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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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Wilson, who stood at
5-foot-8, was a force for the
Panthers, recognized as last
season’s All-State Co-Play-
er of the Year, along with the
Pacific Pirates’ Jack Lehnherr
who stood at 6-foot-9. The
Pacific Pirates of Port Orford
won the title game 73-50.
Wilson earned a total of 78
points in the three rounds of the
tournament. Levi Burke had
37, Lucas McKinley 28, Syd
Holman 19 and Jojari Field 13.
Although Wilson, who was
last year’s sole senior, leaves
big shoes to fill, Workman not-
ed some powerful points about
his current team.
“We’re bigger in the paint
this year,” he said. “We’ve still
got good guards.”
“Levi and Syd pretty much
bring it all — they can be out-
side or inside,” he said, add-
ing McKinley (junior), Field
(sophomore) and Jonathan
Lawrence (senior) can step out
for 3-pointers.
“I hope to see exactly what
I saw last year in Syd and Levi
— all the seniors — they’re
the leaders this year,” Work-
man said.
The Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
LEFT: Prairie City boys head coach Sam Workman is in his second year leading the Panther
team. RIGHT: Prairie City Panther Lane Williams moves the ball past Tristan McMahan.
The coach said he’s also
looking forward to seeing
growth in his younger players,
including two freshmen and
five sophomores.
The Panther team has
grown from 12 last year to 19
on the junior varsity and varsi-
ty teams.
Burke and Holman, who’ve
been playing basketball togeth-
er for several years, said “ball is
life” to them.
“I think all the seniors are
going to step up,” Burke said.
He said last year can’t be a
reason to let up.
“We’re a whole new team,”
he said. “Everything changes.”
He added, “I think we have
what it takes. We just have to
play our cards right.”
Holman said, “(We’re fo-
cused on) being a brotherhood,
and getting that chemistry down
will get us ready for game-time
situations.”
Senior Brett Copenhaver,
who transferred to Prairie City
School last year, said it is a
“dream come true” to play ball
with the Panthers.
“The connection with these
guys is insane compared to oth-
er teams I’ve seen all over the
state,” he said. “We all have the
same mindset, which is to bring
home a state championship.”
Seniors Lane Williams and
Jonathan Lawrence have also
played basketball since their
middle school years with Hol-
man and Burke.
Williams, who missed play-
ing last year, said the team
cooperates well because they
know each other, including
strengths and weaknesses.
Lawrence said they’re
hopeful to return to state and
improve.
“We want it all,” he said.
Prairie City’s competition
in the High Desert League has
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GIRLS
grown and includes two new
teams, Four Rivers and Long
Creek/Ukiah, as well as famil-
iar opponents Adrian, Burnt
River, Crane, Dayville/Monu-
ment, Harper, Huntington and
Jordan Valley.
Workman said he’s expect-
ing all the teams will be just as
good as last year. He said they
don’t take any team lightly.
“Anybody can beat any-
body on any given night,” he
said.
Last season, the coach’s
dad, Mike Workman, was a
volunteer assistant, and this
year he’s back as assistant
coach.
Mike, who’s had several
years of experience coaching
high school basketball, said
the team has potential, but
with several new players on
the team, “the big question is
the chemistry.”
“We’re not going to sneak
up on anybody,” he said.
“We’ve got to step up and
prove we’re worthy of the re-
spect we’re getting from the
other teams.”
He said, after the success of
last season, they have a target
on their backs.
“The wolves are at the door,
and they’re hungry,” he said.
“They want a piece of us.”
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“We have a smaller team
and won’t have as many
subs, so we’ll have to learn
to do every defensive posi-
tion,” she said. “That won’t
hurt us because defense is
our strong suit — big time.”
She said she appreciates
the opportunity the team
members have for one-on-
one coaching at practice.
“The older girls know
their positions, so we can
help the younger ones,” Ha-
ley said.
“It’s a family atmo-
sphere,” she added. “We all
know each other really well
and get along.”
Ennis said, “I’m excit-
ed for the bond that small
teams usually carry.”
She said they’ll have to
work a lot harder compared
to other seasons, but added
it’ll “be good for us.”
Emmel said the key will
be knowing how to work
together.
“I’m excited to see how
close we can get,” she said.
“I think people will be sur-
prised about what we can
bring out.”
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