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liked the quicker pace of
their game.”
Prairie City had a com-
manding 38-23 lead over
Joseph by halftime, and
kept scoreboard churning
with 51-27 at the close of
the third quarter.
Six Panthers scored
against the Eagles. Amy
Black led the way with 27
points and 10 steals.
Amaya and Brianna
Zweygardt each scored 8
points and brought down
nine rebounds.
Prairie City had a phys-
ical game against the
Badgers with “a lot of
defense and not a lot of
offense,” coach Black said.
Both teams waged a
full-court press for the dura-
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lished, she added.
“I was very pleased with
our intensity, and our posts
really did well at getting posi-
tion and rebounding,” she said.
“Lindsey Stewart and Brianna
Zweygardt had 23 rebounds
between them – they absolute-
ly made a statement at owning
the boards in this game and our
guards stayed aggressive in the
front court disrupting Powder
Valley’s offense.”
Amy Black led the team
with 18 points scored, fol-
lowed by Stewart with 10.
“I’m very proud of our
girls for how they responded
defensively, now we go back
to work piecing our game of
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
The stats
Prairie City girls vs. Joseph
Points/rebounds/steals/assists
Amy Black: 27/4/10/7
Amaya Zweygardt: 8/9/5/1
Brianna Zweygardt: 8/9/3/2
Cassie Hire: 7/1/3/1
Lindsey Stewart: 3/5/3/1
Sarah Ennis: 2/-/2/-
Prairie City girls vs. Powder
Valley
Black: 18/4/8/4
Stewart: 10/13/2/-
A. Zweygardt: 2/5/2/-
B. Zweygardt: 2/10/4/-
Ennis: -/4/2/-
offense and defense together
for league play,” the coach
said.
The team played Grant
Union junior varsity on Tues-
day, past press time, and
is scheduled to face Long
Creek/Ukiah in Prairie City
at 6 p.m. Friday for their
first league game.
Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler
Lady Panther coach Penny Black, center, and assistant coach Joe Merchant
discuss strategy moves with the team during a timeout.
Tiger boys stick to team goals for 3-1 run
GU wrestlers take
takes
4th at John Rysdam Team
4th at EOU’s
Prospectors will
host tourney on
Jan. 23
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
ELGIN – Grant Union’s
wrestling team is gaining mo-
mentum as the season pro-
gresses.
The wrestlers battled to
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John Rysdam Tournament in
Elgin.
Clay Johnson placed sec-
ond in his weight class, going
4-1, and Chance Ballou placed
third.
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weight classes were Jesse Paul-
son and Reuben Nelson. Had-
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said Johnson wrestled well,
taking third at the tourney.
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Ballou wrestled in a tough
varsity bracket,” Lusco add-
ed.
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Boethin, Goldblatt and Hunt-
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making great progress,” he
said.
He said the team is look-
ing forward to the Feb. 21
district meet in Enterprise.
The team is scheduled to
wrestle in Baker City on Jan.
16 and will host a tourna-
ment Jan. 23 at Grant Union.
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talked about personal goals,
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ing our game – the boys came
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ball team had a holiday season
“I am especially proud of
packed with victories at home the fact that they are support-
and on the road.
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are many things we need to
learn from as well.”
Emily Mosley led Prospec-
tor
scoring with 12, followed
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by Pentzer with 9, Heather
Wilson 7, Nash 5 and Emi- Mosley 6, Samantha Brock
ly Mosley 4. Rebounding was and McKenzie Wilson 5 each,
led by Heather Mosley with 7, Riley Sharp 4, and Nash 3. In
Nash 6 and Emily Mosley 4.
rebounding, Heather Mosley
The win over Cove came had 7, and Sharp and Emily
after a tough game the previous Mosley, 4 each.
night.
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game of the season, 57-44.
Linn High School in Halsey.
Mosley said his team played
Grant Union toppled 2A To-
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half quarters, then ran low on Scio 48-36 the next day.
energy in the fourth quarter.
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and are one of the favorites to – the favorites to win the tour-
win the league,” he said. “We nament – was the best of the
did some things well, but there competition.
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but came back the following
day with a 59-52 win over La
Grande junior varsity.
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and did outstanding.”
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of the tournament, earning
fourth place.
“I think that tourney was
important for our team because
we talked a lot about personal
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GU girls vs. Toledo
Kori Pentzer: 13 points
Heather Mosley: 12 points, 8 re-
bounds, 6 steals, 3 blocked shots
Samantha Brock: 10 points
McKenzie Wilson: 10 points
Riley Sharp: 8 points
Emily Mosley: 6 points, 4 rebounds
Natalie Stearns: 4 points
Babe Nash: 5 rebounds
GU girls vs. Scio
Pentzer: 16 points, 5 steals
E. Mosley: 12 points, 6 rebounds
Nash: 6 points, 4 rebounds
Grant Union took a com-
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strong and shocked Scio,” he
said.
