Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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WEDNESDAY
July 4, 2018
Grads compete in All-Star volleyball match
Blue Mountain Eagle
Three Grant Union graduate volleyball
athletes were selected to compete in the June
23 Oregon Athletic Coaches Association All-
Star Volleyball match at Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity’s Quinn Coliseum in La Grande.
Mariah Moulton, Whitney McClellan and
Reagan Shelley, 2018 graduates, played for
All-Star coach Shae Speth, who last fall led
the Grant Union team to their first OSAA
Volleyball State Championship win in years.
Their All-Star team, which included ath-
letes from Central Linn, South Wasco, Cove,
Powder Valley and Bend, went 2-0 for the
All-Star championship title, dropping just
one set.
Athletes on the other teams were from
Santiam Christian, St. Paul, Dufur, Vale,
Union, Elgin, Monroe, Condon and Culver.
All-Star athletes are graduated seniors
who earned All-League and/or All-State hon-
ors.
Moulton was Oregon 2A Player of the
Year and Wapiti League Player of the Year.
McClellan was Oregon 2A First Team Libero
and Wapiti League First Team Libero. Shel-
ley was a Wapiti League Honorable Mention
player. Speth was Oregon 2A Coach of the
Year and Wapiti League Coach of the Year.
“It was a great opportunity for the girls to
play with and against others who they have
competed against for the past four years,”
Speth said.
Volleyball athletes
Mariah Moulton,
Reagan Shelley and
Whitney McClellan,
all Grant Union
graduates, stand
with their All-Star
coach Shae Speth,
who was also their
volleyball head
coach at Grant
Union.
Contributed photo
Local track and field athletes
launch to regional Junior Olympics
Blue Mountain Eagle
Three local track and
field athletes have qualified
for the Junior Olympic re-
gional meet.
The trio competed June
21-24 at the USA Track and
Field Oregon Association
Junior Olympic Track and
Field Championships at
Jesuit High School in Port-
land.
The top eight athletes in
each event qualified for the
regional meet.
Mason Morris, who will
be a Grant Union freshman
this fall, placed first in both
the triple jump and long
jump to qualify for region-
als.
Jordan Hall, who will
be a Grant Union sopho-
more, qualified in the tri-
ple jump, placing first in
the event. He also qual-
ified in the 110-meter
hurdles.
Trinity Hutchison, who
will be a Grant Union se-
nior, qualified in the triple
jump and also competed in
the long jump.
The athletes are coached
by Sonna Smith, who is
also head coach for Grant
Union track and field.
The Junior Olympic Re-
gion 13 Meet will be held
July 5-8 at Summit High
School in Bend.
The top five athletes
in each event at regionals
advance to the National
Junior Olympic Champi-
onships scheduled for July
23-29 in Greensboro, North
Carolina.
Results
Mason Morris (13-14): first place,
triple jump, 38-11.75; first place,
long jump, 19-1.5
Jordan Hall (15-16): first place,
triple jump, 38-9; fifth place, 110
hurdles, 18.61
Trinity Hutchison: (17-18), fifth,
triple jump, 33-5.25; ninth place,
long jump, 15-5.75.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Mason Morris practices at the long jump pit
on Thursday at a meet in John Day.
Grant Union’s Jordan Hall leaps in the
long jump last spring at a Grant Union
track meet.
Grant Union’s Trinity Hutchison competes
last spring in the long jump at a Grant Union
Small Schools Meet.
Junior golfers putt for scramble tie-breaker
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Fourteen Grant County Junior Golfers received two
weeks of instruction in golfing basics from coach Ron
Lundbom at the John Day Golf Club.
On Friday, the final day, the group separated into
two teams for a golf scramble to test the skills they had
learned.
Landyn Beil broke the 40-40 tie in a putt-off held at
the end of the competition.
Beil, who was a returning golfer this year, said he en-
joys playing the sport.
“The coaches help me do everything,” he said, adding
he had improved his swing this year. “It was just a lot of
fun to come out and play.”
Rowdy Wilson said he would never have tried golf,
but his grandfather encouraged him.
“I didn’t think it would be as fun as it was, and my
favorite thing was going around the course and hitting
holes,” he said.
Garrett Lenz, who will be a senior at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School this fall, was assisting coach
Lundbom.
“I like being out here golfing,” he said. “It’s all for the
kids. I thank Ron for having me out to help.”
Lundbom said he was proud of each of the golfers.
“This is probably the most accomplished set of junior
golfers I’ve had,” he said. “They’ve really made progress
in all aspects of the game. I hope they keep it up.”
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Silas Fansler putts the ball during Friday’s golf scramble. From left, behind
Fansler, are Brady Ineck, coach Ron Lundbom, Landyn Beil, assistant coach
Garrett Lenz and Vincent Raschio.
Brady Ineck receives instruction from
Garrett Lenz, who assisted with the
junior golf lessons.