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SPORTS SCHEDULE High school basketball WEDNESDAY December 9, 2015 Thursday, Dec. 10 Grant Union basketball vs. Crane in John Day, girls 6 p.m./boys 7:30 p.m. Dancers shine at Holiday Showcase Friday, Dec. 11 By Angel Carpenter Prairie City @ Condon Christmas Dayville/Monument Tournament in Condon, girls 3 p.m./ boys 4:30 p.m. J Grant Union OHN DAY — More than 60 dancers brightened the spir- its of a standing-room only crowd, performing in the 19th Annual Holi- day Showcase at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School. The event, held last Thursday and Friday, featured the Grant Union High School dance team, along with younger dance groups who train at Body Fitness & Dance. The program, which is the high school dance team’s main fund- raiser of the year, included a va- riety of styles of dance from performers ranging in age from 3-18. Dance coaches en- tertained the audience, performing to “Cool Yule,” and the Grant Union team topped off the night with an energetic performance to “Shake Santa Shake.” Shannon Adair who coaches the high school team and coordinates the event said about 300 people attended each performance. “I was really happy with all the performances and all the people who attended,” she said. “It was a huge success.” Prairie City Dayville/ Monument @ Adrian Tourney in Adrian, girls 5 p.m./boys 6:30 p.m. (PT) Blue Mountain Eagle Long Creek Grant Union basketball @ Weston/ McEwen Tourney in Athena, girls 6:45 p.m./boys 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Prairie City @ Condon Christmas Tournament in Condon, girls 11 a.m./ boys 12:30 p.m. Dayville/Monument @ Adri- an Tourney in Adrian, TBA Grant Union basketball @ Weston/McEwen Tourney in Athena, TBA High school wrestling Friday, Dec. 11 Grant Union wrestling @ Calhoun Classic in Nyssa, 3 p.m. (MT) Saturday, Dec. 12 See more photos on B8 and online Grant Union wrestling @ Calhoun Classic in Nyssa, 10 a.m. (MT) The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Level I dancers, from left, Haven Giffin, Harmony Harper and Audrey Colson brighten the stage at the Holiday Showcase. GU wrestlers have ZLQQLQJ¿UVWRXWLQJ Six grapplers go undefeated at Irrigon duals By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle IRRIGON — Grant Union wrestlers met up with success last weekend win- ning all four dual meets in Irrigon. Lady Tigers take aim with positive approach Overall, the team took 32 wins and 20 losses as a team. “We wrestled extremely well,” said head coach Andy Lusco. “We had 15 of our 18 wrestlers healthy and eligible.” Fourteen of the 15 wres- tlers won at least one match. Scores were 60-24 over Heppner, 51-18 over (FKR6WDQ¿HOG RYHU See GU, Page B8 Contributed photo Grant Union’s Braden Spencer battles it out at the Irrigon duals meet, chalking up 2-0 at the event. New head coach guides Dayville/ Monument team By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle DAYVILLE — Chants of “Tiger Power” will likely be stronger than ever this year for the Dayville/Monument girls basketball team. The squad of 11 is making a fresh start with new coach Taylor Schmedeka. This is Schmedeka’s sec- RQG \HDU FRDFKLQJ ¿UVW DV head coach. “My biggest goal is for the kids to have fun, work hard and don’t give up,” he said. “I try to get them to work as a team and keep their head up, so if someone misses a shot, I want the team to pick them up and remember the next play is the most important.” One of the team’s biggest The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Head coach Taylor Schmedeka speaks with the Lady Tiger team during practice last Thursday. strengths is unity, he said. “They’re all friends, and they work well together.” Currently, the team is working to increase their VSHHG RQ WKH FRXUW DQG UH¿Q ing defense skills. “The league will be com- petitive this year, and it’s an offense-focused league,” he said. Other teams in the 1A-8 COME SEE THE CREW AT LES SCHWAB IN JOHN DAY, 551 W. Main John Day High Desert League are Crane, Prairie City, Jordan Valley, Adrian, Harper/Hun- tington and Burnt River. See TIGERS, Page B8 541-575-1346 t a DON’T GET STUCK... without your tire chains this winter. v y QUICK FIT DIAMOND TIRE CHAINS If you don’t use your passenger/light truck chains, return them for a full refund after April 1, 2016. Return program does not apply to spikes spider device. They take the work and frustration out of using tire chains. They go on and off quickly and fit right to provide excellent traction during tough winter driving conditions.