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SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Three youths win new rifl es at competition
Brothers, teen
girl deemed
top shooters
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County
Chieftain
ENTERPRISE —
Two boys and a girl
each won a new .22-
cal.
semiautomatic
rifl e, Saturday, Sept.
18, during the Eagle
Cap Shooters Associa-
tion Youth Shoot.
Jaxom Grover took
fi rst place in the 8- to
12-year-old group.
His older brother
Kooper Grover won
fi rst in the 13- to
17-year-old group.
The boys each took
home a new Ruger
10-22 semiautomatic
rifl e.
Lillian Bostedt, 16,
won a Rossi .22 semi-
automatic rifl e as the
top female shooter of
the day.
Kim Hutchison, of
the Enterprise Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars
Post 4307, said 36
youths turned out for
the event.
Holly Hutchison/Contributed Photo
Jaxom Grover shows off the new Ruger 10-22
semiautomatic rifl e he won Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021,
at the Eagle Cap Shooters Association youth shoot
north of Enterprise. WIth Grover is Kim Hutchison,
of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, one of the
sponsors of the event.
Kooper Grover shows off the new Ruger 10-22
semiautomatic rifl e he won Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021,
at the Eagle Cap Shooters Association youth shoot
north of Enterprise.
Lillian Bostedt won a Rossi .22 semiautomatic
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at the Eagle Cap Shooters
Association as the top female shooter.
Most of them were
from Wallowa County,
but a few came from
beyond the county.
“We had kids from
as far away as Uma-
tilla,” he said.
The youths com-
peted in a poker shoot,
Competitors were
off ered fi rearms to
use in the shoot, free
ammunition and food
during the event,
according to a promo-
tional fl yer for it.
The event was spon-
sored by the ECSA,
according to Jack
James of the ECSA.
Hutchison
said
upcoming
Saturday
events at the range
include a rimfi re shoot
Oct. 2 and an “old sol-
diers” military weap-
ons shoot Oct. 16.
a bowling pin shoot
and a “test-your-lim-
its” shoot, Hutchison
said.
The youths who
scored high enough in
the three events were
determined the overall
winners.
Holly Hutchison/Contributed Photo
the VFW, the Enter-
prise American Legion
Post 157 and the Eagle
Cap Shooters Educa-
tional Alliance.
The intention was
in part to promote the
alliances educational
eff orts on fi rearms,
Holly Hutchison/Contributed Photo
Football:
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LUTE RAMDSEN
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Wallowa’s Lute Ramds ason Friday, Sept. 24, a
the se
Cougars’ first win of ion, as the quarterback had
36-22 victory over Un hdowns Wallowa scored. He
a hand in all five touc and two touchdowns, passed
rushed for 238 yards yards and a score, returned a
for an additional 82 yards for a touchdown and
kickoff 85
udly
to the house.
Pro onsore d b y
Sp
took a punt 65 yards
fi nal quarter and marched
64 yards on 15 plays — all
on the ground — fi nishing
with a 1-yard touchdown by
Pence for a 36-14 lead with
5:05 to play.
Pence grabbed an inter-
ception on the next pos-
session to set up his fourth
touchdown from 8 yards out,
which was the fi nal score of
the game.
“They ate the clock, and
we were kind of back on our
heels, not coming forward,
(not matching) that aggres-
sion and stepping forward
and matching that intensity,”
Eschler said.
Ronald Bond/Wallowa County Chieftain
Enterprise’s Cody Fent (9) slides to tackle Dufur’s Cody Phillips
during a game Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.
The Rangers scored fi rst
in the second quarter on a
touchdown catch by Landon
Ellis for an 8-0 lead. Enter-
prise responded when Trey
Stewart pulled in a screen
pass and sprinted 86 yards
for a score to keep Enter-
Volleyball:
an asset for the Eagles this
season, and that is bearing
itself out.
Nave agreed.
“For the past couple of
years, we’ve had defi nitely
one star player. We’ve relied
too much on her, but now
that we’ve spread the tal-
ent out a little bit I think it
helps everyone have con-
fi dence in their hitting and
their passing,” she said.
“I think it helps the whole
team dynamic not relying
on one person.”
Hite said because of the
balance on off ense, the team
is fi lling its positions better.
“I think it gives them
each confi dence in their
own role,” she said. “‘OK,
I know I need to play this
spot, it is my spot,’ instead
of having to try and cover
someone else’s spot. The
kids are doing a really good
job playing their own spot.”
Also in the win against
Imbler, Nave had a team
high 18 digs, both Meyers
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respond with a 10-2 run to
go ahead 13-9 after a kill
by Allison Stirewalt and
a Joseph error. Three aces
by Meyers during a 6-0
run, capped by a Nave kill,
gave Joseph a 16-15 lead.
The lead grew to 23-20,
but Imbler had a fi nal rally,
tying the set at 23-23 on
an ace by Harvest Coston.
Curry, though, put down
back-to-back kills to end the
match.
“I think it was a really
good game,” Nave said of
the win against Imbler. “I
think we played well as a
team together, we just need
to work on keeping our
energy on an uphill climb,
not going downhill at any
times.”
Hite said before the sea-
son began the balance on
the off ensive side would be
We're moving!
prise within 8-6.
“There were some bright
spots and stuff in the fi rst
half. For some reason we
came out fl at in the second
half, it’s hard to say (why),
but it kind of puts a damper
on the whole game. Hope-
fully we’ll grow from this.
We’ve got Ione here, and
Elgin. Those are teams,
if you look at our sched-
ule, we played Pilot Rock,
they’re a playoff team. We
played Dufur, they’re a play-
off team. Crane’s a playoff
team. Our schedule maybe
looks a little more favorable
toward the end, but we gotta
be more aggressive.”
The Outlaws (1-3 overall)
continue a four-game home-
stand Friday, Oct. 1 when
they host Ione/Arlington.
and McKenzie Keff er had
16 digs and Maggie Miller
had 14.
Against Nixyaawii Sat-
urday, Curry powered the
off ense with nine kills,
Nave added six and both
Emma and Sarah Orr had
four. Later in the day against
Griswold, Nave led the way
with 10 kills, Emma Orr had
four and Sarah Orr chipped
in with three.
The Eagles have another
key OOL matchup Thurs-
day, Sept. 30, when they
travel to Powder Valley.
Cougars drop two
Wallowa dropped two
road matches in Old Ore-
gon League play Saturday,
Sept. 26, falling to Gris-
wold in fi ve sets, 22-25,
27-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-8
and Nixyaawii in four
sets, 25-23, 21-25, 25-13,
25-20.
Wallowa (2-10 overall,
1-4 OOL) next travels to
Cove on Friday, Oct. 1.
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