WEDNESDAY
May 2, 2018
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Warner Robertson pitches Tuesday against Weston-McEwen.
Prospectors overtake TigerScots 10-5 at home
Prospectors host Bobcats on Saturday at 11 a.m.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
big fourth inning spurred
the Grant Union Prospec-
tors forward on their way
to a 10-5 win April 24 over
the Weston-McEwen Ti-
gerScots in John Day.
Grant Union faced them again for
a doubleheader Friday in Athena. The
Prospectors won game one 6-2, then lost
5-3.
In John Day, Grant Union was down
A
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Russell Hodge
singles on a bunt in Tuesday’s game.
2-0 going into the bottom of the third
when the Prospectors staged a comeback.
Prospectors Cole Deiter, Russell
Hodge and Zack Deiter each singled to
load the bases. Then Wade Reimers bat-
ted in Cole Deiter, and Ty McDaniel bat-
ted in Hodge to tie the score, 2-2.
Next up to the plate was Warner Rob-
ertson who nearly knocked it out of the
park, tripling and sending three runners
home for a 5-2 lead.
Weston-McEwen switched pitchers
as Roen Langum came up to bat.
After a couple walks, the bases were
Grant Union rolls on to 8-game win streak
See BASEBALL, Page B10
S PORTS R OUNDUP
Grant Union,
Long Creek
track compete
at Don Walker
Invitational
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls are riding an
eight-game win streak.
The team slid to 15-1 and
20-0 wins over the Burns Hi-
landers Friday in John Day.
“The energy in the dugout
really kept the game going,”
said Prospector Brianna
Zweygardt, who hit a 2-run
homer in the first inning of
game two.
She said the cheering
from teammates helps them
continue to play at a high
level.
“I’m just proud of the
girls for playing our game,”
she said.
Cody Jo Madden pitched
the first three innings of
game one, giving up one hit
and no runs.
Zweygardt relieved Mad-
den in the final two innings,
giving up one hit and deliv-
ering five strikeouts.
Mariah Moulton was 3
for 3 and Zweygardt was 2
for 2.
In game two, Grant
Union was up 17-0 going
into the bottom of the fourth
when Prospector Kori Jo
Girvin doubled, batting in
two runners.
Hailie Wright followed
up, doubling with an RBI.
Moulton pitched four in-
nings, allowing two hits and
delivering four strikeouts.
Zweygardt relieved in the
fifth with three strikeouts.
Wright was 3 for 4,
Moulton 2 for 3, Tressa
loaded again.
Grant Union scored another run after
Hodge was hit by a pitch, and the Pros-
pectors led 6-2.
The TigerScots added a couple runs
in the fourth, and Grant Union’s Logan
McCluskey made a victory lap in the
bottom of the inning after knocking out
his first home run of the season for a 7-4
lead.
Prospectors Zack Deiter and Robert-
son shared pitching duties in the first
four innings, and Peyton Neault re-
lieved in the fifth.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Mariah Moulton pitches in Friday’s game against the Burns
Hilanders.
Grant Union Prospectors run the bases after Cody Jo
Madden hits the ball in Friday’s game against the Burns
Hilanders in John Day.
Ranft 2 for 3 and Reagan
Shelley 2 for 3.
Grant Union head coach
Zach Williams was pleased
with his team’s performance.
“The girls stayed fo-
cused, were patient at the
plate and played good de-
fense — and they pitched
well,” he said.
Grant Union has this
week off and will host En-
terprise for a doubleheader
starting at 1 p.m. on Friday,
May 11.
Enterprise (5-7, 2-2
league) is ranked 24th
among 3A teams.
Grant Union has only
lost one game all season, a
nonleague contest against
Pilot Rock April 10. At 17-
1, 6-0 league, the girls are
ranked sixth in the state.
Special District 2 standings
Grant Union/Dayville/Prairie City:
6-0, 17-1
Vale: 3-2, 6-13
Enterprise/Joseph/Wallowa: 2-2, 5-7
Burns: 0-2, 0-13
Nyssa: 0-5, 5-11
Despite missing two of
their top athletes, the Grant
Union Prospector girls track
and field team came away
with a respectable third place
at the Don Walker Invitational
in Nyssa April 27.
Grant Union head coach
Sonna Smith said without
Trinity Hutchison or Sydney
Brockway, they were unable
to compete in the 4x100 as
well as some jumping and
running events.
“We were missing about
60 points we normally have
for the girls team, so I was
very happy with our third-
place finish,” she said, adding
there were some injuries lim-
iting their events.
The 3A Burns girls won
the meet with 154, followed
by 3A Nyssa with 133 and
Grant Union with 95.
There were 17 teams in all
competing.
The Grant Union boys
team placed sixth, but were
first of the 2A teams.
Drew Lusco set personal
records in two events. In shot
put, he placed fourth among
50 competitors with a mark
of 40-00.25, and in discus, he
was fifth among 40 opponents
with a mark of 125-01.
Cameron Hallgarth had
personal bests in javelin,
placing second with a throw
of 145-00, and shot put.
See ROUNDUP, Page B10
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 3
Prairie City, Long Creek, Monument/Dayville at
High Desert League Meet in Prairie City at 4 p.m.
Friday, May 4
Grant Union golf @ 2A Invitational at Buffalo
Peak in Union at 10 a.m.
Grant Union, Prairie City, Long Creek at Grant
Union Invitational in John Day at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 5
Grant Union baseball vs. Union/Cove (2) at 11
a.m., 1 p.m.