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Wallowa County Chieftain
BOYS BASKETBALL
Outlaws’ fourth-quarter
surge falls short
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — The
Enterprise boys basketball
team found a fourth-quar-
ter spark to get back into its
Monday, June 14, contest
against Powder Valley.
But the 15-point defi cit
after three quarters proved
to be too much to over-
come, and the Outlaws ulti-
mately fell to the Badgers
65-51 at Quinn Court.
The Badgers method-
ically built up their lead
throughout the fi rst three
quarters, and used a 7-2
run to end the third ahead
47-32.
The Outlaws then tried
to get it all back — and
nearly succeeded.
Jackson and Spencer
Decker opened the fourth
with 3-pointers in the fi rst
minute to cut the defi cit to
50-38. It was still a 14-point
game, though, when Enter-
prise made its major surge.
Spencer Decker started
a 9-0 run that took just
90 seconds with a layup.
David Salim, who led the
Outlaws with 16 points, got
to the hoop for two before
Decker scored again. Jack-
son Decker followed with
his second 3-pointer of the
quarter to make it a 52-47
contest with still 4:40
remaining.
Kaden Krieger and
Spencer Decker traded bas-
kets to keep the margin at
500:
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coaching the Crane boys
program — have face the
Outlaws under Crawford,
though the teams didn’t
meet until two years ago.
They played early in the
2018-19 season in Enter-
prise, and again in the
2019-20 season in Crane,
with the Mustangs winning
both contests — 53-44
in the initial contest, and
49-29 the following year.
The two have a longer
history coaching in sum-
mer camps, and met years
ago at the Pine Eagle bas-
ketball camp.
Travis said the work
Crawford does outside of
the regular season is a big
part of the success he has
had.
“He does a lot of stuff in
the off season,” Travis said
of Crawford. “I remember
when I fi rst started going
up there to (the camp at)
Pine Eagle, the number of
kids he would bring, he
was bringing 30 kids or
more up there. He had a
great turnout every year.
I was amazed how many
kids he would bring up to
camp. That is a big part of
his success. He has built
a good program and had
fi ve before the Badgers
pulled away, scoring the
next 11 points — capped
with fi eld goals by Clay
and Cole Martin — for a
65-49 lead.
The Outlaws opened the
game on fi re. Salim scored
six in the opening period
and Dylan Jennings had a
pair of fi eld goals less than
a minute apart that gave
Enterprise its largest lead
at 13-9 with about 2:20 to
play in the fi rst.
The Badgers scored the
next seven points, capped
by a Reece Dixon layup,
for a 16-13 lead after one.
Enterprise never led
again, and trailed by as
much as 12 points in the
second quarter before
going into the half down
35-23.
The lead stayed between
nine and 12 points most
of the third until the Bad-
gers’ late run, though the
Outlaws hung around long
enough to give Powder
Valley a scare in the fourth.
Krieger led all scor-
ers with 21 points, and
Clay Martin had 18 for the
Badgers.
In addition to Salim’s
16-point day, both Decker
brothers scored nine points
— combining for 15 in the
fourth quarter — and Jen-
nings netted eight points.
The Outlaws (3-7 over-
all) wrap up the season
Wednesday when they host
Crane.
great turnout each year,
and commitment for his
players.”
Crawford said that like
himself, Travis has had a
good run with athletes, but
has a group currently that
has grown a lot.
“He had a young group,
this group he has right now,
that showed some moxie,”
Crawford said of the Mus-
tangs in 2018-19. “Up
tempo, aggressive defense
(and it’s) always good to
have a big girl in the mid-
dle. Seeing him one year
later and the distance they
had come … I knew they
would be a tough beat for
anybody.”
Off the court, the two
share interests, too.
“Stub is a really lev-
el-headed, down-to-earth
guy,” Crawford said. “I
like to hunt and fi sh, he
likes to hunt and fi sh. We
hit it off for the fi rst time I
met him.”
Neither is too focused
on their career win totals,
but both will be working
hard to steer their teams
to another in Wednes-
day’s once-in-a-generation
matchup.
“It’s rare. There is no
doubt,” Crawford said.
“Stub and I both barely
broke the 500 mark, so to
have it happen is pretty
unique.”
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Joseph boys add four more to win column
Chieftain staff
The Joseph boys basket-
ball team added four more
wins to the docket, taking
down Pine Eagle, Ontario,
Enterprise and Grant Union
as they move into the fi nal
week of the regular season.
On Tuesday, June 8, the
Eagles rolled over the Spar-
tans on the road, 51-34,
behind a 19-point perfor-
mance from Chase Murray.
