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A14 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Lady Panthers outrun Antelopes on way to state Prairie City places third at district tourney By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Prairie City Panther girls placed third Saturday at the 1A-8 High Desert District Tournament in John Day after defeating the Adrian Ante- lopes 44-39. The Lady Panthers com- peted in the first-round state The Eagle/Angel Carpenter playoffs, facing the Powder Valley Badgers in North Pow- Prairie City Panthers Samantha Workman (12) and Rilee Emmel (11) play some tough der, past press time Tuesday. defense against Adrian Antelope Sadey Speelmon (22). The winner of the game will advance to a second-round was played at Grant Union lead in the third quarter and teams. I’m proud of how they playoff game Friday against a Junior-Senior High School. stayed ahead for the win. played and never gave up.” seeded opponent to be deter- Prairie City trailed Adrian Prairie City teammates ex- Panther head coach Bo mined. 10-8 in the first quarter on Workman said his team re- pressed their excitement at the bounded well, took care of the win. The winner of the sec- Saturday. ond-round game advances to “It was amazing, since we Panthers Brianna ball and hit their free throws. the Wednesday through Satur- Zweygardt and Cassie Hire “My girls are at the point haven’t beat Adrian,” said day, Feb. 28 to March 3, 1A sank 2-pointers to start, and now that the other teams ar- Megan Camarena. “I feel as if OSAA Girls Basketball State Hailee Wall and Rilee Emmel en’t getting in their head — this season we’re really con- Championships at Baker High also scored, but the Antelopes we’re getting into theirs now,” nected and a team, and at this School. led 19-18 going into halftime. he said. “They’re fighting to point, we really stepped up The three-day tournament Prairie City grabbed the the last minute against better and became the team we should have been all year. I hope we’re ready for North Powder.” Samantha Workman said the team gave it everything they had. “I thought we did really well and worked well together as a team,” she said. “I’m so proud of my team for pushing through the week- end in the last game, coming together and playing hard,” Hire said. Zweygardt, who led Prairie City with 16 points, was named the Dairy Queen Player of the Game. “We’ve improved through the weekend with our mental game, more than anything, be- cause we’ve had the skills all along,” Zweygardt said. “It’s exciting to see the girls grow and get the heart to leave it all on the floor.” Prairie City Brianna Zweygardt: 16 points (8-17 free throws) Rilee Emmel: 6 Samantha Workman: 6 (two 3-pointers) Cassie Hire: 6 Hailee Wall: 5 (3-4 free throws) Emily Ennis: 5 (1-3 free throws) Monument/Dayville boys show no quit in loss to Adrian By Angel Carpenter Grant Union girls basketball vs. Weston-McEwen in first-round state playoff in John Day at 6 p.m. 1A girls basketball second-round state playoff, teams and times TBD Saturday, Feb. 24 Grant Union dance at Pendleton Dance Competi- tion, TBD Grant Union boys basketball vs. San- tiam in first-round state playoff in John Day at 2 p.m. Wednesday- Saturday, Feb. 28-March 3 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument/Dayville Tiger Drew Wilburn (22) shoots over Adrian Antelope Chase Bertrand in Thursday night’s 1A-8 High Desert District tournament game. Adrian won 51-28. one junior, and the Tigers have three freshmen and two sophomore starters. In the second, Adrian was consistent in finding the basket and outscored Monument/Dayville 21-11, Rico Sparka, Wilburn, Mark Thomas, JT Hand and Scha- fer scoring for the Tigers. Schafer rebounded well in the third and had a steal, and Wilburn made two bas- kets. In the fourth, Adrian’s starters rested while others on the bench took over. The Tigers outshot the Antelopes 6-1. Tiger head coach Jeff Schafer said his team is making progress. “They’re starting to learn unity, which will help in the building years,” he said. adding, “They fought, and they never gave up.” Adrian head coach Craig DeMark said his starters shot well, highlighting his The Monument/Dayville Tiger players listen to head coach Jeff Schafer’s game plan during a break between quarters with assistant coach Josh Williams during Thursday’s game against Adrian. two top-scoring athletes, Warren DeMark with 21 and Miller DeMark with 17. “Andy (Walker) played well for us inside, rebound- ing and playing physical,” he said. He added, “We were sav- ing legs in the fourth.” Wilburn, a Monument/ Dayville junior, said he’s proud of his team. “We’ve come a long way,” he said. The Tigers fell to the Crane Mustangs 65-33 Fri- day morning in the consola- tion game. Monument/Dayville Donovan Schafer: 10 points Drew Wilburn: 9 JT Hand: 4 Rico Spark: 3 Mark Thomas: 2 Adrian Warren DeMark: 21 points (five 3-point- ers, 4-7 free throws) Miller DeMark: 17 points (one 3-pointer) Andy Walker: 6 Dakota Martin: 4 Kirk Obendorf: 2 Alex Garcia: 1 Tiger girls fall in tough battle against Antelopes Monument/ Dayville ends season with consolation win By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Monument/Dayville Tiger girls battled tough from the start against Adrian on day one of the 1A-8 High Desert District Tournament but fell 34-25 to the Ante- lopes. Thursday was the first of the three-day tournament held at Grant Union Ju- nior-Senior High School in John Day. Adrian scored twice to start, then Tigers Kyla Em- erson, Aubrey Bowlus and Faythe Schafer combined for 7 points, ending the first quarter with a 1-point lead. Denali Twehues and Schafer had steals in those first 8 minutes, and Schafer went 2-2 at the free-throw line. Adrian fired off a 3-point shot to start the second. Then with some back and forth, the Tigers tied the score twice. At 12-12, the Antelopes leaped ahead and held the Tigers off with an 18-13 lead going into the half. Adrian’s Sadey Speelm- on, who was named the Dairy Queen Player of the Game, went 2-2 at the free- throw line at the beginning of the third. After the Tigers called a timeout, Schafer and Dan- ielle Rhoda each scored 2-pointers. Bowlus grabbed a defen- Friday, Feb. 23 Prairie City boys basketball in sec- ond-round state playoff, TBD Blue Mountain Eagle The Monument/Dayville Tiger boys showed no signs of letting up but were over- powered by Adrian 51-28 Thursday night on day one of the 1A-8 High Desert Dis- trict Tournament. The three-day tournament was held at Grant Union Ju- nior-Senior High School in John Day. Other boys teams com- peting at the tournament included Prairie City, Jor- dan Valley, Huntington and Crane. Adrian’s Warren DeMark was first to score Thursday, landing a 3-pointer, which was the first of 4 for the quarter and 5 for the night. Tiger Donovan Schafer scored two 2-point shots, and teammate Drew Wilburn was 2-4 at the free-throw line. Although Adrian brought some size to the game, in- cluding 6-foot-4 Miller DeMark, experience was another factor in the Ante- lope’s dominance. Adrian has four senior starters and SPORTS SCHEDULE The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument/Dayville Tiger Denali Twehues goes after a defensive rebound with Adrian players and teammates Faythe Schafer (24) and Courtney Nichols (11) jumping in the action at Thursday night’s 1A-8 High Desert District Basketball Tournament. The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Monument/Dayville Tiger Aubrey Bowlus flies up to score over Adrian opponents in Thursday night’s district playoff game. sive rebound, but Adrian in- tercepted a pass, and after a scramble between the teams, Adrian’s Grace Morton land- ed a 3-pointer. Bowlus added another 2 points for the Tigers, and the Antelopes added 2 of their own. Adrian outshot the Tigers 7-6 for a 25-19 lead to close the third. Monument/Dayville, fighting for each point, scored within 3 of Adri- an after Rhoda hit 2-2 free throws and Emerson scored 1-2. Rhoda later added 1 more point at the free-throw line and another 2-pointer, but Adrian pulled off the 9-point win. Tiger head coach Tay- lor Schmadeka said Adri- an’s defense is always a challenge. “That’s their bread and butter,” he said. “They force you to make mistakes.” He said, while his team played with a lot of intensity in the first half, some mis- takes that caused turnovers came back to haunt them. “We just couldn’t capital- ize on the big opportunities,” he said. Schmadeka said his team has shown improvement over the season. “The girls did have a fun time, and I had fun coaching them,” he said. “Overall, we want to win, but it should be enjoyable.” Schafer said they played hard but came out timid in the third quarter. “We fought back, try- ing to close the lead,” she said. “We played our hearts out and had a ton of fun,” Rho- da added. “We were hoping for a better outcome, but we played to have fun and we did.” Emerson said her team played well. “I thought we pulled it to- gether, but not enough to win the game,” she said. “But I’m really proud of my team and our season.” The Tiger girls claimed a 34-17 point victory over Harper in the consolation game on Friday morning. Monument/Dayville vs. Adrian Faythe Schafer: 7 points Danielle Rhoda: 7 Aubrey Bowlus: 7 Kyla Emerson: 4 the OSAA 1A Girls Basketball State Championship at Baker High School Thursday- Saturday, March 1-3 OSAA 1A Boys Basketball State Championship at Baker High School in Baker City OSAA 2A Girls Basketball State Championship in Pendleton (games are at Pendleton High School March 1 and the conven- tion center March 2-3) OSAA 2A Boys Basketball State Championship at the Pendleton Convention Center in Pendleton (con- solation games are March 2 at Pendle- ton High School) corner’s HOT SH T EEK OF THE W DECLAN ZWEYGARDT School: Prairie City Grade: 9 Parents: Lance and Louanne Zweygardt Sport: Basketball Position: Post What I like best about my sport: “I like getting a lot of rebounds and helping out the team.” Coach’s Comment: “Declan is stepping up, and he played tough in the paint against Crane (Feb. 10).” - Coach Sam Workman PROUD SPONSOR OF GRANT COUNTY ATHLETES 100 E. 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