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“Both teams started slow
goals and the team holding
each other accountable to do
their best at meeting those
goals,” Schafer said. “My
team is working diligently at
defense, being smart, staying
out of foul trouble, and encour-
aging one another.”
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up with Long Creek/Ukiah in
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H. Mosley: 5 points, 7 rebounds
Sharp: 4 points
Brock: 2 points, 5 rebounds
Wilson: 1 point
Stearns: 1 point
GU girls vs. Willamina
H. Mosley: 12 points, 5 rebounds,
6 steals
Pentzer: 11 points
Sharp: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 4
steals
Brock: 2 points
Wilson: 2 points
Moulton: 2 points
E. Mosley: 7 rebounds
and the game became more of a
defensive battle,” Mosley said.
The face-off continued into
overtime, the score tied at 31 at
the end of regulation, then Wil-
lamina pulled ahead for a 34-33
win.
“I was proud of how hard
the girls played during this
tournament,” Mosley said.
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than we have before,” he said.
Grade: Freshman
“It was a team effort, and we
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executed well.”
Parents: Chris and Rebecca Camarena
“Tonight we won the re-
The home game came as a
Sport: Basketball
bound,” said head coach Steve relief after four games on the
Position: Post
Speth, adding the Pros beat road.
Cove on the boards by 10.
Burns took Grant Union
What I like best about my sport: “Being together with all my
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game.
game and is fun to coach – we’re excited at her potential and
Nine Grant Union players
“The game was close
what she’s going to give to our team in the future.”
contributed to the scoring at- throughout, and we actually
tack.
held a 4-point lead in the fourth
– Coach Penny Black
“Overall we were able to quarter before a 7-0 Burns run
play well offensively, sharing cost us the game,” Speth said.
the ball and getting good shots,
Both teams struggled to
plus playing well defensively, score, mainly due to a strong
which created some easy bas- defensive effort.
kets in transition on offense,”
“Burns executed down the
Speth said.
stretch to hold on to the win,”
Prospector Nathan Gehley Speth said. “It was a tough
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The Prospectors endured
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of the toughest 2A teams in the
state, Toledo, left them on the
losing end at 28-64.
“They are big, fast, strong,
skilled and well coached,”
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Grant Union Prospector Mitch Moulton takes aim in
Saturday’s win over Cove.
The stats
GU boys vs. Cove
Points/rebounds/steals/assists
Mitch Moulton: 27/7/4/-
Wyatt Weaver: 14/3/4/2 and 3 blocks
Nate Gehley: 12/5/-/3
Blake Stone: 7/2/-/-
Ricky Weickum: 4/6/-/-
Cauy Weaver: 4/3/-/-
Brogan McKrola: 3/-/2/-
Trace Gill: 2/4/-/-
Clayton Vaughan: 2/-/-/-
GU boys vs. Burns
Gehley: 9/2/-/-
Moulton: 8/3/-/2
Leonard Radinovich: 6/2/-/- and 2
blocks
Weaver: 4/7/2/2
Gill: 4/5/-/-
Brady Burch: 2/-/-/-
Weickum: 1/2/-/-
Cobra Holiday Tournament
GU boys vs. Toledo
Gehley: 10/3/-/-
The Prospectors’ 76-68 win
over the Willamina Bulldogs
in the consolation champion-
ship game gave Grant Union
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ish.
“Willamina was a very
scrappy team that had a good
shooting guard and a few good
post players,” he said.
The Pros took control of the
game early on, building a dou-
ble-digit lead, but Willamina
cut that to 7 by halftime.
Weaver: 6/5/-/3
Gill: 4/2/-/3
Moulton: 3/-/2/-
Duane Stokes: 3/-/-/-
Cauy Weaver: 2/-/-/-
GU boys vs. Scio
Moulton: 32/5/4/-
Gehley: 8/7/-/-
Wyatt Weaver: 7/9/8/3
Weickum: 4/3/-/3
Radinovich: 2/2/2/-
Vaughan: 2/-/-/-
Stone: 2/-/-/-
Stokes: -/-/2/-
GU boys vs. Willamina
Moulton: 28/7/2/3
Wyatt Weaver: 16/4/3/-
Gehley: 14/10/-/3
Gill: 9/2/2/2
Weickum: 4/4/4/5
Stone: 3/-/-/-
Radinovich: 2/3/-/-
The Bulldogs led by 6 in
the third quarter.
“After settling down, we
were able to execute on of-
fense and defense to regain the
lead going into the fourth and
build the lead once again to
double digits,” he said. “Willa-
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the lead, but we were able to
execute down the stretch and
make enough free throws to
win the game and take fourth
place in the tournament.”
