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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
S PORTS R OUNDUP
Grant Union
battles on the
mats in Elgin
Grant Union Prospector
sophomore wrestler Drew
Lusco stood at the top of the
podium in the heavyweight
division at the Dec. 15-16
John Rysdam Memorial
Tournament in Elgin.
The 2A Prospectors took
fourth as a team behind
first-place Weiser, Idaho,
second-place Baker (3A)
and third-place La Grande
(4A).
Grant Union sophomore
Damion Young, wrestling at
138, had a third-place fin-
ish.
Head coach Andy Lusco
said they had several sick
and injured players last
week, but his athletes who
competed battled hard with
lots of matches.
“Mat time is critical at
this point in the season,”
Lusco said. “Our younger
wrestlers are really making
progress. We look forward
to the second half of the sea-
son after Christmas break
and hope to get healthy over
the next couple of weeks.”
The Prospectors’ next
competition is the first
weekend of the new year,
Friday and Saturday Jan. 5-6,
at the Jo-Hi Wrestling Tourna-
ment in Joseph.
Individual results
Ethan Moore (106): 5-3, fourth place
Braden Spencer (132): fourth
Quinten Hallgarth (152): 3-3, fourth
Damion Young (138): third
Cameron Hallgarth (170): fourth
Josh Carpenter (JV, 170): second
Drew Lusco (285): 5-0, first
Prairie City Lady
Panthers fierce at
Triad Tourney
The 1A Prairie City Pan-
ther girls notched two wins
at last week’s three-day Tri-
ad Tournament in Klamath
Falls, taking one loss.
“They all did well, and
presented themselves well
for a three-day trip,” said
Panther head coach Bo
Workman.
Prairie City’s Megan Ca-
marena led the team in scor-
ing Thursday with 15 in the
Panther’s 44-17 win over the
1A Pacific Pirates of Port
Orford. Eight Panther girls
Contributed photo
Grant Union Prospector sophomore Damion Young (138), left, takes third at last
weekend’s John Rysdam Tournament in Elgin.
Contributed photo
Grant Union Prospector Drew Lusco (285), a sophomore,
takes the top spot on the podium at last weekend’s John
Rysdam Tournament in Elgin.
contributed points for the
victory. The Panthers had a
20-8 lead at the half and out-
scored the Pirates 18-3 in the
third.
On Friday, Prairie City
beat Horizon Christian-Hood
River 32-21, Camarena
leading the Panthers with
12. Horizon came within 3
points going into the fourth,
but Camarena contributed 7
points in the final 8 minutes
to help the Panthers leap
away with the 11-point win.
The 4A Klamath Union
junior varsity team present-
ed a bigger challenge for
Prairie City, and the Pan-
thers fell 50-30. Prairie City
had an 11-10 point lead in
the first and were down by
two at the half. Klamath
Union outshot the Panthers
19-2 in the third, and stayed
ahead for the win.
Workman said, overall,
his team performed well at
the tournament.
“The girls stepped up and
took care of the ball,” he
said. “They played aggres-
sive defense, but there’s still
room for improvement.”
Prairie City hosted the
Powder Valley Badgers
Tuesday past press time.
The Panther varsity girls
will face Grant Union varsi-
ty at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
28, in John Day.
Prairie City boys
battle top-ranked
team at Triad
The Prairie City Panther
boys overpowered Powers
65-47 to start things off at
the Dec. 14-16 Triad Tour-
nament in Klamath Falls,
but fell in two close con-
tests, including one against
the No. 1-ranked team in the
state.
Against Powers, the Pan-
thers were up 32-22 at the
half, and Prairie City head
coach Sam Workman said
younger team members saw
playing time.
The Panthers’ contest
with Triad was a showdown
to the end, Prairie City los-
ing 51-48. Prairie City was
up 27-26 at the half, but lost
ground in the fourth.
“We couldn’t make our
last shots, but it was a good
game the whole time,” the
coach said.
The Pacific Pirates of Port
Orford are currently ranked
No. 1 for OSAA. At halftime,
Pacific led 29-27. Workman
said it was a 1- to 2-point con-
test until his team had to start
fouling late in the game.
“They had a tough 6-foot-8
player,” Workman said. “I put
Syd (Holman) on him, and he
did really well.”
He said the games with
Triad and Pacific could have
gone either way.
“They played tough, and
I hope they continue to play
just as tough the rest of the
season,” Workman said. “It
was good competition, which
we need to see early in the
season.”
