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WEDNESDAY
January 22, 2020
Ellen Morris Bishop
Tristin lays it in
Cougar boys drop two
hard-fought games
Ellen Morris Bishop
Libby Fisher tied up
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa Nixy
and PV Girls BB
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Wallowa Cougar girls dug a
hole for the Powder Valley Badgers,
41-36 Friday and handed a defeat to
the Nixyaawii Golden Eagles, 66-53
on Saturday afternoon.
High scorers for Powder val-
ley game were Jamie Johnston and
Shanna Rae Tillery, both with 12.
Powder valley’s high total of 9 came
from K Bingham with 9 points.
High scorers for Wallowa at
the Nixy game were Jamie John-
ston with 19, and Shanna Rae Til-
lery with 21. Nixy high scorer was
Sophie Branson with 20. Jamie and
Shanna Rae had double-doubles
with 10 and 16 rebounds. Overall the
Cougars scored two big wins over
very good teams,” said Coach David
Howe.”We did a lot of good things
in these games. But we can and will
improve, given the great attitude the
girls showed this weekend.”
Wallowa, 8-7 overall, is now
ranked 12th in Oregon’s 1A girls
ranking and is tied with Powder Val-
ley for fi rst in the Old Oregon league.
Ellen Morris Bishop
Shanna Rae scores.
Outlaw grapplers travel to Idaho
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Enterprise High School
wrestling saddled up for a
ride over to the Padilla Invi-
tational wrestling tourna-
ment in Parma, Idaho, over
the weekend of Jan. 17-18.
Wrestling marvel, Trace
Evans, had his usual success-
ful exploits at 138 pounds.
Evans took on all comers in
four matches, winning three
by technical fall and one by
fall for the gold.
Although Evans was
the only Outlaws wrestler
to place, the heavyweight
division saw some success
with veteran Drew Wid-
ener clocking in with a win
by fall over Tristan McMa-
hill of Weiser and notched
another win over by fall
over Terry Edmondson of
Middleton in consolation
round four. Tyler Gray won
a match by fall over Alex
Aslanzadeh of Parma at 2:34
into the match.
Coach Court Fent said he
was pleased with the team’s
performance as a whole. He
noted that he brought only
four wrestlers to the meet
due to illness and other
issues. Among the high-
lights, he said Gray won his
fi rst match of the year after
It may seem like the
hard luck Cougs have lit-
tle to roar about these days,
but the WHS boys played
good basketball at home
over the weekend, particu-
larly against league power-
house, Powder Valley.
The Cougs played the
Badgers hard, and although
ultimately
succumbing,
74-61, the boys were in it
most of the game and even
led at times.
“We actually had them
tied up in the third quar-
ter,” Coach Cody Lathrop
said. “We had guys play-
ing with heart and inten-
sity and for the love of the
game.”
According to Lath-
rop, only a few three point
buckets and a couple of
loose balls separated defeat
from victory. He lauded his
team for starting to run an
offense and shooting the
ball well. They scored one
of their highest point totals
of the season.
“I felt like we won the
game,” Lathrop said. “The
score didn’t refl ect how we
played. We were down by
nine, up by two; we were
down by six up by one.”
The coach said taking
Kolby Mandal from the
guard slot and allowing
him to play the post posi-
tion turned the WHS soph-
omore into an electrifying
player.
Lathrop said that the
Badgers have a great team,
but the Cougs came out and
played the type of game he
knew they were capable
of. He added the excellent
play of WHS gave the boys
hope they can play with
anyone, and he couldn’t
ask for anything better.
“They set the bar for
themselves, and there’s no
excuses anymore,” Lath-
rop said. “They know how
to play, and the mentality
to be great is there.”
Quinten Tillery led the
scoring with 16 while Man-
dal aced 15 on the evening.
Tristin Bales maxed at 14
in the hoop. Lathrop noted
that Bales, Zeb Hermens
and Mason Moore played
a big role in breaking the
Badgers’ press, which kept
the game close.
The following night’s
play
with
Nixyaawii
showed the Cougars put-
ting in a fi ne effort against
one of the best teams in the
state, although the Golden
Eagles won handily, 81-38.
Lady Outlaws split a pair.
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Jones
Courtesy Photo/Teah Jones Outlaws grappler, Trace Evans, subdues yet another victim hapless
enough to fall into the 138 pounds class at the Padilla Invitational in Parma, Idaho, on Jan. 17-
18. Evans is 26-1 on the season.
a long absence due to injury.
“It’s good to see him back
in action,” Fent said. “I’m
pleased with how he went
about doing the things he’s
capable of doing,” Fent said.
“He wrestled well.”
Fent also praised the
nearly invincible Evans.
“Trace wrestled well, even
though he wrestled a cou-
ple of kids who pushed him
a little bit, which was good.”
Fent said. “He caught him-
self in a couple of precarious
situations, and he was able
to maintain some focus and
patience and worked himself
out it, which is all he needs
to carry himself into districts
and hopefully on to state.”
The coach said the meet
was a good experience for
the wrestlers as a good por-
tion of the 13 other teams
were from larger schools.
The Outlaws next travel
to Grant Union to wrestle on
Friday, Jan. 24 and at New
Plymouth, Idaho on Jan. 25.
“Every week, every tour-
nament provides a wealth of
experience for these kids,”
he said. “We’re trying to
move around a little bit
and see different schools so
we’re not competing against
the same exact kids every
time.”
The Enterprise Out-
laws ladies split a pair
over a westward jour-
ney last weekend, handing
out a 51-35 Friday loss to
the Heppner Mustangs on
Jan.17. The ladies then suf-
fered a rare loss, a 49-31
shellacking at the hands of
the Stanfi eld Tigers on the
following day.
Heppner found the Out-
laws at the top of their
game, as the ladies shot
43% from the fi eld behind
twin 13 point performances
from Ashlyn Gray and
Carsyn Miller.
The game against the
former state champs started
slowly for the Outlaws as
the two teams ran neck
and neck for the fi rst three
quarters. The Outlaws held
a one point lead at the end
of the third quarter. The
Outlaws exploded for 21
points in the fourth while
the Mustangs managed a
paltry six.
“We had a really good
fourth quarter,” Coach
Mike Crawford said. “We
made a couple of baskets,
you could see them get
relaxed and it got easy.” He
added that the game was
an emotional one for the
ladies as they lost in over-
time there last year.
Other stats include Zari
Bathke’s 10 points on the
night. Defensively, Gray
hauled in nine boards, had
six steals and handed out
four assists. Defense meis-
ter Claire Farwell commit-
ted seven thefts and handed
out four assists as well.
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