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WEDNESDAY May 17, 2017 Pettit wins four district track titles Emerson, Humphreys, Landin, Schafer earn firsts By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Grant County’s 1A track and fi eld ath- letes powered through cold, wet weather at Friday’s Special District 4 District Track Meet in Baker City, some bringing their best perfor- mances of the season. Monument sophomore Sophie Pettit brought Get full track home four fi rst-place meet results medals for her 100- and online at My 200-meter sprints, where EagleNews. she fi nished 12.93 and com/sports 27.77, respectively, and her 15-09.50 leap in the long jump. Pettit, along with Kyla Emerson, Dinorha Vidrio Landin and Faythe Schafer, also won the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 54.80. More online See TRACK, Page B2 Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com The Grant Union girls track team gathers for a photo after winning the 2A-6 Wapiti League Districts. From left, front row: Megan McManama, Sammi Buckhaults, Reitta Wyllie, Jozie Rude, Erika Dickens and Ellie Justice; back row: Sierra Cates, Sydney Brockway, Kaylee Wright, Trinity Hutchison and Annie Wall. Not pictured Chelsie Kodesh. Grant Union girls track wins Wapiti League District Meet Team earns six titles, sends six athletes to state Lady Pros softball sweeps Enterprise Grant Union girls, second in league, play Friday in Vale By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Prospector girls track team claimed victory, as well as six titles, at Friday’s 2A-6 Wapiti League District Meet in Union. The Grant Union girls racked up 186 points for their win, followed by Enterprise (168), Union (151), Imbler (50) and Elgin (18). “The girls team has had back-to-back dis- trict championships in track and fi eld,” said Grant Union head coach Sonna Smith. “We are fi ne tuning the athletes this week to make another run at the state championship.” Helping the Prospector girls take home the fi rst-place trophy was the 4x100-meter relay team, including Sydney Brockway, Trinity Hutchison, Sierra Cates and Kaylee Wright, winning with a time of 51.94. Wright had two other victories, earning fi rst in the 100 meter (12.62) and javelin (125-07.25), along with a second-place fi nish in high jump (5-01.00). Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com The Grant Union Prospector softball team fi nished second in league after taking the sweep, 16-12 and 12-5, in Enterprise Monday afternoon. Grant Union will move on to the district playoffs at 1 p.m. MDT (12 p.m. PDT) Fri- day in Vale, where they will play the winner of Wednesday’s game between Burns (No. 4) and Enterprise (No. 3) in Enterprise. The winner of Friday’s game will face No. 1 Vale later that day. Vale and the team they play on Friday will advance to the state playoffs, and there are two at-large spots for teams ranked in the top 16 in the state that don’t automati- cally qualify through district play. See GU GIRLS, Page B10 Grant Union Prospector Sydney Brockway competes in the 100 hurdles for third place at the district meet. She was also part of the first-place 4x100-meter relay team. See SOFTBALL, Page B10 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Grant Union Pros baseball team closes season with a sweep Grant Union beat Weston- McEwen at Malone Field By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Pros- pector baseball team ended the regular season with a doubleheader sweep over the Weston-McEwen Tiger- Scots, winning 5-4 and 4-2. Prospector Billy Co- penhaver, a senior, pitched the majority of game one at Malone Field in John Day. He held the TigerScots to one run until the sev- enth inning, the score 5-1, when Weston-McEwen started a comeback with two singles. Warner Robertson re- lieved Copenhaver at the mound, getting the needed outs for the win. The Tiger- Scots scored three before Prospector Cameron Hall- garth caught the fi nal out. Prospector Zack Deiter pitched a complete game two for the win. “It was good to end the season on a win,” Deiter said. “We learned a lot over the season and improved.” Grant Union head coach Dusty Williams was pleased his team ended the season with six consecutive league wins. “It was a great way to end the season for the pro- gram and especially for the seniors,” said head coach Dusty Williams. “I’m really proud of (seniors) Billy Co- penhaver and Brogan McK- rola. They did a great job for us and we’re going to miss them.” See BASEBALL, Page B2 Prospector golfers improve season averages at district tournament Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com Monument High School senior GW Clark team ropes at the May 6-7 Prineville High School Rodeo. His roping partner is Lexee Harrell, and they won the event on the second day of the rodeo with a time of 8.60. GW Clark wins round two of team roping Blue Mountain Eagle Monument High School senior GW Clark and his partner Lexee Harrell won the team roping event with a time of 8.60 at day two of the May 6-7 Prineville High School Rodeo. Clark also earned fourth place in steer wrestling. Clark, who rides with the Burns High School rodeo club, will compete at the May 20-21 high school ro- deo in Burns and the State Finals Rodeo, scheduled for June 7-10 in Prineville. Coach says players will return next year By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Union Pros- pector boys and girls golf teams were among 96 com- petitors at the May 8-9 dis- trict 1A/2A/3A tournament at the Pendleton Country Club, taking on a tough par 72 course. For the Grant Union boys, Duane Stokes ended the two days with a score of 186 in 15th place, and, on the girls side, Tiana Allen fi nished the two days with 224 in 13th place. Grant Union won’t be advancing to state compe- tition, but Prospector head coach Ron Lundbom said he was pleased with his play- ers’ attitudes at the tourna- ment. “I was happy with how our kids played this week and all season long,” he said. “Although we fi nished 10th for the boys and fi fth for the girls, we improved on our season averages and improved each day at Pend- leton Country Club. We had the least experience of any team in the fi eld, and we had three personal-best scores this week.” On the boys side, Hep- pner won the meet with a two-day score of 698, La Pine placed second with a total of 726 and Burns fi n- ished third with 756. See GOLF, Page B10
