Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Ali
Abrego
Yui
Asami
Sydney
Brockway
Aidan
Broemeling
Kori Jo
Girvin
SPORTS
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Abrego accepted a position
as special education teacher at
Humbolt Elementary School
in Canyon City last school
year and finished her master’s
degree while teaching there.
While teaching, she said
she spent time in the gym as-
sisting the Prospector team.
She said she’s excited and
looking forward to the season.
“This group of girls is ex-
tremely talented, so I think it
will be a good year,” she said.
“They want to compete.”
She added the girls are
coachable, supportive of each
other and work hard.
“They’re willing to buckle
down and grind it out when
they have tired muscles and
long days in the gym,” she
said. “They’re willing to
make the adjustments they
need to make in order to bet-
ter themselves and the team.”
This year’s team has 24
members, including the var-
sity, junior varsity and junior
varsity II groups.
On the roster are nine se-
niors, three juniors, four soph-
omores and nine freshmen.
Abrego said it’ll be im-
portant for the upperclassmen
to set the standard for the
younger players.
“It’s hard to be a fresh-
man,” she said. “These girls
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Taylor Allen serves the ball in
practice.
do a good job of cheering on
the younger kids when they
see good things happening.”
The team lost three girls
to graduation who were start-
ers on the state championship
team.
Returning starters are se-
niors Kaylee Wright, Hailie
Wright, Trinity Hutchison
and Sydney Brockway. Alcie
Moore and Taylor Allen also
saw a lot of time on the court
last season. This year’s se-
niors have a positive outlook
on the season.
“We have a lot of expe-
rience playing together,”
Kaylee Wright said.
“Most of us have played
volleyball together since we
were kids,” Hutchison said.
“We also have a lot of athletic
underclassmen.”
Kaylee Wright said she’s
looking forward to a new ad-
dition to their team, Japanese
student Yui Asami.
Asami, a senior with two
years experience, said she’s
looking forward to making
friends and improving her
skills.
Moore said the team will
have a lot of strength from the
seniors.
“We all get along togeth-
er,” she said, referring to the
team as a whole.
The Prospectors will face
Enterprise, Heppner, Pilot
Rock, Stanfield, Union and
Weston-McEwen in the Blue
Mountain Conference this
season.
“I’m coaching against my
Trinity
Hutchison
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
McKeely
Miller
Alcie
Moore
high school coach,” Abrego
said. Union’s coach was the
Powder Valley coach in the
past.
She said the only teams
she hasn’t seen are Heppner
and Pilot Rock.
Hailie Wright said she’s
anticipating a great season.
“We have a lot of expec-
tations from last year, and I
think we have a good shot for
a repeat,” she said. “I’m ex-
cited for our new coaches Ali
and Erin.”
Assistant coach Erin Beil,
who is an educational assis-
tant at Humbolt, officiated
volleyball games for the past
12 years and was a commis-
sioner one year.
“I’m really excited and
grateful to work with these
kids and to have an assistant
coach who knows the techni-
cal side,” Abrego said.
She said the key to a great
season will be keeping their
intensity of play up at all
times and unifying the group.
“It’s important that the
kids control the tempo of the
game,” she said, adding, “It’s
important to create a sense of
unity among the whole team,
junior varsity and varsity to-
gether.”
The Prospectors will host
a tournament at 8 a.m. Satur-
day, Aug. 25, and they host the
3A Burns Hilanders at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 28, with junior
varsity II starting at 4 p.m.
Hailie
Wright
A9
Kaylee
Wright
Grant Union volleyball schedule
Aug. 25: GU Tournament, varsity, at 8 a.m.
Aug. 28: Grant Union vs. Burns, varsity/junior varsity/junior varsity
II, 4 p.m.
Sept. 1: @ Heppner Invitational Tournament,V/JV, at 9 a.m.
Sept. 4: @ La Grande, V/JV/JVII, 4 p.m.
Sept. 5: vs. Dayville/Monument, JV/JVII, 5 p.m.
Sept. 8: @ Reedsport Tournament, V, 8 a.m.
Sept. 12: @ Prairie City, JV/JVII, 5 p.m.
Sept. 13: vs. Heppner, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Sept. 14: @ Baker Invitational Tournament, V, 9 a.m.
Sept. 18: @ Burns, V/JV/JVII, 4 p.m.
Sept. 23: vs. Stanfield, Weston-McEwen, V/JV, noon
Sept. 23: vs. Elgin, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Sept. 25: vs. Union, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Sept. 29: @ Pilot Rock, Enterprise, V/JV, noon
Oct. 3: @ Dayville/Monument, JV/JVII, in Monument, 5 p.m.
Oct. 4: @ Heppner, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Oct. 6: @ Stanfield, Weston-McEwen in Stanfield, V/JV, noon
Oct. 9: @ Union, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Oct. 13: vs. Pilot Rock, V/JV, noon
Oct. 13: vs. Enterprise, V/JV, 2 p.m.
Oct. 16: vs. Crane, V/JV, 5 p.m.
Oct. 20: Blue Mountain District Tournament, V, in Stanfield, TBA
Oct. 27: First Round State Playoffs, V, TBA
Nov. 2: Second Round State Playoffs, V, Ridgeview High School in
Redmond
Nov. 2: Semifinals, TBA
Nov. 3: Finals, TBA
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