WEDNESDAY
October 3, 2018
Cougars outrun Panthers at homecoming
Prairie City
faces Huntington
Friday
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle file photo
Tatyn Harper competes in the junior division for figure 8 at
the Cinnabar Mountain Playdays rodeo earlier in the season.
Youth rodeo group
wraps up season
Blue Mountain Eagle
Youths who competed in
this year’s Cinnabar Mountain
Playdays youth rodeo series
met with family and friends
Sunday for their season-end
banquet.
Six youth rodeos were
held at the Grant County Fair-
grounds in John Day this sum-
mer, with the kids competing
in events such as pole bending,
figure 8, barrels and goat tying.
The youths racked up points
for each event they completed
during each rodeo.
First- and second-place
winners received buckles and
spurs from Lonestar Silver-
smiths, and third-place winners
received halters by Toolin Tur-
quoise Leather Co. The fourth
and sixth-place finishers were
given jackets and boot bags
embroidered by MaryAnn Vi-
dourek of A+ Stitching, and
fifth-place winners received
leather-embellished hat boxes
by Clair Kehrberg.
Outgoing CMP board pres-
ident Didgette McCracken said
she enjoys the opportunity the
youth rodeos give for families
to be together, learning horse-
manship and individual com-
petition.
“I’ve definitely enjoyed
watching the kids improve,”
she said. “It’s lots of fun to
watch.”
She said she is stepping
down due to other commit-
ments with her children.
“I look forward to fresh
ideas from new board mem-
bers who will bring their own
experiences with rodeo,” she
said. “We’re looking forward
to 2019 and continuing to grow
and thrive.”
To volunteer or for more
information, call Emma Win-
kelman at 541-620-1199.
Cinnabar Mountain Playdays 2018
Leadline
Cole Holly, first, 310
Mason Young, second, 301
Rhys Young, third, 240.5
Millee McCoin, fourth, 239.5
Ben Henslee, fifth, 233
Grayson Schmadeka, sixth, 228
Peewee
Addison Wilson, first, 346.5
Isabelle Rosebrook, second, 321
Bransyn Harper, third, 284.5
Blake Kimball, fourth, 65.5
Junior
Tatyn Harper, first, 301.5
Laina Singhose, second, 298
Tavin Desadier, third, 279
Shayna Marciel, fourth, 259
Taylor Hamilton, fifth, 248
Brooklyn Kimball, sixth, 212
Intermediate
Coy Mathiasen, first, 295.5
Sam McCracken, second, 267.5
Callie Jo Arriola, third, 253.5
Rowdy Israel, fourth, 215
Bailey McCracken, fifth, 205
Aaliyah Marciel, sixth, 187.5
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Wednesday,
Oct. 3
Monument/Dayville
volleyball vs. Grant
Union JV in Monu-
ment at 5 p.m.
Thursday,
Oct. 4
Grant Union varsity
cross country @
Mustang Invitational
in Heppner at 4 p.m.
Grant Union volleyball
@ Heppner at 5 p.m.
Prairie City volleyball
vs. Crane at 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 5
Prairie City football @
Huntington at 1 p.m.
Prairie City volleyball
@ Huntington at 4
p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah JV
volleyball @ Burnt
River in Unity at 4 p.m.
Grant Union football
@ Stanfield at 7 p.m.
Saturday,
Oct. 6
Grant Union vol-
leyball @ Stanfield,
Weston-McEwen in
Stanfield at 12 p.m.,
3 p.m.
Monument/Dayville
volleyball vs. Jordan
Valley in Dayville at 2
p.m. (Dig Pink Rally)
Long Creek/Ukiah JV
volleyball vs. Jordan
Valley JV in Dayville
at 3:30 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah JV
soccer @ Four Rivers
in Ontario at 1 p.m.
(MT)
Tuesday. Oct. 9
Prairie City volleyball
vs. Burnt River at 5 p.m.
Grant Union volleyball
@ Union at 5 p.m.
Friday’s homecoming six-
man football game in Prairie
City didn’t go the way the
Panthers had planned with
the Echo Cougars claiming a
72-0 win.
