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GU GIRLS
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Hailie Wright led Grant Union
with six points, followed by Madi
McKrola and Kaylee Wright with
five each. Prospectors Jozie Rude
and Trinity Hutchison each scored
four, and Mariah Moulton had three.
Grant Union is seeded 11th as
they gear up to face Pilot Rock.
The Prospectors defeated the
Rockets 37-33 early on in non-
league action at the Dec. 9 Colum-
bia River Clash in Umatilla.
Grant Union’s season record is
7-2 in league and 14-6 overall.
Pilot Rock is 6-2 in the Old Or-
egon League, 18-4 overall. They
won the Old Oregon District Tour-
nament, beating Weston-McEwen
65-39 Saturday in the championship
game.
If Grant Union wins on Satur-
day, they’ll advance to the March
2-4 State Championships at the
Pendleton Convention Center in
Pendleton.
Grant Union All-League selections
First Team: Hailie and Kaylee Wright
Second Team: Mariah Moulton
Honorable Mention: Madi McKrola and Trinity
Hutchinson
Mosley, in his fifth year as head coach of the
team, was selected as the Wapiti League
Coach of the Year.
to the Jordan Valley coach and
program,” Gill said. “They won,
and they won with class.”
He added he was proud of his
team.
“They did everything I asked
them to, and they’ve improved
all year,” he said. “They fought to
the very end. They fought for four
quarters, so nothing to hang their
head about.”
Panther players Dorran Wilson
and Wyatt Williams were recog-
nized as League Scholar Athletes.
The award is given to juniors and
seniors earning a 3.5 cumulative
GPA.
“This year, we had a goal to
have no one on the (academic)
warning list and no one sitting out
a game,” Gill said. “All 12 of the
boys, they worked together, they
studied with each other. Scholas-
tics come before sports, and these
guys are true student athletes.”
The Prairie City boys team also
earned the Sportsmanship Award
at the tournament.
Speaking of the championship
game and the tough games ahead,
Gill said, “At this point in the sea-
son, when you get to the champi-
onship game, it’s not about x’s and
o’s, it’s not about the coaches, it’s
about the boys and their brother-
hood and their family that they’ve
built. They can stand on that, and
they’ll be just fine.”
PANTHERS
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pressure of the moment kind of got
to them.”
“I told them you can’t get this
far in the season and lose who you
are,” he said. “I felt that they’ve
worked so hard together, and so
my message to them at the half
was, guys, you have to do this to-
gether. You won’t be able to do it
with one player. It’s got to be as
a team.”
With less than two minutes left
in the third, the teams were tied
33-33, then Prairie City pulled
ahead 39-34, going into the fourth.
A highlight from the final
quarter was a Panther versus Ti-
ger three-point scoring frenzy, all
within two minute’s time.
Prairie City’s Levi Burke
scored a three-pointer from the
corner, and Monument/Day-
ville’s Tanner Walczyk answered
back with three for the Tigers.
Burke again hit a three and Wal-
czyk followed suit. Burke sank
another one beyond the arc,
bringing Prairie City to a 51-40
lead. Tiger Hayden Schafer also
scored a three-point shot, but the
clock ticked down for the Pan-
thers’ win.
Panther player Burke said it
was a fun game to play with his
teammates.
“Being down at the half was
kind of scary, but we went in the
locker room, cooled each other
off, got composed,” he said. “We
got it all together in there, and we
came back in the third and fourth
quarter and got some good shots
from the whole team. We were
crashing the boards. I felt like I
needed to pick it up, so I tried and
it worked out.”
Prairie City had a tougher chal-
lenge in store, facing the Jordan
Valley Mustangs in Saturday’s
championship game.
This was the fourth meeting
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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Prairie City Panther Levi Burke tosses the ball up to score,
working around Monument/Dayville Tiger Tanner Walczyk in
Friday’s district tournament.
for the teams this season, and the
Mustangs had an edge, having
previously defeated the Panthers
three times.
The teams tied the score sev-
eral times in the first quarter, Jor-
dan Valley pulling ahead with a
17-12 lead.
Jordan Valley led 37-28 at the
half, and although the Panthers
came within four points of the
Mustangs in the third, Jordan Val-
ley kept pushing ahead.
“I want to say congratulations
High Desert League All-Tournament
selections
First Team: Dorran Wilson and Levi Burke
Second Team: Brogan McKrola
Prairie City vs. Monument/Dayville
Levi Burke: 25 points (four three-pointers, 2-2
free throws)
Brogan McKrola: 9 (two three-pointers)
Lucas McKinley: 6 (two three-pointers)
Dorran Wilson: 5 (one three-pointer)
Devin Packard: 4
Wyatt Williams: 3 (one three-pointer)
Syd Holman: 2
Prairie City vs. Jordan Valley
Dorran Wilson: 29 points (one three-pointer)
Levi Burke: 17 (three three-pointers)
Wyatt Williams: 5 (one three-pointer)
Devin Packard: 4
Danner Davis: 2
Syd Holman: 2 (2-2 free-throws)
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Grant Union’s Clay Johnson (138)
wins the championship match over
Cache Campbell of Crane in Saturday’s
finals at the 2A/1A Special District 4
Tournament in Hermiston. notforsale
WRESTLING
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“I’m proud of him to even show,” Lusco
said.
Johnson, a fourth-time state qualifier,
did what he needed to do, the coach said.
“He pinned in the first-place match
of the championship, and pinned in his
first match, too,” Lusco said. “We antici-
pated he would perform well, and he deliv-
ered.”
Drew Lusco, a freshman, pinned in the
semifinals and wrestled teammate Maley in
the finals.
Coach Lusco said he was pleased with
Boatwright’s second-place finish.
“He lost in the finals to a high-ranked
kid from Crane,” Lusco said. “It’s his first
year wrestling, and he’s going to state —
that’s great.”
Looking toward this week’s state com-
petition, Lusco said he’s hopeful his four
wrestlers will do well.
Johnson is seeded second, and Drew
Lusco is seeded fourth.
The coach said Johnson will face com-
petitors he’s never wrestled.
“At the state championships, you never
know what will happen,” he said. “We’re
hopeful that we get in the placing rounds
and get those kids in the top four.”
District 4 Championship
1. Grant Union, 228
2. Crane, 177
3. Enterprise, 117.5
4. Heppner/Ione, 97
5. Union/Cove, 95.5
6. Joseph/Wallowa, 93
7. Adrian, 87
8. Pine Eagle, 84
9. Elgin, 71.5
10. Imbler, 39