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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Panther/Bulls look to
next challenge after loss
Prairie City/
Burnt River
hosts Hornets
Friday at 7 p.m.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Jeannie McCarthy (1) gets a dig with teammates Brianna Zweygardt (13),
Amaya Zweygardt (2) and Sarah Ennis (10) in the action.
Lady Panthers don’t back
down in week’s battles
Prairie City
prepares for
District tourney
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY – The Prai-
rie City Lady Panthers hosted
two good teams last week, tak-
ing a loss and a win.
“Friday,
against
Jor-
dan Valley, we had a good
match against a tough team,”
said head coach Louanne
Zweygardt.
In the game, played in Uni-
ty, Prairie City won the second
set and had a close second set,
but lost the match.
The Panthers’ scores
against the Mustangs were: 19-
25, 25-16, 22-25, 9-25.
“We started out strong, with
great team effort, but then fell
short in the fourth set to end
the match,” the coach said.
“Cassie Hire played a good
match at the net, blocking and
hitting very well.”
She added, “Jeannie McCa-
rthy served well, had no hitting
errors and passed the ball very
well too. Brianna Zweygardt
was 100 percent for 18 serves,
and Sarah Ennis and Amaya
Zweygardt both passed very
well, giving our setters and hit-
ters opportunities to put the
ball away.”
Saturday’s game against
Harper/Huntington at the
Prairie City court went bet-
ter.
Prairie City’s scores
against the Hornets were:
25-15, 21-25, 26-24, 25-15.
Coach Zweygardt said
this was an opportunity to
play a team that “scrambles
and covers the Àoor well.”
“Brianna had a great
match with passing, serv-
ing and hitting,” she said.
“Amaya contributed many
good passes. Cassie and
Sarah also had good pass-
ing and hitting games that
day.”
The Lady Panthers now
prepare for the 1A High
Desert League District
Tournament set for 9 a.m.
Saturday at Grant Union in
John Day.
UNITY – Prairie City/
Burnt River had a tough time
getting things to go their way
last Friday against Jordan
Valley and took a 2-66 hit.
“It was a rough game,”
said
Panther/Bull
head
coach Darrel McKrola. “We
couldn’t hang onto the foot-
ball. We moved the ball and
had some good runs, and just
weren’t able to capitalize.”
He said the team had some
good rushing with the ball,
but fumbled the ball a couple
GU
Contributed photo
Prairie City/Burnt River’s Tyler Belveal (1) runs the
ball on a quarterback keeper with Kenny Lien (21)
and Caffrey Chan (3) making the blocks.
times near the goal line.
Prairie City/Burnt River’s
two points came from a safe-
ty.
“We’re going to work
on handling the ball better,”
McKrola said. “We moved
‘
This is a really fun group of student
athletes. They work hard and play hard.’
Jason Miller
Grant Union’s head football coach
Continued from Page B1
Currently, Burns leads 3-0
in league, with Grant Union
second at 2-1, and Imbler third
at 1-1.
The top two teams in league
will advance to the state play-
offs.
The Prospector squad is 30
players deep this year with six
seniors, four juniors, thirteen
sophomores and seven fresh-
men.
Miller said he’s pleased
with the progress the team has
made this year, especially with
improvements in the offensive
line.
“We are trying to improve
our toughness at the point of at-
tack,” he said, adding the team
is working to become “smart
football players.”
guys around – we have a lim-
ited number of boys in posi-
tions.”
The Panther/Bulls will
host Harper/Huntington for
homecoming in Prairie City
at 7 p.m. Friday night.
“This is a really fun group
of student athletes,” he said.
“They work hard and play
hard.”
Seniors on the roster in-
clude: Garrett McConnell,
Clayton Vaughan, Wyatt
Weaver, Andrew Copenhaver,
Hayden Young and Antonio
Dancer.
McConnell said things look
good, seeing where they came
from last year.
“It’s a big improvement, and
a big blessing too,” he said.
Vaughan said he’s enjoying
his senior year.
“I wouldn’t want any other
teammates than the ones I have
right now,” he said.
Weaver’s athleticism in oth-
er sports has transferred well to
football – this is his ¿rst year
playing high school football.
“It’s great to be out with
these guys,” he said. “This ¿rst
year is great, and it’s great to be
a part of the team – I wish I’d
started earlier.”
“I’m really proud of the
guys out here,” Copenhaver
said. “I wouldn’t want to play
my senior year with anyone
else.”
Young said he’s also happy
to be a part of the team.
“To be in this position this
year, to possibly make playoffs
is such an improvement,” he
said.
Dancer said he’s proud of
how the team has grown over
the season and gained experi-
ence.
“We have more of a chance
to make playoffs this year and
make a name for ourselves,” he
said.
Open House at the Outpost
Oct. 24th, 10am-4pm
Diamond Hitch Mule
Ranch would like to thank
all the sponsors for
making our summer
concerts such a great
SUCCESS!
Get that Christmas
Shopping Started!
Lots of Vendors:
Jewelry
Scentsy
Thirty-one Gifts
Essential Oils
See’s Candy & Jerky
Handmade Crafts
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• Boyer’s Cash Store
• Dayville Cafe
• Don Moss Enterprises
• Mike Stovall Concrete
Construction
• Apricot Apiaries
• Great Expectations
• 1188 Brewery
• Johnny Creek Ranch
• Spray Motel & Retreat
• Fossil Mercantile
• Dr. Norm & Melanie
DeJong
• Long View Ranch
• Real Estate Outback
• In the Sticks Juniper
... and a special thank you to Rich
Randleas, the sound and graphic king!
2nd Annual Community Screening Week
November 2nd-6th
Screeners will use the Ages and Stages questionnaire to look at
cognitive, social/emotional, fine and gross motor skills, and speech and
communication development.
The goal of this event is to provide a free developmental
screening to all children from 2 months to 5 years
in the county.
The Grant County Health Department will be
doing screenings on November 5th from 9am-
3pm. You may also receive immunizations
and Well Child check-ups along with the
screening. Gift Certificates will be offered
for participation.
Strawberry Wilderness Clinic on
November 6th from 8am-4pm.
Gift Certificates available to participants.
Parents of preschoolers in Monument,
Dayville, Long Creek, Prairie City, Seneca,
Bright Beginnings, & Sonshine Christian
School: please look for and return the
permission slip that will be sent home
from your preschool provider. The
Frontier Early Learning HUB will provide a $15 gift certificate to
families that participate.
This community event is brought to you in cooperation with
the following community partners:
The Frontier Early Leaning HUB
InterMountain ESD - Early Intervention
Strawberry Wilderness Clinic
Grant County Coordinating Advisory Council
Grant County Health Department
Grant County ESD
Families First
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