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Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, February 18, 2015 A9 WEDNESDAY February 18, 2015 Lady Pros crush Elgin on senior night Team faces Union at district on Friday By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – The Grant Union girls celebrated their senior night with a 67-33 win over the Elgin Huskies last Saturday. The Prospectors now enter this week’s 2A Wapiti District Tournament seeded third. “We accomplished our goal to win out the last three games of the year, and it gives us momentum heading into the playoffs,” said head coach Mark Mosley. “Now our goal is to play for the district championship and get to the state playoffs,” he added. The Lady Pros, playing at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, will meet up with Union at 1 p.m. Friday. They beat Union 46-39 at home Feb. 7, after losing on the Bobcats’ home court Jan. 16, 50-54. The Lady Pros are ranked No. 11 in state and have a 15-7 overall record, 8-4 in league. Grant Union’s win last Saturday over Elgin was marked by a big third quarter. The Prospectors went into half- time, leading 31-21. Third quarter got a jump start when Kori Pentzer landed a 2-point shot off a steal. McKenzie Wilson was also aggres- sive in steals and scored 7 points in the quarter. Heather Mosley and Emily Mosley also each went 2-0 from the free-throw line. Grant Union outscored Elgin by 30 in the third quarter, 51-21. “I was very pleased with how everybody played, and it was a great way to send our seniors out,” coach Mosley said. “I challenged them to keep their intensity up on The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union’s McKenzie Wilson breaks away with a steal in Saturday’s game. The Lady Prospectors beat the Elgin Huskies 67-33 in their last game of the regular season played at the Grant Union court. The Eagle/Angel Carpenter the defensive end throughout the game – I was proud of that – It was good to get everybody in the game and get considerable playing time.” Grant Union also beat Enterprise handily on the road last Friday, 47-29. Grant Union’s Emily Mosley grabs a rebound in the game against the Elgin Huskies. When the going Tiger boys strong-arm the Bulls gets TOUGH Tiger teams ready for district basketball GU has comeback win By Angel Carpenter Pros prep for rematch with Elgin at district Blue Mountain Eagle By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – The Grant Union boys are seeded fourth going into this weekend’s 2A Wapiti District Tournament in La Grande. The Prospectors are ranked No. 27 with an 11-11 overall record and 6-6 in league. 7KHLU ¿UVW SOD\RII JDPH at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande will be against Elgin, set for 7:45 p.m. Friday night. Grant Union experienced a disappointing 37-45 loss last Friday to Enterprise on the road, then appeared to adapt to some team changes and had a come-from-behind 58-43 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Ricky Weickum flies up to score in Saturday’s winning game over the Elgin Huskies. victory the next night over the much taller Elgin Huskies. See WIN, Page A16 Panthers prep to pounce into districts in John Day Prairie City girls are fourth seed in tournament By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – The Prairie City girls and boys basketball teams are gearing up for the Fri- day-Saturday 1A High Desert District Tournament in John Day. The girls are fourth seed go- Dayville/Monument See PC, Page A16 2015 COUNTY The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Dayville/Monument’s Tanner Moodenbaugh scores against Burnt River in Saturday’s game. The Tigers won 63-34. the second half,” said head coach Jeff Schafer. “Cody Kluser had a big game for us with Sage’s injury.” “They work so well as a team,” Schafer said. “They rebounded well, and they were aggressive to the loose ball.” Dakota Emerson and Jor- dan Bowlus were both hap- py with the win. “We had a rough first half, but we put it togeth- er in the second half and finished the game strong,” Emerson said. “We just played like we know how and had fun.” Bowlus said the team won with “teamwork, atti- tude and hard work.” He said he wasn’t wor- ried about Flower’s injury in the game – “We have oth- er people that can fight just as hard, so we’ll be fine.” Burnt River head coach Skeeter Duby was hopeful last Friday to move his team on to district play, however the Bulls lost their playoff game to Prairie City Mon- day night. See D/M, Page A16 SPORTS SCHEDULE Basketball Long Creek Grant Union Prairie City ing into the tournament, and the boys are sixth seed with a play- in game set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Grant Union against Harper/ Huntington to determine which team will continue on to this weekend’s tournament. The Prairie City girls, ranked No. 21 in state, will start the tournament at 1 p.m. Friday, playing the winner of a play-in game between Dayville/Monu- ment and Harper/Huntington. DAYVILLE – Energetic on the Dayville court, the Dayville/Monument Tiger boys team got the job done last Friday, beating the Burnt River Bulls 63-34. The Tigers lost 39-61 on the road to Harper/Hun- tington the next night. The team is preparing for this week’s 1A High Desert District Tourna- ment, facing Crane at 7:45 p.m. Friday. Dayville/Monument is ranked No. 19 in the state and seeded third in the tournament with an overall record of 17-8; Crane, sec- ond seed and ranked No. 21, has an overall record of 15-9. During the season, the Tigers beat Crane Jan. 30 at home, 49-35, and lost 37-46 in Crane on Jan. 17. The Tigers had a slow start in last Friday’s game, and the scoring went back and forth in the first quarter. Dayville/Monument led at halftime, 27-22. The Tigers roared to life in the second half, bringing down rebounds and getting control of loose balls. When Sage Flower went down with an injury at the close of the second quar- ter, others from the bench picked up where he left off. The Tigers pulled away in the third quarter 47-25 and outshot Burnt River 16-9 to end the game. “They started off a little rusty, but picked it up in Wednesday, Feb. 18 Thursday, Feb. 19 Friday-Sat., Feb. 20-21 Friday-Sat., Feb. 20-21 Dayville/Monument girls vs. Harper/Huntington Burnt River Prairie City boys vs. Harper/Huntington John Day PC, Day/Mon @ 1A High Desert District Tourney John Day Grant Union @ 2A Wapiti District Tourney E. Ore. 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