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SPORTS Wallowa.com Wednesday, March 20, 2019 A9 Donkey basketball comes to Wallowa By Christian Ambroson Wallowa County Chieftain Courtesy Photo/Troy Farwell These three Enterprise Junior High School grapplers showed they could wrestle with the best in the state at the Oregon Middle School State Wrestling Championships held in Woodburn on March 9. (L to R) Xander Sarbacher, Cody Fent and Nevan Goldsmith can hold their heads high after their respective performances. Junior High grapplers shine at district, state from the Saturday, March 9 tournament. Coach Troy Farwell said he is proud of the boys and their perfor- mances. Fent wrestled at 132 pounds and came away with a seventh place, as did Goldsmith at 175 pounds while Sarbacher placed in the 13th slot at 195 pounds. “They wrestled very well,” Farwell said. “Keep in mind that junior high state includes all divisions from 1A through 6A.” By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Three Enterprise Junior High School wrestlers who per- severed in district wrestling in Board- man returned from the state champion- ships in Woodburn with the knowledge they can wrestle with any- one. The three wres- tlers, Nevan Goldsmith, Cody Fent and Xander Sarbacher just returned After a competitive—at times even heated—season of High School basketball across the county, Wallowa’s sophomore class decided to throw a fundraiser that would pit Joseh Charter School stu- dents and staff against Wal- lowa High School students and staff respectively. On one level, the objec- tive was to raise money to ease the fi nancial burdens of student events, including staff trips, proms or other dances. Dani Weaver, English teacher at Wallowa High School played a major role in organizing the event. Weaver saw a fun and unique way to raise money for her students, but also she “wanted to get two schools together in a way that would be fun and promote unity between Wal- lowa and Joseph students and staff.” The gym fi lled up and the fi reworks fl ew. “It was nice to see a gym full of people from all over the county,” Kristin Craig Wallowa High School staff takes on Joseph Charter School staff . Weaver said. “I think we should have more events like this.” The students certainly enjoyed themselves. Ryan Hafer, a senior at Wal- lowa High School, states “ I had such a fun time play- ing Joseph! I wish I had the opportunity to do something like this all throughout my high school years! While this years event didn’t turn out so well for Joseph Charter School stu- dents and staff, perhaps if they train hard enough the tide might turn next year. OSAA fi nds Enterprise student ineligible By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain The Oregon Schools Activities Association unani- mously shot down the sports eligibility appeal of the Enterprise High School stu- dent whose question of eli- gibility caused the Feb. 22 resignation of the school’s athletic director, Larry Wells. Wells and EHS princi- pal, Blake Carlsen had both determined the student inel- igible for athletic status at the school. Regardless of the determination by the AD and principal, the school board and superintendent Erika Pinkertonpressed onward with the matter. The board and Pinkerton next submitted the eligibility request to the District Ath- letic Committee, which is composed of the the athletic directors of three schools in the Blue Mountain Confer- ence. Wells had to step aside as he was chairman of the committee. Regardless, the district committee unanimously rejected the request for essentially the same reasons Wells and Carlsen did. The board and Pinkerton forged ahead with the request none- theless, and took the eli- gibility matter up with the OSAA. Like Wells and the DAC, the OSAA also unanimously rejected the request and determined the student inel- igible as a mid-year transfer. In addition to the Wells resignation, an investigation is pending on the actions of one of the school’s employ- ees who allegedly altered school attendance records for the benefi t of the stu- dent or possibly, to impli- cate Wells. The school was forced to consult its attor- ney over the matter and sev- eral executive sessions were called to debate the matter. Because of the resources expended, the investigation of the school employee and another possible investiga- tion into the matter at the state level ,the Chieftain will pursue the story to its con- clusion in the coming weeks. Albee: Joseph Charter School’s rising star Continued from Page A8 up her skills to her desire to succeed for both herself and the team. “I’m really competitive,” she said. “I want to win.” On occasion, Coach Lance Homan works with Albee after practice on a rou- tine of different shots. “He’s been my coach since like, fourth grade,” Albee said. Coach Lance Homan said he enjoys coaching Albee because of her dedication to the game. Albee, with her high level of skills, under- stands the game so well that her intuition will often tell her what’s going to happen next. He also appreciates her humility. “She doesn’t like the spotlight is uncomfortable with recognition, but you put her on the basketball fl oor in a packed gym and she loves it,” he said. “I also really appreciate that she encour- ages everyone and really is a good team member.” As good as she is, Albee has things she says she needs to improve on as a player. “I need to work on my mid-range for sure,” she said. “I work on that a lot. I think I need to work on offensive rebounds.” She added that team box-out drills and play- ing against her much taller dad helps as well. 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He is litter-box trained and up-to-date on shots and worming. because she’s often dou- ble-teamed, and other coaches don’t mind letting everyone know they con- ATHLETE PET OF K THE WEE Ellen Morris Bishop/Chieftain Sabrina Albee of the Eagles drives toward the bucket during her team’s 49-30 loss to Crane on March 2 in their fi nal game in the 1A state basketball championships in Baker City. teammates successful as well. High scoring isn’t half of what basketball is.” Despite all of the natural talent Albee possesses along with the unanimous all- league selection and the mul- tiple 20-plus point games under her belt, she doesn’t have a problem stating she’s motivated to do better. “I just think, ‘next shot,’ I try to move on to the next play,” she said. Albee doesn’t discount the rest of the squad, either. “The team does a good job of keeping my spirit up.” Although Albee sets goals, those goals are not stats-oriented, but rather, mental goals she sets for her- self. She said that when shots don’t fall she can get frus- trated, so she works on keep- ing her head at such times. She recognizes that as she is one of the team leaders, so she tries to fulfi ll that role by example. “I’m not a big talker,” she said. Albee had advice for younger players coming up who are serious about their game. “Always have a good mindset,” she said. “Be patient; you’re not going to have a good game every night. You’re not going to get good shots every game. Stay with it and do your hardest.”
