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WEDNESDAY
January 16, 2019
Tiger girls claim home victory over Panthers in Monument
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger girls team claimed a
38-27 victory over the Prai-
rie City Panthers Saturday
at the Monument basketball
court.
The cross-county High
Desert League opponents
kept the game close in the
fi rst half, Dayville/Monu-
ment leading by two points in
the fi rst and second quarters.
Both teams played strong
to the end, but the Tigers out-
scored the Panthers 23-14 in
the second half.
Dayville/Monument
led 15-13 going into the
third, and Tiger Aubreianna
Osborne grabbed a rebound
and her teammate Denali
Twehues added 2 to the
scoreboard.
Panther Hailee Wall
landed two 2-pointers and
was 2-2 at the free-throw line,
but Twehues and teammate
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Faythe Schafer each scored
a 3-point shot, with Twehues
adding another 2 and Tiger
Kyla Emerson going 1-2 at
the free-throw line.
Panther Samantha Work-
man came out on fi re in the
fourth, landing two 2-point
shots in a row.
Emerson answered back
with a 3-pointer. Then Pan-
ther Rilee Emmel shot two
2-pointers in a row, Prairie
City trailing by 4 points.
Twehues and Emmel each
scored in the paint again.
Then the Tigers extended
their lead from there, includ-
ing another 3-pointer from
Emerson, for the 11-point
win.
Emerson scored a game-
high 14 for the Tigers, fol-
lowed by Twehues with 13
and Faythe Schafer with 9.
Emmel led the Panthers
with 11 points, followed by
Wall with 8.
“We were on their fl oor,
and it’s always a battle with
Dayville/Monument
Kyla Emerson: 14 (three 3-pointers)
Denali Twehues: 13 (one 3-pointer)
Faythe Schafer: 9 (3-5 free throws)
Aubreianna Osborne: 2
Prairie City
Rilee Emmel: 11 (one 3-pointer)
Hailee Wall: 8 (2-2 free throws)
Samantha Workman: 4
Katie Hire: 2
Abbey Pfeff erkorn: 2
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger Denali Twehues (22) works
the ball out of the corner, past Prairie City Panther
defenders Abbey Pfeff erkorn (32) and Samantha
Workman (12).
these guys — the ball wasn’t
falling,” said Panther head
coach Bo Workman.
Commenting on some of
his players, he said Abbey
Pfefferkorn has had more
playing time recently and
is gaining more confi dence.
Katie Hire is just getting
back into the game, recover-
ing from an injury.
“Emily Ennis plays
good defense and plays
aggressive,” he said. “Rilee
Emmel, she’s just nailing
it, and Hailee Wall is big
inside.”
The Panthers, 2-1 in the
High Desert League and 2-9
overall, host the Crane Mus-
tangs at 6 p.m. Friday and
the Harper Hornets at 2 p.m.
Saturday.
“We started off a little
slow on the offense in the
fi rst half, but fi nally got it
together when it mattered
in the fourth quarter,” said
Tiger head coach Taylor
Schmadeka. “I thought we
played really good defense,
but we gave up a lot of offen-
sive rebounds to them.”
“Denali played tough and
got a lot of rebounds for us,”
Panther boys dominate Tigers in Monument
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City
Jojari Field: 9 (one 3-pointer)
Jonathan Lawrence: 3 (one
3-pointer)
Jayden Winegar: 7 (one 3-pointer)
Brandon Horrell: 1-1 free throw
Marcus Judd: 1-1 free throw
Declan Zweygardt: 2
Levi Burke: 11 (1-1 free throw)
Lucas McKinley: 9 (1 3-pointer, 2-3
free throws)
Syd Holman: 13 (1-2 free throws)
Cole Deiter: 14
Lane Williams: 2
Brett Copenhaver: 2
Friday, Jan. 18
Grant Union wrestling @
Oregon Classic in Redmond,
1:30 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah vs. Jor-
dan Valley in Ukiah, girls at
5 p.m., boys at 6:30 p.m.
Grant Union basketball vs.
Stanfi eld, boys at 6 p.m., girls
at 7:30 p.m.
Prairie City basketball vs.
Crane, girls at 6 p.m., boys at
7:30 p.m.
