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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
WEDNESDAY
August 3, 2016
JD Swim Team competes for third at fi nals
Hunt, Coalwell
earn awards at
banquet
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The John Day Swim Team
placed third at the July 29-31
Cascade East Finals in Lakev-
iew.
“It was a huge success,”
said head coach Sabrina How-
ard. “We might have been
small in numbers, but we came
out large with our ambition
and drive to fi nish strong.”
She said the John Day relay
teams contributed many of the
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Torie
Taylor
Coalwell
Hunt
points earned.
“Once they hit the water,
there was no stopping them,”
she said.
Lakeview won the meet
with 54 swimmers and 664
points, Prineville placed sec-
ond with 36 swimmers and
552 points and John Day
earned third with 18 swimmers
and 503 points. The Hi-Des-
ert team from Burns came in
fourth, earning 280 points with
18 swimmers.
During the team banquet
Monday evening, Taylor
Hunt and Torie Coalwell were
awarded trophies as the team’s
overall high-point winners for
the season.
“This is my favorite sport,
and I enjoy it a lot,” Coalwell
said. “It’s an individual sport,
yet a team sport.”
She said she likes making
friends with her competitors
on the other teams and racing
them at the meets.
Hunt said he moved up to
the 15-18 division this year
and was surprised at his suc-
cess.
“It’s more of a challenge,”
he said. “I like the fact that I
can have more friends from all
the other teams.”
Coalwell said this was also
her fi rst year in the 15-18 di-
vision.
“I did way better than I
thought I would,” she said.
Her most memorable mo-
ment at the meet was beating
an “unbeatable” Lakeview op-
NEW AT THE GRANT COUNTY FAIR
FREESTYLE BULLFIGHTING
ponent in the fi nals.
Taylor said he most en-
joyed winning his fi rst high-
point award at the fi nals.
First-year swimmer Rit-
ter Rookstool, 7, was one of
several John Day swimmers
awarded at the banquet for
their readiness to learn at prac-
tice. He also won second place
in all his events at the fi nals in
Lakeview. Rookstool said he
set goals for the swim season:
“Kick hard, win a medal and
don’t get upset.”
Howard’s eyes fi lled with
tears as she handed out several
awards to the swimmers.
“To watch you grow this
summer meant more than any-
thing,” she said, later adding,
“Thank you for waking up
to the sunrise with me every
morning.”
Swim team offi cers were
voted in for the 2017 sea-
son, including: Haley Walker,
president; Julie Larson, fi rst
vice president (meet director);
Heather Rookstool, second
vice president (fundraising);
Gary Nicodemus, secretary;
Erin Beil, treasurer; and board
of directors Katie Thunell,
Mitch Wilson, Casey Hall-
garth, Erin Hodge, Mytchell
Mead, Shana Hunt and Terry
Coalwell.
The next board meeting is
scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Sept.
14, at the Corner Cup in John
Day.
Knowles ties arena
record at Chief
Joseph Days Rodeo
Knowles placed fi rst in
the second go-round with
Rodeo fans who attended his record-matching time,
the 71st Chief Joseph Days earning $1,090. In the fi rst
Rodeo fi nal performance go-round, he placed sixth
on Saturday night got their with a time of 4.9 seconds,
money’s worth and
earning $188.
Knowles fi nished
then some with some
second in the fi nal
spectacular perfor-
aggregate standings,
mances by both the
with a combined
athletes and animals.
time of 8.6, earning
Mt.
Vernon
another $1,353, be-
bulldogger Trevor
Trevor
hind Nevada cowboy
Knowles matched
Eldridge,
the arena record, Knowles Dakota
who had a combined
posting a steer-wres-
tling time of 3.7 seconds last time of 8.2 after winning the
Wednesday to match Nik fi rst go-round with a time of
Hamm’s record set in 2011. 3.9 seconds .
Blue Mountain Eagle
Area youth sports
camps coming up
Contributed photos/Dale Miller of Miller Photo
Organizers, including committee chairman Jim Hamsher, said the bullfighting event will be an evening of
action-packed entertainment for the whole family. In the photo, Aaron Hargo faces a fierce-looking bull in
Woodlake, California. Aaron is the son of Dwayne Hargo who is a bullfighter of note.
