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SPORTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Davis Carbaugh/The Observer, File
Joseph’s Reece Nelson placed second in the high jump Saturday, May 22, 2021, at the 1A state track meet in La Grande. Nelson
is among the returners with high hopes this spring for the Eagles.
Track:
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“I got some younger ones
that might fi ll in and got
some points” in the distance
races, Roberts said.
In fact, the coach is opti-
mistic of the possibility of
having competitors in almost
every event on the boys side,
with the exception being pole
vault.
“We’ll cover just about all
the fi eld events,” he said.
The coach answered in
the affi rmative when asked if
he sees comparisons between
this boys squad and the 2019
team that took second in the
1A state meet.
“I think maybe we’ll
cover more events with this
team, depending on how
high up the ladder we go,”
he said.
On the girls side, there
will be a major learning
curve with several of the ath-
letes out new to the sport.
“I think we got 10 girls,
and quite a few of them hav-
en’t done track,” Roberts
said. “It’ll be a building thing
for them. The couple that
have (experience), we have
some hopes there in the hur-
dles and running, and possi-
bly a couple in the jumps.”
With so many newcomers
to the track, Roberts said a lot
goes into trying to place ath-
letes in the right event.
“It’s just a combination
of things,” he said. “You
can watch their form run-
ning (and) how they breathe
(to place them in running
events). We try them in all
the jumps to see if they have
any springs or not, if they
don’t, you move them to
another event. … Some will
fi nd an event right off the bat,
and some don’t.”
One he knows will be in
the mix this spring is Iona
McDonald, who on March
All-state:
2A GIRLS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL AWARDS
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Player of the year: Callie Glenn, Union
Coach of the year: Jordan Klebaum-Johnston, Union
range — which led the team
— and 51% from the free-
throw line.
Kirkland,
meanwhile,
fi nished with 8 points, 5.4
rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.4
steals per game. The senior
shot 27% from the fl oor,
21% from 3-point range and
45% from the free-throw
line.
Athletes who are rec-
ognized in their respective
leagues as fi rst-team play-
ers are eligible for all-state,
Crawford said.
First team
Annabelle Brawley,
Salem Academy
Maya Rowland, Central Linn
Katelyn Senn, Bandon
Olivia Thompson, Bandon,
Audrey Wells, Union
Rilyn Kirkland, Enterprise
Third team
Taylor Masterson, Faith Bible
Ashley Lohman, Faith Bible
Olivia Haines-Hooker, Colton
Izzy Boyd, Gervais
Bailey Pederson,
Salem Academy
Ryleigh Nofziger, Central Linn
Maddi Reynolds, Myrtle Point
Rachel Strober, Nestucca
Tyler McNeley, Lakeview
Ellie Witten, Oakland
Honorable mention
Jada Gray, Enterprise
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McKee is an unknown
quantity, and even the time
the team has had to prac-
tice has been limited due
to snow, so Gibbs is unsure
of what the sophomore will
bring.
“It’s hard to know … I
know he has never played,”
the coach said. “He’s going
to be a work in progress.”
The benefi t of the small
team is Gibbs will be able
to work more closely with
each golfer. And, even with
just four, that gives Wal-
lowa/Joseph enough to
fi eld a full team to score at
tournaments.
“The less kids you have,
the more you can work with
them,” he said. “I was hop-
ing for a couple more. We
can be a team with four
kids, we just can’t do a
whole lot. Everybody’s
gotta play good for us to
score good. We don’t have
anybody to fall back on or
pick up some slack if some-
body has a bad day.”
The coach said it will
take a couple tournaments
to have a real sense of what
the team is capable of, but
he is hopeful of what the
group can accomplish.
“We might have a
chance to do something at
the district tournament,” he
said.
The team’s next trip
to the course is April 1
at the Mac-Hi Invite in
Milton-Freewater.
Baseball:
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Ella Wright, Glide
Holli Vigue, Coquille
of the onslaught, 10-9, but
couldn’t hold on.
In the tournament fi nale,
the team had 15 hits in
dominating Ontario, with
three pitchers combining
on a fi ve-inning one-hitter.
Grover, Lane Rouse
and Melville each scored
a pair of runs, and Grover
and Spencer Decker each
had two hits. Grover, Jack-
son Decker and Blade Suto
combined on the one-hitter,
and between them struck
out six, walked a batter and
hit a batter.
Wallowa Valley (3-3
overall) begins Special Dis-
trict 5 play April 1 with a
doubleheader at Vale.
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their basketball ca ention for their play in helping
state honorable m etball team to a 15-11 record
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the Outlaw girls ba off berth. Gray was the team’s
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Savannah Greenfi eld,
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Golf:
Lexi Herber, Salem Academy
Maggie Sharp, Stanfi eld
Kenna Stratton, Lakeview
Second team
Brooklynn Walters, Vernonia
18 claimed the top spot in the
300-meter hurdles and was
sixth in the 1,500.
“She’s a tough girl. We’ll
be putting a lot of workouts
on her,” Roberts said.
The Eagles return to the
track April 1 at the Carnival
of Speed in Milton-Freewa-
ter. While they don’t host a
meet this spring, they will be
in plenty of regional events,
including three in Union
County and two in Baker
County. The latter of those
is the 1A Special District 4
meet in Baker City May 13.
The state track meet is at
the new Hayward Field in
Eugene on May 19-20.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Chase Homan of Joseph drives a ball at the driving
range of the Alpine Meadows Golf Course in Enterprise
as the Wallowa/Joseph golf team practices Monday,
March 28, 2022.
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