Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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Prep round up:
GC athletes’ skills
are put to the test
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
GRANT COUNTY –
Sports teams kept busy in the
county and on the road last
week.
VOLLEYBALL
Grant Union
The Grant Union Pros-
pector volleyball team hosted
Culver, sweeping the Bull-
dogs 3-0 Sept. 29, and they
followed up with another
sweep at the Cove Leopards’
court.
The scores against Culver
were 25-21, 25-20 and 25-22.
“Culver is a top 5 team that
plays tremendous defense and
brings a lot of intensity to the
court,” said Grant Union head
coach Shae Speth. “We served
tough, getting them out of
system often, and then played
pretty well at the net getting
some key blocks early.”
She said the nonleague
match was a good test for the
team to check their mid-sea-
son skills.
Grant Union’s scores in
Cove were 25-7, 25-18 and
25-8.
Taylor McCluskey and
Hailie Wright stepped in as
setters for starter Rheanna
Cartner, who was out due to
illness.
Speth noted the Leopards
are rebuilding after graduat-
ing several strong players last
year.
Grant Union’s junior varsi-
ty team is set to face Dayville/
Monument varsity and junior
varsity players in Dayville
Wednesday at 5 p.m., and Sat-
urday travel to Enterprise for
a 12 p.m. game and Imbler for
a 5 p.m. game. Next Tuesday,
they take on Burns at the Hi-
landers court at 4 p.m.
Dayville/Monument
D a y v i l l e / M o n u m e n t ’s
Lady Tigers had a tough
match last week in Jordan
Valley.
Head
coach
Tiffnie
Schmadeka said the team
fought hard and had some
good moments, but missed
some key serves.
“This week we are focus-
ing a lot on serving and pass-
ing,” she said. “We have good
spirits this week and are ready
to ¿ ght back and play tough
– it will be a long week, but
we’re up for the challenge.”
The team will have their
homecoming match in Monu-
ment at 4 p.m. Thursday, host-
ing Harper/Huntington.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger Dakota Emerson (1) moves the ball with teammates
Samuel Valade (42), Austin Walker (80) and Jess Hoodenpyl (75) looking for
the blocks during a home game last month.
TIGERS
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Contributed photo/Elizabeth Shelley
Grant Union Prospectors Heather Mosley (8) and
Samantha Brock (3) defend the net playing in their
Sept. 30 home game against Culver.
scoring many points.”
Scores against GUJV
were: 15-25, 14-25 and 12-25.
Each set against Crane was
lost 20-25.
On Friday, the Lady Pan-
thers travel to Adrian for yet
another challenge – the game
starts at about 4 p.m.
“Adrian is never a team to
underestimate as they have a
solid program,” Zweygardt
said. “We will be focused on
playing our game and work-
ing on our attack.”
Burnt River is another
team that has been improving
and can surprise you, she said.
The Panthers host the Bulls
at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
FOOTBALL
Dayville/Monument
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger football team was
defeated on the road 6-74
against Jordan Valley.
“The game could have
gone better,” said head coach
Nathaniel Ashley. “We made
mistakes and didn’t play up to
our potential. Jordan Valley is
a good team.”
The Tigers’ sole touch-
down came when Dakota
Emerson threw the ball to
Hayden Schafer.
The team has a short week
to prepare for their homecom-
ing game against Harper/Hun-
tington at 1 p.m. Thursday on
the Monument ¿ eld.
Prairie City/Burnt River
The Prairie City/Burnt
River football team had a
tough time from the start host-
ing Crane last Friday, and suf-
fered a 0-62 defeat.
Injuries caused the Pan-
ther/Bulls to forfeit the game
at halftime, ending what head
coach Darrel McKrola called
“a very physical game.”
He said they hope to have
enough players to contin-
ue competition this week at
Adrian where they are sched-
uled to play at 6 p.m. (PT) on
Friday.
The team currently has a
1-4 overall record.
Just four athletes on the
12-man Dayville/Monument
roster are returning players
this season, but that’s not
stopping them.
“We are a young team that
is learning and improving,”
said Tiger head coach Na-
thaniel Ashley, who is in his
¿ fth year coaching the team.
He said seniors Dakota
Emerson and Garrett Warner
are both making valuable
contributions to the team this
year.
“Both have big roles on
the team, and they are both
stepping up and ¿ lling those
roles and helping the younger
players improve their game,”
Ashley said.
This year’s roster also in-
cludes four freshmen, and six
juniors, including quarter-
back Hayden Schafer.
“We’re short of players
this year, but we’re working
hard,” Emerson said.
Warner agreed, adding,
“We’re just trying to take
Emerson
Warner
what we have and run with
it.”
The team is competing
with 10 other teams in Spe-
cial District 1: Adrian, Wal-
lowa, Powder Valley, Jordan
Valley, Crane, Prairie City/
Burnt River, Pine Eagle, Jo-
seph, Echo and Harper/Hun-
tington.
“We try to keep improv-
ing as the season goes along
and keep a positive attitude,”
Ashley said.
He added, while the team
has a lot of younger players
with less experience on the
¿ eld, “they are catching on
quick, and that’s all we can
ask them to do is keep work-
ing hard and pushing them-
selves and teammates to get
better.”
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Prairie City
Prairie City’s Lady Pan-
thers had challenging games
last week, and that’s just
how head coach Louanne
Zweygardt says she prefers it.
While the matches against
Grant Union junior varsity and
the Crane Mustangs didn’t go
their way, Zweygardt said it
gave them good competition
against teams with “strong
fundamental skills.”
“Last week, we had some
good moments against GUJV
and Crane, but not enough of
them,” she said. “The team
served fairly well, but passing
and hitting errors kept us from
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