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Blue Mountain Eagle
Steer wrestler Trevor Knowles
fi nishes 12th in world standings
Blue Mountain Eagle
Mt. Vernon steer wrestler
Trevor Knowles was on the
world stage at the National
Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas
Dec. 1-10.
He entered the NFR in
15th place and fi nished 12th
in the world standings.
Out of 10 rounds at
the Thomas & Mack Cen-
ter, Knowles placed in the
money in the fi fth round in
fi fth place with a time of
4.0, earning $6,769.23. In
the eighth round, he placed
fourth with a time of 4.6,
earning $11,000. In Round
10, he tied with four other
steer wrestlers with a time of
4.2, earning $9,413.46.
He earned $101,336 for
the year.
GU wrestling schedule
Dec. 16-17: @ Elgin Tournament, 1 p.m./10 a.m.
Jan. 6-7: @ Riverside Duals/Tournament, TBD
Jan. 11: @ Baker Duals, TBD
Jan. 13-14: @ Oregon Classic in Redmond, TBD
Jan. 20: Grant Union Tournament, 12 p.m.
Jan. 24: @ Burns Duals with Crane in Crane, 5 p.m.
Feb. 4: @ Bank of Eastern Oregon tourney in Heppner, 10 a.m.
Feb. 11: @ Pine Eagle Tournament in Halfway, 10 a.m.
Feb. 13: District Wrestling Meet at Grant Union, 8 a.m.
Feb. 24-25: @ State Wrestling Meet in Portland, TBA
WRESTLING
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SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday-
Saturday,
Dec. 15-17
Grant Union basketball
vs. Heppner, girls at 4
p.m., boys at 5:30 p.m.
Monument/Dayville,
Prairie City basketball
@ Union Christmas
Classic in Union, TBD
Friday, Dec. 16
Grant Union basketball
vs. Irrigon, girls at 6
p.m., boys at 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union wrestling
@ Elgin Tournament, 1
p.m.
Saturday,
Dec. 17
Grant Union wrestling
@ Elgin Tournament, 10
a.m.
Wednesday,
Dec. 21
Prairie City basketball
@ Powder Valley in
North Powder, girls at
4:30 p.m., boys at 6
p.m.
Wednesday-
Friday,
Dec. 21-23
Grant Union basketball
@ Nyssa Tournament,
Day 1, girls vs. Ontario
at 1 p.m. (MST), boys
vs. Baker at 10:15 a.m.
(MST)
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The team also aims to
bring home a district cham-
pionship win this year after
placing second last year.
“I think we can have a
number of individual cham-
pions there as well,” he said.
“We’d like to see fi ve to sev-
en guys qualify for state. If
we can do those things, we’ll
see a growth over time.”
Other team members
Lusco has his eye on are
junior Dillon Maley, a two-
time qualifi er for state.
“He’s looking to make
a really big improvement
there,” Lusco said.
Also, juniors Jesse
Paulsen, Elijah Humbird,
Jay Goldblatt and sopho-
more Braden Spencer have
experience.
“They are in a position
where they’re bringing back
some experience,” the coach
said.
Heavyweights freshman
Drew Lusco and junior Toby
Boatwright are also showing
promise. Drew Lusco was
the heavyweight state cham-
pion for middle schoolers
last year.
Juniors Eli Carniglia and
Hadley Boethin and soph-
omore Conner White also
have potential to win match-
es, Lusco said, adding, oth-
ers will fi ll in the gaps.
A few team mem-
bers commented on what
they’re looking forward to
this season.
Johnson said he’s encour-
aged by all the new wrestlers
joining the program.
“The way the coaches
are running the program is
working,” he said. “I’m re-
ally excited for this year. I’m
looking for a state title, and
I’m looking for some tough
competition this year.”
“We have a lot of the
weight classes stacked up,”
Maley said. “Everyone is
looking good and working
hard.”
Humbird said the team
will be competitive this sea-
son.
“I think we can go to the
district meet and win that,”
he said. “I think we’ll take
six or seven kids from this
team to state.”
“I’m looking forward
to going to state this year,”
Spencer said. “The team is
looking great, better than
last year. We have more peo-
ple.”
Grant Union, a 2A team,
will face nine opponents in
the 2A/1A Special District 4.
“There are some tough
teams there,” Lusco said.
He expects 1A Crane and
2A Enterprise to be as tough
as ever.
