SPORTS
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Youth wrestling regular season wraps up
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Wrestling
Club athletes Taylor Par-
sons, 10, and Owen Par-
sons, 8, of John Day won
championship titles at the
Dec. 22 ORWAY East Cas-
cade Regional tournament in
Irrigon.
It was Taylor’s fifth con-
secutive title, this year beat-
ing Kadin Allen of Team
Xtreme in the 71-pound
weight class 9-10 age
division.
Owen, wrestling in the
67-pound 7-8 division, beat
Aiden Gerrard of Hermiston
Youth Wrestling.
Several other Grant
County wrestlers competed
well at the regional event.
Placing second were Kale
Tremblay, Blake Sandor and
Mason Benge. Ginny Clarry
also earned second place
in the girls division. Zeke
Rookstool had a third-place
finish for the boys.
The team’s regular sea-
son ended with the Dec. 15
Wallowa Mountain Brawl
(ORWAY) in Enterprise.
About eight of the local
youth wrestlers will con-
tinue on to a few more com-
petitions. Mason Benge,
12, was invited to compete
on the 12U All-State team,
traveling to Utah for compe-
titions. The sixth-grader also
plans to finish out the sea-
son wrestling in some junior
high tournaments with Grant
Union.
Wrestlers who place at
the Jan. 12 Eastern Ore-
gon Classic Qualifier in La
Grande, one of five quali-
fier events in Oregon, will
advance to the Oregon Clas-
sic in Redmond, a tourna-
ment that includes youth and
high school wrestlers.
Next is the Buckle Clas-
sic tournament in Burns,
scheduled for Jan. 26.
Any youth wrestler who
is a part of the USA league
can also compete in the Feb.
2-3 Kids Collegiate State
Championships in Corvallis.
Grant County Wrestling
Club head coach Steve Par-
sons said his 29 athletes,
who range in age from 4 to
14, competed well this sea-
son winning 65-75 percent
of their matches as a team.
He said several wrestlers
are showing improvement.
“Beau Van Cleave did
Contributed photo/Heather
Rookstool
Wrestling buddies Taylor
Parsons, left, and Zeke
Rookstool pose together
after the East Cascades
Regional Championships.
Parsons, wrestling at 71
lbs. in the 9-10 age division,
won the title in his bracket.
Rookstool, wrestling at 90
lbs. in the 9-10 division,
earned third place at the
Dec. 22 event in Irrigon.
really well this year, and so
did Jase Whatley,” he said.
“We had a lot of young
wrestlers who came along
really well, including Hank
Giffin, Kale Tremblay and
Blake Sandor — they went
to the tournaments and com-
peted well.”
He said Van Cleave and
Benge, wrestling in the top
of their weight class and age
range, gained a lot of experi-
ence this year.
Coach Parsons said the
sport takes dedication, from
the athletes and parents, and
most of the events require
traveling long distances and
a $5-10 fee.
“We had a lot of support
from the parents,” he said.
“Their parents put a lot of
effort into this.”
The wrestling group held
a “pin-a-thon” fundraiser
this year. Over the season,
24 wrestlers earned 194
pins.
In the age divisions,
Tremblay had 14 pins in the
5-6 age group, Van Cleave
had 19 pins for 7-8, Tay-
lor Parsons had 17 for 9-10
and Mason Benge had 16 for
11-12.
For more information on
next season’s enrollment or
other questions, contact Jes-
sica Knowles at 541-620-
1272 or Heather Rookstool
at 541-390-5790.
