Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Friday-Sat., Feb. 20-21
Dayville/Monument girls vs. Harper/Huntington Burnt River
Prairie City boys vs. Harper/Huntington
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