SPORTS
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
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S PORTS R OUNDUP
Undefeated
Dayville/Monument
Tiger girls win two
at tournament
The
Dayville/Monu-
ment Tiger girls are 4-0 on
the season as they notched
a couple more wins Friday
and Saturday at the Arling-
ton Snowball Tournament.
The Tigers claimed a
42-39 victory over Klickitat/
Glenwood of Washington on
Friday, followed by a 39-28
win over Central Christian.
Tiger Kyla Emerson led
her team with 14 points and
five steals in game one, fol-
lowed by Faythe Scha-
fer with 11 points and four
steals and five assists and
Denali Twehues with 11
points and two steals.
Freshman
Aubreianna
Osborne filled in for junior
starter Aubrey Bowlus, who
went down with an injury in
warmups for the first game.
The Tigers had a 19-16
lead at the half and pulled
away from there.
“As a team, we did a
great job playing without
one of our main posts and
starters,” said head coach
Taylor Schmadeka. “The
team did well handling the
ball and limiting turnovers
on offense and taking high
quality shots while creating
turnovers on defense — 20
total — and forcing the other
team to take shots that they
didn’t want to take.”
He added his team
did well with offensive
rebounding.
Schafer went down with
an injury in the first quarter
of game two. Central Chris-
tian whittled away at the
Tigers’ 10-point lead, and
in the third Dayville/Monu-
ment was ahead by 1 point.
Schafer re-entered for the
fourth, and the team pulled
away with the 11-point lead.
Emerson scored a career-
high 24 points, landing five
3-pointers in the contest.
The coach said younger
players stepped up for
their injured teammates.
Schmadeka said fresh-
men Katie Barker and Hal-
lie Rhoda and sophomore
transfer student Haylee Col-
lins played well in positions
they hadn’t covered before
in practice.
“With Faythe out, the
offense slowed down a bit,
but Denali did a great job
bringing the ball up the
floor and not creating turn-
overs” he said. “It was a
really good opportunity for
some younger players to get
some game experience —
which you can’t duplicate
in practice — while having
our older players find some
resolve and play tough when
a couple of our starters were
out.”
Tiger boys have
win and loss at
tournament
The
Dayville/Monu-
ment Tiger boys started with
a 42-37 win over Klicki-
tat/Glenwood of Washing-
ton at the Arlington tourna-
ment, followed by a 46-31
loss to Central Christian on
Saturday.
Head coach Jeff Scha-
fer said he was pleased with
how his team performed
throughout the tournament.
“They started out with
good motion and built a
lead. Then the momen-
tum began to change in the
fourth quarter,” he said. “I
was so proud of our team for
showing resolve and fight-
ing for the win.”
Mark Thomas led the
Tigers with 17 points in the
first game.
The Tigers had strong
competition in Central
Christian on Saturday.
The coach said his team
looked good in the first
half with good ball move-
ment and passes, but things
“began to break down in the
second half.”
“In the end, they did not
come out on top, but I was
really proud of their attitude
and hustle. Drew (Wilburn)
was our leading scorer with
11 points,” Schafer said,
adding they’ll continue to
work on communication and
ball movement.
The Dayville/Monument
boys and girls will host their
annual Tiger Tournament
this week in Dayville.
The Tiger girls will host
Mitchell/Spray at 6 p.m. Fri-
day, followed by the boys
at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday,
the Tigers host Grant Union
junior varsity, starting with
the girls at 4:30 p.m. and
boys at 6 p.m.
Panther boys press
for two wins at
Condon Christmas
Tournament
The Prairie City Panther
boys’ height made a differ-
ence in their 34-33 win over
Condon/Wheeler Saturday
at the Condon Christmas
Classic.
“Condon/Wheeler had
an aggressive defense,”
said head coach Sam Work-
man. “They have some good
shooters, and we had to stick
to them because if you don’t,
they’ll make their shots.”
Leading the scoring for
Shooting the Breeze: Litany of lever guns
hopes they’ll return by the
time league play starts.
Prairie City will host
Imbler at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Long Creek/Ukiah
teams split wins at
home
Grant Union
boys compete at
Columbia River
Clash
Rebounding helped the
Long Creek/Ukiah girls
secure a 23-21 win over
Mitchell/Spray Dec. 4 in
Spray. Amos Studtmann,
who co-coaches with TC
Conner, said his team
“boxed out well and pursued
the ball, giving themselves
additional opportunities to
score” in what was a close
game throughout.
