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Sports/Outdoors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Stay cool at the
pool starting
Monday
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Jonathan Lawrence, 15, reels one in during
Saturday’s fishing derby as his dad Charles
Lawrence gives some advice. Five-year-old Zane
Hansen and Jonathon’s friend Adolfo Ceja, 15,
also enjoyed the free fishing day.
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McHaley Pond has been
stocked with 2,000 keep-
ers this year and 30-50 tro-
phy-sized rainbow trout.
Fifteen-year-old Jona-
than Lawrence of Prairie
City said he won his age
group at the ishing derby
last year, and hoped to make
a good catch this year.
He and his friend Adolfo
Ceja, 15, were among the
older youth reeling in ish,
attending the event with
Jonathon’s dad, Charles
Lawrence.
Jonathon said he plans to
return McHaley Pond and
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show them up. “That was
probably the driving force.”
Paige says on her UCLA
Bruins proile that her broth-
ers Josh and Ryan are her pri-
mary inspiration. Ryan was
signed by the San Francisco
Giants in 2015 and plays for
their minor league team, the
Augusta Green Jackets.
Mari said she used to trav-
el with her family to Seneca
during the summers to expe-
rience the woods and wildlife.
However, her father, Don
ish at another favorite spot,
the Trout Farm.
“I’m looking forward
to ishing this summer,” he
said.
There were fun activities
for youth, including a ish
painting/print station and a
casting game.
Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife District
ish biologist Trevor Watson
and ODFW isheries techni-
cian Brandon Smith served
up hamburgers and hot dogs
for the crowd.
“We’re pretty pleased
with the turnout,” Watson
said. “There are good folks
getting their kids out to
ish, and that’s what it’s all
about.”
Thompson, has moved away
from the area since that time.
She said she was proud
of the way the Bruins played
against the University of Ore-
gon on May 29, in the games
that earned the team a spot at
the World Series.
“They really rallied to-
gether as a team,” she said.
She said, through it all,
her daughter has managed to
juggle all her schooling and
sports successfully.
“You learn how to manage
your time,” she said. “Be-
tween academics and work-
outs, her day is packed from 5
a.m. to 10 or 11 at night.”
JOHN DAY — The Glea-
son Pool in John Day opens
Monday, June 13, with recre-
ational swimming 1-4:30 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays.
The schedule and costs are
the same as last year: $3 for
John Day and Canyon City
residents, $4 for out-of-dis-
trict residents. Passes are also
available.
Swim lessons are offered
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
adult lap swim from 5-6:30
p.m. Mondays through Fri-
days.
The pool is located at 250
NW Canton St., near John
Day City Park.
For the full schedule,
prices and more information
about the pool and other sum-
mer programs, see the article
in next week’s Eagle.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Tanner Way, left, and Ruger Deming fly out of the
slides at Gleason Pool last year as other swimmers
line up for a turn. The pool opens Monday with
recreational swimming from 1-4:30 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays. See next week’s Eagle for a full
schedule, prices and more information about the
pool and other summer programs.
Eagle file photo
Grant Union Prospector Mariah Moulton pitches to
Echo at a home game this season.
Eagle file photo
Prospector catcher Brianna Zweygardt gets the out at
home plate in a game against Heppner this season.
A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY
V ETERANS :
Did you know there may be VA benefits available for
you as a result of your spouses’ military service?
See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information,
located at Grant County Court House.
Call 541-575-1631 for an appointment
Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10am-4pm by appointment.
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Eagle file photo
Prospector Ravyn Walker gets
a hit in a game against Umatilla
this season.
Eagle file photo
Eagle file photo
Grant Union Prospector Jocelynn
Smith grabs a pop fly for an out.
Grant Union’s Natalie Stearns
catches for an out during the
season.
Softball All-League selections announced
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Several Grant Union Pros-
pector softball players are
included in the 3A Softball
Eastern Oregon League All-
League selections.
This year’s Prospector
team, led by head coach
DeAnna Nash, included play-
ers from Grant Union as well
as one player from Prairie
City School and one from
Dayville School.
First team athletes will be
presented at the Oregon 3A
state meeting for consider-
ation for All-State recognition
following the Friday, June 3,
championship game.
First Team
Utility, Mariah Moulton,
sophomore
Second Team
Catcher,
Brianna
Zweygardt, sophomore
Inield, Ravyn Walker, ju-
nior
Outield, Jocelynn Smith,
senior
Designated player, Natalie
Stearns, junior
Honorable mention
Pitcher, Cody Madden,
sophomore
Outield, Whitney McClel-
lan, sophomore
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their guns, aiming at metal
targets that record the shoot-
ers’ times.
Owner of the Idaho Shoo-
tists club Roger Randolph,
aka “Smoke Wagon,” said this
year’s event is “a really good
time.”
The Fast Draw event
brings Idaho and Ore-
gon shootists together in a
spot that is midway for the
groups.
“The town is really awe-
some for us,” Randolph said.
“The businesses take good
care of us.”
He said the sport was
founded in 2002, and the club
he owns, the Idaho Shootists,
was founded in 2004.
His group competes in
Idaho City and Boise, and
they set up the weekend com-
petition in Canyon City.
He hopes to set up next
year’s contest during the ’62
Days celebration.
“Right now, Idaho had
ive clubs running, and we
have lots of Oregon friends,”
he said. “Canyon City is a
lot like Idaho City — a good
old-fashioned mining town.”
