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Lady Tigers take on Bulls and Panthers at home court
Dayville/
Monument splits
wins with visitors
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
DAYVILLE – Volleyball
action at the Dayville court
last Friday was exciting for
players and fans alike as the
Dayville/Monument Tigers
hosted the Burnt River Bulls
and Prairie City Panthers.
The Tigers swept the Bulls
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then took a loss to the Pan-
thers.
“The games against Burnt
River and Prairie City were
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said Tiger head coach Tiffnie
Schmadeka. “We played pret-
ty good against Burnt River
and then ran out of fuel during
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The Tigers opening set
against the Bulls was a close
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Bulls head coach Tonia
Humbert said the intensity
was high the entire match.
“The team played excep-
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sure despite coming away
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great to see how far the Lady
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She said some shifts in mo-
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serving errors cost them the
match.
“This is a mental struggle
that we have had all season
that we must correct if we
hope to advance to district
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Prairie City’s Cassie Hire (23) and Jeannie McCarthy (1) jump to block at the
net in Friday’s game against Dayville/Monument.
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had six unanswered serves
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but there were several lead
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Humbert highlighted setter
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student from Italy.
She has been “working
hard in the weight room to de-
velop the strength needed for
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percent serving average with
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that really challenged Day-
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cent passing average against
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Lucy Marlow and Shel-
by Swindlehurst and Selina
Leinhard also excelled in their
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said.
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the Tigers.
“Dayville/Monument is
always a tough rival to face
and this year we came out
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coach Louanne Zweygardt.
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tum to start out and had us
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ended up winning the set with
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Dayville/Monument Tiger Kendall Hettinga spikes
the ball to Prairie City’s court, her teammate Emma
Hettinga (3) in the action. For Prairie City, Sarah
strong serving from Sarah En- Ennis (10) and Brianna Zweygardt (13) prepare to
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Prairie City maintained
that momentum shift through
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ing on opportunities.
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The Lady Panthers played
at the Crane Tournament on
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said her team is looking for-
ward to playing Grant Union
and Crane – for a second time
this season.
“Our net play is really im-
proving and we have a num-
ber of successes under our
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to work on our mental tough-
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The Panthers host Grant
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They also host Crane Friday
with the varsity game starting
around 6 p.m.
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against the Mustangs.
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and we will have to work re-
ally hard to get a win. We’re
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The Tigers also host Grant
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Burnt River hosts Crane in
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and hosts Harper/Huntington
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day.
Lady Pros volleyball team takes loss in stride
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – The Grant
Union Prospector volleyball
team faced their toughest
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hosting the Burns Hilanders
for homecoming.
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Both teams are in the
middle of a successful sea-
son – Grant Union entered
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streak and Burns has only
lost two games so far.
The neighboring teams
have a history of well-at-
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state championship game
where Burns took the title.
Grant Union head coach
Shae Speth said the game
gave them some lessons.
“We did not play as well
as we had hoped for this big
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servers gave us tough float
serves that we did not pass
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– definitely a disappointing
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what parts of our game we
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The Prospectors moved
past the loss to take two wins
Saturday at the Grant Union
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Enterprise.
Scores against Union
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ing of Brock.
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pector setter Cartner rolled
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rest the day.
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Grant Union Prospector Kori Pentzer (5) delivers a
spike in the homecoming game against Burns last
Thursday, her teammates Mariah Moulton (2) and
Chelsie Kodesh (16) ready for the action.
Taylor
McCluskey
stepped in for the remainder
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What I like best about my sport: “I enjoy running through John
Day and seeing all the scenery and wildlife.”
Coach’s Comment: “Trejan is our team captain this year for cross
country, and he’s done an excellent job of keeping the boys varsity in
the team frame of mind. This is our first year with a full boys varsity
team, and his example and leadership are greatly appreciated.”
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of the match.
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Wright worked in the setters
position in the match against
Enterprise.
Scores in the Prospectors’
win over the Outlaws were
“All did well and stepped
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run a system where any ath-
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was proud of all the girls for
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