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Wednesday
February 6, 2019
GO, FIGHT, WIN!
Ellen Morris Bishop
Enterprise High School cheerleaders rally the troops in the final stretch of home games of the year.
Wrestlers bring home the bacon at invitational
By steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy Photo/Teah Jones Evans
IN THE SPOTLIGHT — Enterprise Outlaws wrestler Trace
Evans subdues yet another opponent at 138 lbs. on his way to
the gold medal at the Bank of Eastern Oregon Invitational in
Heppner on Feb. 2.
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Both the Joseph/Wallowa and Enter-
prise teams traveled to the far-off land
of Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 2, to par-
ticipate in the Bank of Eastern Oregon
Invitational. Boys from both squads
raided the pirate’s chest to bring home
various precious metals.
The Outlaws brought home the gold,
silver and sixth place medals for their
efforts. Unstoppable Trace Evans eas-
ily took on all comers, bringing home
the gold with barely a sweat. He still
hasn’t lost a 2A or 1A match this year
at 138 pounds.
”For a sophomore he’s just wres-
tling incredibly well,” Coach Forrest
Wilson said.
Regular state competitor Shane
Lund just missed at 132 pounds, Coach
Wilson said. Lund was ahead on points
until running out of gas at the end of his
match. He still brought home the silver
medal.
Hunter Harvey took sixth place at
160 pounds, with Wilson saying the
young wrestler has upped his perfor-
mance over the last two meets. The
team next wrestles at Echo on Satur-
day, Feb. 9.
Jo-Wa placed the usual suspects
in the medal count, starting with Ste-
ven Beckman lugging home the gold
at 113 pounds, Zeb Ramsden placed
fifth at 132 pounds and Brenden Moore
also took the gold at 138 pounds. Gus
Ramsden placed fourth at 152 pounds,
while Austin Brockamp brought some
bronze home at 170 pounds, Jonah
Staigle also brought home the bronze
at 195 pounds and Michael Diggins
placed fourth at 220 pounds.
Coach Tim Kiesecker said his crew
worked hard at the tournament.
”We only brought nine wrestlers
because of some flu we had going
around,” he said. “It was real tough
because we competed against a lot of
3A and 4A schools
Jo-Wa placed fifth in the 16-team
tournament. They wrestle next week-
end at Halfway.
“We won that tournament last year,
and we’re fixing to win it this year,”
Kiesecker said.
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