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to be the determining factor.
We played well offensively
and defensively as a team.”
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Babe Nash with four. Pentzer
had six steals and Heather
Mosley had four.
“We came out with great
intensity and determination,”
said head coach Mark Mosley.
“Our pressure defense proved
Tough Union game
Grant Union’s game
against Union, seeded second,
was a tougher battle. The two
teams had traded wins in the
regular season.
Mosley said that although
the Pros played well de-
fensively, they had trouble
getting into an offensive
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“But, our overall effort was
great, and even though we did
not play a complete game, we
still had our chances to win,”
Mosley added.
Pentzer led the Prospector
scoring with 20, followed by
Emily Mosley with 10. Re-
bounding was led by Saman-
tha Brock, Emily Mosley and
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followed by Riley Sharp with
four. Heather Mosley blocked
two shots.
The girls are preparing for
No. 5-ranked Monroe, which
is 23-3 overall and 13-0 in
league.
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Prairie City
Panther
Amy Black
(23) scores
under
pressure
from
Dayville/
Monument
players
Treiquella
Osborne (4)
and Emma
Hettinga
(10), her
fellow
Panther
Sarah Ennis
(22) in the
action.
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“At the end of practice
yesterday, they were focused
and they understood the
plan,” she said. She said her
players focused on the Ti-
gers scorers to interrupt their
offense.
“Lindsay Wall and Sar-
ah Ennis looked constantly
to Treiquella Osborne and
Cody Perkins to keep pres-
sure on them – they zoned in
on it,” she said. “Defense is
what won the game for us.”
Players Amy Black and
Amaya Zweygardt directed
the bottom of the defense, the
coach said, and “the bench
came in and added energy.”
Between contests at the
tournament, Amy said she felt
ready for the games, noting
they had worked on plays all
week.
Player Brianna Zweygardt
added, “It’s exciting as a
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prepared.” She noted the extra
help the upperclassmen had
given.
Continuing in the tourney,
the Panthers faced a fast-
paced Jordan Valley on Sat-
urday.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City Lady Panther
Brianna Zweygardt (20)
goes up to score beyond
the reach of Dayville/
Monument Tiger Hannah
Flower (25 back).
Prairie City had lost to the
Mustangs three times in the
regular season, so head coach
Penny Black had the girls pre-
pared to stem Jordan Valley’s
speed on the court.
At the start, Panther Amy
Black scored a 3-pointer, but
Jordan Valley answered back
with 3 and then surged ahead
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ter.
Things clicked even more
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The stats
Grant Union girls vs. Imbler
Kori Pentzer: 17 points, 2 rebounds,
6 steals
Heather Mosley: 8 points, 6 rebounds,
4 steals
Riley Sharp: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1
steal
Emily Mosley: 4 points
Samantha Brock: 4 points, 3 steals
Babe Nash: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal
Mariah Moulton: 3 points, 2 rebounds
McKenzie Wilson: 2 points, 2 steals
Whitney McClellan: 2 points
Jozie Rude: 1 rebound
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Long Creek/Ukiah player Alvaro Lopez (23 red)
takes the ball up against Prairie City players
Garrett Hitz (20), Wyatt Williams (12) and Danner
Davis (5) earlier in the season.
Long Creek/Ukiah
teams end season
for the Mustangs in the sec-
ond quarter, when they out-
scored the Panthers 23-12. At
halftime, the Panthers trailed

Prairie City held their op-
ponents to just 4 points in
the third quarter, making 10
points of their own, but it
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wasn’t enough.
The teams had even scor-
ing in the fourth to give the
Mustangs the win.
The loss closed the season
for the Panthers.
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cult times mid-season when
Lindsey Stewart, a senior and
one of their top players, was
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players from the sidelines.
Two members of the team
lauded Stewart.
“Lindsey has been a
huge help,” said Brianna
Zweygardt.
“She’s been a mental sup-
port to the team, kind of like a
team mom,” Amy Black said.
Black, a senior, was named
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the High Desert League.
Honorable mention went to
Dayville/Monument senior
Treiquella Osborne, Prai-
rie City freshman Brianna
Zweygardt, and Prairie City
senior Lindsey Stewart.
The Prairie City girls won
the tournament Sportsman-
ship Award.
Amy Black was awarded a
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players from the league.
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By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
LONG CREEK – While
the Long Creek/Ukiah teams
didn’t move on to post-sea-
son play, the boys team did
receive the Sportsmanship
Award for the High Desert
League.
Feb. 13-14 marked the
end of the road this season
for the Long Creek/Ukiah
teams as they faced strong
opponents.
The boys team had a 42-
72 loss to Jordan Valley on
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to Prairie City the following
day.
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against Jordan Valley, and
11-41 to Prairie City.
“We had a great week-
end of basketball,” said
co-coach Daniel Johnson
who, along with TC Conner,
works with both the boys
and girls teams.
For the long road trip to
Jordan Valley, coach John-
son said, “The girls and
boys played really hard –
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tell we were outmatched.”
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nated rebounds.
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however, the team had trou-
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Mustangs.
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good job at pressuring the
ball and forcing us to make
quick decisions which led to
turnovers,” Johnson said.
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game with 17 points and Al-
varo Lopez and Sam Studt-
mann added 8 points each.
Fernando Flores scored
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with a 2-point shot.
The teams played their
games with Prairie City
knowing they were closing
out the season.
“For some of our seniors
and foreign exchange stu-
dents these would be the last
games they would ever play
in,” Johnson said.
The boys had a compet-
itive game, trading leads
with the Panthers all the way
through the third quarter, he
said.
Soon Long Creek/Ukiah
was down by 10 points.
“We tried to recover, but
we couldn’t match the inten-
sity that Prairie City came
out with,” he said.
Studtmann scored 12
points in the game, followed
by Wyatt Alford with 10.
Johnson said the girls
played “with everything
they had,” knowing this
was their final game, but
had a hard time getting
shots to fall.
“We had a lot of ex-
citement from all the girls
and fans when Phatthanun
(Mae) Kanchai scored for
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said. “Her 2-pointer pretty
much made the game for us
– Maria Cabral also added a
free throw for us.”
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Parents: Doug and Debbie Emmel
Sport: Basketball
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What I like best about my sport: “I had the greatest
basketball season of my life. I couldn’t ask for a better team.
I’m proud of everybody stepping up and changing from a
group of young kids to a group of young men.”
Coach’s Comment: “He brings a lot of senior leadership.
He’s been injured for so much of his athletic career that he’s
been aching to play basketball. He settles things down a lot
for the team and gives 110 percent.”
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Grant County
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Grant Union is ranked No.
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league.
“I am extremely proud of
the girls and our accomplish-
ments to this point, now our
goal is to get to Pendleton
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eight teams,” he said. “This
is a great group of girls and it
has been a joy to watch them
grow as team.”
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