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WEDNESDAY
November 15, 2017
Cougars’ season comes to an end
Triad wins, 28-6, in
state quarterfinals
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
The fi nal buzzer sounded on
the Wallowa High School Football
team’s season Saturday at Klamath
Union High School in Klamath Falls.
Triad High’s squad did something
most teams the Cougars have faced
have not been able to accomplish --
effectively shut down their running
game.
Wallowa was held to 184 yards
rushing, 38 yards passing and one
touchdown in the 6-28 defeat in Class
4A state quarterfi nal play. It was the
third season loss for the Cougars.
Triad amassed 328 yards, 227
rushing and 101 passing.
“Triad played really good football
and tackled well,” said Coach Matt
Brockamp. “But I was really happy
with our the team –– against Triad
and all season long,”
Wallowa’s tremendous trio ––
quarterback Gus Ramsden, Aus-
tin Brockamp and Patrck Ritthaler
–– led the attack against Triad and
throughout the season. Ramsden led
the defense with 8 tackles, Brockamp
had 4.
“We had several opportunities to
answer against Triad, but just didn’t
make the plays,” Coach Brockamp
said.
He termed the season “amaz-
ing,” with more than 5,000 offensive
yards. Austin Brockamp had 1,700
yards rushing, 9.5 yards per carry on
average. Ritthaler tallied 1,300 yards,
average 11 yards a carry and Rams-
den had 1,200 yards with an average
of more than eight yards a carry.
Ritthaler will graduate this year;
however, Ramsden and Brockamp
will return.
Senior Ethan Burns led the
defense for the season with 114 tack-
les, Brockamp had 106 and Ramsden
100.
Coach Brockamp said the team
had an amazing comeback after last
year’s disappointing season.
“The way this team responded”
was the highlight of the season, he
said.
Gus
Ramsden
sends a
pass down
the field
toward
Patrick
Ritthaler
during the
Quarter
Finals of
the Class
4A State
Football
Playoffs at
Klamath
Union High
School
Nov. 10 in
Klamath
Falls.
Brittany Hosea-Small/Herald and News
WALLOWA EIGHTH-GRADERS VICTORIOUS
Wallowa’s Justin Bales, with the ball, and Enter-
prise’s Caden Fent battle it out during an eighth-
grade matchup Nov. 10 at Wallowa High School.
Enterprise eighth-grader Tristan Gray works his away around Wallowa’s Roan Flynn during a game Nov. 10 at the
Wallowa High School Gym. Wallowa won, 48-20.
allowa outpaced
Enterprise, 48-20,
on Nov. 10. Enterprise
will have another chance
at the Cougars, this time
on their home court, at
5:30 p.m. Nov. 21.
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Photos by Paul Wahl
Chieftain Editor
Enterprise’s Zack Farr-Roberts dribbles downcourt
with Wallowa’s Gabriel Nobles in hot pursuit.
Wallowa’s Kevin Plew
shoots for the hoop while
Enterprise’s Nevin Gold-
smith, left, and Cody Fent
match up on defense
during a game between
the two eighth-grade
teams Nov. 10.
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