Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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SPORTS
OUTLAW SOFTBALL
TRACK AND FIELD
Outlaws run winning streak to six
Chieftain staff
NTERPRISE — The Wal-
lowa Valley softball team
fi nally returned to play on its
home fi eld Friday, April 29,
and continued what is now an
extended winning streak.
Liz Rowley and Aimee Mey-
ers both tossed one-hit shutouts,
Rilyn Kirkland had seven RBIs on
the day, and the Outlaws earned
two dominant victories over Riv-
erside in Special District 2 play,
11-0 and 14-0.
The wins were the fi fth and
sixth in a row for Wallowa Val-
ley, which has now won eight
of its last nine contents. Five of
those eight victories have been via
shutout.
Rowley struck out eight batters
and walked two in fi ve innings in
the opener, and helped herself at
the plate by going 3-for-3 with an
RBI and three runs scored.
Kirkland swung a big bat, as
the senior went 3-for-4 with a dou-
ble and a home run, and fi nished
with six RBIs. She also scored
twice. Between them, Kirkland
and Rowley combined for six of
the Outlaws’ 10 hits and seven
RBIs.
Meyers was just as solid in
the pitcher’s circle in the night-
cap, striking out seven in her fi ve
innings of work.
The off ensive output, mean-
while, was a bit more distributed.
Maci Marr fi nished with a dou-
ble and a game-high three RBIs,
while Sophie Moeller, Meyers
and Rowley each had two RBIs
and scored twice. Rowley, in fact,
went 3-for-3 with two doubles
to cap off a day where she went
6-for-6 at the plate.
In all, 11 players had a hit for
the Outlaws in the second game,
10 players scored and nine drove
in runs.
The Outlaws (14-6 overall, 6-2
SD2) continue SD2 play May 4
when they host Umatilla.
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Chieftain staff
Melissa Kirkland/Contributed Photo
Wallowa Valley’s Cooper Nave, right, awaits a throw at fi rst base during a doubleheader
against Riverside Friday, April 29, 2022.
Kirkland homers in each game as
Wallowa Valley sweeps Echo/Stanfi eld
Chieftain staff
T
he Wallowa Valley soft-
ball team headed into its
fi nal homestand of the
season with momentum
after a road sweep — one
that included the Outlaws
surviving a slugfest.
Rilyn Kirkland and Coo-
per Nave both homered to
help power Wallowa Valley
to a wild 17-15 win Tuesday,
April 26, at Echo/Stanfi eld,
and the Outlaws secured a
7-5 win in the second game
to pull out the sweep.
Nave also doubled,
walked twice, and fi nished
with fi ve RBIs and three runs
scored, while Kirkland went
3-for-3 with three walks,
three RBIs and four runs
scored. Sophie Moeller, Liz
Rowley and Brianna Rouse
also had three hits each.
As a team, Wallowa Val-
ley batters fi nished with
19 hits, 13 RBIs and were
walked 12 times. The Out-
laws also registered fi ve sto-
len bases.
All of that off ense was
needed as Echo/Stanfi eld
did its own damage at the
plate. The team earned 11
hits, walked fi ve times and
saw four batters hit by a
pitch.
In the nightcap, Kirkland
hit another home run, Aimee
Meyers and Abby Straight
had two RBIs apiece as
the Outlaws won a second,
much more tame, contest.
BASEBALL
Wallowa Valley settles for split against Riverside
Chieftain staff
Mandy Decker/Contributed Photo
Wallowa Valley’s Lane Rouse slides into home to score during a
doubleheader against Riverside Friday, April 29, 2022.
ENTERPRISE — The Wal-
lowa Valley baseball team set-
tled for a split in just its sec-
ond and third home games of
the season Friday, April 29,
dropping the opener of a Spe-
cial District 5 doubleheader to
Riverside, 11-9, before rolling
in the nightcap, 14-1.
The Eagles squandered a
4-0 fi rst-inning lead and an
advantage of 6-2 in the opener.
The Pirates scored twice in the
third to cut the lead in half,
three times in the fourth to take
a 7-6 lead and added on in the
fi fth and sixth innings.
Spencer
Decker
and
Maclane Melville each scored
twice in the opening contest,
and Lane Rouse fi nished with
three RBIs.
In the second game, Wal-
lowa Valley again took an early
lead and this time didn’t let up.
The Eagles scored twice in the
third to pad their lead to 5-1,
then broke the game open with
nine runs in the fourth. Decker
and Rouse, who each had three
runs on the day, scored twice
each in the fourth. In the frame,
Wallowa Valley had seven hits,
including fi ve straight at one
point. Rouse’s RBI double and
Melville’s run-scoring single
started the onslaught.
The Eagles (9-8 overall, 4-4
SD5) are currently in fourth
in the district with four SD5
games to play. They next host
Umatilla on May 4.
GOLF
Jennings takes second, Homan third, at John Day
Chieftain staff
JOHN DAY — Dylan Jen-
nings shot 87 overall to take sec-
ond and lead the Enterprise boys
golf team to a third-place fi nish
at the Grant Union Invitational
Friday, April 29, in John Day.
Alex Albanez shot 104 for
the Outlaws to take fourth over-
all. Nathan Lamb carded a 126
and Parker Siebe shot 144. As
Nelson, Ferguson
take three at Union
to lead Eagles
a team, the Outlaws had a score
of 461, trailing the host Prospec-
tors (418) and Vale (451).
Wallowa/Joseph had just
three golfers compete, but had
one of the best performances of
the day, as Chase Homan shot
an 89 to take third. Willie Gibbs
added a 122, and Jonas McKee
shot a 205.
