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WEDNESDAY May 10, 2017 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, May 10, 2017 A9 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union’s Brianna Zweygardt is safe, sliding to second in Friday’s game two against Elgin/Imbler. Lady Pros soar past Ravens for sweep Grant Union motivated for district playoffs By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle G rant Union raked in 23-2 and 12-2 wins against Elgin Friday at the Pros- pector softball fi eld in John Day. Both games were won in fi ve innings, with Prospector Mariah Moulton in the cir- cle for game one and Cody Jo Madden pitch- ing game two. “It feels good to be back on top of things,” said Grant Union left fi elder Whit- ney McClellan. Grant Union lost three league games last week, two to Vale, splitting wins with Burns. Friday’s victories move the Prospectors clos- er to a shot at the district playoffs. “In the fi rst game, knowing Elgin was down, I think the girls came to play,” said Grant Union head coach DeAnna Nash. “I The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Cody Jo Madden pitches Friday’s game two against the Elgin/Imbler Ravens for a 12-2 win in five innings. In back is second baseman Natalie Stearns, left, and right fielder Reagan Shelley. Monument girls place second at Twilight meet 1A teams prep for districts Friday in Baker City By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Eight teams competed at Prairie City’s High Desert Twi- light Meet Thursday, May 4, all with an eye toward this Fri- day’s District 4 Track Meet in Baker City. The Monument girls placed second at the Twilight meet (101) behind Adrian (154). They were followed by Crane (63) and Prairie City (39). Long Creek and Jordan Valley tied for fi fth (23). The Long Creek boys fi n- ished third (55.5) behind Crane (166.5) and Adrian (134). Jor- dan Valley placed fourth (50) with Monument close behind (49). Monument head coach Dar- rin Dailey said his team is con- tinuing to work hard through various trials and illnesses. Monument hurdler Miranda Cook shaved over half a second off her time in the 100 hurdles, fi nishing third with a time of 21.93, but while warming up for the 300 hurdles, she buck- led a knee and is now out for the season. Sophie Pettit ran the 100-meter dash (12.85) and the 300 hurdles (52.77) for fi rst place and took second in the tri- ple jump (31-04.75) for Monu- ment. She was also on the fi rst- place 4x100 relay team with Kyla Emerson, Vidrio Landin and Schafer. Dinorha Vidrio Landin set two personal records for the Monument girls, fi nishing fi rst in the long jump with a mark of The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument’s Dinorha Vidrio Landin gets the hand off from Sophie Pettit in the 4x100 relay as they compete at Thursday’s High Desert Twilight Meet in Prairie City. 14-06.50 and ninth in the 100 (15.19). Faythe Schafer also improved in two events with a third-place fi nish in the 200 (29.34) for a personal record and third in javelin (88-05.50) for a season record. On the boys side for Mon- ument, John Ramirez improved his 200 (23.80) for fi rst place and his 100 (11.69) for third. Hayden Schafer won the jave- lin event with a personal record of 143-01. Dayville head coach Peter Bogardus saw progress from his athletes, including Kristina Humphreys, who fi nished fi rst in javelin (116-03.50) and com- peting in shot put for the fi rst time competitively placed sec- ond with a mark of 29-05.00. Dayville’s Gabe Walk- er shaved time off his two sprinting events and also set a See TWILIGHT, Page A10 G RANT C OUNTY SPORTS ROUNDUP Three Grant County teams compete at Baker Invite Stiff competition between 28 schools at Friday’s Baker Invite only brought out the best in Grant Union, Monument and Prairie City track athletes. That was especially true for the 2A Grant Union girls team, which placed second with 87.5 points. Grant Union head coach Sonna Smith said she was pleased with the effort from the girls team. “We beat all of the 4A, 2A, and 1A teams,” she said. “The only 3A team to beat us was Nyssa (102 points).” Helping with the girls’ success were the 4x100-meter relay team, which bettered its time and placed fi rst, and Reitta Wyllie who fi nished second in the discus event with a throw of 111-10, setting a personal record. “We are right on track to defend our league title from last year,” Smith said. Monument’s track and fi eld team attended three competitions last week, ending with the Baker Invite. “Our focus, of course, is now