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A10 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 10, 2018 WEDNESDAY October 10, 2018 SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, Oct. 10 Long Creek/Ukiah JV soccer vs. Riverside in Long Creek at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 Prairie City volleyball @ Adrian in Unity, JV at 4:30 p.m., varsity at 5:30 p.m. Long Creek/Ukiah JV soccer vs. Nyssa in Long Creek at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 Prairie City volleyball @ Jordan Valley, JV at 1 p.m., varsity at 2 p.m. Dayville/Monument football vs. South Wasco in Monument at 1 p.m. (homecoming) Grant Union football vs. Riverside at 7 p.m. Prairie City football vs. McKenzie at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 Grant Union volleyball vs. Enterprise, Pilot Rock (Dig Pink Rally) at 12 p.m. Dayville/Monument volleyball vs. Long Creek/Ukiah, Crane in Monument at 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and Long Creek/Ukiah vs. Crane at 5:30 p.m. Long Creek/Ukiah JV soccer @ Umatilla at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 Grant Union volleyball vs. Crane, JV at 5 p.m., varsity at 6 p.m. Grant Union volleyball sweeps three more league matches Lady Pros now ranked first in state By Annie Fowler EO Media Group The Grant Union volleyball team moved to the top of the state standings this week, and the honor is deserved. The defending state champion Pros- pectors (20-4, 9-0) swept Weston-McE- wen and Stanfield on Saturday after sweeping Heppner Thursday in Blue Mountain Conference play. “Grant Union is pretty exciting to watch,” said Stanfield coach Blaine Ganvoa, whose team hosted Saturday’s matches. “They are rolling right now.” The feature match of the day was between the Prospectors and Tiger- Scots, who were then ranked No. 3. Senior Kaylee Wright had 14 kills, and her twin sister Hailie Wright hand- ed out 18 assists as Grant Union rolled to a 29-9, 25-17, 25-14 victory. “That is the best they have ever played,” Grant Union coach Ali Abrego said. “It’s hard to describe. Being a new coach, it’s a blessing to have that much athleticism on your team.” Hailey Weaver had five kills and Bryce Thul handed out 11 assists and had nine digs for the TigerScots (19-4, 6-2), whose two league losses are to the Prospectors. “Grant Union is the real deal,” Weston-McEwen coach Shawn White said. “They are outstanding athletes, but we didn’t play particularly well to- day.” Hailie Wright had 11 points in the opening set against Weston-McEwen, and as a team, the Prospectors had sev- en aces. They finished the set with a kill by Sydney Brockway. Brockway then turned around and reeled off seven consecutive points in the second set to give her team a 12-3 lead. Weston-McEwen would get as close as 16-9 and 21-15, but unforced errors down the stretch helped Grant Union pick up the win. Kaylee Wright had six of her 14 kills in the third set. “She hammers it down, and her sis- ter is a hustler and a selfless player,” Abrego said of Kaylee Wright. Brockway had eight kills, while Trinity Hutchinson had five blocks and Alcie Moore eight assists. In the 25-3, 25-14, 25-12 victory over the Stanfield Tigers (11-12, 1-8), Kaylee Wright had 12 kills and eight digs, and Hailie Wright had 16 assists and four aces. Grant Union also swept the Heppner Mustangs Thursday on the road, 25-12, 25-22 and 25-12. The No. 1-ranked Prospectors were scheduled to face Union (11-7, 5-4) Tuesday past press time and to host Pi- lot Rock (9-10, 3-5) and Enterprise (6- 11, 1-7) at noon and 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, which is the annual Dig Pink Rally. Panthers meet match in Mustangs By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle The Prairie City Panthers, with one starter out for the season, lost Thursday night’s battle with Crane, the Mus- tangs claiming a 3-1 win with scores of 25-9, 25-21, 24-26 and 25-18. Prairie City head coach Jordan Bass said her team has been adjusting to a new line- up, starting this week, since starter Shaine