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Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 27, 2016 SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Jan. 28 WEDNESDAY January 27, 2016 Grant Union wrestling @ Burns Duals (Burns, Crane) in Burns, 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 Grant Union second at home tournament Long Creek Prairie City Prairie City basketball vs. Dayville/ Monument in Prairie City, varsity games be- gin at 6 p.m. Grant Union Grant Union basketball @ Burns in Burns, JV games begin at 3 Dayville/Monument p.m. Long Creek/ Ukiah bas- ketball vs. Adrian JV in Long Creek, 5 p.m. A9 Saturday, Jan. 30 Grant Union dance @ Canby Competition in Canby, TBD Grant Union wrestling @ BEO Invitational in Heppner, 10 a.m. Dayville/Monument vs. Adrian in Monument, JV girls begin at 12:30 p.m., followed by varsity girls, boys Grant Union basketball vs. Union in John Day, JV games begin at 1 p.m. Prairie City basketball vs. Burnt River in Unity, varsity begins at 2 p.m. Lady Panther deIense garners 20 win The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Jesse Paulson, right, faces a Hermiston opponent at Friday’s tournament. Mat men travel to BEO tourney on Saturday By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — The Grant Union 3rosSeFtor Zrestlers ¿ nished seFond at their ¿ rst hoPe Zrestling tourna Pent oI the season )riday “Overall, we wrestled well,” said Grant Union head FoaFh Andy /us Fo “We had over 100 high sFhool and 7 Munior high wrestlers IroP 11 teaPs at the Peet” The Burns Hilanders were Peet FhaPSions with 1, Iollowed Ey Grant Union with 10 EnterSrise was third with 101 &rane ¿ nished Iourth with , and ,rrigon was ¿ Ith with See GU, Page A10 The stats Grant Union 106 Jesse Paulson 1-3 113 Connor White 1-3 120 Braden Spencer 1-2 126 Jay Goldblatt 2-2 132 Clay Johnson 3-0 138 Antonio Dancer 3-0 152 Cameron Hallgarth 1-3 160 Andrew Copenhaver 2-2 170 Elijah Humbird 3-0 195 Hadley Boethin 1-2 Hvy Dillon Maley 2-2 Grant Union junior high Russell Hodge 4-0 Drew Lusco 4-0 Ethan Moore 4-0 Grant Union junior high at Culver Jan. 20 Russell Hodge 2-1 took 2nd Ethan Moore 4-1 took 2nd Drew Lusco 2-0 took 1st Damien Young 2-2 took 3rd Justin Hodge 2-2 took 4th Eli Sheedy 2-2 took 4th Bladen Burrill 1-1 took 2nd (only lost to Drew) Airron Glimpse, Parker Manitsas, Sam McCracken each won a match at their ¿ rst wrestling meet Lady Tigers ready to refocus for success The Eagle/Angel Carpenter By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle DAY9,//E — &rossFounty teaPs Pet uS in Dayville )riday Ior e[Fiting girls EasNetEall FoPSetition The 3rairie &ity 3anthers stuFN it out Ior the 20 win over the Day villeMonuPent Tigers The girls will PatFh uS again at 6 SP )riday, this tiPe at the 3rairie &ity Fourt 5egarding last )riday¶s gaPe, Tiger head FoaFh Taylor 6FhPadeNa said, “3rairie &ity FaPe out to Slay — the score was close throughout Post the gaPe, and we were down Ey two at the halI” The third quarter had the Panthers ahead, 02, and Prairie &ity out shot the Tigers 126 in the Iourth Ior the win “All weeN we were trying to get each oI theP to de¿ ne what their gaPe is,” said Panther head coach Penny BlacN “We EroNe it down to the siPSlest EasNetEall we could and Nind oI Must started Iresh” Prairie &ity¶s Brianna =weygardt led the teaP with 2 Soints and 17 reEounds “We shot a lot, and the Iocus was on reEounding,” BlacN said “As a whole, they learned they can Slay” She added, “They learned how to win, instead oI Slaying to not lose ,t was a great teaP eIIort and con¿ dence was raised quite a Eit tonight My girls Slayed hard and steady, giv ing every ounce oI energy they had to deIeat the /ady Tigers All season we e[Sected Pore They¶re starting to Eelieve in thePselves” Panther player Sarah Ennis said practice paid oII “, thinN we played well as a teaP, and our deIense EroNe down and played well,” she said “Since we¶ve See PC, Page A10 Grant Union Prospector Hadley Boethin wins by a pin