Echo received the kickoff
and scored on the second play
with Cougar Mason Smith
rushing nearly 50 yards for
a touchdown. The Cougars
also added 2 extra points on
a place kick.
Panther Opie McDaniel
fell on the Cougars’ onside
ball, and Prairie City made
some short gains, but Echo
took over on downs.
On Echo’s next drive, the
Cougars were called for a
penalty for a backward pitch.
There was some confu-
sion in the first half con-
cerning the rules of six-man
football — whether the ball
can be pitched back — which
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City Panther Jake McHatton makes headway as
Declan Zweygardt (20) blocks Echo’s Kenneth Troxell (34).
was ironed out at halftime.
The rules state a quarter-
back must hand off, pitch or
throw the ball before it can
cross the line of scrimmage.
“We use a lot of pitches,
so that took away most of our
offense,” said Panther head
coach Nate Barber. “That’s
why it’s called a pilot pro-
gram.”
Echo scored another
touchdown when quarter-
back Devon Craig connected
with Mychael Pointer, the
Cougars leading 14-0.
The Panthers made some
headway on their next drive
with Jake McHatton and
Connor Jones rushing the
ball and quarterback John
Titus connecting with Bladen
Burril.
On the next play, Echo
intercepted, and Jones made
the tackle.
The Cougars scored on
the next play, but the Pan-
thers blocked their kick for
extra points.
Echo led 27-0 in the first
quarter.
Panther
Declan
Zweygardt gained two first
downs for Prairie City in the
second quarter, and Titus also
connected with Burril on the
drive, but Echo again inter-
cepted. Scoring on that drive,
Echo led 54-0 at the half.
The Prairie City home-
coming court entered at
halftime with seniors Kyla
Winton and Syd Holman
crowned king and queen.
Barber said his team was
hampered with starting quar-
terback Jayden Winegar still
out with an injury. Barber
said it was still unclear when,
or if, Winegar will return.
The coach said his team
didn’t execute as well as he
would like.
“They (Echo) had some
speed, and their line was
good at blocking,” he said.
Prairie City now prepares
to face the Locomotives at 1
p.m. Friday in Huntington.
“We’ll work on tough-
ening up our defense and
secondary,” Barber said.
“Hopefully, some kids who
were hurt can feel better —
some of them are playing
hurt.”
Grant Union on 6-game
league winning streak
Lady Pros
ranked
No. 3 in state
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Pros-
pector volleyball team is on a
roll after winning their sixth
league battle.
The Prospectors are
ranked No. 3 among OSAA’s
2A teams with a 17-4 overall
record and 6-0 in league.
On Sept. 25, Grant Union
swept the Union Bobcats
(8-7 overall, 2-4 league) with
scores of 25-16, 25-15 and
25-15.
The Prospectors gained
two more league wins on the
road Saturday in Pilot Rock,
sweeping the Enterprise Out-
laws (5-9, 1-5) and the Pilot
Rock Rockets (9-9, 3-4).
Grant Union defeated En-
terprise with scores of 25-12
and 25-15 in the first two
sets, then won a tougher final
set 26-24.
“The Enterprise game
was a bit more challeng-
ing towards the end,” said
Grant Union head coach Ali
Abrego. “It definitely was a
good game for our girls to
work on their mental tough-
ness and working on our trust
as a team.”
Abrego said seniors Syd-
ney Brockway and Kori Jo
Girvin performed well. She
said freshman Grace Taylor
stepped in as setter in the first
two sets and also did well.
The Prospectors had a de-
cisive win over Pilot Rock
with scores of 25-17, 25-14
and 25-6.
“Pilot Rock is an older
team. Therefore, they were
ready to hand us some long
rallies,” Abrego said. “Over-
all, in the last set (25-6) my
girls really demonstrated
their ability to eliminate er-
rors, and make the other team
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Taylor Allen (14) attacks the ball in the Sept. 25 battle with
Union in John Day.
Grant Union senior Yui Asami is steady in the libero
position for the Prospectors.
earn points. Hailie Wright did
an outstanding job all day, as
well as Trinity Hutchinson.”