Trever Hamsher:
Expect “action
packed” event
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
A new twist of fun is coming to this
year’s Fair — Grant County Freestyle
Bullfi ghting.
The action starts at 7 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 12, at the Grant County Fair-
grounds rodeo arena, and it’s free with
admission to the Fair.
Organizers of the bullfi ghting event
said the crowd can expect an evening
of “nonstop thrills, spills and family
entertainment” as cowboys face off
with bulls.
The winner of the event will take
home $1,500 in prize money and a
custom buckle.
Trever Hamsher of Prairie City was
a bullfi ghter for 15 years, working six
years professionally.
He’s now retired from the sport, but
offered his perspective as one who’s
been in the ring.
“Freestyle bullfi ghting is 60 sec-
onds of the most intense extreme sport
you will ever see,” Hamsher said. It’s
“exciting western entertainment.”
“Bullfi ghts” may cause a person
to think of traditional bullfi ghting in
Spain and Mexico, but Hamsher said
this event is different.
“The bulls in this event are not
harmed, whatsoever,” he said. “There
are no capes or swords, just the moves
the rodeo bullfi ghter has.”
The event will consist of three
rounds with two bullfi ghters in each
round going head to head with what
Hamsher says are some of the meanest
bulls in the country.
Bullfi ghters competing at the event
come from Oregon, Washington and
as far away as Louisiana.
The winner of each round will ad-
vance to the championship round where
a winner is decided.
In judging, there are 100 points
possible for the bullfi ghters and 100
points for the bulls.
The bullfi ghters are judged on con-
trol, aggression, style, diffi culty and
creativity, and the purebred Spanish
fi ghting bulls are judged on aggression,
speed, diffi culty and agility.
A bullfi ghter has one minute to earn
up to 100 points with the option to stop
the fi ght at anytime after the fi rst 40
seconds without risking point deduc-
tions.
If the bullfi ghter does not make it
to the 40 second mark, he will be dis-
qualifi ed.
Between rounds, fans will be treat-
ed to clown acts and a drill team perfor-
mance. They’ll also hold a rifl e raffl e.
“I hope people enjoy the new
event,” Hamsher said. “It should be ac-
tion packed, and I hope to see everyone
there.”
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union coaches will
host youth sports camps for
volleyball and football this
month, and daily doubles are
also on the schedule.
Youth volleyball camp
for grades 6-8 will be held at
Grant Union from 9 a.m. to
noon, Thursday and Friday,
Aug. 4-5. The camp is led by
head coach Shae Speth and
coaching staff.
Volleyball camp for grade
3-5 is at Grant Union from 1-4
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4.
The football camp, led
by head coach Jason Miller,
coaching staff and high school
players, will run from 4-6
p.m. Monday through Thurs-
day, Aug. 8-11, for grades 3
through 8. The cost for the
camp is $35, and registration
begins at 3:30 p.m. on Mon-
day. The camp fee includes a
T-shirt.
High school volleyball
players will have a Gold Med-
al Squared Volleyball Camp
on Aug. 8-11, and daily dou-
bles begin Aug. 15.
High school football play-
ers have conditioning camp
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug.
8-11, and daily doubles begin
Aug. 15 with practice at 6-9
a.m. Mondays through Fridays
and 4-6 p.m. on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Single football practices
are from 4-6 p.m., starting
Aug. 22, for high schoolers.
Middle school practice is
from 4-5:30 p.m. on Aug. 22.
For more information, call
the school at 541-575-1799
and leave a message for Mill-
er at extension 22 or Speth at
extension 31.
In other sports news,
Grant Union golf coach Ron
Lundbom will hold junior
golf nights at 5 p.m. each
Wednesday in August for
youth ages 8-18. The group
will play nine holes at the
John Day Golf Club, and the
activity is free.
Grant Union grad an alternate
for Shrine All-Star game
Blue Mountain Eagle
Trever Hamsher bullfighting in Las Vegas
during the National Finals Rodeo at Benny
Binion’s Bucking Horse and Bull Sale.
Hamsher is now retired after 15 years in the
sport, working six years professionally.
Garrett McConnell, a
2016 Grant Union graduate,
was chosen as an alternate for
Saturday’s East West Shrine
All-Star Football Game in
Baker City.
The game kicks off at 7
p.m. at the Baker High School
fi eld. A parade will be held at
11 a.m. that morning.
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