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Sports Blue Mountain Eagle TRACK ROUNDUP Continued from Page A10 Continued from Page A10 The coach trains in the throwing events, sprints and relays, while assistant Kieley Williams coaches jumping events, also teaching the team yoga three times a week. Bar- ber said the stretching exercis- es improve the team’s balance, power and fl exibility. He said the girls throwing events and sprints and the boys throwing events look especially promising. The Prairie City team in- cludes 11 athletes. There are three boys and eight girls on this year’s varsity roster, and all six freshmen were previous- ly on the middle school track team. Looking at the competition, Prairie City’s 1A Special Dis- trict 4 opponents will be Adri- an, Burnt River, Cove, Crane, Dayville, Harper Charter, Hun- tington, Jordan Valley, Joseph, Long Creek, Monument, Pine Eagle and Powder Valley. Barber said he expects Jor- dan Valley, Crane and Adrian to be especially tough compet- itors. “There are some schools that are just athletic in every sport. They’re just consistent,” he said. “Adrian has the num- bers, too. They have a lot of kids that come out for sports.” The coach added he’s happy to see so many incoming fresh- men join the team. “It builds depth,” he said. “It also helps build a long-term program.” Senior Taci Perrenoud said she’s been competing in the 100-meter dash since sixth grade. “It’s always been the stron- gest for me,” she said. Her other events include the 200, 100 hurdles and Grant Union had four girls and three boys competing in the event. “We played better than I thought we would,” said Grant Union head coach Ron Lundbom. “Only two of the team had ever had a club in their hands before the fi rst of this month. We should fi eld a full team with both the boys and girls at Pendleton in two weeks.” For the Grant Union boys, Duane Stokes shot a 96, Kel- len Shelley 102 and Elijah Humbird had a 62 in his fi rst match ever. For the Grant Union girls, playing nine holes, Fallen Bol- man shot a 78, Emily Springer 78, Maddy Way 79. It was the fi rst match for the four girls. Heppner’s boys and girls teams won the event, the boys with 361 and the girls with 444. Grant Union will travel Thursday, March 23 to the 1A- 2A Invitational which starts at 12 p.m. at Wildhorse Golf Club in Pendleton. The Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter LEFT: Racing down the Prairie City track are team members, from left, Jessica Reames, Aleah Johns, Taci Perrenoud and Emily Ennis. RIGHT: Prairie City Panther Megan Camarena throws shot put during Thursday’s practice. Prairie City Panther Devin Packard throws javelin in Thursday’s practice as Hayley Pfefferkorn and Jake McHatton wait their turn. long jump. Perrenoud had an injured ankle early last season but said she’s ready to come back strong. “I’m really excited for the season,” she said. “We have a young team, but I think we have quite a few state compet- itors.” Senior Devin Packard’s events are shot put, discus and javelin, and he competed his eighth-grade and freshman year. “We should have a strong competing team,” he said. When asked what his favor- ite event is, Packard quipped, “Javelin — who doesn’t like throwing sharp objects?” Another strong member of the team is junior Megan Ca- marena, who has been throwing shot put since sixth grade. “I’m looking forward to how we’re going to be more of a family this year,” she said. “I hope to go to district and state.” Barber said his seniors are providing good leadership, adding the team works well together, and they are “coach- able.” “They’ve all been positive,” he said. “They’ve done every- thing we’ve asked, and they’re on time and stretching. I’m ex- cited to be doing this.” The Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Monument athletes tear up track in The Dalles Monument track and fi eld head coach Darrin Dailey said his team had some remark- able performances at Satur- day’s Nullen-Leavitt Invite at The Dalles. The team was up against 15 teams, including 5A The Dalles. For the Monument girls, returning state champion Sophie Pettit placed fi rst in all her events, the 100-meter dash, the 200 and long jump. Kyla Emerson was third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 53.13 and sixth in the 100 hurdles at 19.44. Bailey Thomas fi nished fourth in the 3,000 meter with 13:33.61, and Faythe Schafer took fi fth in the 200 with a personal record of 29.91. On the boys side, new- comer John Ramirez set new school records in the 100-me- ter dash, placing fourth with a time of 12.05 and the 200, placing ninth with a time of 24.99. Dailey said senior Hayden Schafer is well