Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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SPORTS
TRACK AND FIELD
Knapp wins twice to lead Enterprise tracksters in fi rst meet
Chieftain staff
MILTON-FREEWATER
— The Enterprise boys track
and fi eld team got three
victories — two from Zac
Knapp — as it started the
season with a seventh-place
fi nish at the Carnival of
Speed on Friday, April 1.
Knapp won the 1,500-
meter run in a time of
4:08.46, and the 3,000 in
8:55.11. Both times were
personal bests for the senior,
and he won by more than 8
and 53 seconds, respectively.
Additionally,
Levi
Ortswam took home the top
spot in the 400, winning in
53.29 seconds, nearly a sec-
ond ahead of second place.
In the same event, Andrew
Nordtvedt was fi fth in 55.68
seconds.
Weston Wolfe rounded
out the top-eight fi nishers
for the Outlaw boys, taking
fi fth in the 300 hurdles in a
time of 45.50 seconds.
Enterprise fi nished with
38 points.
The EHS girls placed
ninth with 29 points. Fresh-
man Nevaeh James led the
way with a second-place
fi nish in the 100 in 13.81
seconds and a third-place
showing in the 300 hur-
dles in 53.57 seconds. She
was also part of the third-
place 4x100 relay team, as
James, Maddie Nordtvedt,
Althea Komiskey and Lan-
nie Stonebrink took third in
a time of 54.58 seconds.
Individually, Nordtvedt
took fourth in 28.78 seconds.
And Maddie Wigen placed
fourth in the high jump with
a height of 4-feet-8.
The Joseph boys had fi ve
top-four fi nishes on the way
to a 10th place fi nish that
saw them score 32.33 points.
Kale Ferguson won the
SOFTBALL
discus throw for the second
time on the young season
with a top mark of 129-feet-
7½. He added a fourth-place
fi nish in the javelin throw at
142-feet-4.
Reece Nelson tied for
second in the high jump at
5-feet-10, and third in the
long jump with a person-
al-best 19-feet-1½.
Adding a fourth-place
fi nish in the 1,500 was
Bayden Menton with a time
of 4:20.28.
The Joseph girls didn’t
have any athletes fi nish high
enough to score, but did post
two ninth-place fi nishes:
Iona McDonald was ninth
in the 300 hurdles in 57.67
seconds, and Basey Dawson
was ninth in the long jump at
13-feet-4.
Both teams return to
action at the La Grande Invi-
tational on April 8. The fi rst
event starts at 10 a.m.
BASEBALL
Wallowa Valley rallies
twice to sweep Vikings
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Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa Valley’s Maci Marr scrambles in for the run Friday, April 1, 2022, during a game in Enterprise against Pilot Rock.
Outlaws sweep Pilot Rock
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NTERPRISE — It was the only
time they will play at home until
the end of the month.
So Friday, April 1, the Wal-
lowa Valley Outlaws made sure to put on
a good show in their home opener, top-
pling visiting Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii in a
doubleheader, 8-2 and 10-6.
Liz Rowley limited the Rockets in the
pitching circle during the opening game,
scattering four hits and allowing just two
runs over seven innings. She walked two
and struck out 11.
She also helped the off ense, with three
of the team’s 14 hits, a team high. Five
additional players — Rilyn Kirkland,
Aimee Meyers, Brianna Rouse and Syd-
ney Hopkins — had two hits each, with
Meyers hitting a home run, driving in two
runs and scoring twice. Cooper Nave also
drove in a pair of runs.
In the nightcap, Kirkland, Liz Row-
ley and Alex Rowley had three hits each
and combined for fi ve RBIs and six runs
scored as Wallowa Valley completed the
sweep. Each of the trio had a double in
the win.
Sophie Moeller added a pair of hits as
all nine batters in the starting lineup had
at least one hit. As a team, the Outlaws
had 16 hits to give them 30 across the two
games.
Meyers, in her turn in the circle, tossed
a full seven innings, allowing six runs —
but just two earned — on seven hits and
striking out fi ve batters.
