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GAME WITH ANTHEM
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AJ McKrola, a Prairie City seventh-grader, and his
voice teacher, Jamie Cernazanu of John Day, started
Friday’s Prairie City versus Harper game, singing the
national anthem at the Prairie City gym.
“It was a tough loss,” said
Prospector head coach Kelsy
Wright. “It’s tough to travel on
a bus for four hours and wait
another five hours to play.”
The Prospectors had a
slow first half, trailing by 15
going into the third quarter.
“In the second half, we
came out with a little more
energy and intensity,” Wright
said. “The Outlaws’ biggest
lead was 19, and we cut it
down to three.”
The Prospectors also found
themselves in foul trouble.
“We had to foul to get the
ball back — they hit a free
throw, and we would make
it up,” Wright said. Then
Enterprise pulled away for the
win.
PANTHERS
LADY PROS
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“Now we know what
our competition is like, and
we’ve got to be prepared for
Enterprise or Imbler,” coach
Mosley said. “We’ll play the
winner of the second- versus
third-seed game.”
At the start of the season,
the Prospectors lost their
sole senior player, starter
Heather Mosley, to an inju-
ry.
Heather has been inspir-
ing the team from the side-
lines, but was unable to at-
tend Saturday’s game. The
team called her from the
locker room after the game
with the good news.
“They have a great op-
portunity,” Heather said.
“Going in with a bye now,
they can watch the teams on
Friday and play Saturday,
and I think they should go
far.”
Prospectors Jozie Rude
and Kaylee Wright com-
mented on Saturday’s game.
“We could have played
better defense and ran our
offense,” Rude said.
The win, she said, was
“crazy — it was awesome.”
“It was a really intense
game,” Wright said. “Play-
ing either team is going to
be difficult, so we just have
got to be ready for it.”
Kaylee Wright led in
scoring for Grant Union
with 13 points, followed by
Mariah Moulton with nine.
Grant Union would have
tied for first in the league
if the Imbler Panthers had
won both their Friday and
Saturday games, but Imbler
lost 38-27 to Enterprise on
Friday and followed up with
a 57-31 win in Elgin on Sat-
urday.
Behind Grant Union,
Imbler is seeded second
for the district tournament,
with Enterprise third, Union
fourth and Elgin fifth.
Grant Union had a win
and a loss in close games to
Imbler in the regular season,
and beat Enterprise twice.
Imbler defeated Enter-
prise once earlier this sea-
son, 44-34.
In a nonleague game Feb.
8, the Grant Union girls lost
a 39-37 battle to the Crane
Mustangs.
Crane had a fast start and
led 17-10 at the half.
Grant Union came out
energized in the third with
Hailie Wright contributing
a two-point shot and going
4-4 at the free-throw line.
McKrola, Moulton and
Rude scored two each for
the Prospectors.
Grant Union outshot
Crane by three in the fourth
quarter but, down by two
in the final minute of play,
couldn’t overcome the deficit.
Grant Union vs. Enterprise
Kaylee Wright: 13 points
Mariah Moulton: 9
Madi McKrola: 5
Hailie Wright: 3
Trinity Hutchison: 2
Whitney McClellan: 1
Jozie Rude: 1
Grant Union vs. Crane
Hailie Wright: 15 points
Moulton: 9
Kaylee Wright: 5
McKrola: 4
Hutchison: 2
Rude: 2
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Prairie City’s Dorran
Wilson stole the ball twice,
scoring on fast breaks, add-
ing nine points in the quarter.
Levi Burke had 10 points,
Wyatt Williams contributed
a three-pointer and Brogan
McKrola and Devin Packard
added two points each.
At the half, Prairie City led
by 33, holding Harper to three
points in the second.
The third quarter was a
similar scenario, and in the
fourth, Prairie City’s younger
players relieved the starters.
Harper outshot Prairie City
8-3 in the final quarter, but
the Panthers’ foothold on the
game was assured.
“I’m proud of the team and
happy for the seniors,” said
Prairie City head coach Jona-
ROUNDUP
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The Tigers, hosting Jordan
Valley on Thursday, fell 52-29
in Monument.
“Jordan Valley is just a good
team,” Schafer said. “They
are a well-coached and a dis-
ciplined team. It was a good
learning process for us.”
Monument/Dayville fol-
lowed up with a 58-14 win over
Burnt River in Dayville and a
69-27 win over the Hornets in
Harper.
Schafer said the younger
players were in on the Burnt
River game with the team per-
forming well.
“Hayden Schafer and Tan-
ner Walczyk did well against
Harper,” coach Schafer add-
ed. “They played well, and
the team complemented them
well — it was a good team ef-
fort.”
Hayden Schafer led the Ti-
gers with 35 points, followed
by Walczyk with 20.
Coach Schafer said the goal
with the upcoming tournament
is “to keep advancing.”
“We’re just preparing and
taking it one game at a time,”
he said.
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Grant Union Prospector
Duane Stokes is fouled
on his way to score by
Crane’s David Steeves.
Wright was optimistic
about the game in La Grande.
“As soon as we get there,
we’re going to play ball,”
he said, Tuesday afternoon.
“We’re going to have a great
practice tonight. We’ll make
than Gill.
The Panther seniors were
pleased with the win.
“I had a lot of fun playing
with all the guys tonight, and
I’m really looking forward to
how we’ll play at districts,”
said Wyatt Williams.
“I’m really proud of the
boys,” said Devin Packard.
“We played hard, and we can
go far.”
