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A18 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Tigers and Panthers end Tigers season at district tourney ¿JKWWR Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography Studio Quarterback Riley Averett (11) of the black team looks to pass and Joe Radinovich (55), Russ Reimers (28) and Leonard Coley (73) get in on the play. Alumni reunite for football fun By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – The Grant Union Alumni “Old Man” football game pitted fathers against sons and friends against friends last Friday for a taste of the good ol’ glory days. The black team left Three Flags Field with bragging rights after defeating the white team. The competition was all in good fun, as indicated by the light-hearted awards handed out at the close of the contest. The Most Valuable Play- ers, Riley Averett and Robert Hunt, were each given a silver football. “The Princess Award,” a glittery high heel shoe, was given to Casey Hallgarth and Russ Reimers for avoiding injuries. the +27 Blinged-out toilet plung- ers were given to Dominic DeHaven and Tyler Martin for “Plugging up the Holes in Defense.” “Bottle Award,” a baby bottle, was awarded to Tuck- er Wright and Logan Delano, two of the youngest players. Jay Carniglia and Leonard Coley won the “Preparation H Award” and were given decked out canes. The “Stink It Up Award,” toilet-paper roll necklace, went to Zeke Langum and Kyle Myers. Funds raised from the game and taco feed will sup- port the junior and senior high football teams. 7LFNHWVIRUDWDLOJDWHUDIÀH basket will be available again when Grant Union hosts Im- bler at 7 p.m. Friday at Three Flags Field, and the winner will be announced at halftime. corn e r’s 6+ 7 EEK OF THE W E MMA + E77,1*A School: Dayville Grade: 12 Parents: Matt and Sarah Hettinga Sport: Volleyball What I like best about my sport: “Volleyball is my passion. It’s my release from the everyday. I love traveling with my team and feeling the adrenaline of the game and killing the ball.” Coach’s Comment: “She is a great athlete and very coachable. She is one of our setters this year and a middle blocker. I’m super impressed with her growth. She has a love for the game, and she is fun to watch play.” – Tiffnie Schmadeka Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes 100 E. Main ¬6WRSOiJKW in -RKn 'a\ 10 02901 bitter end in Crane County coaches look forward to next year By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY – The Day- ville/Monument Tigers faced the Prairie City Panthers to kick off the 1A District Volley- ball Tournament last Saturday at Grant Union in John Day. The Tigers pounced to a 3-1 win in close sets over the Pan- thers, with scores of 25-20, 22- 25, 25-18 and 25-22, then fell to Crane and Jordan Valley. Prairie City lost the con- solation game to Harper/Hun- tington. Crane won the tourna- ment’s championship game with Adrian in second and Jor- dan Valley, third. Dayville/Monument built DQ HDUO\ OHDG LQ WKH ¿UVW VHW with Prairie City and held on to outpace the Panthers. The Panthers trailed by a point or two throughout most of the second set, but tied the score 18-18 and kept ahead for the win. Tiger Ravyn Walker went down with an injury, but re- turned for the later two games. In the third set Prairie City had the upper hand to begin with, but after tying 13-13, Dayville/Monument pulled away with the win. Tiger play- er Kyla Emerson contributed to the win with a serving run that helped her team make the comeback. The Tigers kept the mo- mentum going in the fourth and when the Panthers caught up to them, tying the score 18-18, Dayville/Monument’s Kendall Hettinga delivered a couple spikes to regain the lead and eventually win the Young team learns and improves By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Dayville/Monument’s Kendall Hettinga (2) spikes the ball over the reach of Prairie City players at last Saturday’s 1A District Tournament. ‘ The girls had the best day of volleyball that we’ve had all season.’ 7LIIQLH6FKPDGHND Dayville/Monument Tigers head volleyball coach match. “The girls had the best day of volleyball that we’ve had all season,” said Tiger head coach Tiffnie Schmadeka. “Against the Panthers, we were able to successfully pass the ball which led to many kills. These sets were very close, so I was proud of my girls to stay IRFXVHG DQG WR ¿QLVK WKHP strongly.” She said the team also served well against Crane and had great digs in the game. The Tigers fell to Crane with scores of 21-25, 19-25 and 22-25. “These were also close sets, and I was so proud of our team for playing so strong against them,” she said. As the day wore on, A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR, have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE. Then it’s too late. AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK? DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it! Blue Mountain Eagle MyEagleNews.com Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710 Schmadeka said the team was somewhat drained against Jor- dan Valley. They lost with scores of 20- 25, 20-25, 25-18 and 20-25. “We made some good at- tacks on the ball and were able to serve tough,” she said. “It was a very tough loss for our girls since it was the last game this season.” Dayville/Monument play- ers Emma Hettinga and Kend- all Hettinga were named to the $OO'LVWULFW¿UVWWHDP Shmadeka said the Tigers progressed throughout the sea- son. “They worked together our last day to show the type of team they are,” she said. “I’m already looking forward to next season.” Prairie City Prairie City head coach Louanne Zweygardt said Day- ville/Monument “came out strong and ready to play.” “They had a lot of hus- tle and Kendall Hettinga was hitting really well,” she said. “We weren’t able to build up enough momentum to over- come them.” $IWHUORVLQJWKH¿UVWJDPH and state playoff hopes, Zweygardt said her team had a tough time bringing their energy up against Harper/Hun- tington. They lost the game with scores of 19-25, 25-19 and 10- 15. ³,W ZDVQ¶W WKH ¿QLVK ZH were looking for, but we did have a lot of improvement over the season and are look- ing forward to next year al- ready.” The John Day Swim Team would like to thank the following for supporting them in their 2015 swim season: Malheur Lumber Oregon State Parks Prospector Ice John Day/ Canyon City Parks & Rec. Grant County Fairgrounds Grant Union Junior/Senior High School Blue Mountain Hospital Chester’s Thriftway Len’s Drug Muzzy’s Subway The Corner Cup The Armstrong Family McDonald’s Charlie Caughlin Ridge Runner Engraving Clark’s Disposal Dr. Keith Thomas Dakkom Logging Oregon Telephone Corp. Mosier’s Gardner Enterprises OTEC Old West FCU Strawberry Mountain Graphics Eastern Oregon Realty Blue Mountain Eagle Bank of Eastern Oregon Les Schwab Tire Center Mills Building Supply Huffman’s Market Ace Hardware John Day Video Eric Carpenter Bobbie at A Cut Above A Flower Shop N’ More Dairy Queen Hair It Is Steve & Dodie Parsons Prime Time Video Java Jungle & Tropical Tan Doug’s Radio Shack Grubsteak True Value 02890 02894 CRANE – The Dayville/ Monument Tigers end- ed their football season in Crane last Friday with an 8-98 loss to the Mustangs. “We played hard that game and never gave up,” said head coach Nathaniel Ashley. The only team in the Special District 1 league able to beat Crane this year was Adrian, which is ranked No. 1 in the state. Ashley said the character of his young and inexperi- enced team was evident this season as they improved and persevered through the challenging games. “The two seniors we have were great leaders and kept pushing everyone to get better – they will leave ELJVKRHVWR¿OOQH[W\HDU´ he said. The seniors were Dakota Emerson and Garrett War- ner. “This year, the score- board didn’t read as good as we had hoped for, but these guys kept playing DQG¿JKWLQJ´FRDFK$VKOH\ said. “That said a lot about the attitude and heart of this group.” WINS Continued from Page A9 The team suffered losses XQWLO WKHLU ¿QDO WZR JDPHV held Oct. 10 when they de- feated Crane and Dayville/ Monument’s junior varsity teams in close sets. “It was inspiring to see the season progress to our ¿QDOZLQVRQ/RQJ&UHHN¶V homecoming day,” the coach said. “I had chills through each set of both games.” She said that as a coach she loves to see the team’s rapid progression and trust built between the players. ³6HHLQJ WKH FRQ¿GHQFH build is the best part of coaching new girls every year – most of which have never played any sports before,” she said. “It just amazes me that these girls go from not being able to make a single playable pass, to setting up three hits, and scoring points, not just from the other team’s mistakes but by calculating where the ball should go and placing it there – I love it all.” Seniors on this year’s team, Alejandra “Ale” Cabral of Mexico and Ra- quel Silva of Brazil, said they were happy with how the season ended. Silva has played vol- leyball throughout her high school years, participating with a club team in Brazil. She said she’s enjoyed traveling with the Moun- taineer/Cougars this season. “We won because we practiced a lot,” she said of WKH ¿QDO WZR JDPHV ³(Y- erybody was trying to win the games because of home- coming.” 7KLVLV&DEUDO¶V¿UVW\HDU playing volleyball, although she joined in practices last year with the team. “I like how different it ZDV IURP WKH ¿UVW JDPH to the last game, and how we all improved together,” Cabral said, adding, “I think we had a lot of energy and it was our homecoming game, so we pushed ourselves and kept a good attitude going. I’m glad I was able to play volleyball – it’s fun, and I love it.”
