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December 6, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
Local wrestlers shine
at Kick-Off Tournament
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Steve Tool/Chieftain
In this head-to-head shot, Enterprise High School senior Cole Farwell (left) and freshman
Trace Evans battle for the top spot in the championship match in the 132-pound weight class
at the Enterprise Kick-Off Tournament on Dec. 1. Farwell won the match and championship
by fall.
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Quinn Court wasn’t filled
with the usual sound of drib-
bling basketballs Dec. 1. Visi-
tors instead were treated to the
sounds of the slap of flesh on
wrestling mats and shouts of
encouragement as a multitude
of epic struggles played out
before their eyes.
Such is life at the EHS
Kick-off Tournament, which
the Outlaws walked away with
decisively.
The Outlaw grapplers
scored 84 points in the tour-
nament, ahead of the sec-
ond-place 72 posted by a com-
bined Echo and Stanfield team
and a combined Joseph and
Wallowa third-place 67-point
finish.
EHS hosted nine other
teams at the tournament, which
saw a number of local wres-
tlers end the day as champi-
ons in their individual weight
classes. State wrestling champ
EHS senior Cole Farwell
came out on top in the 132-
pound weight class and Ste-
ven Beckman of Joseph won
at 113-pounds. Shane Lund of
EHS, who placed third at state
last year, also won the 120-
pound class.
Other first-place winners
for the Outlaws included Dylan
Stagle at 145-pounds and Klint
Norton at 285-pounds. Colby
Harris claimed the second spot
at 170-pounds as did Trace
Evans in the 132 slot.
In addition to Beckman’s
victory, the Eagles logged
other wins. Gus Ramsden of
Wallowa High School took
first in the 160-pound bracket
and fellow Wallowa ath-
lete Austin Brockamp took
the top award at 170 pounds.
Guylen Snyder placed second
at 152-pounds and Zeb Rams-
den of Wallowa took third at
120-pounds.
“We wrestled well today,”
EHS coach Troy Farwell said.
“We took first, which is awe-
some. We had some young
kids that wrestled well, includ-
ing one first-year who got his
first win, and my exchange
student wrestled well.”
Farwell noted the per-
formance
of
freshman
Trace Evans, who the coach
described as a “real tough kid.”
Joseph
coach
Tim
Kiesecker also was pleased
with his team’s performance.
“We did awesome,” he
said. “If we had had kids wres-
tling in the final round, we
could have taken first.”
The coach said his team
was loaded with talent but not
with wrestlers. He said he wel-
comed the addition of Wal-
lowa wrestlers, Brockamp and
the Ramsden brothers.
He cited Beckman’s strong
showing and second-year
wrestler Guylen Snyder’s sec-
ond-place finish as particularly
impressive.
“Guylen really surprised
me,” Kiesecker said. “He
didn’t wrestle much last year
and really performed above
my expectations.”
Joseph is visiting Culver
on Dec. 8-9 for its wrestling
tournament.
“It’s a great meet for us,”
Kiesecker said. “We see teams
from Central Oregon and the
west side, which will help
us in our seeding at the state
tournament.”
Dec. 2 saw the Outlaws
travel to Potlatch, Idaho, to
compete in the Dick Griswold
Invitational Tournament. Far-
well and Lund took first place
in their respective brackets,
winning all their matches by
fall.
Coach Farwell said Lund’s
performance was gratifying as
he handily beat Idaho’s sec-
ond-seeded wrestler. He also
noted the first win of exchange
student Hafizh Al Farizi, who
wrestles at 220 pounds.
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The Eagles came roaring
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“It was nice for our girls
to get the first-game jitters out
of the way and play someone
besides ourselves,” said coach
Lance Homan. “We came out
and outscored our opponents
25-5 in the first quarter and we
were able to play our bench for
a lot of the game. Everyone
played quality minutes.”
Saturday saw the Eagles
annihilate Arlington 47-10.
A Dec. 4 coaching poll
voted the Eagles the fourth-
ranked team in the state. They
next play Jordan Valley on Fri-
day at a Dec. 8-9 tournament
at Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity. The ladies will play 19th
ranked Crane on Dec. 9.
“I’m super proud of our
girls and look forward to
what the future holds for this
group,” Homan said.
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113.5 E Main St.
FRIDAYS
7 p.m. Enterprise Group
113.5 E Main St.
SATURDAYS
7 p.m. Enterprise Group
113.5 E Main St.
WEDNESDAYS
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205 S Alder St.