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The calm look on Enterprise High School player Coy Aschenbrenner’s face when surrounded by Eagles defenders typified the low-key Outlaw response to a
hyperactive Joseph defense that saw two key players foul out. The Outlaws won the game 54-47.
CIVIL
WAR
Outlaw court discipline smokes eagles
By steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
“I
feel young today,” Enterprise High
School basketball coach Larry Wells said
Thursday. “The birds are singing a little
sweeter this morning.”
Wells was referring to the Outlaws’ 54-47 non-
league win over the Joseph Eagles on Wednes-
day, Dec. 19. Displaying poise and courage under
pressure, the Outlaws victory was more complete
than the scoreboard alone indicated.
The Outlaws jumped out to an 8-0 lead to start
the game. Joseph, slated for an easy victory by
many, was never really in the game despite taking
a brief lead in the third quarter.
Eagles play was characterized by a lack of
patience that saw more turnovers than Sugartime
Bakery against a man-to-man defense. The Eagles
offense did not work the ball in for high-percent-
age shots, relying mostly on three-pointers or
medium-range shots that didn’t fall. Even easy
lay-ups proved a bane for the Eagles.
Devin Greer led the Outlaws with 14 points
while Dylan Marr added 13 to the cause. Cason
Kirkland contributed nine points and cool-under-
fire Coy Aschenbrenner dumped eight points in
the hoop, including important free throws down
the stretch.
Coach Wells said that earlier in the week he
talked extensively to his squad about eliminating
emotion from the contest — something the Out-
law cagers did that paid off in spades. Wells also
credited his bench for stepping up and playing
stingy defense when he rested his starters.
“It was good for the program to close out a
game like that,” he said. “We needed that.”
A lack of defensive discipline on the Eagles’
part resulted in more than 20 fouls, including a
technical for immature behavior on the court. A
number of fouls came in the waning moments of
the game against players shooting solidly from
the line.
Eagles coach Olan Fulfer noted the squad’s
sub-par performance.
“Enterprise played insanely hard and made
some shots,” Fulfer said.
The coach said that the game was fun in many
respects, but that his team did not execute. He
added that he would make some offensive adjust-
ments, but told his players that a non-league
loss was not the end of the world, but that their
response would determine what kind of team they
were.
“We’ll learn from the game, obviously,”
he said. “We haven’t peaked yet. We’ll get
better.”
Chase Murray and Tyler Homan led the Eagles
with 17 and 16 points respectively.
Fulfer said that he enjoyed watching the effort
of the Outlaws.
“Kudos to Enterprise,” he said. “We got
outplayed.”
Mixed week for Wallowa Cougars basketball
By steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The early week provided
both high and low points for
the Wallowa Cougars, with
the boys splitting a pair of
games and the lady Cougars
suffering a loss.
Wallowa High School
boys varsity team took on
La Grande JV Tigers on
Wednesday, December 19 at
La Grande and came away
with a 49-40 loss. The Cou-
gars trailed 15-9 after the
first quarter and 31-16 at the
half.
Cougar player Christo-
pher Nobles led scoring with
23 points, followed by Tris-
tin Bales with 12.
Wallowa High School
boys varsity team took on
the Echo Cougars on Thurs-
day, December 20, and came
away with a 45-36 win. The
Cougars trailed by one after
the first quarter but led 23-16
at the half.
Christopher Nobles led
Cougar scoring with a big
24 points, followed by Tris-
tin Bales with eight points.
Mason Moore contributed
to the cause with four points
and Zane Mallory knocked
in three points.
The week brings the
men’s Cougars team to a 3-6
for the season. They next
host a non-league battle ver-
sus Imbler on Saturday, Dec.
29.
The ladies did not fare so
well as their contest at Echo
resulted in a 52-37 loss. The
Coug ladies, Riley Ferre and
Jamie Johnston led scor-
ing with eight points each,
followed by Shanna Rae
Tillery with seven points,
Ella Moeller and Ashlyn
Young racked up four points
each.
The loss brought the
Cougars to a 2-7 record for
the season. Like the boys,
they next play Imbler on
Dec. 29.
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