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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
I’m really excited to take a relay team to state, and I’m just excited for the competition in general.”
Sophie Pettit
Monument sophomore
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Friday, May 19
Grant Union softball at
OSAA 3A district play-
offs vs. TBA in Vale at 1
p.m. MDT (12 p.m. PDT).
The winner faces Vale in
Vale later that day.
Thursday-Friday,
May 18-19
OSAA 1A Track and
Field State Champi-
onships (Monument,
Dayville) @ University of
Oregon in Eugene, TBA
Eagle file photos
LEFT: Monument’s Sophie Pettit, left, fights for a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash, earlier in the season at a Grant Union meet. Pettit earned
four first-place finishes at the 1A district track meet. MIDDLE: Dayville javelin thrower Kristina Humphreys competes earlier in the season at a Grant
Union meet. Humphreys placed first in javelin at the district meet. RIGHT: Monument’s Kyla Emerson races to first place in the 100-meter hurdles
earlier in the season at a Prairie City meet. Emerson earned two titles at the district track meet.
TRACK
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Pettit said the weather
presented a challenge, which
made her and her teammates
work harder.
“It was tough, but with
state being on the line, that
gives you the motivation to
push through it,” Pettit said.
“I’m really excited to take a
relay team to state, and I’m
just excited for the competi-
tion in general.”
For Monument head
coach Darrin Dailey, seeing
his girls win the 4x100 was
the highlight of the day.
“It was my happiest mo-
ment of the season thus far,”
he said Saturday. “We’ve
been working hard for weeks
on polishing up our relay
and proving to ourselves
that we could be district and
even state contenders, and
yesterday they did exactly
what we came to do — and
the best part is there’s still
more we can do to improve
before Friday, so I’m expect-
ing great things. Win or lose,
to earn a spot in the state
championships is the highest
honor.”
Dailey said, in the relay,
they lost the lead in the first
hand off, but quickly came
back in the second leg with
a “flawless, practiced execu-
tion” and kept the lead, de-
spite an attempt by Adrian at
the end.
Dailey said his heart sank
when he saw red flags go up
at the end of the race. “Then
I saw my girls hugging and
jumping after consulting
with the zone judge, and I
knew we had earned our spot
at Hayward,” he said.
Emerson also had a first-
place finish in the 100 hur-
dles, setting a personal re-
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the
cord with a time of 17.38.
“Right now, she is al-
most a whole second faster
than she was at this time last
year,” Dailey said. “That’s
very encouraging for state.”
Emerson also qualified
for state in the 300 hurdles,
placing second at 52.56.
For the boys, John
Ramirez sprinted to second
in the 200 at 24.51 for a trip
to Hayward. He also placed
third in the 100.
Hayden Schafer was
edged out of a spot at state,
placing third in javelin. Dai-
ley said Schafer didn’t throw
as far as expected, but given
the weather, few people did.
Freshman Aubrey Bowlus
didn’t qualify for state, but
she set a personal record in
shot put with a throw of 28-
07.50. Dailey said Bowlus’
throw crushed the school re-
cord by nearly 2 feet.
“She was the only
ninth-grader to make finals,
where her throws took sev-
enth,” he said. “She is going
to be a powerhouse in the
shot in the years to come.”
Jess Hoodenpyl also set a
personal record in the 3,000,
shaving over 8 seconds off
his time with 11:50.01.
Prairie City track
and fi eld athletes
bested by weather
The weather put a damper
on Prairie City track and fi eld
athletes.
“It really hurt the throw-
ers,” said Prairie City head
coach Nate Barber.
A bright spot for the team
was the girls 4x100 team, in-
cluding Haley Pfefferkorn,
Taci Perrenoud, Rilee Em-
mel and Emily Ennis, placing
third with a time of 58.17.
Barber said even though
they don’t have state quali-
fi ers this year, the future for
the team looks good.
“Emily Ennis was the
fastest freshman in the con-
ference in the 100 and 200,
and Rilee Emmel is the third
fastest freshman in the same
events,” he said, adding,
“Jake McHatton is also the
top freshman in shot put and
discus.”
McHatton qualifi ed for
the fi nals in both events.
Megan Camarena fi nished
fi fth in shot put.
“Next year will be her
year,” Barber said.
“We have some good ju-
nior high athletes that will
help us as freshmen next
year, so I think we will
be an improved team next
year, though we will miss
Taci (Perrenoud) and Devin
(Packard),” Barber said.
Dayville javelin
thrower fi nishes
with fl ying colors
Dayville athlete Kris-
tina Humphreys will ad-
vance to the Track and Field
State Championships in Eu-
gene Thursday after her fi rst-
place fi nish in the javelin
throw at the district meet.
She beat the competition
by 9 feet, 1 inch with a throw
of 114-09.
“Gabe Walker also did
well,” said Dayville head
coach Peter Bogardus, adding
Walker has completed the sea-
son with at least one personal
record in every meet.
Walker placed sixth in
corner’s
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HAYDEN SCHAFER
School: Monument
Grade: 12
Parents: Jeff and Shawnah Schafer
Sport: Track and Field
Events: Javelin, Shot Put, Discus
What I like best about my sport: “I like how my
coaches push me to achieve a better goal every track
meet, and I like how my teammates are always there
supporting me and have my back. We work well as a
team, supporting one another.”
Coach’s Comment: “In the weeks leading up to
districts, Hayden has become a real team
leader by example for all the
athletes and has continued to
improve his previous personal
distance records in the javelin and
shot put.” -Coach Darrin Dailey
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Long Creek
coach sees team
improvement
over season
“Cold and rainy” was
the best way to describe the
district meet, said Long
Creek head coach Linda Studt-
mann.
Two Long Creek athletes
made it to the award podium,
including Emile Stainier for
his third-place fi nish in the
boys 200-meter dash and Na-
than Galmiche who earned
fi fth in the triple jump.
“We defi nitely saw im-
provement throughout the
season,” Studtmann said.
“They learned the basics of
their events and were moving
beyond that to improving and
fi ne tuning. I think they all
enjoyed themselves and the
whole track and fi eld experi-
ence.”
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the 300 hurdles and was .02
seconds from placing in the
100-meter dash.
BASEBALL
SH T
HOT
OSAA 2A Track and
Field State Champion-
ships (Grant Union) @
University of Oregon in
Eugene, TBA
Grant Union’s Taylor Hunt slides safely to third in Saturday’s game one against
Weston-McEwen. Hunt was courtesy runner for Ty McDaniel in both games.
Copenhaver said, “It was a lot
of fun, for my last games, to get
the wins, and it was nice fi nishing
league 6-0.”
Williams said they’ll lose the two
seniors, but will have a lot of return-
ing players next year. Two players
expected to return are Deiter and
center fi elder Cauy Weaver.
The coach said, because the team
will not advance to the playoffs, De-
iter may not receive the recognition
he’s due, but said he felt he was de-
serving.
“He’s one of the best pitchers in
the league,” Williams said, “He’s
been a great kid for us, and he’s kept
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Williams said he’s happy with the
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“He’s improved a lot this sea-
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next year.”
Williams added the team overall
showed marked improvement over
the season.
“We really cleaned up our de-
fense with fewer errors and hit the
ball well. All the long hours of prac-
tice and drills paid off,” he said. “I
think we’re on track to getting Grant
Union baseball back where it needs
to be.”
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