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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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Enterprise quarterback Jackson Decker (22) throws out a pass against the Rockets. The Pilot Rock Rockets defeated the Enterprise Outlaws 36-32 Thursday,
Sept. 9, 2021, in Pilot Rock.
Joseph takes down rival South Wasco County
Chieftain staff
The Joseph Eagles ended a two-
game losing streak to the South
Wasco County Redsides, scoring
often in a 31-13, lightning-delayed
victory at home Friday, Sept. 10.
Jaxon Grover continued his solid
start, with his day including a 20-yard
touchdown run and a 99-yard kick-
off return. Gavin Russell added a
35-yard scoring run, Brad Wilcox
caught a touchdown pass, and Harley
Miller had a 15-yard touchdown run.
The Eagles (2-0 overall) hit the
road for the next three games, begin-
ning Friday, Sept. 17, at Dayville/
Monument.
A second tough loss
for Enterprise
The Enterprise Outlaws had
another heartbreaking setback, fall-
ing on the road Thursday, Sept. 9,
against the Pilot Rock Rockets 36-32.
The Outlaws scored with 80 sec-
onds remaining to get within four
points, but the Rockets recovered the
ensuing onside kick to hold on and
improve to 2-0, while the loss sent
Enterprise to 0-2.
The Outlaws two losses this sea-
son have been by a combined total of
six points.
Enterprise (0-2 overall) looks to
shake the bad luck Friday when it
hosts Imbler.
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Joseph’s Trace Collier hits Redside ball carrier James Best to drive him
out of bounds in the third quarter Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.
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Jada Gray led the Outlaws
in both matches with 11 kills
against Cove and 10 against
Prairie City/Burnt River.
Maci Marr had 13 digs to lead
against Cove.
Rilyn Kirkland had 12
assists against Cove and added
six kills against PC/BR, and
Liz Rowley had eight kills
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain against Cove.
“We had a good week of
Maci Marr of Enterprise passes a ball during the
Outlaws’ home match against Prairie City/Burnt volleyball,” head coach Lisa
River on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. The Outlaws Farwell said. “We are still
making some unnecessary
won in four sets.
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“They defi nitely have
a target on their back,
and they know it. They’re
expected to win the title
again this year,” Moody
said, referencing an OSAA
poll that had the Outlaws as
the top-ranked team.
Wallowa Valley enters
the fall without its top run-
ner from that squad, as
Henry Coughlan trans-
ferred to Crescent Valley,
but Moody still likes what
he has on the team.
“They’re going to have
to work for it, with not hav-
ing Henry on the team,” he
said. “...We’ve got some
newcomers, some fi rst year
guys, that I think, by dis-
trict, will be dang tough.”
Wallowa Valley does
have key returners from
the title squad, including
Knapp, Menton, Goodrich
and Wolfe.
We’re still solid with
those four guys,” Moody
said. “Picked up Chase
Homan from Joseph, and
have an exchange student,
Levi Ortswan, he’s learning
to enjoy it. He won the JV
race at Union pretty easily.”
Eagles split the week
Joseph split a pair of
matches last week, taking
Union to fi ve sets before fall-
ing 21-25, 25-15, 27-25, 15-25,
On the girls side, Moody
said Wallowa Valley has six
runners that all are running
at a similar clip. It’s a young
squad, though, with just one
senior in Stonebrink and
one junior in Nordtvedt.
The rest are either freshmen
or sophomores.
“They’re all about the
same time. We’ve got a
lot of improvement to do,”
he said. “We gotta bump
up (our times) about two
minutes.”
As usual, the girls will be
competing in a challenging
district that includes Union/
Cove, Burns and Heppner.
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mistakes, but we’ve cleaned
up our serving and it’s mak-
ing a diff erence. My team also
worked really hard on bringing
positive energy to their team-
mates every play, regardless of
mistakes, and I think that made
the diff erence in some momen-
tum swings, especially against
Prairie City. I’m really proud
of them and their hard work.”
Enterprise (7-2 overall) is
off until Sept. 21 when it trav-
els to Imbler.
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15-8 on the road Wednesday,
Sept. 8, then turning around
and sweeping Cove Thursday
at home, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19.
Molly Curry led the Eagles
with 12 kills against Union.
She also had six against Cove.
Cooper Nave had 12 kills
against Cove and added nine
against Union. She also had
four aces in the two matches.
Aimee Meyers had fi ve aces
against Cove.
Joseph (5-3 overall, 1-0 Old
Oregon League) was at Wal-
lowa Tuesday, Sept. 14, then
plays at the East/West Classic
in North Powder Friday and
Saturday.
Senior projects, he said,
typically can’t be started until
a student is in their senior
year, but given the meet was
scheduled just a few weeks
into the school year, he was
given the option to start when
he was wrapping up his junior
year, and then spent much of
the summer working on it.
He pitched the idea fi rst to
Moody, then to his senior proj-
ect teacher at Joseph.
“When Bayden approached
me last year I said, ‘Go for
it,’” Moody said.
With the approvals in hand,
Menton set to work.
“After the school approved
it, I was on my own,” he said.
I had to reach out to the state
park and see if it was possible.
(I) had to fi ll out a special use
permit, (and) had to fi gure out
what I could or couldn’t do.”
There were challenges
along the way. Menton wasn’t
able to use paint or stakes for
fl ags, which are materials often
used to mark out cross-coun-
try course routes, due to state
park rules. He’s improvising,
using cones, fl ags and special
fl ag holders, he said.
Once he posted the race
to athletic.net, a website that
posts high school cross-coun-
try and track results, he saw
another element that needed
taken care of — timing. There,
at times, have been more than
30 teams signed up for the
event.
“Those were all things I
had to fi gure out along the
way,” he said.
Moody noted those were
all things Menton had to learn
about organizing a race.
“He didn’t realize how hard
it is to put a meet on ... There
were a lot of things that he’s
had to do to do this. He’s learn-
ing,” the coach said. “We’ve
been up there at least three
times, tweaking the course,
getting it right, and anything
else.”
“Defi nitely needed the
whole summer to fi gure things
out,” Menton added.
The race will feature junior
high and high schoolers, but
also will include an open race
at the end for anyone who
wants to take to the course.
The fi rst junior high race starts
at 1 p.m. The varsity races
begin at 3 p.m., and the open
race is slated for 4:30 p.m.
“It’s going to be an exciting
day for us, it really is,” Moody
said. “It’s going to turn out
really well.”
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Michalia
Caine, left
closes in on
the fi nish
line for the
Wallowa
Valley
during the
Catherine
Creek
Scamper
Friday,
Sept. 10,
2021.