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Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
SOFTBALL
Continued from Page B1
Vale scored one run in the
second inning, three in the
fourth and one in the fi fth to
put the Vikings ahead 5-3.
Zweygardt scored a one-
run homer in the fi fth for
Grant Union.
Vale came back with two
runs in the sixth. Then Pros-
pector Tressa Ranft’s score off
McClellan’s single in the bot-
tom of the inning made it 7-5,
Grant Union trailing.
Grant Union made the outs
in the seventh, and a come-
back looked possible.
Zweygardt, Wright and
Smith loaded the bases, and
while Zweygardt made it
home, the other runners were
left on base, Vale squeaking
out the win.
“We grew up a lot from
the fi rst game to the second,”
said Grant Union head coach
DeAnna Nash. “It’s hard
for them to realize that right
now.”
She noted that Vale always
presents a mental hurdle, but
the experience of the fi rst
game helped in the second.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday,
April 27
Grant Union softball @
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii in
Pilot Rock (1), 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28
Grant Union softball @
Burns (2), 1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 29
Prairie City track and
fi eld @ Don Walker
Invitational in Nyssa, 1
p.m.
TRACK
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and personal record in the tri-
ple jump.
Smith said jump coach
John Houk talked both girls
into adding the event.
“John is consistently able
to get boys and girls where
they need to go,” Smith said.
Grant Union distance run-
ner Tanner Elliott placed fi rst
in the 800 (2:13.46) and 1500
(4:44.51), setting personal re-
cords in both.
For the Monument girls,
Grant Union baseball
@ Union/Cove in Union
(2), 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
Grant Union track
and fi eld @ Meet of
Champions in Salem,
11 a.m.
Monument track and
fi eld @ Nike Sherman
Invitational in Moro, 11
a.m.
Tuesday, May 2
Grant Union baseball @
Faythe Schafer delivered a
personal record time in the
400 (1:06.68), earning fi rst
place. Dinorha Vidrio Landin
also set three personal records
with second place in the 800
(3:07.29), fourth in long jump
(14-04.00) and third in triple
jump (29-09.50).
For the Monument boys
team, John Ramirez was fi rst
in the 100 (11.85), fi rst in the
200 (24.02) and fi fth in long
jump (17-05.00); Hayden
Schafer was third in shot put
and discus; and Jess Hooden-
pyl was second in the 3000.
For Prairie City boys,
“Just a couple of balls
bouncing in a different di-
rection would have made it
a different game,” she said.
“Whether you win or lose,
you come away with some
lessons. I believe what we
learned today will carry
over for us. They’ll bounce
back.”
Earlier in the week, the
team enjoyed two wins over
the Nyssa Bulldogs in John
Day to start league play in 3A
Special District 2.
The Lady Pros came out
with a 21-11 win in game one,
followed by a 12-0 shutout in
the second, against the Bull-
dogs April 18.
Grant Union will face the
2A/1A defending state cham-
pions Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
Rockets in Pilot Rock at 4:30
ROUNDUP
of Heppner won with 68, fol-
lowed by Kellen Grant of Hep-
pner with 70 and Duane Stokes
of Grant Union and Dan Bret-
sche of Heppner with 72. Also
scoring for the Grant Union
boys were Kellen Shelley 84
and Curtis Petty 141.
For the girls, the Heppner
team won with a score of 318,
followed by La Grande with
383 and Grant Union with 412.
Individually, Trinity Mac-
Carthy of La Grande won with
71, followed by Sophie Grant
of Heppner and Tori Suto of
Wallowa with 72 and Nicole
Propheter of Heppner with 84.
Scoring for the Grant Union
girls were Kaytlyn Wells, 95;
Tiana Allen, 98; Makenna Cul-
ley, 103; Fallen Bolman, 116;
Emily Springer, 127; and An-
drea Comer, 133.
“With just two weeks left
in the season, I think we are
moving in the right direction
and are looking forward to
out-match this week in Enter-
prise,” Lundbom said.
The Grant Union golf
team and John Day Golf Club
teamed up Sunday for a golf
scramble with proceeds ben-
efi ting the golf team. Each of
the eight teams competing in-
cluded one Grant Union play-
er. Winners in the gross, net
and KP all donated their win-
nings back to the high school
team. There was also a ham-
burger feed and silent auction.
“This is our only funding
for the season, and I couldn’t
be happier with the success,”
Lundbom said. “We had sup-
port from many local business-
es and some from out of the
county. I would like to thank
everyone involved with sup-
porting GU golf.”
Burns (1), 3:30 p.m.
Continued from Page B1
Grant Union track
and fi eld hosts Small
Schools Meet (GU,
Dayville, Long Creek,
Prairie City) in John
Day, 3:30 p.m.
In the 200-meter dash, com-
peting with 18 other sprinters,
he shaved 1.38 seconds off his
previous time for 11th place.
