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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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istrants for a route that ran
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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
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• 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
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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
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Prospector Sydney Stearns,
who pitched the complete game,
held the Ravens to zero in the
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Also lead-off hitter in the
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the game.
Babe Nash followed up with
a one-run home run hit over the
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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
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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
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