Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
B1
WEDNESDAY
March 30, 2016
Pro boys
warm up
bats at ice
breaker
Team loses to Sheridan,
defeats Oakland
The Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler
Buddy the elk joined the Bunny Hop 5K in Dayville Saturday. A wildlife biologist speculates the 3-year-old elk was
raised by humans. Buddy had been moved from the Prineville area last month to the Phillip Schneider Wildlife
Area in the Murderers Creek Basin in hopes he would join other elk. After Buddy made his first appearance in
town at the race, he was moved to the Wildlife Safari in Winston this week.
BUDDY THE ELK
JOINS DAYVILLE’S
BUNNY HOP 5K
Dayville’s annual Easter run
features a four-legged friend
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Blue Mountain Eagle
D
AYVILLE — What’s a nice elk like
you doing in a race like this?
Dayville’s Bunny Hop 5K last
Saturday picked up an unexpected
participant — an elk, known as “Buddy” to
locals.
Buddy ran the entire race, alongside the
54 human runners, on South Fork Road from
south of town to the Dayville City Park. He
stopped at least twice and headed off the
route, but returned again each time to rejoin
the other 5K racers.
He did have a number, but it was just an
ear tag and not a sanctioned race bib. Buddy
also didn’t pay any entry fees, nor did he tech-
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The Grant Union Prospec-
tors hosted the March 25-26 Les Schwab Invi-
tational, breaking the ice for baseball season.
Four teams joined Grant Union for the two-day
tournament, the Prospectors taking a 7-10 loss to
the 3A Sheridan Spartans on Friday and defeating
the 2A Oakland Oakers 6-4 on Saturday.
“Sheridan is a good ball club, and they
played well,” Grant Union head coach Brian
Delaney said. “We put ourselves in a position
to win, just made too many mental mistakes.”
The teams were scoreless in the ¿ rst two
innings of play.
After some back and forth scoring, includ-
ing Billy Copenhaver’s two-run single in the
fourth, Grant Union tied the score in the sixth
with Clayton Vaughan’s RBI single and Zack
Deiter’s sacri¿ ce À y.
See PROS, Page B2
More inside
Turn to page B10 for results from this
year’s Bunny Hop 5K.
nically ¿ nish the race, meandering through
the crowd at the park instead of crossing the
¿ nish line.
Buddy also didn’t take part in the Easter
egg hunt at the park afterward; human help
guided him back up South Fork so young egg
hunters could have the park to themselves.
Though Buddy is well-known by people
in Dayville, this was his ¿ rst trip to town, ac-
cording to city recorder Ruthie Moore.
See BUDDY, Page B10
ABOVE: Buddy, the Easter Elk,
enjoys an off-course break during
the 5K. He paused a few times,
rejoining the human runners after
each brief respite.
BELOW: Runners share the road with
Buddy as they approach Dayville and
the finish line at the park. Buddy was
moved in February to the Murderers
Creek area in Grant County from
Central Oregon. ODFW speculates
the elk, who seems comfortable
around people, was possibly raised
as a calf.
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography
Grant Union Prospector Zack
Deiter slides in at home during last
weekend’s Les Schwab Tournament.
Monument
WUDFNDQG¿HOG
competes at
All-Comers
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Pros ready to ¿ ght for each game
Coach Nash says pitching
is team’s strength
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — A sure sign of spring is
bats cracking at the Seventh Street Complex
ballparks.
The Grant Union Prospector softball team
is in its 10th year, with head coach DeAnna
Nash at the helm.
“To think, we started 10 years ago, with
no funding and no high school experience
— and in seven years, we made it to state,”
she said, adding the years have flown by
quickly.
Although the school ¿ ts in the 2A class,
Nash has her team competing in the 3A-5
Eastern Oregon League.
See LADY PROS, Page B2
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Grant Union Prospector softball seniors, from left: Jaylyn Bishop, Mariah
Gibson, Taylor McCluskey, Jocelynn Smith, Railey Namitz and Janelle King.
OREGON CITY — The Monument School
track and ¿ eld team members had a good showing
at the All-Comers event at the Oregon City High
School track.
Teams from 15 other schools, 1A through 6A,
competed.
Monument head coach Darrin Dailey said the
title of the event, “All-Comers,” was ¿ tting, be-
cause all schools and all ages are welcome to com-
pete, and no preregistration is required.
“Monument athletes did very well with many
season and career PRs,” Dailey said.
He said it’s unfortunate that none of the times
or marks are of¿ cial, as the event is just for fun,
and all athletes compete unattached to their school.
Highlights for the Tigers include Sophia Pet-
tit earning ¿ rst place in the 100-meter dash with a
time of 13.1, and she was also ¿ rst in the 200 with
27.3, improving her season time.
Kyla Emerson took third in the 100 with 14.3
and third in the 100 hurdles with 20.4.
Faythe Schafer ¿ nished third in the 400 with
6., ¿ fth in discus and fourth in javelin, improv-
ing her season mark in javelin.
Maya Thomas was eighth in the 800 and ninth
in the 1500. She was eighth in shot put, improving
her season’s best mark.
Dinorha Vidrio Landin earned personal re-
cords, placing sixth in the 400, seventh in long
jump and ninth in the 800. She also ¿ nished 11th
in discus.
For the boys, Hayden Schafer earned ¿ rst in
discus with a throw of 88-05, and was third in shot
put and javelin, earning a personal record in shot
put and improving his season mark in javelin.
Jess Hoodenpyl ¿ nished eighth in the shot put
and ninth in the 800.
The Monument team will compete at the Cul-
ver Invite on Wednesday, March 30.