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SPORTS
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Paid for by the Committee to Elect Chris Labhart.