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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
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10-20 before coming back to
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team,” said coach Jason Miller. on winning the tournament,”
“We played tough defensive- Speth said. “A big difference in
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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