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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Malheur puts regional snowmobile policy on hold
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be working closely with
local snowmobile clubs
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gional Office has released routes.
a new Forest Service poli-
“The Forest welcomes
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feedback
and
to designate specific areas will work with the lo-
for snowmobile operation, cal snowmobile clubs to
but Malheur National For- identify the routes they
est officials say it won’t have been using to en-
take immediate effect sure their continued use.
here.
We also plan to go in front
The policy goes into ef- of the Grant and Harney
fect Feb. 28 for the region, County courts to solicit
but the Malheur won’t make their participation,” said
any changes at that time. Forest Supervisor Steve
Instead, the forest staff will Beverlin.
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Snowmobiles and other
motorized vehicles will re-
main prohibited in the wil-
derness areas.
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forests to publish over-
snow vehicle maps using
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maps to be worked out
through a public process.
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ify where snowmobiles and
other over-snow motorized
vehicles can travel.
The new policy, released
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forest to designate roads,
trails, and areas where such
over-snow vehicles are al-
lowed.
The Malheur National
Forest does not currently
have a snowmobile policy
for their roughly 850-mile
network of trails; most of
them forest roads, which
are groomed by local snow-
mobile clubs.
Find more on Winter
Recreation on the Malheur
at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/
activity/malheur/recre-
ation/wintersports.
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The Grant Union Gold dance team performs the
routine they’ll take to state competition next month
during halftime of last Saturday’s boys basketball
game at Grant Union. In front, from left, are Jaiden
Kerr and Carli Gardner. This weekend the dance
team competes at the South Albany competition.
GU grapplers take on tough BEO competition
Team looks to ‘achieve their potential’
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
HEPPNER – The Grant
Union wrestling team faced
tough opponents last Satur-
day at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon Tournament in Hep-
pner.
“It was a super tough
meet,” said Grant Union
head coach Andy Lus-
co. “The competition was
amongst the best we have
seen all season with over
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their weight classes were
Hunter Martin (138), An-
drew Copenhaver (160),
Dillon Maley (195) and
Chance Ballou (285).
“Antonio Dancer wres-
tled very tough at 145,”
Lusco said.
Dancer went 1-2, losing
one close match.
“Andrew
Copenhaver
wrestled in another tough
bracket and finished 2-2,”
Lusco added.
Grant Union has one
more tournament – this Sat-
urday at Pine Eagle in Half-
way – before heading to the
Feb. 21 district meet in En-
terprise.
“We need to make a good
showing as we prepare to
go to Enterprise for districts
on the following Saturday,”
Lusco said. “We are looking
to peak at the right time –
we want our top wrestlers
to achieve their potential at
districts, and we want our
young guys to surprise peo-
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She said Adrian puts up a
“tremendous amount of pres-
sure,” and added that Marlay-
na Woodbury was a leader in
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that game, calming the team
On the road, the Lady Pan- down and organizing them on
thers lost to Crane 55-61 on the court.
Tuesday, Feb. 3 and to Adrian
Black said the team will
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work this week on scoring un-
Coach Black said her team der pressure.
came close to beating Crane,
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half, and leading through part potential, and they haven’t
of the second half.
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“It was a great game and
Panther boys rein
showed our potential,” she said.
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The Prairie City boys had
a slow start Saturday against
Burnt River, but came back to
win 50-29.
“They’ve been working
really hard all year long to
get better,” said head coach
Mark Woodbury. “They’ve
had a hard time trusting them-
selves.”
Against the Bulls, he said,
they calmed down after the
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cuting the game plan.
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open lanes to penetrate,” he
said.
Triston Emmel, who had
been out with an injury, was
cleared to play in the game.
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Grant Union’s Hunter
Martin takes on an
Imbler opponent earlier
in the season.
to the team that we’ve been
missing,” Woodbury said.
“He started shooting from the
outside.”
Emmel also calmed the
team down and made some
“great back-door passes,” he
said.
The Panthers scored 20
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15 by Wyatt Williams and 5
by Emmel.
“That was a big boost for
us – everybody loosened up,”
Woodbury said.
Prairie City fell 18-58 to
Crane on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and
26-45 to Adrian last Friday.
Coming up
The teams are preparing
to face Harper/Huntington in
Prairie City this Friday, the
girls game beginning at 6 p.m.
They’ll travel to Long Creek
to play Long Creek/Ukiah at 4
p.m. Saturday.
For the Panther boys, win-
ning both games would mean
a pass to the Feb. 19-21 dis-
trict tournament.
If they win just one, a play-
off game will be held to deter-
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“We want to win both,”
Woodbury said.
The Lady Panthers are cur-
rently fourth in league.
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of eight in the High Desert
League will play at the district
tournament.
The stats
PC boys vs. Burnt River
Garrett Hitz: 18 points
Wyatt Williams: 17
Anthony Hall: 6
Triston Emmel: 5
Danner Davis: 2
Ethan Camarena: 2
Brandon Gillihan
PC girls vs. Burnt River
points/rebounds/steals/assists
Brianna Zweygardt: 24/8/6/2
Amy Black: 13/7/5/5
Jeannie McCarthy: 6/1/-/-
Amaya Zweygardt: 2/5/2/2
Marnie Woodbury: 2/3/-/-
Mariah McClung: 2/-/1/1
Sarah Ennis: 2/2/-/-
Cassie Hire: 2/2/2/1
Megan Camarena: 2/4/1/-
Sierra Dahlen: -/1/1/2
Lindsay Wall: -/3/1/-
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School: Grant Union
Grade: Freshman
Parents: Kelly and Lori Stokes
Sport: Basketball
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What I like best about my sport: “I like playing as a team
and having all my teammates around me, having fun on and
off the court.”
Coach’s Comment: “Duane, along with several of his
teammates, is what makes coaching fun. He consistently
works extremely hard every day in practice and does what his
coaches ask at all times. He is truly a great kid and a fantastic
young basketball player.”
– Coach Steve Speth
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league going into the district
tournament, set for Feb. 20-
21.
Grant Union and Imbler
could end up tied for third
if Imbler loses to Burns and
Union this weekend and Grant
Union wins both of its games.
“We need to improve this
week and do our best to pre-
pare to win this weekend’s
games,” Speth said.
The stats
GU boys vs. Union
Points/rebounds/assists/steals
Wyatt Weaver: 21/9/2/1
Nathan Gehley: 14/4/0/1
Wade Reimers: 8/1/1/2
Zack Deiter: 8/0/1/0
Brady Burch: 4/5/2/2
Mitch Moulton: 3/2/1/1
Ricky Weickum: 2/5/7/2
Trace Gill: 2/2/0/1
Duane Stokes: 0/1/0/0
Blake Stone
Cauy Weaver