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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
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