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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
BEO wrestling
tourney coming up
Invitational on
Feb. 7 is the
seventh annual
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Union, and Wallowa.
The action will start at 10
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come and watch; tickets can
be purchased at the door and
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information, contact Hep-
pner High School Athletic
Director Greg Grant at 541-
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541-676-0224.
Long Creek/Ukiah takes in losses
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LONG CREEK – The
Long Creek/Ukiah boys and
girls basketball teams were
hampered by illness during
last week’s games.
Hosting Adrian on Friday
at the Long Creek gym, the
boys put points on the board,
but lost 27-65.
Scoring the high points
for the game were Wyatt Al-
ford with 8 points and Sam
Studtmann with 7.
The boys lost 25-68 to
Crane on Saturday.
For the girls, Long Creek/
Ukiah lost 10-60 to Adrian.
Bruna Falci scored 4
points in the game and Em-
alie Gulden, Lea Petruccello
and SeWeon Park each had 2.
The team took an 11-66
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players after one injured her
knee in the game.
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The Grant Union boys team and their friends form a circle at the close of the
game with Burns to celebrate the win.
GU
away, with Grant Union
trailing 9-17 at the half.
The Lady Pros were just 4
points shy of Burns near the
close of the game, but Burns
held on for the win.
Burns was 1-8 at the free-
throw line in the last 2 min-
utes, but sank some other
key shots.
“We came back better
in the second half in both
games,” said Prospector
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scored inside and set great
screens, and our other players
did a great job of maintaining
their composure on offense and
playing great defense,” he said.
He lauded the noisy
Grant Union fans, saying,
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support like that the rest of
the season.”
Gehley said he felt great
about the win.
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match that would be hard
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Moulton said the win
was especially good after
Friday’s loss.
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the league,” he said.
Lady Pros play intense
2nd half in Elgin
The Grant Union girls
had a disappointing 39-49
loss to Burns at home last
Saturday after a 15-point
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Friday.
The Lady Pros toppled
Elgin’s Huskies 57-42 with
a surge of intensity in the
latter part of the game.
“We were tied at the
half,” said head coach
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Grant Union Prospector
Duane Stokes gets the
rebound, his teammates
Wade Reimers (12) and
Nathan Gehley (51) in the
action against the Burns
Hilanders as the Grant
Union crowd cheers on
their home team.
Mark Mosley. “We turned
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little bit, and were able to
put it away in the second
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sense of urgency and they
responded well.”
Hosting Burns, the Pros-
pectors came out strong.
Burns nearly caught up to
them as the first quarter end-
ed at 7-6, and then pulled
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Duane Daniels takes part in Nooners senior league Jan. 14.
Bowling results
Nugget Lanes
Jan. 7
Nooners Senior League:
Men High Game: Duane Daniels 206
Men High Series: Duane Daniels 529
Women High Game: Chris Rowe 164
Women High Series: Chris Rowe 446
Jan. 8
Thursday Mixed League:
Men High Game: Duane Daniels 223
Men High Series: Duane Daniels 579
Women High Game: Jamie Benton
171
Women High Series: Jamie Benton
420
Jan. 14
Nooners Senior League:
Men High Game: Doug Kruse 212
Men High Series: Doug Kruse 501
Women High Game: Chris Rowe 153
Women High Series: Chris Rowe 420
Jan. 15
Thursday Mixed League:
Men High Game: Grant Benton 231
Men High Series: Grant Benton 606
Women High Game: Cheryl Leighton
191
Women High Series: Cheryl Leighton
525
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ing the 1-point win.
Prairie City head coach Pen-
ny Black said the team has had
some issues to deal with, in-
cluding illness and injury.
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between the two teams, a Pan-
ther win in Monument on Jan.
16, Prairie City lost one of its
top players, senior Lindsey
Stewart, to a knee injury.
Black said Stewart will be
out for the season.
“All we worked on was
scoring last week, after losing
Lindsey,” coach Black said,
noting that Stewart continues
to encourage and push her
teammates from the bench.
Black added that after their
Jan. 17 loss to Jordan Valley it
was time for her team to back
up and “build skill and indi-
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said.
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Prairie City Panther
Garrett Hitz (20) attempts
to tip away a Dayville/
Monument player’s shot,
with Panther teammates
Ethan Camarena (11),
Danner Davis, Wyatt
Williams (back right)
and Anthony Hall (back
center).
Next up
The Prospector teams
faced Crane at home Tues-
day, past press time, and will
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starting at 6 p.m. Friday.
Grant Union hosts Imbler
at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The stats
GU boys vs. Burns
Points/rebounds/assists/steals
Mitchell Moulton: 19/5/2/-
Nathan Gehley: 13/9/1/-
Wyatt Weaver: 5/7/4/5
Wade Reimers: 3/3/2/-
Ricky Weickum: 2/2/2/-
Brady Burch: 2/1/-/-
Blake Stone: 2/-/-/-
Zack Deiter: -/1-/-
Duane Stokes: -/2/2/-
GU girls vs. Burns
Kori Pentzer: 13 points, 4 rebounds,
4 steals
Emily Mosley: 10 points, 6 rebounds
Heather Mosley: 6 points, 7 rebounds
McKenzie Wilson: 5 points, 3 steals
Mariah Moulton: 3 points
Riley Sharp: 2 points, 6 rebounds
was happy about the outcome of
Friday’s game.
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end, it worked.”
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nah Flower, also a junior, said
she’s been working hard in prac-
tice on defense.
“It was a rough game, but we
all worked together really well,”
she said.
In basketball action last Sat-
urday, the Lady Tigers lost 20-
41 to Adrian at home.
The Lady Panthers took
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Black said was a strong Burnt
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Prairie City took another hit
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Tiger boys toppled the Panthers
17-41 Friday night, their second
loss to their cross-county oppo-
nents in one week.
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halftime, trailing 12-18, but the
as being athletic.
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third quarter and one point in the
these JV players,” she said.
Prairie
City’s Amaya fourth.
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Zweygardt, a junior, said she
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need to work on shooting,” said
Tiger head coach Jeff Schafer.
Head coach Mark Woodbury
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most, adding that the Tigers
were able to capitalize on them.
The Panthers fell 56-60 the
following
night to the Burnt
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School: Grant Union
Grade: Sophomore
Parents: Guy and Angie Johnson
Sport: Wrestling
What I like best about my sport: “Wrestling’s taught me that
when you set your mind to something, and you want it really
bad, there’s not a whole lot that can stand in your way - that
goes for most of my team members as well.”
Coach’s Comment: “Clay is in his fourth year wrestling. He
qualified for the state meet as a freshman last year. He is a
leader on the team and an exceptionally talented wrestler. We
are excited for the future with Clay.”
– Coach Andy Lusco
Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes
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Next up
Prairie City will host Jor-
dan Valley at 6 p.m. Friday,
and then Adrian at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday. The Panthers hit the
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for a 5 p.m. game.
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Crane at 6 p.m. Friday in
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Monument at 2 p.m. Saturday.
They host Long Creek/Ukiah
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6 p.m.
The stats
PC vs Day/Mon girls
Jan. 23
Prairie City
Amy Black: 15 - all 3-point shots
Amaya Zweygardt: 6 points
Brianna Zweygardt: 4
Sarah Ennis: 2
Lindsay Wall: 2
Dayville/Monument
Treiquella Osborne: 12
Ravyn Walker: 4
Hannah Flower: 4
Emma Hettinga: 3
Mary Yankee: 3
Skylar Powell: 2
