A10
SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Girls:
Continued from Page A9
Saturday, Dec. 18, in the
third-place game of the Union
Christmas Classic against the
host Bobcats.
But Union got the last say,
rallying from a 10-point half-
time defi cit to earn a 45-36
victory in a matchup that
served as a Blue Mountain
Conference preview for both
teams.
“I thought we really came
to play against Union,” head
coach Mike Crawford said.
“We played a really good
fi rst half, and we didn’t get
enough attempts and we
turned it over too much in the
second half.”
Both Emily Love — who
fi nished with a team-high
nine points — and Rilyn
Kirkland had seven fi rst-half
points, and Maci Marr scored
six points in the fi rst half, and
Enterprise extended a three-
point lead after one to 27-17
at the half.
But the Bobcats rallied,
and the Outlaws struggled to
score in the second half. Cal-
lie Glenn, who had 21 points
for Union, had six points in
the third as the teams played
to a 32-32 tie after three quar-
ters. Glenn scored seven
more in the fourth.
The Outlaws were within
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three points in the fi nal min-
utes, Crawford said, before
Union salted away the win.
Marr fi nished with eight
points for Enterprise.
“We’re 4-5, but we’ve
played Crane (twice, and)
that Powder Valley team (we
played Thursday) is coming
on right now. They’re young
and improving,” Crawford
said. “I’m happy about what
I’m seeing out of my team.
We got so much basketball in
such a short span.”
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Enterprise 43, Pow-
der Valley 40: The Enter-
prise girls rallied in the fourth
quarter to open the Union
Christmas Classic with a win
Thursday, Dec. 16, slipping
by Powder Valley in North
Powder, 43-40.
The Outlaws trailed 31-30
entering the fi nal quarter, but
got just enough in the fourth
to collect their fourth victory.
“The games that I’ve
played against North Powder
over the years have always
been tight,” head coach Mike
Crawford said. “They’re
always competitive with us.”
Rilyn Kirkland, who had
a team-high 14 points, scored
six in the fourth quarter. Madi
Wigen added four points in
the fi nal quarter and fi nished
with six points, and Jada
Gray and Emily Love also
had six points apiece.
Neither team had a major
lead throughout the contest.
Enterprise held two-point
margins at the end of both
the fi rst and second quarters,
10-8 and 22-20, before Pow-
der Valley inched ahead for
their one-point margin after
three.
the weekend, fi nishing with
19 points, including 16 in the
second half. Cooper Nave
also reached double fi gures
and fi nished with 13 points.
The two combined for all 22
of Joseph’s points in the sec-
ond half.
The loss dropped Joseph
to 2-5 overall, but Homan
noted the team has played
several stout opponents so far
in its nonconference slate.
“It’s been an extremely
diffi cult preseason as far as
the teams we’ve played,” he
said. “We’ve learned a lot.”
Joseph is off until Dec. 28
when it visits Ione/Arlington.
Boys:
to 27-13 at halftime, and
46-36 after three quarters.
Head coach Olan Fulfer
said Joseph actually pulled
ahead in the fourth, but
lost momentum after los-
ing Chase Homan to a con-
cussion and Hayden Hite to
foul trouble. Joseph’s rally
ultimately stalled despite
the team scoring 45 points
in the second half.
Still, he was pleased
with the eff ort after the
huge early defi cit.
“It was 20-something to
2 by the time we got bat-
tling,” Fulfer said. “I was
really proud of my team
for staying in it, not (los-
ing) your heads, and show-
ing a ton of resilience and
fi ght. That shows we can be
a really good team.”
Burney scored 23 points
— all after the fi rst quarter
— and had 17 in the sec-
ond half, including nine in
the fourth. He connected on
fi ve 3-pointers in the game,
and as a team Joseph hit 11
treys, including fi ve in the
fourth quarter.
“He hit big shots (and)
attacked well,” Fulfer said.
Blade Suto added 11
points for the Eagles and
Johnson
scored
eight
points.
Cove 59, Enterprise 43:
A day after an encouraging
off ensive performance, the
Enterprise boys basketball
team reverted back to some
of its prior off ensive strug-
gles in a 59-43 loss to Cove
on Friday, Dec. 17, at the
Union Christmas Classic.
Jackson Decker had 14
points to lead the off ense,
and both Spencer Decker
and Gideon Gray added
eight points.
But the Outlaws fell
behind early and couldn’t
rally. They trailed by nine
after one quarter and were
down 32-19 at the break.
The lead grew to 19 by the
end of the third quarter.
“They just kind of out-
muscled us,” head coach
Kyle Crawford said. “They
had a big guy that was
super talented. We strug-
gled … to stop them.”
Patrick Frisch had 23
points for Cove in the win.
