Wednesday, March 17, 2021
A15
SPORTS
Wallowa wallops Outlaws in return to football
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Wal-
lowa looked solid in its fi rst
full-contact football game in
more than a year.
The Cougars amassed
465 yards of off ense and
found success through the
air and on the ground on the
way to a 42-0 road victory
over Enterprise Thursday,
March 11 — the fi rst game
of Season 2 for both squads.
“It only took one play,
and it was like ‘Man, I
love this game,’” Wallowa
head coach Matt Brockamp
said. “We missed playing
football.”
Sophomore quarterback
Lute Ramsden was dialed
in, going 17-for-22 for 239
yards passing and fi ve touch-
downs — three to Zeb Rams-
den and two to Tristin Bales
— while also scampering for
129 yards and a score. His
46-yard TD run to open the
scoring in the fi rst quarter
gave Wallowa the early 8-0
lead.
A long catch-and-run by
Bales of 77 yards on a short
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa’s Lute Ramsden runs between a pair of Enterprise defenders on Thursday, March 11,
2021, in Enterprise. Ramsden threw fi ve touchdown passes and ran for a sixth in the Cougars’
42-0 win.
pass in the fi rst quarter and
another long catch-and run
for a score — this of 72
yards on a screen pass to Zeb
Ramsden in the second quar-
ter — built Wallowa’s lead to
20-0. Another scoring pass to
Zeb Ramsden for a 25-yard
TD later in the second quar-
ter pushed Wallowa’s lead to
28-0 at the break.
The Ramsden brothers
connected for the third time
in the third — Lute throwing
a pass on a fade route to Zeb
in the end zone for a 20-yard
score — before another
dump off to Bales later in
the period went 17 yards to
round out the scoring.
“We cleaned things up a
little bit off ensively,” Brock-
amp said. “We still had mis-
takes that were made, we
had six penalties, some big
holding calls. … But, for the
most part, off sides (and) ille-
gal motion were much better
than last year. They learned
a lot last year. It was excit-
ing to see a dominant perfor-
mance in Wallowa County.”
The elder Ramsden fi n-
ished with nine catches for
142 yards and the three
scores. Bales fi nished with
87 yards receiving.
Defensively, Ryder Goller
had three sacks and two tack-
les for loss. Jesse Duncan
had 14 tackle assists, three
solo tackles and an intercep-
tion. And Zeb Hermens had
four solo tackles, six tackle
assists and a sack.
“They (Enterprise) had
some success early on a
screen that they ran a few
times. They caught us early
in a linebacker blitz, and
had some success with the
screen which they kept com-
ing back to,” Brockamp said.
“(But we) were able to play
responsible football, and did
a great job stopping the run
for sure.”
The Outlaws struggled
off ensively, generating just
78 yards of total off ense, and
head coach Rusty Eschler
said most of those yards
came on screen passes.
“We helped by having
guys that have not played
before and are learning the
game as we go,” he said.
“Hopefully we can get it
together this week and have
a better showing against
Union.”
Both teams are back on
the gridiron at home Fri-
day at 2 p.m. when Wallowa
(1-0 overall) hosts Cove and
Enterprise (0-1) entertains
Union.
Joseph moves to 2-0
The Joseph Eagles scored
a second win in their lone
currently scheduled home
game of Season 2 as they got
past Dayville/Monument on
Friday, March 12, 33-13.
Stats were not available
for the Eagles (2-0 overall),
who travel to Prairie City
Friday, March 19.
Cougars, Eagles and Outlaws all win twice during the week
Cross-country
runs strong at
Milton-Freewater
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa started a 2-0
week with a home 25-20,
25-20, 25-21 sweep of
Enterprise Tuesday, March
9, behind solid play on both
the off ensive and defensive
ends.
“I keep seeing improve-
ment from these girls each
game,” Wallowa head coach
Janea Hulse said. “The
unforced errors are getting
less and less. I am seeing
the girls come together and
working more as a team as
each day passes.”
Shanna Rae Tillery led
the off ense with 13 kills, and
the team was strong on the
service line, Hulse said.
