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Blue Mountain Eagle
ROUNDUP
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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
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“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
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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.”
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SOPHIA PETTIT
School: Monument
Grade: 10
Parents: Earl and Nittaya Pettit
Sport: Track and field
Events: 100-meter dash, 200, long jump
What I like best about my sport: “I like the
individuality of the sport, and I love to run.”
Coach’s Comment: “Sophie is already a state
champion in the 100m and 200m. She is well on her
way to retaining her titles and has ambitious plans
to branch out into other events like the hurdles
and the 400 meter. Our two mottos are
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