WEDNESDAY
October 12, 2016
Grant Union claims runaway homecoming win
THINK PINK AT
DIG PINK RALLY
Fundraiser helps
local women pay for
mammograms
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
CAN’T CATCH ME!
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Grant Union’s Cameron Hallgarth slips past the Culver Bulldog defense en route to a touchdown in the
Prospector’s homecoming game on Friday in John Day.
Bulldogs fail to keep up with Prospectors
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union football team over-
took the Culver Bulldogs in the second
half of the Prospectors’ homecoming
game Friday, cruising to a 60-20 win.
Both teams looked evenly matched,
each entering the game with a 1-3 record.
Grant Union had an 8-7 lead in the
fi rst quarter, after Prospector quarterback
Wade Reimers scored a touchdown and
two-point conversion on keepers.
Reimers had 104 passing yards in the
game, with 111 rushing, and he scored
two touchdowns.
Culver made some gains in the second
quarter. Bulldog Joe Russo ran 20 yards
for a touchdown.
On Culver’s next possession, Prospec-
tor junior Cauy Weaver intercepted the
ball, and Grant Union junior Cameron
Hallgarth scored the touchdown and two-
point conversion.
Hallgarth scored four touchdowns in
the game, with 227 rushing yards on 19
carries.
The visitors led 20-16 at the half after
Culver’s Jaiden Jones scored late in the
quarter.
Grant Union stepped up their perfor-
mance for the second half of the game,
holding the Bulldogs to 20 for the game,
while adding 44 more points to the score-
board.
Prospector Zack Deiter scored his fi rst
touchdown in the fourth quarter, having
gained a two-point conversion in the third.
He had 56 rushing yards and 62 receiving.
As a team, Grant Union had over 400
rushing yards for the night, three intercep-
tions and recovered one Bulldog fumble.
A volleyball game is usually a spirited sport-
ing event, but the fun at the Dig Pink rally takes
it up a notch, while celebrating women who fi ght
breast cancer.
The Grant Union Prospectors will host Union
starting at 1 p.m. with junior varsity, followed by
varsity, Saturday, Oct. 15, for their eighth annual
Dig Pink games.
Fans are asked to dress in pink while cheer-
ing on the teams, and supporting breast cancer
causes.
Since the Lady Prospectors, led by head
coach Shae Speth, started the rallies, they’ve
raised $20,000 for John Day’s Blue Mountain
Healthcare Foundation, which helps local wom-
en pay for mammograms, and the national Side-
Out Foundation.
The Side-Out Foundation’s name comes from
the volleyball term “side-out” which means re-
gaining control of the ball. The foundation also
seeks to help people with breast cancer regain
control of their lives.
The foundation funds clinical trials, helping
people with stage four breast cancer, and bene-
fi ts support services for cancer patients and their
families.
Basket raffl es, T-shirt sales, candle sales and
a bake sale are planned at the local event to raise
money.
“We encourage the community to come sup-
port the team and a great cause,” Speth said.
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Grant Union’s Dillon Maley (75) is ready to clear the way for
quarterback Wade Reimers in the Prospectors’ homecoming game
against the Culver Bulldogs on Friday in John Day.
Highlights from the fourth quarter in-
clude Reimers scoring on a punt return.
Deiter also intercepted Culver’s pass with
freshman Russell Hodge making his fi rst
touchdown of the varsity season a few
plays later with a hand-off from freshman
Kellen Shelley.
“It was a great second half to get the
guys excited about what they can do,” said
Grant Union head coach Jason Miller. “In
the second half, the offensive line was
spectacular. Our running backs started to
run angry, and we got some turnovers,
which was key. We’re really happy with
the boys.”
The Prospectors face Imbler on the
road next Friday in their fi rst league game
of the season.
“They’re a good football team,” Miller
said.
Grant Union is currently 2-3 on the sea-
son, ranking No. 11 for OSAA 2A teams,
while Imbler is 3-2, ranking No. 19.
