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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
WEDNESDAY
April 11, 2018
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Thursday,
April 12
Grant Union golf @
Heppner Invite in Echo
at 11 a.m.
Friday, April 13
Grant Union golf @
Hermiston Invitational at
Big River Country Club
at 11 a.m.
Long Creek, Monument/
Dayville track and field
@ Ranchers Invitational
in Crane at 11 a.m.
Grant Union softball vs.
Weston-McEwen/Gris-
wold (2) at noon, 2 p.m.
Saturday,
April 14
Grant Union baseball
vs. Elgin (2) at 11 a.m.,
1 p.m.
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Prairie City’s Levi Burke clears the high jump at 5-10 for second place at Friday’s Prairie City invitational. See more photos at myeaglenews.com.
Burke jumps to second place
at Prairie City invitational
Long Creek
Mountaineers
also compete
Blue Mountain Eagle
Long Creek
track and field
stronger with
each meet
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Prairie City’s Hailee Wall, left, and Deja Amsden compete in the 100
hurdles on Friday.
Prairie City boys
Levi Burke: high jump, second, 5-10
Danner Davis: shot put, sixth, 33-05
Jake McHatton: shot put, seventh, 32-09
Jonathan Lawrence: 1500, fourth, 5:18.88
4x100: Prairie City, fifth, 49.05, Brandon
Horrell, Jonathan Haskins, Tristan McMahan
and Levi Burke
Tristan McMahan: triple jump, fifth, 35-07
Prairie City girls
Samantha Workman: pole vault, second, 6-06;
long jump, fourth, 12-08.5; triple jump, fourth,
28-09
Hailee Wall: 100 hurdles, fourth, 21-70
Deja Amsden: 100 hurdles, eighth, 23-35; triple
jump, sixth, 28-09
events. They’re observing as well and
trying to figure out things they need
to change to improve even more, so
that’s encouraging to see.”
Prairie City’s Haley Pfefferkorn,
who placed second in javelin behind
a Baker thrower, said it was a good
meet, for their second outing.
“I think, individually, everyone
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Tuesday, April 17
Grant Union baseball
vs. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/
Ukiah at 4 p.m.
Haley Pfefferkorn: javelin, second, 101-10.5
Abbey Pfefferkorn: 100, sixth, 14.67; 200, sixth,
31.35
Long Creek boys
4x100: Long Creek, fourth, 48.51, Jaime
Ballesteros, Luka Pesic, Kim Donggyu and
Rafael Gumerato
James Kreamier: high jump, sixth, 5-04
Luka Pesic: javelin, fourth, 117-10.5; high jump,
11th, 5-0
Long Creek girls
Lucchese Douglas: 400, third, 1:12; discus,
fifth, 69-02.75
Dorotha Johnson: long jump, third, 13-00.5;
high jump, sixth, 3-0.5
did pretty well,” she said of her team.
She thinks they’ll show improve-
ment by their next home meet, sched-
uled for Thursday, May 3.
Coach Barber said Hailee Wall
and Deja Amsden both ran the hur-
dles well.
“Their timing is getting better,” he
said.
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Long Creek’s Dorotha Johnson
competes in the long jump.
“Samantha Workman did real-
ly well in the pole vault,” he add-
ed. “It’s been a while since we’ve
had a girl compete, and it’s nice
to have coach Joe Hitz out to
help.”
“There were a lot of PRs (personal
records) set today,” said Rilee Em-
mel. “It’s nice to have a home track
meet.”
Wall agreed.
“It was a nice day for a track
meet and good competition,” she
said. “They really made us push our-
selves.”
Grant Union outscores Heppner/Ione 23-0
Prospector Mariah Moulton
rounds third base after hitting a
three-run home run to end Grant
Union’s second game against
Heppner/Ione 12-0.
Grant Union track and
field qualifiers @ Meet
of Champions at Wil-
lamette University in
Salem at 11 a.m.
Grant Union, Prairie City,
Long Creek, Monument/
Dayville track and field
@ Grant Union Small
Schools Meet in John
Day at 3:30 p.m.
By Angel Carpenter
Prairie City’s Levi Burke earned
second place in high jump in his first
time competing in the event at the
Panthers’ invitational Friday.
It was Burke’s second track meet
ever, and head coach Nate Barber said
he expects Burke to continue to im-
prove.
