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Wallowa.com
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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Eagles put the hurt on Grizzlies
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Griswold Grizzlies may have come to Joseph with
hope on their hearts on Friday, Jan. 25, but they left with
scarcely a hair on their hides. Both the boys and ladies
squads scored major victories over the hapless Grizzlies.
The girls romped all over Griswold, 65-20, with the
bench getting plenty of quality time on the court in the
victory.
“We came out with a ton of energy in this game and
really played well,” Coach Lance Homan said. “Our press
created turnovers and we scored several times because
of it.” The coach also said he enjoyed watching the girls
play well together with energy from the start to the fi nish,
as they scored 28 points in the fi rst quarter.
Supreme Sabrina led the Eagles with 24 points, nine
assists, eight steals, and seven rebounds. Madelyn Nelson
racked up a terrifi c game with 16 points, seven assists,
and four steals. Point guard, Emma Hite, had her usual
solid effort with 12 points and 6 rebounds.
“I was impressed with our young kids who got some
minutes in this game,” Homan said. “They came in and
really fed off what the varsity girls had done before.”
The boys played equally well, running amok over
the Grizzlies, 75-32 in a game where the Grizzlies never
threatened the Eagles’ superiority over the course of the
game. The boys were hot out of the the gate, scoring 11
before their opponents got a bucket. The score stood 20-5
by the end of the fi rst quarter and 39-13 at the half.
Sophomore wunderkind, Mason Ferre, led the scor-
ing with 18, while Steady Tyler Homan added 12 in the
hoop and Kade Kilgore poured 11 in the hole, including
three three-pointers. Trey Wandschneider added seven in
the attack.
“We’re going in the right direction — it’s the fi rst
game all year we had all our players score,” Coach Olan
Fulfer said. “We’re trying to play that well every single
night.” The coach added that the team worked together
to pass the ball around for high percentage shots with no
player indulging in “hero ball.”
“When we stop sharing the ball it takes our defense
down,” Fulfer said. “When we share, it’s hard to stop us.”
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Eagles player Madelyn Nelson sets up for two points during her team’s 65-20 victory over the Griswold Grizzlies on
Friday, Jan. 25.
Outlaws take it to the
mat in Caldwell, Idaho
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County
Chieftain
The Outlaw grap-
plers brought home the
gold and the bacon with
two fi rsts from a Cald-
well, Idaho tournament
on Friday, Jan. 25.
It was a good tourna-
ment, and we did quite
well,” said Coach Forrest
Wilson. “We took eight
kids and got two fi rsts,
a second and a fourth.
Almost everyone won
one or two matches.”
Shane Lund brought
home the gold trea-
sure at 132 pounds.
“He’s been out a cou-
ple of weeks,” Wilson
said. “His knee healed
ready to go.” Golden
boy, Trace Evans, raided
Idaho for some gold
treasure at 138 pounds
“He’s really com-
ing along,” Wilson said.
“He hasn’t lost to any-
one in 2A wrestling.”
Wilson also noted
that Klint Norton placed
in the second slot at 285
pounds and praised team
member Hunter Harvey
who placed fourth at 160
pounds.
“He’s a freshman and
really coming along,”
Wilson said.
Courtesy Photo
The Joseph/Wallowa wrestling squad came home from North Lake High School in Silver Lake loaded down from treasures found
on the mat. (R to L) Head coach Tim Kiesecker, Jonah Staigle, Ronny Morello, Zeb Ramsden, Michael Diggins, Steven Beckman,
Austin Brockamp, Guylen Snyder, Gus Ramsden, Corsin Risi, Brendan Moore, Harley Miller, assistant coach Mark Ramsden.
Joseph/Wallowa wrestlers
take fi rst at state preview
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The JoWa wrestling squad
put in some heavy mileage
over the weekend of Jan.
25-26, fi rst traveling to John
Day on Friday, Jan. 25, for
some pod wrestling (essen-
tially practice wrestling
against other teams). The
team traveled to North Lake,
in Silver Lake, to participate
in the North Lake State 1A
tournament. The name of the
tournament has nothing to
do with championship state
1A tournament put on by the
Oregon Schools Activities
Association.
Nonetheless, the JoWa
boys put on a spectacular
performance worthy of the
state championships. The
boys took home three gold
buckles and two silver buck-
les for their efforts. Ste-
ven Beckman, still wear-
ing an elbow brace, took on
all comers and the gold in
the 113 pounds, as did Zeb
Ramsden at 132 pounds.
Jonah Staigle came home
with some treasure for his
fi rst-place performance at
195 pounds.
Bringing home the silver
were wrestlers Gus Rams-
den at 152 pounds and Aus-
tin Brockamp at 170 pounds.
“The kids all wres-
tled real good,” Coach Tim
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Kiesecker said. “We have so
much dang fun and they try
so hard to win.”
The team next wrestles
at the Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon tournament in Heppner
on Feb. 2
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