Powder Valley 79,
Enterprise 62: The Enter-
prise boys basketball team
opened the Union Christ-
mas Classic on Thursday,
Dec. 16, with its best off en-
sive performance of the
season, as it traded blows
with high-powered Powder
Valley before the Badgers
pulled away for a 79-62
victory.
The
Outlaws
were
within 20-17 after a quarter,
but the Badgers dropped 25
points in the second and
took a sizable 45-28 lead
at the half. The teams were
deadlocked in the second
half in scoring.
“I felt like our off ense
fi nally showed up for the
fi rst time all year,” head
coach Kyle Crawford said.
“Our shooting percentage
was a lot better. They’re
extremely talented. I felt
like we held our own
against a really good team.
Its was an off ensive perfor-
mance I was proud of and
something to build off of.”
Jackson Decker had the
hot hand on offense, and
finished with 19 points.
He also connected on three
3-pointers in the game.
Gideon Gray joined him
in double figures, scoring
seven points in each half
to finish with 14 points.
Wrestling:
by 9-2 decision over Baker’s
Ben Coburn, and a loss by fall
to Elgin’s Gen Wintersteen in
the third-place match.
And Clary went 0-2 with
two losses by fall at 182.
Joseph was 11th with
seven points.
Enterprise is back in
action Dec. 22 at the Rollin
Schimmel Memorial Tourna-
ment in Pendleton, and both
teams then wrestle Dec. 30
— the Outlaws at Riverside,
and the Eagles at Pomeroy,
Washington.
Continued from Page A9
the 13 Mile Shootout.
The Eagles trailed 18-2
after one quarter, getting
just a fi eld goal from Kane
Johnson.
They slowly chipped
away, fueled by a huge
night from James Bur-
ney. The margin was down
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The Cougars never trailed,
opening up a 13-0 lead after
one quarter and rolling to a
27-2 advantage by halftime
as they secured their third
win.
Eight Wallowa players
scored, with Libby Fisher net-
ting a game-high eight points
to lead the way. Zoe Hermens
added seven points and three
players — Karly Baremore,
Haley Brockamp and Abby
Straight — had six points.
because of road conditions,
the Outlaws (4-5 overall)
next host Imbler Wednes-
day in their fi nal game before
starting BMC play.
Faith Bible 71, Joseph
35: The Joseph girls basket-
ball fell behind by double
digits early Saturday, Dec. 18,
but unlike Friday was unable
to rally against a strong Faith
Bible team, falling 71-35 in
the Eagles’ fi nal game at the
13 Mile Shootout.
“Faith Bible is very good,”
head coach Lance Homan
said. “They’re very, very
good. Very athletic, solid 1-5.
… We learned a lot from that
game.”
Joseph was behind 19-8
after one, but by halftime the
margin grew to 21 at 34-13.
Faith Bible outscored Joseph
in all but the third quarter.
Aimee Meyers turned in
her second strong game of
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to earn a 40-36 road victory
over Prairie City Friday, Dec.
17, at the 13 Mile Shootout,
for their second win of the
season.
“A lot of good things
happened in that game that
allowed us to come back
and get the win,” head coach
Lance Homan said.
The Panthers built a
12-point lead after one quar-
ter, but the Eagles chipped
away to cut the margin to
25-20 by halftime, and took
a 31-27 lead through three
quarters. Meyers had seven
points in the third quarter
alone.
Meyers was joined in
double fi gures by Cooper
Nave, who scored 10 points.
Between them, Nave and
Meyers scored all but two
of the team’s 20 points in the
second half.
Crane 53, Enterprise 28:
It was closer than the fi rst
time the teams met up, but the
Enterprise Outlaws dropped a
second matchup to 1A pow-
erhouse Crane Friday, Dec.
17, falling to the Mustangs
53-28 at the Union Christmas
Classic.
The Outlaws fell behind
by nine after one quarter, but
held their own to stay in the
game as they trailed 27-16
at the break. Crane, though,
broke the game open with a
14-2 third-quarter run to build
an insurmountable lead.
Rilyn Kirkland scored
nine of her team-high 11
points in the fi rst half, and
Maci Marr added fi ve points.
Wallowa 43, Umatilla JV
8: The Wallowa girls basket-
ball team coasted to an easy
win in their fi rst game of the
Helix Basketball Tournament
Friday, Dec. 17, as the Cou-
Friday
Joseph 40, Prairie City
36: Aimee Meyers scored
22 points, including 12 in the
second half, to help rally the
Joseph girls basketball team
from a double-digit defi cit
Continued from Page A9
Russell went 1-2 to take
fourth, with a loss by fall to
Elgin’s Gabe Hasbell, a win
Thursday
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