Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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WEDNESDAY
October 5, 2016
Lady Pros roll out hard-fought win over Imbler
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Prospec-
tors reserved energy to dig deep
and win an important battle last
Thursday night against the Im-
bler Panthers.
Grant Union claimed the
3-2 victory with scores of 23-
25, 25-22, 21-25, 26-24 and
15-9.
“I’m so proud of my team
for sticking it out and getting a
win against the No. 1 team in
2A,” said Prospector senior Na-
talie Stearns.
Prospector senior Heath-
er Mosley said she was happy
with how the team played.
“We came back from get-
ting down,” she said. “I’m just
really proud of everybody.”
Imbler entered the match
ranked No. 1 for OSAA’s Class
2A teams, while Grant Union
was No. 3.
At one point in the fi rst set,
Grant Union was down 9-16,
and although this one slipped
away, they battled back to make
it a close 23-25 contest.
Scores were close through-
out the second set, as Prospec-
tors hung on to win 25-22.
Down 6-13 in the third
set, Prospector junior Mariah
Moulton narrowed the defi cit
by one point as she served up a
storm. Imbler pushed back and
overtook the set, winning it by
four.
The “volume” was set on
high as fans from both sides
cheered for their teams, head-
ing down the stretch.
Scores were close in the
fourth, and Grant Union held
on with Prospector junior Whit-
ney McClellan serving steady
to close out the 26-24 set.
Grant Union clamped down
on a lead in the fi fth set to win
15-9.
“We had a strong game
plan to slow down their out-
side hitters, and our blockers
executed that plan throughout
the match,” said head coach
Shae Speth. “Heather Mosley
dominated at the middle hitter/
blocker position with 13 kills,
and was in on nine blocks.”
She added, junior Rea-
gan Shelley and sophomores
Kaylee Wright and Hailie
Wright also contributed in
slowing down strong Imbler
hitters.
“Defensively, we continued
to improve on covering the
court,” Speth said. “We served
and passed the best we have all
season so far. The win showed
a lot of character and heart from
the team as we had to fi ght for
every point, and Imbler even
had match point against us in
the fourth set.”
It was a fun, intense atmo-
sphere, and we believe this
league matchup will continue
to be a tough one throughout
the rest of the season,” she said.
One of the team’s goals this
season is to become league
champions.
“We still have a lot of work
to do, but this puts us in a posi-
tion,” Speth said.
See LADY PROS, Page B10
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Heather Mosley had a
good night as middle hitter and middle blocker in
Thursday’s game against Imbler.
Golfers aim to ‘give cancer a boot’
58 participants
gather for scramble
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Photos by The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
ABOVE: A family group at the Rally for the Cure golf
scramble took on a pirate theme, golfing in memory of
their mother and grandmother, including, from left, Austene
Schneider of Estacada, Heidi Lowry of Estacada, Sheila
Edmunson of Bend and Toni Lowry of Beaver Creek.
TOP: Dressed in their finest shades of pink, 38 women
gather for Saturday’s Rally for the Cure Golf Scramble at
the John Day Golf Club course. The ladies divided into nine
teams for the scramble. Co-ed teams golfed Sunday.
A colorful crew of 58 golfers
turned out for the Oct. 1-2 Rally for
the Cure golf scramble at the John
Day Golf Club.
Dressed in an array of pink cow-
boys hats, boots, pirate garb and oth-
er costumes, it was ladies only for
the fi rst day of friendly competition
and a co-ed scramble on the second
day.
“We couldn’t have asked for
a better day,” said organizer Kim
Ward of Mt. Vernon. “Everybody
came out and had a great time, and a
lot of memories were made.”
Ward, an ambassador for Susan
G. Komen, has help from committee
members Victoria Mullany, Lynda
Farrell and Kathleen Lee.
She has additional assistance
from her mom and dad Gail and Bob
Burton of Dallas.
Proceeds from the event, includ-
ing $1,400 from an auction, are do-
nated to the Komen foundation and
an organization that helps women in
the local area.
“We want to thank to the local
businesses for items they donated,”
Ward said.
“On deck,” dressed as pirates,
were Lanni Strong of Prairie City
and her sisters Toni Lowry of Beaver
Creek and Randi Fisher of Tigard.
Each headed up a team of four
in the scramble in memory of their
mom, the late Donna Edmunson of
Prairie City, who died of cancer.
