UNION — The Lady Cats eliminated Elgin/Imbler from the Special District 6 league playoffs Wednesday with an 11-1 victory.

Union/Cove will now face Pine Eagle Friday in Enterprise. The Spartans defeated Wallowa 10-1 Wednesday.

The winner between the Lady Cats and Spartans will face Enterprise for the district title.

THE BEST: The La Grande team pauses after winning its second 4A state golf title in a row Tuesday in Banks. From left to right are Jacob Girard, Nathan Ladendorff, Joel Wylam, Mavric Goss, Daniel Seymour, and Ron Evans (coach).

La Grande pulls away from North Valley to claim second straight 4A state golf crown 

BANKS — The Tigers have done it again.

For the second straight year, the La Grande boys golf team has finished the season as the best 4A team in Oregon. 

REDMOND -La Grande’s Carrie Wallace finished in 23rd place at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state golf tournament at Eagle Crest Golf Course Tuesday.

Wallace shot an 88 on the second day of play after carding a 94 on Monday to finish with a two-day total of 182.

BAKER CITY — It wasn’t a battle of first places that decided which team would win the 1A District 4 boys team track title Saturday at the Baker High School track.

It was much closer than that.

Cove needed every single point and place that it could muster to hold off Joseph for the team title by one-half of a point — 129.5 to 129.

BANKS — The La Grande boys golf team is on the brink of another state title. After Day 1 of the 4A state tournament at Quail Valley Golf Course Monday, the Tigers are tied for first place with North Valley.

Both teams finished 37-over for a team score of 325, while La Salle Prep is 14 shots behind at 339. North Bend (341) and Sisters (344) round out the top five. 

BAKER CITY — Imbler rolled to an easy win in Saturday’s 1A District 4 girls track championships, scoring more than twice as many points as it closest pursuer.

By the end of the meet at Baker High School, the Panthers had finished with 161 points.

RELAY WIN: Enterprise’s Austin Burns raises his arm in triumph after winning the 4x100-meter relay Friday at the Blue Mountain Conference district championship meet in Union. The Outlaws also ran away with a win in the 4x400 meter relay, while Burns added an easy win in the 800 meters. BRAD MOSHER / The Observer

UNION — It was simple.

Enterprise used speed, strength and stamina to run away with the boys team title in the Blue Mountain Conference championships Friday at the Union sports complex.

PASSING ON A CURVE: Union’s freshman sprinter Bayly Poor passes Madison Carlin of Weston-McEwen in the 200 meters as they come out of the curve Friday. BRAD MOSHER / The Observer

UNION — The Lady Cats had a “poor” showing on the track at Friday’s Blue Mountain Conference district championships.

It was “Poor” in the 200 meters.

It was “Poor” in the 400 meters.

It was “Poor” in the 4x400 meter relay and even a little in the long jump. 

ELGIN — Union/Cove managed to stay on top in the Special District 7 after the first of two league five-ways Friday. 

The Bobcats split their two baseball games, losing to Elgin (12-3) in the opener before trouncing Adrian 17-3 in their second game.

BAKER CITY — The La Grande baseball team swept rival Baker Friday to wrap up the Greater Oregon League schedule. 

The Tigers won the opener 13-6 and took the second game 13-3 in five innings.