“He already has one of the best
marks in the state at 5-10,” Barber
said, adding he expects Burke could
eventually reach over 6 feet.
Burke said he’s enjoying the sport.
“I like the individual basis, and it’s
something you have to have a good
technique,” he said.
Prairie City hosted eight 1A teams
and one 4A team, the Baker City Bull-
dogs. The Baker boys won with 206.5
points, followed by Powder Valley
with 76.5. Crane and Joseph tied at
73 for third. Prairie City placed sixth
with 43, and Long Creek placed ninth
with 25.
The Baker girls won with 210,
followed by Joseph with 98 and
Crane with 77. Prairie City placed
sixth with 42, and Long Creek placed
eighth with 20.
Long Creek coach Linda Studt-
mann said all but two of her team
members are new to the sport, either as
freshmen or foreign exchange students.
“I think they did very well,” she
said. “We saw improvement in sever-
al of the athletes and most (set per-
sonal records) in at least one of their
Grant Union, Prairie City
track and field @ Burns
Lions Invitational in
Burns at noon
Grant Union head coach Zach
Williams said his team stayed disci-
plined in Saturday’s doubleheader
shutout of Heppner/Ione, the Pros-
pectors winning with scores of 11-0
and 12-0, each in five innings.
“They were patient and swung at
good pitches,” he said.
Williams said his pitchers also
performed well, with Cody Jo Mad-
den pitching game one and Macy
Strong and Mariah Moulton each tak-
ing the circle for game two.
“Cody Jo threw really well,” he
said. “She got ahead of hitters, hit her
spots.”
He added, “Macy and Mariah did
the same thing. They got ahead and
kept the ball down in the zone.”
In game one, both teams were
scoreless in the first two innings.
In the bottom of the third, Pros-
pector Whitney McClellan doubled,
then stole third while Moulton was
at bat. Moulton also doubled, scoring
McClellan.
Grant Union loaded the bases, but
Heppner made the outs, leaving the
Prospectors with a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, Grant Union bats
were on fire, adding five more runs.
McClellan doubled, sending
Shaine Madden home.
Both McClellan and Tressa Ranft
scored while Moulton was at bat.
Brianna Zweygardt doubled,
sending the ball near the center field
fence, to score Moulton and Hailie
Wright.
Shaine Madden’s single scored
both Taylor Allen and Zweygardt,
and Tiler Voigt scored Shaine Mad-
den. Grant Union led 9-0 going into
the fifth.
Grant Union ended the game when
Moulton singled and Hailie Wright
hit a two-run home run.
In the second game, Grant Union
was up 9-0 in the fourth.
The Prospectors ended the game
with flair when Reagan Shelley sin-
gled, McClellan doubled and Moul-
ton hit it over the fence for a three-run
homer.
“We played well as a team,”
Wright said. “We hit well off a good
pitcher and played defense.”
Williams said his team’s defensive
strength secured the shutouts.
“They made routine plays rou-
tine,” he said. “They’re starting to hit
their cut-off people and did what they
needed to do to be a great defense.”
Next up, Grant Union will host 2A
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii for a game on
Tuesday past press time.
“They have a great program and
are well coached — more competi-
tion and great games,” Williams said.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Most of the Long Creek
Mountaineer track and field
team may be new to the sport,
but they are making strides and
learning as they go.
All of the team members
also took part in playing bas-
ketball, the girls participated in
volleyball and all the boys were
members of Long Creek/Uki-
ah’s soccer team, which went
undefeated this school year.
The team of six boys and
five girls are picking up the
techniques of their events
quickly, said head coach Linda
Studtmann. She said participat-
ing in other sports has been a
benefit for the team.
“It helps keep you in shape
and keeps your mind and body
disciplined and in tune,” she
said.
“We saw improvement in
several of the athletes, and
most had personal records in
at least one of their events,”
Studtmann said of their second
competition of the season, Fri-
day’s Prairie City Invitational.
Long Creek School’s grass
and dirt track has just enough
room for one and a half lanes,
and until recently, one end of
the track was muddy. Attend-
ing the Diana Thurmond Invi-
tational on March 16 in Harper
gave them their first opportuni-
ty to test their events on a paved
track.
“We don’t always have a
meet before spring break,”
Studtmann said. “I wanted to
try it because once they go to
their first track meet, things
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