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B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle ROUNDUP Continued from Page B1 McClellan had two hits. The Prospectors took a 14-4 win over Willamina in fi ve innings in the second game Wednesday. Madden pitched the fi rst two innings with Moulton fi n- ishing the fi nal three. Grant Union had 19 hits, including three each for Mc- Clellan, Moulton and Brianna Zweygardt. Walker was 4-4. Zweygardt had two triples, and Walker and Moulton each had two doubles. Grant Union will face Heppner/Ione for a double- header on Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. on the road in Hep- pner. The Prospectors will host nonleague doubleheaders at 1 p.m. Friday, April 14, against Nyssa and 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, against Echo/Stan- fi eld. Two Monument athletes compete at Columbia River Invitational Taking time from spring break activities, two Monu- ment athletes competed in the April 1 Columbia River Invi- tational in Boardman. Twelve teams in all com- peted at Riverside High School. Sophomore Sophie Pettit had a fi rst-place fi nish in the 100-meter dash, with a sea- son-record time of 13.06, and was second in the 200. She also fi nished second in the long jump and, com- peting for the fi rst time in her high school career, fi nished fourth in the 100-meter hur- dles. Monument freshman Mi- randa Cook was 3.5 seconds behind Pettit to fi nish ninth in the 100 hurdles. Monument head coach PROS TRACK Continued from Page B1 Continued from Page B1 “You can’t let kids run your program,” Williams said. Billy Copenhaver pitched in the game against the Eagles, and Zack Deiter threw against the Oakland Oakers later in the day on Friday. The Prospectors lost to the Oakers after scor- ing four runs early in the game and then giving up 13 points. “Right now, we’re just focusing on getting bet- ter defensively,” Williams said. “I feel like we hit the ball pretty well all weekend long, but defensively we need to work on basic fun- damentals and eliminate the errors.” Brogan McKrola pitched Saturday for a 16-2 victory against the Sheridan Spar- tans. The Prospectors host Du- fur/South Wasco at 11 a.m. Saturday at Malone Field. “Saturday, we’ve got to be prepared to play,” Wil- liams said. “Dufur is a pret- ty good school. They’re 5-0 right now.” Vidrio Landin, who com- petes in the 800, long jump, and relay or 1,500, said she’s happy about the number out for the sport this year. In her third year on the team, she’s aiming for improvements in the events she has the most experience in, the long jump and 800. “This is the biggest team we’ve had since I’ve been in track,” she said. “I hope to PR in all my events since this is my last year.” Other returning athletes in- clude seniors Jess Hoodenpyl and Hayden Schafer and soph- omore Faythe Schafer. This is Hayden Schafer’s fourth year on the team, com- peting in throwing events. “I’m excited that we have some new workouts, and I’m hoping to improve from last year,” he said. This is Hoodenpyl’s second year, competing in the 100, 800 and 3,000. “I’m just having fun,” he said. “I’m here to enjoy my- self and hope to PR in all the events.” Transfer student John Ramirez is new to the team, The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument hurdler Kyla Emerson puts in a few practice runs Thursday. See more photos at myeaglenews.com. Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Darrin Dailey said all four of Cook’s events were back to back. Cook also placed eighth in the 300 hurdles, ninth in the 400-meter run and 14th in javelin. The Monument team competed at the Grant Union Small School Invitation- al on Tuesday, past press time, along with Grant Union, Prairie City, Dayville, Long Creek and seven other teams. but not new to the sport — al- ready setting school records in the 100 and 200. Ramirez transferred from a school in California to Monument this year and competes in the 100, 200, 400 and long jump. “Just being able to make my parents proud is a huge motivator,” he said. “Also, I’m hoping to win state in the 100 and 200. When it comes to running, I hate running, but sprinting is super exhilarating, and that is why I love track.” Dailey and Earl Pettit coach sprints, hurdles, relays and high jump, and Pettit also coaches the long jump and triple jump. Jeff Schafer coaches the throwing events, discus, shot put and javelin. And Chuck Thomas assists the mid-distance and long distance athletes. Treila Osborne is middle school track coach with 15 athletes on the team. In the 1A Special District 4, the Monument Tiger varsi- ty team will compete with 13 other teams, including Adri- an, Burnt River, Cove, Crane, Dayville, Harper, Huntington, Jordan Valley, Joseph, Long Creek, Pine Eagle, Powder Valley and Prairie City. Monument’s season started with the March 4 Hood River Valley Learn By Doing Clinic. Their fi rst two competitions in- cluded 4A and 5A opponents. At the March 23 Buck Track Invitational in Pend- leton, which included teams SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, April 7 Grant Union golf @ Pendleton Invite at Pendleton Country Club, 8 a.m. Saturday, April 8 Prairie City track and fi eld hosts invitational (Prairie City, Dayville, Grant Union, Long Creek, Monument), 11 a.m. Grant Union baseball vs. Dufur (2), 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Grant Union softball @ Heppner (2), 11 a.m., 1 p.m. from Pendleton, Hermiston and La Grande, the Monument girls team fi nished 10th out of 26 teams. Dailey said the fi rst track meets of the season have been good to set their fi rst-of-the- year marks. Now the athletes are set on exceeding their re- cords. On March 22, the team was hard at work at the Mon- ument track and fi eld, some practicing hurdles or sprints on the red cinder-gravel track, while others ran a mile-long path through town or practiced throwing and jumping events. The school has a new asphalt long jump and triple jump track with a sand pit. Dailey said, after perfor- mance evaluations and choos- ing their events, the athletes have targets in mind. “This is a goals-driven program,” he said. “It gets incorporated into what we all do.” We offer monuments of unsurpassed quality. Granite • Bronze Choose from many beautiful styles in assorted sizes. Say it in Stone; Preserve it Forever... 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