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Grant Union Prospector
quarterback Wade Reimers
finds space to run in
Saturday’s state playoff
game against Central Linn.
Stokes said the game was
a little rough, but they got
the job done.
“If we keep working
hard and keep our eyes on
the prize, we should be
able to go all the way,” he
said.
Grant Union linebacker
Elijah Humbird said he was
pleased with the game.
“Our defense did re-
ally well, holding them
to zero,” he said. “Hope-
fully, it carries on to this
week, and I’m feeling very
excited.”
Grant Union racked up
240 rushing yards, aver-
aging 6.7 yards per carry,
while Central Linn had 105
rushing yards, 2.8 per carry.
In passing, the Grant
Union had 158 yards, aver-
aging 12.2 per pass, to their
opponents’ 37.
Grant Union lost two
fumbles and Central Linn
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
lost one. The Prospectors
were 75 percent on their
fourth-down efficiency.
Now Grant Union — 8-1,
its only loss coming to 3A
Burns — prepares to face a
more evenly matched team.
The fourth-ranked Pros-
pectors will host the fifth-
ranked Santiam Wolverines
at 1 p.m. Saturday in John
Day.
Santiam shut out 12th-
ranked Reedsport 47-0 Sat-
urday to move to the quar-
terfinals. Santiam is 9-1,
its only loss coming to No.
1-ranked St. Paul, which is
still undefeated after a 46-13
win over Lost River on Sat-
urday.
St. Paul will play eighth-
ranked Heppner in the
quarterfinals, the winner
taking on the winner of
the Grant Union-Santiam
matchup in the semifinals
the following week before
the championship game
Nov. 25.
On the other side of the
bracket,
second-ranked
Monroe/Triangle Lake will
play 10th-ranked Kennedy,
and third-ranked Knappa
will play 11th-ranked Oak-
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Brockway, a senior, delivered
the game-winning kill.
“In practice, we train com-
petitively, and we talk about
mental toughness and having
a champion attitude,” Speth
said. “Getting past that semi-
final match was huge for us.”
In the championship match,
Culver was a “tale of two set-
ters.”
Hailie Wright for Grant
Union and Margie Beeler of
Culver each had 37 set assists
in the match.
“Hailie’s a very mindful
setter,” Speth commented.
“She always knows who she
needs to set. Defensively is
where she really stood out for
me in this match. Hailie reads
Contributed photos/JJ Collier
Grant Union Prospector running back Cameron Hallgarth
approaches the goal line with Central Linn’s Caleb Day
following.
land in the quarterfinals.
In preparation for Satur-
day’s game, Miller said they
will continue to work on
the fundamentals and make
sure they’re getting good
reads.
“They (Santiam) do a
really good job at play ac-
tion — they’ll fake the
run, throw the ball over
the top — so we’ll have
to make sure we’re disci-
plined in our approach, and
just little things, like in the
last game, not turning the
ball over — that killed us
— and finishing blocks to
the whistles.”
the game very well and gets to
every ball.”
In the final play of the final
set, 24-20, Grant Union didn’t
win it with a big ace or a huge
block. Instead, a Culver player
came down touching the net.
“During the last play of the
game, it was a delayed reaction
that the game was over,” Speth
said. “We didn’t realize that
the net call had been made.”
Grant Union aced Culver
20 times and only missed six
serves.
“Everybody contributes in
their own way, whether serv-
ing, defense, blocking, every-
one knows and accepts their
role,” Speth said. “They work
really well with each other.
They’re not afraid to commu-
nicate with each other, and
they don’t take offense and
feelings don’t get hurt.”
Shelley said, after they lost
the second set, they had an
amazing comeback.
“Culver may have thought
we’d give up when we were
down — to have that attitude
to come back was the big
thing,” she said.
“It was a really competitive
game,” said Brockway. “We
all played really hard and all
fought together to get the win.”
Prospector outside hitter
Mariah Moulton, who had 20
kills in the final match and was
named Player of the Game, has
been on the varsity team four
years, the team finishing in the
top three each year.
“They were really good
games, and there were a lot of
good teams there,” she said. “It
was fun winning it my senior
year. It took everyone every
day at practice to get it done.”
Grant Union Prospector
Kellen Shelley runs for a
touchdown with Logan
McCluskey’s block.
the
corner’s
HOT
SH T
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OF THE W
GABE WALKER
School: Dayville School
Grade: 11
Grandparents and Parent:
Nancy and Kevin Walker,
Christian Hopkins
Sport: Football
What I like best about my sport: “I really
like being able to hang out with all my
friends and becoming more athletic.”
Coach’s Comment: “Gabe is a hard-
working, never-quit young man
that gives 110 percent every
day and always has a
positive outlook.”
-Coach Nathaniel Ashley
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