Madden is now out for the season. “We moved some girls around, trying to come up with something really strong,” Bass said. “I think it’s there, but it’s pretty new still.” The Panthers fell hard in the first set, 9-25, then gained some momentum, leading to the hard-fought score of 26- Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter 24 in the third set. To start the third, Crane Prairie City Panthers, from left, Samantha Workman, Rilee Emmel and Emily Ennis are served, and Panther Emily ready for Crane’s serve in Thursday night’s game. Ennis made the kill. Then Panther Katie Hire’s power- man said her team wanted the hard, but the Mustangs had a uled for Saturday, Oct. 20, at ful jump serves gave Prairie win, and although it slipped couple solid players. Grant Union Junior-Senior City a 5-0 lead. away, she said they worked The Panthers had a road High School in John Day. Crane caught up to tie well together. Prairie City has an overall win on Friday against the the score 9-9, and the Mus- “We stayed positive and Huntington Locomotives, record of 8-10, and they are tangs kept in close range. The tried not to get down on 25-7, 25-12 and 25-16. 3-1 in league. teams tied a few more times ourselves,” she said. “We’re “We’re trying to ham- Prairie City was sched- as the fans cheered loudly. looking forward to the next uled to face Burnt River on mer out some of these kinks Tuesday, past press time, in our new line up, so we Prairie City edged out game.” their opponents with Ennis Bass said she felt her team then face Adrian and Jordan can be prepared for that and serving the winning shot for was prepared for what Crane Valley on the road next week. get the girls feeling com- The 1A High Desert Dis- fortable and confident,” the set. was going to bring to the ta- Panther Samantha Work- ble. She said her team played trict Tournament is sched- Bass said. Prairie City Panther Katie Hire helped her team with powerful serves in the battle with Crane. 1A-8 High Desert League standings Crane, 5-1 league, 11-12 overall Jordan Valley, 4-0, 10-7 Prairie City, 3-1, 8-10 Adrian, 3-2, 14-10 Dayville/Monument, 3-3, 6-4 Harper Charter, 2-4, 3-6 Burnt River, 0-4, 1-6 Huntington, 0-5, 0-6 S PORTS R OUNDUP Middle school runners place third in Heppner The Grant Union Pros- pector cross country teams competed at the Mustang In- vitational Thursday in Hep- pner, running through alfalfa fields, across pivot ditches and through a fast-flowing creek. “Heppner was a good race for everyone,” said Prospector head coach Sonna Smith. “All but one athlete had a personal best or a season’s best at the meet.” Among the Grant Union varsity boys, Gage Brandon finished first with a time of 19:48.2. Erika Dickens was first of the Prospector girls varsity run- ners with 23:09.9, setting a per- sonal record. The middle school Prospec- tor boys team placed third at the meet, earning a wooden trophy — their first. Held at Thompson Ranch, one of the competitors’ greatest challenges was run- ning through an area covered in 4 inches of loose dust. “As athletes ran through it, visibility was reduced to a mere 3 feet,” Smith said. “It looked apocalyptic as they emerged from the huge dust cloud pro- duced by the hundreds of pounding feet.” The Grant Union teams will next compete at the Idlewild In- vitational hosted by the Burns Hilanders with races starting at 10:30 a.m., varsity running at 11:30 a.m., at Idlewild Camp- ground. Grant Union Prospectors win first league football battle In their first league game of the season on Friday, the Grant Union Prospector football team came out vic- torious over the Stanfield Tigers, 32-8. The game, played in Stan- field, was marked by numer- ous penalties and turnovers in the first half. Grant Union trailed 6-8 going into half- time. “In the second half, we tackled better and played more physical,” said Pros- pector head coach Jason Miller. “We were able to move the ball and take ad- vantage of Stanfield mis- takes.” He said Garrett Lenz, Russell Hodge and Justin Hodge piled up yards in what was mainly a running game, “thanks