ahead of his marks from this time last year, and Jess Hoodenpyl was in the middle of the pack for the 800- and 3,000-meter runs. “We’re all looking for- ward to Pendleton on Thurs- day,” Dailey said. There the team will face 24 competitors at the 26th Annual Buck Track Classic at Pendleton High School. Grant Union Prospector second baseman Jesse Paulson, right, high-fives the coaches after Saturday’s win over Lakeview. Other teammates in the photo are pitcher Brogan McKrola (7), left, Billy Copenhaver, back, Hadley Boethin (24) and Wade Reimers (3). BASEBALL Continued from Page A10 Grant Union Prospector Wade Reimers gets a base hit in Saturday’s game against Lakeview. SOFTBALL Continued from Page A10 Lakeview had four hits and six strikeouts. “Overall, I thought we did well,” Nash said. “I was pleased that we kept battling and corrected some of our er- rors as the game went on. ... Every game, we should get better like that.” Grant Union travels to Culver next week for a dou- bleheader, which starts at 2 p.m. Friday. In Friday’s game against Union, Grant Union had 11 hits and three walks and gave up nine hits with four errors. McClellan, Madden, Walker, Natalie Stearns, Rea- gan Shelley and Tressa Ranft all had hits, including a triple for Walker and a double for Moulton. Zweygardt and Hailie Wright each had two hits and a double. Grant Union hosted the Burns Hilanders on March 14 for the Prospectors’ season opener. The Prospectors held their ground through the fourth in- ning, but Burns made strides in the fi fth, leading the Hilanders to a 12-8 win. In the fi fth, Burns turned up their offense with four runs be- fore Hilander Bryce Goss hit a grand slam, giving the visitors an 11-6 lead. Grant Union worked to close the gap in the bottom of the inning. Reimers dou- bled, advancing Deiter to third. Then Cameron Hallgarth brought his teammates home when he hit the ball near the center fence, to make it 11-8, Burns leading. A11 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Grant Union held off Burns in the sixth, and third-baseman Copenhaver got the fi nal out of the inning when the Hilanders attempted a steal. Burns scored a fi nal run in the seventh, a Goss one-run homer. In the bottom of the inning, with two outs, Grant Union was about to load the bases, poised for a comeback, but Burns got the stop to end the game. Grant Union will host the Les Schwab Invitational Spring Break Tournament on Thursday through Saturday, March 30-April 1 at the Sev- enth Street Complex. The Prospectors are sched- uled to face Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa at 2 p.m. Thursday with games against Oakland on Friday and Sheridan on Sat- urday at 2 p.m. both days. Grant Union Prospector Whitney McClellan gets in the action in Saturday’s game against Lakeview. The Eagle/ Angel Carpenter SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, March 23 Monument track and fi eld @ Buck Track Classic in Pendleton at 11 a.m. Grant Union golf @ 1A-2A Invitational at Wildhorse Gold Club in Pendleton at 12 p.m. Friday, March 24 Grant Union softball @ Culver (2) at 2 p.m. Dayville, Prairie City track and fi eld teams compete in Harper Dayville and Prairie City each fi elded a team in Harper Friday for the Diana Thur- mond Invitational. The 1A teams competed with other teams their size, as well as 3A Nyssa and 2A Vale. Dayville’s returning state champion Kristina Hum- phreys placed fi rst in javelin with a mark of 126-03, and her teammate Gabe Walker was eighth in the 110-meter hur- dles with a time of 21.96. Prairie City’s Devin Pack- ard, returning to the sport after two years, placed fi fth in dis- cus with 108-10 and ninth in javelin with 122-00 and 10th in shot put with a throw of 35- 05.75. For the Prairie City girls, Emily Ennis fi nished fi fth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 21.99 and ninth in the 200 with 32.18, and Megan Camarena was sixth in shot put with a throw of 29-05.00. Prairie City’s Taci Perre- noud fi nished seventh in the 200 meter with 31.71 and eighth in the 100 at 14.30. “I was quite pleased with the team at the track meet,” said Prairie City head coach Nate Barber. “It was nice to see where we are with some of the other schools in our conference. We are right there at the top.” He added, “The exciting thing is that they will all get faster and stronger as the sea- son goes on, as long as we continue to work. The meet also gave some of them a goal of where they want to be by the time the next meet comes after spring break.” Both Prairie City and Day- ville plan to compete at the Grant Union Small School Meet on April 4 in John Day. 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