Joseph used a big second
quarter to build a 10-point
halftime lead at 23-13, and
added on in the second half.
Mason Ferre added 15
points.
On Wednesday, the
Eagles crushed Ontario on
the road, 64-35.
Ferre scored 22 points to
lead Joseph, and had all 16
of the team’s points in the
second quarter as the Eagles
built a 30-12 halftime lead.
Ferre had all his points by
the end of the third.
Murray
added
nine
points, and 10 players scored
on the night for Joseph.
On Thursday, Ferre went
off again, scoring 28 points
in the Eagles 75-44 home
win over Enterprise.
He had 11 in the opening
quarter and 16 by halftime
as Joseph took a 36-25 lead
at the break, then scored 10
more points in the third as
the lead swelled to 57-37.
Murray added nine points
as nine players scored.
The Eagles followed with
another blowout win Mon-
day, topping Grant Union on
the road, 60-30.
Ferre again was the lead-
ing scorer with 20 points,
but Murray was right on his
tail with 19 points. Joseph
broke the game open by
halftime, when it led 31-11,
and stretched the lead to 25
after three.
Joseph (9-1 overall) hosts
Crane Wednesday and Pow-
der Valley Thursday.
Enterprise boys
earn three wins
After a rough start, the
Enterprise boys basketball
team got into the win col-
umn last week, earning vic-
tories over Imbler, Pine
Eagle and Wallowa.
The week started with
a tough home loss against
Union on Tuesday, June 8,
72-41.
Gideon Gray was the
leading scorer against the
Bobcats with 10 points.
On Wednesday, June 9,
Enterprise got into the win
column for the fi rst time,
taking down Imbler on the
road, 60-54.
Jackson Decker led the
way with 20 points, while
Dylan Jennings added 14
points.
On Thursday, the Out-
laws played their third game
in as many nights, and fell
on the road in Joseph, 75-44.
Gray again was the lead-
ing scorer with 14 points.
On Saturday, June 12, the
Outlaws won two home con-
tests, fi rst beating Pine Eagle
56-45.
Gray was the leading
scorer yet again for Enter-
prise, fi nishing with 20
points. Jackson Decker
added 13 points and Spencer
Decker put in 12 points.
A few hours later, the
Outlaws took down Wal-
lowa, 57-37.
Jackson Decker had 13
points in the victory, and
Jennings scored 10 points.
Wallowa boys
wrap up season
The shorthanded Wal-
lowa boys fi nished the sea-
son last week with a pair
of tough losses to Union,
59-22, and to Enterprise,
57-37.
The Cougars hung close
early against the Bobcats
on Friday, June 11, trailing
19-13 after one, but Wallowa
netted just nine points the
rest of the contest as Union
pulled away.
Zeb Hermens scored 13
points, and Tristin Bales had
seven points.
On Saturday, Wallowa
stayed with the Outlaws
until halftime, when Enter-
prise pulled away to turn a
two-point lead into a 38-27
margin and added on from
there.
Bales had 17 points, and
Hermens scored eight points.
Wallowa fi nishes with a
record of 1-6 overall.
Enterprise girls
win twice
The Enterprise girls
earned two victories in the
last week, upping their win
total to fi ve as they enter the
fi nal week of the season.
On Tuesday, June 8,
Union pulled away from the
Outlaws in the fi rst half on
the way to a 50-32 win in
Enterprise.
Claire Farwell had 11
points in the loss, including
seven in the second half.
On Wednesday, the Out-
laws broke open their game
against Imbler in the sec-
ond quarter on the way to a
49-24 win. They outpaced
the Panthers 18-6 in the sec-
ond to take a 26-9 lead at the
half.
Rylin Kirkland scored
12 points as nine players
scored, with Farwell, Asiya
Salim and Madison Wigen
all adding six points.
Saturday, the Outlaws
pulled away from Wallowa
for a 38-22 win, breaking
the game open to take a 17-7
halftime lead and a 28-11
lead through three quarters.
Salim scored a game-high
13 points, and Maci Marr
added 10 points.
victory.
A big third quarter again
secured the victory for
Joseph. The Eagles held just
a 20-14 halftime lead, then
went off for 22 points in
the third to go ahead 42-21.
Albee had nine in the period,
and 14 in the second half.
Nave added 12 points for
the Eagles in the win.
On Monday, Joseph held
on for a close 56-51 road
win against Grant Union.
The Eagles (7-2 overall)
host Crane Wednesday after-
noon and host Powder Val-
ley Thursday.
