B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Prep round up: GC teams hit road Grande, 25-10; and Baker junior varsity, 25-13. In bracket play, they rolled Almost all of Grant County’s on to take the win, beating En- sports teams traveled for compe- terprise, 25-6, 25-18; Weiser 26- tition last week. Here’s a round 24, 25-11; and La Grande 25-12, up of events on the road. 25-15. “With the exception of a lapse GRANT UNION at the start of our match against Football Weiser (where we were down *8±6WDQ¿HOG 10-20 before coming back to ³6WDQ¿HOGLVDSOD\RIIFDOLEHU win), the team was very focused team,” said coach Jason Miller. on winning the tournament,” “We played tough defensive- Speth said. “A big difference in O\IRUWKH¿UVWWZRTXDUWHUVEXW this year’s team is that we have we made too many mistakes on a bit of a killer instinct, where we offense – two fumbles and two don’t let up and let another team interceptions gave them a short come back on us – we get a lead ¿HOG´ and tend to extend it.” Garrett McConnell had 8 Grant Union will hold their rushes for 55 yards and 1 touch- homecoming match against down. Burns at 6 p.m Thursday, follow- Hayden Young rushed for 41 ing junior varsity games, which yards on 11 carries. start at 4 p.m. Wade Reimers was 4/13 pass- “Burns is always tough and ing with 1 touchdown. this year is no exception,” Speth “Our execution on offense said. “They are defending state and toughness on defense will champions, and for us to reach continue to be our areas of em- our goals, we have to go through phasis,” the coach said. them. We feel we have to play Grant Union hosts Pilot our best to beat Burns, but this Rock/Nixyaawii at 7 p.m. Friday year we feel that they need to at Three Flags Field for home- play their best to beat us as well. coming. Burns has lost a couple matches, but to very good teams.” Volleyball Cross country The 13-0 Prospector volley- Cross country coach Son- ball team showed, once again, na Smith said the boys varsity they have the magic touch. In Elgin Thursday, Grant team made improvements at last Union swept 3-0 with scores of Friday’s Enterprise Invitational. 25-12, 25-16 and 25-10, how- Tanner Elliott placed 19th, Sam ever, coach Shae Speth said the Bentz 42nd and Trejan Speth overall play needs improvement, 54 out of 77 runners. The cross especially on serve and serve-re- country varsity boys will travel to Saturday’s Outlaw Invite in ceive. “We continue to work on Sisters. those most important aspects of DAYVILLE/MONUMENT the game going forward,” she Football said. Dayville/Monument 14 Heather Mosley had a suc- Joseph 56 cessful day offensively, with 12 Dayville/Monument’s foot- kills and 0 errors on 20 swings. The Prospectors traveled to ball team was on the road to Bak- the Baker Tournament Friday er last Saturday to face the Joseph where they won the champion- Eagles. The teams ended the game with their halftime score, ship title. In pool play, they toppled the Tigers losing 56-14. Coach Nathaniel Ashley said Weston-McEwen, 25-12; La By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo Burnt River’s Shelby Swindlehurst spikes the ball to Ukiah/Long Creek with her teammate Valeria Orsoni at the ready. Lady Bulls rope in ¿rst Zin oI season kills for the day. Senior Selina Lienhard led the team in hitting with 5 kills, UNITY – The Burnt River and senior Shelby Swindle- /DG\%XOOVFODLPHGWKHLU¿UVW hurst scored a total of 21 points win of the season at their home with 12 serving aces. court, defeating Ukiah/Long “This is a really great group Creek. of girls,” Humbert said. “They Ukiah/Long Creek, a ju- are dedicated to working hard nior varsity team coached by and improving every day. Reagan Enriquez, gave the There are a lot of days when varsity Bulls a run for their I have to kick them out of the PRQH\LQWKH¿QDOVHWEXWWKH gym at the end of practice be- Bulls pushed forward for the cause they want to keep go- win in three sets 25-14, 25-15 ing.” and 25-20. Burnt River will meet up Lady Bulls coach Tonia with Dayville/Monument on Humbert said her team has Friday at 4 p.m. at the Dayville been practicing hard. court. “It really showed,” she Ukiah/Long Creek faces said. “They are really starting Jordan Valley at 4:30 p.m. on to gel as a group.” Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Burnt Burnt River put down 15 River. By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Debbie Ausmus 245 South Canyon Blvd. John Day, OR 97845 OPEN WED. & THUR. 9 am - 5 pm 541-575-1113 24 hrs/7 days wk debbie.ausmus@ countryfinancial.com the +27 corner’s 6+ 7 EEK OF THE W A special thank you to Gordon and Julie Larson at Berry Creek Ranch for trying so hard to save my mare from wildfires. Also, thank you to Bill Thomas for burying her. “Lucy” was a kind and gentle spirit. