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A10 SPORTS Wallowa County Chieftain Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Baseball starts indoors Steve Tool/Chieftain Contact — Wallowa Valley baseball player Christopher Nobles, smacks one in the batting cage on the pavillion in the Joseph Charter School gym. Coach Mark Ramsden said the team has 18 players, including fi ve from Elgin. Ramsden doesn’t expect to practice outdoors for about two more weeks due to leftover snow, but the squad is anxious to start the season. Spring fi shing report By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Ellen Morris Bishop Wallowa’s Isabella Gillery (15) and Abby Straight (14) capture a rebound from Joseph’s Basey Dawson(far right) during Wallowa’s second-game win. Basketball season begins for the youngsters of Wallowa County By Ellen Morris Bishop Wallowa County Chieftain After high school basketball season and its playoffs recede into happy memories, it’s time for the next generation of players to take the fl oor. In Wallowa County, kids in grades 5 and 6 hit the hardwood, showing off their skills and passion for the game. Wallowa includes their 4 th graders on the teams. While the games are fun to watch—there’s the occasional player from the oppos- ing team who grabs a rebound and tosses it immediately toward the wrong basket, or kids who sim- ply hang ferociously onto the trea- sured ball once it’s in their pos- session — youngster’s basketball also showcases remarkably skilled players who will be future stars. It may be fun for adults to watch, but for the players, the game is seri- ous stuff. It’s not so much whether their team wins or loses, but about ball handling, racing down-court with a precious, stolen leather orb, and whether for that instant, the ball heaved skyward actually gets into the basket that is so, so, so far overhead. The next games in this junior version of March Madness pit Enterprise against Wallowa, Tues- day at 4:30 PM in the Enterprise High School gym. On Wednes- day at 4:30, Joseph and Wallowa renew their rivalry at Wallowa High School. In each meet, girls play the fi rst two games, boys the second two games. SUPPORT FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS Suscribe today! www.Wallowa.com Thanks to the spring weather, things are look- ing up for Wallowa County anglers. Kyle Bratcher, Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Acting District Fish Biologist, said the main fi sheries are steelhead in the Wallowa and Imnaha rivers, which run until the end of April. According to Hatcher, the fi sh are just now starting a determined move toward the hatcheries. “Fishing for them has been pretty good the last couple of weeks,” he said. “It should be good as long as the rivers don’t blow out (run high). Bratcher noted that spring fi shing in the Wallowa River can be good when water con- ditions are right. Nice trout can be caught in the spring months of April and May. Anywhere a steelhead fi sh- ery is open, trout season is open. Locally, this leaves the Wallowa, Grande Ronde and the Imnaha open. Otherwise, the season doesn’t open until May 22. Bratcher said steelhead fi shing is good on the Grande Ronde because the water is normally high this time of year. He added that with the coming warm weather, the water will probably start to rise and have a negative impact on fi shing. Wallowa Lake — Bratcher said that while the lake still has some ice, he wasn’t sure if it was stable enough to fi sh on, but things are looking up. “We had some pretty big Kokanee last year, and based on the cycles we’ve seen in Kokanee populations, I would expect this is going to be one of the better Kokanee years we’ve seen in the last decade.” He suggested starting Kokanee fi shing as soon as the ice comes off the lake. Bratcher said that he’s been grooming for a good spring fi shery is Kinney Lake, east of Joseph, “It’s fi shed really well through the ice all win- ter,” he said. “Typically, it’s one of the best spots in the county to fi sh in March, especially for kids, once the ice comes off it.” Introducing Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Adam Heisinger • Doctor of Osteopathy, Des Moines University, Iowa • Internship and Residency completed in orthopedic surgery at Affinity Medical Center, Ohio; Fellowship in sports medicine completed at Orthopedic Research of Virginia, Richmond If you’re caring for an aging loved one, there’s help. Taking care of an aging loved one can be overwhelming. But you don’t have to do it alone. Caregiver support from Oregon Care Partners can help. • Served four years as flight surgeon, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia and Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina Dr. Heisinger will be seeing patients at Wallowa Memorial Hospital regularly for clinic visits and surgery. 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Ad copy is due on Monday at 10am. Ads must be approved by Tuesday at 12pm. www.bit.ly/OCP-webinars Contact Jennifer Cooney today for all your advertising needs! jcooney@wallowa.com 541-805-9630 www.OregonCarePartners.com 1-800-930-6851 • info@oregoncarepartners.com
