WEDNESDAY
September 28, 2016
BLOWOUT
Prairie City/Burnt River gridders earn 56-6 win in Unity
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Prairie City/Burnt Riv-
er Panther/Bulls made a power-
ful showing in their first league
game of the season on Friday,
Sept. 23, with a 56-6 win over
the Monument/Dayville Tigers
at the Burnt River field in Uni-
ty.
With just nine players in the
eight-man football game, the
Tigers faced an uphill battle
against the Panther/Bulls’ team
of 19.
The Panther/Bulls led in the
fi rst quarter with a score of 8-6
and pushed forward, 20-6, going
into the half.
The home team scored and
earned the two-point conversion
at the start of the third, then Ty-
ler Belveal put the ball back into
the Panther/Bulls’ hands with an
interception.
Prairie City/Burnt River
made good on the play, scoring a
touchdown on fourth down.
The score at the end of the
third had the Panther/Bulls
ahead 42-6.
Panther/Bulls
quarterback
Wyatt Williams scored on an in-
terception early in the fourth.
Tanner Walczyk and Hunter
Hopkins were in as quarterback
for the Tigers, connecting on
several well-executed plays with
Gabe Walker.
Walczyk tossed to Walker in
the fi rst quarter for a touchdown.
See BLOWOUT, Page B10
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Prairie City/Burnt River’s Matt Siddoway (68) pushes forward as Jess Hoodenpyl (22) and Frank Douglass (1)
make the stop in Saturday’s league game in Unity.
Confi dent
GU Lady
Pros set
league
nets afi re
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Prospectors may
“light the nets afi re,” so to speak, for
what could be a barn-burner of a game at
the John Day court as they host Imbler at
4 p.m. Thursday.
Games will start with junior varsity I
and II, followed by varsity.
Grant Union is 16-3 on the season
and ranks third for OSAA 2A teams. Im-
bler, 19-1, ranks No. 1. Both teams are in
the Wapiti League.
Culver, in the Columbia Basin Con-
ference, is ranked No. 2.
Grant Union met up with Imbler ear-
ly in the season at the Heppner Tourna-
ment, with Grant Union taking a 2-1 loss
in close sets (25-23, 18-25, 12-15).
Prospector head coach Shae Speth
said, while Imbler is strong all around
with tough hitters, her team will be com-
petitive.
“We will need to play at a high level
to beat them, and I feel strongly they will
need to do the same in order to beat us,”
she said. “We look forward to a great
match.”
Grant Union will also face Union on
the road on Friday at 4 p.m.
League games started up last week
for the Prospectors, with Grant Union
sweeping Enterprise and Elgin on the
road Saturday.
Grant Union beat Enterprise, 3-0,
with scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 25-10.
In Elgin, Grant Union claimed a 3-0
victory with scores of 25-10, 25-20 and
25-7.
“Throughout the day, we worked on
our defensive positioning and showed
a great deal of improvement as the day
See LADY PROS, Page B10
Grant Union falls to Burns in battle
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Prop-
sector football team came
out of the gates ready to
battle Friday, Sept. 23, but
were handed a 38-12 loss by
the Burns Hilanders.
On their first possession
of the ball, Grant Union
shot across the field, gain-
ing momentum with quar-
terback Wade Reimers con-
necting with Kellen Shelley
three times.
The third pass was a
charm — a 25-yard toss
gave the Prospectors their
first six points of the game.
Burns added points to
the board, including a two-
point conversion, and the
first ended 6-8, with Grant
Union trailing.
The Hilanders added two
more touchdowns with two-
point conversions in the
second and led 24-6 at the
half.
Grant Union started to
step it up in the third, when
Reimers intercepted a Burns
pass and a few plays later
ran a keeper to score.
Prospector
Duane
Stokes’ helmet flew off as
he was tackled, attempting
the run for a two-point con-
version. Stokes and Reimers
both came out with injuries
in the quarter.
See GU, Page B2
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Grant Union Prospector Roen Langum moves past
Burns opponents in Friday’s game.
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Prairie City Panther Brianna Zweygardt (13) sends
the ball over the reach of Monument/Dayville
players Brooklyn Near (6) and Kyla Emerson (4) at
the Friday, Sept. 23, game in Unity.
G RANT C OUNTY SPORTS ROUNDUP
By Angel Carpenter
Panthers sweep
Tigers in fi rst
league match
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
All systems were a go for
the Prairie City Panthers Fri-
day, Sept. 23, as they took a
3-0 win over the Monument/
Dayville Tigers at the Burnt
River court in Unity.
The Panthers took control
of the court with scores of 25-
12, 25-18 and 25-13.
The tables turned for the
Tigers in their next game
against the Burnt River Bulls,
when Monument/Dayville
took the sweep. They won
with scores of 25-3, 25-8 and
25-22.
Prairie City co-coach
Lance Zweygardt, who
coaches alongside Louanne
Zweygardt, said their team has
been working hard in practice
in preparation for the game.
“We had a team goal of
positive communication and
aggressive play to the ball
with trust,” he said. “It’s be-
ginning to pay off.”
See PANTHERS, Page B10
Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Tigers turn the
tables in Burnt River
battle with 3-0 victory
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Monument/Dayville Tiger Kendall Hettinga (2) and teammates
express excitement after a good rally during the game against Prairie
City in Burnt River.
The Monument/Dayville Tigers turned
their game around after being handed a
0-3 loss by the Prairie City Panthers on
Friday at the Unity volleyball court.
The Tigers claimed a 3-0 victory over
Burnt River, 25-3, 25-8 and 25-22.
Schmadeka said they added young-
er net players to their rotations against
Burnt River.
“They gained some good experience
and were able to win in three,” she said.
“Our experienced players did a good job
leading the team during this game.”
On Saturday, the Tigers were on the
road again to the Crane Tournament,
where they beat Prairie City in pool play
and lost a 2-1 match to Jordan Valley in
bracket play.
See ROUNDUP, Page B10