ORWAY East Cascade Regionals in Irri-
gon (Dec. 22)
Kale Tremblay: second, 3 wins (2 by pin),
1 loss
Blake Sandor: second, 3 wins (2 by pin),
1 loss
Samuel Stout: sixth, 1 win, 3 losses
Jase Whatley: 1 win by pin, 1 loss
Beau Van Cleave: fifth, 2 wins (1 by pin),
2 losses
Owen Parsons: first, 3 wins by pin
Jerett Wadell: fifth, 2 wins by pin, 2
losses
Taylor Parsons: first, 4 wins (3 by pin)
Zeke Rookstool: third, 1 win, 2 losses
Mason Benge: second, 4 wins (3 by pin),
1 loss
Tristan Clarry: fifth, 1 win by pin, 2 losses
USA Austin Hennessee Memorial
Tournament in Knappa, Idaho (Dec. 15)
Owen Parsons: first, 3 wins (2 by pin)
Taylor Parson: first, 2 wins by pin
ORWAY Wallowa Mountain Brawl in
Enterprise (Dec. 15)
Samuel Stout: second, 2 wins, 1 loss
Jack Knowles: first, 1 win
Zeke Rookstool: first, 4 wins by pin
Charley Knowles: fourth
ORWAY Eastern Oregon Open in Mil-
ton-Freewater (Dec. 8)
Coyle Van Cleave: second, 3 wins
Blake Sandor: first, 3 wins (2 by pin)
Jase Whatley: 4 wins (3 by pin) 1 loss
Beau Van Cleave: first, 5 wins (4 by pin)
Jarett Waddell: fifth, 1 win, 3 losses
Mason Benge: first, 5 wins (3 by pin)
USA La Pine Hawk Challenge (Dec. 8)
Owen Parsons, third, 4 wins by pin, 1 loss
Taylor Parsons, third, 3 wins (1 by pins),
1 loss
ORWAY Northeast Oregon Classic in
Union (Dec. 1)
Beau Van Cleave: first, 3 pins
Coyle Van Cleave: first, 2 pins
Jase Whatley: second, 2 wins by pin, 1
loss
Blake Sandor: second, 2 wins (by pin),
1 loss
Mason Benge: second, 3 wins by pin, 1
loss
Zeke Rookstool: second, 2 wins (1 by
pin), 1 loss
Taylor Parsons: first, 4 wins (3 by pin)
Owen Parsons: third, 2 wins by pin, 2
losses
Brogan Rookstool: first, 3 wins by pin
Ritter Rookstool: third, 1 win by pin, 2
losses
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SPORTS
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY,
JAN. 11
Long Creek/Ukiah @
Burnt River in Unity,
girls 5 p.m., boys
6:30 p.m.
Dayville/Monument
vs. Crane in Dayville,
girls 6 p.m., boys
7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY,
JAN. 12
Dayville/Monument
vs. Prairie City in Mon-
ument, girls 2 p.m.,
boys 3:30 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah @
Crane, girls 2 p.m.,
boys 3:30 p.m.
Grant Union basket-
ball @ Weston-McE-
wen in Athena, boys
4 p.m., girls 5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY,
JAN. 15
Grant Union wrestling
@ Burns Crane Duals
in Burns, TBA
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Two Prospector
wrestlers earn
tournament titles
Grant Union Prospec-
tor wrestlers Drew Lusco
(285), a junior, and Damion
Young (145), a senior,
earned championship titles
at the Friday-Saturday Cos-
grove-Eschler Invitational
Tournament at Joseph High
School.
“Damion had an excel-
lent tournament,” said
Grant Union head coach
Andy Lusco. “We are very
proud of his effort and
improvement.”
Young has a 10-5 season
record, and Drew Lusco is
22-1.
Drew said he was happy
to beat Travis Jonsson (11-3)
of Neah-Kah-Nie, who is the
opponent he defeated at last
season’s state championship
finals.
He said Saturday’s match
went well, and he won by a
7-2 decision.
“Drew beat him handily,”
coach Lusco said.
Freshman Justin Hodge,
who is 14-8 on the sea-
son, earned second place at
the tournament in the 152
weight class.
“Justin had a great tour-
nament,” Lusco said. “It is
pretty impressive to see a
freshman in the finals.”
The coach said sopho-
more Ethan Moore (9-9),
who earned third in the
106 weight class, is becom-
ing “one of the best in the
district.”
Lusco said sophomore
Logan McCluskey (9-6) had
the “best tournament of his
career” with a fourth-place
finish in a tough weight
bracket.
“He defeated some qual-
ity opponents,” the coach
said. “He came in as our
No. 2 at 152 and unseeded,
so a fourth-place finish is
awesome.”