The frontline defense
stood out, especially Haley
Brockamp and Zoe Her-
mens. Hermens tallied eight
solo blocks on the night, and
Brockamp added six.
“Our middle blockers
are coming on strong and
making a huge diff erence
in our off ense,” Hulse said.
“I am very happy with their
progress.”
Jada Gray had nine kills
and four aces to lead the
Outlaws, and Claire Farwell
recorded 11 digs on defense.
Enterprise 3,
Pine Eagle 0
The Outlaws got into the
win column for the fi rst time
in Season 2 with a home
25-12, 25-10, 25-18 sweep
of Pine Eagle on Friday,
March 12.
Liz Rowley led the
off ense with four kills.
Claire Farwell had a big day
from the service line with
fi ve aces, and Rosie Mov-
ich-Fields had six digs.
Joseph 3, Pine Eagle 0
The Eagles had no prob-
lem with Pine Eagle Friday,
coasting to a 25-8, 25-2,
25-8 home win, their fi rst
win of Season 2.
Sabrina Albee had eight
kills and a pair of blocks,
and Cooper Nave had fi ve
kills. Joseph also saw an
impressive serving run
during the match as Aimee
Meyers recorded 24 straight
service points.
days. It’s exciting to see a
group of girls begin to click
and play together.”
Joseph (2-1 overall)
plays four days in a row this
week, with road matches
Wednesday at Imbler,
Thursday at Cove and Fri-
day at Prairie City/Burnt
River, before hosting South
Wasco County Saturday.
Joseph 3, Adrian 0
The Outlaws also fi n-
ished an undefeated week-
end, taking out Adrian Sat-
urday in four sets, 25-13,
25-17, 20-25, 25-20.
“We are improving with
every set,” head coach
Lisa Farwell said. “My
girls are gaining confi -
dence as they gain experi-
ence and the lineup is start-
ing to gel. Every one of the
seven players who played in
these three matches are con-
tributing to the team eff ort,
and their attitude as a team
is one of not focusing on
the last mistake, but look-
The Eagles completed
their perfect weekend by
sweeping Adrian at home
Saturday, March 13, 25-10,
25-17, 25-21.
Sabrina Albee again led
the Eagles’ off ense with
nine kills, and Molly Curry
added three kills and three
blocks.
“The
girls
played
together this weekend and
are beginning to click,”
head coach Jill Hite said.
Sabrina Albee and Anna-
belle Russell showed great
leadership on the fl oor both
Enterprise 3, Adrian 1
ing forward to the next play,
the next serve, the next set.
I have to single out Asiya
Salim, who’s playing a new
role this season as our full
time setter and killing it.
Her hustle and work ethic
are inspiring.”
Jada Gray led the off ense
with 13 kills. Savannah
Vaughn had 13 digs and
served up two aces, and
Claire Farwell also had two
aces.
Enterprise (2-2 over-
all) faced Wallowa Tues-
day night, March 16, at
home, then travels to Union
Thursday.
Wallowa 3,
Pine Eagle 0
Wallowa swept Pine
Eagle Saturday, March 13,
to wrap up a perfect week.
Scores and stats for the
match were not available.
The Cougars (3-1 over-
all) faced Enterprise Tues-
day, then travel to Imbler
Friday and host South
Wasco County Saturday.
Cross-Country
Wallowa Valley coasted
to victory in the Pio-
neer Run — a dual race
against McLoughlin —
on Saturday, March 13, in
Milton-Freewater.
The Outlaws took the
top three spots, with Zac
Knapp winning in 15:56.1.
Bayden Menton followed in
16:38.8, and Ian Goodrich
placed third in 18:49.7.
Brenden Moore came in
fi fth in 19:30.9, and Weston
Wolfe — the fi fth Outlaw
across the line — in 20:48.8.
On the girls side, three
runners placed in the
fi ve-athlete race, and took
second, third and fourth —
Iona McDonald (23:08.8),
Lottie McDonald (24:36.3)
and
Michalia
Caine
(24:43.9).
Wallowa Valley returns
to the course Thursday,
March 18, at the Mustang
Invite in Heppner.
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