kills, nine aces, 16 digs and
four assists. Albee added one
kill, fi ve aces, nine digs and
22 assists. Camille Crenshaw
and Albee added four and
three kills, respectively, while
Sykora had 13 kills, a block,
three aces and 12 digs.
Coach Hite said her team’s
depth led to the victory.
Following the Echo game,
the Eagles also defeated Gris-
wold in straight sets.
The weekend wins left
the Eagles with a fi rm sec-
ond-place grip in the Old Ore-
gon League with a 9-2 record
and a 15-8 record overall.
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The Outlaws made short
work of Elgin in separate
matches on Sept. 29 and
Oct.5, beating the Huskies in
straight sets in both matches.
The Sept. 29 home match
saw the ladies surfi ng by the
Huskies by scores of 25-9,
25-8, 25-22.
Coach Lisa Farwell said
senior Riley Gray played
well at the net, notching
8 blocks and 7 kills while
Ashley Exon added 6 kills.
Teammates Reece Christman
added 14 assists while Gra-
cie Niezen added 12 assists
for the Outlaws.
Farwell said she’s happy
with the team’s progress.
“I am proud of my team
for improving with every
match. Up until now, we’ve
been able to focus and play
our game for one or two sets,
but not the entire match. Today
we played tough for nearly the
entire three sets. Elgin has
some tough young players,
and they’re going to be a team
to watch in the future.”
The Oct. 5 change to their
own turf did little to improve
the lot of the Huskies as they
again fell in three sets: 25-13,
25-21, 25-11
Match highlights included
the seven kills by junior
Lexie Gassett while Heidi
Niezen added six kills. Gray
was 19-19 in serving, with
four aces. Ashlyn Gray was
perfect from the service line,
going 12-12, with four aces.
“My team did a great job
of focusing on offense,” Far-
well said. “They took some
risks at the net, hit more
aggressively and it paid off.
They also served tough,
which always helps a match
go your way.”
The Outlaws traveled
John Day on Oct.. 7, but
came up empty-handed.
Despite a pitched battle, they
lost in straight sets: 7-25,
15-25, 16-25 against the
second-ranked steam in the
state.
Reece Christman had 8
assists and 11 digs, Riley
Gray had 15 digs while Ash-
ley Exon added 12.
Coach Farwell had noth-
ing but praise for her team,
who played with fi re and hus-
tle against the Prospectors.
“Our
defense
and
serve-receive has steadily
improved, and our defense
allowed for some great offen-
sive plays. Our chins were up
even though we lost.”
The loss left the Outlaws
with a league record of 2-4
and 6-11 overall. Their fi nal
league match is on Friday,
Oct. 13, at Union.
Youth wrestling parents to meet
The Northeast Oregon
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ent information meeting 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11,
at Enterprise High School
Gymnasium. Only parents
need to attend this meeting.
The fi rst practice will be
held Tuesday, Oct. 17, at
Enterprise High School.
For details, contact
coach Troy Farwell at
541-263-1555.
This week’s Athlete of the week
is Joseph Charter School junior
Emma Hite for last week’s athletic
performance on the court.
As team captain, Hite, 16, led the
squad to four match victories over
the week while notching more than
a dozen kills and serving aces along
the way.
Hite is also at the top of her game
in school with a 3.98 GPA as well as
participating in basketball and high
school rodeo, where she competes
in Idaho.
She lives on a ranch outside of
Joseph and works with her uncle
coordinating and
teaching at horse camps in the
summer.
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Outlaws took their
combined school team to
Union for the Tigers Invita-
tional cross-country meet Oct.
2. Despite a host of injuries and
illnesses, the high school var-
sity girls and boys still came in
third and fi fth, respectively.
For the ladies, Kyla Hook
turned in a spectacular perfor-
mance, winning the girl’s race
35 seconds ahead of her near-
est competitor with a time of
20:29.2.
Ellyse Tingelstad took ninth
with a time of 22:08.2, while
Ashley Wilson took 11th with a
time of 22:52.5.
Cole Gomes led the boys,
placing 17th with a time of
19:18.7. James Madsen and
Daniel Delancey came in with
times of 20:07.2 and 22:23.7,
respectively.
Coach Dan Moody noted
the meet results weren’t up to
the usual standards but still
found some bright spots.
“Kyla Hook ran another
exceptional race, and she
won by 35 seconds” he said.
“Almost all our girls were
injured or sick.”
The boys team missed
standouts Brycen Locke and
Will Caldwell.
“We had some freshman
boys who stepped up and had
personal bests at the meet,
including Charlie Evans and
Flynn Nave,” Moody said. .
The junior high boys had
a fi rst despite the absence of
Henry Coughlan to illness.
Bayden Menton won the race
and Zac Knapp took third.
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