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WEDNESDAY May 3, 2017 Grant Union boys on four-game win streak G RANT C OUNTY S PORTS R OUNDUP Contributed photo Grant Union track and field athletes show their medals earned at the Meet of Champions in Salem, posing at the Grant Union field. Front: Danielle Girvin. Back, from left: Kaylee Wright, Trinity Hutchison, Nick Springer, Jozie Rude and Sydney Brockway. Grant Union track athletes show ‘Champion’ strength The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union’s Cole Deiter slides in safe at home Tuesday, April 25, in game two against Heppner at Malone Field. Find more photos from the game online at MyEagleNews.com/sports Prospector boys play final league games May 13 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Prospectors baseball team is back to the business of winning, claiming four victories last week. Grant Union’s win streak started Tuesday, April 25, when they livened up Malone Field in John Day with a 5-1 and 13-3 doublehead- er sweep over Heppner. They were Grant Union’s fi rst league wins of the season. Game one had Zack Deiter starting at the mound for the fi rst inning, and Warner Rob- ertson pitching the remainder of the game. After the success of the fi rst game, the Prospectors went on a hitting rampage for game two, ending it in fi ve innings with a mercy-rule win. Prospector Cauy Weaver had the fi rst run after stealing third and scoring on a throwing error, and Taylor Hunt, courtesy runner for Ty McDaniel who singled, also reached home plate. Prospector Hadley Boethin batted in Warner Robertson and Cameron Hallgarth off a single to give Grant Union a 4-0 early lead. See BASEBALL, Page B10 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union’s Billy Copenhaver took the mound in game two against Heppner at Malone Field. High school athletes sign letters of intent Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo/Lindsey Wyllie Grant Union senior Reitta Wyllie signs a letter of intent to attend Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, and join their track and field team. Two Grant Union High School athletes signed letters of intent to attend college this fall and join athletic teams. Grant Union senior Reitta Wyllie signed a letter of in- tent to attend Northwest Naz- arene University in Nampa, Idaho, and has a spot on their track and fi eld team. Wyllie, who competes in throwing and running events for Grant Union, plans to continue in throwing events as an NNU Crusader, including the dis- cus, hammer throw and weighted throw. Heather Mosley, a home school senior and member of the Grant Union basket- ball team, signed a letter of intent to attend Walla Walla Community College in Wal- la Walla, Washington, and will join the Warriors bas- ketball team. Contributed photo Grant Union basketball player and home school senior Heather Mosley signs a letter of intent to attend Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla, Washington, and join their basketball team. Grant Union junior Jozie Rude broke the school shot put record with a throw of 38-3, beating the previous mark by over a foot and a half, at Saturday’s Meet of Champions in Sa- lem. “She tied this at the Burns meet (April 15),” Grant Union head coach Sonna Smith said. Rude is leading at the state 2A level in pole vault after she set a personal re- cord in Salem at a height of 9-8 — she’s also 1 inch from breaking the school record in that event. “We had a great meet at Salem,” Smith said. Participants, which in- cluded 45 teams from 1A through 4A level schools, had to qualify in order to compete at the event. The Grant Union 4x100-meter relay team of Sydney Brockway, Trini- ty Hutchison, Sierra Cates and Kaylee Wright im- proved their time, beating the top-seeded 2A team with a time of 52.10. They placed fourth behind three 4A teams. Hutchison and Brockway also had personal bests in the long jump at 16-7 and 16-2.25, respectively. “They are now sitting second and fourth in 2A state,” Smith said. Cates shaved 3 seconds off her 400-meter dash for a personal record, and Chelsie Kodesh had a season’s best throw in the javelin. Two Grant Union boys competed at the event, in- cluding Tanner Elliott who bettered his 800 by a sec- ond, and Nick Springer who competed in high jump, placing fourth. “Overall, we had a good meet and good weather,” Smith said. “We are on track for the girls to make a run at the district title in two weeks.” Girls Kaylee Wright: javelin, second, 124-08; high jump, third, 4-10; 100, eighth, 13.25 Jozie Rude: shot put, third, 38-08.00; pole vault, third, 9-08.00; javelin, sixth, 114-05; discus, eighth, 104.02 Trinity Hutchison: long jump, second, 16-07.00; triple jump, sixth, 33-03.50 Sydney Brockway: long jump, sixth, 16-02.25; triple jump, 13th, 30-10.00 Sierra Cates: 400 meter, 17th, 1:06.68 Reitta Wyllie: discus, 15th, 94-05 Chelsie Kodesh: javelin, 16th, 101-08 Danielle Girvin: javelin, 17th, 100-11 4x100 team, Brockway, Cates, Hutchison, Wright, fourth, 52.10 Boys Nick Springer: high jump, fourth, 5-10.00 Tanner Elliott: 800, 19th, 2:12.42 Grant Union softball team splits wins in Burns The Grant Union bats were in a bit of a slump in the softball team’s fi rst game against Burns on Friday, but the Prospectors straightened them out for a big comeback victory in game two. The road games were played in Burns, Grant Union losing game one 3-15 and winning game two 17-3. “We had three hits in the fi rst game, and 22 hits against the same pitcher in the second game,” said Grant Union head coach DeAnna Nash. “Nothing was different except the way we hit the ball.” In game two, Whitney McClellan, Ravyn Walk- er and Brianna Zweygardt all had three hits. Na- talie Stearns and Cody Jo Madden were on base with hits and a walk every time, and Mariah Moulton was 4-4. “We just turned on in the second game, which was a strong mental adjustment for them,” Nash said. The Lady Prospectors lost an 8-2 contest to Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii, the 2016 1A state champions, on Thursday. Grant Union (3-3, No. 10) hosts Elgin/Imbler (0-6, No. 37) for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Friday for senior recognition day at Seventh Street Complex. Prairie City hosts Twilight Meet on Thursday Saturday’s Don Walker Invitational in Nyssa was “windy and competitive,” said Prairie City head coach Nate Barber. He said the wind was hampering some javelin throwers, whose fl ights were posting 20 to 30 feet short of their usual marks. “The highlight of the meet was Jake McHatton,” Barber said. “He had PR’s in all three of his events. Over- all, he has been able to con- sistently set at least one to three PR’s per track meet.” In Nyssa, McHatton threw discus 8 feet, 10 inch- es farther at 104-10, and in shot put, he was 1 inch shy of a foot farther than his previous record with 33-3. The wind didn’t stop McHatton from throwing the javelin 6 feet 7 inches farther at 77-3. Prairie City’s Haley Pfefferkorn set a personal record in javelin at 86-00. She placed sixth, with only two 1A athletes out-throw- ing her. The 4x100-meter girls team, including Aleah Johns, Emily Ennis, Rilee Emmel and Taci Perrenoud, fi nished sixth behind three 3A-level teams and an Idaho team. Adrian was the only 1A team to outpace them, by about 5 seconds. Prairie City will host the High Desert Twilight Meet at 4 p.m. Thursday. Among the seven teams competing with Prairie City are Grant County’s Day- ville, Long Creek and Mon- ument teams. See ROUNDUP, Page B10