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B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle SPORTS SCHEDULE LADY PROS Continued from Page B1 Friday, Oct. 7 Prairie City volleyball vs. Crane, JV 2 p.m. varsity 5 p.m. (homecoming) Prairie City football vs. Crane, 7 p.m. (homecoming) Grant Union football vs. Culver, 6 p.m. (homecoming) Grant Union volleyball vs. Elgin, 1 p.m. beginning with JV (homecoming) Monument/Dayville volleyball @ South Wasco, 5 p.m. Monument/Dayville football @ South Wasco, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 Grant Union volleyball vs. Enterprise, 1 p.m. beginning with JV Monument/Dayville volleyball vs. Jordan Valley in Dayville, 1 p.m. begin- ning with JV Long Creek volleyball vs. Harper/Hun- tington, Adrian in Huntington, 1 p.m./3 p.m. On the road to Burns last Tuesday, Grant Union won the nonleague match 3-1 with scores of 22-25, 25-18, 26-24 and 25- 17. “We struggled defensively during the fi rst set loss, but we were able to make adjustments to win the next three sets,” said head coach Shae Speth. She highlighted Prospector senior Chelsie Kodesh with hav- ing “one of the best defensive RODEO Continued from Page B1 Holly will compete in the PRCA circuit fi nals on Nov. 4-6 in Yakima, Washington. For the brothers, rodeo has been a part of life since they were young. Finley said it was his grandpa Ben Finley who started the fami- ly’s rodeo tradition. Chad said his grandpa didn’t come from a rodeo family, but was introduced to the sport and competed in Vancouver; he lat- er moved to Mt. Vernon with his wife Donna and the family. Wednesday, October 5, 2016 matches of her career,” with 31 digs in the match. “We served much better than we have been, which made a huge difference,” she said. The Prospectors found the energy for a 3-1 win over Union on Friday. Grant Union overtook the Bobcats with scores of 20-25, 25-20, 25-11 and 30-28. After the hard-fought match- es earlier in the week, Speth said the girls were physically, men- tally, emotionally spent, but they were “still able to fi ght and come out with a good win at Union.” Burns stats Mariah Moulton: 18 kills, 1 ace, 100% serving, 17 digs Whitney McClellan: 2 aces, 16 digs Reagan Shelley: 2 kills, 2 digs, 1 block assist Chelsie Kodesh: 14 kills, 1 ace, 100% serving, 31 digs Hailie Wright: 3 kills, 20 digs, 100% serv- ing, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist Natalie Stearns: 3 aces, 19 digs - best serve-receive match of the season Kaylee Wright: 4 kills, 1 block assist Heather Mosley: 12 kills, 3 aces, 9 digs, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist Kodesh: 10 kills, 100 percent serving, 23 digs H Wright: 2 kills, 14 digs, 100% serving, 5 block assists Stearns: 2 aces, 100 percent serve-receive, 100% serving, 22 digs K Wright: 7 kills, 5 digs, 4 block assists Mosley: 13 kills, 1 ace, 9 digs, 4 solo blocks, 5 block assists Imbler stats Moulton: 16 kills, 1 ace, 100 percent serve-receive, 20 digs McClellan: 3 aces, 8 digs Shelley: 3 kills, 4 digs, 4 block assists Union stats Moulton: 21 kills, 2 aces, 17 digs McClellan: 3 aces, 5 digs Shelley: 1 dig Kodesh: 13 kills, 1 ace, 19 digs H Wright: 3 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 1 block assist Stearns: 24 digs K Wright: 6 kills, 6 digs, 1 solo block Mosley: 8 kills, 4 aces, 7 digs, 1 solo block, 1 block assist “He made it where we could do what we wanted and got us mounted so we could rodeo,” Chad said. “He taught us all we know and kept us on good horses, growing up, and gave us cattle to practice on.” Chad added, “He passed it on to us — all my cousins have done rodeo growing up.” He said he and his brother and their cousin Trisha (Legg) Mc- Coin of Terrebonne continue to compete. McCoin fi nished 17th in break- away roping in the NPRA Year End standings with $2,518. Chad’s aunts and uncles were also past rodeo competitors — Jeff Finley, Larry Finley, Clay Finley, Cindy (Finley) Legg, as well as his mom Christy Finley. Chad said he’ll continue to ro- deo “as long as I’m able to keep going at it, and as long as I’ve got the horses to do it.” Other locals competing in ro- deo include: Trevor Knowles, Mt. Vernon, 14th in PRCA World standings, steer wrestling, $58,653.42; 2nd in Columbia River Circuit Stand- ings, $18,555.87 Tucker Wright, Canyon City, 11th in NPRA Year End stand- ings, steer wrestling, $3,295.60; 23rd, Columbia River Circuit, $1,121.89 Cauy Pool, Long Creek, 4th in ICA novice bulls, $282 David Clark, Long Creek, 11th in the ICA standings for steer wrestling; placed 15th in ICA Ida- ho Independent Bank Steer Wres- tling, $580.80 David Clark competed at ro- deos last summer with his sons Riley Clark, who also rides for Blue Mountain Community Col- lege, and GW Clark, a Monument High School senior who fi nished 10th in steer wrestling at the Or- egon High School Rodeo Finals last June. 3.Prairie City/Burnt River VS Crane WEEK 4 OF 13 13.Arizona VS Utah 6.Redskins VS Ravens 14.Stanford VS Washington State 10.Oregon State VS California 11.Oregon VS Washington 1.Grant Union VS Culver 12.Kansas State VS Texas Tech 4.Patriots VS Browns 8.Bills VS Rams 7.Jets VS Steelers 9.Giants VS Packers Come try an egg nog or a pumpkin pie drink 2.Dayville/Monument VS S. Wasco Congratulations to Bob Buckhaults for winning this week’s football contest with 13 correct picks 5.Bears VS Colts Jerry Webb also got 13 correct, but had no tie breaker score. 15.Ohio State VS Indiana Good luck next week!