He said Brooke Harri-
son was “challenging the
dribble,” and Gladys John-
son and Jenny Kim did well
rotating and stopping any
layups.
“Our girls did a good
job defending from the
inside and secured a lot
of rebounds and worked
together as a team,” he
said, adding younger play-
ers filled in the gaps for their
more experienced players
who were either injured or in
foul trouble.
The Long Creek/Ukiah
boys fell 58-42 to Mitchell/
Spray. Studtmann said the
boys didn’t rebound well
defensively or offensively,
and “that played a major part
in our loss.”
He said Ben Combs did a
great job fighting for the ball
on every possession, and
James Kreamier made 7 out
of 9 free throws.
“Thomas Kreamier did an
excellent job containing the
point guard,” the coach said.
Long Creek/Ukiah faced
Mitchell/Spray on Tues-
day, past press time, in Long
Creek, and the teams meet
up again in Dayville on Sat-
urday with the girls game
beginning at 1:30 p.m., fol-
lowed by the boys at 3 p.m.
The Grant Union Pros-
pector boys fell in their first
battle at the Thursday-Satur-
day Columbia River Clash
with a 67-50 loss to Nixy-
aawii, a team that competed
at the 1A state tournament
last year.
The Prospectors had a
53-47 loss to their 3A hosts,
the Irrigon Knights, on Fri-
day, and on Saturday they
fell 48-45 to Joseph, another
strong 1A team.
“Overall, I think we
played some tough teams,”
said Grant Union head coach
Kelsy Wright.
He said they should
have won the game against
Joseph, but the Eagles took
advantage of some key turn-
overs toward the end of the
game.
The Prospectors were
preparing this week to face
the 1A Crane Mustangs on
Tuesday, past press time.
They’ll
face
cross-
county rivals, 3A Burns, at
7:30 p.m. Friday. This will
be Grant Union’s second
meeting with the Hilanders,
and Wright is hopeful for a
win this time with a couple
key players back.
“We’re looking forward
to matching up with them a
little better,” Wright said.
“We’re adjusting to each
other and starting to look
better as a team,” he said.
“When we get that down, I
think we’ll be a great team.”
Prairie City girls fall
in two at Condon
Christmas Classic
Prairie City Panther girls
coach Bo Workman said
they were up against tough
teams at the Condon Christ-
mas Classic.
The Panthers lost 53-33
to Ione on Friday and 34-33
to Condon/Wheeler on
Saturday.
Workman said his team
played good defense but
“couldn’t get the ball in the
basket.”
He said they’re focused
on improving transition,
which he said will develop
over the season.
“We’ve got some work to
do,” he said.
The team was also down
by two players, one with an
injury and another who was
sick.
“It hurts us not having
them,” he said, adding he
Boys
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By DALE VALADE
For the Blue Mountain Eagle
Nowhere in the world does a lever action
rifle hold more sentimentality than in the
American West. Those of us who grew up on
a steady diet of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood
and the like became fond of these “crank and
yank” rifles at a young age.
My best friend growing up used a Win-
chester .30-30 to take his first deer; my first
deer rifle was likewise lever-action. It was
a Savage Model 99 in .300 Savage caliber
known endearingly in my family as “Gravy.”
Savages came in many modern chamber-
ings including later the .243 and .308 Win-
chester. It’s hammerless, side-eject design
and rotary magazine made best use of these
powerful, short action cartridges. This gave
a decided edge to the Savage rifles over the
more common Winchester and Marlin rifles,
which were confined to using blunt bullets in
tube magazines. Unfortunately, if you want a
Savage 99 today, you’ll have to hit the used
rack. They are no longer in production.
While not enjoying the popularity that it
has had in times past, the lever-action rifle
is every bit as appealing and useful as ever.
The .30-30 Winchester and .35 Remington
see extensive use east of the Mississippi. In
the north, short-barreled big-bore rifles are
used for the close-quarters shooting often
required for moose and bears. My friend
Josh Huffaker of Lewiston, Idaho, prefers
his big-bore .450 Marlin when he hits the
timber for elk.
While the Savage 99, Winchester 88 and
Browning BLR were able to circumvent
the “blunt bullet blues” by virtue of their
designs, modern science finally caught up
with the 21st century for all the various tube
magazine leverguns.
A few years back, Hornady introduced
the most innovative ammunition for use in
lever guns. “LeverEvolution” ammo was
very aptly named. Previously handicapped
by blunt nose bullets, the engineers at Hor-
nady incorporated polymer flex-tips to cre-
the Panthers were 6-foot-4
senior Levi Burke with 20,
6-foot-2 senior Syd Holman
with 18 and 6-foot-5 junior
Cole Deiter with 13.