against an Enterprise opponent Friday. The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Braden Spencer takes down an Imbler opponent during Friday’s tournament in John Day. Prospector press wins it in Enterprise GU teams prep for tough matchups By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — The Grant Union Prospector girls and Eoys EasNetEall teaPs shot down the Enterprise Out laws on the road last Saturday The girls caPe away with a 2 victory, the Eoys, “We played a coPplete gaPe as a teaP,” said girls head coach MarN Mosley “We were aEle to Irustrate theP with our deIensive pressure IroP start to ¿ nish” The teaP had 1 deÀ ections and 12 steals against the Outlaws “, was e[trePely proud oI our eI Iort,” Mosley said “Playing on the road is not always easy, Eut we caPe ready to play tonight” Prospector Eoys head coach Steve Speth said his teaP is now preparing Ior the Burns and Union gaPes this weeNend “We¶re worNing to iPprove in all ar eas to prepare Ior those gaPes,” he said Grant Union travels to Burns )riday Ior gaPes, Eeginning with Munior varsi ty teaPs at pP The Prospectors host Union on Sat urday Ior senior night ,t¶s also their last regular season hoPe gaPe The last two weeNs oI regular sea son will Ee on the road The gaPe against Union Eegins at 1 pP with Mu nior varsity Iollowed Ey varsity The J9 girls will have a halI gaPe The stats GU girls vs. Enterprise Kori Pentzer: 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals Heather Mosley: 13 points, 8 rebounds Mariah Moulton: 5 points, 2 rebounds Kaylee Wright: 5 points, 2 rebounds Mariah Wright: 4 points Samantha Brock: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 4 steals McKenzie Wilson: 2 points, 2 rebounds Jozie Rude: 4 rebounds Whitney McClellan: 2 rebounds GU boys vs. Enterprise points/rebounds/assists/steals Wyatt Weaver: 19/11/2/2 Nathan Gehley: 8/10/1/2 Duane Stokes: 6/3/0/2 Cauy Weaver: 4/1/1/3 Ricky Weickum: 4/5/3/2 Brady Burch: 2/3/1/3 Zack Deiter: 2/1/0/3 Clayton Vaughan: 0/0/0/1 Tiger teaPworN deIeats Panthers County teams rematch in PC on Friday By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle DAY9,LLE — The DayvilleMon uPent Tiger Eoys had heated coPpe tition IroP their Prairie &ity Panther neighEors Eut pounded out a 61 vic tory at the Dayville court The teaPs rePatch on )riday, this tiPe at Prairie &ity¶s court Ior gaPes starting at 6 pP Eeginning with girls varsity SpeaNing oI last )riday¶s gaPe, Ti ger head coach JeII SchaIer said, “Prai rie &ity shot unEelievaEly well They Erought their A gaPe Ior sure, Eut the Tiger Eoys went to their IaPous teaP worN and deIense” Prairie &ity head coach Jonathon Gill was pleased with his teaP¶s hard worN “,t was a roEEer gaPe,” he said “That¶s the No 1 teaP — they¶re one oI the Eest teaPs in the state” Prairie &ity caPe out with an en ergetic start, taNing a 1711 lead in the ¿ rst quarter DayvilleMonuPent¶s Tanner MoodenEaugh was ¿ rst to score, and the Tigers tied it, , Eut Prairie &ity pulled ahead when Garrett Hitz scored two, and Dorran Wilson caPe EacN Ior two Pore oII a steal Wilson later sanN a threepoint shot, and Tiger DaNota Wilson scored the ¿ nal two in the quarter The Tigers sprang into action in the second, holding the Panthers to 17 while adding 11 points The Panthers gained soPe Iooting, Eut the hoPe teaP tooN the 272 halI tiPe lead and didn¶t looN EacN Helping seal the deal Ior the Tigers down the stretch, Tanner WalczyN hit Iour threes in a row, which included one Iourpoint play WalcyzN seePed as surprised as ev eryone else aEout the 1 points “, couldn¶t Piss the threepoints,” he said “,t was a good teaP eIIort We all reEounded well and crashed” Prairie &ity¶s Levi BurNe also hit Iour threes throughout the gaPe “, thinN we Iought hard, and that See TIGERS, Page A10 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Dayville/Monument Tiger Jordan Bowlus stays low, working his way around Prairie City Panther Wyatt Williams in Friday’s game, Tiger Hayden Schafer in back.