Sophomore
Quinten
Hallgarth (11-8) earned
fourth in the 170 bracket.
“Quinten has really
turned a corner and become
a tough kid to beat,” Lusco
said. “He is maturing and
learning to work through
TREAT
YOUR
FEET
hard times on the mat with-
out getting pinned.”
Lusco said that although
the girls didn’t win a match
at the tournament, they
wrestled well, taking several
matches to three full rounds
versus varsity boys.
He noted that freshmen
Arionna Young (7-2) and
Ashley Henry (1-3), both
wrestling at 120, each won
an exhibition match by a
pin, and Sophie Brockway
(2-4) and Trinity Hutchison
(1-0) each wrestled the No.
1 seed in their brackets.
“The girls have improved
rapidly,” he said. “Many
coaches and fans com-
mented on how tough they
are.”
Lusco said they placed
fourth as team, but they left
a lot of team members, and
“points,” at home.
“When we get to full
strength as a team, we have
a chance to be in the top two
at districts,” he said.
106: Ethan Moore (9-9), third, 20 team
points, 3 wins, 1 loss
120: Ashley Henry (1-5), 2 losses
Arionna Young (7-4), 2 losses
126: Sam McCracken (4-9), 2 losses
132: Casey Vaughan (3-12), 1 team point,
1 win, 2 losses
138: Sydney Brockway (0-3), 2 losses
145: Damion Young (14-5), first place, 29
team points, 4 wins, 0 losses
152: Sophie Brockway (2-6), 2 losses
152: Justin Hodge (17-9), second place, 19
team points, 3 wins, 1 loss
Logan McCluskey (13-8), fourth place, 4
wins, 2 losses
170: Trinity Hutchison (1-2), 2 losses
Quinten Hallgarth (14-10), fourth place,
16 team points, 3 wins, 1 loss
285: Drew Lusco (22-1) first place, 26 team
points, 3 wins, 0 losses
Grant Union girls’
pressure defense zaps
Bobcats, Outlaws
Grant Union senior sis-
ters Kaylee and Hailie
Wright combined for 41
points in Saturday night’s
60-52 conference basketball
win over the Union Bobcats.
The win gives the Pros-
pectors a 4-0 record in the
Blue Mountain Conference.
Grant Union ranks No. 4
among OSAA’s 2A teams
with a 10-3 overall record.
The Prospectors led by
three points over Union in
the first quarter and were
ahead 34-29 at the half.
“Once again we relied
on our defense to pull us
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Dylan Marr of Enterprise looks for a pass as he is
hounded by Grant Union defender Mason Gerry Friday.
through the game,” said
Grant Union head coach
Kristi Moore. “They had
some great shooters, so our
pressure defense took away
their open shot.”
The team was road weary
after returning from Friday’s
game in Enterprise at 3 a.m.
Moore said being tired
and the break in rhythm
from the holidays was the
hardest part, but the team
pushed through.
The Grant Union girls
defeated the Enterprise Out-
laws 56-44.
Playing in the Out-
laws’ smaller gym, with a
loud community crowd and
school band, is both fun and
challenging, Moore said.
“We were able to pres-
sure them, and luckily it all
worked out in our favor both
nights,” she added.
Grant Union will face
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots on the road in Athena
Saturday. The Prospector
boys play at 4 p.m followed
by the girls at 5:30 p.m.
“My theory is that, if we
do what we do best, we can
outplay the other teams and
prevail,” Moore said. “We’ll
focus on refining our game
plan.”
Prospector boys show
competitive side with 2
wins
Teamwork made the dif-
ference for the Grant Union
Prospector boys basketball
team as they won back-to-
back conference games,
defeating the Outlaws 48-43
on Friday in Enterprise and
the Union Bobcats 59-47
Saturday in John Day.
Prospector head coach
Kelsy Wright said his
boys are “starting to put
it together, working as a
team.”
On Saturday night, Grant
Union was ahead 31-27 at
the half, then outshot Union
18-12 in the fourth.
Wright said junior Tristan
Morris and senior Jacob
Vaughan both hit big shots
and had some good defen-
sive plays.