“We’ve got some big
guys, and that helps,” Work-
man said. “We rebounded
well.”
He added almost every-
one scored in the game.
Prairie City had a 75-43
win over Ione on Friday, and
the coach said his younger
players were a big part of
the contest.
The Panther boys will
host Horizon Christian/
Hood River at 6 p.m. Friday
and Imbler at 5:30 p.m. Sat-
urday in Prairie City.
Workman said he expects
both games to be competi-
tive. The Panthers have a 4-0
season record.
Contributed photo
Josh Huffaker poses with a North Idaho
whitetail taken with his .450 Marlin.
ate tube-magazine compatible “spitzer”
style, aerodynamic projectiles. Velocities
were much higher, trajectories much flatter
as a direct result. The biggest boons to lev-
erguns have always been their light weight,
fast handling and quick follow-up shots,
but these new loads extended their range
considerably.
Although mounting optics on your lev-
ergun may ruin the natural aesthetic, you’ll
need one to take full advantage of the extra
range this ammo provides. Out West, some-
times you need a bit more reach. Like Dad
always says, “You can only shoot as good as
you can see.”
While they may lack the contempo-
rary appeal of the AR-style rifles, and the
strength and rugged simplicity of bolt-action
rifles, the lever action still remains a solid
choice for hunters today.
Are lever action rifles your favorite?
Please write us at shootingthebreezebme@
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Dale Valade is a local country gent with
a deep love for handloading, hunting and
shooting.
this.”
The Tigers had a dif-
ficult first outing Friday
and Saturday, falling to the
Condon/Wheeler Knights
and the Arlington Honk-
ers at the Paul Humphreys
Tournament. The Knights
finished second in the Big
Sky District Tournament
last season.
In the High Desert
League, the Tigers will face
Prairie City, Jordan Valley,
Adrian, Long Creek/Ukiah,
Crane, Harper, Hunting-
ton, Burnt River and Four
Rivers.
“I think Prairie City
is going to be the biggest
challenge, and Jordan Val-
ley is always tough,” coach
Schafer said.
Prairie City finished sec-
ond at state last season, and
Jordan Valley also com-
peted at state.
Long
Creek/Ukiah,
which had only a junior
varsity team last year, is
fielding a varsity team this
season.
“They’re getting better
every year,” Schafer said.
“You never take any thing
for granted in this league.”
He said last season was
tough with several younger
players.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument
Tiger JT Hand aims for
the basket over the
reach of Cade Milton.
“Our biggest goal is
to produce quality young
men,” he said. “If they can
get character down, that is
the biggest thing — that’s
lifelong.”
“The goal is to keep
developing and keep mov-
ing forward,” he said.
“Every day is a work in
progress.”
Dayville/Monument
will host Mitchell/Spray in
the Tigers’ first home game
of the season at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 14, at their
Tiger Tourney. They’ll host
Grant Union junior varsity
at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15,
again in Dayville.
Dayville/Monument
Tiger boys schedule
Dec. 7-8: @ Arlington
Tournament,
4:30 p.m.,
1:30 p.m.
Dec. 14-15: Tiger Tour-
ney in Dayville (vs. Mitch-
ell/Spray and Grant Union
junior varsity), 7:30 p.m.,
6 p.m.
Dec. 20-22: Union
Christmas Classic, TBD
Dec. 28: Alumni games
in Dayville, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 4: @ Long Creek/
Ukiah in Long Creek,
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 5: @ Harper,
4:30 p.m.
Jan. 8: vs. Burnt River in
Dayville, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 11: vs. Crane in
Dayville, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 12: vs. Prairie City
in Monument, 3:30 p.m.
Jan. 18: @ Burnt River
in Unity, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 19: vs. Four River
in Monument, 3:30 p.m.
Jan. 22: @ Grant Union
JV in John Day, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 25: @ Adrian,
6:30 p.m.
Jan. 26: vs. Jordan Val-
ley in Dayville, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 1: @ Huntington,
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 2: @ Crane,
5:30 p.m.
Feb. 5: @ Prairie City,
6:30 p.m.
Feb. 8: vs. Harper in
Monument, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 9: vs. Long Creek/
Ukiah in Monument (senior
recognition), 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 14-16: District
Tournament in John Day,
TBD
Feb. 20: First round state
playoffs, TBD
Feb. 23: Second round
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