Levi Burke and Dorran
Wilson led the Panthers in
scoring throughout the tour-
nament, Workman said.
Prairie City was scheduled
to host the Powder Valley
Badgers Tuesday past press
time, and they are scheduled
to travel to Powder Valley for
a 5 p.m. contest on Thursday.
The Panthers will face
Grant Union varsity at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, in
John Day.
The Panther boys will also
face an alumni team at 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 29, in Prairie
City.
Hello Grant County,
I hope you are all enjoying the
holiday season. Have you
finished your Christmas
shopping? Christmas will be here
before we know it! Be sure to visit
the Chamber Businesses listed in
our ads in the Blue Mountain
Eagle for great gift ideas. Don’t
forget to check out House to
Home, Twisted Treasures and
Gnarly Goods (who were
accidentally missed on our Think
Local Ad).
Congratulations to the winners of
the Timber Trucker’s Light Parade,
and thanks to all of you who
organized it. It was a great
parade enjoyed by many people.
We had a nice crowd at the
Chamber to watch the parade and
enjoy the fire pits.
Welcome new members Timbers
Bistro, John Day/Canyon City
Parks and Rec, and Portrait
Connection. And, congratulations
to the 1188 Brewing Company on
their expansion!
Our next Chamber meeting will be
Thursday, December 21st. The
board will have their business
meeting at 11:00 AM at the
Chamber office and then we will
move over to the Outpost for our
no-host luncheon. Our guest
speaker will be Tracie
Unterwegner. She will be sharing
information about the library
project.
I will be sharing some new ideas
for the coming year so please
plan to join us.
Monument/
Dayville girls lose
hoops battle to
No. 2 team, boys
fall to Redsides
The Monument/Dayville
Lady Tigers came up with
a 48-31 loss Tuesday, Dec.
12, to No. 2-ranked South
Wasco Redsides, but came
away with lessons from the
game.
“Last Tuesday was a good
experience for our girls, and
for most of the game I was
happy with how we played,”
said Tiger head coach Taylor
Schmadeka. “Our defense
was very good in the first half,
but we lost focus in the sec-
ond half and committed a lot
of fouls that hurt us late in the
game.”
Monument/Dayville was
trailing by two at the half, 16-
14, then the Redsides outshot
the Tigers 14-8 in the third.
“South Wasco was a very
good team, and they played
tough for all four quarters,”
Schmadeka said. “Looking
forward, we will work on
conditioning so that we can
still compete into the fourth
quarter.”
He said free throws that
were missed also could have
made a difference in the out-
come.
Tiger Danielle Rhoda led
Monument/Dayville’s scoring
with 13 points followed by
Kyla Emerson with 8.
The Monument/Dayville
Tigers boys fell 40-28 to the
Redsides.
The Tiger boys and girls
will compete at the three-day
Union Christmas Classic tour-
nament Dec. 21-23.
The Monument/Dayville
girls will face Union at 8 p.m.
Thursday, followed by the
boys at 9:30 p.m.
Ukiah/Long Creek
boys and girls
compete at Harper
Tournament
The Ukiah/Long Creek
Mountain Lion boys and girls
each came away with one win
and one loss at the Dec. 15-16
Harper Tournament.
The Mountain Lion boys
held out for a 47-45 win over
Harper on day one, and lost to
Huntington 58-29.
The girls fell to Harper 50-
19 on day one, then followed
up with a win over Burnt River
28-15.
Amos Studtmann, who
coaches the boys and girls
teams, along with TC Conner,
called the boys’ win over Harp-
er a defensive victory. He said
the entire team contributed to
the win.
“Every one of our players
contributed with most of the
bench scoring as well,” he said.
“They all worked together.”
He said the Huntington boys
deserved their win, and the
game pointed out holes in his
team’s defense.
“Because we lost, we get
to take more from the game in
terms of improving,” he said.
Studtmann said the girls
need to work on their team
effort, adding one player was
scoring 3-pointers in the first
half of the Harper game only
to be double-teamed and shut
down in the final quarters.
“The girls need to learn to
work together on offense, be-
cause no game is a one-man
show,” he said.
The coach said they will
hold practices over Christmas
break.
They return to competition
Jan. 2, when they host Prairie
City junior varsity in Ukiah
with game times at 4 p.m. for
the girls and 5:30 p.m. for the
boys.
Wishing you and yours a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year
season filled with good times and
good memories.
Have a very Merry Christmas
and safe and Happy New Year!,
Oster Professional Group
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541-575-2717
Bruce Ward
President, Grant County
Chamber of Commerce
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