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GU
Golfers
earn
second
at Echo
Hills
Lady Pros face tough Tigers team Kids can
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and the ability to come back.
We Must ran out of time.”
Grant Union now looks
forward to hosting their annu
al sSring break games, the Les
Schwab InYitational at SeYenth
Street ComSlex in -ohn 'ay.
“We look forward to Oak
land and Sheridan,” 'elaney
Nathan Gehley
earns second
lowest score
GU girls host
Heppner/Ione
Friday, April 1
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
ECHO ² Grant Union
golf head coach Ron Lund
bom said each of his team
members learned something
as they had their ¿rst tee off
of the season at the HeSSner
InYitational held at Echo
Hills Golf Course in Echo.
The Grant Union team
came away with a sec
ondSlace ¿nish with 459.
Nixyaawii Slaced ¿rst with
402, and EnterSrise was third
with 461.
Grant Union senior Na
than Gehley had the second
lowest indiYidual score with
94 at the eYent, behind Riley
Langford and Blake Kanni
er of Nixyaawii, who each
scored 86.
Grant Union’s 'uane
Stokes had 106, -ay Goldblatt
119 and Connor White 140.
For the Grant Union girls,
Tiana Allen ¿nished third
with 126 behind HeSSner
golfers, Amanda Rea 98 and
Madison Combe 123.
Grant Union’s Rose Van
dehey scored 142.
“We scored better than I
thought we would, and eY
eryone had fun,” Lundbom
said.
The 3rosSectors comSete
at the Friday, ASril 1, Class
1A/2A 3endleton InYite at
3endleton Country Club.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
LA GRAN'E ² The
Grant Union Lady 3rosSec
tors had a tough ¿rst outing in
La Grande last Friday where
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Ten Tiger athletes from
the 1A school ¿nished at
least “midSack” against
their comSetitors, which
included ¿Ye 4A schools
and 13 other mostly larger
schools.
A few highlights include
SoShia 3ettit Slacing sec
ond in the 100meter dash
and third in the 200.
.yla Emerson ¿nished
10th in the 100, out of 66
comSetitors, and seYenth in
the long MumS.
3ettit, Emerson, 'i
norha Vidrio Landin and
)aythe Schafer made uS a
4[400 relay team, ¿nishing
in 10th Slace.
Maya Thomas Slaced
11th in the 3000.
For the boys, Hayden
Schafer took seYenth in MaY
elin out of comSetitors.
Next on Monument’s
schedule is the March 23
AllComers eYent at Ore
gon City High School and
the Wednesday, March 30,
CulYer InYite.
Long Creek
Long Creek head coach
Linda Studtmann took 10
athletes to last Friday’s 'i
ana Thurmond InYitational
in HarSer.
Highlights for the boys
include .irill BorisoY ¿n
ishing ¿fth in the 200meter
dash with teammate Aaron
Yeung taking sixth, 3hiliSS
'essau ninth and Adam
5aMabelieY 11th.
BorisoY also Slaced seY
enth in MaYelin, and Fernan
do Rodriguez was sixth in
the high MumS and ninth in
long MumS.
For the girls, Andrea
Moreno Slaced seYenth in
the 800meter and 11th in
the long MumS for the girls.
Lilly Stemmann was 12th
in the long MumS.
Long Creek will next
comSete at the Tuesday,
ASril , Grant Union Small
Schools InYitational.
The 3rairie City and
'ayYille teams Slan to start
their season at the ASril 1
'on Walker InYitational.
they suffered a near shutout to
the Tigers.
The 3rosSectors lost Game
One 115 and Game Two
11.
A challenging early sched
ule is Must the way Grant
Union head coach 'eAnna
Nash likes it.
She said she knew La
Grande would be a tough
comSetitor, but it will only
helS them as they SreSare for
Contributed photo
Grant Union junior high wrestlers Kevin Duvall
(fourth place), left, Drew Lusco (first place) and
Russell Hodge (third place) at the Regional Qualifier
in Boardman at Riverside High School. The three
advanced to the state championship, where Lusco
won first place in the 220 weight class.
LUSCO
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TRACK
said. “We haYe a good idea of
what works and our identity
as a team. We should Sut in a
better Serformance and hoSe
to come out with the ‘W.’”
