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B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, April 8 Grant Union golf hosts the GUHS Invite in John Day, 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9 Grant Union, Prairie City, Dayville, LC track @ Lion’s Invitational in Burns, 12 p.m. Grant Union baseball vs. La Grande in John Day (2), 1 p.m the +27 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Monument soars at Grant Union’s Culver track meet baseball team works By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle CULVER — Monument track and ¿ eld competed well at the March 30 Culver Invitational. “Culver hosts a wonderful meet,” said Monument head coach Darrin Dailey. He was pleased to have his team competing at a smaller meet, with just six teams. “The kids all had a great time, and there were a lot of season re cords and personal records,” he said. corn e r’s 6+ 7 EEK OF THE W 7 5,1,7< + 87&+,621 For the girls team, Sophie Pettit had a ¿ rstplace ¿ nish, and personal record, in the 100meter dash with a time of 12.18; she also won the 200. Kyla Emerson had a personal record in the 100meter hurdles with third place and long jump with third; she also placed second in the 300 hurdles. Tamara Homan increased her record in the 100 and long jump. Faythe Schafer placed ¿ fth in the 00 with a time of 10.1 and was ¿ fth in javelin. Maya Thomas earned a sea son record in the 800, and 3,000 where she placed second. Dinorha Vidrio Landin had a personal record in the 100 and tied with Emerson for third in long jump. Aubrey Werner had person al records in discus and javelin, where she exceeded her mark by 13 feet. For the boys team, Jess Hoodenpyl had a personal record in the 3,000, Cade Milton in shot put and discus and Hayden Scha fer in the 100 with a ¿ fthplace time of 12.18. on its ‘killer instinct’ By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle ELGIN — The Grant Union Prospectors swept a doubleheader in Elgin last Sat urday, beating the Huskies 12 in Game One, followed by a 6 win. The Prospectors were poised to shut out the Hus kies, with pitcher Zack Deiter allowing no runs in the ¿ rst four innings. Meanwhile, Grant Union racked up 10 runs in the ¿ rst four innings. Hayden Young closed out the game at the mound. Deiter had eight stikeouts in the game. At bat, he scored on a tworun home run, scoring McKrola. Elgin held Grant Union off in the ¿ fth, then came back with six runs in the bottom of the inning. The teams scored two each in the sixth, and no runs were scored in the seventh. In Game Two, Prospectors Brogan McKrola and Brady Burch shared pitching duties. McKrola had ¿ ve strike outs, and Burch had two. Highlights from the ¿ rst inning include Young singling in the ¿ rst to score Ricky We ickum and Burch, and Young and Wade Reimers scoring on a groundout by Ty McDaniels. “I feel like our pitchers — Zack Dieter, Brogan McKro la, Hayden Young and Brady Burch — did really well, and did a great job throwing strikes,” said head coach Brian Delaney. “Where we struggled was we lacked that killer instinct and got À at footed and created errors. Our ¿ rst game, we should have won that in ¿ ve. If we eliminate those errors, we’ll be an ex tremely tough team.” The Prospectors host ed the Culver Bulldogs 2 for a nonleague game on Tues day, past press time. Grant Union hosts La Grande for a doubleheader, be ginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. School: Grant Union Grade: 9 Parent: Simmie Waddel Sport: Track and Field Events: 400m, High Jump, Long Jump, and Relays What I like best about my sport: “Even though it’s not necessarily a team sport, everyone still pushes each other to work harder.” Coach’s Comment: “She placed the highest in our opening meet. She has a good work ethic and is willing to push through when workouts get hard.” - Coach Sonna Smith Proud sponsor of Grant County athletes 100 E. Main ¬6WRSOiJKW in -RKn 'a\ 10 03672 INVITE Continued from Page B1 Teri Cobb earned eighth place in shot put, reaching a per sonal record; just two other 1A throwers were ahead of her out of 0plus total athletes compet ing in shot put. Megan Camarena came in 1th, also achieving a personal record in shot put. Grant Union, Dayville and Prairie City and Long Creek teams will next compete on Sat urday at the Lion’s Invitational in Burns. Grant Union girls 100m Hurdles - 33” 6, Sydney Brockway 19.36a 4x100 Relay 8, Sydney Brockway, Trinity Hutchison, Kori Pentzer, Kaylee Wright, 55.57a Grant SWCD Weed Control Dept. Working for You in 2016 Thanks to the Grant County Court and Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee, Grant Weed Control is able to offer Noxious Weed Control on Private Grazing Lands, through a Title II funded Grant Project. This program will provide a maximum $5,000 of noxious weed control services to qualifying landowners. To be eligible for participation, the treatment property must not be irrigated and be primarily managed for livestock grazing, minimum of 20 acres in size, located within Grant County, and must contain priority noxious weed species. Applications for this limited weed control assistance opportunity will be ranked and funded according to a priority noxious weed list. Contact the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District office at 541-575-1554 or visit 721 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845 for applications and additional information. The application deadline for this program is April 8, 2016. 