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WEDNESDAY
September 9, 2015
Prairie City is off to a strong volleyball start
PC faces GU junior
varsity Sept. 9 in JD
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY – The Panther
volleyball team has been “chomp-
ing at the bit” to begin competi-
tion.
The team came ready to play
last week after they had to miss
the Aug. 28 Grant Union volley-
ball invitational due to a threat of
fire to Prairie City.
Head
coach
Louanne
Zweygardt said their match with
Mitchell/Spray last Thursday was
a great way to start the season.
After two wins by the junior
varsity team, varsity began their
game “bouncing off the walls
with excitement,” said Zweygardt
whose assistant coach is Lance
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Prairie City Panther Amaya Zweygardt hits the ball past the
reach of Mitchell/Spray opponents in Thursday’s game at the
Prairie City court.
Zweygardt.
“Adrenaline carried them a lit-
tle too far in the first set as they
struggled with keeping the ball
in the court,” she said. “They
buckled down in the second and
third sets, then dominated in the
fourth.”
The scores were 19-25, 25-23,
25-22 and 25-3.
“We only had three servers in
the fourth set, and they capitalized
on serving to spots to keep Spray/
Mitchell off balance,” Zweygardt
said. “Jeannie McCarthy served
12 in a row before missing number
13. Cassie Hire took over after her
and served out the game. All of the
girls contributed in positive ways
for the win.”
On Saturday, the Panthers host-
ed an invitational tournament.
The teams invited included Jor-
dan Valley, Adrian, Cove, North
Powder, Joseph, Dayville/Monu-
ment and Harper/Huntington.
Dayville/Monument, coached
by Tiffnie Schmadeka and assistant
Kristi Emerson, won one game in
pool play, 25-13 over Harper/Hun-
tington.
Panther/Bulls
drop season opener
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City/Burnt River players hunt down a tackle during Thursday’s game against Mitchell/Spray –
the first game of the season. Panther/Bulls players, from left, are: Matt Siddoway (68), Kenny Lien (21),
Brandon Gillihan (27, back), Jannis Weinkopf (24) and Ethan Camarena (30).
Camarena scores on
two of Williams’ passes
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY – It was the ¿ rst game of the season for
Prairie City/Burnt River last Thursday as they faced Mitch-
ell/Spray under the lights at the Don L. Walker Memorial
Field in Prairie City.
The Panther/Bulls — a newly-combined football team —
fell 34-12.
Coaches Darrel McKrola and John Belveal said they took
positives away from the game, and look forward to seeing
the team improve as the season moves along.
“Nobody gave up,” Belveal said. “For four practices to-
gether, it’s pretty good.”
Penalties and other mistakes were plentiful on both sides as
the teams got their feet wet. Nine of the Panther/Bulls, foreign
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Receiver Ethan Camarena charges toward the
goal line for the Panther/Bulls’ first score in the
game against Mitchell/Spray.
Panther/Bull quarterback Wyatt Williams (12) pushes for another first down in Thursday’s game against
Mitchell/Spray.
The Panthers ¿ nished second in
pool play, 2-4, beating Cove and
splitting with Adrian and Jordan Val-
ley before going up against Powder
Valley in bracket play.
“We played well and had some
moments of comeback but ended
short (25-13 and 25-21),” she said.
Powder Valley advanced to win
the tournament.
The Panthers face the Grant
Union junior varsity team at 5:30
p.m. Wednesday in John Day and
Pine Eagle in Unity at 4 p.m. on Fri-
day.
On Saturday, the team travels for
games against Arlington and Damas-
cus Christian, the games starting at
12 p.m. and 2 p.m. in Arlington.
Dayville/Monument will host
South Wasco County in Monument
at 7 p.m. Thursday, and Arlington
in Monument at 4 p.m. Friday. Next
Tuesday, the Tigers host Nixyaawii
at 4 p.m. in Dayville.
Tigers start football
with a big bang
yard pass from junior quar-
terback Hayden Schafer to
Emerson at Alsea’s 10-yard
line. Three plays later, Scha-
fer connected with senior re-
ceiver and co-captain Garrett
By Mike Weber
Warner on a 14-yard touch-
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down pass, giving the Tigers
a 12-0 lead with :07 left in the
DUFUR – The Dayville/ opening quarter.