The three teams rode in golf carts
which were transformed into pirate
ships.
Strong said they started out golf-
ing at the Rally for the Cure with
their mom, and since she passed
away several years ago, they’ve con-
tinued the tradition.
Each year, they pick a theme for
costumes and golf cart decorations,
and they give a putter away to a ran-
Crowns all around at NPRA’s fi nals rodeo
Rodeo royalty will hold
Meet & Greet, Oct. 15
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Ten-year-old Rowdy Israel of Day-
ville was crowned Li’l Miss NPRA at
the Sept. 24 Northwest Professional
Rodeo Association’s finals rodeo in
Prineville.
She competed with other girls in Re-
gion 3 east of the Cascades, including
Dally May Moore, 9, of Mt. Vernon and
Dakota Howell of La Pine, who were
named princesses.
“It was really fun,” Israel said. “I
wanted to become Li’l Miss NPRA to
help promote the sport of rodeo and to
be someone the younger generations
can look up to.”
The contest is for girls ages 4
through 10 years old.
Israel, a fifth-grader at Dayville
School, said she’s looking forward to
a Meet & Greet with the local rodeo
court this month, and riding in at the
start of the Cinnabar Mountain Play-
days rodeos next year.
She was joined at the Sept 24 and
25 NPRA Finals Rodeo by the Grant
County Fair and Rodeo Queen Jessica
Carter of Seneca and Princess Trinity
Hutchison of John Day and their advi-
sor Nicole Israel, Rowdy’s mom.
The older royalty girls promoted the
Grant County Fair and Rodeo during
both nights of the rodeo and at a Satur-
day fashion show.
Carter, Hutchison and Rowdy will
hold a Meet & Greet Grant County
Royalty event from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Corner Cup
Coffee House, 100 E. Main, in John
Day.
Proceeds from a 50/50 contest
they’ll hold will benefit the queen and
princess wardrobe and travel expenses.
The rodeo court’s coronation dinner
is set for 5 p.m., Nov. 20, at the Grant
County Fairgrounds pavilion.
“We look forward to seeing every-
one come out and show their support
for our Grant County Rodeo Royalty,”
said advisor Nicole Israel. “It’s going
to be a great year, and we look forward
to representing Grant County.”
dom winner at the rally.
It’s all in good fun.
“Most of these girls golf once
a year,” Strong said. “We have a
girls weekend and go to dinner Fri-
day night, and they camp out at our
house.”
They’ll choose their costume
theme for next year’s rally by draw-
ing from a hat.
“It is something we’ve carried
on in our mom’s name,” Strong
said. “It meant a lot to her for us
to be together and golf as a team.”
Rally for the Cure results:
Winners on Sunday
1st Gross: Andy and Maxine Day, Bill Barrett and
Donna Carter Barrett
Winners on Saturday
1st Gross: Nita VanVoorhis, Janie Cole, Maxine
Day
2nd Gross: Kimberly Ward, Gail Burton, Jeanette
Hueckman and Melody Jackson
KP winner: Gail Burton
Chip up contest: Janie Cole
Cart Decorating: Lanni Strong family pirates
Janie Cole won a golf bag donated by the
Susan G. Komen Foundation, and $1,400 was
raised through an auction with auctioneer Clay
Tannler.
A family rodeo
tradition continues
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com
FROM LEFT: 2016 Miss NPRA
Beth Snider, 2017 Miss NPRA
Sam Henricks and 2017 Li’l Miss
NPRA Rowdy Israel of Dayville.
Chad Finley of Mt. Ver-
non took a second-place fi n-
ish in calf roping at the Sept.
24-25 NPRA Finals Rodeo
in Prineville.
The event bumped him
up from 11th to fi fth in the
NPRA Year End standings,
earning $5,651.70.
“I was one out of plac-
ing in the money in the fi rst
round and came back and
won second in the average,”
Finley said.
He plans to compete at
the Oct. 22-23 Idaho Cow-
boys Association rodeo in
Caldwell, Idaho.
As of Sept. 25, Finley is
12th in the ICA standings.
Finley’s brother Ty Holly
of Mt. Vernon is 13th in the
ICA standings and 10th in
Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.
com
Chad Finley competes
in tie-down roping
at the NPRA Finals
Rodeo in Prineville.
the NPRA Year End stand-
ings, earning $3,863.46. He
placed third in calf roping
at the Pendleton Round-Up
last month.
See RODEO, Page B10