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seven to close the gap a little.
Defensive pressure was heavy
in the fourth, and Imbler scrambled
to catch up.
Gill scored off a steal and then
fouled out with four minutes left
in the game, Grant Union leading
Imbler gained another free-
throw point, and Prospector Duane
Stokes sank two at the free-throw
line.
With just seconds left, Imbler
was one three-point basket away
from sending the game into over-
time.
Prospector Ricky Weickum
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point swirled around the rim a few
times before going in, and the sec-
ond was a straight shot.
Panther Garret Ryan scored a
three-pointer near the buzzer, the
Prospectors standing back to avoid
fouling to take the win.
“It was a full team effort,”
Speth said. “The guys were play-
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Scoring was close in the open-
ing period, but after tying it 10-10,
the Prospectors kept ahead in the
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Grant Union jumped ahead in
the second, outscoring Imbler 13-
6, increasing their lead to 27-18 at
the half.
Prospector Nathan Gehley
came out in the third to score, then
took the defensive rebound, and
Prospector Trace Gill added two
more.
Gehley nabbed another rebound
and scored again. He also sank two
at the free-throw line later in the
quarter.
Prospector Wyatt Weaver’s
three-point shot as the period
wound down gave Grant Union a
comfortable 16-point lead. How-
ever, Imbler came back to score
the
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School: Dayville
Grade: 10
Parents: Tom and Tina Rhoda
Sport: Basketball
What I like best about my sport: “I enjoy basketball
because it’s a high-paced game. I especially like defense
because it’s more intense.”
Coach’s Comment: “Danielle has a very high basketball IQ
and is very good at defense and getting much needed
rebounds for the team.”
- Coach Taylor Schmadeka
Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes
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ing hard and playing smart. We had
a great game.”
He was impressed with Weav-
er’s work defending 6-foot-3 se-
nior Trace VanCleave.
“Wyatt shut him down and out-
scored him,” Speth said. “It was fun
to see him step up to that challenge.”
Weaver said he was happy with
the win.
“I think it’s a turning point on
our season, for our morale and
getting us clicked around for the
second part of league,” he said.
“That’s key in our success and get-
ting us a higher seed in districts.”
The Prospectors hosted Cove
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at the Grant Union court.
“The game with Cove allowed
us to play our younger players sig-
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us to work on our half-court of-
fense game,” Speth said. “The
boys did a good job of moving the
ball and getting good shots and
played good half-court defense.”
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“I think we’ll be competitive
at districts,” he said. “We’re at
the upper half of the league,
and a district championship is
our goal.”
There are 11 returning
wrestlers this year, includ-
ing seniors, Copenhaver and
Dancer.
Copenhaver, who’s wrestled
for three years, said he’s im-
pressed at how the program has
grown since he joined.
“I’m glad to see the program
thriving,” he said, adding he’s
Grant Union gears up this week
for a game at Enterprise on Sat-
urday, and the following week on
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landers in Burns. They host Union
the following day.
The stats
GU vs. Imbler
Points/rebounds/assists/steals
Nathan Gehley: 14/4/2/0
Wyatt Weaver: 13/0/4/3
Ricky Weickum: 10/0/3/0
Trace Gill: 6/2/0/2
Duane Stokes: 5/3/2/0
Zack Deiter: 5/1/1/0
Brady Burch: 2/3/2/1
Clayton Vaughan: 0/0/0/0
Cauy Weaver: 0/2/0/0
GU vs. Cove
Gill: 12/5/1/3
Burch: 12/1/2/1
Stokes: 11/3/1/1
Wyatt Weaver: 8/7/5/1
Deiter: 6/4/0/0
Gehley: 6/3/1/0
Cauy Weaver: 4/6/1/2
Vaughan: 3/0/2/2
Gage Lambeth: 2/3/0/0
Ty McDaniel: 0/1/0/1
Weickum: 0/4/6/6
Brogan McKrola: 0/0/0/1
hopeful for a run at state this
year.
“I was one place away (last
year),” he said. “I’m hoping
to improve that by at least one
place this year.”
Dancer has been wrestling
for six years.
“This year, I’ve improved
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said. “I feel our program this
year has improved drastically,
and everyone is motivated and
wanting to wrestle. It’s more
than just a sport, we’re becom-
ing a family together.”
He said his personal goal
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competition.
Lusco has coaching assis-
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Prairie City was outscored 11-17 in
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Adrian is currently ranked No. 8 for
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“They played hard,” Black said of her
team. “Scoring throughout the game was
distributed pretty evenly.”
Brianna Zweygardt and Sarah Ennis
were the top scorers with nine points
each, followed by Cassie Hire with eight,
Raven Maloy with six and Megan Ca-
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Trace Gill
scores over the reach of Imbler
Panther Trace VanCleave in Friday’s
game.
tance this year from Ty Parsons,
Jake Batease, Guy Johnson and
Ethan Kowing — three Grant
Union alumni.
The head coach said he’s
happy with the youth wrestling
program, which Mike Strong
runs with Parsons and others.
“That mat club is an amaz-
ing program,” Lusco said.
“When those kids get here (to
high school), they’ll be a huge
addition. It builds the program
fast.”
He said Parsons is an im-
portant piece of the continu-
ity because he helps coach
the youth and the high school
teams.
He added, “We want to in-
marena with two.
Black said she also appreciated the
energy shown by Marnie Woodbury and
fearless defense from Haley Pfefferkorn
and Paige Moore.
“Our defense really shined. We had
set goals in rebounding and forced turn-
overs, and met and exceeded in those,”
Black said. “The coaches are proud of the
girls for not quitting, with Adrian being
in the top 10 in the state. We played up to
the completion even though the score did
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Black added, “Our goal each game is
to be a better team and individual at the
end.”
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that group here in the next year
or so.”
The day-to-day goals remain
the same: “Do a few things, do
them well and be exceptional at
what we do,” Lusco said.
The tough conditioning
expected of the group during
practice helps with endurance
on the mat.
“Wrestling is hard to com-
pare to other sports,” Lusco
said. “I think the mental tough-
ness is hard to replicate. There
are no breaks, no timeouts
— you’re on the mat until the
match is over. Wrestlers are
special kids.”
Two players who had been sick re-
turned to play against Burnt River.
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22-7 lead.
Burnt River outscored the Panthers
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lead in the fourth to take the win.
“I think we played really well as a
team,” Camarena said.
“We’re playing better and better each
game and learning how each player
works,” Woodbury said.
The Panthers will travel to Dayville
Friday for games beginning at 6 p.m. and
Burnt River on Saturday for games be-
ginning at 2 p.m.
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