Dayville/Monument @
Burnt River, girls at 6 p.m.,
boys at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19
Grant Union wrestling @
Oregon Classic in Redmond,
TBA
Dayville/Monument
vs. Four Rivers in Monu-
ment, girls at 2 p.m., boys at
3:30 p.m.
Long Creek/Ukiah vs.
Huntington in Ukiah, girls at
2 p.m., boys at 3:30 p.m.
Prairie City basketball vs.
Harper, girls at 2 p.m., boys at
3:30 p.m.
Grant Union basketball @
Union, boys at 4 p.m., girls at
5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Dayville/Monument @
Grant Union junior var-
sity, girls at 5 p.m., boys at
6:30 p.m.
he said. “Courtney played
really good defense on the
post — couldn’t ask her to
do any better.”
“Aubreianna, she does
good down low,” he said.
“She played good defense
and did a good job getting a
hand in the passing lane.”
He added, “Kyla hit
some 3’s for us late that we
needed, and Faythe Schafer
is always consistent for me.”
Emerson said her team
performed well overall.
“We stuck to our offense,
and I’m really proud of the
girls for all their effort put
into the game,” she said.
Dayville/Monument is
11-3 on the season and 3-1
in league. The Tigers fell
62-16 when they hosted the
Crane Mustangs on Friday
in Dayville.
The Tigers will face the
Burnt River Bulls at 6 p.m.
Friday in Unity, and they
host Four Rivers at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Monument.
The fast-starting Prairie
City Panther boys roared
past the Dayville/Monu-
ment Tigers 74-27 at the
Monument basketball court
on Saturday.
The bleachers were full
with spectators cheering
loudly for the Grant County
teams in what was a fast-
paced, physical match.
Prairie City is No. 4
among OSAA’s 1A teams
and is 13-0 on the sea-
son, 3-0 in the High Des-
ert League, making them
a formidable foe for Day-
ville/Monument, which is
5-9 on the season and 1-3
in league.
Cole Deiter led the Pan-
thers with 14 points fol-
lowed by Syd Holman with
13.
Donovan Schafer and
Drew Wilburn led the
Tigers with 6 points each.
Panther Jayden Winegar
was fi rst on the scoreboard,
landing a 3-pointer.
Dayville/Monument’s
strong defense was no
match for Prairie City’s
height. Deiter, 6-foot-5,
scored two in a row, fol-
lowed by Panther Levi
Burke, 6-foot-4, with 2.
Tiger Drew Wilburn
scored 2 points off an assist
from Cade Milton, and
Donovan Schafer added
another 2 halfway into the
fi rst quarter.
Dayville/Monument
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Gabe Walker-Hopkins: 3 (one
3-pointer)
Mark Thomas: 3 (one 3-pointer)
JT Hand: 4 (2-4 free throws)
Drew Wilburn: 6 (2-5 free throws)
Donovan Schafer: 6
DJ Howell: 3 (1-2 free throws)
Wesley Adams: 2
Prairie City Panther Lucas McKinley pushes through with a steal from Dayville/
Monument Tiger Mark Thomas, left, as Tiger Drew Wilburn moves in.
With less than three
minutes to go, Panther Syd
Holman nabbed the ball
from the Tigers and dunked
on a fast break, and team-
mate Jojari Field — the
shortest, but possibly the
fastest, Panther — added
three 2-pointers late in the
quarter.
Prairie City led 23-6
going into the second and
outscored the home team
14-7 in the second.
Prairie City denied Day-
ville/Monument all but one
3-point shot in the third
quarter made by Tiger Gabe
Walker-Hopkins, the Pan-
thers taking a 59-16 lead
going into the fourth.
More of the Panther
bench made an appearance
in the fi nal eight minutes.
The intensity didn’t
die down. One Panther
appeared to have his hair
pulled, and another had an
elbow to the face.
Lucas McKinley and
Jonathan Lawrence sank
3-pointers for the Panthers,
and Declan Zweygardt,
Brett Copenhaver and Mar-
cus Judd also scored 2 each.
Tigers Wesley Adams
and DJ Howell got in on the
scoring in the fi nal minute
of play. Howell also added
1-2 at the free-throw line
earlier in the quarter, and
Hand was 2-2 and Wilburn
was 2-3 at the free-throw
line.