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there to help you. Someday we will meet again inside Heaven’s gate. Wait for me. Linda Dickenson 02717 M ARLAYNA W 22'%8RY School: 3UDLULH&LW\ Grade: 12 Parents: 0DUN0HOLVVD:RRGEXU\ Sport: 9ROOH\EDOO What I like best about my sport: “I always have fun playing with the team.” Coach’s Comment: “Marlayna has a positive attitude and influence on the team. She is always willing to work hard at practice and sets a good example for the whole team.” – Coach Louanne Zweygardt Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes 100 E. Main ‡¬6WRSOiJKW in -RKn 'a\ ‡ 10 02733 Steve and I were newlyweds when we moved to Canyon City more than 43 years ago. In 1972, we purchased our first home, just beside beautiful Canyon Creek. We lived in that home for the next 42 years. During those years, our sons Dean and Matthew were born. They grew up playing in the creek, and then attending local schools until graduating from Grant Union High School. Like many of our neighbors, we lost the home we loved on August 14, 2015, when it burned to the ground in the Canyon Creek Complex Fire. Although everything we had is gone, wedding presents, baby pictures, heirloom jewelry, antique furniture handed down from our grandparents, we have been nurtured and sustained by all that remains: true friends, and the love and amazing support of this, our community. The dedication and heroism of our firefighters, as they fought to protect our town and their own, has been far beyond the call of duty. The mere words thank you can never convey the depth of our gratitude, but please know that we do thank each and every one of you. Steve and Joan Hopper 02705 Contributed/Nancy Hitz Prairie City Panther Cassie Hire (23) blocks against Harper/ Huntington with her teammates Brianna Zweygardt (13) and Sarah Ennis (10) in the action at the Old Oregon/High Desert Tournament in Baker City last weekend. they started off slow, but started “playing a little bit better and made a few adjustments.” He said, “We had some good things that we did, and we have some things to work on. We need to shore up our tackling, learn from this one and get ready for this week.” Dakota Emerson and Garret Warner each scored a touch- down with Tanner Walczyk add- ing a two-point conversion. The Tigers host Prairie City/ Burnt River at 1 p.m. Friday at WKH'D\YLOOH¿HOG Volleyball The Dayville/Monument Lady Tigers were 2-2 last week, sweeping Nixyaawii 28-26, 25- 19, 25-17, on Sept. 15 and losing to Crane 0-3 on Sept. 17. At the Old Oregon/High Desert Tournament in Baker last Saturday they beat Prairie City 25-14, 26-24 and fell to Crane 20-25, 13-25. “The games went pretty well for our girls,” said coach Tiffnie Schmadeka. “They had some close sets with Nixyaawii and Prairie City. It was good to get a win over Prairie City since we will be facing them for league play this Friday.” She added the team was com- petitive against Crane, but were battling some illness. “We’re excited to play them when we’re 100 percent healthy,” she said. “The games gave us good skills to focus on this week in practice.” Friday, the Lady Tigers host Burnt River at 4 p.m. and Prairie City at 6 p.m., and travel to the Crane Tournament Saturday. MONUMENT Cross country Maya Thomas placed 19th out of 47 at last Friday’s Enter- prise Invitational and Dinorha Vidrio Landin placed 45th. “It’s an improvement,” said coach Chuck Thomas. “They both had a really good meet, and the weather was good.” Seventh-grader Mark Thom- DVKDGD¿UVWSODFH¿QLVKDPRQJ ¿IWKWKURXJKHLJKWKJUDGHPLG- dle school runners, with boys and girls combining for the race – 21 boys and 22 girls. The team journeys to Port- land Saturday for the Nike Meet at Portland Meadows, an old horse track. PRAIRIE CITY Football Prairie City 12 North Lake 64 Last Friday, Prairie City/ Burnt River faced a big and fast North Lake team – the Cowboys’ roster also included eight seniors. “Ethan Camarena had a cou- ple good runs that resulted in touchdowns,” said Panther/Bulls coach Darrel McKrola. “We moved personnel around. We’re making additional changes this week. Our offensive line is strug- gling. Defensively, we have a lot of work to do, too. We need to work on defensive coverage and outside containment.” Friday, the Panther/Bulls will face the Dayville/Monument Tigers at 1 p.m. in Dayville for ZKDW ZLOO EH ERWK WHDPV¶ ¿UVW league matchup. Volleyball Prairie City’s volleyball team came away with a 3-1 victory at North Lake (25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22). “The team played together the best I have seen yet,” said coach Louanne Zweygardt. Zweygardt highlighted Sarah Ennis, who served four aces in a row to win the fourth set and “had her best passing game thus far, and no net calls, also Cas- sie Hire had stiff competition at the net going up against a much taller middle blocker who could also jump. Cassie stuff blocked her once, got touches on several others and forced her to hit the ball out or lob it to our passers in the back row. Brianna Zweygardt contributed very well with 6 aces and 9 kills, and 26 assists.” At the Old Oregon/High Desert Tournament in Baker last 6DWXUGD\ WKH 3DQWKHUV ¿QLVKHG second in their pool. Prairie City fell to Monument/Dayville in the opening of bracket play, 14-25, 26-24. Our heartfelt thanks to the fire fighters, marvelous volunteers, family, church family, community relief program and friends, as well as the Christian Aid Ministries for supplying shelter, food, clothing, basic needs, tools and financial aid as we recover from the loss of our home. Frankly there are just no words to express our gratitude. Onward & upward, Gene & Jeanne Freshour 02704 Prairie Springs Fish Farm, Boyd Britton Welding & Blue Mountain Eagle Best Fishing Photo Contest WINNERS! Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Kade Blood Brandon Horell Sam Stout Congratulations to our GRAND PRIZE winner, Kade Blood! 02459