High school basketball roundup: Wallowa notches fifth OOL win of the season

Published 9:48 am Friday, February 3, 2023

WALLOWA — The Wallowa girls basketball team notched its fifth 1A Old Oregon League victory with a 49-35 win over Cove on Thursday, Feb. 2.

The game marked the second time this season Wallowa has downed the Leopards. The Cougars beat Cove, 40-35, on Jan. 20.

Wallowa (8-9 overall, 5-3 1A 1A Old Oregon League) was scheduled to remain at home with a game against Pine Eagle (2-17 overall, 1-6 1A Old Oregon League) on Feb. 3.

Cove (4-16 overall, 1-7 1A Old Oregon League) was scheduled to stay on the road on Feb. 3 with a trip to Joseph (6-12 overall, 3-4 1A Old Oregon League) to take the court against the Eagles.

The Leopards are looking to break a three-game loss streak and avenge a 41-30 loss to Joseph on Jan. 14.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

COVE 55, WALLOWA 26

WALLOWA — There are times in high school basketball the schedule works in a team’s favor. Facing a tough weekend schedule, Cove boys basketball head coach Doug Wiggins was able to sit his starters for the majority of the game on Thursday, Feb. 2, and see his bench take a 55-26 win over Wallowa.

“This was a pure team effort as the bench played most of the game giving our starters a rest going into a big weekend versus Joseph on Friday and Crane on Saturday,” he said. “It was nice to see our bench come in and play the level they did for most of the game.”

Sophomore Micah Jayne led the Leopards with 14 points while Kade McLean added five points.

“Micah reeked havoc on their hall handlers all night and Kade dominated the boards,” Wiggins said.

Cove (15-5 overall, 7-1 1A Old Oregon League) was scheduled to continue on the road on Feb. 3 with a game in Joseph (13-5 overall, 4-3 1A Old Oregon League).

The loss extends Wallowa’s loss streak to 10 games with the Cougars (2-16 overall, 0-8 1A Old Oregon League) scheduled to be back on home court on Feb. 3 looking for their first league victory versus Pine Eagle (8-11 overall, 2-5 1A Old Oregon League).