Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
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S PORTS R OUNDUP
Tigers rush for win
over Panthers
The Dayville/Monument Tigers
had the upper hand in their home
debut Friday over the Prairie City
Panthers, the Tigers taking a 27-12
win in Dayville.
One of Dayville/Monument’s
four touchdowns was made when
Tiger JT Hand caused a Prairie
City fumble with Mark Thomas
scooping it up for a 65-yard touch-
down run for the Tigers.
Dayville/Monument led 14-0
at the half and was up 21-0 on the
first series in the third quarter.
Hand threw for two touchdowns
with 154 yards passing.
Tiger Gabe Walker-Hopkins
caught a touchdown pass for 70
yards and also had a rushing touch-
down. He had 50 yards rushing and
75 yards receiving.
Donovan Schafer had 50 yards
receiving.
Prairie City got in on scoring
action in the fourth with two touch-
downs.
Dayville/Monument head coach
Kyle Hand said the league matchup
was a competitive one.
“It was a great game for a coach
because younger kids got playing
time,” he said.
He said Prairie City, led by
head coach Nate Barber, is a well-
coached team.
“I can see good things from
them in the near future,” Hand said.
Dayville/Monument will host
the Echo Cougars at 1 p.m. Friday
in Monument.
Barber said Friday’s score
would have been closer without the
turnover and said his team limited
their mistakes for a better second
half.
He said several players helped
on the offensive side of the ball, in-
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Friday,
Sept. 7
Grant Union cross
country @ Runner
Soul XC Fest in
Hermiston at 10
a.m.
Dayville/Monument
football vs. Echo
in Monument at 1
p.m.
Prairie City volley-
ball vs. Harper at 5
p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah
JV volleyball @
Mitchell/Spray in
Spray at 5 p.m.
cluding Bladin Burril, Jake McHat-
ton, Declan Zwyegardt and Jonathan
Lawrence.
Zweygardt and Lawrence both
had receiving touchdowns.
McHatton, Zweygardt and Con-
nor Jones were also in on tackles, the
coach said.
“(Quarterback) Jayden Winegar
showed a lot of growth from last
year,” Barber said. “His arm is stron-
ger and his accuracy has improved.”
Barber said they’ll be ready for
their next game when they host the
Harper Hornets at 7 p.m. Friday.
Prairie City sweeps
Dayville in first league
volleyball battle
The Prairie City Panthers con-
quered the Dayville/Monument Ti-
ger 3-0 Friday in Dayville, but the
Tigers gave them a run for their
money in the second set.
The Panthers won with scores of
25-9, 25-21 and 25-14.
Prairie City head coach Jordan
Bass said her team is “ready for any-
thing” when it comes to competing
with Dayville/Monument.
“They usually are a scrappy team,
so we were really ready for whatever
they would throw at us,” Bass said.
“We controlled our side well, and
our girls stayed high energy.”
She added, “I think the girls get-
ting their first league win was a good
start, and it gave them some excite-
ment going forward.”
Dayville/Monument head coach
Kristi Emerson said they were mak-
ing a comeback in the second set, but
couldn’t quite pull it off.
“The girls had great serves, but
they got a little down on themselves
a couple times and took some time to
get back in the game,” Emerson said,
adding they have some simple things
to work on in practice.
Prairie City hosts 10
for volleyball tourney
Prairie City hosted 10 teams at a
home tournament on Saturday with
Adrian taking the win over Echo in
the championship match.
The Panthers beat Dayville/
Monument in the consolation
bracket semifinals with scores of
25-21 and 25-18, but they ran out of
time for a final match with Imbler.
Bass said she was pleased with
her junior varsity swingers, includ-
ing Caitlin Willet, Aries Bice and
Jessi Nolan, who were in on Friday
and Saturday’s competitions.
“They’re going to see more court
time this week, and that’s encourag-
ing to me to see that we have some
depth,” Bass said, adding her start-
ing six are also stepping up, playing
well together and improving.
Next up, Prairie City hosts the
Harper Hornets at 5 p.m. Friday.
Dayville/Monument went 1-1
against Echo and 2-0 against Harper
in pool play at the tournament.
“All day Saturday our serves
Grant Union
volleyball goes 2-1
in match series
The 2A Grant Union Prospec-
tor volleyball team competed in a
series of matches Saturday in Hep-
pner.
The Prospectors beat 1A Crane
3-0 with scores of 25-23, 25-13
and 25-20. Grant Union also beat
2A Vernonia 3-0 with scores of 25-
19, 25-14 and 27-25.
In their match against 2A Port-
land Christian, Grant Union took a
0-3 loss with scores of 18-25, 12-25
and 20-25.
“This weekend was a definite step
towards progress for us,” said Grant
Union head coach Ali Abrego. “Our
girls worked together well and were
able to build off of the momentum in
crucial times.”
Abrego said junior Hailie Wright
performed well with her sets and
defensive saves, and senior Trinity
Hutchison led with blocks.
Freshman Grace Taylor transi-
tioned smoothly playing with the
upperclassmen, and junior Taylor
Allen had “awesome” serving runs,
the coach said.
