WEDNESDAY April 8, 2015 Pros cage Dawgs in 10-run sweep GU’s McConnell pitches shutout win at home March 19, when the Pros lost 6-7 to the nonleague foes in WKHLU¿UVWJDPHRIWKHVHDVRQ JOHN DAY – After a To make the comeback rough start, the Grant Union even sweeter, Grant Union Prospectors buckled down won both of Saturday’s games and swept the Culver Bull- with the 10-run rule. dogs in a doubleheader at Dillon Winters, on the Malone Field last Saturday. mound, got the win in Game The wins more than made One, 15-5. XSIRUWKHWHDPV¶¿UVWPHHWLQJ Garrett McConnell shut By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle down the Bulldogs 10-0 in Game Two. “It was great to get two wins – especially 10-runs,” said head coach Brian Del- aney. In the first game, Grant Union went into the third inning trailing 2-4. With runners at the corners, Del- aney gathered his team at the mound for a timeout chat. Focus restored, the Pros tagged out a Culver runner be- tween third and home on the next play, and then put a run- ner out at home plate. Winters VWUXFN RXW WKH ¿QDO EDWWHU RI the inning. The Prospectors held the Bulldogs scoreless for the The Eagle/Angel Carpenter next three innings, allowing only one more run in the sixth. Prospector Hayden Young’s two-run homer closes out Saturday’s Game Two against the Culver See PROS, Page B10 Bulldogs for a 10-0 win. HOP TO IT! Lady Pros split wins at home, on road Grant Union hosts Outlaws at 1 p.m. Friday By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler From left, Marley Winkelman, Jody Winkelman and Cindy Streeter keep pace with each other during the 5K. 5K participants run, walk for a good cause %\&KHU\O+RHÀHU Blue Mountain Eagle DAYVILLE – They came, they ran, and they walked – but no one hopped. There were a few bun- ny ears spotted, however, among the participants at the Dayville Bunny Hop 5K Run/Walk on April 4. The event drew 56 reg- istrants for a route that ran mostly along scenic South +HUHDUHWKHWRS¿QLVKHUV Fork Road toward town, Women • First – Tiffnie Schmadeka, Dayville, 27:18 DQGWKH¿QLVKOLQHDW'D\ • Second – Lori Smith, Dayville, 29:35 • Third – Cheryl Hubbird, Dayville, 29:38 ville City Park. Prizes were given out Girls • Katrine Bogardus, age 9, Dayville, 29:03 WR WRS ¿QLVKHUV DQG QXP • Cody Perkins, Dayville, 34:59 bers were drawn too, for an • Eva Eirich, Dayville, 36:44 array of goodies donated Men • Scott McDonald, 22:35 from area businesses. • Taylor Schmadeka, Dayville, 27:18 This was the second • Peter Bogardus aka Easter Bunny, year for the event. Pro- Dayville, 43:17 FHHGV EHQH¿W WKH Boys • Tanner Elliott, 20:16 Dayville Fourth of July • Jess Hoodenpyl, 22:17 Celebration. • Bravery Youngren, 28:51. JOHN DAY – Grant Union Prospector head coach Deanna Nash considers Friday’s split with Elgin/Imbler a success IRUKHUVRIWEDOOWHDPLQLWV¿UVW league game of the season. The Lady Pros won Game One 14-13, then had a 6-17 loss. “It was a good battle today,” Nash said. “Elgin is a playoff team and returned all their play- ers – a split is what we absolute- ly needed, so we’re happy about that.” Grant Union got off on the ULJKWIRRWLQWKH¿UVWJDPH Prospector Sydney Stearns, who pitched the complete game, held the Ravens to zero in the ¿UVWLQQLQJ Also lead-off hitter in the ERWWRPRIWKH¿UVW6WHDUQVGRX EOHGDQGVFRUHGWKH¿UVWUXQRI the game. Babe Nash followed up with a one-run home run hit over the FHQWHU¿HOGIHQFH Janelle King had an RBI sin- Rodeo cowboy receives honor for wrestling accomplishments Blue Mountain Eagle With a few rabbit-eared folks in the bunch, participants line up on South Fork Road at the start of the second annual Dayville Bunny Hop 5K. 2015 COUNTY Grant Union Dayville/Monument See GU, Page B2 MT. VERNON – Trevor Knowles, a Mt. Vernon rodeo cowboy with world acclaim, can chalk up another success – this time in the wrestling world. Knowles will be named to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., as part of its Class of 2015 Oregon chapter honor- ees. The Hall of Fame is also giving him the Outstanding American award Trevor for his rodeo and Knowles wrestling ac- complishments as well as his work with the QRQSUR¿W 2SHUDWLRQ &RPIRUW Warriors – an American Legion program in which Knowles vis- its military veterans across the country. The induction ceremony is set for Saturday, May 2, at Washington Square Embassy See HALL, Page B10 SPORTS SCHEDULE Softball Friday, April 10 Tuesday, April 14 Long Creek Prairie City gle in the inning to score Mariah Moulton, bringing the score to 3-0. Each team scored in the sec- ond inning, and Stearns threw for three quick outs in the third. Grant Union runners were on the move in the bottom of the inning – pinch runner Rai- ley Namitz advanced to third on Taylor McKluskey’s double, and Jorddan Cameron scored those teammates with a single. Knowles gains Hall of Fame status By Angel Carpenter With colors flying and a grin on her face, Cody Perkins makes her way across the finish line to take second place in the Bunny Hop 5K Run/Walk. The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Babe Nash hits a double in Friday’s game against Elgin/Imbler. Grant Union vs. Enterprise Grant Union @ Union/Cove John Day Union 1 p.m./3 p.m. 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11 Saturday, April 11 Saturday, April 11 GU, Day, PC @ Burns Lions Invitational Monument, Long Creek @ Dick Horyna Invitational GU qualifiers @ Willamette University’s Meet of Champs Burns Stanfield Salem 12 p.m. 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 10 Grant Union @ 1A/2A Invitational at Wildhorse Pendleton 12 p.m Track Golf Prairie Springs Fish Farm Trout & Steelhead Varieties for your pond. Call now 541-987-2131 or check out our store at www.prairiespringsfishfarm.com QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED. 46673 Hwy 26 • Dayville, OR 10, 12