WEDNESDAY
April 12, 2017
Athletes
compete
at chilly
Prairie City
Invitational
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
All seasons were on display at Prairie
City’s track meet Saturday.
“We had a little bit of everything —
snow, hail, and sunshine melted the snow,”
said Prairie City
head track and fi eld
coach Nate Barber.
“The kids were hap-
py to have a home
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meet.”
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The Prairie City
Invitational had 13
teams competing in the challenging weath-
er with chilly temperatures, including Grant
County athletes from Prairie City, Grant
Union, Long Creek, Monument and Day-
ville.
“The kids haven’t complained a bit,”
Barber said of his team.
Prairie City athlete Jessica Reames said
cold hands made throwing javelin diffi cult,
but she made it through and the sun came
out. She also competed in the long jump.
Her teammate Aleah Johns competed in
the 4x100, 100-meter dash and 200.
“I’m just glad the weather got better
when I did my events. It didn’t affect me
much,” Johns said.
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Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Monument’s Sophie Pettit fights for a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash with Grant Union’s Kaylee Wright (right) and
Burns’ Catherine Clemens vying for second at the April 4 Grant Union Small Schools track meet in John Day.
SMALL SCHOOL MEET
DRAWS BIG RESULTS
Humphreys sets
personal record
See INVITE, Page B10
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Twelve teams competed in Tuesday’s
Grant Union Small School Meet at Three
Flags Field in John Day.
Among the teams were athletes from
fi ve Grant County schools, including Grant
Union, Prairie City, Dayville, Monument
and Long Creek.
One of the many exciting events was
the girls javelin with several top contend-
ers pushing themselves.
Kristina Humphreys of Dayville won
fi rst place, throwing 132-09, a personal re-
cord which exceeded her state champion-
ship mark, earned last year, by over 3 feet.
This was Humphreys’ second competition
of the season.
Before the event, Dayville head coach
Peter Bogardus said Humphreys would be
up against athletes who throw in the 120s
and 130s.
ABOVE: Monument’s John Ramirez
breaks away for first in the 100-meter
dash at the April 4 Grant Union Small
School Meet in John Day.
RIGHT: Dayville’s Kristina Humphreys
throws javelin with several other
competitors, earning first place at the
April 4 Grant Union Small School Meet
in John Day.
See MEET, Page B10
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City’s Taci Perrenoud flies
up in the long jump as snow falls at
Saturday’s meet.
Mountaineers press forward as they learn ropes
Dayville team of
two improve track
and fi eld records
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Long Creek Moun-
taineers track team is off and
running ... and throwing and
jumping.
Led by head coach Linda
Studtmann, this season’s team
of 10 includes four girls and
six boys.
Eight are foreign exchange
students who are new to the
sport.
Returning state
javelin champ
aims high
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Returning 1A state cham-
pion javelin thrower Kristi-
na Humphreys, a Dayville
sophomore, said she was
surprised when she beat last
year’s throw at a competi-
tion last week, winning fi rst
place.
Humphreys knew she
would be up against oth-
er top-performing javelin
throwers who range in the
120s to 130s at the April 4
Grant Union Small School
Meet in John Day.
Her throwing coach Skip
Inscore informed her she
won fi rst place with a mark
of 132’9”, exceeding her
state throw by 3 feet 7 inch-
es.
“I was really surprised,”
she said. “I wasn’t really
thinking that I would throw
that far, but I did.”
Humphreys and Gabe
Walker are the only two ath-
Studtmann said the
the sport.
athletes were off to a
He said this season
slower-than-expected
he hopes to shave off
start this year as sever-
time in the 800 and
al had to be absent for
1500.
a week before spring
Baker said he en-
break; however, the
joys meeting new peo-
team is now operating Cody Baker ple at track meets and
at full strength as they
“the fact that you’re
learn the ropes.
racing against friends.”
Senior Cody Baker, in his
Sophomore Gladys John-
third year on the team, said son is in her second year on
the new athletes are doing the team.
well for their fi rst time out for
She earned a personal re-
cord in the long jump at Tues-
day’s Prairie City Invitational
where she placed in the mid-
dle of the pack of 23 athletes.
“The foreign exchange
students are fun to hang out
with,” she said. “I help Lor-
rayne (Costa) with javelin.
I’m just trying to get my PRs
and improve.”
Although many on the
team are new to track and
See LONG CREEK, Page B2
H IGH D ESERT
A LL -D ISTRICT
BASKETBALL
SELECTIONS
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Dorran
Wilson
Prairie City
First Team
Levi Burke
Prairie City
First Team
Brogan
McKrola
Prairie City
Second
Team
Wyatt
Williams
Prairie City
Honorable
mention
Lucas
McKinley
Prairie City
Honorable
mention
Hayden
Schafer
Monument/
Dayville
First Team
Tanner
Walczyk
Monument/
Dayville
Second
Team
Drew Wilburn
Monument/
Dayville
Honorable
mention
Cody Kluser
Monument/
Dayville
Honorable
mention
Kendall
Hettinga
Monument/
Dayville
Second
team
Dayville’s Gabe Walker flies
up in the triple jump at the
April 4 meet in John Day.
letes on this year’s Dayville
track and fi eld team, led by
head coach Peter Bogardus.
Bogardus said the team is
working toward their goals.
“They’re doing great,
and they’re only sopho-
mores,” he said.
See DAYVILLE, Page B2
Brianna
Zweygardt
Prairie City
First Team
Cassie Hire
Prairie City
Second
Team
Sarah Ennis
Prairie City
Honorable
mention