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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.
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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
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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.”
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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
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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