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January 24, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Eagles cagers split weekend away
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Shanna Rae Tillery makes her move toward the basket during Saturday’s game against Nixy-
aawii at WHS.
Lady Cougs fall to Powder Valley, Nixyaawii
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa’s Lady Cougar
Varsity Basketball team lost
two games this past week.
Powder Valley came
to town Friday night and
walked away with a 51-20
victory.
Nixyaawii Community
School of Pendleton dropped
in Saturday and defeated the
girls, 81-29.
Wallowa stuck closer to
Powder Valley this outing
than the last matchup earlier
in the season, coach Annette
Moeller said.
Shanna Rae Tillery led
the effort with six points,
Jamie Johnston and Rylee
Goller added four each and
Ella Moeller, Ashlyn Young
and Grace Pendarvis each
had two.
Nixyaawii, a perennial
powerhouse,
dominated
every aspect of Saturday’s
game. Wallowa did manage
to hold one of the squad’s
leading scorers Mary Stewart
to 11 points. Milan Schim-
mel poured in 24 points.
Tillery led the Cougars
with 12 points, Austin Post,
Josie Scott and Riley Ferré
had four each and Pendarvis
and Goller added two each.
This week’s matchups are
against Joseph, Griswold and
Pine Eagle. Wallowa lost to
Joseph in a previous league
matchup, dropped its earlier
game against Griswold and
defeated Pine Eagle.
BOYS TEAM
Wallowa Boys Varsity
Basketball team lost to Pow-
der Valley, 61-54, Friday and
was defeated by Nixyaawii
Saturday, 34-59. Both were
home games.
The Eagles boys and girls
teams traveled to Nixyaawii
and to Cove for their respec-
tive Jan. 19-20 league games.
Both teams lost to top-ranked
Nixyaawii but walked away
from Cove with impressive
victories.
The Eagle boys came
very close to knocking sev-
enth-ranked Golden Eagles
off their perch at Friday’s
contest, losing by a score of
46-40, the lowest number
of points the Golden Eagles
have scored all season.
“The boys played hard but
couldn’t hit all their shots,”
said coach Olan Fulfer.
The boys were down 15-6
at the end of the first quar-
ter but evened up the score
in the second, going into the
half down 23-20. The third
quarter saw the game tied at
33 each, but the Eagles only
scored seven in the final quar-
ter to Nixyaawii’s 13.
“It would have been nice
to beat Nixy on their home
court, we’ve never done
that,” Fulfer said. “Still,
we’re showing grit, and I’m
just really proud of the way
our kids played.”
Tyler Homan led the scor-
ing with 15.
“He hit some key shots
and played some really stellar
defense while being a good
leader for us,” Fulfer said.
Post Caevan Murray fol-
lowed with 11 points and he
played the best defense his
coach has seen him play this
year. Freshman Chase Mur-
ray followed with six points
and Trey Wandschneider had
five and made an outstand-
ing defensive contribution,
according to Fulfer.
Cove received a 53-40
drubbing at the hands of the
Eagles even though Joseph
was down by five at halftime.
Fulfer said the team learned
not to overlook any opponent
during the contest.
“We went into halftime
smiling and looked for ways
to improve, and that’s huge,”
Fulfer said.
The Eagles came out on
fire for the second half, scor-
ing 20 points to Cove’s seven
and took a 42-34 lead going
into final quarter. The Eagles
practiced their stall offense in
the fourth quarter and came
away with a 13-point win.
“We’re moving forward
as a team, and that’s huge,”
Fulfer said. “We’re concen-
trating on what we can keep
doing in order to win when it
matters.”
Caevan Murray led the
scoring with a huge 24
points and a ton of rebounds
while brother Chase Murray
knocked in 15. Homan and
Wandschneider each donated
four points toward the victory.
Girls results
The high-flying Eagles
ladies came crashing to earth
after a 63-33 loss to the sec-
ond-ranked Golden Eagles
last Friday. The Nixyaawii
machine proved to be a little
too well maintained for the
Eagles to shut down.
Coach Lance Homan said
that their opponents passed
and shot the ball extremely
well, and noted that team
members
have
played
together for a long time.
Homan added that the Eagles
didn’t shoot well and turned
the ball over too many times.
He added that the girls played
hard and he was proud of the
way they worked.
Alexis Sykora led the
scoring with 12 points while
Haley Miller added nine.
Sabrina Albee contributed
seven points toward the
Eagles’ total.
The following day saw
the Eagles pounding the hide
off the Cove Leopards with
an impressive 50-21 victory,
although the team struggled
in the first half, missing a
number of close shots. How-
ever, the team rebounded
after some halftime rest.
“I was proud of how our
girls responded and finished
the last two quarters. Our
defense was as good as it has
been all year,” Homan said.
He added that Albee’s sec-
ond-half shooting inspired
her teammates to respond
in kind and noted the team
played with cohesiveness the
rest of the game.
The amazing Albee, a
freshman, scored 27 points to
lead the Eagles attack. Sykora
lent 15 points in her efforts
and Miller contributed six
points toward the win.
The Eagles girls and boys
are ranked fifth and 20th in
the state, respectively. The
girls have a 6-2 league record
while the boys are 5-3. Both
teams occupy the third slot in
the Old Oregon League.
SPORTS CALENDAR
JOSEPH
WALLOWA
ENTERPRISE
BOYS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Joseph vs. Powder
Valley at home, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Wallowa vs.
Griswold away, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Enterprise vs.
Grant Union away, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26 –– Joseph vs. Echo
at home, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27 –– Wallowa vs Pine
Eagle at home, 5 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Joseph vs. Powder Valley at
home, 6 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Wallowa vs. Griswold away, 3
p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26 –– Joseph vs. Echo at home, 4
p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27 –– Wallowa vs Pine Eagle at
home, 3 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 –– Enterprise vs. Grant
Union away, 6 p.m.
WRESTLING
Saturday, Jan. 27 –– Enterprise participates at Pine
Eagle Invitational in Halfway, no time available
WRESTLING
Saturday, Jan. 27 –– Joseph participates at Pine
Eagle Invitational in Halfway, no time available
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