For the EHS girls, Kim-
ber Stein and Jordan Jennings
both shot 128 to pace the Out-
laws and tie for fourth. Stein
shot a 61 on the back nine to
catch her teammate, who had
shot 60 on the front nine. Jordyn
Stonebrink had a 137, two shots
ahead of Codi Cunningham,
who had a 139, Ashlynn Greer
had a round of 147, and Lydia
Yost shot a 173.
Earlier in the week, at the
La Grande Girls Invitational
on April 26, Jennings carded a
116 to lead the Outlaws. Cun-
ningham followed with a 133,
while Stein was involved in yet
another tie with a teammate, this
time with Greer as both shot
139. Martina Ayad rounded out
the scoring for Enterprise with
187.
The teams return to action
May 6 at the Enterprise
Invitational.
UNION — Reece Nelson and Kale Ferguson
each won three events as the Joseph boys track
and fi eld team placed second at the Union Relays
on Saturday, April 30.
Nelson reached 6-feet-2 in the high jump for
the second weekend in a row to win the event.
He also earned the top spot in the long jump at
20-feet-2½ and in the triple jump at 40-feet-9½.
Ferguson coasted to victory in the javelin, win-
ning by more than 22 feet with a throw of 147-
feet-6. He eked out a win in the shot put by just
over six inches at 36-feet-½, and won discus
handily with a mark of 134-feet-7. The junior also
was part of a win in the 4x100 throwers relay with
Gavin Russell, Lucas Goodrich and Brad Wilcox,
as the quartet won in 52.10 seconds.
An eighth win for the Joseph boys came in the
4x100, as Russell, Dylan Rogers, Jayden McNall
and James Burney took the top spot in 48.90
seconds.
Adding second-place fi nishes was the 4x800
team of Bayden Menton, Jett Leavitt, Lucas
Goodrich and Ian Goodrich, in a time of 9:47.08,
and the distance medley relay team of Leavitt,
Kane Johnson, Alexander Perry and Menton, in
12:05.32.
Russell added two individual second-place fi n-
ishes in the shot put (35-feet-6) and the javelin
(125-feet-3)
Taking third in the discus was Lucas Goodrich
at 96-feet-6, and in fourth in the 110 hurdles was
Rogers in 22.52 seconds, and Johnson was fi fth in
the javelin at 104-feet-4.
Basey Dawson had a strong day for the Joseph
girls, snagging the Eagles’ lone victory in the high
jump at 4-feet-8. She also was third in the jave-
lin at 82-feet-6, and was part of both the fourth-
place 4x200 relay (2:06.85) and the fi fth-place
4x100 relay (59.97). In both relays, she teamed
with Flora McDonald, Casen Cunningham and
Abby Orr.
Ariana Samples added an individual third-place
fi nish in the discus at 72-feet-0. And also fi fth was
the 4x100 throwers relay of Cunningham, Sarah
Orr, Samples and Lakotah Steel in 1:07.11.
The Enterprise girls posted three victories on
the afternoon, two from Nevaeh James who went
1-2 with Jada Gray in both the 100 hurdles and
300 hurdles. James turned in times of 18.32 and
53.39, respectively, to win the races, while Gray
followed at 19.11 and 55.49.
James also ran on the winning 4x100 relay
team, joining Althea Komiskey, Maddie Nordt-
vedt and Lannie Stonebrink to win in 54.88.
Two other EHS girls relay teams were sec-
ond, with the 4x100 throwers relay team of Lacie
Hearing, Gabby Delapena, Sophia Espinoza and
Kadence Budge fi nishing in 1:03.98, and the dis-
tance medley relay team of Nordtvedt, James,
Alisha Melville Michaila Caine taking second in
15:46.99.
The 4x200 relay of Stonebrink, Ailena McEn-
tire, Madison Wigen and Nordtvedt was third in
2:05.06.
Wigen and Gray were second and third in the
high jump at 4-feet-6 and 4-feet-4, respectively,
and Espinoza was fourth in the discus at 70-feet-6.
For the EHS boys, Roan Flynn was second
in the 110 hurdles (21.64 seconds), 300 hurdles
(45.32), and the long jump (17-feet-8-1/2). Tanner
Kesecker also was second in the discus (105-feet-
8). And the 4x200 relay team of Ransom Peters,
Mali Wilson, Cory Walker and Levi Ortswam was
second in 1:47.13.
In third was the 4x100 throwers relay team
of Rylan Coulson, Felix Stieger, Kesecker and
Noah Meyer in 59.72, and the 4x800 relay team of
Peters, Ortswam, Liam Wolfe and Andrew Hurley
in 9:48.77. Individually, Weston Wolfe was third
in both the 110 hurdles (21.80) and the 300 hurdles
(47.46), and fi fth in the triple jump (34-feet-6).
The Joseph boys were 3.5 points behind Union,
taking second at 132.5. The EHS boys were fourth
with 77 points. On the girls side, EHS scored 97
points to take second, and Joseph was with 38
points.
Meanwhile, a night earlier on the other side of
the state, Enterprise’s Zac Knapp fi nished ninth at
9:10.44 in the men’s 3200-meter run at the Nike/
Jesuit Twilight Relays April 29 in Portland.
Knapp’s time was just 15 seconds behind race
winner Max Girardet of Central Catholic, who
won the race in a time of 8:55.25. Knapp defeated
runners from much larger Oregon schools such as
Newberg, Marshfi eld, Jesuit, West Salem and Wil-
sonville, among others.
Both teams are back in action May 6, Joseph at
the Baker Invitational and Enterprise at the Grant
Union Invitational.
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