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SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Outlaw grapplers compete at John Day
Chieftain staff
Ronald Bond/Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Joseph quarterback Trace Collier tries to elude a Wheeler
County defender Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Joseph. The
OSAA football ad hoc committee is fully supportive of
adding an offi cial state championship for six-man football
beginning this fall.
Football:
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It is considering add-
ing a week to the beginning
of the season or to the end,
making the season 10 weeks
for nine games to be played.
It says the consideration
would help with odd-num-
bered leagues, help offi cials
whose ranks are stretched
thin and help with transpor-
tation issues, among others.
Two possibilities are
being looked at: one would
add a week to the start of
the season, moving the fi rst
practice this fall to Aug. 8
and the earliest fi rst game to
Aug. 25, as opposed to Aug.
15 and Sept. 1. The other
option would move the sea-
son ending a week later,
with the cutoff date Nov. 5
instead of Oct. 29, and the
championship games for
1A through 5A on Dec. 3
instead of Nov. 26.
The next ad hoc com-
mittee meeting is slated for
Wednesday, Feb. 2.
JOHN DAY — Five Enter-
prise wrestlers took to the mat
at the Grant Union Tourna-
ment on Saturday, Jan. 22,
and three of them had success.
Gabby Delapena, Will
Ogden, and Gunnar McDow-
ell all went undefeated in their
wrestling pods to lead the
Outlaws’ eff ort.
Delapena, wrestling in the
125-pound girls bracket, won
all three matches by fall.
It was a similar day for
Ogden at 195, who went 2-0
with two wins by fall, and for
McDowell at 220, who went
4-0 and won all his matches
by fall.
Pearce Schnetzky went
1-3 at 138 pounds, and Tegan
Evans dropped four matches
at 145.
The Outlaws return to
the mat Thursday, Jan. 27, at
Baker City and Saturday, Jan.
29 at Caldwell.
COVID keeps
Joseph off the mat
The Joseph wrestling team
did not compete this week due
to COVID-19.
The Eagles are slated to
return to the mat Saturday,
Jan. 29, in Irrigon.
Girls:
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ally added on in the second
half to seal the victory.
Libby Fisher added seven
points, and Moeller fi nished
with six points.
Wallowa (9-6 overall, 3-2
Old Oregon League) hosts
Imbler Jan. 28 and visits
Pine Eagle Jan. 29.
“We have a tough stretch
coming up the next two
weeks, and it will tell us a
lot,” Oveson said.
I sincerely want to thank all
of Wallowa County!
The business owners and our
community have been very supportive
of my journey in helping me become
2022 Miss Teen Rodeo Oregon!
Coronation was a huge success
because of the love and support
of our community!
Thank you,
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Enterprise’s Will Ogden, right, wrestles during the Jo-Hi Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Jan.
8, 2022.
Wednesday, Jan. 19
Joseph 45, Pine Eagle
31: Aimee Meyers went off
for 15 of her game-high 22
points in the second half,
and the Joseph girls bas-
ketball team opened an
early double-digit lead and
coasted to a 45-31 road win
against Pine Eagle Wednes-
day, Jan. 19, in Old Oregon
League play.
A balanced eff ort helped
the Eagles break out to a
quick lead, as they charged
ahead 14-1 after one quar-
ter and maintained the dou-
ble-digit margin at the half,
24-10. Meyers had seven
points in the opening 16
minutes, and Molly Curry
had all eight of her points in
the opening half to lead all
scorers.
Then Meyers took over,
scoring all 11 of Joseph’s
points in the third quarter to
help the Eagles extend the
lead to 35-18. She had seven
of the team’s nine fi eld goals
after the break.
Sarah Orr added six
points in the win for Joseph.
“We were able to get
all 12 girls in the game for
signifi cant minutes,” head
coach Lance Homan said.
“It was fun to see.”
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Joseph’s Molly Curry (5) shoots over a pair of Nixyaawii
defenders Friday, Jan. 21, 2022.
Destiny Wecks
Boys:
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photo credit:
Robert McLean
the stretch. When the teams
met on Jan. 10, Stanfi eld ran
away with a 70-41 victory.
On Jan. 22, Enterprise
grabbed a fi rst-quarter lead
and, despite giving up 23
second-quarter points, was
down just seven at the half
at 34-27.
The teams combined for
just 12 points in the third,
with the lead reaching nine
by the end of three. Enter-
prise found a rhythm on
off ense again in the fourth,
with Spencer Decker scor-
ing 10 in the period to spark
the off ense, but the rally fell
short.
Decker fi nished with 20
points, a game-high, put-
ting in 12 in the second half.
Jackson Decker added 10
points and Roan Flynn had
seven points, all from the
free-throw line.
Enterprise (2-13 over-
all, 0-5 BMC) visited Hep-
pner Jan. 25, then hosts Pilot
Rock Jan. 26 and travels to
Union on Jan. 29.
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