SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
A12
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Eagle football Joseph and Enterprise both fall at home,
Wallowa splits matches during first week
team wins in
fi rst game back
Chieftain staff
Hornets each quarter to grad-
ually build to the victory.
“Overall, it was a good
fi rst game back since fall of
2019,” head coach Duncan
Christman said. “We saw
lots of good things, and we
were able to see where we
need to improve as well. The
new athletes we have got to
experience Eagle football
and our returning athletes
were excited for full con-
tact, as well as the coaches.
It was really well executed,
and Harper was a good
opponent.”
The Eagles play their
only currently scheduled
home game of Season 1
on Friday when they host
Dayville/Monument.
Chieftain staff
HARPER — Joseph
won in its fi rst full-contact
football game in more than
a year, defeating Harper
on the road Friday, March
5, 37-18, behind a big day
offensively from running
back Juston Rogers.
The senior accounted for
three touchdowns and more
than 250 yards in the win.
He rushed for 226 yards and
two scores, and added 27
yards receiving and a touch-
down. He also stepped up on
defense with an interception
and seven tackles.
Trace Collier went 8-for-
11 passing for 214 yards
and two scores, including
a 33-yard TD pass to Kale
Ferguson. Harley Miller
added 29 yards rushing and
two scores.
Hayden Hite recorded
eight tackles to lead the
Eagles. Jonah Staigle had
seven tackles, and Collier,
Ferguson and Brad Wilcox
each recovered a fumble.
The Eagles never trailed,
taking a 6-0 lead after one
quarter and outscoring the
Wallowa’s fi rst
game canceled
Wallowa’s
scheduled
season-opener on the grid-
iron Saturday, March 6,
against Elgin, was canceled
after a COVID-19 outbreak
within the Elgin School
District.
Wallowa will open
Thursday when it visits
Enterprise at 4 p.m.
Knapp wins to lead
Outlaw harriers to victory
Moore fi nished in 20:08.94.
The fi fth runner across
the fi nish line for Wallowa
Valley was Weston Wolfe in
10th at 20:54.09.
The fi ve paced the Out-
laws to 23 points to easily
top Baker (41 points).
Also fi nishing for the
Outlaws was Roan Flynn
in 23rd (23:43.78), Spencer
Decker in 28th (24:39.66)
and Will Ogden in 29th
(26:58.26).
On the girls side, two run-
ners fi nished for Wallowa
Valley — Iona McDon-
ald in 10th in 25:45.14, and
Michalia Caine in 12th in
26:11.04.
Wallowa Valley returns
to the course Saturday,
March 13, at the Pioneer
Run in Milton-Freewater.
Chieftain staff
NYSSA — The Wallowa
Valley boys cross-country
team took four of the top fi ve
spots in easily winning the
3 p.m. portion of the Nyssa
Invitational Monday, March
8, in Nyssa. Five teams,
including the Outlaws, ran
in the early session, and fi ve
more ran in a later race.
Zac Knapp beat out Bak-
er’s Justin Ash by less than
4 seconds to win with a time
of 17:11.77. Ash followed in
17:15.04.
The next three runners
across the fi nish line were all
Outlaws.
Bayden Menton placed
third in 18:06.33. Teammate
Ian Goodrich took fourth
in 19:43.27. And Brendan
ENTERPRISE — Cove
3, Enterprise 0: Enterprise’s
fi rst match of Season 2 didn’t
result in a win, as Cove swept
the Outlaws Friday, March 5,
in Enterprise, 25-15, 25-14,
25-19.
But head coach Lisa Far-
well said the team was thrilled
to just be on the fl oor, and that
quarantines from the recent
COVID-19 case in the school
impacted the team.
“We haven’t had enough
practice due to a school clo-
sure last week, and we had
last-minute major line up
changes because some of our
volleyball players required
quarantine time,” Farwell
said. “We didn’t play a great
volleyball match against
Cove, but it was great to play.
We improved from set to set,
and the girls worked hard and
had fun.”
Jada Gray led the Outlaws
(0-1 overall) with six kills.
Savannah Vaughn tallied fi ve
kills, Claire Farwell added
nine digs and Asiya Salim
was 7-for-7 from the service
line.
Enterprise and Wallowa
faced off late Tuesday in Wal-
lowa. The Outlaws follow
Friday and Saturday, March
12-13, with home matches
against Pine Eagle and Adrian.
Union 3, Joseph 0: The
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Shanna Rae Tillery hammers the ball back over the net in the Wallowa/
Cove volleyball match at Wallowa on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Joseph volleyball team hung
tight with Union for two sets
before the Bobcats pulled
away for a 27-25, 25-20,
25-13 win Friday, March 5.
“I felt like they played
really well the fi rst two sets,”
Joseph head coach Jill Hite
said. “They came out and sur-
prised themselves. We just
became a little bit undisci-
plined a little bit in the third
set. They weren’t quite there.
They’ll get there. It was the
fi rst game back.”
Sabrina Albee led the
attack for the Eagles (0-1
overall) with eight kills, and
also had three blocks. Both
Molly Curry and Amy Mey-
ers added three blocks. Curry
had two blocks, Meyers had
three aces, and on the defen-
sive back row, Zoey Leith had
nine digs, and McKenzie Kef-
fer and Maggie Miller had
eight apiece.
Joseph returns to the court
Friday and Saturday, March
12-13, with home matches
against Pine Eagle and Adrian,
respectively.
Wallowa 3, Cove 1: The
Cougars overcame nerves
from being back on the court
to take down Cove in four sets
at home on Tuesday, March 2,
25-20, 25-16, 22-25, 25-19.
“We defi nitely had the
fi rst-game jitters,” head coach
Janea Hulse said. “We had
too many unforced errors for
what I know these girls can
do. We are very happy that
they got the win, however the
rest of the week was dedicated
to working on unforced, like
serving. Despite the unforced
errors, the girls are showing
a lot of potential to do great
things.”
Shanna Rae Tillery pow-
ered the offense with 13 kills,
and was a stalwart on defense
with 30 digs, while Ella
Moeller had 22 assists.
Union 3, Wallowa 0: On
Friday, March 5, Wallowa lost
for the fi rst time in Season 2
by being swept by Union,
25-12, 25-16, 25-12.
“We fell short of a win but
the girls played a much better
game all around,” Hulse said.
“We had very few missed
serves and our total unforced
errors dropped a lot. We had
a lot of rallies that went back
and forth and it was exciting.
Union has a good team with
a lot of experienced players.”
She credited Libby Fisher
with playing a solid match on
both offense and defense for
Wallowa (1-1 overall), and
said that the game was closer
than the numbers would
indicate.
“Our scores for this game
do not refl ect how the dynam-
ics went,” she said.
Individual stats were not
available.
Wallowa hosted Enterprise
Tuesday night, March 9, and
visits Pine Eagle Saturday.
Progress made on recreation center
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Volunteers sweep and rake sand back into the grass carpet at the new recreation center at Jensen Ball Fields on Saturday, March
6, 2021. The sand provides stability and fi rmness to the indoor “fi eld,” and protects the black plastic bottom of the artifi cial turf
mat from impact and wear, Jim Nave said. “It was delivered with the sand in it, but we had to take all the sand out to be able
to move (the turf) into place,” he said. Alpine Meadows Golf Course stored the sand. With the center’s completion, and spring
use of the new facility looming, it was time to put it back, Nave said. Greg Oveson, far right, drives a tractor and sand spreader
loaned by Alpine Meadows Golf Course to get the sand back where it belonged.
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