Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Adult co-ed
volleyball teams
will compete for
fun, exercise
Practices set to
begin on Dec. 4
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
With the high school vol-
leyball season coming to an
end, adults — male and female
— can now plan to get in on
some of the action.
Registration is open for an
adult co-ed volleyball league
through the John Day-Canyon
City Parks and Recreation.
The program is designed to
give adults 18 and over an op-
portunity for fun and exercise
and is not considered “power
volleyball.”
Practices will be held from
2-5 p.m. on Sundays, Dec. 4,
11 and 18, at the Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School
gym.
The registration fee is $120
for a team or $20 for each in-
dividual. Late registration will
have an extra $25 fee added
after Dec. 20.
There will be at least eight
league matches during the Jan-
uary-February season, to be
held on Sundays.
Teams will have a mini-
mum of six players and max-
imum of 12, and each team
must include at least three
women.
All 18- and 19-year-old
players must be out of high
school.
Registration forms are
available online at jdccpark-
sandrec.weebly.com
(click
on adult programs) and at the
Parks and Rec office at 845 1/2
Bridge St. in John Day.
For more information,
contact Jeff Meyerholz at 541-
575-0110.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
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PROS
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Heppner has 34 players on
their roster, including six se-
nior starters, and entered the
competition as fourth seed.
Grant Union, with a team
of 19, was fifth seed.
Miller, who is also Grant
Union’s athletic director, said
his team worked hard and im-
proved over the season.
“We survived our injuries
(against Reedsport),” he said.
“My comment to them was
they probably got a lot of reps
this season because we didn’t
have many substitutions.”
He hopes to see more stu-
COACH
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He played basketball for
one year at Blue Mountain
Community College in Pend-
leton, and played four years
for Grant Union High School,
graduating in 1997.
Workman said working
nights for a few years prevent-
ed him from coaching, but now,
with a daytime schedule, that
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector defensive coordinator Andy Lusco gives instructions
during the quarterfinal game.
dent participation in all athlet-
ics.
There was one just one se-
nior Prospector this year, Billy
Copenhaver, and if all of this
year’s juniors return, the team
will have 10 seniors in 2017.
“We appreciate the com-
munity’s help and support,”
he said. “We’ll miss our lone
senior, but the future does
look bright.”
opportunity opened up for him.
“I like teaching kids, not
just about basketball, but
choices in life,” he said. “They
build character and hard work
— to put 110 percent in all you
do, it carries over to everyday
living and learning how to
make good decisions.”
He said academics come
first for the athletes, then
sportsmanship.
Footwork is No. 1 after
that, he said.
“Then everything else
comes together,” he said. “Ev-
erything is done as a team.”
Workman said they have
one of the tougher leagues
with opponents such as Adri-
an, Crane and Jordan Valley,
but he’s encouraged by the
talent on the Panther team that
includes 13 athletes.
He spent time last season
watching the high school and
junior high Panther teams, and
said there are talented fresh-
men joining the team this year.
“I’m excited about coach-
ing, and for the first game,”
he said. “I love basketball. It’s
always been the game I’ve
loved.”
The Lady Panthers will
host Adrian in their first com-
petition of the season at 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2, followed by
the Panther boys at 7:30 p.m.
Junior varsity girls and boys
games start at 3 p.m. and 4:30
p.m.
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