to great blocking by the offensive line and perim- eter players.” “It was a positive out- come for our first league game,” Miller said. “Stan- field is always a tough place to play.” The Prospectors (3-3 overall, 1-0 league) host the Riverside Pirates (0-5, 0-2) at 7 p.m. Friday for Grant Union’s homecoming game. “It should be a good game,” Miller said. “Players will need to be disciplined and physical to beat the Pirates.” The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Long Creek/Ukiah’s Alea Douglas is in action in Saturday’s match against Jordan Valley junior varsity with her teammates Alexandra Knudsen (21) and Gladys Johnson (14) nearby. Prairie City football team claims first victory of season The Prairie City Panther football team claimed a 67-22 win on Friday over the Hun- tington Locomotives. It was the first win of the season for the Panthers. “We had much better blocking this game,” said Prairie City head coach Nate Barber. “It made a difference in our running game, and we were able to pass the ball a little bit.” He said Isaac Koopman performed well as running back, and Declan Zweygardt did well running and catching the ball. “Jake McHatton and Mar- cus Judd were also able to score for us,” Barber said. Prairie City focused on man-on-man defense and put- ting pressure on Huntington’s quarterback, he said. “We were able to be con- sistent the whole game, which was nice to see,” Barber said. Long Creek/ Ukiah volleyball falls 3-1 to Jordan Valley JV Losing a starter to injury in the second set of Saturday’s game hurt Long Creek/Uki- ah as they fell 3-1 to Jordan Valley. Jordan Valley won the ju- nior varsity game with scores of 18-25, 25-8, 25-15 and 25- 20. Head coach Linda Studt- mann said the team struggled at first when Alea Doug- las hurt her knee, but “they eventually pulled themselves together, fought hard, got their focus back and worked together to bring the scores back up.” Studtmann said the girls worked on communication and encouraged each other, especially with the less expe- rienced players. “Reagan and I were both proud of the girls that stepped in and pulled the team back together,” Studtmann said. “I think the scores show that, even though we lost overall.” Long Creek/Ukiah was de- feated by the Rockets in Pilot Rock in a close match Oct. 1, the Rockets winning 3-1 with scores of 27-25, 22-25, 25-23 and 27-25. The Mountaineer/Cougars claimed a 3-1 victory over the Burnt River Bulls Friday in Unity with scores of 30-28, 22-25, 21-25 and 25-21. On Saturday, Long Creek/ Ukiah will face Monument/ Dayville at 2:30 p.m. and Crane at 5:30 p.m. in Monument. Riverside junior varsity outpaces Long Creek/ Ukiah soccer team Long Creek/Ukiah soccer coach Amos Studtmann said his team played well on Oct. 2, but the agile 3A River- side Pirates overcame the 1A Mountaineer/Cougars 11-0 in Boardman in the junior varsi- ty match. “Riverside, they play fast, they have great passing, and they are super-quick runners,” Studtmann said. “They have some good shooters on the team.” The Pirates’ varsity team won state last season, he said. Sitong “Tiger” Zeng did well as goal keeper, the coach said, and Mathéo Buchart and Marcel Kozhogvlov both per- formed well on offense, but were unable to score. On Saturday, Long Creek/ Ukiah traveled to Ontario where they fell 12-3 to the 1A Four Rivers varsity team. Studtmann said Thom- as Kreamier, who had been ill and missed the Riverside game, played well against the Four Rivers Falcons. The teams were tied 2-2 early in the match, when the Falcons pulled away. “I’m looking for improve- ments and adjustments from my team to show they are growing,” the coach said. “High school sports aren’t just about winning, but about growth, so as long as I see improvement in my players it will be a successful season.” Long Creek/Ukiah will host Riverside at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Long Creek, and at 3 p.m. Thurs- day, the Mountaineer/Cougars host Nyssa in Long Creek. On Saturday, the team travels to Umatilla for a match at 3 p.m. against the 3A Vikings.
