January 25, 2010 03:44 pm
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 POST PRESENCE: Union’s Jessy Reynolds takes a jump shot during a game against Enterprise. PAUL HARDER/The Observer UNION — A poor run of luck continued for the Outlaws on the road Friday in Union.
Enterprise is 1-6 against the Bobcats in the last four years.
That run of poor luck coincides with the arrival of Jessy Reynolds.
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January 25, 2010 03:42 pm
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 PLAYING BIG: Union’s Kelson Bertrand helped his team split this weekend’s games. PAUL HARDER/The Observer UNION — It doesn't take a large spark to start a fire.
5-foot-3 guard Kelson Bertrand ignited Union during a 63-58 win against Enterprise Friday.
“He did a really good job for us,” Union head coach Brett Dunten said.
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January 25, 2010 03:39 pm
ELGIN — While the Elgin girls basketball team had trouble
scoring the ball, the boys team had absolutely no problem in a 76-35
route of Irrigon Saturday night.
“I was really impressed with how the kids played,” Elgin coach Casey
Hallgarth said. “We never let up and we kept hustling until the very
end.”
Elgin started the game on a 6-0 run, then stretched the lead to 11-2 halfway through the opening quarter.
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January 25, 2010 03:37 pm
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ELGIN -— In a game where points were scarce, the Elgin girls basketball team needed overtime to put away the Irrigon Knights 35-27.
Both teams got off to a slow start, with Elgin leading 6-2 after the
first quarter. It was more of the same in the second quarter, as the
zone defense seemed to slow down the offenses on both sides.
The Huskies took an 8-5 lead into halftime. Elgin made some
adjustments at halftime and came out moving the ball up court with a
fast pace to take a 17-11 lead after the third quarter.
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January 25, 2010 03:35 pm
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HOOD RIVER — The La Grande swim team traveled to Hood River for the Hood River Invitational Saturday.
The girls team placed third amongst 12 teams with 300 points, just
72 points off the pace of the first-place team from Summit High School.
The boys team finished in seventh with 161 points amongst 10 teams.
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January 25, 2010 03:34 pm
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 TRAPPED TIGER: The La Grande girls basketball team couldn’t get past Ontario Friday. Observer file photo The up-and-down play of the La Grande girls basketball team continued Friday night against Ontario.
La Grande got itself in a hole early on and could never recover, losing for the first time in Greater Oregon League play, 45-37.
“We spotted them to many points in the first half,” LHS head coach
Doug Girdner said. “And for most of the game we just couldn’t stop
their dribble penetration.”
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January 25, 2010 03:31 pm
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 LA GRANDE LEADER: The Tigers’ Kevin Attila has helped fuel his team’s late-season push. Attila scored a team-high 17 points during a win against Ontario. Observer file photo The La Grande boys basketball team is starting to get that swagger
back — the one they had last year when they just missed out on a state
championship.
Friday night against Ontario, the Tigers showed that swagger as they led wire-to-wire in a 56-43 Greater Oregon League victory.
“Defensively we played really good,” La Grande head coach Aaron
Mills said. “We let them hang around for most of the game, but we’ll
take it.”
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January 22, 2010 03:08 pm
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ENTERPRISE — The best wrestlers from Wallowa County and Union County converged on Enterprise Thursday night to see who was better.
After 15 matches, 12 of which ended by pin fall, wrestlers from Enterprise, Joseph and Wallowa have bragging rights until next time over Imbler, Union and Elgin.
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January 21, 2010 03:33 pm
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When La Grande takes on Baker on Jan. 29, Baker High School will be sponsoring a special night.
The girls’ basketball teams have announced that Jan. 29 is “Breast Cancer Awareness Night” at Baker High School. The teams hope to make this an annual fundraising event. Fans will see the girls sporting pink and there will be a silent auction as well as breast health awareness merchandise and free educational material.
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January 20, 2010 02:58 pm
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 MAT MALICE: La Grande wrestler Andrew Humphreys gets the advantage on the competition Tuesday. - CASEY KELLAS/The Observer Whenever Baker and La Grande get together in the same gym you know it is going to be entertaining. Tuesday was no different.
The La Grande wrestling team needed a late pin fall to hold off the Bulldogs 43-30 in the La Grande-Baker dual.
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