Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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WEDNESDAY
September 14, 2016
Grant
County
sports
roundup
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Chad Finley of Mt. Vernon competes in calf roping with a time of 8.2 at the Grant County NPRA Rodeo on Saturday.
MT. VERNON COWBOY ROPES
IN VICTORY AT NPRA RODEO
Bulls take “4-0 win”
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Northwest cowboys and cow-
girls competed at the Sept. 9-10
Grant County Rodeo, one of the last
NPRA rodeos of the regular season.
Local competitor Chad Finley
of Mt. Vernon placed fi rst in calf
roping with a time of 8.20, win-
ning $576.
The win advances Finley to the
No. 10 spot going into the Sept.
23-24 NPRA Finals in Prineville.
He’ll also compete at the Sept. 14-
17 Pendleton Round-Up.
“It was needed,” he said. “I
went a couple weeks without win-
ning a check, and I was blessed to
win at my hometown rodeo. I give
God the glory.”
Finley said he wanted to thank
his sponsors and his family for
their support.
Trisha (Legg) McCoin of Ter-
rebonne, a Grant Union High
School graduate, competed for
fi fth place in breakaway roping,
winning $226.80.
Other local competitors at the
Grant County NPRA Rodeo includ-
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union High School graduate Trisha McCoin of
Terrebonne makes a successful throw of her rope in breakaway
at Saturday’s Grant County NPRA Rodeo in John Day.
ed: Ty Holly of Mt. Vernon, calf
roping; GW Clark of Long Creek,
steer wrestling; David Clark of
Long Creek, steer wrestling; Tucker
Wright of Canyon City, steer wres-
tling; Angie Finley of Mt. Vernon,
barrel racing; and Cauy Pool of
Long Creek, a senior at Monument
School, novice division, bareback.
Wright and Holly also qualifi ed
for the NPRA Finals, and Holly
will also compete at the Pendleton
Round-Up.
In the bull riding event, the
bulls “beat” the cowboys 4-0.
Results:
Name, score/time, winnings
Bareback
Austin Foss, 79, $403
Kevin Lusk, 76, $302
Brent Bannon, 74, 202
Kyle Braude, 72, $101
Saddle Bronc
Jake Clark, 82, $480
Justin Chappell, 76, $360
Joseph Scott III, 65, $240
Charlie Barker, 64, $120
Tie Down Roping
Chad Finley, 8.20, $576
Shane Erikson, 9.70, $432
Michael Pederson, 10.80, $288
Wyatt Williams, 11.50, $144
Steer Wrestling
Ryan Opie, 5.50, $605
JT Garland, 6.20, $454
Colin Wolfe, 9.90, $302
Jared Parke, 10.70, $151
Team Roping
Brian Reay, 6.30, $752
Chase Hansen, 6.30, $752
Shane Erickson, 6.70, $622
Quade Patzke, 6.70, $622
Ryan Opie, 6.80, $492
Tyler Opie, 6.80, $492
Cully Stafford, 7.00, $363
Gavin Stafford, 7.00, $363
Austin Stafford, 7.90, $233
Dayton Stafford, 7.90, $233
Tom Nelson, 8.30, $130
Bob Thompson, 8.30, $130
Breakaway Roping
Jade Crossley, 2.10, $668
Kayla Tiegs, 2.10, $668
Sarah Morrissey, 2.50, $479
Rylee Potter, 2.80, $353
Trisha McCoin, 3.00, $227
Bailey Minor, 3.10, $126
Barrel Racing
Danyelle Williams, 17.78, $668
Breann Ary, 18.21, $552
Bekkie Bowerman, 18.24, $438
Savannah Greenfi eld, 18.27, $322
Elle Beulkelman, 18.30, $161
Jade Crossley, 18.30, $161
Prairie City volleyball
Prairie City’s volleyball team came
away with a 3-0 victory on the road in
Halfway on Friday, facing the Pine Eagle
Spartans.
The Panthers’ fi rst set was a close 28-
26 win. Then they pulled away with strong
fi nishes in the second and third, 25-14 and
25-19.
On Wednesday last week, Prairie City
was up against the Grant Union junior var-
sity in John Day. The Panthers competed
but came up with a 2-3 loss with scores of
20-25, 28-26, 27-25, 17-25 and 9-15.
“The games last week showed us the
continued improvement our team is mak-
ing, and their increasing ability to make
game-time adjustments,” said Panther co-
coach Louanne Zweygardt.
Grant Union volleyball
Grant Union won a volleyball match in
Culver and won two at the Canby Tourna-
ment.
