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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 2015)
A8 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, July 29, 2015 WEDNESDAY July 29, 2015 John Day Swim Team $P\%ODFNLV captXres ¿ rst at home meet EDFNDWKRRSV Team hosts district championships this weekend Basketball star plans on nursing major at EOU By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – Practice paid off for the John Day Sea Drag- RQV DV WKH\ ÀHZ WR ¿UVW SODFH DWODVWZHHNHQG¶VKRPHLQYLWD WLRQDOEHIRUHDODUJHFURZGWKDW WXUQHGRXWWRFKHHURQWKHWHDPV at Gleason Pool in John Day. 7KHORFDOWHDPDOVRHDUQHGWKH 6SRUWVPDQVKLS $ZDUG /DNHY LHZ WRRN VHFRQG SODFH DQG 3ULQHYLOOH ¿QLVKHG WKLUG WKH %XUQVWHDPDOVRFRPSHWHGDQG %DNHU /D *UDQGH DQG 3HQG OHWRQ WHDPV EURXJKW LQ D IHZ VZLPPHUVDVZHOO 6RPHYLVLWLQJVZLPPHUVDW WKHPHHWZHUHKHDUGFRPPHQW LQJDERXW-RKQ'D\WHDPPHP EHUVIRUFKHHULQJWKHPRQDQG they intended to reciprocate. 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Track event takes two athletes across the globe Hitz earns gold, silver at Down Under event Above: Justin Hodge, front and Trevyn Coalwell race in Saturday’s invitational. Right: Cole Gravem and another swimmer are neck and neck in an race at the John Day Invitational. Amy Black *2/' &2$67 $XVWUD OLD±7ZRORFDOWUDFNDWKOHWHV MXPSHG DW WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRPSHWH LQ $XVWUDOLD DW WKH WK $QQXDO 'RZQ 8QGHU 7UDFNDQG)LHOG(YHQW Garrett Hitz of Prairie City School and Kenzie Wilson of *UDQW 8QLRQ ZKR ZLOO ERWK EH VHQLRUV WKLV IDOO ZHUH LQ YLWHGWRDWWHQGWKHPHHWZKLFK LQFOXGHGRUPRUHDWKOHWHV FRPSHWLQJDW*ULI¿WK8QLYHU sity. Hitz, son of Joe and Nan- cy Hitz of Prairie City, earned JROG LQ WKH SROH YDXOW HYHQW UHDFKLQJ PHWHUV feet). +HDOVRWRRNVLOYHULQMDY HOLQ WKURZLQJ D OLJKWHU URG WKDQKH¶VXVHGWRKLWWLQJWKH PHWHU PDUN IHHW DQG SODFHG VHYHQWK LQ WKH PHWHU KXUGOHV DQG eighth in the 300 hurdles. 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