WEDNESDAY
April 19, 2017
Lady Pros
sweep the
Cougars
Grant Union girls are
11-1 in nonleague play
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union’s Tiana Allen putts the ball at Friday’s invitational in John Day, surrounded by, from left, Saralyn Dalton of
Nyssa, Sophie Grant of Heppner, Addison Phillips of Vale and Gaby Gibbons of Burns.
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
Grant Union girl golfers place second at home tourney
Allen, Stokes
place third
individually
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls golf team
placed second at Friday’s
GUHS Invitational held at
the John Day Golf Club.
This is the fi rst time
in years that Grant Union
has fi elded a full girls golf
team. Prospector head
coach Ron Lundbom said
it was in the mid to late
1990s that the school last
had a complete girls team.
Seven teams attended
the tournament with 70
boys and girls competing
on the par 71 course.
Grant Union’s Tia-
na Allen helped with the
team’s success, placing
third individually among
the girls at 114.
Allen said it’s exciting
to have a full varsity girls
team.
“We played pretty well
overall,” she said. “It was
fun to communicate with
the other girls and see
what the competition will
be like for districts, see-
ing what kind of chance
we have against the other
teams.”
Prospector
Duane
Stokes placed third for the
boys with an 86.
Grant Union Prospector softball player
Mariah Moulton put her stamp on game
two of Saturday’s doubleheader against
the Echo/Stanfi eld Cougars when she hit a
walk-off, two-run homer for the 13-2 win.
The Prospectors also won the fi rst game,
9-3, in the sweep at Seventh Street Com-
plex in John Day.
“We played a lot better in the fi rst game
than the second, but overall getting a cou-
ple wins, and hitting the ball that well ... we
picked it up,” said Grant Union head coach
DeAnna Nash.
Grant Union’s Cody Jo Madden was in
the circle for six innings in game one, with
Moulton closing in the seventh inning.
The Prospectors had 16 hits and two
walks, and the Cougars had seven hits, with
four batters striking out and one walk.
“Overall, we hit well throughout the
lineup and played sound defense,” Nash
said. “Everyone who batted had at least one
hit.”
Ravyn Walker, Brianna Zweygardt, Ma-
rissa Smith and Natalie Stearns each had
two hits, and Hailie Wright had three hits.
Walker had two doubles, and Zweygardt
and Bailey Moss each had one double.
In game two, the Prospectors and Cou-
gars were tied 2-2 in the top of the fi fth.
Grant Union gained offensive momentum
in the bottom of the inning.
After gaining fi ve runs, Grant Union
loaded the bases, when Whitney McClel-
lan hit a double, scoring Marissa Smith and
Natalie Stearns. Then Moulton’s home run
ended the game with the 10-run rule.
See SOFTBALL, Page B9
See GOLF, Page B9
‘
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Grant Union’s Duane Stokes at
Friday’s invitational.
It was a great day for girls golf at GU. It was their first
18-hole match on a very challenging day to play golf.
The kids exceeded my expectations for their first 18
holes in these conditions, and I’m very proud of them.’
Ron Lundbom
Grant Union Prospectors head golf coach
G RANT C OUNTY S PORTS R OUNDUP
Daniel Henry
fi nishes fi rst at
Bunny Hop 5K
Daniel Henry of Mt. Ver-
non was the big winner at
Dayville’s Bunny Hop 5K
Saturday.
Not only did he fi nish fi rst
in the youth division, ages
0-13, Henry posted the fast-
est overall time at 24:45. He
also won a special $50 prize
in honor of Buddy the Elk
who participated in last year’s
race.
Thirty-fi ve racers partici-
pated this year on the course
from South Fork Road to
Dayville City Park. Emma
Winkelman was the chairper-
son for the event, which raises
funds for Dayville community
happenings.
MEN
0-13
First: Daniel Henry (24:45), Mt. Vernon
Second: Grant David Hall (24:59),
John Day
14-26
First: Justin Larson (54:38), Dayville
27-49
First: Nathaniel Ashley (54:42), Dayville
Second: Taylor Schmadeka (54:43),
Dayville
50+
First: Ed Winkelman (46:50), Dayville
Second: Randy Hubbird, Dayville
WOMEN
0-13
First: Amelia Hall (30:13), John Day
Second: Everleigh Schmadeka (54:43),
Dayville
14-26
Ranchers
Invitational
brings out the
best in athletes
Contributed photo
Daniel Henry of Mt. Vernon
wins the $50 Buddy the Elk
Award at Saturday’s Dayville
Bunny Hop 5K for being the
first in the 0-13 age division
to cross the finish line. He
also won the event overall
with a time of 24:45.
First: Shanniyah Hall (28:10), John Day
Second: Dana McClean (59:24),
Seneca
27-49
First: Sandra Gladish (30:39), Dayville
Second: Alicia Hall (33:02), John Day
50+
First: Cheryl Hubbird (33:07), Dayville
Second: Jody Winkelman (48:44),
Dayville
Monument, Long Creek
and Prairie City track teams
competed through wind and
snow at Friday’s Ranchers In-
vitational in Crane.
The Monument girls
earned second place out of
12 teams, and the Long Creek
boys fi nished fi fth out of 12.
Despite the chilly weath-
er, it turned out to be a great
day for several Grant County
athletes to break records, in-
cluding the Monument girls
4x100-meter relay team and
the Long Creek boys 4x100
team.
The Monument relay team,
which includes Kyla Emer-
son, Sophie Pettit, Aubrey
Bowlus and Faythe Schafer,
won fi rst place with a time of
55.95, a full 7 seconds ahead
of the second-place team from
Mitchell-Spray.
“They simply did every-
thing right,” Monument head
coach Darrin Dailey said. “...
They knew they were in the
lead from the very beginning
and didn’t let up an ounce.”
He said the time ranks them
fi rst in the district and seventh
in the state.
See ROUNDUP, Page B9
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Grant Union pitcher Cody Jo Madden
is credited with Saturday’s two-game
sweep over Echo/Stanfield.
Prospectors fall to Rockets
twice in baseball doubleheader
Grant Union
travels to Moro
for doubleheader
Saturday
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
It was a tough day for the
Grant Union Prospectors as
they hosted league opponents
the Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
Rockets Saturday in a baseball
doubleheader.
The Rockets took a 7-0 win
in game one and 8-2 in game
two.
Grant Union head coach
Dusty Williams said his team
is young, but improving.
“We played better today
than we have,” he said. “We
need to cut down on the er-
rors.”
In game two, Grant Union
stayed up 1-0 through the top
of the fi fth inning. Then the
Rockets launched ahead with
fi ve runs to fi nish the inning.
Pilot Rock gained three
more runs in the sixth.
Grant Union tried to over-
come the defi cit in the sev-
enth, loading the bases, and
scoring one run on Zack De-
iter’s double. However, the
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Grant Union first baseman Wade Reimers tags a
Rocket runner as he attempted to make it back to first.
Second baseman Jesse Paulson is in back.
Rocket pitcher made the outs
to end the game.
Pitchers for Grant Union
included Deiter, Billy Copen-
haver, Warner Robertson and
Cameron Hallgarth.
Williams credited the
Rockets as a good team that
hits the ball well.
The Prospectors were
scheduled to play league op-
ponent Elgin on the road Tues-
day.
The Prospectors will travel
to Moro Saturday for a dou-
bleheader starting at 11 a.m.
against Sherman/Arlington/
Condon.