Wednesday, April 21, 2021
A9
SPORTS
Track season kicks off
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
Juston Rogers and Henry
Coughlan both won indi-
vidual races and helped the
4x400-meter relay team to
victory in the Joseph track
and fi eld team’s fi rst com-
petition of 2021, the Baker
three-way, Thursday, April
15.
Rogers won the 400 in
55.08 seconds, was sec-
ond in the 200 in 24.07,
and joined Coughlan, Ian
Goodrich and Bayden Men-
ton to take the mile relay in
3:49.80.
Coughlan, who with
Goodrich and Menton
was fresh off a state title
in cross-country, won the
3,000 by more than a minute
with a time of 9:24.32. Men-
ton was second in the 800 in
2:10.30, and Goodrich took
third in the 1,500 in 4:39.03.
Kale Ferguson showed
well in his fi rst high school
meet, taking second in the
discus at 111 feet, 8 inches,
third in the shot put (33-feet-
5-1/4) and third in the high
jump (5-feet-0). He also was
eighth in the 100 in 12.30.
Kane Johnson placed
third in the 400 (1:05.64)
and seventh in the jave-
lin (88-feet-1), and Kee-
lan McBurney took fi fth
in the javelin (91-feet-5)
and seventh in the discus
(75-feet-6).
For the girls, just three
athletes competed Thursday,
and each had a top-eight fi n-
ish. Lottie McDonald took
second in the 400 (1:08.95),
Iona McDonald was fourth
in the 800 (2:45.47) and Ari-
ana Samples was seventh in
the discus (58-feet-3).
On Saturday, the Joseph
boys posted fi ve wins at the
Union Invite, with Coughlan
posting two wins and help-
ing a relay team to victory.
Michael Caine/Contributed Photo
Henry Coughlan, shown at the cross-country state
championship earlier in April, won races at two track meets
for the Joseph boys track and fi eld team last week.
Coughlan claimed the top
spot in the 400 in 53.91 and
in the 1,500 in 4:14.07, and
he and Menton, Goodrich
and Rogers won the 4x400
relay in 3:43.21.
Goodrich won the 800
for the Eagles in 2:14.94,
and Ferguson took top hon-
ors in the discus with a dis-
tance of 110-feet-2. Fergu-
son also took fourth in the
100 in 12.30.
Other top eight placers
included Rogers taking sec-
ond in the high jump (5-feet-
4), third in the 200 (24.84)
and sixth in the 100 (12.47),
McBurney was fi fth in the
javelin (95-feet-1/2) and
sixth in the shot put (30-
feet-4), Johnson taking sixth
in the 800 (2:27.56) and sev-
enth in the discus (69-feet-
8-3/4), and Menton placed
seventh in the 400 (57.56).
On the girls side, Lottie
McDonald was second in
the 800 (2:52.32) and sixth
in the shot put (20-feet-9),
and Iona McDonald was
fourth in the 400 (1:13.28).
Enterprise has six wins
in its fi rst meet of the season
Saturday in Union, includ-
ing four on the girls side
from two athletes.
Distance-running stand-
out Kyla Hook placed fi rst
in both the 1,500 (5:33.11),
and in the 3,000 (12:18.07),
and Savannah Vaughn was
fi rst in the 200 (29.40) and
the high jump (4-feet-8).
Vaughn’s win in the
high jump headed four high
jumpers in the top fi ve for
the Outlaw girls. Althea
Komiskey was second at
4-feet-4, Arian Latta third at
4-feet-0, and Hailey Jenkins
fi fth at 3-feet-10.
Sierra Holcomb was sec-
ond in the javelin (87-feet-
3), Komiskey was fourth
in the 100 (15.13), Asiya
Salim was fourth in the shot
put (22-feet-6) and fi fth in
the javelin (63-feet-4), and
Ailena McEntire took fi fth
in the 200 (31.87).
On the boys side, Zac
Knapp won the 3,000
(9:56.60) and was second
in the 1,500 (4.22..84), and
Jericho Peters won the 200
(24.53). Peters also was
third in the 100 (12.01) and
along with Zander Walker,
Ransom Peters and Lute
Ramsden, was second in the
4x100 relay in 48.10. Rams-
den also was second in the
200 (24.81) and 400 (54.82).
Gideon Gray took sec-
ond in the high jump (5-feet-
4) and fourth in the jave-
lin (101-feet-2-1/2). Roan
Flynn took fourth in the
800 (2:24.69) and the long
jump (16-feet-3/4). Bren-
den Moore was fi fth in the
3,000 (10:48.45), and sixth
in the 1,500 (4:53.34). Ran-
som Peters added a fi fth-
place fi nish in the 200
(25.79) and was eighth in
the 100 (12.58). And Tan-
ner Kiesecker was eighth in
both the shot put (28-feet-1)
and the discus (29-feet-1/2).
Enterprise is back in
action Thursday, April 22,
at Prairie City, and Joseph
returns to Union Saturday,
April 24.
Linfi eld bound
Joseph’s Juston Rogers,
a senior track and fi eld
athlete, signs his letter of
intent to run for Linfi eld
College in McMinnville on
Thursday, April 8, 2021.
