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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Six named Elks free-throw competition winners
Enterprise Elks
Enterprise Elks Lodge
#1829 recently held their
annual free-throw com-
petition in Quinn Court at
Enterprise High School, on
Thursday, Dec. 16. The fol-
lowing students from Enter-
prise, Joseph, and Wal-
lowa Schools competed
for a chance to advance
to the Northeast District
hoop shoot that was later
held on Jan. 9 in Hermis-
ton, and. Winners at district
reached the state hoop shoot,
which was held Feb. 26 in
Silverton.
8-9 year-old boys: Declan
Stangel, Sorrin Bronson,
Swade Shetler. Stangel was
the winner, making 12/25
free throws. Declan, from
Enterprise, also was the dis-
trict winner at Hermiston,
shooting 7/25, and 3/5 in
the tiebreaker with Joel Wil-
son of Heppner Lodge #358.
Stangel competed at the
state hoop shoot.
8-9 year-old girls: Selah
Mildrexler, Paizly Grover,
Mila Alexis. Mildrexler was
the winner, making 14/25
free throws. Selah, from
Enterprise, also was the dis-
trict winner, advancing to
the state hoop shoot.
10-11 year-old boys: Til-
den Botts, Hayden Wood,
Contributed photo
Selah Mildrexler won her
age group locally and at
the district level, and took
second in the state in the 8-9
year-old girls hoop shoot.
Contributed photo
Pictured from left to right are Ashlee Meyers, Tilden Botts, Nate Cameron, Declan Stangel and Teagan Tillery, fi ve of the six
winners of the Enterprise Elks free-throw competition.
Caleb Beachy. Botts was
the winner, shooting 9/25.
Tilden, from Enterprise,
also was the district winner,
shooting 17/25, advancing
to the state hoop shoot.
10-11 year-old girls: Tea-
gan Tillery, Haillie Dun-
can. Tillery was the winner,
shooting 7/25. Teagan, from
Wallowa, competed in the
district hoop shoot, placing
2nd, shooting 5/25.
12-13 year-old boys: Nate
Cameron, Quinten Arellano.
Cameron was the winner,
shooting 15/25. Nate, from
Enterprise, competed in the
district hoop shoot, placing
3rd, shooting 8/25.
12-13 year-old girls: Ash-
lee Meyers, Owyhee Har-
guess, Kaydance Payne.
Meyers was the winner,
shooting 11/25. Ashlee,
from Joseph, was also the
district winner, shooting
13/25, advancing to the state
hoop shoot.
At the state hoop shoot,
two of the local competitors
took second and two took
fourth. The winners of state
advanced to regionals. State
results were:
8-9 year-old girls: Selah
Mildrexler was 2nd in state,
with 13/25 free throws
8-9 year-old boys: Declan
Stangel was 4th in state,
with 12/25 free throws
10-11 year-old boys: Til-
den Botts was 4th in state,
with 11/25 free throws
12-13 year-old girls: Ash-
lee Meyers was 2nd in state,
with 15/25 free throws.
Four student scholars to receive Elks scholarships
Enterprise Elks
ENTERPRISE — The
Enterprise Elks recently
held their 2021-22 Most
Valuable Student Compe-
tition, and selected Wil-
lie Gibbs of Wallowa High
School, and Alona Yost of
Enterprise High School, as
their 2022 Most Valuable
Student Scholars.
Each student receives
a $1,200 scholarship from
Enterprise Lodge #1829 to
use next fall for college.
Placing second, and
receiving $800, are Aaron
Guevara and Lannie Stone-
brink, both of Enterprise
High School.
All
four
students
advanced to the Elks
Northeast District Judging
on Jan. 4, 2022, where fi rst
place receives $1,800, sec-
ond place receives $1,600,
and third place receives
$1,400. Gibbs placed sec-
ond in the boy’s competi-
tion for our district, receiv-
ing $1,600 additional
dollars, and Yost placed
second at district, also
earning $1,600 additional
dollars.
Gibbs
Yost
Both Gibbs’ and Yost’s
applications
advanced
to the state competition
in February, in Ashland.
Because the 14 fi rst-place
district winners automati-
cally advance to the Grand
Lodge Scholarship contest,
Oregon also is allowed to
Guevara
Stonebrink
send an additional three
applications to the Grand
Lodge competition, so all
second-place district win-
ners are advanced to the
state level for further judg-
ing. If they advance to the
Grand Lodge level, they
will join 486 other schol-
arship winners across the
country, for a chance to
earn a $50,000 scholarship
for four years.
Gibbs is the son of Mar-
vin and Jennifer Gibbs. He
plans to attend the Uni-
versity of Idaho and study
computer programing. Yost
is the daughter of Tony and
Donna Yost. She plans to
attend Oregon State Uni-
versity and study chemical
engineering. Stonebrink is
the daughter of Melvin and
Dena Stonebrink. She plans
to attend Eastern Oregon
University and study vet-
erinary science. Guevara is
the son of Aaron and Sasha
Guevara. He plans to attend
the University of Idaho and
study communications.
Last year the Elks
National Foundation pro-
vided more than $3.65 mil-
lion in college scholarships
to graduating seniors. This
year’s amount will be simi-
lar, but as yet, is not known.
The Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks is
second only to the federal
government in scholarships
awarded to seniors in high
school.
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