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September 19, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Cougars take a bite out of Elgin
Zeb Ramsden top defensive player
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
Led by Austin Brockamp’s 236 yard rushing, the Wallowa High
Varsity Football team disposed of Elgin Friday night, 60-6.
Brockamp’s 18 carries were highlighted by 51-yard run in the
first quarter. Other top rushers for the Cougars included Zeb Rams-
den with 126 yards and quarterback Gus Ramsden with 105.
Overall, Wallowa amassed 541 total yards to Elgin’s 156.
Elgin’s only score for the evening came on its second posses-
sion of the game, an 80-yard kick-off return. Wallowa had five
touchdowns in the opening stanza.
Zeb Ramsden also led the defense with nine tackles and five
assists. Tristin Bales also had three tackles and three assists for the
night.
Wallowa moves to 2-1 for the season and will face Adrian/Jor-
dan Valley Sept. 21 at home. Adrian is also 2-1 on the season and
most recently trounced Cove, 66-6 on Sept. 14 and posted an 82-76
win over Lowell earlier int he season.
Wallowa is ranked No. 3 in the OSAA 1A, Adrian is No. 11.
Photos by Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Mason Moore heads for daylight during Friday’s
nights game against Elgin.
Joseph tops Wallowa
in Sept. 11 matchup
Tillery, Ferré
top players for
Cougar squad
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The lady Eagles declawed
the Wallowa Cougars in four
sets of volleyball on Sept.
11 at Wallowa. Led by twin
scourges Emma Hite and
Sabrina Albee, the Eagles per-
severed by scores of 26-24,
19-25, 25-17 and a 29-27
heartstopper.
Hite nailed 11 kills, three
serving aces, seven assists six
digs while Albee netted 17
kills, seven assists three digs
and a serving ace.
Camille Crenshaw har-
vested two digs and a pair of
serving aces, and Madelyn
Nelson contributed 14 digs to
the cause.
Coach Hite said that the
ladies did not play in sync
and serving was down. She
added that the squad also had
moments of brilliance.
“The girls had a good atti-
tude with each other and did
persevere,” she said.
Wallowa Coach Janea
Hulse said her team is improv-
ing with every game.
“Joseph is another tough
team, and I felt that we bat-
tled with them very well,” she
said. “We dug ourselves a hole
a few times and had to work at
getting back in the game. We
are working to eliminate that.”
Hulse said volleyball is a
game of mental toughness.
“As a whole, the girls are
working better and better
together,” she said. “I like see-
ing their teamwork.”
She singled out Shannarae
Tillery and and Riley Ferré
as the team’s leaders on the
court.
“They are both attacking
the ball with force and deter-
mination,” she said.
Shannarae had 10 kills
while Riley Ferré had nine
kills against Joseph. Both
were getting their hands on the
ball for blocking and slowing
down Joseph’s offense.
Rylee Goller is also a strong
competitor, Coach Hulse said.
“She is very consistent
and she pushes herself. Ash-
lyn Young keeps working
hard to pick up her defense.
She’s reading the hitters bet-
ter resulting in her success on
defense. This also allows her
to release her position when
she’s not passing and get into
her setting position.”
Coach Hulse also said Ella
Moeller is gaining confidence
as the team’s libero and she
likes what she sees.
Cougar coach Matt Brockamp provides instructions for sophomore
Zeb Hermens during a timeout early in the team’s matchup with Elgin
Friday night in Elgin.
Joseph trumps Enterprise, beats Cove
VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Eagles hosted Cove
on Thursday, Sept. 13, but
sent them packing soon
afterward, declawing the
Leopards in four sets, 23-25,
25-11, 25-14 and 25-23.
Sabrina Albee cleared
the skies for the Eagles with
16 kills, two blocks, three
digs and six assists while
Camille Crenshaw added
four kills, five serving aces
and 18 digs to the Eagles
attack. All- around senior
Emma Hite contributed five
kills, eight digs, 13 assists
and 2 serving aces to the
Eagle cause.
“The girls finally found
sound sync in the second
set, said Coach Jill Hite. “
The girls are working very
well together with great
communication. Still, we’re
missing too many serves
and unforced errors.”
The Joseph Charter
Eagles met the Enterprise
High School Outlaws for a
volleyball battle at Joseph
on Sept. 14. The Eagles are
the defending state cham-
pions in 1A volleyball. The
Eagles triumphed in three
hard fought sets: 25-20,
12-25, 19-25.
Though the two teams
appeared closely matched,
Joseph’s teamwork led to
the Outlaw defeat. As evi-
denced by the scores, two
of the sets went down to the
wire.
Senior Emma Hite led
the Eagles to victory with
her 11 kills, just ahead of
Albee. Both ladies led the
team in digs as well.
Eagles coach Jill Hite
was happy with the win.
“Our serving was way bet-
ter tonight as a whole,” she
said.
Emma Hite said she
wasn’t worried about facing
a 2A school.
“We’ve come up against
a lot bigger schools lately,”
she said.
The victory saw the
Eagles with a 3-0 Old Ore-
gon League record and 11-5
overall. They next host Jor-
dan Valley in a 2 p.m. match
on Sept. 21.
The Outlaws were led by
the performances of Lexie
Gassett’s four kills and
seven digs while teammate
Shelby Moncrief added four
kills. Claire Farwell tallied
nine assists.
Coach Lisa Farwell said
that her team lacked sharp-
ness in the first set and never
recovered.
“We were on our heels,
slow to react and played
hesitant at the net,” she
said. She noted that Joseph
played smart and placed the
ball where Outlaw defend-
ers weren’t.
“We need to use this
match as motivation to
increase our mental tough-
ness when we fall behind.”
The Outlaws faced sev-
eral teams on the follow-
ing day at the North Pow-
der tournament. The ladies
fell to North Powder, Adrian
and Pine Eagle in tourna-
ment play and succumbed
to Cove on bracket play in
three sets, although the Out-
laws won the first set 25-19.
Highlights
included
amazing Ashlyn Gray’s 13
kills, followed by Mon-
crief’s eight. Shovel master
Claire Farwell picked up 21
digs and Gassett was hot on
her heels with 19.
Coach Farwell noted the
Outlaws had moments of
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Joseph Charter School sophomore Sabrina Albee serves
one of her patented aces in a Sept. 14 match against Enter-
prise High School. The Eagles won the match in three con-
secutive sets: 25-20, 25-12 and 25-19.
great volleyball but couldn’t
string enough of those
moments together to earn
wins. She said that with the
exception of the first set
against North Powder and
the last set against Cove, the
Outlaws were ahead in the
four other sets they played.
“In only one of those
sets did we demonstrate the
composure we needed to
finish,” she said. “However,
it was good to spend a Sat-
urday playing some tough
nonleague games before we
start with league games this
week.”
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laws begins at Stanfield on
Sept. 20. They next play
Union and Heppner in
league games on Sept, 22,
at home.
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