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A10 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 4, 2017 WEDNESDAY October 4, 2017 COLOR ME FREE Fun run supports domestic violence awareness The Eagle/Angel Carpenter The Grant Union Prospectors celebrate after a successful rally in Friday’s match against Union. Lady Pros pound out 3-0 win over Bobcats Grant Union holds on for close win By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Andrea Comer, left, and her mom, Sheila, of Canyon City run past Rylan Cox of John Day in Saturday’s Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk at the John Day Industrial Park. Colorful event highlights Heart of Grant County By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle R unners and walkers were showered in a rainbow of colors during Saturday’s Color Me Free Fun Run and Walk. Heart of Grant County sponsored the event, held at the John Day Industrial Park, to kick off Domestic Vi- olence Aware- A furry friend ness Month. “It’s a enjoys the Color healthy, fun Me Free Run. family activ- ity,” said Heart executive director Shelly Whale-Murphy. “We promote healthy relationships, and it’s a great way for the community to be remind- ed of the prevalence of domestic vi- olence.” Each of the six colors thrown on participants were a chalky, nontoxic, food-grade powder. Cammi Copenhaver and her son Brett, a junior at Grant Union High School, manned one table with a box of bright pink powder. “It’s a wonderful thing that they do,” she said. “I’d like to see more youth involved.” It didn’t take long for the pair to become pink from head to toe as they threw dry paint at the passing runners Levi Kalin of Mt. Vernon runs past Brett Copenhaver, left, and his mom, Cammi, as they plaster him with dry pink paint at Saturday’s Color Me Free Run. The fun run, sponsored by Heart of Grant County, kicks off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. and walkers, and even a few dogs. “It’s a fun thing to do for the com- munity,” Brett said. With other competing events and the start of hunting season, there were about 50 runners and walkers, plus several volunteers who threw powder. After fi nishing the course, partici- pants enjoyed free hot dogs, bottles of water and backpacks with prizes such as fruit chews, magnets and pins. Tammy Larkin of John Day, Heart’s offi ce manager and outreach provider, brought along her daughter Trista Cox and three grandchildren who volunteered at the green powder table. “It’s so nice that families partici- pate together — I love that part,” Lar- kin said. Whale-Murphy said Heart aims to be available to victims of do- mestic violence, stalking, sexu- al assault, rape and teen dating violence, to help support their needs. Their hotline number is 541-620- 1342. Any extra proceeds from the event go toward victim assistance, includ- ing emergency transportation, food cards, gas cards and other emergency needs. For information, call Heart’s offi ce number, 541-575-4335. Tigers spike out win over Panthers Tigers host Adrian Saturday in Monument By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Monument/Dayville Tigers may have had a rough start to their week, but a will to win took them over the top in Saturday’s match against the Prairie City Panthers. The Tigers claimed vic- tory in Monument 3-1 with scores of 25-20, 8-25, 25-20 and 25-14. “I am beyond thrilled,” said Tiger head coach Kris- ti Emerson. “We’ve come a long ways.” She said they found out that due to a player switching schools, their earlier games were forfeited — 10 games, including three league matches. “They have more than pulled their weight with determination, enthusiasm and the fi ght to want it and to prove to themselves and others that they’ll conquer,” Emerson said. “It’s an im- The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument/Dayville’s Faythe Schafer (3) moves the ball as Prairie City’s Cassie Hire goes up for the block. portant game to win. Prairie City fought hard and played well. They’re a good team with good athletes.” She added, “We’re go- ing to take it game by game, fi ght, have fun and be the champions that we are.” Monument/Dayville stayed ahead through nearly the entire fi rst set. The tables turned in the second, Prairie City gaining a strong, early lead. Panther Brianna Zweygardt went on a 15-point serving run, giving the Tigers hardly a chance to answer back. Halfway down the stretch of the third set, the teams tied the score then the Tigers kept a step ahead the rest of the way for a fi ve-point win. They kept their momentum going in the fi nal set, springing ahead early for the lead. “The team played real- ly good,” said Tiger Faythe Schafer. “We just backed each other up and helped each oth- er out. We cheered each other on and supported each other the whole time.” “We really came together as a team, even though we had a rough week,” said Tiger Kyla Emerson. “We’ve been transitioning well. I hope we go far.” Prairie City coach Lance Zweygardt said his team will focus on mental toughness moving forward. “(The Tigers) were ag- gressive in keeping the ball in play,” he said. “There are al- ways going to be down times. The biggest takeaway — we can’t take anything for grant- ed and work to earn every point.” Prairie City will host the Grant Union junior varsity I and II teams Thursday at 5 p.m. in Prairie City and Fri- day they host Jordan Valley for senior night at 3:30 p.m., starting with junior varsity. Monument/Dayville hosts Adrian at 4 p.m. Saturday in Monument. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 5:30 p.m., they face Long Creek/Ukiah in Long Creek. It was a battle to the end for the Grant Union Prospec- tor volleyball team, which claimed a 3-0 victory over the Union Bobcats on Friday in John Day. The Lady Pros won with scores of 25-12, 25-23 and 27-25. Grant Union head coach Shae Speth said that after losing one set in their 3-1 win over the Imbler Panthers Thursday night, she knew this match would be a challenge. “Union is a great defensive team, and we had to work to win the long rallies,” Speth said. “We fi gured Union would be one of the strongest teams in our league for us,” she said. “They defi nitely started play- ing better, making some ad- justments on our hitters in the second and third sets, but one of our goals has been to win those close games.” Grant Union setter Hailie Wright said it was a good, steady win. “We knew Union was go- ing to be tough competition, and it was important to win,” she said. Grant Union handled their opponents well in the fi rst set. The second and third sets made the match a nail-biter, with the lead changing sever- al times. “We were down in both of them, and so to be able to fi ght back and still come out with a win in three — I’m proud of the girls,” Speth said. “After a tough match last night, to come back and play strong to- day was good.” The Prospectors are 18-1 overall and 4-0 in the league with a goal of becoming league champions. Middle blocker Kaylee Wright said she was hap- py with the outcome of the night’s game. “They were a really good team, and we knew they would be tough,” she said. “We could have beat them by so much more. A lot of good things came out of it. It’s a good win toward our league title.” On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Grant Union hosted La Grande. The Prospectors won 3-1 with scores of 25-14, 26-28, 25-14 and 25-20. “This was a good match against a strong 4A team,” Speth said. “La Grande plays pretty good defense and has a couple of very strong hitters. We defi nitely had to work to win long rallies and score points.” Prospector outside hitter Mariah Moulton had 12 digs, was 100 percent serve-receive on 32 attempts, had six aces and 22 kills. Prospector Reagan Shelley had one of her best matches offensively with seven kills, two block assists and seven digs. Grant Union also over- came a tough start on the road Thursday against Imbler. The Prospectors came out victorious in the league match 3-1 with scores of 26-24, 23- 25, 25-21 and 25-14. “We never seemed to get into a good fl ow offensively against Imbler,” Speth said. “The match defi nitely tested our ability to stay mentally tough and focused.” On Saturday, Oct. 7, Grant Union faces Enterprise and Elgin on the road, with the fi rst match at noon in Enter- prise and the second at 5 p.m. in Elgin. Speth said her team serves aggressively and often forces their opponents out of sys- tem, but moving forward into the second half of the season, they’ll need to work to reduce service errors and improve their performance in other ar- eas. Grant Union vs. La Grande stats: Alcie Moore: 11 digs Mariah Moulton: 12 digs, 100 percent serve-receive on 32 attempts, 6 aces, 22 kills Trinity Hutchison: 2 block assists Taylor Allen: 4 kills, 2 aces, 100 percent serve-receive, 9 digs Reagan Shelley: 7 kills, 2 block assists, 7 digs Hailie Wright: 2 aces; 17 digs Sydney Brockway : 9 digs Whitney McClellan: 30 digs Kaylee Wright: 15 kills, 2 aces, 3 solo blocks Grant Union vs. Imbler stats: Moore: 5 digs Moulton: 19 kills, 12 digs Hutchison: 2 solo blocks, 4 block assists, 2 kills Allen: 3 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs Shelley: 1 solo block, 2 block assists, 2 digs, 2 kills Hailie Wright: 3 kills, 3 aces, 2 block assists, 4 digs Brockway: 100 percent serve-receive, 2 digs McClellan: 4 aces, 21 digs Kaylee Wright: 5 aces, 6 kills, 1 solo block, 5 digs Shaine Madden: 2 aces, 2 digs Grant Union vs. Union stats: Moore: 4 digs Moulton: 15 kills,100 percent serve-re- ceive, 17 digs Hutchison: 3 kills; 1 block assist; 4 digs Allen: 2 kills, 1 dig Shelley: 5 kills, 2 block assists Hailie Wright: 2 kills, 16 digs Brockway:13 digs McClellan: 3 aces, 26 digs Kaylee Wright: 9 kills, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist, 5 digs Madden: 1 kill, 2 digs The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Sydney Brockway flies after the ball in Friday’s game against Union.