“There is always a team
or two that surprise you,”
he said. “We’ve got a lot of
work to do to get there. We
drill hard at a few things,
and our goal by districts
is to be conditioned and to
win with good basic wres-
tling.”
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Prairie City was set to com-
pete in the Condon Christmas
Tournament on Friday and Sat-
urday.
They were halfway to Con-
don when they were told the
opposing team, Ione, would not
make it due to icy road condi-
tions. There game against Con-
don/Wheeler at the tournament
was also canceled.
Prairie City travels for the
Thursday through Saturday,
Dec. 15-17, Union Christmas
Classic this week.
“It’s going to be a highly
competitive game,” Gill said. “I
think we’ve got a good chance
at being very competitive for
the tournament.”
Lady Panthers
leap to 40-20 win
over Grant Union
JV
The 1A Prairie City Lady
Panthers varsity team had
their fi rst win of the season, a
20-point win over the 2A Grant
Union junior varsity team.
Prairie City head coach Bo
Workman said they earned the
40-20 win, playing a lot calmer.
“We led most the way,” he
said. “We took care of the ball
with a little more confi dence,
and their shooting percentage
was better. We saw some im-
provements.”
Prairie City’s games at the
Condon Christmas Tournament
were canceled.
The Lady Panthers travel for
the Thursday through Saturday,
Dec. 15-17, Union Christmas
Classic this week.
Monument/
Dayville boys lose
to Joseph, beat
Wallowa
The Tiger boys traveled to
the Dec. 9-10 Wallowa Lions
Tournament where they had
ups and downs.
The lost to Joseph 58-31 and
beat Wallowa 42-34.
“They made great im-
provements,” said head coach
Jeff Schafer. “We’re a young
team with only two returning
start.”
The team travels to the
Union Christmas Classic this
week, starting against Council,
Idaho — a team that fi nished
second in state last season.
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Position: Guard
Tiger girls pull out
win over Wallowa,
lose to Joseph
Monument/Dayville Lady
Tiger head coach Taylor
Schmadeka led his team to a
33-31 victory over Wallowa
at the Wallowa Lions Tourna-
ment last week. The win was
followed by a tough 46-27 loss
to Joseph.
The girls were scheduled to
host South Wasco on Tuesday,
past press time, and will travel
to the Union Christmas Classic
tournament later this week.
Grant Union
wrestlers compete
at Calhoun Classic
Grant Union’s wrestling
team faced tough competition
at the annual Calhoun Classic
in Nyssa.
“There were 22 teams at the
meet with lots of great wres-
tling and very tough competi-
tion,” said Grant Union head
coach Andy Lusco.
In varsity competition, Clay
Johnson fi nished 2-2, wrestling
at 138 pounds.
On the junior varsity side,
freshman Drew Lusco fi nished
in second place at 285. Elijah
Humbird fi nished in second
place at 220 and Russel Hodge
fi nished fourth in the 179
weight class.
Eli Sheedy went 2-2 in the
106 bracket.
“Braden Spencer, Jay Gold-
blatt and Hadley Boethin went
0-2 against super tough compe-
tition but showed some tough-
ness and fought hard,” Lusco
said.
Others wrestling hard were
Toby Boatwright, Eli Carniglia,
Nate Hodge and Damion
Young, Lusco said.
“This is one of the tough-
est tournaments we go to all
year,” the coach said. “I was
very proud of our efforts on the
mat.”
The team travels to the El-
gin Tournament scheduled for
1 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Sat-
urday.
A John Day ambulance crew
was on standby during the 5K.
Businesses and individu-
als donated prizes, including
Under Armour sweatshirts
from Ace Hardware, for the
top prizes. Other prizes in-
cluded nice water bottles and
gift certifi cates to The Corner
Cup.
“I want to thank everyone
who sponsored and helped
or participated with my 5K,”
Wyllie said. “Patty Ross
loved the cause, and she do-
nated 20 gift bags for early
registration.”
The fi rst fi nisher for the
children’s division was Grant
Hall. Haley Olson was fi rst
for women, and Aaron Ross
was fi rst for men.
Shanniyah Hall earned
the Ugliest Sweater Trophy,
along with $25 in Grant
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“It’ll be a challenge,” Scha-
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our best and just keep grow-
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learning the teamwork and
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some of the kids. I enjoy work-
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The tiger teams were sched-
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