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September 26, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Runners do well
at Firman event
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Coy Aschenbrenner is brought down by Dufur defenseman Russell Peters in Friday’s home game.
Amaro moves to QB for Enterprise
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Outlaws put in a valiant effort against
sixth-ranked Dufur for their homecoming game
Friday night but came up short against the Rang-
ers, 52-16. Coach Rusty Eschler said the team
played hard, but the Rangers were tough.
“Dufur is pretty darn good,” Eschler said.
Several Outlaws recorded outstanding stats
with Trace Evans racking up 112 yards rushing
and a touchdown. Jake Coggins was close behind
with 93 yards on the ground and also nailed a two-
point conversion.
On the receiving end, Coy Aschenbrenner
caught a 20 yard TD pass from quarterback Jacob
Amaro. Dylan Marr caught a three yard pass and
had a two-point conversion. Amaro, in his first QB
start, was 2 for 3 in passing with no interceptions.
“He was a little nervous, but his teammates
helped him through it,” Eschler said. “He did a
good job.”
In spite of the loss, Eschler had high praise
for his team. “The kids’ spirits are still high, and
they’re a pretty good group of young men,” he
said.
The loss left the Outlaws at sixth place in 1A
Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Special District 3 - West with a 1-3 league record. Outlaw Dylan Marr gets his hands around Dufur’s senior runningback An-
They travel to Sherman County on Friday for a 7 thony Thomas while teammate Garrett Thorne steps up for the assist in Fri-
day’s game.
p.m. battle.
Fall tournament greeted by great weather
Alpine Meadows golf-
ers couldn’t have asked for
a nicer September Saturday
to play the fall tournament
scramble. Temperatures not
too hot, not too cold, but just
right.
All eight four-man teams
scrambled to win, but only
Team 5 conquered those dif-
ficult pin placement putts
to put their foursome in the
green. Terry Lamb, Dean
Duquette, Harlan Menton
and Chuck Haines took Low
Gross honors with a 67.
Team 7, with players
Tristan Beck, Pat Lynn, Mar-
vin Gibbs and Dale Johnson,
followed with Second Low
Gross of 70.
In the net division (after
subtracting handicap) Team
3 –– Jay Butts, James John-
son, Willy Roberts and Casey
Barstad –– walked away with
First Low Net, 53.
Second Low Net went to
three gals and a guy, Lisa
Larson, Rochelle Danielson,
Nancy and Mac Huff with a
56.2.
The scramble was fol-
lowed with a dinner of Spuds
Rochelle Danielson
and Splits ─ baked pota-
toes with unimaginable trim-
mings and banana splits,
scooped with gooey good
toppings.
Afterward, Jerry Hook,
board president, took charge
of the annual member meet-
ing. He gave a rundown
of the 2018 season, thank-
ing employees and volun-
teers who helped make the
golf course more financially
sound than it’s been in years.
Ernestine Kilgore, ladies
president, expressed thanks
to the gals for efforts put
forth this year. She also
expressed appreciation to
Cycle Oregon volunteers.
Kathy Reynolds won a
golf membership for 2019 in
Drop Ball Raffle.
The course was closed
Sept. 17 while the AMGC
crew plugged the greens in
the process of aeration. Sand
was spread on the greens,
rolled and raked several
times (over and over) into
the holes, then watered.
The sanded greens will
be bouncy for a couple of
weeks which may frustrate
golfers. Golf course aeration
is a good thing. Healthier
turf makes for happier, more
accurate putting.
A Pleasant Surprise:
Ray Milligan, accompa-
nied by his daughter Joyce
Decker, on a visit to the golf
course Thursday where he
proceeded to do a little put-
ting on the practice green.
Ray, who celebrated his 99th
birthday in May, showed he
hadn’t lost his touch; he sank
his first four putts from a
10-foot distance or more.
Rochelle Danielson writes a
weekly golf column for the
Chieftain.
The Wallowa Valley com-
bined cross-country team
made its presence known at
the Bob Firman Invitational
at Eagle, Idaho, on Sept.
21-22. The freshman boys,
in particular turned in strong
performances.
Henry Coughlan led
them to a second-place fin-
ish with 121 points in a field
of 25 other teams. Cough-
lan finished with an amazing
third against 255 other com-
petitors, turning in a time
of 16:51.70. Bayden Men-
ton placed 11th overall with
Ups and downs for
Outlaw volleyball team
Lose to Stanfield,
defeat Union in
five sets Sept. 22
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Outlaw Varsity Vol-
leyball Squad had trouble
getting its guns out of their
holsters when they traveled
to face Stanfield on Sept.
20. The ladies dropped three
of four sets, 12-25, 16-25,
25-18 and 20-25
Senior Shelby Moncrief
racked up seven kills and
served well, as did sopho-
more Rilyn Kirkland. Junior
Carsyn Miller netted four
kills and handed out five
assists.
Coach Lisa Farwell said
that Stanfield came out strong
in the first set and caught the
team on their heels a bit. The
coach said the raucous home-
coming crowd also appeared
to intimidate the Outlaws,
which in turn, impacted their
play.
“We played tentatively at
the net, and we are at our best
when we’re swinging away
at the ball,” she said. “Sets
three and four were better for
us, but it was too little, too
late.”
The Outlaws had some-
what better luck when they
played at home Sept. 22. The
team’s first match saw a lack-
luster EHS fall in straight
sets to Heppner, 25-12, 25-11
and 25-13.
Ashlyn Gray gathered 12
digs and Moncrief followed
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with 11. Kirkland went 5 for
5 at the service line.
Farwell said that her team
came out flat against Hep-
pner and never got into the
game.
“We didn’t communicate
with each other and played
with zero energy,” she said.
“It was a disappointing
match from start to finish.”
The Outlaws picked up
the pieces and came out
strong against Union send-
ing the hapless Bobcats
home after a bruising five-
set match. Set scores were
19-25, 25-18, 25-22, 9-25
and 16-14.
Gray had seven blocks
and four kills. Moncrief
added six kills and 14 digs
and senior Lexie Gassett had
11 digs.
Farwell noted the team’s
improvement in the second
match.
“For four sets against
Union, we played tough and
communicated well as a
team,” she said. “We worked
hard at the net to try to shut
down Union’s offense and to
put pressure on their defense.
I was proud to see the team
turn the day around after the
disappointing match against
Heppner.”
The week left the Out-
laws tied with Heppner
for fourth place with a 1-2
Wapiti League record and
5-6 overall.
The Outlaws next host
Weston-McEwen at home
Sept. 27 then meet Pilot
Rock and Grant Union at
Pilot Rock on Sept. 29.
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teammates Zac Knapp and
Ian Goodrich finished with
times of 17:52 and 19:19.50,
respectively.
On the varsity side, junior
Ellyse Tingelstad led the way
to the girls team’s 14th slot
in a field of 34. Tingelstad
finished 18th overall with a
20:13.90 time over the 5,000
meters while Ashley Wilson
posted a 21:32.40 time. Ella
Coughlan and Karli Bedard
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with times of 21:36.60 and
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The team next travels to
Baker for the Baker Invita-
tional on Friday, Sept. 28.
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