Season ends for
Wallowa girls
The Wallowa girls bas-
ketball team saw the season
end with a pair of losses to
Union and Enterprise.
On Friday, June 11,
Union quickly built up an
insurmountable lead on the
way to a 50-20 road victory.
On Saturday, Enterprise
broke the game open in the
second quarter to take a 17-7
halftime lead, led 28-11 after
three quarters and coasted in
the fourth.
Zoe Hermens scored nine
points — all in the fourth
quarter — for the Cougars,
who fi nish with a record of
1-5.
Evans wins at
Pine Eagle
Joseph girls grab
three wins
The Joseph girls picked
up three victories as they
move into the fi nal week of
the regular season.
On Tuesday, June 8, the
Eagles won a low-scoring
battle in Echo, topping the
Cougars 30-15.
Joseph led 13-8 at half-
time, then shut the Cougars
out in the third to extend the
lead to 26-8. The Eagles held
Echo to just fi ve fi eld goals
on the night.
Joseph had a balanced
scoring attack, getting 10
points from Sabrina Albee
and seven from Cooper
Nave to lead the way.
One night later, Albee
scored 24 points as the
Eagles pulled away from
Ontario for a 52-33 road
Trace Evans won all three
of his matches to take the
152-pound weight class at
the Pine Eagle Invitational
Saturday, June 12.
Evans won by an 11-8
decision over Culver’s
Wyatt Corwin, and an 8-2
decision over Gabe Hasbell
of Elgin. He also had a third
win by injury default.
Tegan Evans went 1-3
at 145, including a win by
fall over Heppner’s Edward
Ellsworth.
Kale Ferguson (182)
had the lone win for Joseph
with a pin of Culver’s Abel
Huizer to take third in the
weight class.
Both teams are back
in action Thursday at the
2A/1A district meet in
Culver.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Badger girls rally in fourth to clip Outlaws
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — The
Enterprise girls basketball
team seemed to be in control
Monday, June 14, when it
used a 16-0 run to take a dou-
ble-digit lead, and was up 10
entering the fi nal quarter.
But Powder Valley had
the fi nal say.
Belle Blair scored 10 of
her 18 points in the fourth
quarter and had the win-
ning basket with 1:26 to go
as the Badgers rallied from
13 points down to slip by
the Outlaws, 39-37, at Quinn
Court.
Powder Valley entered
the fourth quarter trail-
ing by 10, but methodically
chipped away at the defi cit,
with Blair doing the majority
of the work. She had a put-
back, a short jumper in the
lane and a drive to the hoop
in the fi rst 3 minutes of the
fourth to shave the margin
to 34-30. A putback by Dal-
lee Bingham inched the Bad-
gers closer, and they eventu-
ally took a 36-35 lead after
putbacks by Blair and Ayla
Bingham.
Claire Farwell, who
scored a game-high 21
points, hit two free throws
for a 37-36 Outlaw lead with
2:01 to go. Dallee Bingham
tied the game with a free
throw on the other end, and
on the ensuing possession,
Blair collected a steal and
went coast-to-coast for what
ended up being the winning
basket with 1:26 to play.
The Outlaws came up
empty on the next posses-
sion, and the Badgers man-
aged to burn the remaining
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The fourth was a stark
contrast from earlier in the
game, when the Outlaws
went on a torrid run in the
second quarter to build a
26-13 halftime lead.
Farwell had 11 points in
the period, many of them
on breakaway layups after
a teammate grabbed a steal
and found the senior open
on the other end. That hap-
pened twice in a minute
when Rylin Kirkland and,
later, Asiya Salim, connected
with Farwell for baskets to
give Enterprise a 17-13 lead.
Farwell also got creative
in scoring a basket with
2:08 to play in the half. An
inbound pass under the hoop
bounded off Blair, and Far-
well scooped it up, scored
and drew the foul, with the
3-point play making it 20-13.
She followed with a hoop
off a loose ball, and after
Kirkland went coast-to-coast
for a layup, Salim found Far-
well one more time after a
steal, with Farwell’s hoop
capping the run and giving
Enterprise the 13-point half-
time lead.
The teams jockeyed for
the lead early, with two Mad-
ison Wigen free throws and
a Farwell layup giving the
Outlaws an 8-6 lead after
one.
The teams jockeyed for
the lead in the second until
Grace Collins’ 3-pointer tied
the score at 13-13 with 4:21
to play in the half and trig-
gered the 16-0 run.
Collins and Kirkland both
fi nished with 5 points for the
Outlaws (5-4 overall), who
host Crane on Wednesday to
wrap up the season.
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