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SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Masks to be worn on the court unless vaccinated
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
SALEM — The mask-
ing rules for businesses put
in place by Gov. Kate Brown
last week will apply to the
playing surface, too.
The Oregon School Activ-
ities Association announced
late Wednesday, May 19, that
it received clarification from
the Oregon Health Authority
on how to handle masking for
athletic events. The ruling for
indoor sports is that students,
staff, volunteers and specta-
tors who are fully vaccinated
are not required to wear face
masks as long as the vacci-
nation status of that individ-
ual has been checked by the
school. Previous social dis-
tancing and capacity rules are
still in place.
That means unvaccinated
players on the wrestling mat
or basketball court will have
to be masked, OSAA Exec-
utive Director Peter Weber
said.
“These provisions are
optional for the venue oper-
ators,” the press release from
the OSAA states. “School
districts, charter schools,
and private schools may still
choose to require face cover-
ings at these events.”
OHA guidance deems a
“fully-vaccinated” individual
as someone who is 14 days
past receiving full vaccina-
tion — two shots of either
Pfizer or Moderna, or one
shot of Johnson & Johnson.
Vaccination verification
is “documentation provided
by a tribal, federal, state or
local government, or a health
care provider, that includes
an individual’s name, date of
birth, type of COVID-19 vac-
cination given, date or dates
given, depending on whether
it is a one-dose or two-dose
vaccine, and the name/loca-
tion of the health care pro-
vider or site where the vac-
cine was administered,”
according to the press release.
Weber said each school
will make the call on how
they
handle
checking
vaccinations.
“I’m not sure every school
is going to check the status.
They may keep everyone
masked,” he said.
He added the OSAA does
check on schools that they
hear are not following the
standards in place.
“In general the responsi-
bility is on the school to be
sure they are following regu-
lations,” he said.
Enterprise High School
Superintendent Erika Pinker-
ton said all three Wallowa
County superintendents met
last week, and said they will
be going with the option to
have people be maskless
if they can verify vaccina-
tion. Otherwise, people at the
indoors events will need to be
masked.
“We felt it was important
for the people of our commu-
nity to have a choice,” she
said. “We’ve gotta go through
the motions to fine tune it.
That is what (Oregon Depart-
ment of Education) is putting
on school districts. We’ll do
our best to make sure were
following guidance.”
Masks are no longer
required at outdoor sporting
events, though social distanc-
ing is still encouraged.
The
OSAA
also
announced late Wednesday
afternoon that its Season 4
culminating week events will
be carried out in the same
manner as Seasons 2 and 3
— run at the local or regional
level.
Season 4 includes bas-
ketball, wrestling and swim-
ming. Each of those sports
were granted additional con-
tests, as well. Basketball can
have four additional games,
swimming gets two addi-
tional dates and wrestlers get
one extra date, two added
weigh-ins and five more mat
appearances.
June 21-27 is the culmi-
nating week for Season 4.
Seasons 2 and 3 have seen
regional and even state-
wide events put together by
schools. Weber said OSAA
hasn’t been overly involved
in these larger events, but that
it has provided support when
schools had questions.
“We’re not in drawing
brackets, but trying to be a
resource for athletic directors,
whether it’s the local tourna-
ment, or regional things, or
the stuff that is even a little
larger,” he said.
Joseph boys
Getting back into the swing of things
basketball opens
with two victories TEE
TIME
Chieftain staff
NORTH POWDER —
Chase Murray and Mason
Ferre outscored Powder
Valley on their own Mon-
day, May 17, to power the
Joseph boys basketball team
to its first of two wins to
open Season 4.
Murray scored 20 points
— 10 in each half — and
Ferre had 19 points and
hit three 3-pointers as the
Eagles rolled over Powder
Valley on the road, 50-33.
The duo scored the bulk
of the points in the first half,
with Ferre netting 11 as the
Eagles moved to a 26-13
lead at the break. Murray
had eight in the third alone,
and Ferre netted two 3s, to
stretch the lead to 40-23.
Both Brad Wilcox and
Blade Suto added six points
for the Eagles.
On Friday, Joseph exhib-
ited more balance on offense
in a 53-31 win at Imbler.
Ferre scored 15 points
and Murray had 13. Suto
added nine points and Storm
Lynch had seven.
Ferre scored seven of his
points in the second quar-
ter as Joseph broke an 8-8
first quarter tie and raced to
a 27-14 lead at the half. Suto
hit two treys in the third to
power the offense as the
lead swelled to 44-19 after
three.
Joseph (2-0 overall)
hosted Wallowa Tuesday,
May 25, then visits Enter-
prise on Thursday and
Union on Friday.
Joseph girls fall
to Powder Valley,
top Imbler
The Joseph girls basket-
ball team split its first two
contests of 2021 to open
Season 4.
On Monday, May 17,
the Eagles spent much of
its opening road contest
against Powder Valley play-
ing catch up, and fell short
in that endeavor, dropping
the contest 43-36.
Sabrina Albee was
the offensive standout for
Joseph, scoring 26 points.
