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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Cheryl North Coughlan
Cheryl North Coughlan
The race is close as Joseph Charter School’s Henry Coughlan hits the fi nal stretch a the
La Grande Invitational track meet on April 13.
Joseph Charter School’s Ella Coughlan tops the podium at the La Grande Invitational
track meet on Saturday, April 13.
Eagles track squad run, jump to daylight
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
T
he Joseph track
squad
showed
some merit at the
La Grande Invita-
tional track meet
on Saturday, April 13. In a
fi eld of 14 teams, the boys
team fi nished fourth with 54
points while the girls fi nished
10th with 24 points.
For the boys, superstar run-
ner, Henry Coughlan, car-
ried the torch, placing third in
the 1500 meters with a time
of 4:23.06 and second in the
3000 meters with a time of
9:39.29. Teammate Bayden
Menton placed sixth in the 800
meters and fi fth in the 1500
meters with times of 2:09.36
and 4:29.32 respectively. Ian
Goodrich placed 10th in the
1500 with a time of 4:54.59.
Senior Tyler Homan placed
second in the 300 meter hur-
dles with a time of 43.59 while
also participating in the fi fth
place 4x100 relay with team-
mates Juston Rogers, Carsen
Littlepage and Trey Wand-
schneider with a time of 46.87.
The fi eld element saw
Jonah Staigle place fi fth in the
discus with a toss of 95-06.
Joseph furnished three top-
ten fi nishers in the pole vault.
TJ Grote fi nished third with a
11-06 vault while Kade Kil-
gore leaped 10-06 for fi fth
place and wrestling star Ste-
ven Beckman placed seventh
at 7-00.
For the girls, Ella Coughlan
placed fi rst in the 800 meters
with a time of 2:27.75 while
sidekick Haley Miller placed
fi fth with a 2:42.07. Ellyse Tin-
gelstad aced the 3000 meters
with a time of 11:07.44.
Coach John Roberts was
happy with the meet results
as several athletes bowed out
early for prom. Roberts said
Ella Coughlan’s performance
in the 800 was particularly
pleasing as she’s never run the
race.
“She runs the 400 for me
and I know she’s fast,” Rob-
erts said. He said she had pre-
viously performed well when
she ran a leg of the 4x800
relay, so he wasn’t worried
except when she exploded off
the blocks. “I had to hold her
back on the fi rst lap,” he said.
Ellyse Tingelstad came in
for some coach kudos when
she ran a dynamite 3000
meters, coming in 35 seconds
ahead of the second place fi n-
isher and the fastest time in
the state at the moment. Like
Coughlan, Roberts had to
hold Tingelstad back at the
beginning.
Tyler Homan also earned
some praise for his perfor-
mance in the 300 hurdles.
Bayden Menton also got some
coach congrats for his perfor-
mance as did teammate Henry
Coughlan.
The Eagles next travel to
compete in the Pepsi Invita-
tional in Union on Saturday,
April 20.
Few practices don’t faze
Outlaws thinclads
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Despite
inclement
weather hindering the out-
laws’ ability to practice, the
squad made an impressive
showing at the La Grande
Invitational on Saturday,
April 13. The girls placed
third while the boys placed
10th in a fi eld of 14 teams.
Senior Karli Bedard led
the girls with a fi rst-place
performance in the high
jump with a leap of 5-00,
and a sixth place in the 100
meter hurdles with a time
of 19.19. Hero Peters also
proved a tough opponent,
placing third in the 100
meter dash with a time of
13.63 and third in the 200
meter dash with a time of
29.17. She was also a mem-
ber of the fi rst place 4x100
meter relay team.
Senior Shelby Mon-
crief placed third in the 100
meters with a 13.57 time
and also ran on the winning
4x100 meter relay team,
which also contained Char-
lotte McDonald and Savan-
nah Vaughn. Relay time
was 53.51. Sidney Stone-
brink placed eighth in the
100 meter hurdles with a
time of 19.60. Ashley Wil-
son placed sixth in the
1500 meters with a time
of 5:33.30, and fourth in
the 800 meters with a time
of 2:39.51. McDonald also
placed ninth in the 400
meters.
On the fi eld side, Gianna
Espinoza placed third in
discus with a 87-01.50 toss
and Stonebrink also placed
ninth in the high jump going
4-04 over the bar.
On the boys’ side, Gar-
rett Thorne placed seventh
in the 100 meters with an
11.93 time while always-re-
liable Zac Knapp cruised to
a fourth place fi nish with
a time of 4?:25.58 in the
1500 meters. The 4x100
relay team took third with a
time of 46.12 with members
Shane Lund, Foster Hobbs,
Jericho Peters and Thorne
leading the way. On the fi eld
side, Joe Robb heaved the
shot put 38-06.50 for a sev-
enth place fi nish in his fi rst
time at the event. Johnny
Sarbacher placed sixth in
the discus with a 92-07
throw. Colby Harris placed
10th in the long jump with
a 17-09.25 leap of faith and
third in the triple jump with
a 38-06 effort.
Coach Dan Moody was
proud of his team’s show-
ing, especially with only
two weeks of outdoor prac-
tice. Also, some partici-
pants went home early to
prepare for prom night.
“We went out with about
45 kids and came home
with about fi ve of them,”
Moody said. “I was espe-
cially pleased by how good
the girls looked. They were
at the top in a lot of events.”
The coach was also
impressed with the boys’
performance. The 4x100
relay team had a new sub-
stitute and still managed a
third place fi nish.
“Overall, we’ve done
pretty well in all the meets
so far this year,” Moody
said. “It’s going to take
some time.”
The squad next competes
at the Pepsi Invitational in
Union on Saturday, April
20, followed by the Weston
McEwen Small Schools
Invitational on Tuesday,
April 23.
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Joseph/Wallowa athlete Tori and her parents Dr. John and Billie Suto on the golf-star’s
commitment to the college of St. Mary’s.
Wallowa/Joseph compete in
Umatilla, Suto triumphs again
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Only the Wallowa/Joseph golf team
got on the green during the last week.
Coach Marvin Gibbs brought four golf-
ers to the Big River tournament in
Umatilla.
Golf prodigy, Tori Suto, did her usual
bang-up job on the course shooting a 77
for the win in the girls bracket.
Three boys competed, with Michael
Diggins shooting a 102. Golfers Frank
Westerman and Willie Gibbs shot a 131
and 140 respectively.
“They’re new,” he said. “They’re just
getting started.”
The team next travels to John Day on
Friday, April 19 for a tournament.
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