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October 31, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Photos by Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Austin Brockamp gets a tackle hold on Dufur senior and quarterback Oct. 26 while Freddy DeVore comes in for the assist on a rainy night at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. The of-
ficial OSAA roster for Dufur lists No. 12 as Kyle Abercromie and does not contain any player with the last name Frakes.
DUFUR DEFEATS WALLOWA
Cougars will face Falls City/
Kings Valley Charter next
By Paul Wahl
Wallowa County Chieftain
W
allowa’s varsity football team suf-
fered only its second loss of the
season Oct. 26 in a soggy matchup
at Eastern Oregon University. A
soaking rain pelted players and
spectators for most of the game, leaving the arti-
ficial turf soggy.
Neither team scored in the first quarter and
both had a touchdown in the second quarter.
Gus Ramsden connected on a 28-yard pass to
brother Zeb Ramsden to push the score to 6-6
at the half.
Dufur scored two unanswered touchdowns
in the third quarter. Wallowa came back in the
fourth with a touchdown, not enough to beat a
determined Dufur team.
With the Rangers effectively shutting down
Wallowa ace runningback Austin Brockamp
(35 yards rushing for the game), Ramsden was
forced to take to the air. He completed five of 12
passes for 145 yards, including one interception,
his best performance of the season.
One of the passes (28 yards) resulted in a
touchdown by Zeb Ramsden. Zeb had a total of
71 yards receiving and Tristin Bales weighed in
with 64 yards.
Dufur completed four of nine passes for 95
yards. Wallowa tallied 168 yards rushing in the
game to the Rangers’ 150.
Defensively Zeb led the stats with 10 tackles
and seven assists, Brockamp added six tackles
and five assists and Jesse Duncan had six tack-
les and six assists.
Freddy DeVore jars the ball lose upon tackle from Dufur’s Tanner Masterson; however, the
ball was ruled dead.
OSSA 1A Top Ten
Team
Rank Record
Dufur
1
9-0
Wallowa
2
7-2
St. Paul
3
9-0
Hosanna Christian
4
7-0
Adrian / Jordan Valley 5
6-3
Crane
6
7-2
Lowell
7
6-3
Elkton
8
8-1
Imbler
9
7-2
Camas Valley
10
6-1
The dual challenges of artificial turf and
driving rain, along with Dufur’s aggressive
defense, interrupted the usual Wallowa pattern
this season –– five or six touchdowns on break-
away runs in the first half followed by a second
half with an open clock.
Despite the loss, the Cougars remain in the
hunt for the 1A championship. The team will
make the six-hour drive to Philomath northwest
of Corvallis to face the 15th-ranked Falls City/
Kings Valley Charter Eagles Nov. 2.
Wallowa defeated the eagles in September,
54-18.
The Cougars fell to No. 2 in the state follow-
ing the loss to Dufur, which now stands at the
top of the heap. Both Dufur and No. 3 St. Paul
are undefeated.
Wallowa will face the winner of the Imbler
match with Lowell Nov. 3. That game is sched-
uled to be played Nov. 9. The Cougars could
conceivably face St. Paul in the quarterfinals.
Finals are scheduled Nov. 24.
Dufur defeated No. 15 Elgin in Round 1.
Elgin will face St. Paul Nov. 2. Elgin stayed
alive in post-season play defeating Enterprise
42-14 Oct. 26.
Dufur’s Cooper Bales (No. 24) and Abraham Kilby charge after Wallowa quarterback Gus
Ramsden.
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