SPORTS
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
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Contributed/Benjamin Lonergan
Ellyse Tingelstad of Joseph High School rounds turn one of the girls 1A
1,500 at the 2019 OSAA 2A-1A Track and Field State Championships at
Western Oregon University in Monmouth on Saturday.
Contributed/Benjamin Lonergan
Courtesy/Tom Nordtvedt
Joseph senior Tyler Homan clears a hurdle on his way to becoming the 1A 300 meter hurdles state champion at the
1A state track meet in Monmouth on Saturday. Homan completed the event in 41.06 seconds.
Sabrina Albee of Joseph High School leads off the girls 1A 4x100 meter
relay at the 2019 OSAA 2A-1A Track and Field State Championships at
Western Oregon University in Monmouth on Saturday.
Eagles track returns with precious medals from state
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Eagles thinclads trav-
eled to the state 1A champi-
onships in Monmouth to see
what treasures lay on the
west side of the state and
returned weighted down
with a bag of precious med-
als as the boys squad seized
a second-place team award
while the girls placed third.
The boys, led by senior,
Tyler Homan, and freshman,
Henry Coughlan, scored
48 points for the silver, just
behind Dufur’s 53 points.
Homan won the gold in the
300 meter hurdles with a
41.06 time while again break-
ing his own school record in
the event. Coughlan placed
second in the 3,000 meters
while breaking the school
record by 10 seconds, and
also placed fi fth in the 1,500
meters with times of 9:07.05
and 4:16.58 respectively.
Other stalwarts included
TJ Grote placing second in
the pole vault at 12-06 while
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Wallowa Valley/
Elgin combined
team off to playoffs
The Wallowa County/
Elgin combined baseball
team is headed to state after
a 1-1 outing in District play
at Irrigon High School on
Friday, May 17.
WV/E started out the day
strong with an 18-5 romp
Contributed/Benjamin Lonergan
Haley Miller of Joseph High School clears the bar during the girls 1A pole vault at the 2019
OSAA 2A-1A Track and Field State Championships at Western Oregon University in Monmouth
on Saturday.
Kade Kilgore and Carsen
Littlepage placed fi fth and
sixth in the same event at
11-06. Juston Rogers and
Bayden Menton placed third
and fi fth in the 800 meters
versus Vale, where every-
one brought their offensive
A-game.
Coy
Aschenbrenner
started the game on the
mound, pitching 4 2/3 innings
before Gage McKay came
on in relief. Aschenbrenner
racked up fi ve strikeouts,
six walks while spreading
out fi ve hits over his mound
duration. Aschenbrenner also
pitched his way out of a bas-
es-loaded jam with one out in
the fi rst inning.
Offensively, senior Gus
Ramsden had the stick with a
4 for 4 plate outing including
a double. Hard-hitting Chris-
topher Nobles went 2 for 3
while Flynn Nave and David
Salim each knocked a pair of
hits in four trips with Salim
contributing a double. Mala-
chi Roberts donated a double
and three RBIs to the cause.
“It was wild and good to
see,” coach JR Collier said.
“We came out smacking the
ball. I don’t know how to
replicate it.”
WV/E went right to
work immediately after the
fi rst game in a 10-3 loss to
league leader Irrigon, whom
WV/E had previously split
a doubleheader. Collier said
the game was much closer
than it looks, and only cru-
cial errors late in the game
allowed the lop-sided score.
Suto shines as golf
teams go from
district to state
The
Wallowa/Joseph
combined golf team and
the Enterprise High School
race with respective times of
2:02.82 and 2:05.52.
The girls took the bronze
at 46.5 points behind St.
Paul’s 54 points and Adrian’s
57 tally. Ella Coughlan and
Ellyse Tingelstad took turns
at the gold and silver medal
trough. Coughlan took the
gold in the 800 meters with a
time 2:22.08 and the silver in
the 3000 meters at 11:00.25.
Coughlan broke the school
record in the 800 meters.
Tingelstad mined the gold
in the 1,500 meters and 3,000
meters 4:57.33 and 10:49.96
respectively.
The 3,000 meter win for
Tingelstad made it fi ve con-
secutive state wins in the
event between sisters Isa-
belle and Ellyse Tingels-
tad. Both girls also did their
duties on the 4x400 relay sil-
ver medal team that included
Sabrina Albee and Haley
Miller at a 4:18.52 time.
“It’s the fasted 4x400
relay I’ve had for several
years,” coach John Roberts
said.
Coach John Roberts
said he wasn’t even expect-
ing a trophy, so the rest
was all gravy for the team.
He thought the girls would
score in the 46-point range
and got a half-point in
the pole vault from Haley
Miller.
“I knew we’d be up close
(to a trophy) if we kept
our 46 points and the other
points were spread out,”
Roberts said. “The boys side
was really a surprise.”
“I didn’t expect us to be
second,” Roberts said of the
boys’ performance. “We had
some of the younger boys
step up in the runs and the
hurdles and the pole vault-
ers.” He particularly noted
the pole vault performance
of wildcard, Littlepage, who
vaulted 18 inches higher
than his previous best and
Menton’s performance in
the 800 meters.
“I’m real happy with the
team this year,” Roberts
said. “We had four school
records fall, too.”
golf teams competed well
at district and state with
the Enterprise team mak-
ing the cut for state, while
golf superstar Tori Suto was
the lone Wallowa/Joseph
qualifi er.
Suto, one of the best girls
golfers in eastern Oregon,
handily won for the second
consecutive time at Districts
on the Pendleton Country
Club links, shooting scores
of 78 and 77 on May 6-7,
respectively, for the fi rst
place nod.
“The course was a lot
tougher than last year, and
we’re pretty happy with
the way things turned out,”
Coach Marvin Gibbs said.
Suto traveled to state in
Creswell the next week,
competing against girls
from 4A schools. She shot
twin 78s over her two
rounds, enough to place in a
tie for fourth place overall.
“I’m proud of her,”
Coach Gibbs said. “She had
a goal to make it to the top
four, and she did that. You
have to be real good to even
make it into the top 10.”
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Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Registration 10:00am
Registration Fee $10
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The walk is less than 2 miles long.
Double Arrow Vet Clinic will be available to
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