03563 Shot Put 2, Jozie Rude, 33-03.50 Discus 7, Chelsie Kodesh, 85-05 Javelin 2, Kaylee Wright, 119-03 5, Danielle Girvin, 100-04 6, Chelsie Kodesh, 97-04 9, Jozie Rude, 93-10 High Jump 4, Sydney Brockway, 4-08.00 6, Kaylee Wright, 4-06.00 8, Kenzie Wilson, 4-04.00 Pole Vault 5, Jozie Rude, 7-06.00 9, Chloe Bentz, 6-00.00 Long Jump 1, Kori Pentzer, 18-00.25 2, Samantha Brock, 15-07.25 6, Sydney Brockway, 15-02.00 7, Kenzie Wilson, 15-01.00 Triple Jump 1, Kori Pentzer, 36-09.75 4, Kenzie Wilson, 32-04.75 Grant Union boys High Jump 9, Nick Springer, 5-08.00 Pole Vault 4, Andrew Copenhaver, 12-00.00 Prairie City girls 100 Meters 15, Amaya Zweygardt, 14.32a Shot Put 8, Teri Cobb, 30-01.50 14, Megan Camarena, 28-01.00 Javelin 25, Teri Cobb, 69-02 Pole Vault 9. Amaya Zweygardt, 6-00.00 Long Jump 19, Amaya Zweygardt, 13-07.50 Triple Jump 11, Amaya Zweygardt, 29-08.00 Prairie City boys 110m Hurdles 4, Garrett Hitz, 16.50a Javelin 5, Garrett Hitz, 146-08 28, Wyatt Williams, 95-00 Pole Vault 2, Garrett Hitz, 12-06.00 Long Jump 22, Wyatt Williams, 16-08.50 Dayville girls 400 Meters 16, Kristina Humphreys, 1:13.71a Discus 13, Kristina Humphreys, 77-08 Javelin 1, Kristina Humphreys, 129-00 Dayville boys 110m Hurdles - 39” 21, Gabe Walker, 24.02a PC TRACK she thinks the season will be great. “At practice, I’m throw ing better than the past couple weeks,” she said last Thursday. She competed at Friday’s meet with an alltime best throw of 001.50 in shot put, ¿ nishing eighth out of more than 0 com petitors. Her other events include jav elin and discus. “Everyone seems to be doing good at their events,” she said of her team. Continued from Page B1 She had a good ¿ rstever mark of 60, tying with four oth er athletes for ninth place at last week’s meet. She also competes in the long and triple jump and the 100meter dash. “My goal is always state track,” she said. Cobb, involved with track since her freshman year, said SOFTBALL Continued from Page B1 jumped ahead four more in the bottom of the inning with two RBI each from Namitz and Moulton. Grant Union kept the lid on the Mustangs in the top of the ¿ fth for the mer cyrule win. Head coach DeAnna Nash said the girls shook off their early game jit ters. ³We were ¿ ne defen sively, and once we settled down by the third inning, we got comfortable and started hitting well top to bottom,” she said. “I’m pleased — from the top of the order, all the way through.” She added Moulton and Madden were both strong on pitching, and said the number of pitchers she has to choose from right now is a “luxury.” “They complement each other because they all play a bit differently,” she said. “When you bring one in part way through the game, it really disrupts the batter.” She added there are a lot of players on the team she can depend on. “I couldn’t pick out a single kid to highlight — everybody contributes,” she said. “The hard part is that we can’t play every one, but everyone will get their chance. I’m looking forward to the season.” Grant Union vs. Lakeview Madden was start ing pitcher in Game One against the Lakeview Honkers with Moulton pitching in the sixth in ning. The pair had seven strikeouts, four errors, one walk and one hit batter. Grant Union had 15 hits in the game with Walker, Moulton, Namitz and Na talie Stearns contributing multiple hits. In Game Two, Moulton started and ended in the circle with Madden pitch ing the middle innings. “They kept the batter off balance because their pitching styles are differ ent,” Nash said. The pair had seven strikeouts and four walks. Grant Union led 0 after two innings and held the lead throughout the game. The Lady Pros hosted the &ulver Bulldogs Tues day afternoon, past press time. RE-ELECT CHRIS LABHART COUNTY COMMISSIONER Listening and working for all the people of Grant County Did You Know... There are over 2,138 senior citizens ages 65+ living in Grant County. This is 28.8% of the population. Commissioner Labhart is the Grant County Court liaison to the seniors in Grant County. Grant County has three very active Senior Citizen Centers located in Prairie City, Monument and John Day. Each Senior Center is independently run by a site council or board which makes most of the decisions for each Senior Center. Each Senior Center meets once or twice a week for lunch and fellowship. Meals are delivered by volunteers from each site to those unable to attend the luncheons. Don & Deda Porter Prairie City Senior Center Monument Senior Center John Day Senior Center Lunch served Wednesdays Lunch served Tuesdays Lunch served Mon & Thur. Grant County’s Senior Program’s Manager is Veanne Weddle. Her office is located at 142 NE Dayton St. in John Day. The Grant County Senior Program’s goals are to establish linkages within the community in order for seniors and disabled persons to meet their daily survival needs and remain in their homes in a safe and healthy environment for as long as possible. They do this by: • Accepting referrals from Senior & Disability services, Food & Friends, other agencies, neighbors, churches or friends. • Making appropriate referrals or contacts to address the particular need of a senior. • Networking with Senior & Disability services for a joint visit or sharing information that be nefits the senior. • Education presentations, seminars & training sessions for seniors & their families, anywhere in Grant County. • Referring seniors to other available programs such as heating, rental & housing assistance, weatherization, medical equipment and supplemental food assistance through the food banks. If you or anyone you know needs assistance, I encourage you to contact Veanne so she can arrange help. She can be reached at 541-575-2949. Integrity • Honesty • Respectful • Experienced 03120 Paid for by the Committee to Elect Chris Labhart.