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March 21, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Sports Roundup: Softball
team plays in a mudfest
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Here is look at what trans-
pired in Wallowa County
sports in the past week.
Courtesy photo
Joseph Spirit Club members (left to right) Ashlie McAfee, Renee Seal, Maddie Bailey proud-
ly holding their Hearts in Motion 2nd Place Trophy
Spirit Club returns to Joseph High
It’s back after
10-year hiatus
By Kana Oliver
For the Chieftain
For nearly 10 years,
Joseph Charter School hasn’t
had cheerleaders or a dance
team.
Cheer coach and former
Joseph Cheerleader Lisa Col-
lier is bringing back the tra-
dition with the new Joseph
Spirit Club. Members are
being trained to cheer,
dance and perform at pep
assemblies.
“At Joseph, we are trying
to create more school pride
and spirit,” Collier said. “We
want to put the fun back into
school. The Spirit Club is also
a wonderful fit for those who
don’t play sports but want to
be involved in the school.”
Collier cheered for Joseph
throughout high school and
on Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity’s competition team. She
has coached varsity and com-
petition level cheer for the
past 20 years in Joseph, La
Grande High School, Klam-
ath Falls, Newport High
School and Eddyville.
The Spirit Club is made
up of captain Maddie Bai-
ley, Renee Seal and Ashlie
McAfee with Maggie Zacha-
rias and Raechel Lester from
junior high.
Practice began Jan. 15.
Their first performance was
at the district basketball tour-
nament a month later.
The high school team
went on to place second at
the Hearts in Motion Compe-
tition in Pendleton. They also
performed at the state basket-
ball tournament March 1.
“There were so many
things working against us
that day,” Collier recalled.
“But, we pulled through and
ended up with the Entertain-
ment Award.”
Maddie
Bailey
has
recently submitted an appli-
cation to the Shrine Team, a
cheer, dance and spirit team
for high school seniors across
Oregon who show skills and
potential. She also hopes to
join a dance team in college.
“I’m sad to see her go, but
I know she’ll do well,” Col-
lier said. “She was a perfect
fit for captain and led the
team all the way.”
Collier hopes the program
will continue and grow.
“This started as just an
experiment,” she said. “It
took off and became a great
success. I hope to get some
girls into spirit camp this
summer. The exact plans
for the future are still up for
debate, but wherever they
go, I hope to be there to help
them along the way.”
Baseball
The Joseph Eagles com-
bined baseball team has man-
aged to squeeze three victo-
ries between bursts of rain
since March 13.
The team traveled to 2A
school
Weston-McEwen
on March 13, coming away
with a 14-12 victory. The
game didn’t start so rosy
for the Eagles as the Tiger-
scots jumped out to a 12-3
lead after three innings. They
never scored again.
The Eagles chipped away
at the lead, scoring one, four
and six runs in the fourth,
fifth and seventh innings
respectively.
Freshman
pitcher Trace Evans won the
game with a no-hit perfor-
mance after taking the mound
in the fourth inning. Devin
Greer led the hitting with a 2
for 3 performance.
On March 16-17 the
Eagles traveled to the Grant
Union Icebreaker Tourna-
ment, defeating Culver, 6-3.
Rylie Hayward was winning
pitcher, coming on in a relief
role. Freshman Zeb Ramsden
led the bat squad with a 2 for
4 performance.
Saturday’s game saw
the Eagles taking on Grant
Union/Prairie City, beat-
ing the Prospectors on their
own field, 10-7. Senior Chris
Bathke earned the victory,
pitching 101 pitches through
six innings, striking out 12.
Gus Ramsden led the hit-
ting with a 2 for 3 plate per-
formance. The Eagles next
travel to Baker to play the
Baker/Powder Valley JV
squad on March 23.
Golf
The Enterprise Outlaws
traveled to Echo for the Hep-
pner Invitational on March
16. The Outlaws shot a
team score of 426 with Bry-
cen Locke leading the way,
shooting an 85, while Boone
Harrod followed close behind
with an 89. Zion Mark shot
a 123 while Hayden Anton
shot a 129. As the lone girl
golfer, senior Gracie Carlsen
shot a 116.
“The weather started out
rainy, but it ended as a pretty
nice day,” coach Kyle Craw-
ford said. “I’m really excited
to see where we go. A lot of
my kids are excited to get
better and working really
hard.”
Softball
In their first game of the
year, the Wallowa Valley
Cubs combined team ven-
tured to take on Heppner/
Ione in a March 16 twinbill,
losing both games in a virtual
mudfest.
The Cubs lost the first
game 8-5 behind a host of
errors, even though the bat
squad put forth a solid effort.
Freshman Claire Faqrwell
was 2 for 4 at the plate as was
senior Madison Plew, who
also contributed an RBI. Lexi
Gassett was 1 for 4 at the
plate with two RBI, Catcher
Josie Scott also contributed
an RBI with an identical plate
performance, as did senior
Ashley Exon.
“It was the worst play-
ing conditions we’ve seen or
played,” Coach Gary Gassett
said.
The coach said the sec-
ond game offered more of the
same as the Cubs went down,
6-3. Once again, errors were
an issue.
Scott went 2 for 4 and
knocked in all three of the
team’s runs with a first-in-
ning round-tripper.
The bright spots included
Gasset’s 2 for 4 stint at the
plate performance while
Plew was 1-2. Reece Christ-
man was 1 for 2 as well. The
Cubs travel to Pilot Rock for
the Rocket Invitational on
March 23. They play Ver-
nonia the following day at 1
p.m. and Pilot Rock at 3 p.m.
Brycen Locke
This week’s athlete of the week is Enterprise
High School golfer, Brycen Locke. The EHS senior
finished in the top five after shooting an 85 at the
Heppner Invitational in Echo on Friday March 16.
In his spare time, Locke, 17, enjoys skiing, four-
wheeling and shed hunting.
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