Grant Union faces Sheri
dan at 1230 S.m. on Friday
and Oakland at 1230 S.m.
Saturday.
Other teams Moining in
include Sherman/Arlington/
Condon and -oseSh/Enter
Srise/Wallowa.
The Munior high team is led
by head coach Andy Lusco
and assistant coaches Tye 3ar
sons, -ake Batease and Guy
-ohnson.
At the state comSetition,
'rew Lusco won his ¿rst two
matches by Sin and then a 20
decision in the semi¿nals. He
took ¿rst Slace in the ¿nals
with a 42 decision.
Hodge (150) went 22 and
¿nished one Slace out of the
medals, wrestling well, while
'uYall (195), a new wrestler,
comSeted hard but didn’t win
a match, coach Lusco said.
At the regional comSetition
'rew Lusco won ¿rst, Hodge
third and 'uYall fourth.
“This is a Yery comSetitiYe
Srocess,” coach Lusco said.
“The 1A through 6A teams all
comSete together. There were
oYer 1,000 total wrestlers at
four regional tournaments
throughout the state.”
He said each region sends
the best four into a 16Serson
bracket at Woodburn a week
later.
A total of 99 schools Sar
ticiSated at the state leYel, and
twice as many SarticiSated at
regionals.
“Our Munior high wrestlers
¿nished the season strong with
some excellent Serformances
at the regional meet in addi
tion to our state quali¿ers,”
coach Lusco said. “MultiSle
match winners included Air
ron GlimSse, -ustin Hodge,
Ethan Moore, Nathan Moore,
Angel OliYer, Eli Sheedy and
'amion Young ² oYerall a
great season with a dedicated
grouS of young wrestlers.”
“
This is a very competitive process.
The 1A through 6A teams all
compete together. There were over
1,000 total wrestlers at four regional
tournaments throughout the state.”
Andy Lusco, head coach
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Admission is $5 for adults,
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The 3rosSectors also host
their annual fundraiser at
630 S.m. Friday at the Grant
Union old gym.
'elaney said it’s a fun,
nottomiss eYent.
The eYent is catered by
.ris and .Mer .izer with a
tritiS dinner.
league games which include
some of the best in the state.
“Our league is strong, but
if our goal is to make a run at
state, that comSetition will
only helS us,” she said.
The Grant Union girls,
who are in the Class 3A
Eastern Oregon League, will
host 2A/1A HeSSner/Ione on
Friday, ASril 1, at the SeY
enth Street ComSlex in -ohn
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CANYON CITY ²
-ohn 'ayCanyon City
3arks and Recreation
is offering an indoor
soccer Srogram for
4yearolds.
Soccer
Sractice
starts Monday, ASril 4,
at the Humbolt Elemen
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DANCERS
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Catholic (91.44), followed
by 4A Stayton (90.83) and
4A Crook County (84.11).
She said that while her
teaP didn¶t earn a ¿rst or
secondSlace ¿nish, their
scoring was close to the four
teaPs Slaced Must ahead of
theP in the SreliPinaries ²
the toS seYen adYanced to the
¿nal round.
“They were fully commit
ted,” Adair said of her team.
“Their e[Sression and sSacial
awareness rose to the leYel it
needed to be to Serform at
the Coliseum. They hit seYer
al things that we hadn’t seen
them hit yet.”
Adair is steSSing down
as head coach after 19 years
of leading the team she was
once a member of herself
when she attended Grant
Union.
“I look forward to watch
ing them continue to be com
SetitiYe in a sSort that is be
coming more dif¿cult for 2A
schools to SarticiSate in,” she
said.
She added, although her
grouS of 10 was comSrised
of mostly beginners, their
e[cellent work ethic helSed
them imSroYe week after
week.
“I loYe working with kids
and seeing their con¿dence
increase,” she said. “You
haYe to be con¿dent in your
self to Serform and steS out
side your comfort zone. It’s
why I coached as long I haYe.
Our team is like family.”
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Grade: 12
Parents: Lance Woodcock and Shannon Adair
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Coach’s Comment: “She has been a joy to coach and is an incredible leader
for her team. She is comfortable in her skin and strives to be positive at all
times. She is very talented and always works hard to accomplish more.”
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