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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
A13
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City head coach Jordan Bass speaks with the team with assistant coaches Lance Zweygardt, far left, and Louanne Zweygardt, far right.
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Wall said the team has a
lot of potential this year, and
said their communication is
especially good.
“We always need that for
great plays on the court,” she
said.
Ennis said
she’s seen a
lot of com-
mitment from
all her fellow
players, and
she hopes to
keep the “pos-
itivity” going Kyla Winton
with the team.
“All around, our team
definitely has a drive this
year compared to others,”
she said.
Emmel agreed, and said
the entire team is “stepping
up and playing a huge role.”
“I see a lot of young-
er-classmen stepping up and
being leaders,” she added.
“Team bonding is going to be
huge. I’m looking forward to
playing with these girls this
season.”
Sole senior Kyla Winton
said this is her second year
playing on the team. Her first
year was as a freshman.
She said, “We’ve grown
up together and have a real-
ly strong bond, so it’s like a
family, not just a team.”
Rounding out the roster
are five sophomores and one
freshman.
Sophomore Katie Hire
was another strong player
last season.
She said having so many
seniors graduate is a chal-
lenge, but growing as a team
and motivating each other
will make them better play-
ers.
Hire said she’s looking
forward to the season and
competing at the Country
Christian Invitational.
“I’m confident in my team
that we can pull through
and keep pushing,” she
said.
Bass said they are still
working on who will fill
which position, but there are
a lot of promising athletes
that will fill the leadership
void.
“Our defense is some-
thing we’re really going to
2018 Prairie City
volleyball schedule
Aug. 24-25: @ Country Christian Tournament in Molalla,
TBA
Aug. 31: @ Dayville/Monument in Dayville, varsity at 4
p.m.
Sept. 1: Prairie City Tournament, JV,varsity at 8:30 a.m.
Sept. 7: vs. Harper, varsity at 5 p.m.
Sept. 8: @ Condon Tournament in Condon, TBA
Sept. 15: @ Powder Valley Tournament at North Powder,
TBA
Sept. 26: @ Grant Union in John Day, 5 p.m.
Oct. 4: vs. Crane, JV at 5:30, varsity at 7 p.m.
Oct. 5: @ Huntington, varsity at 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 9: vs. Burnt River, varsity at 5 p.m.
Oct. 11: @ Adrian in Unity, JV at 4:30 p.m., varsity at
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 12: @ Jordan Valley, TBA
Oct. 20: High Desert League Tournament at Grant Union,
TBA
Oct. 26: First Round State Playoffs, TBA
be hitting hard,” she said.
“We lost Brianna as setter
and have a couple girls step-
ping up into it.”
She said Hire will bring a
lot of energy to the team and
is focused on improving her
skills.
“She played right side
last year and puts up a real-
ly great block,” Bass said.
“Emily Ennis is another one
stepping up into that setter
role. Both have big shoes to
fill, and I feel they’re rising
to that challenge.”
A new member of the
team is junior Shaine Mad-
den who transfered from
Grant Union this year.
“We’re excited about
Shaine,” Bass said. “She’s
bringing a lot of power. She’s
a strong player with a great
serve, and she’s consistent.”
The Panthers will face
league opponents Adrian,
Burnt River, Crane, Dayville/
Monument, Harper, Hunting-
ton, Jordan Valley and junior
varsity Long Creek/Ukiah.
Bass said she knows what
to expect from their league
competition.
“My main goal is to get
these girls focused on them-
selves as a team and make
adjustments in the game as
necessary,” she said. “We’ll
prepare for all of them just
as we always would — we’re
going to focus on us and our
Prairie City Panther Katie Hire flies up to return the ball in last week’s practice.
strengths.”
She added, “Our goals
are to have the girls solid on
their basics and have a real-
ly positive, family-oriented
environment between all the
players, whether JV or varsi-
ty, that we’re unified.”
Prairie City Panther Aleah
Johns attacks the ball in
practice.
At Panther practice are, from left: Caitlyn Willet, Jessi
Nolan, Aries Bice and Hannah Wall.
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