Wednesday, May 25, 2022
A9
SPORTS
1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
JOSEPH BOYS TAKE THIRD
Reece Nelson, of Joseph, triple jumps at the
OSAA State Track and Field Championships
on Friday, May 20, 2022, at Hayward Field
in Eugene. Nelson won the 1A boys triple
jump with a leap of 43 feet, 7¼ inches.
Tom Nordtvedt/Contributed photo
Tom Nordtvedt/Contributed photo
Kale Ferguson and Reese Nelson execute a handoff during the 4x100-meter relay at
the state track and fi eld meet over the weekend.
Reece Nelson wins
the triple jump title
By RONALD BOND
For the Wallowa County Cheiftain
E
UGENE — The Joseph
boys track and fi eld team
was in the running for
a 1A state champion-
ship well into the eve-
ning Friday, May 20, at
Eugene’s Hayward Field.
And although the Eagles were even-
tually surpassed by Adrian and Powder
Valley in the team standings by the end
of the night, the third-place fi nish was
among the best in program history, just
behind the second-place eff ort turned
in by Joseph in 2019.
In all, the Eagles got a state cham-
pionship from Reece Nelson, two run-
ner-up eff orts by Bayden Menton and a
strong eff ort by Kale Ferguson to help
boost them to 49 points — a total that
surpassed the 48 scored by the team
when it took second three years ago.
Nelson had a solid weekend for the
Eagles, and helped kick things off with
two third-place fi nishes Thursday in
the high jump and the long jump, when
he posted eff orts of 6 feet and 19-feet-
7, respectively.
He saved the best for last Friday,
the fi nal day of his prep track career,
by posting an eff ort of 43-7¼ inches on
his fi fth attempt in the triple jump. It
See Joseph, Page A10
2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Knapp part of three state titles
Outlaws power
to second place
By RONALD BOND
For the Wallowa County
Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Zac
Knapp did what everyone
expected of him.
As a result, he came
home with two individual
state championships, a third
as part of a relay team and
helped the Enterprise boys
get back on the podium.
Knapp swept the 1,500-
and 3,000-meter runs and ran
a leg of the winning 4x400
relay race, and the EHS boys
fi nished with 49 points to
take second place in the 2A
state track meet May 19-20
at Hayward Field in Eugene.
The senior standout set a
2A state meet record in win-
ning the 3,000, with his time
of 8:40.32 crushing the fi eld
by more than 27 seconds. He
was tested a bit more in the
1,500, but still ended up win-
ning the event by more than
fi ve seconds with a time of
4:04.04.
The University of Idaho
signee also was with Levi
Ortswam, Andrew Nordtvedt
and Weston Wolfe as they
wrapped up the state meet late
on May 20 with a win in the
4x400 relay with a winning
time of 3:36.78, edging dis-
trict rivals Weston-McEwen
See Knapp, Page A10
Tom Nordtvedt/Contributed Photo
Enterprise’s Nevaeh James, left, and Lannie Stonebrink execute a successful handoff during
the 4x100 relay.
Freshman stars for Outlaws
James wins
300 hurdle title
By RONALD BOND
For the Wallowa County
Chieftain
Tom Nordtvedt/Contributed Photo
Enterprise’s Zac Knapp won individual state titles in both the
1,500 and 3,000 meters during the state track and fi eld meet
this weekend.
EUGENE — Nevaeh
James looks as though she
will be a force to be reck-
oned with for years to come
for the Enterprise girls track
and fi eld team.
The freshman standout
had a hand in all 20 points
the Outlaws scored May
19-20 at the 2A state track
and fi eld meet at Hayward
Field, running on two top-5
relay teams and placing
twice individually, with the
highlight a state champion-
ship in the girls 300-meter
hurdles.
James was third in the
preliminary race of the hur-
dles Thursday with a time of
50.18 seconds, a mark that
was a personal best for the
freshman.
She blew that mark away
just over 24 hours later in the
fi nals, with a winning time of
48.34 seconds that was half
a second ahead of runner-up
Portia Binford of Delphian.
For James, the champi-
onship capped a season that
saw her improve by more
than fi ve seconds in the
event from start to fi nish.
She never placed lower than
third in the race all season,
but her best time prior to the
May 13 district track meet
was 51.90 seconds.
She trimmed more than
1.6 seconds off that day,
when she took the district
crown in 50.26 seconds. She
then dropped her personal
best by nearly two more sec-
onds to become Enterprise’s
fi rst individual champion on
the girls side since Shelby
Moncrief won the 100 in
2019.
See Freshman, Page A10
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