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.