“We’ve had to play short-
Monument Tigers displayed
an inspirational effort in handed quite often in some
their season opening Class games the last few years,” said
1A eight man football non- Schafer, whose TD pass was
league matchup versus the the ¿ rst ever of his Monument
Alsea Wolverines (0-1). De- Dayville High School career.
spite being shorthanded and “If we can stay healthy, I think
having just seven players late the momentum from this win
in the game, the Tigers over- will continue in our game next
came the adversity and had an week.”
Trailing 12-0 after one
exceptional performance in
a 42-6 win over the Wolver- quarter, Alsea came back in
ines Saturday at Dufur High the second to trim the margin
to 12-6 with 9:46 left until
School.
Junior quarterback Hayden halftime.
But the Tigers responded
Schafer scored four touch-
downs (two passing, two and put the game out of reach.
They did have a scare ear-
rushing) and had a two-point
conversion pass to help lead ly in the third when Schafer
went
down
Monument
with an injury
Dayville to the
that seemed to
victory. The
end his play-
contest was
ing time in the
one of eight
contest as he
games in the
was carried off
14th
Annu-
the ¿ eld with a
al Eight Man
badly sprained
Classic Sept.
left ankle with
3-5 in Dufur.
11:35 left on
The Tigers
the clock.
(1-0), guided
Emerson
by ¿ fth-year
took over at
head
coach
quarterback
Nathaniel Ash-
for Schafer
ley, were out-
and he calm-
numbered at
ly
directed
the beginning
another Tiger
of the contest
Contributed/Mike Weber scoring drive.
while having
just nine play- D a y v i l l e / M o n u m e n t A ¿ ve-play,
Hayden 55-yard drive
ers, compared quarterback
to Alsea’s 13- Schafer rushes for yards was capped
man roster. against Alsea in last by Emerson’s
31-yard TD
The
Tigers Friday’s Dufur Classic.
scamper. Em-
were unfazed
though and outplayed the erson’s pass to Walczyk for
Wolverines in every aspect of a two-point conversion made
the game while dominating it 34-6 with 8:17 left in the
the contest from start-to-¿ n- third.
After getting some treat-
ish.
The Tigers defense, led by ment for his sore ankle, a
defensive back Emerson (two limping and less mobile Scha-
interceptions) and junior Jess fer returned to the lineup with
Hoodenpyl (sack) thwarted 1:18 left in the third quarter.
the Wolverines from the out- That’s because Warner was
set of the game, while limit- ejected from the game after
ing them to just four yards on getting his second unsports-
their ¿ rst series and just 52 to- manlike conduct penalty,
tal offensive yards in the ¿ rst leaving Dayville/Monument
half. The Tigers outgained the with only eight players.
With the clock winding
Wolverines in total offense,
396 yards to 148. For Hood- down late in the game with
enpyl, it marked the ¿ rst foot- 2:06 on the clock, a Tiger
ball game of his Monument player was injured and had
to sit out the ¿ nal three plays
Dayville High School career.
It didn’t take long for the of the game and Monument
Tigers to get on the score- Dayville continued playing
board. Emerson returned his with only seven players.
“We have a very tough
¿ rst punt 85-yards for a touch-
down, giving the Tigers a 6-0 group of kids,” said Ashley.
lead with nine minutes left in “All the guys on our team
work extremely hard in prac-
the ¿ rst quarter.
“That early touchdown tice, they really play with a
really helped get everyone lot of heart and the have the
pumped up emotionally and necessary willpower needed
ready to go,” said Emerson. to win games ... We’re hoping
“We had lots of fun at practice that we’ll have a few more
this week in preparation for players next week and maybe
have all 12 of them available
our ¿ rst game.”
The Tigers then scored on to compete.”
a ¿ ve play, 56-yard scoring
drive, highlighted by a 34-
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Schafer’s 4 TDs
help Tigers win,
42-6 over Alsea