Sports
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Soccer team ready and confident
Long Creek/Ukiah’s
season starts Sept. 26
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Fifteen soccer players for the 1A ju-
nior varsity Long Creek/Ukiah team are
charged and ready for the season to start
next week.
“I’m looking forward to building on
what we had last year,” said sophomore
Aaron Garinger.
He said last year’s team was solid, and
three returning players this season should
help the team be even stronger.
Returning head coach Amos Studt-
mann said every year they start over with
new team members because of several of
the athletes being foreign exchange stu-
dents — the benefit is that many times
those students have experience playing
the sport in their own country.
“I have many from different parts of
the world who’ve played either recreation-
ally or on a club team,” he said.
The countries those students are from
include France, China, Kyrgyzstan, Thai-
land, Mexico, Vietnam and Germany.
“We have a pretty positive team with
good attitudes and good work ethic from
the majority,” Studtmann said.
Mathéo Buchart, a junior, scored during
the team’s practice scrim-
mage Sept. 12 in Long
Creek. He said in his home
country of France he en-
joys playing soccer with
friends.
“I think this year we
Wilbur
have a good team,” he said.
Chan
“We’re going to try to win
our games. We’re going to
give our maximum for the win.”
Wilbur Chan, a senior from Hong Kong,
hasn’t played soccer in several years, but he
said he enjoys learning more at practice.
“The team spirit is good,” he said. “We
have fun together ... I hope to win.”
Studtmann said smaller schools have
co-ed soccer teams. In the past, local girls
have opted for volleyball, but this year two
girls are trying soccer, including Katherin
Vaughan and Heather Fan.
The coach said his goalies, Ben Combs
and Jesus Olmos, are showing good in-
stincts and reaction time in the position.
They’ll face junior varsity teams from
larger schools, including Riverside, Uma-
tilla and Nyssa. They’ll also match up with
Four Rivers of Ontario, a team they’ve
faced in the past.
“I’m grateful for the larger schools for
letting us play their JV teams,” he said.
Sophomore Thomas Kreamier, was on
last year’s team that won all their games
except for two tied matches. He was named
B3
Canyon City resident shows
Seattle Spartan spirit
2018 Long Creek/
Ukiah JV soccer
schedule
about strategy as she com-
petes.
“You think about ways
you can run smarter,” she
said.
The Spartan Sprint, 4.5
miles this year, includes an
obstacle course with 20 chal-
lenges, such as a rope climb, a
multi ring (like monkey bars,
but with rings) and a spear
throw.
“It’s so much fun,” she
said. “It’s exhilarating and
kind of addicting.”
This is her fifth race this
year, and she plans to run in
a CrossFit competition in
Gresham Sept. 29 and has an-
other in Salem in November.
She credits the training
she’s involved with at Me-
gan Sherman’s Canyon Creek
Cross Training gym in John
Day for her increased endur-
ance and upper body strength.
She added, “I’m thankful
for my biggest supporter, Da-
mon (her husband).”
“When I finish a race there
is a sense of accomplishment
that you finished,” she said.
“The gratification is huge.”
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Rebekah Rand of Canyon
City battled at the Sept. 9 Se-
attle Spartan Sprint, finishing
first in the 25- to 29-year-old
age group for women with a
time of 1:05.25.
Rand is Blue Mountain
Hospital District’s EMS di-
rector in John Day.
A total of 167 people ran
the race, and Rand was sev-
enth out of 48 women.
This was her third try at
the competition, held in Sno-
homish, Washington, and it
was the first time she’s won
her age group.
“The first year, on a dif-
ferent course, I finished in
two hours,” Rand said. “Last
year, I improved to 1 hour, 20
minutes — I never expected
to win.”
As she started the course,
Rand said she felt good and
passed several runners.
“I kept my head down,”
she said.
She said, over the years,
she started thinking more
Sept. 26: vs. Riverside in Long Creek
at 3 p.m.
Oct. 2: @ Riverside in Boardman at
4:15 p.m.
Oct. 6: @ Four Rivers in Ontario at 4
p.m. (MT)
Oct. 10: vs. Umatilla in Long Creek at
3 p.m.
Oct. 12: @ Riverside in Boardman at
2 p.m.
Oct. 18: vs. Nyssa in Long Creek at
3:30 p.m.
Oct. 20: @ Umatilla in Boardman at
3 p.m.
Oct. 27: vs. Four Rivers in Long Creek
at noon
Rookie of the Year for 2017.
Kreamier said he likes hanging out with
friends at practice.
“I enjoy the journey,” he said. “I’m ex-
cited to see how this team develops cama-
raderie.”
Josh Konig, a junior and returning
Mountaineer/Cougars player, said they
have a strong group, and he’s willing to
work with the players who’ve joined their
team this year.
“I’m loving this new team,” he said.
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