Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
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WEDNESDAY
January 7, 2015
Lady Panthers set nets ablaze
Lady
Panther
Brianna
Zweygardt
keeps
a close
defensive
guard on
one of the
Lady Eagles.
PC girls beat Badgers in overtime rout
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY – The Lady Pan-
thers were on top of their game last
weekend, claiming victories at home
and on the road.
Prairie City head coach Penny
Black was pleased with her team’s
hustle at home when the Panthers
toppled the Joseph Eagles 55-35 and
in Powder Valley, where the team
squeaked past the Badgers 32-30 in
overtime action.
“We worked very intensively at
bettering our defense throughout
the (Christmas) break, and it really
showed up in our games this week-
end,” she said. “Our overall effort
was really amped up and the girls
See GIRLS, Page A18
Amaya Zweygardt (2), moves the ball down the
court as teammates from left, Cassie Hire, Brianna
Zweygardt and Lindsey Stewart follow.
Eagle photos
Cheryl Hoefler
Defensive intensity
propels Lady
Pros to success
S EASON O UTLOOK
GU girls place
2nd at Cobra
Holiday Tourney
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
DETERMINATION
ON
TIGERS’
SIDE
Team strives for constant improvement
By Angel Carpenter
D
Blue Mountain Eagle
AYVILLE – Hard work and discipline.
That’s what’s driving the seven-member Dayville/Mon-
ument boys basketball team, said head coach Jeff Schafer.
The team got off to a successful start this season with
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members.
Dakota Emerson, recently back on the court after recovering from a football
injury, is adding depth to the team, the coach said.
While the Tigers have just one 6-foot player, Sage Flower, Schafer says the
team works well together defensively.
“They really communicate well – they play as a team,”
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he said.
Those qualities should help the team as they face tough S ENIOR
High Desert League foes, including: Prairie City, Adrian,
Crane, Jordan Valley, Harper/Huntington, Long Creek/Ukiah
and Burnt River.
“It’s a good league,” Schafer said. “You can never take
anyone for granted.”
On their list of things to keep working on: defense, ball
movement and movement off the ball as they move forward
with the season.
Sage
Schafer, who works with assistant coach Taylor Schmade-
Flower
ka, said the goal this season is for continual improvement.
We want to “never be content where we are and strive to
keep getting better,” Schafer said.
The sole senior, Sage Flower, said his teammates are excited for the sea-
son.
“They all work really hard – it’s more like a family,” he said. “I think we
have a chance to go somewhere this year, and we’ll keep working hard and see
what happens.”
“Sage has improved tremendously over the last few weeks and is a great
team leader,” Schafer said.
“They are working exceptionally hard this year,” he added. “I’m proud of
all of them. They are great kids to coach. I feel privileged to coach them.”
The Tigers boys, 7-4 on the season, begin league play in Dayville at 7:30
p.m. this Friday, facing Harper/Huntington.
Grant Union
Dayville/Monument
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger Jordan Bowlus,
right, puts up a shot at a recent practice,
with teammate Hayden Schafer also
working on layups.
Long Creek
Prairie City
JOHN DAY – The Grant
Union Prospectors had a busy
schedule over the Christmas
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games since Dec. 29.
The Prospectors tore up
the Grant Union court with a
77-34 win over Cove last Sat-
urday in their second league
game.
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Grant Union had a 5-point
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built a 33-14 advantage by the Nathan Gehley goes up
for a successful shot
half and never looked back.
in Saturday’s winning
See BOYS, Page A18 game against Cove.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Grant Union @ Imbler
Imbler
6 p.m.
Prairie City
6 p.m.
Dayville
6 p.m.
Harper
2 p.m.
Dayville/Monument @ Burnt River
Unity
6 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah vs. Jordan Valley
Ukiah
2 p.m.
Long Creek
6 p.m.
Dayville/Monument vs. Harper/Huntington
Tuesday, Jan. 13
See PROS, Page A18
By Angel Carpenter
Prairie City vs. Long Creek/Ukiah
Saturday, Jan. 10
rebounding and scoring,” coach
Mosley said.
Prospector Emily Mosley
was pleased with the team’s win.
“Our defense was really
good in the second half,” she
said. “We’re getting better at
moving our offense and play-
ing as a team.”
Pentzer and Heather Mos-
ley had 13 points each for
Grant Union’ Moulton had 8,
Pros take 4th at
Cobra Holiday
Tourney
Basketball
Friday, Jan. 9
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector
Heather Mosley goes up
for a shot over the reach
of Cove player Kyndal
Murchison in Saturday’s
game.
GU boys set strong
pace against Cove
Top photo: Dayville/Monument head coach Jeff Schafer, left, and assistant coach Taylor Schmadeka (left, back) visit
with the Tiger basketball team, including (from left) Tanner Moodenbaugh, Sage Flower, Jordan Bowlus, Hayden
Schafer (foreground), Tanner Walczyk and Scott Werner. Not pictured: Dakota Emerson.
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JOHN DAY – The Grant
Union girls basketball team
turned up the heat over Christ-
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the road and at home.
The Lady Prospectors
made a strong impression on
their home court Saturday in
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ing the Cove Leopards 50-23.
First-half action saw
3-point shots from Kori
Pentzer, Mariah Moulton and
McKenzie Wilson.
At halftime, Grant Union
had a 23-15 lead, and then kept
Cove to 8 points for the rest of
the game. The Pros gave up only
2 points in the third quarter.
“Great team defense in the
second half proved to be the
deciding factor in this game,”
said head coach Mark Mosley.
“We adjusted at halftime and
used more ball pressure to cre-
ate turnovers to jump start our
offense.”
Helping move Grant Union
ahead were Babe Nash and
Moulton.
They “played very well
coming in off the bench with
Prairie City @ Harper/Huntington
Dayville/Monument @ Long Creek/Ukiah