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wallowa.com
October 25, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
Cross-country competes at high altitude
personal records.
The boys placed 10th in a
fi eld of 15 teams. Moody high-
lighted the performances of
James Madsen and Cole Gomes,
both of whom ran personal
record times in the 35th and
42nd slots respectively.
“I think all 14 of the high
school kids posted the best
times of their careers or season.
Hopefully, we’re peaking at the
right time,” Moody said. “This
shows that hard work is being
rewarded. It’s not because of
me, but because of the kids.”
The high school squad will
travel to Pendleton’s Commu-
nity Park for the Special District
5 championships Oct. 27.
The junior high squads
cleaned up at the east side cham-
pionships. Competing against
119 runners, the boys took fi rst
in a fi eld of 10 teams, capturing
three of the top four spots with
Bayden Menton, Zac Knapp
and Henry Coughlan’s fi rst,
second and fourth place fi n-
ishes, respectively. Every mem-
ber of the team posted personal
records.
By Stephen Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The
combined
EHS
cross-country team regularly
fi nds new heights to explore and
the past week was no exception.
The high school team traveled to
Pendleton Oct. 19 for the Kyle
Burnside Wildhorse Invite, and
the middle school squad com-
peted Oct. 20 at the Middle
School East Side Champion-
ships, also in Pendleton.
The high school girls placed
third in the 10-team competi-
tion, scoring 72 points, behind
The Dalles, Hood River Valley
and Hermiston, all much larger
schools.
Kyla Hook placed third,
tying her personal best, while
Ellyse Tingelstad was sixth with
a season record.
“All the girls ran great,”
Coach Dan Moody said. “Ash-
ley Wilson and Ella Coughlan
stepped up big-time. They had to
beat Union’s four and fi ve girls,
and they did so decisively.”
Wilson and Coughlan placed
24th and 27th respectively with
The girls placed third, led
by Greta Carlsen’s 10th-place
fi nish and Payton Tippet’s
14th-place contribution. Both
were also personal records.
“That was my highlight of
my two days,” Moody said.
“All 14 of them that ran posted
personal bests. This is an excep-
tional bunch of runners.”
The entire boys team and
some of the girls will travel with
Moody to Monmouth to com-
pete in the state middle school
meet on Sunday.
“They deserve to go and
compete because they’ve done
so well,” Moody said.
Members of the Enterprise
boys cross country team start
the Middle School East Side
Championship race on Friday
in Pendleton. The boys won the
meet and will travel to Western
Oregon University to compete
in the state championships
on Sunday. Runners, from
left, include Ian Goodrich, Zac
Knapp, Roan Flynn, Weston
Wolfe, Henry Coughlan and
Bayden Menton.
Tom Nordtvedt/Courtesy photo
Outlaws gridders gunned down in John Day, 52-6
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Outlaws traveled to
Prospector territory in John
Day on Oct. 20 but left reeling
after a 52-6 defeat at the hands
of fourth-ranked Grant Union.
“It was rough sledding,”
coach Rusty Eschler said.
“The highlight is that we came
through it unscathed -- we
don’t have any injuries. They
were a very big and physical
football team.”
The coach said he thought
the players felt a little intimi-
dated at their opponent’s size
and played tentatively.
“As coaches we need to do
a better job of preparing them
for a hostile environment like
that,” Eschler said. He further
clarifi ed hostile environment
as the size of the Prospectors
and not the team or the com-
munity itself, which he said
treated the Outlaws like roy-
alty. He added that after play-
ing in Grant Union, the team is
accustomed to playing football
against a top-level squad.
Justus Even had the lone
touchdown for the game,
scoring from eight yards out.
Senior Cole Farwell led the
team with 64 yards on the turf
while Garrett Thorne had 28
yards rushing. The Outlaws
had 119 yards total offense.
“We didn’t use our quick-
ness on the defensive line like
we usually do,” Eschler said.
“We can usually get in the gaps
and into the backfi eld. We were
slow coming off the ball, so
those big kids got hold of us.”
Eschler said the Outlaws
are looking forward to meet-
ing Imbler this Friday on their
own turf.
“If we win, we’re in.”
Eschler said in regards to the
winner of that game’s chances
at a state berth. “We just need
to concentrate.”
The loss left the Outlaws
1-1 in league play and 2-3
overall. The team is currently
in the eighth spot in OSAA 2A
rankings.
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