WEDNESDAY
March 25, 2015
Gold claims 2nd at state
The Grant Union
Gold dance team
gathers with their
coach Shannon
Adair who holds
their second-place
state championship
trophy. Front,
from left: Lucrezia
Noseda, Rebecca
Batease, Meisha
Meyerholz, Jaiden
Kerr and Serena
Pace. Back: Amy
Lallatin, Carli
Gardner, Mackenzie
Woodcock, Auna
Waldner, Jenny
McCloskey, Reannah
Lemons and Adair.
Season comes together for GU dance team
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PORTLAND – The Grant Union Gold
gave an “earth-shattering” performance,
earning the dance team second place at last
weekend’s OSAA State Dance and Drill
Championships, held at Veterans Memorial
Coliseum in Portland.
“The girls did an amazing job,” said head
coach Shannon Adair. “I am so incredibly
proud of this team and the energy and desire
to succeed that they brought to practice and
competitions every time.”
Adair said the supportive parents were
also a big part of their success this year.
“They’re fantastic,” she said.
The 2A team of 11 varsity dancers
competed against seven other groups in a
4A-1A small teams division March 20.
From there, the top six teams competed
Saturday.
“It was tough competition, and the teams
were very experienced,” Adair said.
Grant Union Gold entertained local au-
diences with their state routine at the Grant
Union Junior-Senior High School sever-
al times during basketball games and the
Spring Showcase earlier this month.
The team received a state-qualifying
score on the routine at the beginning of their
season; from there, its scores steadily im-
proved.
At state, Grant Union received a score of
71.50 dancing to “Shatter Me” by Lindsey
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See DANCE, Page B2
PROS FLY BY ROCKETS
GU team comes
through in clutch
situations
Team hosts
fundraiser dinner
Friday night
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – The Prospector baseball
team showed backbone as they snagged two
wins from Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii in a dou-
bleheader at Malone Field last Saturday.
Grant Union head coach Brian Delaney
said he’s proud of his team.
“All 12 have been crucial to the team –
not just one guy,” he said.
The scores went back and forth in both
games, with Grant Union rallying and win-
ning each by 1.
The Prospectors prevailed 11-10 in
Game One, and 8-7 in Game Two, taking
that contest to eight innings.
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aney said.
Jerry Carter also made three hits in the
game.
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outs from the mound and Billy Copenhaver
had nine – they each struck out three batters.
Game Two saw Pilot Rock take a 5-3
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scoreless for two innings.
Grant Union chipped away at Pilot
Rock’s lead, and the score was tied at 7
in the seventh inning after Hayden Young
scored as Wade Reimers was up to bat.
See PROS, Page B2
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Billy Copenhaver delivers a pitch in the game against Pilot Rock/
Nixyaawii in Game One Saturday. In back are Prospector teammates Ricky Weickum and Jerry
Carter.
Pros get
ready to
break ice
Grant Union Prospector Hayden
Young fires at the ball in Game One
against the Rockets last Saturday.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Bats will
be cracking this week in John
Day, as the Grant Union Pros-
pector baseball team breaks
the ice with six other teams.
Joining Grant Union for
this year’s Les Schwab Tire
Icebreaker Tournament are:
Culver, Country Christian, Jo-
seph, Oakland, Pilot Rock and
Estacada.
The seven-team conso-
lation tournament gets un-
derway at the Seventh Street
Complex on Thursday, with
three games. Grant Union has
a bye that day, but the Pros-
pectors will play the winner
of the Country Christian and
Oakland game at 11 a.m. Fri-
day.
The winner of that game
will continue on to the cham-
pionship game on Saturday.
The loser will play in the con-
solation game. Further game
times are to be announced.
In addition to the fun at
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Grant Union will host its an-
nual fundraiser dinner and
auction at 6:30 p.m. Friday at
the Grant Union old gym.
Catered by Kris and Kjer
Kizer, the menu includes
pulled pork, roasted red pota-
toes, Hawaiian coleslaw and
cobbler.
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bid on athletes – Grant Union
baseball players will be auc-
tioned off for up to four hours
of manual labor – will also be
a part of the event.
Tickets for the dinner,
available from the players or
head coach Brian Delaney, are
$10 each.
For more information,
contact Delaney at 541-792-
1068.
Young teams look to bright future
seventh-grade team.
Coaching assistants in-
cluded Zach Williams for the
seventh-grade team, Mike
Strong for the eighth-grade
team, with help from Dennis
By Angel Carpenter
Lynch.
Blue Mountain Eagle
In his seventh year coach-
ing the junior high girls, Sharp
JOHN DAY – Grant also coached middle school
Union’s junior varsity and ju- boys in past years.
nior high girls and boys bas-
He said they build on what
ketball teams have wrapped the Parks and Recreation
up a successful season.
program teaches – stressing
fundamentals and team com-
Junior high girls
mitment, while also teaching
Doug Sharp’s eighth-grade them to be competitive and do
team capped the season by their best.
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“I know people get caught
Seaside Tournament, com- up in wins and losses, but the
peting against bigger schools, most important part at this
some 6A, from Oregon and level is teaching the things
Washington.
that will help them in the fu-
“They had a good sea- ture,” he said.
son, overall,” said Sharp,
who also coaches the
See GU, Page B2
GU’s 8th-grade
girls win third at
Seaside finale
Contributed photo/Kim McKrola
The Grant Union eighth grade girls basketball team
pose with their medals at the Seaside Tournament
after winning third place, including: players Madi
McKrola, Kaylee Wright, Hailie Wright, Savanna
Randleas, Jasmine Papen, Trinity Hutchison,
Marissa Smith and Macy Strong and head coach
Doug Sharp. In back are Mike Strong and Zach
Williams. Water girl Morgan Randleas is in front.
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography Studios
Savanna Randleas of the Grant Union eighth-grade
team goes up to score against Canby in the Seaside
Tournament.