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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
GU golfer prepares for Down Under competition
is a practice day, another is an
All-American Tournament, and
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tional Tournament.
The team also will do some
sight-seeing in Brisbane and at
the Great Barrier Reef.
To help him raise mon-
ey for the trip, the John Day
Golf Club is hosting “Nathan
Gehley’s Down Under Golf
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The event, which is Geh-
ley’s main fundraiser, includes
a free hamburger feed with
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will be a dessert auction, and
an auction of items including
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more.
Individuals and teams
of four can sign up for the
scramble.
Registration begins at 8
“We played about as well
as we could have this time of
year,” Delaney said. “I was
really proud of the boys and
their focus.”
“Dillon Winters pitched a
great game and our defense
was extremely solid,” Delaney
said. “Every single one of
those boys contributed. They
played team ball with a great
effort on everyone’s part. Not
one kid stood out, but we stood
out as a team.”
Grant Union advanced to
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ing Estacada, a 4A team that
had defeated Culver 7-2 the
previous day.
The Prospectors played
hard but came up short, losing
3-16.
Grant Union had nine hits
to Estacada’s 10, but had trou-
ble capitalizing on them.
Prospector Garrett McCo-
nnell took the mound for his
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four innings.
Delaney said he threw well.
“We were pleased with the
innings that he gave us,” he
said. “He got a good feel for it
and threw his pitch count.”
Problems cropped up in
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“We had too many walks
and a couple of costly errors,
and Estacada had some good
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enth that were too much to
come back from,” Delaney
said.
Friday’s fundraiser ban-
quet attracted 275 supporters
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dinner catered by Kris and
Kjer Kizer.
“It was excellent,” Del-
aney said. “We want to thank
everyone who came out to
support Grant Union base-
ball.”
Next up, Grant Union
hosts the Culver Bulldogs at
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bleheader, and then travel to
La Grande for a 4 p.m. game
Tuesday.
Grant Union lost a close
game to the Bulldogs in their
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and Delaney said he expects
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first base in the game against Country Christian.
good one.
Golf scramble event to benefit trip
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
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junior Nathan Gehley is pre-
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July, to the land Down Under.
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last December to participate
in a nine-day trip to the Down
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Games on the Gold Coast of
Australia, where he’ll com-
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Team.
Nathan is the son of David
and Krista Gehley.
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Billy Copenhaver, an error,
a walk by Ricky Weickum, a
bases-loaded walk by Brady
Burch, a two-run double by
out of the country,” Nathan
said. “It’s a once in a lifetime
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competing on the other side
of the world is an adventure I
can’t pass up.”
He added, “I’m up for
the challenge of being the
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County with Down Under
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Gehley said he expects to
go up against strong players
from several countries; 66
golfers will attend from the
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The trip includes three
rounds of 18 holes of golf; one
Tyler Manitsas and Hayden
Young’s RBI single.
Grant Union had 13 hits to
Country Christian’s four.
Winters was steady from
the mound, pitching the entire
game.
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strikes and six strikeouts.
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Debbie Ausmus
245 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
OPEN WED. & THUR.
9 am - 5 pm
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger
Photography Studios
Nathan Gehley
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9 a.m.
Entry fees are $40 for indi-
viduals and $150 for teams of
four, including green fees and
carts.
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with his grandfather, joined
the Grant Union varsity team
when he was a freshman, and
has continued with the team
since then.
Grant Union golf coach
Ron Lundbom said it’s an hon-
or to be selected for the Down
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“He’s very deserving and
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on where he left off last year,”
Lundbom said.
Gehley said he enjoys golf
as a fun sport that’s more re-
laxing than most, and he ap-
preciates Lundbom for helping
him improve his skills.
“I would not be near as
good as I am without his
coaching,” he said.
Gehley added, “I look for-
ward to seeing a lot of people
at the scramble, or for the din-
ner afterwards … I appreciate
anyone who wants to be in-
volved or has been involved or
donated.”
For more information, call
Krista Gehley at 541-620-1566,
or to obtain a scramble entry
form by email, contact her at
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541-575-1113
24 hrs/7 days wk
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debbie.ausmus@
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workouts.
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ing the same muscles
again.
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it and gain from it physi-
cally and mentally,” Miller
said. “It’s an integral part
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