The senior almost sin-
gle-handedly kept the
Eagles in the game in the
second half with 17 of the
team’s 19 points after the
break, including 10 points
in the third quarter as Joseph
rallied from six down at the
break to get within 31-29.
She scored all seven points
for Joseph in the fourth.
Sarah Orr added five
points for the Eagles.
On Friday, Albee scored
28 points, including 17
in the first half, to power
Joseph past Imbler, 47-37.
Albee connected on five
3-pointers in the game, and
scored all but five first-half
points as Joseph led 22-17
at the break. The Eagles
pushed the lead to 33-23
after three and held on.
Brianna Micka added
eight points, and Grace
Hickman scored six points.
Joseph (1-1 overall)
hosted Wallowa Tuesday,
May 25, then visits Enter-
prise on Thursday and
Union on Friday.
By Rochelle Danielson
O
K, so this is the
year you want to
play golf. At least
you are thinking about it.
You’re not a pro, nor a
beginner, but somebody in
between. You’re a little shy,
but not really — just unsure
of going to an unfamiliar
golf course with unfamil-
iar faces.
Here’s what to expect.
First stop, pro shop to
sign in. Open at 7 a.m.,
Doug, Cheryl or Belinda
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I was happy for him.”
Bayden Menton, mean-
while, took fifth just
behind Rogers in the 800
in 2:06.91, and was fourth
in the 1,500 in 4:16.34.
Ian Goodrich had a sev-
enth-place finish in the 800
in 2:07.49.
The 4x400 relay team,
which consisted of Menton,
Goodrich, Kane Johnson
and Rogers, came in sev-
still have some fun in the
process.
As always, mask up to
enter the clubhouse/pro
shop. On the course, con-
sider the mixed advice
given by our scientist
friends who say you don’t
need a mask outdoors any-
more if you are or if you
aren’t vaccinated. But
indoors, you should always
wear one. Well maybe two.
Three’s even better. Think
about it.
Social distancing is still
6 feet apart, but it’s not
difficult to maintain on
AMGC’s wide-open fair-
ways. Refrain from hand-
shakes/high fives when
you eagle, birdie or get a
hole-in-one. Instead cele-
brate the feat at the club-
house with the purchase of
a cold one. Do not remove
flag sticks to putt, but if
your ball hits the stick and
bounces away, pout a little.
One person per cart except
for approved pairings, but
if your club car quits on
the No. 7 fairway, it’s OK
to hitch a ride. Again, you
must play the sand traps.
No free drops, and you’re
responsible for footprints in
the sand. Rake up.
Golf is crazy fun. Even
on bad weather days Alpine
Meadows is a nice place
to be.
———
Rochelle Danielson of
Enterprise loves the game
of golf and has golfed
for many years at Alpine
Meadows.
Enterprise girls split
The Enterprise girls bas-
ketball team dominated in
its season-opener Satur-
day, May 22, as the Outlaws
used balanced scoring to top
Imbler on the road, 48-23.
The Outlaws were led
by Rylin Kirkland, who
scored 10 points. Jada Gray
and Grace Collins had nine
points apiece, and Claire
Farwell netted seven points.
Gray also grabbed a team-
high six rebounds, Maci
Marr had four assists and
Kasey Duncan had three
steals.
Enterprise led by six at
the break, then outscored the
Panthers 30-11 in the second
half to break the game open.
On Monday, May 24,
the Outlaws dropped a close
53-48 contest to Nixyaawii.
Stats were not available
by press time, and will be
published next week.
The Outlaws (1-1 over-
all) host Joseph Thursday.
Shorthanded EHS
boys drop two
The Enterprise boys,
down a large handful of ath-
letes who were still finish-
ing the track and baseball
seasons, dropped a pair of
contests last week, falling
at Imbler, 49-38, on Satur-
day, May 22, and at home to
Nixyaawii, 82-18, on Mon-
day, May 24.
In the contest against
Imbler, which head coach
Kyle Crawford said was
played without seven var-
sity athletes, Dylan Jennings
was the leading scorer, net-
ting 18 points.
On Monday, Gideon
Gray scored six points
against
1A
power
Nixyaawii.
The Outlaws (0-2 over-
all), who had their first prac-
tice with a full complement
of athletes Tuesday, host
Joseph Thursday.
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in the sixth with an RBI sin-
gle. He went 3-for-5 and
scored twice. Evans and
Nave both had two hits
and scored two runs. Evans
drove in four runs and Nave
tallied three RBIs. Zeb
Ramsden had two hits and
scored twice.
Cody Fent earned the
win in relief, pitching 4⅔
innings, allowing four hits,
five runs, walking three and
striking out three.
Nave started and com-
pleted the game on the
mound, tossing the first 1⅓
innings then pitching the
final inning for the save. He
finished with four hits, two
walks, three strikeouts and
six runs in 2⅓ innings.
Title run ended by
eventual champions
It was a different story
earlier Saturday, as Wallowa
Valley’s run for a title ended
when its offense was shut
down by Brookings-Har-
bor pitcher Jason Deshon in
a 3-0 loss at Santiam Chris-
tian High School in Adair
Village.
