Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain Enterprise freshman Reece Christman shoots over a Union Bobcats defender Saturday evening at Quinn Court. Late in the game with Union leading by a lopsided score, EHS coach Mike Crawford played all his kids.

The Enterprise Outlaw girls had a disappointing weekend, losing two league games. The EHS ladies first were trounced by the visiting Union Bobcats Friday night, Jan. 9, 59-25 in Quinn Court, and then traveled to Cove where they played respectably but lost on a buzzer-beating three-point shot put up by the Leopards.

EHS coach Mike Crawford commented on the Union game. “They just destroyed us from beginning to the end. Again our inexperience came into play, but Union is a tough team, they’re ranked No. 1 in the state in our division and they were 13-0 coming into the game. It’s a fact we have to play tougher and move on to a different level.”

Although Union played well on both sides of the court, it was the Bobcats’ defense that kept the scoreboard from lighting up for Enterprise. The Outlaws only scored in single digits in every quarter of the game. At the half the score was 33-12. The second half was more of the same with Enterprise tallying 13 to Union’s 26.

Enterprise senior Gwen Nohr, sophomore Darby Gassett and freshman Reece Christman each scored five points. Nohr added four steals and a rebound to her stats, Gassett had two rebounds and two steals, and Christman had six rebounds and a steal. Senior leaders from last week were shut down with Emma Hall scoring three, with four rebounds and an assist, and Carsen Sajonia scoring two with three rebounds and two steals. Regan Bedard scored three with five rebounds and Sarah Aschenbrenner had five rebounds.

Against the Leopards on Saturday the box scores indicate the tempo of the game was a little slower and more deliberate. Cove went ahead early, scoring 10 to the Outlaws’ five in the first quarter. The Outlaws regained their composure in the second quarter and went into the locker room ahead 20-17. In the third Cove evened things up, scoring seven to Enterprise’s four.

Coach Crawford explained the last quarter. “We were up by two with eight seconds left in the game. We were fouled on a rebound and went to the line. It was a one-and-one situation and we missed the front end of it. Cove got the rebound, split our defenders and put up a hope and a prayer from three-point land, the ball bounced off the backboard and in. The crowd went crazy and we lost on a one in 999 percent shot.”

The Enterprise girls are 2-2 in league play with two more tough games in front of them. The Outlaws will travel to Burns (who beat Union Saturday night) on Friday and then move on to John Day to play Grant Union the next day.