“We came out very excited
for this game because it was
senior night,” said Brogan
McKrola. “We’re really look-
ing forward to next week. We
think we have a good chance
to place at districts.”
The Panther boys followed
up on Saturday with a 69-30
win over the Huntington Lo-
comotives.
Gill said it was important
to have competition before
entering district play.
“The young kids really
Monument/
Dayville girls beat
Burnt River, drop
two games
The Lady Tigers had a busy
schedule leading up to the 1A-8
High Desert League Tourna-
ment, where they will be fifth
seed.
The Tigers lost a 50-26 bat-
tle to Jordan Valley on Thurs-
day, beat the Burnt River Bulls
47-20 on Friday and lost a close
game to Harper Saturday, 49-
47.
“Jordan Valley is always a
tough team with good shoot-
ers,” Schmadeka said. “It was
good experience to play them
before districts.”
The Lady Tigers hosted
Burnt River for senior night in
Dayville, a game which gave
the younger Lady Tigers some
playing time.
Harper was a tougher con-
test, which the Tigers played on
the road.
“Harper had seven three-
point shots on the night, and
we were playing catch up the
whole game,” Schmadeka said.
“We tied the game with just a
few seconds to go, but Harper
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fense just a little bit and be
ready for them tomorrow.”
Grant Union beat Enter-
prise Jan. 27 by a score of
50-35.
Imbler is the first seed and
Union the second seed going
into Friday’s tournament.
Grant Union split a series
with the Union Bobcats this
season, and had two losses to
the Imbler Panthers, falling by
two points in their most recent
game.
On Feb. 7, Grant Union
beat the nonleague Crane
Mustangs 38-30 on the Pros-
pectors’ senior recognition
night.
The teams were tied 12-12
in the first quarter.
Grant Union held Crane
to two points in the second,
while Duane Stokes and Ty
McDaniel each hit threes and
Cole Deiter added a two-point
shot to up their game, giving
the Prospectors a 22-14 lead
at the half.
Ahead by 14 in the third,
the bench provided relief, giv-
ing the starters some rest to
finish out the contest.
Wright said they had a
slow start, but then “came to-
gether and got composed and
started running their offense
and making shots.”
Grant Union vs. Enterprise
Duane Stokes: 18 points
Cole Deiter: 8
Cauy Weaver: 6
Kellen Shelley: 5
Zack Deiter: 4
Ty McDaniel: 2
Grant Union vs. Crane
Stokes: 18 points
Zack Deiter: 7
Cole Deiter: 4
McDaniel: 3
Billy Copenhaver: 2
Weaver: 2
Tanner Elliott: 2
Looking ahead to the dis-
trict tournament, Gill said
they are happy, but not satis-
fied with their No. 2 position.
“We are still hungry to
be first place in districts,” he
said. “We feel that the regular
season prepares you for play-
offs, and we look to seize the
moment in the district tourna-
ment.”
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Prairie City Panther Dorran
Wilson flies up to score,
over the reach of Harper
player Will Butler. Panther
player Brogan McKrola is
in back.
played well this game,” Gill
said. “They were the key to
victory.”
made a shot to take the lead. We
missed our shot to tie the game
back up, and Harper won.”
The Monument/Dayville
girls will face the Prairie City
Panthers in Game One at 1 p.m.
Thursday at the 1A-8 High
Desert League Tournament.
In the regular season,
the Tigers lost two games to
the Panthers. The first was a
59-46 loss in Prairie City, fol-
lowed by a 43-42 loss in Mon-
ument.
“We’re looking forward to
playing Prairie City this Thurs-
day,” Schmadeka said, adding
the winner will come down to
which team makes fewer mis-
takes. “It should be a very fun
game.”
Prairie City
girls prepare for
tournament
The Prairie City Lady
Panthers enter the Thursday
through Saturday 1A-8 High
Desert League Tournament
at Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School as the fourth-seed
team.
They’ll face the fifth-seed
Monument/Dayville
Lady
Tigers at 1 p.m. Thursday in
Game One.
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Prairie City vs. Harper
Levi Burke: 22 points
Dorran Wilson: 22
Wyatt Williams: 9
Lucas McKinley: 9
Brogan McKrola: 6
Devin Packard: 6
Danner Davis: 2
Syd Holman: 2
Prairie City vs. Huntington
Levi Burke: 24 points (one three-point-
er)
Dorran Wilson: 14
Wyatt Williams: 9 (one three-pointer)
Brogan McKrola: 7 (one three-pointer)
Devin Packard: 6
Jonathan Lawrence: 3 (three-pointer)
Danner Davis: 3
Lucas McKinley: 3 (three-pointer)
The Lady Panthers missed
an opportunity to compete last
week as the Harper Hornets
forfeited Friday’s game.
Panther coach Bo Workman
said a few of the Harper play-
ers were unable to make it to
the game, due to flooding near
Juntura.
The Prairie City boys played
Huntington on Saturday; how-
ever, this year, Huntington
doesn’t have a girls team.
The winner of Thursday’s
tournament game will advance
to face No. 1 Adrian on Friday
at 6 p.m., and the loser will play
in the consolation game at 8
a.m. Friday.
Grant Union
wrestlers to
compete at
district meet
Feb. 17-18
After competing at the
Pine Eagle Tournament on
Saturday, the Grant Union
wrestling team is now prepar-
ing to take on the 2A/1A Spe-
cial District 4 Tournament.
The competition will be-
gin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
17, at Armand Larive Middle
School in Hermiston.
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