B10
Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
PRAIRIE CITY/BURNT RIVER HOMECOMING FOOTBALL
Panther/Bulls rein in Mustangs, 52-12
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Prairie City/Burnt
River football team made
a statement with a 52-12
homecoming win over the
Crane Mustangs Friday
the
night.
The team didn’t let home-
coming distractions or inju-
ries on the team keep them
from pulling out a big win.
Six Panther/Bulls were
out with injuries received
over the season, including
corner’s
SH T
HOT
EEK
OF THE W
BILLY COPENHAVER
School: Grant Union
Grade: 12
Parents: Bill and Cammi
Copenhaver
Sport: Football
Position: Center, defensive end
What I like best about my sport: “I like going
out every day and having fun with all my teammates.
Fridays are another highlight of playing the sport —
being under the lights with the crowd cheering us on,
and the cannon.” The Whiskey Gulch Gang sounds a
cannon at the start of the games, for each touchdown
scored by Grant Union and at the end of the games.
Coach’s Comment: “He has been a
great leader on this team and for our
offensive line which plowed the way
for over 400 yards of rushing last
week.” -Coach Jason Miller
three seniors, each with a
broken arm.
Prairie City/Burnt River
head coach Darrel McKrola
said he was concerned they
wouldn’t be prepared for the
game, but the team had been
adding to their offensive
game plan, and the junior
varsity teams went to battle.
The Panther/Bull offense
was led by Tyler Belveal
with 205 yards rushing and
three touchdowns, followed
by Matt Siddoway with 78
yards and two touchdowns.
Quarterback Wyatt Wil-
liams added 49 rushing yards
and passed for 150, including
a 52-yard touchdown pass to
Conner Jones.
The team combined for
526 yards of total offense.
Williams led the way on
defense with 13 solo tackles
and ive assists, followed by
Belveal with 10 tackles and
eight assists.
Siddoway contributed a
quarterback sack on a fourth-
down play.
The Panther/Bulls pre-
vented the Mustangs from
scoring in the irst half.
“I’m proud of all the
boys,” McKrola said. “They
100 E. Main • Stoplight in John Day
541-792-0425
04672
By Angel Carpenter
Monument/Dayville’s Lady
Tigers are pushing forward af-
ter a couple tough losses last
M ILLER C OORS
BREWING
Prairie City/
Burnt River’s Matt
Siddoway makes
his way over a
Crane’s Joel Otley
in the Panther/
Bulls’ homecoming
game on Friday in
Prairie City.
played hard and executed the
plays well.”
He plans to “add a bit to
the offense and get the boys
to grow with skills, and
work on blocking,” he said.
“Hopefully, we can execute
them and do well.”
Prairie City/Burnt River
faces Adrian in Unity at 1
p.m. Thursday.
Contributed photo/Nancy Hitz
Tigers refocus for upcoming road game
Blue Mountain Eagle
PROUD SPONSOR OF GRANT COUNTY ATHLETES
Contributed photo/Nancy Hitz
Prairie City/Burnt River, right, lines up in their homecoming battle against the
Crane Mustangs Friday night in Prairie City.
ECHANIS
week.
The team traveled to Maupin
Friday, facing South Wasco.
The Redsides won with scores
of 25-6, 25-23 and 25-10.
Monument/Dayville hosted
the Jordan Valley Mustangs on
Saturday for their homecoming
match, which the Mustangs
swept with scores of 25-16, 25-
22 and 25-15.
“We played well against
South Wasco and Jordan Val-
ley,” said head coach Tiffnie
Schmadeka. “We did some re-
ally good things in both match-
es, and we had some small mis-
takes in both matches that held
us back.”
She said the team will con-
tinue to work on communica-
tion and playing smart volley-
ball.
“We will have a good,
strong week of practices/games
this week and then will focus
on the district tournament,” she
said.
The Tigers hosted Grant
Union junior varsity at the
Monument court on Tuesday,
past press time.
Monument/Dayville travels
for a game against Harper/Hun-
tington on Friday, the time to be
announced.
DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
Your local Beer & Wine Wholesale for over 45 Years
ters
Hun ck up
e
to
lcom sto
We ure to ding
a
s
e
be ore h ills
bef the h
...and other fine beers and wines
Call Bob Blake anytime: 541-575-1170
Are you or someone
you know the victim of
physical or emotional
abuse?
Do you find yourself
being abusive toward
your partner?
GET HELP TODAY
AND COMMIT TO A BETTER LIFE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN.
CALL NOW OR CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CENTER FOR THE HELP YOU NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE.
HEART OF GRANT COUNTY: 541-620-1342
GRANT COUNTY VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: 541-575-4026
This project was supported by Grant No. 2015-WR-AX-0008 awarded by the Office on Violence Against
Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in
this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
04620