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Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, November 2, 2016 WEDNESDAY November 2, 2016 B1 Lady Pros punch ticket to volleyball state championships Team stays focused to overtake Kennedy By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle NO HOLDING BACK GU gridders are Wapiti League champs The Grant Union Lady Prospectors met yet another goal this season, sweeping the Kennedy Trojans 3-0 in Saturday’s fi rst-round state playoff game. The win means Grant Union, led by head coach Shae Speth, is on its way to the Nov. 4-5 OSAA volley- ball state championships. They’ll face the St. Paul Buckaroos at 3:15 on Friday, Nov. 4, at Ridgeview High School in Redmond. “Making it back to Red- mond for the third straight year is another of our goals we reached this year,” Speth said. “We are focused on bringing home a state cham- pionship, but know we have a tough road ahead of us to do so. We are taking it one game at a time, starting with St. Paul in the quarterfi nal game on Friday.” The Prospectors, Wapi- ti League champions, won Saturday’s game against Kennedy at the Grant Union court with scores of 25-12, 25-18 and 25-22. Kennedy, of Mt. An- gel School District and the Who’s next? Friday Grant Union volleyball vs. St. Paul, state quarter- fi nals at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Court 2, 3:15 p.m. Volleyball semifi nals in Redmond, Court 1, 8:30 p.m. Saturday Volleyball consolation game, Court 1, 10 a.m. Volleyball third/fi fth place game, Court 1, 2:15 p.m. Volleyball championship game, Court 1, 8:30 p.m. Tri-River Conference, are coached by Laura Beyer. The Prospectors won the fi rst two sets handily on Saturday, staying ahead throughout both sets, for the most part. Grant Union’s Natalie Stearns kicked things off with a 12-0 serving run in the fi rst set. In the second set, the Prospectors stayed ahead until Kennedy’s Hannah Arritola went on a serving run and the Trojans tied the score 13-13. Grant Union stayed on top after that for a 7-point win. Kennedy gained momen- tum in the third, tying the score a few times and mid- way taking a 19-16 lead. See LADY PROS, Page B10 Prospectors battle for blowout win over Bobcats By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Prospector football team, undefeated in league, claimed the Wapiti League championship title after a 48-18 victo- ry over the Union Bob- cats on Friday. Grant Union hosts the Reedsport Braves at 1 p.m. Saturday in John Saturday Day for the Round 1 Grant Union state playoff game. football vs. Reed- Head coach Jason sport in John Day, Miller said he’s happy fi rst-round state with the opportunity of playoff, 1 p.m. a home-fi eld advantage. The Prospectors en- tered last week’s game ranked No. 7 for OSAA 2A teams with a 4-3 record, while Union was ranked No. 12 with a 4-2 record. Miller was looking for a fast start Friday, and his team delivered. Who’s next? The Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter TOP: Grant Union Prospector quarterback Wade Reimers twists and jumps out of several Union tackle attempts en route to a touchdown in Friday night’s 48-18 win. ABOVE: Grant Union Prospector Cauy Weaver works to shake off Union’s Seth Stone in Friday’s game, Dillon Maley (75) in back. See FOOTBALL, Page B10 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Chelsie Kodesh sends the ball over the reach of Kennedy blockers in the Round 1 state playoff game in John Day. In back, many students in the fan section are dressed in Halloween costumes or school colors. Local Chicago Cubs fan witnesses Rodeo youth celebrate season, historic World Series Game 5 win Teacher Doug top competitors Sharp cheers Top contestants receive prizes at awards banquet By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Youth rodeo contestants wrapped up their Cinnabar Mountain Playdays season with a year-end awards ban- quet. Family and friends joined in for the dinner and awards ceremony Oct. 23 at the Mt. Vernon Community Hall. Youth were awarded for their summer rodeo events held at the Grant County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in John Day. team to win More inside See full results from 2016 on page B10. The cowboys and cow- girls competed in events, in- cluding pole bending, fi gure eight, barrel racing, dummy roping and other contests. Season results were an- nounced with the top six in each division receiving priz- es. First-place winners re- ceived buckles; second, rope cans with leather covers by Clair Kehrberg; third, head stalls by KO Trading; fourth, spurs; fi fth, Pendleton blan- kets with leather CMP cor- ners; and sixth, rope halters by Severe Brothers Saddlery. See RODEO, Page B10 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo Chicago Cubs fans Doug Sharp of John Day and his uncle John “Butch” Kirchner of Canyon City are all smiles as they await the start of the World Series Game 5. John Day resident Doug Sharp had the opportunity of a lifetime to attend two World Series games last week, in- cluding the Chicago Cubs’ 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians in Sunday’s Game 5 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. He enjoyed the game with his uncle John “Butch” Kirch- ner of Canyon City by his side. Sharp’s friends, co-work- ers and PE students at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School know he’s a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan. He said his students write notes about the Cubs on the dry erase board that hangs on his door at school. All in good fun, they either cheer on his team, or tease about the Cubs’ previous los- ing streak or the “billy goat curse.” “They like giving me a hard time,” he said. So, how did a John Day native become such a big Chi- cago Cubs fan? Sharp said he was born in John Day, but his family moved to Ransom, Illinois, when he was 2 years old, moving back to Grant County when he was in eighth grade. He said during his time in Illinois, his family would of- ten venture to Chicago to vis- it a museum or take in a ball game. “As long as I knew what the Cubs were, I’ve been a fan,” he said. Twenty years ago, he put his name on the waiting list See FAN, Page B2
