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A14 Sports/News Blue Mountain Eagle HOOPS Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Prairie City boys, 66 Long Creek/Ukiah, 37 Continued from Page A7 Johnson and TC Conner said they are training the girls to quicken their pace, without hurrying. “The girls are all pretty much beginning,” Johnson said. “Overall, we’re trying to encourage them to keep play- ing, and we’re trying to make it fun.” Long Creek/Ukiah faced Jordan Valley the following day, losing 11-70. The Lady Panthers took on Harper/Huntington in Harper Saturday, winning 66-19. The Prairie City and Long Creek/Ukiah boys battled it out on the Panther court with Prairie City winning 66-37. “It’s something we needed pretty bad,” said Panther head coach Mark Woodbury. He noted that Dorran Wil- son is out for the season with an injury, and Triston Emmel came out of Friday’s game with an injury, paring the team down to six players. Prairie City was up 17-9 in the ¿rst quarter, and lost some wind in the second quarter. The Panthers still had the lead at halftime, 23-19, but DON MOLES In-HomeService ( Formerly D2 Appliance) washers dryers ranges refrigerators dishwashers microwaves freezers hoods 541-792-1188 John Day, OR 1 )DPLO\SKDUPDFLHVVHUYLQJ(DVWHUQ2UHJRQRYHU\HDUV Heppner and Condon, Oregon consistency, and have got to capitalize on turnovers.” Long Creek/Ukiah co- coach Daniel Johnson said his team is doing well for the time they’ve had to work together. One of his experienced players, Sam Studtmann, got into foul trouble early. “He plays good defense, so that hurt us,” Johnson said. The team will work on ex- ecution and keeping up the tempo, he said. Co-coach TC Conner said the group needs to work on “making things happen.” “They need to read and react,” he said. “Things are still progressing, and they are still learning the offense and timing.” On Saturday, the Panthers lost 35-63 to Harper/Hun- tington. Long Creek/Ukiah, facing Jordan Valley, lost 24-63. the opportunity to learn more about the United States and travel to other towns. “I think basketball is fun and healthy, and we can be with all our friends,” he said. Senior girls are Maria Cabral, Mae Phatthanun and Lea Petruccello. The three girls all said they’re having fun this sea- son. Cabral, who was a part of the team in practice last year, said she’s enjoys the sport. “In team, everything is better,” said Cabral. “I like to play basketball with them and just do our best.” “We have a great time in practice,” Phatthanun added. “This is the ¿rst time that we’ve played, and we’re try- ing to do our best and have fun,” Petruccello said. In the High Desert League, the teams are facing Dayville/ Monument, Adrian, Crane, Harper/Huntington, Jordan Valley, Burnt River and Prai- rie City. The Long Creek/Uki- ah teams have yet to break through for a win, but the boys gave Prairie City some intense competition during their ¿rst league game last Friday. The Mountaineer/Cougar boys kept the score close and gained the lead for a short time in the third quarter be- fore Prairie City pulled away with the 66-37 win. Coach Johnson said the teams are improving. “I think they’re doing well for coming together as late as they did,” he said. “To be where they’re at right now is great.” The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Long Creek/Ukiah’s Alvaro Lopez (23) makes a shot in Friday’s game against Prairie City. In back, from left, are: Timo Goebel (44), Garrett Hitz (20), Danner Davis (5), Triston Emmel (21), Massimo Basconi (24) and Wyatt Williams (12). the Mountaineer/Cougars gained some momentum at the start of the third quarter. The lead went back and APPLIANCE & REFRIGERATION forth for a short time. A 2-point bucket landed by Long Creek/Ukiah’s Massimo Basconi put that team up by 1 point, 23-22, Prairie City’s Garrett Hitz answering back with a 2-point bucket. Then Long Creek/Ukiah’s Wyatt Alford scored 2 points to get the lead back, 27-26. Panther Anthony Hall put another 2 points on the board, then Long Creek/Ukiah’s Timo Goebel gained another 2 points for his team. After Panther Danner Da- vis put another 2 points up, Prairie City held onto the lead. The effort down the stretch