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Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Friday,
April 29
Grant Union softball
vs. Umatilla in John
Day (2), 1 p.m.
Grant Union base-
ball @ Burns in
Burns (2), 1 p.m.
Grant Union golf @
Alpine Meadows in
Enterprise, 11 a.m.
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Grant Union had a quick
start with offense, scoring
five in the bottom of the first
inning.
Prospector
Hayden
Young’s single scored Ricky
Weickum.
Young went on to steal
second and third and scored
off Wade Reimers’ single —
Reimers also scored on the
play.
Union/Cove threatened in
the top of the second, loading
up the bases, but Deiter kept
them at bay. At the bottom of
the inning, the Prospectors led
7-0.
Deiter continued, making
quick work from the mound,
and Deiter, Brady Burch,
Reimers, Ty McDaniels and
Wyatt Weaver scored in the
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Game Two was called due
to lightning, and head coach
Brian Delaney said the game
will be made up at a future
date.
Grant Union hosted the
Burns Hilanders on Tuesday,
past press time, and they trav-
el to Burns for a 1 p.m. game
on Friday.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Miller
named
2A AD of
the Year
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Zack Deiter triples in the
fourth inning against Union/Cove Friday afternoon.
Deiter also made it a shutout game from the
mound. The Prospectors won 12-0 in five innings.
Saturday,
April 30
Prairie City, Grant
Union, Monument
@ Prairie City Invi-
tational in Prairie
City, 11 a.m.
Tuesday,
May 3
Grant Union
softball vs.
Weston-McEwen/
Griswold in John
Day (2), 3 p.m.
Grant Union
baseball vs.
Weston-McEwen in
John Day (1), 4 p.m.
Grant Union
Prospector
Ravyn Walker
gets one of
multiple hits
in the April 19
doubleheader
against
Nyssa. The
Prospector
softball team
includes
athletes from
Grant Union,
Dayville and
Prairie City
schools.
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Prospector
Brianna
Zweygardt helped get the of-
fense going with a three-run
homer in the fourth.
Moulton started pitching
the game with Madden reliev-
ing her in the sixth, and Mad-
den pitched a complete Game
Two.
Nyssa came out strong in
the beginning of the second
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tually played really well after.”
Nash said, when you give a
team that can hit the ball mo-
mentum, “it could be a long
day,” but the team rallied for
the win.
“I’m very proud of the
girls for pulling out of a
slow start to end with a good
win,” said Prospector Brianna
Zweygardt.
Her teammate Taylor Mc-
Cluskey was also pleased with
the team’s effort.
“I’m very happy with the
way we ended these last two
games and excited to keep on
playing this way,” she said.
Prospector Railey Namitz
said the win was a “morale
booster” and that the team is
ready for its Friday double-
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“We have a really good
feeling about the season,” her
teammate Jocelynn Smith
said. “I can’t believe it’s al-
ready halfway over.”
Grant Union hosted Union
Tuesday past press time, and
they host Umatilla in double-
header action at 1 p.m. Friday.
The Prospectors also host
Weston-McEwen/Griswold
for a doubleheader at 3 p.m.
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Sport: Track and Field
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JOHN DAY — Grant
Union Junior-Senior High
School athletic director Ja-
son Miller was awarded 2A
Athletic Director of the Year
for 2016.
He received the award at
the annual Oregon Athletic
Directors Association con-
ference on
April 18 in
Sunriver.
Grant
Union Prin-
ciple Ryan
Gerry said,
“It’s well
Miller
deserved
to be acknowledged by his
peers for his accomplish-
ments working with our
student athletes and athletic
programs.”
Miller said he doesn’t
know who nominated him
for the award.
He said the job of athletic
director involves connecting
with other athletic directors
across the state, balancing
academics with athletics,
providing as many games
and contests as possible for
the students, making sure
they have the right people
in charge of the athletes and
making sure the facilities are
safe and maintained.
Miller is also dean of
students and a teacher at the
school.
BASEBALL
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Three of Delaney’s for-
mer players, Riley Averett,
Dominic DeHaven and Gar-
rett Gardner, are volunteer
coaches this year.
“All of them have been
great,” Delaney said.
Blood is the junior varsi-
ty coach with help from the
three former players.
There are 10 returning
players on the varsity team,
and three are new.
Seniors are Hayden
Young, Garrett McConnell,
Wyatt Weaver, Brady Burch,
Ricky Weickum and Clayton
Vaughan.
They said they’re looking
forward to the second half of
the season.
“We struggled early on
this season, and now we’re
starting to put things togeth-
er as a team — just in time
for getting into league,” said
Young.
McConnell agreed and
said the team’s upswing
couldn’t have come at a bet-
ter time.
Weaver said the differ-
ence has been in how the
team is “starting to play for
each other” and “showing up
in the games.”
“I’d like to thank the
community for their support
and the coaches for getting
us to this point,” Vaughan
said. “Now we just need to
follow through and make the
most of the games we have
left.”
Burch said, despite the
rough start, he is excited for
the league play ahead now
that the team is “clicking.”
“We’ll look forward to
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Weickum said.
Grant Union faces Burns,
Weston-McEwen,
Pilot
Rock/Nixyaawii and Union/
Cove in the 2A/1A Special
District 7.
Their toughest contend-
ers will be Burns (No. 4),
Weston-McEwen (No. 5)
and Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
(No. 12).
Although Grant Union
(No. 31) is down several
notches from these competi-
tors, Delaney says his team is
headed in the right direction.
“As long as these boys
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cused, I have a good feeling
about the season,” he said.
“That’s the thing about base-
ball, you don’t have to have
the biggest, fastest and stron-
gest; you just have to believe
in yourself and work hard.”