Rogers, whose best time
in his signature 800-meter
event is 2:02, will run
both the 800 and 400 for
NCAA Division III Linfi eld
beginning in the fall. The
Oregon record for 1A
division boys is 1:57.83
and national record for
high school boys 800m is
1:46.45. Rogers applied to
the University of Oregon
and Portland State,
but decided on Linfi eld
because the school has
a small but welcoming
campus that will feel a
little more like home. “It
put me on the team and
gave me the opportunity
to run in the track right
away,” he said. Rogers
characterized the grueling
800 event as a “... all about
will and doing a two-lap
sprint.” The Eagle senior
expects to improve his
time in the events after
a long COVID layoff
from track training and
competition. “It will be
good to get back on the
track,” he said.
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Wallowa Valley’s David Salim, shown in a 2019 fi le photo,
had eight hits in two games for the Eagles as they opened
the season Friday, April 16, 2021, with two wins at
Stanfi eld/Echo.
Eagles dominate
in season opening
doubleheader
Chieftain staff
Dominance was the
name of the game in the
season opener for the Wal-
lowa Valley baseball team.
The Eagles scored often
— very often — in sweep-
ing Stanfi eld/Echo in a
doubleheader Friday, April
16, by scores of 22-0 and
13-0.
The opener was dom-
inated not only by the
off ense, which pounded
out 19 hits, but also by the
pitching of Trace Evans.
The senior struck out the
fi rst nine batters he faced,
and fanned a total of 10
batters in four innings.
He walked nobody and
allowed no hits — only an
error kept him from four
perfect frames. Trace Col-
lier tossed an inning of
relief, allowing a hit and
striking out two.
The big day off ensively
was from David Salim,
who went a perfect 5-for-5
with a double and three
runs. Jackson Grover and
Lane Rouse also had three
hits each, and Rouse and
Maclane Melville scored
three times. Evans also
went 2-for-5 and scored
three times.
Wallowa Valley scored
seven runs in the fi rst
inning and started sub-
bing early, but still added
on with fi ve runs in the
second, third and fourth
innings.
In the second game,
the runs came later for
the Eagles, who had a 3-0
lead after three innings,
then plated six runs in the
fourth and scored four
more times in the fi fth.
Salim carried over his hot
bat from the opener with
three more hits and two
more runs. Chase Homan
and Flynn Nave had two
hits and scored twice, and
Grover also scored twice.
Nave was sharp in four
innings of work, allowing
just one hit, walking two
and striking out 11. Collier
closed out the game again
in the fi fth, allowing a hit
and recording a strikeout.
The Eagles (2-0 over-
all) visited the La Grande
JV Tuesday, April 20, and
visit Heppner/Ione Friday,
April 23.
Wallowa Valley takes
two of three in opening
week
Liz Rowley hom-
ered, drove in three runs
and scored three times,
Claire Farwell and Sophie
Moeller also scored three
times each, and the Wal-
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lowa Valley softball team
opened Season 3 by out-
lasting Weston-McEwen
Tuesday, April 13, in a
slugfest, 16-10.
Rowley also had a
double as Wallowa Val-
ley pounded out 17 hits,
including seven extra-base
knocks. Moeller and Bri-
anna Rouse both had two
doubles on the day, with
Moeller driving in a pair of
runs. Farwell had four hits
and also had two RBIs,
and Macy Marr drove in
two runs.
Saturday, Wallowa Val-
ley split a home double-
header against McLough-
lin, winning the opener
14-7, and dropping Game
2 by a score of 12-8.
Rowley homered for
the second game in a row,
doing deep in the open-
ing-game victory. She also
doubled, drove in fi ve runs
and scored twice. Moeller
scored four times, Farwell
had three runs and Kirk-
land scored twice. Farwell,
Cooper Nave, Moeller and
Rowley each had two hits.
Aimee Meyers struck out
seven batters and allowed
just one run on two hits in
fi ve innings.
In the nightcap, Kirk-
land powered the off ense
with three hits, including
two doubles, and had a
run and an RBI, and Mey-
ers and Nave both scored
twice.
Wallowa Valley (2-1
overall) visits Grant Union
for a doubleheader Satur-
day, April 24.
Wallowa/Joseph golf-
ers return to the course
Frank Westerman shot
a 98 to lead the eff ort by
a young Wallowa/Joseph
boys golf team in its fi rst
tournament of 2021 Fri-
day, April 16, in Echo.
Six of the eight golfers
Friday — and seven of the
nine total — are new to the
team, head coach Marvin
Gibbs said.
“It was more a learn-
ing experience for every-
body,” Gibbs said.
The rest of the scores
included Owen Mal-
lory with a round of 116,
Mason Moore at 118, Wil-
lie Gibbs with a score of
120, Hayden Hite with
a 121, Owen Gorham at
130, Jace Fisher at 140 and
Jesse Larison with 150.
Wallowa/Joseph does
not have a girls team this
season.
The team is back on the
course Friday, April 23, at
Buff alo Peak Golf Course
in Union.