Imbler has 116 points scored and 120
points allowed. Grant Union has 138
points scored and 135 allowed.
Eagle file photo
Grant Union Prospector Reagan
Shelley sends the ball past a Cove
opponent in last October’s Dig Pink
Rally at Grant Union High School in
John Day. The fundraiser for breast
cancer causes takes place during the
Grant Union Prospectors’ volleyball
game against Union beginning at 1
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
G RANT C OUNTY
S PORTS ROUNDUP
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Panthers fi zzle after fast start
against Crane in homecoming game
Prairie City prepares to
face Adrian in Unity
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City’s Lady Panthers (6-10) came out
on fi re in the fi rst set of their homecoming game
against Crane (11-5) on Friday, but the Mus-
tangs followed up to take the win.
“Crane was a good challenge for us,” said co-
coach Louanne Zweygardt, who coaches along-
side Lance Zweygardt. “We knew they would
be tough — we have lost to them every other
time we played them — but we felt that we were
ready. We came out strong in the fi rst set and
caught them off guard with a 25-20 win.”
Panther Brianna Zweygardt started the game
with four aces.
Her teammate Cassie Hire had three stuff
blocks, and kills from Panthers Brianna
Zweygardt, Sierra Dahlen, Hire, Sarah Ennis
and Emily Ennis kept the team ahead.
Crane found Prairie City’s weak spots and
turned the tables, winning the remaining sets
25-13, 25-7 and 25-17.
Louanne said freshman setter Emily Ennis
has been working hard in practice and her ef-
forts showed this weekend.
“She served very well, had three kills and
helped out the offense immensely with her hus-
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The Prairie City Panthers celebrate
after winning the first set 25-10
over Crane in Friday’s homecoming
match at the Prairie City court.
tle and improved placement of sets,” Louanne
said.
Prairie City’s team serving was 92 percent
with 13 percent aces.
Brianna Zweygardt was 93 percent on 15
serves, Dahlen was 88 percent on 17 serves and
Hire and Emily Ennis were 100 percent on 10
serves each.
Prairie City is scheduled to host Adrian in
Unity at the Burnt River court at 1 p.m. Thurs-
day, beginning with junior varsity, and followed
by varsity.
Long Creek/Ukiah ladies
split wins in Huntington
The Long Creek/Ukiah junior varsity volley-
ball team showed improvement last week, said
co-coach Linda Studtmann.
She coaches the Mountaineer/Cougars with
Reagan Enriquez.
The team was on the road to Huntington Sat-
urday to face Harper/Huntington and Adrian.
Long Creek/Ukiah won their fi rst match of
the day 3-1 over Harper/Huntington with scores
of 25-17, 23-25, 25-22 and 25-22.
Studtmann said, although her team was down
a few players, they didn’t let it discourage them.
“They stepped up and played hard,” she said.
Adrian took the second game with scores of
25-23, 20-25, 25-14 and 25-23.
“Most of our girls are either fi rst or second
year players,” said Studtmann. “Reagan En-
riquez and I have watched these girls from the
fi rst day of practice to now and are proud of their
improvement and commitment to the game.
They are eager to learn and work hard at improv-
ing their game.”
Monument/Dayville gridders
take loss to South Wasco
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Prairie City’s Taci Perrenoud keeps
the ball in play as Sierra Dahlen
stays ready in the Panther’s
homecoming game against the
Crane Mustangs on Friday.
The Tigers are playing with a roster of nine
athletes this season, but they’re pressing for-
ward.
Monument/Dayville fell to South Wasco in
Maupin 6-46.
Tiger Gabe Walker scored his team’s sole
touchdown.
“We played hard and never gave up,” said
head coach Nathaniel Ashley. “This is a resilient
group of young men.”
The Tigers’ game against Harper/Huntington
scheduled this week has been canceled.