In the 400, he fi nished with
1:02.19, almost four seconds
faster for 13th place, and in the
1500 he was 13th with a time
of 5:13.02, racing 12.88 sec-
ond faster.
Hoodenpyl also ran the
3000, fi nishing 11th.
Monument will next com-
pete Saturday at the Nike Sher-
man Invitational in Moro with
events starting at 11 a.m.
Thursday, May 4
Prairie City hosts High
Desert League Twilight
Meet (PC, Dayville,
Long Creek, Monument)
in Prairie City, 4 p.m.
Grant Union
girls place third
at Heppner golf
invite
Jake McHatton set person-
al records in all three of his
events, shot put, discus and
javelin. Devin Packard ex-
ceeded his previous records
in javelin and the 100.
Rilee Emmel had a per-
sonal record in the 100 for the
Prairie City girls.
Dayville’s Gabe Walker
delivered a personal records in
the 110 hurdles, with second
in a time of 20.26, and the 200.
“We had great help again,”
Smith said. “The meet went
off great, and the people who
stepped in and helped made it
happen.”
Grant Union head golf
coach Ron Lundbom said
competing at the Heppner In-
vitational on Friday in Hep-
pner is “a true testament to
why Heppner plays a good
short game.”
The Heppner boys and girls
golf teams won the day, the
Grant Union girls team plac-
ing third. A total of 48 players
competed on the par 60 course.
“It was a great day to play
golf in Heppner,” Lundbom
said. “The course was a good
test of the kids’ short game.
Lots of long par 3’s and small
greens make this a challenge
for the best of players.”
The Heppner boys team
won with a score of 292, fol-
lowed by Enterprise with 331.
Individually, Logan Grieb
Thank You!
the
Thank you to all who attended, supported, sponsored
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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BILLY COPENHAVER
School: Grant Union
Grade: 12
Parents: Bill & Cammi Copenhaver
Sport: Baseball
Position: Pitcher/third baseman
What I like best about my sport: “I like how
there are multiple aspects of the game. I like how
there is no time limit, no way to delay a game. The
team can’t just run out the clock to win a game —
you always have a chance to win.”
Coach’s Comment: “Billy has
shown great leadership
throughout the season, and I
think all the kids should look
up to him as a leader.”
- Coach Dusty Williams
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p.m. Thursday for a nonleague
single game.
The following day, Grant
Union is back to league action
taking on the Burns Hilanders
for a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
and 3 p.m. on the road.
“Burns is always tough
because they are our closest
rival, so we’ll have to prepare
for a couple road games with
them,” Nash said.
Grant Union
falls to Sherman
County in
baseball
doubleheader
Game one was a close one
for the Grant Union Prospec-
tors Saturday as they faced
Sherman County on the road
in Moro. Sherman County
took the sweep, winning 5-4
and 15-1.
Although the Prospectors
suffered losses, Grant Union
head coach Dusty Williams
said his team played compet-
itively.
Prospector Zack Deiter
pitched six innings of game
one with Warner Robertson
on the mound for the seventh.
Williams started fi ve fresh-
men in game one.
He said although they had
14 players left on base, his
team played well.
“One hit here or there would
have broke it open,” he said.
Grant Union suffered a
14-point loss in game two,
giving up 12 runs in one in-
ning.
“We ran into trouble with
the pitch-count rule,” he said,
adding they rotated pitch-
ers, anticipating this week’s
games.
With the OSAA pitch-
count rule, coaches are re-
quired to track the number of
throws for each pitcher. For
1-25 pitches, zero rest days
are required; 26-45 pitches,
one rest day; 46-60 pitches,
two rest days; 61-85 pitches,
3 rest days, 86+ pitches, 4 rest
days.
Grant Union is now at the
point where the playoffs are
not in the cards, but Williams
said he’s able to give his team
a lot of playing time.
The Grant Union boys also
came away with two losses,
1-0 and 6-5, in Elgin April
18. In game one of the dou-
bleheader, the Prospectors
and Huskies both remained
scoreless until the bottom of
the seventh inning.
Grant Union (3-13 over-
all, 0-10 league, No. 32) was
scheduled to host Heppner/
Ione (1-15, 0-10, No. 33)
Tuesday, past press time, and
they face Union/Cove (0-8,
0-6, No. 29) Saturday on the
road at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in
Union.
Williams said they’ll have
“a lot” of junior varsity play-
ers in the games.
“It would be nice to get
a lot of wins this week,” he
said, adding they hope to “get
sweeps to fi nish the season on
a positive note.”
Grant Union will face
Burns on the road Tuesday for
nonleague action.
When they face Weston/
McEwen (5-8, 3-5, No. 18)
Saturday, May 13, Williams
said he’s hoping for an upset.
“It might be a big game
against Weston-McEwen,” he
said.
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Pre School students must be 3 years of age before September 1 of the
school year and able to attend to toileting without staff assistance.
Their classes will be offered 2 days a week from 9-11am.
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