Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain The Enterprise Outlaw girls' and boys' teams will begin league play tonight, Friday Jan. 2, in Elgin, and on Saturday the Imbler Panthers will travel to Quinn Court. Pictured here is Enterprise's Emma Hall looking to make a pass during a game against Wallowa in early December.

The Enterprise Outlaw girls basketball team traveled to Pendleton earlier this week, Dec. 29-30, for the Enterprise Education Foundation’s Winter Classic Tournament (held in Pendleton). The girls dropped two games, first losing to the Irrigon Knights, 33-42, on Monday, and then losing to the Lost River Pirates 31-59, Tuesday afternoon.

The Outlaws finished up their pre-season play with a record of 5-4.

Enterprise coach Mike Crawford commented on his team’s play at the tourney in Pendleton. “We lost the first game by nine, which wasn’t too bad, and Lost River has been a top-five team for the last two years and are now 11-1. We played some of our best ball we played all season, and probably some of our not-so-best.”

The Outlaws will start league play this weekend beginning with a travel game to Elgin tonight, Friday, Jan.2, On Saturday the Imbler Panthers come to Enterprise.

Crawford added: “The girls are gaining experience and are getting better. We’re going to try and put Elgin, Imbler and Cove on the carpet. We’re going to focus on staying in the hunt and getting better in the end,”