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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.