Wallowa Valley (4-3 overall) visited
Heppner/Ione for a nonleague double-
header April 5, and begins Special District
2 play April 8 with a twinbill at Burns.
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VALE — The Wal-
lowa Valley baseball team
had to rally late twice Fri-
day, April 1, in its Spe-
cial District 5 opening
doubleheader.
It resulted in the team
garnering a sweep of the
host Vale Vikings.
The Eagles took the
lead for good in the fi fth
inning and added on in the
seventh inning to win the
opener 8-3, then rallied
with four runs in the sixth
to tie the score of Game
2, which they eventu-
ally won in eight innings,
10-8.
In the opener, Wal-
lowa Valley scored two
early runs, but Vale inched
ahead 3-2 after four
innings.
In the fi fth, Jaxon Gro-
ver had an RBI single to
tie the score, and Lane
Rouse put the Eagles
ahead for good with a
run-scoring single later in
the frame. Wallowa Val-
ley broke the game open
in the seventh with Rouse
hitting a two-run home
run, and Jackson Decker
GOLF
Dylan Jennings places
second to pace Outlaws
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Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa Valley’s Brianna Rouse scores during a game Friday, April 1, 2022,
against Pilot Rock in Enterprise.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa Valley’s Liz Rowley, right, rounds second base Friday, April 1, 2022,
during a game against Pilot Rock in Enterprise.
collecting a two-run sin-
gle for the fi nal margin.
Rouse fi nished with
three hits, three RBIs
and two runs scored to
power the off ense. He
also pitched the last three
innings to earn the win,
walking two batters and
striking out fi ve. Maclane
Melville and Decker each
added two RBIs.
In the nightcap, the
Eagles scored four times
in the sixth to even the
score after trailing 8-4.
Rouse homered for the
second time on the day to
cut the margin in half, and
Tegan Evans and Decker
both also scored to com-
plete the rally.
In the top of the eighth,
Melville and Decker both
scored as the Eagles com-
pleted the sweep.
Drew Beachy locked
down Vale in the last four
innings for the win, not
allowing a hit, walking
three batters and strik-
ing out 10. Rouse fi nished
with three more hits.
Wallowa Valley (5-3
overall, 2-0 SD5) contin-
ues SD5 play April 8 at
Burns.
MILTON-FREEWA-
TER — Dylan Jennings
carded a round of 69 to
place second and lead the
Enterprise boys golf team
to a fi fth-place fi nish and a
score of 344 Friday, April
1, at the Mac-Hi Invita-
tional, which features a
par-60 course.
Jennings was one of four
players to break 100 on the
round. Caleb Sheahan, the
Outlaws’ No. 4 golfer, fi n-
ished with a score of 89.
Alex Albanez, the No. 2
golfer, was third in scoring
with a 92. Nathan Lamb
followed with a 94, and
Parker Siebe rounded out
the scoring at 101.
On the girls side, Jor-
dyn Stonebrink led a tight
pack for Enterprise, fi n-
ishing with a score of
105. Both Codi Cunning-
ham and Jordan Jennings
followed closely with a
score of 106. Kimber Stein
added a total of 115, and
Ashlynn Greer wrapped
the scoring for the Outlaws
at 121.
As a team, EHS fi n-
ished with a score of 442
to place third.
“I’m excited with what
I’m seeing,” head coach
Kyle Crawford said.
“Dylan is off to an excel-
lent start individually, and
I have a ton of new and old
players who are eager to
keep improving.”
Owen Gorham shot an
85 and Chase Homan an
86 to lead Wallowa/Joseph
at Mac-Hi.
Head coach Marvin
Gibbs said it was “great
start to the year” for Gor-
ham, and also said he
was “very happy” with
Homan’s result in his fi rst
tournament.
Teammate
Jonas
McKee shot a 110, a total
Gibbs also was pleased
with given it was McKee’s
fi rst full round of golf.
The teams return to
the course April 7 and 8
at Heppner and then at
Pendleton.
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