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B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle GU Monument Monument head coach Earl 3HWWLWFDOOHGLWDJUHDWPHHW Four Monument athletes set personal records, and two set personal records in all of their HYHQWV “Both Hayden Schafer and Emily Dailey set personal bests LQ DOO RI WKHLU HYHQWV´ KH VDLG “We had the opportunity to run a relay, and our total team of The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Sprinters tear up the track in the 200-meter run at the Grant Union Invitational, including Prairie City’s Ethan Camarena (right). four girls did a great job with the 4x400, surpassing the only pre- vious time on record for Monu- PHQWE\PRUHWKDQVHFRQGV´ He added the team will be at the Baker meet Friday, for their ODVWWXQHXSSULRUWRGLVWULFWV Long Creek The Long Creek track team saw scores improved at the Grant 8QLRQ,QYLWDWLRQDO Cody Baker, Alvaro Lopez corner’s the 6+ 7 +27 ter hurdles, Ethan Camarena in the 200- and 400-meter runs, and Garrett Hitz in javelin and PHWHUKXUGOHV “Garrett remains at the top in the league in the 110 hurdles, pole vault and javelin,” Wey- Dayville PRXWKVDLG³(WKDQZLOOEHFRP Two athletes on Dayville peting at league for a spot at state School’s team, led by head coach LQWKHDQG0LFKHO+LW] Peter Bogardus, set personal re- has a great shot at earning her FRUGVLQ-RKQ'D\ ZD\LQWKHMDYHOLQ´ Tanner Walczyk recorded The Prairie City and Dayville a season best in javelin with a teams will compete at Friday’s WKURZ RI DQG )DLWK High Desert League Meet in Brown set a personal record in &UDQH Grant Union Invitational WKHZLWKDWLPHRI Top 5 Grant County stats Bogardus said eighth-grader Girls Kristina Humphreys is second 400 meters in state after her javelin throw of 3, Jozie Rude, GU, 1:06.97 hurdles - 33” DWWKHPLGGOHVFKRROPHHW 100m 5, Michel Hitz, PC, 19.58 Bow Rattanakulwattana in the Long Creek will join Grant Union, Monument and other teams at the Baker meet on Fri- GD\ Continued from Page B1 athletes peaking at the right time,” said Grant Union head coach Sonna Smith, adding she hopes this translates into a strong ¿QLVKWRWKHVHDVRQ The team travels to Baker City Friday then hosts the 2A-6 Wapiti League District Meet on Friday, May 15, which includes Burns, Cove, Elgin, Enterprise, ,PEOHUDQG8QLRQ Wednesday, May 6, 2015 EEK OF THE W M ARIA C ABRAL School: /RQJ&UHHN Grade: 12 Parents: $OHMDQGUD5RGULJXH] 0DQXHO&DEUDO Sport: 7UDFN )LHOG6KRW3XW 'LVFXV What I like best about my sport: “I like that it’s not about what others do, it is about your own improvement and that you realize your effort and practice in the end are worth it.” Coach’s Comment: “Maria has a good attitude, works hard in practice and really wants to improve every week. She recently set a personal record in both of her events.” – Coach Mandy Blackburn and Massimo Basconi each im- proved their marks in the long MXPS Head coach Mandy Black- burn said Baker also improved his 1,500-meter run by 20 sec- RQGVIURPWR Massimo and Timo Goebel also recorded season-best scores LQWKHPHWHUGDVK Other improvements came from Maria Cabral, who had a personal record in discus, and Continued from Page B1 teammates are of each oth- er and he’s enjoying the new WUDFNWKLVVFKRRO\HDU Moulton said the funnest part of track is working to better his marks in javelin DQGORQJMXPS “It’s fun watching my friends improve as well,” he VDLG For Gambini, of Palermo, Italy, and Soto of Puebla, Mexico, both are new to the WHDPDQGFRPSHWHLQVSULQWV “The experience is inter- esting because I’m learning a new language and meeting QHZIULHQGV*DPELQLVDLG Soto said he’s had fun being LQYROYHGLQ*UDQW8QLRQWUDFN “I enjoy making new friends and getting in shape DQGVWURQJHU´KHVDLG Continued from Page B1 100 E. Main ¬6WRSOiJKW in -RKn 'a\ 10 01834 4x400 relay 3, Treiquella Osborne, Emily Dailey, Dinorha Vidrio Landin, Maya Thomas, MON, 5:20.39 Shot put 2, Jozie Rude, GU, 32-01.50 Discus 1, Treiquella Osborne, MON, 102-04 4, Chelsie Kodesh, GU, 82-01 Javelin 3, Chelsie Kodesh, GU, 98-05 TRACK LADY