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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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end in
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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
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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.
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The girls had the best day of
volleyball that we’ve had all season.’
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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
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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said. “That said a lot about
the attitude and heart of this
group.”
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The team suffered losses
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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
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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.
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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
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erybody was trying to win
the games because of home-
coming.”
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playing volleyball, although
she joined in practices last
year with the team.
“I like how different it
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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.”