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WEDNESDAY
February 17, 2016
Prospector
boys, girls
prepare
for Wapiti
District
Grant Union teams
are both seeded No. 2
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Photos by The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Clay Johnson earns the championship title last Saturday, wrestling at 126 during the 1A/2A Special
District 4 Tournament.
Prospectors claim
second at District
Three GU wrestlers
qualify for state
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The 14 Grant
Union Prospector wrestlers strong-
armed their way to second place
with 158.5 points at last Saturday’s
1A/2A Special District 4 Wrestling
Tournament.
Clay Johnson (132) and Antonio
Dancer (138) were district cham-
pions, and Andrew Copenhaver
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Grant Union head coach Andy
Lusco said his team was just a match
or two from beating Irrigon, which
won the championship (171.5).
Burns placed third (133.5).
“Eleven of 14 wrestlers placed, so
that’s pretty awesome,” Lusco said.
“Our kids wrestled to their potential
today, and few went above and be-
yond.”
Earning third were Dillon Maley
(220) and Chance Ballou (285), and
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cer (120) and Jay Goldblatt (126).
Elijah Humbird (182) wrestled
his teammate Hadley Boethin for
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Grant Union Prospector Antonio Dancer (138) battles on the
mat, earning championship status.
JD third-grader wins
Prairie City teams
third at state Hoop Shoot prepare for districts
Five locals compete
at district contest
Panther teams invite
community to cheer,
support in playoffs
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PORTLAND — Humbolt Ele-
mentary third-grader Eli Speth won
a trophy and third place Feb. 13 at
the State Elks Hoop Shoot contest
held at Alder Creek Middle School
in Portland.
Speth sank 20 of 25 shots in the
8-9-year-old division, his best record
yet in the Elks contest.
The winner, who will continue
on to regionals hit 23, and the sec-
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Local Elks Hoop Shoot win-
ners competed at the Jan. 23 Elks
Southeast District Hoop Shoot in
Prineville.
Devon Stokes, a Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School sev-
enth-grader, placed second at the dis-
trict competition for the 12-13-year-
old division.
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PRAIRIE CITY — The Prairie
City Panther teams had a winning
weekend to fuel their outlook as they
prepare for this week’s High Desert
District 8-1A Championship.
The tournament, held in John Day
at Grant Union Junior-Senior High
School, is scheduled to begin at 1
p.m. Thursday and continues with
games on Friday and Saturday.
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league, will face the fourth-seeded Day-
ville/Monument Tigers at 1 p.m. Thurs-
day. If the Lady Panthers win, they’ll
play No. 1 Crane at 7 pm. Friday.
The Prairie City boys, seeded
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ed Adrian at 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
GU Gold
dancers gain
ground in
Albany
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By Angel Carpenter
Humbolt Elementary third-
grader Eli Speth wins a
trophy, earning third place
at last Saturday’s Elks State
Hoop Shoot in Portland. He
previously won first place
in the local hoop shoot
sponsored by the John Day
Elks Lodge No. 1824 and
finished first at the district
contest in Prineville.
ELGIN — Grant Union’s girls
and boys teams are preparing for the
battles the 2A Wapiti District Tour-
nament will bring this weekend.
The Lady Prospectors, seeded
No. 2, are scheduled to face either
Enterprise or Imbler at 1 p.m. Friday.
Enterprise and Imbler had a playoff
game scheduled for Tuesday, past
press time.
The Prospector boys, seeded No.
2, will match up with No. 3-seed Im-
bler at 2:45 p.m. Friday.
The Grant Union Prospector girls
and boys pulled out big wins on the
road last week as they headed down
the stretch to postseason play.
The Lady Prospectors, No. 7 in
the state OSAA rankings, beat Elgin
58-30 on Friday and Cove 44-14 on
Saturday.
The Grant Union boys, climbing
in the OSAA rankings to No. 13,
claimed victory over Elgin, 57-27,
and Cove, 60-17.
Grant Union girls coach Mark
Mosley said he was proud of his
team for winning on the road.
“In both games, we kept our de-
fense intensity and did not give ei-
ther team many opportunities,” he
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a good challenge because, whether
we play Imbler or Enterprise, they
will be ready for us. We are taking
one game at a time and pushing to-
wards our goals.”
In their past meetings with Enter-
prise, the Lady Prospectors won 54-
26 on Jan. 23, and 61-34 on Jan. 2.
They also beat Imbler 46-40 on
Feb. 5, and 45-23 on Jan. 15.
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ALBANY — Grant Union Gold
placed third out of four at the South
Albany Dance Competition.
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points, Amity took second with a 71
and Bandon took fourth with 66.
“Our goal is to increase our score
into the 70s when we attend the
Pendleton competition,” said head
coach Shannon Adair. “The Pend-
leton competition will be a great
competition for anyone in our area
to attend.”
Four local elementary through
high school teams will compete at 1
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Pendleton
High School.
The teams will also perform all
their routines at their Spring Show-
case at 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, at
Grant Union Junior-Senior High
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