BALL Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes Prairie City Four Prairie City athletes made improvements at the meet, VDLGKHDGFRDFK-RH:H\PRXWK Achieving personal records were Teri Cobb in shot put, Mi- chel Hitz in javelin and 100-me- 4, Jozie Rude, GU, 98-04 High jump 4, Kenzie Wilson, GU, 4-08.00 Pole vault 3, Jozie Rude, GU, 7-06.00 Long jump 1, Kenzie Wilson, GU, 14-04.50 5, Dinorha Vidrio Landin, MON, 12-03.00 Triple jump 3, Treiquella Osborne, MON, 32-00.00 4, Kenzie Wilson, GU, 31-07.00 5, Emily Dailey, MON, 29-00.50 Boys 200 meters 2, Ethan Camarena, PC, 24.39 5, Michael Ashmead, GU, 25.04 400 meters 3, Ethan Camarena, PC, 55.72 3,000 meters 3, Daniel Carpenter, GU, 12:12.22 110m hurdles - 39” 1, Garrett Hitz, PC, 15.84 300m hurdles - 36” 1, Garrett Hitz, PC, 43.66 4x100 relay 3, Michael Ashmead, Andrew Copenhaver, Philipp Jaletzky, Antonio Dancer, GU, 48.33 Discus 3, Hayden Schafer, MON, 34-03.00 Javelin 3, Garrett Hitz, PC, 151-07 High jump 3, Nick Springer, GU, 5-08.00 Pole vault 2, Garrett Hitz, PC, 12-06.00 3, Andrew Copenhaver, GU, 10-06.00 Long jump 4, Michael Ashmead, GU, 19-02.00 That included three ju- nior varsity games and Fri- GD\¶VYDUVLW\GRXEOHKHDGHU NO ONE KNOWS YOUR EQUIPMENT BETTER. 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Find out more at agcoparts.com. and Babe Nash who had a triple LQWKHVL[WKLQQLQJ Coach Nash said that overall, the day was disappointing “be- Continued from Page B1 cause of how we played – not Pitchers gave up eight hits WKDWZHORVWWRDTXDOLW\WHDP´ and four walks and threw six “We didn’t compete the way VWULNHRXWV we are capable, and that always Fourteen players, including falls back to coaching and what do we need to do to make sure ¿YHRXW¿HOGHUVJRWLQRQWKHDF we are ready to compete every WLRQDJDLQVW,UULJRQ&RDFK1DVK WLPHZHVWHSRQWKH¿HOG´VKH said she saw several players im- VDLG ³:H ZLOO QRW OHW WKLV RQH SURYHLQQLQJWRLQQLQJ day interfere with our overall The Eagle/Angel Carpenter “Overall, we were aggres- sive to the plate and on the bas- Grant Union’s Jordden JRDOVIRUWKHVHDVRQ´ The Prospectors will travel HV´ FRDFK 1DVK VDLG ³6RPH Cameron, left, reaches thing we have been working first, batting in Rheanna Friday to face league foes Riv- Cartner on the play. HUVLGH$UOLQJWRQ KDUGRQDWSUDFWLFH´ Grant Union is currently Nerves may have been a fac- tor in the Prospectors in Friday’s HDFKKDGRQH5XQVZHUHVFRUHG ¿IWK LQ WKH $ (DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ League, ahead of Riverside at OHDJXHORVVWRWKH9LNLQJV E\0H\HUKRO]DQG&ULGHU Pitcher Stearns started the Madden started the second IRXUWKDQG1\VVD¿IWK Grant Union and Riverside ¿UVW JDPH ZLWK 0DGGHQ FRP game, with Stearns coming in LQJLQIRUWKHIRXUWKLQQLQJ7KH DQG0DGGHQ¿QLVKLQJWKHJDPH both have a 10-10 overall re- WZRJDYHXS¿YHKLWV¿YHHUURUV 7KH\JDYHXSHLJKWKLWV¿YHHU FRUGVDQGDUHLQOHDJXH 7KH/DG\3URVKDYHWKHLU¿ DQGIRXUZDONV URUVDQGWKUHHZDONV King had two hits, and Mey- Hits came from Stearns, nal regular-season league game erholz, Stearns and Cameron Cameron, King, Railey Namitz, DW1\VVDRQ)ULGD\0D\ “He muscled up and took FDUH RI WKH MRE´ KH VDLG “He was tired, but was able WRGRLWDQGGLGDJRRGMRE´ 2Q$SULO*UDQW8QLRQ split wins, hosting the Irri- gon Knights in a nonleague GRXEOHKHDGHU The Prospectors lost the first game 4-12, but came to life with a 16-6 win to end WKHGD\ “We got in a funk – we had a hard time putting runs on the board,” Delaney VDLG ³6RPH RI WKH VHQLRUV took charge and said they’re done with losing – they be- FDPHWKHDJJUHVVRUV´ He added, “All the pitch- ers did a good job, and hopefully we’re back to the way we were at the begin- QLQJRIWKHVFKRRO\HDU´ The Prospectors cur- UHQWO\ DUH UDQNHG 1R LQ VWDWH They’re second in 2A/1A Special District 7, behind %XUQVDQGKDYHDQRYHU DOOUHFRUGLQOHDJXH *UDQW 8QLRQ KRVWV 1R 35-ranked Union/Cove, third in league, at noon )ULGD\ IRU D GRXEOHKHDGHU Next Tuesday, the Pros will host Wallowa, also a noon JDPH The Wallowa Cougars DUH UDQNHG 1R ZLWK D 2-10 overall record and 0-4 LQOHDJXH Delaney said he’s con- fident they’ll have an edge RYHUWKRVHWZRWHDPV