Grant Union head coach Shae Speth said
Culver is a strong team with experience in
key positions.
The Prospectors won 3-1 with scores of
20-25, 25-23, 25-21 and 25-23.
“We did not pass well the fi rst set, but
made adjustments late in that set to be able
to run our offense more effectively,” Speth
said. “We served better than we have been,
and played more aggressively on defense.”
In Canby, Grant Union fared well against
5A and 6A teams.
In bracket play, Grant Union won 2-1
over 5A Putnam, lost 0-2 to 6A Grant, then
claimed a 2-0 win over 6A Jefferson.
“We were very competitive with Grant,
and even had a large lead in the second set,”
Speth said. “The biggest change in playing
up so many levels was with serving. We
struggled to pass the ball well consistent-
ly, and therefore, we played out of system
quite a bit.”
She said the tournament was a great
opportunity to play the game at a higher
level.
“It should defi nitely benefi t us as we
move forward throughout the season,” she
said.
While on the road, the Prospectors also
took in the Oregon-Illinois volleyball match
on Friday night in Eugene.
See ROUNDUP, Page A10
Panther/Bulls ready for ‘dynamite’ football season
Team includes
eight seniors
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Senior linebacker Dan-
iel Isenberger had one word
to describe the Prairie City/
Burnt River football season,
“dunamis” — the Greek root
word for “dynamite.”
He said he hopes the eight
seniors on the team will “take
out this season with a bang.”
The Panther/Bulls roster
is at 23 this year, and head
coach Darrel McKrola, in his
third season coaching, said
the team is passionate about
the sport and showing a good
work ethic.
This is the second year
Prairie City and Burnt River
have combined for a team.
McKrola has added help in
returning assistant coach John
Belveal and new assistant
coach Nate Barber, who has
experience playing college
football and coaching high
school football.
“We love working with
Burnt River,” McKrola said.
“John Belveal brings patience
and passion to the table,
which is huge when melding
a team of this variety togeth-
er, and the boys all get along
really well.”
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Assistant coach Nate Barber watches as Devon Packard tackles Jin Kim in practice
drills on Wednesday.
He added Barber brings “a
lot to the table.”
A new social studies teach-
er at Prairie City School this
year, Barber played college
football for Ricks College in
Rexburg, Idaho, and Brigham
Young University in Provo.
Barber also has 15 years of
experience coaching high
school football.
McKrola said league will
be tough this season. The
team is playing eight-man ju-
nior varsity ball.
“We will face some big
kids and some fast kids, but
with a deeper bench, I feel
like we can do well this year,”
he said.
Opponents in the league
include Monument/Dayville,
Jordan Valley, Crane, Adrian
and Harper/Huntington.
Prairie City/Burnt River
will face Monument/Dayville,
which also has a junior varsi-
ty team this year, at 1 p.m. on
Friday, Sept. 23 in Unity.
McKrola said in the past
there has been some “bad
blood” between the two
teams.
“We are putting a huge em-
phasis on sportsmanship with
our boys and hope to make
an impression throughout the
league,” McKrola said.
The Panther/Bull roster in-
cludes seven freshmen, four
sophomores, four juniors and
eight seniors, with varied lev-
els of experience in the sport.
There are eight returning
players. Others are playing
again for the fi rst time in a
few years, and some are new
to the sport.
“We have some speed this
year with Brogan McKrola,
Nathan Maloy, Cody Propeck
Tyler
Belveal
Daniel
Isenberger
Nathan
Maloy
Brogan
McKrola
Devon
Packard
Cody
Propeck
Wyatt
Williams
Matt
Siddoway
Prairie City/Burnt River
2016 football season
Sept. 17: @ Echo/Cove in North Powder at 5 p.m.
Sept. 23: vs. Monument/Dayville in Unity at 1 p.m.
Sept. 30: @ Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley at 12 p.m.
Oct. 7: vs. Crane (homecoming Prairie City) in Prairie City at 7 p.m.
Oct. 13: vs. Adrian (homecoming Burnt River) in Unity at 1 p.m.
Oct. 21: @ Harper/Huntington at 12 p.m.
Oct. 28: Cross District Playoff in Prairie City at 7 p.m.
and other boys,” coach McK-
rola said. “Wyatt Williams is
quarterback and team captain.
He’s a great leader.”
Matt Siddoway, Tyler
Belveal and Devon Packard
are on the line, with Brogan
McKrola, Maloy and Propeck
in the back fi eld, he said.
“We have some size to our
line that I haven’t had yet,”
the coach said. “They have
good attitudes and work ethic,
and they like to have fun.”
See FOOTBALL, Page A10