Eagles’ starter Trace
Evans held his own on the
mound, allowing just three
hits, walking three batters,
striking out one and sur-
rendering three runs in 4⅓
innings.
But all Wallowa Valley
was able to muster offen-
sively was a double by
Flynn Nave and a single
by Jaxon Grover. Brook-
ings, which went onto win
the title game later Satur-
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Eagles:
will tell you the costs of a
round of 9 or 18 holes, a
punch card, price of rental
cart and who can ride. If
you need to rent golf clubs,
buy a sleeve of balls, a
glove or pick up a score
card, Alpine Meadows
has it. Forgot your socks?
Got those, too. Shoes? No,
the shop doesn’t sell foot-
wear, but has several new,
but older golf shirts for
sale. There’s a practice
green and a driving range.
Buy a bucket of balls and
go for it. The golf course
welcomes you. Now’s a
good time to get started or
restarted.
We all agree COVID is
still around, but the restric-
tions are more relaxed. In
all seriousness golfers can
enth in 3:49.74.
The Joseph girls took
26th with four points,
all of which came from
freshman Iona McDon-
ald, who placed seventh in
two events — the 1,500 in
5:40.27, and the 3,000 in
12:50.70. Lottie McDonald,
the other competitor at the
meet for the JCS girls, just
missed out on the top eight
when she placed ninth in
the 300 hurdles (52.52 sec-
onds) and the 400 (1:06.38)
missing eighth in the 400
by just 0.27 seconds. She
PR’d in both races.
“We’re not in shape, and
we know that,” he said. “The
only ones that are in shape
are our distance runners.
Everybody else is six weeks
out. I felt that they had a great
season for this.”
The EHS girls team had
three top-eight finishes as
they scored five points to tie
for 30th.
The Outlaws saved their
best for last in the 4x400
relay, with Maddie Nordt-
vedt, Kyla Hook — who was
competing despite battling an
injury — Maddie Wigen and
Mandy Decker/Contributed Photo
The Wallowa Valley baseball team poses with the third-place state trophy after defeating
Rainier 14-11 on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Corvallis.
day night, 11-2, over Yam-
hill-Carlton, went a per-
fect 16-0, shut out half of
its opponents and outscored
teams 168-22.
Nave, in addition to hav-
ing one of the two hits,
pitched 1⅔ innings of hit-
less relief, striking out three
batters in the process.
Evans scores late to
send Eagles to the final site
Wallowa Valley wouldn’t
have even reached the final
site of the 3A state baseball
playoffs had it not been for
a moment of redemption for
Evans on Tuesday, May 18.
Evans threw out the
potential winning run in
the bottom of the seventh
inning to force extra innings
— one batter after drop-
ping the would-be final out
— then scored the eventual
winning run in the top of the
eighth as the Eagles held on
for a wild 9-8 victory over
Warrenton in a quarterfinal
game at the Dalles.
In the bottom of the sev-
enth inning, Nathan Strei-
beck scored to tie the game
at 8-8 when Evans dropped
a Ryan Hoagland fly ball
that would have been the
third out.
As baseball is wont to do,
Evans was given another
chance. The next batter,
Josh Earls, singled to Evans
in center field. This time,
Evans made the play, and
threw out Hoagland at home
to save Wallowa Valley’s
season.
In the eighth, Evans
walked to open the frame,
moved over on a Homan
single, and scored the even-
tual winning run on an RBI
groundout by Ramsden.
Savannah Vaughn placing
sixth in a time of 4:39.61.
“Kyla especially, it’s just
been getting worse all year
long, she hasn’t been able to
practice. She came through,”
Moody said. “I gave her the
option earlier to sit out of
the 3,000 and the 1,500. She
didn’t want to.”
The other relay team,
the girls 4x100 of Althea
Komiskey, Nordtvedt, Ailena
McEntire and Vaughn placed
eighth in 55.40 seconds.
Individually, Vaughn also
cracked into medal range,
placing eighth in the 200 in
28.65 seconds.
“These kids are special for
the circumstances they had to
deal with,” Moody said.
Enterprise’s Althea Komiskey passes the baton to teammate
Maddie Nordtvedt during the girls 4x100-meter relay
Saturday, May 22, 2021, at the 2A state meet in Union. The
girls relay team placed eighth.
Nave then struck out
three batters in the bottom
of the eighth to preserve the
win.
Nave pitched the final
four innings in relief, allow-
ing one run on two hits with
three walks and eight strike-
outs. He also went 2-for-4
and scored a run. Salim and
Grover both had three hits,
while Salim scored twice.
Ramsden also scored two
runs.
The back-and-forth game
saw Wallowa Valley take a
3-1 lead after two innings,
but the Warriors scored
three times in the bottom
of the third to go ahead 4-3.
Both teams scored three
times in the fourth, and the
Eagles retook the lead in
the fifth with two runs to go
ahead 8-7. That lead held
until the dramatic finish.
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