on districts, and all these meets are leading up to next Friday,” said Monument head coach Darrin Dailey. For the Monument boys, Hayden Schafer, up against 64 competitors in the preliminaries, placed eighth in javelin fi - nals (131-09) with just two 1A athletes ahead of him. He set a personal record in shot put (39-08), placing 11th in the preliminaries. On the girls side for Monument, Sophie Pettit beat 46 competitors for fi rst in the 100-meter dash and was fourth out of 42 in the 200. She was the top 1A athlete in the 200 race. She was also the top 1A athlete in the long jump, where she placed sixth in the fi nals. “As we’re winding down the season, the unity and sup- port that our team exhibits continues to fi ll me with gladness and pride that I get to work with such excellent athletes,” Dailey said. For the Prairie City girls, Haley Pfefferkorn set a person- al record in the javelin preliminaries. “She has been spending extra time after practice throw- ing the javelin,” said Prairie City head coach Nate Barber. “She has really pushed herself and these are the results.” He added, “Friday is districts so it is nice to see that their results are improving and we are starting to peak.” Results from Grant County athletes will be posted at My- EagleNews.com. See ROUNDUP, Page A10 liked their energy today.” Grant Union had their home crowd cheering in the bottom of the fi rst inning. Moulton kept the Ravens scoreless in the top of the inning, then Prospector Whitney McClellan, fi rst at bat, scored on her fi rst hit. Grant Union, later in the inning, loaded the bases, bringing in a few more runs. Pros- pector Ravyn Walker slid to third, scoring Tressa Ranft and McClellan, and the fi rst inning ended 8-0. Elgin’s pitcher scored a single-run homer in the second, but Moulton got the rest of the outs, including a strikeout. In the bottom of the inning, McClellan had two RBI, scoring Natalie Stearns and Ranft, and the Prospectors led 12-1. Hitting doubles in the bottom of the third were Kori Jo Girvin with one RBI, in her varsity debut, Walker with two RBI and Moulton with two RBI, to give Grant Union a 17-1 lead. See SOFTBALL, Page A10 Athletes go the distance at John Day track meet Long Creek athletes break school records By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Grant Union was host to four teams at the Tuesday, May 2, GU Small Schools Meet at Three Flags Field in John Day. The Grant Union boys and girls teams won the event with Vale’s boys and girls placing second, Long Creek teams third and Prairie City and Dayville fourth and fi fth, respectively. Grant Union head coach Sonna Smith said she was pleased with how the day went, including the time keeping, and she was glad to have Vale join in for the fi rst time. She said the smaller event allowed her to place athletes in events they hadn’t tried before to help de- cide their district events. Highlights from the Grant Union girls team include Re- itta Wyllie setting a personal record in shot put with a throw of 32-01.50 for fi rst place, and she earned second in discus; Erika Dickens setting a person- al record in the 800-meter run, placing second with a time of 3:13.46; and Ellie Justice plac- ing fi rst in the 300 hurdles with a time of 1:03.25, setting a per- sonal record. Among the personal record setters for the Grant Union boys were Donavan Smith, fi nishing fi rst in the 100 with a time of 13.07 and fourth in the 200 at 27.01; Braden Spencer, who fi nished the 100 in second place with 13.48; Tanner Elliott who earned fi rst in the 400 at 56.25; and Gage Brandon with a time of 20.43 in the 110 hurdles for The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Dayville javelin thrower Kristina Humphreys competes at the May 2 Grant Union Small Schools Meet. second place. Dayville’s Kristina Hum- phreys placed fi rst in javelin with a throw of 129-00, and Dayville’s Gabe Walker placed fi rst in the 110-meter hurdles and third in the 200-meter dash. Prairie City’s Taci Perre- noud set a personal record in the 100-meter dash, placing second with a time of 13.94. For the Prairie City boys team, Devin Packard set personal records in javelin where he placed fi rst with a mark of 147- 09 and discus, throwing 112- 00.75. He also placed fourth in the shot put. Long Creek head coach Linda Studtmann said she was happy with the sunny weather — the fi rst meet their team had attended with warmer tempera- tures. She was pleased with her athletes’ performances. “Every week we have some- body setting personal records,” she said. See JOHN DAY, Page A10