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A16 SPORTS Blue Mountain Eagle P RAIRIE C ITY Wednesday, October 18, 2017 HOMECOMING COURTS M ONUMENT AND D AYVILLE The Eagle/Richard Hanners The Eagle/Angel Carpenter The Prairie City Homecoming Court is, from left, freshmen Brandon Horrell and Katie Hire, sophomores Connor Jones and Rilee Emmel, juniors Dillon Propeck and Paige Moore, seniors Dorran Wilson and Mariah McClung and King Danner Davis and Queen Brianna Zweygardt, both seniors. The Monument High School Homecoming Royalty at halftime during the Oct. 7 football game in Monument. From left, freshman Princess Sam Adams with freshman Prince Mark Thomas; sophomore King Drew Wilburn with sophomore Queen Aubrey Bowlus; junior Prince Cade Milton with junior Princess Faythe Schafer; and senior Prince Wesley Adams with senior Princess Bailey Thomas. G RANT U NION The Eagle/Angel Carpenter The 2017 Grant Union homecoming court includes, from left, freshmen Jordyn Young and Devon Stokes, sophomores Fallen Bolman and Drew Lusco, juniors Avaley Mortimore and Brett Copenhaver, seniors Tressa Ranft, Cauy Weaver, Tegan Wright, Duane Stokes and Queen Whitney McClellan and King Dillon Maley. The announcement was made during halftime of Friday’s Grant Union versus Imbler football game. TITLE Continued from Page A9 offensively,” she said. “Hailie Wright did a great job of get- ting our hitters going strong early. Kaylee Wright had a strong serving day as well.” Friday was Grant Union’s homecoming game, and the Prospectors beat Imbler with scores of 25-22, 25-16 and 25-12. Grant Union had a strong start in the first set. Then the teams traded points back and forth, the Prospectors pulling out a close win. Grant Union vs. Union Mariah Moulton: 16 kills, 0 errors on 33 attempts; 3 aces; 1 solo block; 7 digs Trinity Hutchison: 3 kills; 1 solo block Taylor Allen: 1 kill; 1 ace; 1 block assist; 3 digs Hailie Wright: 2 kills; 1 ace; 1 solo block; 8 digs Sydney Brockway: 4 kills; 1 ace; 100 percent serve-receive; 5 digs Whitney McClellan: 2 aces; 15 digs Speth said they were able to focus more in the second and third sets. “Imbler’s a pretty scrappy team, so we’d make a great 06183 The Eagle/Richard Hanners The Dayville High School Homecoming Royalty at halftime during the Oct. 7 football game in Monument. From left, freshman Prince JT Hand holding his baby sister, Ella; sophomore Prince Rico Sparka with sophomore Princess Denali Twehues; junior King Gabe Walker with junior Princess Vy Tuong; and senior King Rafael Adas with senior Queen Dani Rhoda. Kaylee Wright: 8 kills; 8 aces; 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist; 6 digs Grant Union vs. Imbler Moulton: 4 kills; 100 percent serve-re- ceive; 8 digs Hutchison: 3 kills; 3 block assists Allen: 5 kills; 1 block assist Hailie Wright: 3 kills; 14 digs; 2 block assists Brockway: 12 kills; 100 percent serve-receive; 6 digs McClellan: 8 aces; 9 digs Kaylee Wright: 10 kills; 3 aces; 5 digs; 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist play, and a lot of times it would fall, but they were able to dig some balls and just get some plays out of it,” she said. “We had to make sure that we just stayed with it the whole time.” She said the match against Imbler was a chance for the team to show their depth. Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter “So many of the girls Grant Union outside hitter Sydney Brockway (11) delivers in Friday’s homecoming contributed both offensive- game against Imbler. From left, Hailie Wright (back left), Kaylee Wright (13), Gracie ly and defensively,” Speth Smith (9), Karrington Troyer (6), Mariah Moulton (2) and Whitney McClellan (12). said. “Kaylee Wright had a tremendous game at middle Grant Union and showed her growing di- Prospector versity as a hitter. Whitney Kaylee McClellan had a great match Wright (13) serving.” is in action off a pass from Hailie Wright, lower right,in the game against Imbler. Grant Union Prospector Trinity Hutchison tips the ball in Friday’s game. the corner’s HOT FOOTBALL SH T EEK OF THE W TRISTAN MCMAHAN School: Prairie City Grade: 9 Parent: Joyce Caffey Photo by Tanni Wenger Photography Sport: Football Position: Safety/Tailback/Return Specialist What I like best about my sport: “I like running the ball and being with my team.” 18092 Coach’s Comment: “This is his first year playing football. He has really improved as a football player, especially as a kick returner. He also plays safety on defense and tailback on offense.” -Coach Nate Barber PROUD SPONSOR OF GRANT COUNTY ATHLETES 100 E. Main • Stoplight in John Day 541-792-0425 18314 Continued from Page A9 message to heart, and the Whiskey Gulch Gang’s can- non rang out several more times to signal Prospector touchdowns. Grant Union’s defense held Imbler score- less in the second half. “It looked like a team on a mission,” Miller said. “They know what our mis- sion is, and we work toward it every day, and we prac- tice hard every day.” He added, “If they want to make that pay off, then that’s how they have to play, and they did a good job.” Grant Union hosts the Enterprise Outlaws in league action at 7 p.m. Fri- day, Oct. 20. Enterprise has a 2-2 overall record, and they are 1-0 in league, after a 27-0 win over Union on Oct. 13. Union is 0-6 overall. Grant Union is 5-1 overall and 1-0 in league. Grant Union touchdowns Zack Deiter: 4 Logan McCluskey: 2 Wade Reimers: 1 Duane Stokes: 1 Kellen Shelley: 1