“Devon Stokes (a soph-
omore) had phenomenal
defense the whole game
on their best player,” the
coach said. “Tanner Elliott
(a senior) is always hustling
on the floor and always get-
ting rebounds and put-backs,
the way that we need him to
work — he’s been like that
the last three to four games.”
Wright said in their game
against Enterprise, his team
came “ready to play.”
“It’s always good to get
a road win, especially in
league,” he said.
Dayville/Monument
girls blast road
opponents
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger girls basketball team
blew away their competi-
tion with a 47-15 win Fri-
day over the Long Creek/
Ukiah Mountain Lions in
Long Creek and a 39-14 win
Saturday over the Harper
Hornets.
Tiger
junior
starter
Aubrey Bowlus was injured
early in Friday’s game.
“We will be looking for a
younger player to step up on
defense going against some
tough league opponents
this week,” said Tiger head
coach Taylor Schmadeka.
Kyla Emerson led Day-
ville/Monument with 16
points on Friday, followed
by Faythe Schafer with 12.
Denali Twehues added 10,
and Courtney Nichols added
9.
On Saturday, Twehues
led the Tigers with a sea-
son-high 15 points. Scha-
fer contributed 8 points, and
Emerson and Nichols added
7 each. Haylee Collins had 2
points.
“Both days the girls
played very good defense
and did a great job on the
offensive and defensive
rebounds,”
Schmadeka
said. “We took open shots
and didn’t try to force any
shots.”
“For this week, we are
going to continue our strong
defense and focus on getting
rebounds,” he added.
Dayville/Monument (9-2
overall, 1-0 league) was
scheduled to host High Des-
ert League opponents the
Burnt River Bulls (1-6, 0-2)
in Dayville Tuesday, past
press time.
The Tigers host the Crane
Mustangs (10-2, 2-0) at
6 p.m. Friday in Dayville
and the Prairie City Panthers
(2-8, 2-0) at 2 p.m. Saturday
in Monument.
Long Creek/Ukiah has
two road games this week,
facing Burnt River in Unity
at 5 p.m., followed by the
boys, Friday and the Crane
Mustangs on Saturday at
2 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah boys
top Dayville/Monument
in close contest
The Long Creek/Ukiah
Mountain Lions defeated
Dayville/Monument in a
64-60 nail-biter Friday in
Long Creek.
The teams knotted up the
score several times, includ-
ing 28-28 at the half.
“We tied again at 40, then
we managed to pull away a
little bit at the very end of
the game,” said Long Creek/
Ukiah coach Amos Studt-
mann who co-coaches with
TC Conner.
He said the Tigers started
to close the gap with free
throws and layups, but “we
held onto our lead and were
able to finish strong.”
Mountain Lion James
Kreamier shot the ball well,
and teammates Ben Combs
and Thomas Kreamier
helped on rebounding with
Thomas contributing to the
win with several blocks,
Studtmann said.
“When our team worked
together, passed the ball,
communicated on defense,
the game would swing in
our favor,” Studtmann said.
“When they tried to score
alone or forgot to talk, we’d
turn the ball over, and the
other team would score.”
Dayville/Monument head
coach Jeff Schafer said his
team didn’t play to their full
potential that night.
“We started well, but
slowly slipped back into
some of our bad habits,”
Schafer said. “I’m look-
ing forward to playing them
again. I feel we will be stron-
ger and better prepared.”
Donovan Schafer led the
Tigers with 22 points, and
Drew Wilburn had 13.
The Tigers have a 4-7
overall record and are 0-1
in league, and the Mountain
Lions are 2-7 and 1-2.
Dayville/Monument fol-
lowed up Saturday with a
47-37 win over Harper on
the road.
Coach Schafer said he
was pleased with the team-
work he saw in their game
against Harper, which he
said has a solid team this
season.
“I was pleased to see our
boys rally back after a tough
loss,” he said.
Against the Hornets,
Donovan Schafer led the
Tigers with 18 points, fol-
lowed by Wilburn with 10.
“Mark Thomas played
great defense both games,”
the coach said. “Cade Mil-
ton and Drew Wilburn were
strong at rebounding on
Saturday.”
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