was helped by Prairie City’s Garrett Hitz who was spot on, scoring several points in the second half with team-high 29 points for the night. Brandon Gillihan scored his 2 points for the night at the ¿nal buzzer. “The third quarter was tight,” Woodbury said. “We went up by 20 in a short peri- od of time. We’re looking for TEAM Continued from Page A7 “It’s a lot of fun,” Studt- mann said. “It’s hard to get new guys every year, but now that league games have started it’s beginning to take shape.” “Our team is doing good,” Alford said. “We’ve made a lot of improvements, and we’re becoming a team and playing as one.” Flores, from Mexico, said playing on the team gives him Lady Pros pour on the buckets GU boys face No. 4 team By Angel Carpenter /HWRXUIDPLO\RISKDUPDFLVWVVHUYH\RX :HDUHKDSS\WRWUDQVIHUDQGPDLOSUHVFULSWLRQVDQGZRXOG ZHOFRPHWKHRSSRUWXQLW\WRYLVLWZLWK\RXDERXWRXUVHUYLFHV 541-676-9158 We Gladly Accept Visa or MasterCard Blue Mountain Eagle IMBLER – Four Lady Prospectors scoring in dou- ble digits against the Imbler Panthers helped propel their team to victory Friday. Grant Union ignited the Panther court claiming a de- cisive 63-31 win. “It was a great win as a team,” said head coach Mark Mosley. “We shot the ball ex- tremely well and maintained our defensive intensity.” Among the top scorers for the team were Kori Pentzer with 13 points, Heather Mos- ley 12, McKenzie Wilson and Mariah Moulton 10 each and Emily Mosley 6. Grant Union’s boys team faced the No. 4-ranked Im- bler Panthers, who are No. 5 in the coaches poll. “They don’t make many mistakes and once they take a lead it’s tough to come back on them as they hold the ball on offense for long periods of time,” said head coach Steve Speth, adding that a poor shooting day also cost them the win. Grant Union fell behind by 8 points in the second quarter. Speth said the team made some adjustments at the half; however, Imbler adjusted well and added to their lead in the third quarter. “We made a good come- ESCAPE A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. 47 Continued from Page A1 He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR, have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE. Then it’s too late. AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK? DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it! Blue Mountain Eagle MyEagleNews.com Don’t get left behind, call today! 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Frizzell was briefly held at the Grant County Jail before Union County Jail staff arrived and took custody of him. John Bates, Medical Director of JRACC, said, “It was deemed Friz- zell wasn’t required to have ongoing treatment and was sent back to jail, because it was a behavioral issue.” Lindsay said, “We cannot guar- antee it, but we will do all we can to prevent this from happening. We want everyone to be assured when it comes to the safety of the com- munity we will take proper steps to assure we are transparent and to minimize the likelihood of this hap- pening again at Juniper Ridge.” YARD School: Grant Union Grade: Senior Parents: Doug and Becky Sharp Sport: Basketball Position: Guard 2 back in the fourth quarter, but were not able to ever threaten the outcome as Im- bler held on to win by 12,” Speth said. Contributing to the Pros- pectors scoring for the night were Mitch Moulton with 8 points, Nathan Gehley 8 points, Ricky Weickum 7 points and Trace Gill with 3 points 7 rebounds and 5 as- sists. The Prospectors face Union on the road beginning with girls varsity at 6 p.m. Friday, and host Enterprise at 4 p.m. Saturday. is one of three yards in the region where T2 can accept logs. The others are in Umatilla and Baker City. T2’s crews also thin, chip and process wood out in the forests, working on both public land sales and private forestland proj- ects. Totman said the company specializes in using all parts of the tree, leaving no slash behind to pile and burn. He said private landowners may not realize his company is an option for them, but it can help assess and conduct their thinning and clearing projects. For more information on those services, visit www.t2in- corporated.com. Details on the sawmill auction are at www. murphyauction.com.