Grant Union faced the La Grande
Tigers on the road Tuesday, past
press time, and will compete at the
Les Schwab Tournament in Reed-
sport at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Grant Union Prospectors
faced tough competition in their
first game of the season Friday, tak-
ing a 26-6 loss to the Knappa Log-
gers in Astoria.
In his first start as a varsity quar-
terback, Knappa junior Eli Takalo
threw three touchdown passes in the
first half and ran for another in the
fourth quarter to lead the Loggers.
Takalo had a 15-yard TD toss to
Kanai Phillip to open the scoring
in the second quarter, then added
a pair of 11-yard scoring passes to
Devin Hoover and Kayden Stuhr for
a 20-0 halftime lead. He scored on
a 40-yard run midway through the
second half, before the Prospectors
scored a late touchdown to avoid
the shutout.
Knappa recovered four fumbles
in the game.
Prospector coach Jason Miller
could not be reached for comment
by press time.
Grant Union hosts the defending
state champions, the Monroe Drag-
ons, at 6 p.m. Friday at Three Flags
Field.
Long Creek/Ukiah
loses 2-3 to
Burnt River
The Long Creek/Ukiah volley-
ball team lost 2-3 to the Burnt Riv-
er Bulls on Thursday with scores
of 21-25, 25-17, 25-16, 24-26 and
9-15.
Coach Linda Studtmann could
not be reached for comment by press
time.
Long Creek/Ukiah faces Mitch-
ell/Spray at 5 p.m. Friday in Spray.
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er, Huntington, Joseph, Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler and South Wasco
County.
Barber expects Joseph, Echo,
Dayville/Monument and Harper
will be their toughest opponents.
He said Joseph has some athlet-
ic players, and Echo has a couple
good receivers.
“Dayville/Monument seemed
pretty tough,” he said. “They have
speed and pretty big guys.”
Six-man is in a pilot-program
stage for two years. Then, if
coaches choose to move forward,
playoffs will be held in the 2020
season.
Barber said his team is learning
to do a few plays well and will add
more as the season progresses.
“We want to be one of the
tougher teams in the east, so we
can go against the west in the play-
offs,” he said.
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Prairie City Panther ball carrier Isaac Koopman, a freshman, moves past senior Jonathan Lawrence in practice.
TIGERS
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Kyla is expected to be
back in the game in a couple
weeks after healing up from
a surgery she had earlier this
summer, related to a basket-
ball injury.
Both Kyla and Schafer
said they are impressed with
the two freshmen on the team.
“I’m proud of the fresh-
men because they really
stepped up in our first tour-
nament,” Schafer said. “I’m
excited to see how they im-
prove in the game over the
season.”
Rounding out the roster
are one sophomore and four
juniors.
Juniors Aubrey Bowlus
and Denali Twehues will
be two to watch for on the
Prairie City football
vs. Harper at 7 p.m.
Saturday,
Sept. 8
Prairie City vol-
leyball @ Condon
Tournament at 9
a.m.
Grant Union volley-
ball @ Les Schwab
Tournament in
Reedsport at 10
a.m.
Tuesday,
Sept. 11
Dayville/Monument
volleyball vs. Hun-
tington in Dayville
at 5 p.m.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger
Denali Twehues attacks the
ball in practice.
A TTENTION G RANT
C OUNTY
Contributed photo/Emily Kokesh
Prairie City Panther Katie Hire (2)
sets the ball for Hailee Wall (5) in
their match against the Dayville/
Monument Tigers Saturday at the
Panthers’ home tournament.
Prospectors fall to
Loggers in first game
of season
PANTHERS
Grant Union foot-
ball vs. Monroe at
6 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah
@ Harper at 4:30
p.m. (MT)
were good,” Emerson said.
Dayville/Monument faces Grant
Union’s junior varsity team at 5
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in John
Day.
“We’ll work on position, cov-
erage, teamwork and confidence,”
Emerson said. “They have good
hearts and lots of spirit, we’ve got
to play to our full potential —110
percent to the end.”
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court.
The coach described
5-foot-8 Bowlus as having
strong, powerful and consis-
tent hits.
Twehues, who is a second
team captain, is a key server
and a setter.
“Rarely does she not get
a good set to a hitter,” Emer-
son said. “She has the mind-
set of a consistent setter.”
Freshman
Aubreianna
Osborne attended two sum-
mer volleyball camps, and
is an anchor of confidence
and strength for the team, the
coach said.
Dayville/Monument will
be up against seven varsity
teams in the 1A High Desert
League: Prairie City, Adrian,
Jordan Valley, Crane, Burnt
River, Harper and Huntington.
Emerson said her team beat
Prairie City during summer
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games at Grant Union, but the
team is not resting on their lau-
rels. She said every team in the
league will bring strong com-
petition this season.
“We can’t take any team for
granted,” she said.
The Tigers have regrouped
since last year when a glitch
occurred midway through their
successful season and several
games were forfeited. Now the
team is ready for a comeback.
“We’re going in strong,
confident and determined,”
Emerson said. “We’re small,
but we’re definitely mighty.”
Dayville/Monument Tiger
Faythe Schafer returns the
ball in practice.