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A10 Wednesday, February 0, 06 Blue Mountain Eagle SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY February 10, 2016 Friday, Feb. 12 Grant Union basketball @ Elgin in Elgin, JV games (girls JV will be a half game) at 3 p.m., followed by varsity TIGER BOYS FALL TO JORDAN VALLEY IN OT Dayville/Monument bas- ketball @ Burnt River in Unity, varsity games start at 6 p.m. Prairie City basketball @ Harper/Huntington in Huntington, varsity games at 6 p.m. Team follows up with win in Crane By Angel Carpenter Saturday, Feb. 13 Blue Mountain Eagle Grant Union Long Creek Grant Union basketball @ Cove in Cove, JV games (boys JV will be a half game) at 1 p.m., followed by varsity Dayville/Monument Prairie City Grant Union hosts District Wrestling Tournament in John Day, 8 a.m. Grant Union dance @ South Albany in Albany, 11 a.m. Prairie City basketball vs. Long Creek/Ukiah in Prairie City, JV games at 2 p.m. Dayville/Monument basketball vs. Harper/ Huntington in Monu- ment (senior recogni- tion), JV girls half game at 3 p.m., varsity games at 4 p.m. DAYVILLE — The Dayville/ Monument Tiger boys had a 50-56 heart-breaker loss last Friday to Jor- dan Valley, then turned things around for a 69-63 win on the road Saturday against Crane. The Tigers and Jordan Valley Mustangs entered the game tied for ¿ rst in the A +igh Desert League, -. A strong ¿ rst Tuarter for the Mus- tangs had the Tigers trailing -3. Dayville/Monument fought back in the second, shooting 5 Soints to Jordan Valley¶s 6. Tiger Tanner Moodenbaugh con- tributed si[ Soints in the Tuarter, in- cluding two Serfect shots at the free- throw line. Dakota Emerson had four Soints, Tanner :alc]yk hit a three-Soint shot and +ayden Schafer had two Soints. The Tigers charged uS during the halftime break and outshot the Mus- tangs -0 in the third. Dayville/Monument was down 37-39 going into the fourth, but took off when Jordan Bowlus and Wal- c]yk each ¿ red off a three-Soint shot to start. Two more Soints from Emerson had the Tigers uS 5-39, but Jordan Valley creSt back uS, and, with 6 seconds left, the game was tied 47- 47. In the ¿ nal seconds, the Tigers¶ attemSted shots were blocked by the Mustangs, and a long shot didn’t fall. In overtime, the Mustangs went 7- with free throws, and had one two-Sointer. See TIGERS, Page A11 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Dayville/Monument Tiger Dakota Emerson (21) jumps up to score, his teammates, Hayden Schafer (20) and Tanner Walczyk in the action in the game against Jordan Valley. *8 girls are 1o. 6 in state Panther boys secure home win over AnteloSes Prospector teams clinch wins in Imbler By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle IMBLE5 — The *rant 8nion ProsSector girls and boys teams worked for wins on the road at the Imbler Panther court last Friday. The *rant 8nion girls, currently 1o. 6 in the 2SAA rankings, Sut uS a defensive battle in their 46-40 victory. “Imbler Slayed good de- fense, but early in the game we missed some easy oSSor- tunities which allowed them to stay in the game,” said head coach Mark Mosley. “In the end, we came uS with some Pentzer clutch offensive Sossessions and good defensive stoSs.” The Lady ProsSectors had 3 successful attemSts at the free-throw line, which helSed earn the win. “Kori Pent]er was nine for from the free- throw line down the stretch to helS clinch the win,” Mosley said. See GU GIRLS, Page A11 Contributed photo/Cindy Dougharity-Spencer Grant Union wrestlers earning medals at last Saturday’s Pine Eagle Tourament include, from left, Antonio Dancer, Jay Goldblatt, Andrew Copenhaver, Clay Johnson, Chance Ballou, Dillon Maley and Hadley Boethin. PC teams ready for rebound from losses By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Grant Union to host District Tournament this Saturday Pros take fourth at Pine Eagle tourney By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle +ALFWAY — The *rant 8nion 3rosSector wrestlers earned a fourth-Slace ¿ nish out of 6 teams at last Satur- day’s Pine Eagle Tournament. ProsSector head coach Andy Lusco said he was Sleased with his team’s Ser- formance. Clay Johnson was cham- Sion for the 3 weight class. Earning third were Anto- nio Dancer 3, Andrew CoSenhaver 60, Jay *old- blatt 6 and Chance Ballou 5. Dillon Maley took fourth at 0, and +adley Boethin was ¿ fth at 95. *rant 8nion will host the A/A SSecial District 4 Wrestling Tournament at P5AI5IE CITY — The Prairie City Panthers faced tough matchuSs last week as the regular season starts to wind down and the teams look toward the district tour- nament. The Panther boys kicked their intensity uS a notch after losing 48-84 to Crane on Tuesday last week, bouncing back for a 60- 5 win over Adrian on Friday. 2n Saturday, they suffered a 35-75 loss to Jordan Valley, currently the 1o. team in the A +igh Desert League. Prairie City head coach Jonathon *ill noted that Crane has imSroved over the sea- son, and their starters are all seniors. See TOURNEY, Page A11 See PANTHER BOYS, Page A11 Youth wrestle strong in Salem Owen Parsons is 55-lb. champ in Peewee division By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo Standing with his coach Steve Parsons, right, Mason Benge displays the medal he earned at the OWA Kids State tournament in Salem. SALEM — Four members of the *rant County Youth Wrestling Club comSeted at the Jan. 30-3 2regon Wres- tling Association’s Kids State tournament. The event, held at the State Fairgrounds in Salem, includ- ed ,600 2regon wrestlers. Five-year-old 2wen Par- sons earned chamSionshiS sta- tus at the event, wrestling at 55 Owen Parsons Sounds in the Peewee division. Mason Benge, who recent- ly turned 9, was sixth in Inter- mediate 75. Taylor Parsons, age 8, earned seventh with a 4- re- cord in Bantam 55. Tristan Clarry, age 9, went - in Intermediate 70. Parsons and Benge were also 25WAY regional cham- Sions at the +ermiston tourna- ment in December. Mike Strong of John Day has been coaching the *rant County club for three years with helS from several assis- tant coaches. The grouS had 30 wrestlers, ages 5-, in the Srogram. “We had a great season,” he said. “I’m very Sroud of the kids and the suSSort they have for each other, and the extra suSSort they have from family.” Contributed photo The Grant County Youth Wrestling program, coached by Mike Strong along with several assistant coaches, sent four boys to compete at the Feb. 7-8 Oregon Wrestling Association Kids State tournament in Portland. From left: Tristan Clarry, Owen Parsons (back), Taylor Parsons and Mason Benge. Parsons was champion in the Peewee 55-lb. weight class.
