Prep football: Outlaws, Cougars lose season openers

Published 1:12 pm Friday, September 1, 2023

WALLOWA COUNTY – The Enterprise Outlaws and the Wallowa Cougars both lost their season-opening football games on Thursday, Aug. 31.

In a nonleague outing, the Outlaws lost to the visiting Panthers from Imbler by a 50-20 score.

Enterprise (0-1 overall) continues in nonleague action on Thursday, Sept. 8 with a trip to Stanfield to meet the Tigers. Stanfield (0-1 overall) opened its season on Saturday, Sept. 2 with a 43-0 drubbing at the hands of Kennedy.

Meanwhile, the Wallowa football team’s entry into the six-man ranks ended in a loss to the visiting Prairie City/Burnt River Panthers.

The Panthers held the Cougars scoreless and took a 44-0 victory.

After playing eight-man football last season, the game marked the first time on the field for Wallowa playing six-man football.

Wallowa (0-1 overall) jumps immediately into 1A Special District 1 play on Friday, Sept. 8 with a trip to Fossil to take on the reigning state champion Rattlers of Spray/Mitchell/Wheeler.

The Rattlers (0-1) were upset by Harper Charter, 26-20, in their opener on Friday, Sept. 1.