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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.