Sports in Review
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
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Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography
15. The Grant Union Prospector team celebrates their win at the OSAA Volleyball State Championships.
SPORTS
13. Ukiah/Long Creek
soccer team has sea-
son of success
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Championships on May 19 in
Eugene, just 4 points behind
the 11-member East Linn
Christian.
Wright placed first in jav-
elin, second in high jump,
second in the 100-meter dash
and second in the 4x100 with
teammates Brockway, Hutchi-
son and Sierra Cates.
Hutchison had a first-
place finish in the triple jump
and second in the long jump;
Brockway placed third in the
long jump; and Rude finished
second in javelin, third in pole
vault and third in shot put.
Eleven players on the Uki-
ah/Long Creek junior varsi-
ty soccer team, led by coach
Amos Studtmann, enjoyed
three wins, two ties and no
losses on the season.
14. Lady Panthers
win district volleyball
tournament title, ad-
vance to state playoff
The Prairie City Panther
girls volleyball team, going
in as the No. 4-seed, won
the 1A-8 High Desert Dis-
trict Volleyball Tournament
on Oct. 21, defeating Adrian
3-2 with scores of 24-26, 25-
16, 20-25 and 25-22. Led by
coaches Lance and Louanne
Zweygardt, Prairie City ad-
vanced to the second round
state playoff against Days
Creek Oct. 28, falling 2-3 in a
close match. Days Creek won
25-15, 23-25, 26-24, 23-25 and
15-8.
6. Sophie Pettit sprints
to 1st in 100 at state
for Monument, 4x100
team takes 4th
Monument Tiger Sophie
Pettit defended her state title in
the 100-meter dash on May 19
at the state track meet in Eugene.
She also placed fourth in the
200. The 4x100 team of Pettit,
Kyla Emerson, Faythe Scha-
fer and Dinora Vidrio Landin
placed fourth. Emerson also
earned fourth in the 100-hurdles.
The Monument team was led by
head coach Darrin Dailey.
7. Dayville javelin
thrower Kristina
Humphreys nails 2nd
at state
Kristina Humpheys of
Dayville School went the
distance in javelin this year,
earning second place on May
19 at the OSAA 1A State
Championships in Eugene.
The Dayville team was led by
head coach Peter Bogardus.
8. Prospector softball
girls advance to state
playoffs
The Grant Union Pros-
pector softball team, led last
season by head coach DeAn-
na Nash, reached the round
one playoff game at the state
championships in Vale where
they fell 8-6 to Glide May
24. Grant Union ranked 10th
to advance to the champion-
ships.
Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com
9. GW Clark of Long Creek steer wrestles for third place at the Oregon High School Rodeo Association State Finals
Rodeo in Prineville. Clark, who is a 2017 graduate of Monument High School, rides for the Harney County High
School Rodeo Club.
10. Long Creek bare-
back rider earns
second at California
state finals
Cauy Pool of Long Creek
had a second-place finish at
the June 10-17 California
High School Finals Rodeo
in Bishop, California, rid-
ing for the District 1 team.
He advanced to the July 16-
22 National High School
Finals Rodeo in Gillette,
Wyoming.
11. Wildfire girls
softball team slides to
third in state
The Grant County Wild-
fire softball team, with play-
Zach Williams, also earned
the District 3 championship
title at the tournament in La
Grande in June.
12. John Day swim
team splashes to sec-
ond at district meet
Eagle file photo
12. Swimmers compete at the John Day Invitational,
including Quentin Hallgarth, back left, and Justin Hodge,
right, of the John Day Swim Team.
ers ranging from 8 to 9 in
age, earned third at the July
20-24 Oregon State Lit-
tle League Softball 8-9-10
Tournament in Medford.
The team, led by head coach
The John Day swim team,
led by head coach Sabrina
Howard, placed second at
the July 28-30 District Swim
Meet in Prineville. Of the
boys teams, John Day won
first place. Quinten Hallgarth,
who swam in the 13-14 boys
division, won the Richard G.
Bogart Memorial Award for
the highest point swimmer
for ages 5-18 on the John Day
team.
The 2A Grant Union vol-
leyball team beat Culver 3-1,
with scores of 25-23, 22-
25, 25-17 and 25-20 Nov. 4,
making it the first time since
1989 that Grant Union won
the state championship in
Redmond — when Prospector
head coach Shae Speth was
herself a junior on the varsity
team. The team also won the
Wapiti District title this year.
16. Grant Union foot-
ball team battles at
quarterfinals
After shutting out Central
Linn 52-0 on Nov. 4 in the
first round of the 2A playoffs,
the Grant Union Prospector
football team had a 50-14 loss
to Santiam on Nov. 11. Grant
Union, led by head coach Ja-
son Miller, hosted both games
in John Day. The Prospectors
earned the Wapiti League title
this year.
17. Speth, Moulton
earn all-state coach,
player of the year
honors
9. Long Creek steer
wrestler grabs third at
state finals
GW Clark of Long Creek
placed third in steer wres-
tling in the June 8-10 Oregon
High School Rodeo Finals in
Prineville, riding for the Har-
ney County club. He went on
to compete at the July 16-22
National High School Rodeo
Finals in Gillette, Wyoming.
15. Grant Union wins
first volleyball state
championship in
28 years
EO Media Group/Kathy Aney
6. Monument’s Sophie Pettit lets out a victorious yell after winning the 1A girls 100-meter dash at the OSAA State
Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.
It warrants another men-
tion that Grant Union volley-
ball head coach Shae Speth
was named Coach of the Year
and outside hitter Mariah
Moulton was named Player
of the Year after the team won
the state title.