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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
GIRLS
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Hutchison.
With just a handful of
seconds left, Bobcat Autumn
Daggett sank a 2-point shot.
Grant Union and Union had
even scoring, 12-12, in the fi-
nal quarter.
“We pressured their guards
the whole night,” Hallgarth
said. “Our tenacity on defense
probably contributed to about
70 percent of our points. We
missed a lot of lay-ins, but we
also shot a lot.”
He said several girls con-
tributed to the game.
“Our bench is starting to
come alive,” he said. “Those
girls are starting to match the
tenacity and intensity of our
starters.”
Moulton said she was ex-
cited for another league win.
“We started out the game
running the ball and had
great defense,” she said. “We
prepared for it all week and
came out ready.”
Grant Union topped Im-
bler 67-19 on Saturday, nev-
er allowing the Panthers the
lead.
“I thought our team per-
formed at a high level even
though the score is mislead-
ing,” Hallgarth said. “We talk
about coming out ready to
go — that is the theme this
week. Our defense has car-
ried us all year, and we need
to hit our stride from here on
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Mariah Wright flies up to score over Union’s Abriel O’Reilly in Friday’s game.
out, which I believe we are.”
Grant Union hosted the
1A Crane Mustangs on Tues-
day, past press time. The
Prospectors will host the 1A
Jordan Valley Mustangs at
5:30 p.m. Thursday for senior
night.
Jordan Valley is the High
Desert League champion
with a 10-0 record, ranked
No. 17, followed by Crane,
which is 8-1 and ranked
No. 13. Hallgarth said these
games will help his team be
mentally prepared for the
battles ahead.
“We haven’t reached our
goals, yet,” he said.
The Wapiti District Tour-
nament will be Friday-Satur-
day, Feb. 16-17, at La Grande
High School, the times to be
determined.
Grant Union vs. Union
Kaylee Wright: 21 (one 3-pointer, 2-3
free throws)
Mariah Wright: 13 (one 3-pointer)
Mariah Moulton: 9 (two 3-pointers, 1-2
free throws)
Madi McKrola: 8 (2-5 free throws)
Hailie Wright: 4 (one 3-pointer, 1-2 free
throws)
Trinity Hutchison: 2
Grant Union Prospector
Mariah Moulton (25) lands
her second 3-pointer of
the night in Friday’s game
against the Union Bobcats.
Whitney McClellan: 2
Grant Union vs. Imbler
Kaylee Wright: 19
Madi McKrola: 14
Mariah Wright: 11
Kori Jo Girvin: 6
Trinity Hutchison: 6
Hailie Wright: 6
Makenna Culley: 3
Whitney McClellan: 2
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3-pointers in the quarter, and
the Prospectors had a 30-10
lead.
Prospector Duane Stokes
scored beyond the arc in the
opening seconds of the sec-
ond quarter, followed by Kel-
len Shelley going 2-2 at the
free-throw line. Then Stokes
scored off an assist from Re-
imers.
Grant Union held a 41-24
lead going into the half.
In the third, Bobcat Cole
McLean was fouled by Mc-
Daniel while shooting a
3-pointer, and drained all
three opportunities at the free-
throw line, the score 43-29,
Union trailing.
Grant Union then took
control, jumping ahead by 10
before Union scored again.
The Prospectors had an
18-point lead going into the
final 8 minutes.
Grant Union outscored
Union 22-14 in the fourth,
which included two 3-point
shots from Jacob Vaughan.
“We had great practices,
and they just couldn’t wait
to play,” Wright said. “We
switched defenses and offens-
es around, and they caught
onto it really well.”
Kellen Shelley said it was
a good win.
“It was nice to play together
well and get the win at home,”
he said. “It feels good to start
out strong and finish strong.”
Grant Union Prospector Ty McDaniels (23) scores from
beyond the arc in Friday’s game against Union.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Jacob Vaughan and Union Bobcat Jace Phillips clash as
Vaughan is en route to the basket in Friday’s game.