Several
Prospectors
played a role in attacking the
ball and placing good serves
at the Sept. 25 home game.
“Sydney did a really good
job for us tonight, and Tay-
lor Allen had a couple really
big plays for us off the right
side,” Abrego said, noting
Allen has done well switch-
ing from outside earlier in the
season to right side.
Yui Asami also showed
talent and high volleyball IQ,
the coach said, “which helps
us a lot, especially when
she’s in the serving line.”
“We had some aces — I
like to call short serves,”
Abrego said. “We work a
lot on serving short serves
in practice, because it’s kind
of stressful when you’re in
a high-stakes game or when
you’re in a league game and
you’re working on your un-
defeated record.”
Prospector
McKeely
Miller served well in the sec-
ond set. Union trailed Grant
Union by just one point, 11-
10, when Miller stepped in
for a 7-point serving run.
Abrego said she’s also
been pleased to have twin
sisters Hailie and Kaylee
Wright working together on
the team.
“You can’t really describe
their connection, other than
it’s like ‘twin-tuition,’” she
said.
Hailie said she is proud of
the team.
“Win by win, we’re im-
proving,” she said. “I thought
we all hustled well — mak-
ing sure we got to the ball
when we needed to.”
Grant Union travels to
Heppner (11-9, 4-2) Thurs-
day to face the Mustangs at
5 p.m.
On Saturday, the Pros-
pectors travel to Stanfield to
play the Stanfield Tigers (11-
10, 1-6) at 12 p.m. and the
Weston-McEwen TigerScots
(18-3, 5-1) at 3 p.m.
Weston-McEwen
is
ranked No. 2. Grant Union
lost 1-2 to the TigerScots
early in the season, then beat
them 3-0 on Sept. 22.
The Prospectors are on the
road Tuesday, Oct. 9, to face
Union at 5 p.m.
Abrego said she expects
all the games to be compet-
itive.
Sports Roundup
Dayville/
Monument
volleyball wins
two on road
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger volleyball team won
two hard-fought match-
es Saturday at the Wheeler
Tournament in Fossil.
The Tigers defeated Con-
don/Wheeler 3-1 with scores
of 25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 25-
17, then beat Trinity Luther-
an 3-2 with 22-25, 25-13,
20-25, 25-5 and 15-10.
Dayville/Monument head
coach Kristi Emerson said
some players were moved
to new positions, including
Sam Adams as libero and
Kyla Emerson serving well.
“The serving this week-
end was phenomenal,”
Emerson said, adding they
missed 10 or less serves for
the weekend.
The matches were played
back to back, and Emerson
said her players’ energy
stayed up throughout the
nine sets.
Dayville/Monument was
scheduled to face the Burnt
River Bulls on Tuesday on
the road past press time.
Next up, the Tigers will
host Grant Union junior var-
sity at 5 p.m. Oct. 3 in Mon-
ument.
On Saturday, Dayville/
Monument (4-3 overall, 2-2
league) hosts the Jordan Val-
ley Mustangs (9-6, 3-0) at 2
p.m. in Dayville for a league
match.
Saturday’s contest with
Jordan Valley will be the Ti-
gers’ Dig Pink match to hon-
or those who battle breast
cancer and other forms of
cancer.
Emerson said the team
will attend a celebration of
life for Cheryl Hubbird, who
was a longtime employee
of Dayville School, at noon
Saturday at the Dayville
Community Hall.
Prairie City
volleyball
team ready to
host Crane on
Thursday
The 1A Prairie City Pan-
thers varsity team faced the
2A Grant Union’s junior
varsity team Wednesday for
a 3-1 win with scores of 25-
22, 24-26, 25-20 and 25-22
in John Day.
Prairie City assistant
coach Louanne Zweygardt
said the win in John Day
was a good confidence
boost for their girls.
“We knew they would
come out tougher than the
first time we played them,
and they did,” she said. “We
appreciate having nonleague
matches like this to fill our
schedule and give us valu-
able game experience.”
See ROUNDUP, Page B8