Grant Union beat the Im-
bler Panthers 56-30 on Satur-
day, leading from the start.
Reimers led Grant Union,
scoring 12 points, followed
by McDaniel and Stokes with
9 each.
The Prospectors hosted the
1A Crane Mustangs on Tues-
day, past press time.
Grant Union hosts the 1A
Jordan Valley Mustangs at 7
p.m. Thursday for the Pros-
pectors’ senior night.
Grant Union vs. Union
Zack Deiter: 17 (one 3-pointer, 2-2 free
throws)
Wade Reimers: 16 (one 3-pointer, 3-3
free throws)
Duane Stokes: 15 (one 3-pointer)
Kellen Shelley: 11 (3-3 free throws)
Cole Deiter: 8 (4-6 free throws)
Cauy Weaver: 7 (1-4 free throws)
Jacob Vaughan: 6 (two 3-pointers)
Taylor Hunt: 4
Ty McDaniel: 3 (one 3-pointer)
Grant Union vs. Imbler
Reimers: 12 points
McDaniel: 9
Stokes: 9
Zack Deiter: 6
Cole Deiter: 6
Weaver: 6
Shelley: 4
Mason Gerry: 2
Vaughan: 2
Grant Union Prospector Zack Deiter takes aim in Friday’s
game against Union. Deiter scored 17 to lead the
Prospectors for the evening.
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a team championship, and six
individuals go on to state,” he
said. “We think our heavy-
weights have good chances.
For our first-year qualifiers,
state is tough. Our goal (for
them) is to place in the top
four, and I think they have the
potential to be placers.”
This is the first time since
2010 that Grant Union has had
six wrestlers qualify for state.
Drew Lusco and Toby
Boatwright wrestled each oth-
er Friday in the final round
with Lusco pinning Boat-
wright in an arm bar for the
championship.
Boatwright placed second
by rule over Klint Norton of
Eagle file photo
Enterprise, having beat Nor- Grant Union Prospector Toby Boatwright, left, moves into position to take down an
ton in the semifinals by a 6-1 Irrigon opponent at a match earlier this year.
decision.
Toby Boatwright, 6-9, second
“Toby had actually lost a close match
“I just wrestled and did what I learned Russell Hodge, 18-16, second
against Norton early in the season,” in practice,” he added.
Eli Sheedy, 14-3, second
coach Lusco said. “The semifinal match
Humbird said he was also nervous at Ethan Moore, 22-16, second
was a convincing win by Toby.”
the start, facing Cole Kiesecker (13-13) Cameron Hallgarth,17-20, third
Both Drew Lusco and Boatwright of Joseph/Wallowa in the final round. Tanner Way, 3-6, fourth
Quinten Hallgarth, 12-21, fourth
competed at state last year, Drew Lusco Humbird won by an 11-5 decision.
finishing fourth.
“Two years ago, he beat me at dis- Josh Carpenter, 9-11, fourth
Logan McCluskey, 16-22, fourth
“We’ve both worked hard this year, tricts,” Humbird said.
and that hard work paid off, and we
Commenting on this year’s experi- Braden Spencer, 22-20, fourth
Henry, 12-9, fourth
ence, he said, “It was surreal — it was Ben
achieved our goals,” Drew Lusco said.
Damion Young, 17-23, fifth
When asked what it was like to wres- how you dream it.”
Other Grant Union team members this year are:
Grant Union results
tle Norton at the district tournament,
Ben Henry, Collin Harvey, Hadley Boethin, Frank
Name/season record/place at district
Boatwright said he was a little nervous Drew Lusco, 30-3 record, first place
Douglass, Dillon Maley, Ely Carniglia, Nate Moore and
at first.
Savannah Wyllie.
Elijah Humbird, 15-7, first
Eagle file photo
Grant Union Prospector Elijah Humbird works to flip an
opponent for takedown earlier this season at the Grant
Union Tournament in John Day.