Prairie City head coach
Sam Workman said Day-
ville/Monument made it a
high-pressure game.
“They played tough
defense that was good for
my boys,” he said.
Burke said, “They play
a different style than we are
— super physical, fast and
all over the place,” which
he said teaches his team to
stay composed.
Prairie
City
hosts
the Crane Mustangs at
7:30 p.m. Friday and the
Harper Hornets at 3:30 p.m.
on Saturday.
Tiger head coach Jeff
Schafer said his team never
gave up.
“Donovan and JT did
well rebounding,” he said.
“They work hard on the
glass.”
He said he was proud
of his team for their hus-
tle and working well
together. He noted Howell
added a spark in the second
half.
“Being outsized, they
worked hard,” the coach
said of his team.
“I thought we played
more as a team,” said player
Donovan Schafer. “It’s hard
to get around a team like
that. We’re going to keep
working and hopefully get
them next time.”
Dayville/Monument fell
to Crane 55-30 Friday on
the road. The Tigers will
face the Burnt River Bulls
at 7:30 p.m. Friday in
Unity, and they host Four
Rivers at 3:30 p.m. Satur-
day in Monument.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Defense key in Grant
Union boys’ 6-point win
over Weston-McEwen
The Grant Union Pros-
pector boys, missing a
starter due to injury, stepped
up Saturday for a 62-57 win
over conference opponents
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots in Athena.
Jacob Vaughan led the
Prospectors with 27 points,
followed by Tanner Elliott
with 15 and Devon Stokes
with 9.
Tristan Morris, who often
leads in scoring, injured his
foot in practice last week
and could be out for four
weeks, said head coach
Kelsy Wright.
Wright said his team
understands what they’re up
against in the Blue Moun-
tain Conference, and they’re
ready to fi ll in that gap to
keep the team competitive.
Currently, Grant Union
is second in the league (6-8
overall, 4-1 league) to the
Heppner Mustangs (11-6,
5-0). The Union Bobcats
(10-5, 3-2) are third in the
standings.
In Athena, the Prospec-
tors held the lead throughout
the contest.
“They (the TigerScots)
were in a 1-2-2 zone, so we
came up with some good
plays,” Wright said.
“Jacob Vaughan and
Devon Stokes were just
great on the 3-point shot,” he
said. “He (Devon) got them
out of the 1-2-2 zone then
man to man. Our defense
really played key in winning
that game.”
He added, “Tanner Elliott
was a monster in getting sec-
ond-chance points for us and
making it to the free-throw
line quite a bit.”
Wright said they’re pre-
pared to face the Stanfi eld
Tigers (5-11, 2-3, No. 4
in league) and Union this
week.
They’ve watched Stan-
fi eld in two games, and they
beat Union 59-47 on Jan. 5
in John Day.
“The boys understand
what the deal is,” he said.
“These are going to be our
biggest games to stay in
league competition.”
Grant Union hosts Stan-
fi eld on Friday at 6 p.m.
The Prospectors are on
the road to Union Saturday,
facing the Bobcats at 4 p.m.
Prospector girls surge
ahead in second half
run over TigerScots
The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls, ranked No. 4
among OSAA’s 2A teams,
are on a six-game win streak.
Grant Union’s defensive
intensity propelled them
to a 57-33 victory over the
Weston-McEwen
Tiger-
Scots in Athena in confer-
ence action.
The Prospectors were
ahead 26-19 at the half, then
outscored the TigerScots
18-10 in the third for a 44-29
lead. Grant Union widened
the gap for the 24-point
win, holding Weston-McE-
wen to 4 points in the
fourth.
Madi McKrola led the
Prospectors for the night
with 28 points.
“Our goal was to focus on
rebounding and creating the
offensive fast break,” said
head coach Kristi Moore.
“After half time, we were
able to make a few adjust-
ments, which led to scoring
opportunities.”
The win gives Grant
Union an 11-3 record. They
are leading at 5-0 in the Blue
Mountain Conference, fol-
lowed by the Enterprise
Outlaws (4-2), and Heppner
and Union (both 3-2). Stan-
fi eld is 2-3.
The Grant Union girls
host Stanfi eld at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, then travel to Union
Saturday where they face
the Bobcats at 5:30 p.m.
The Prospector girls beat
Union 60-52 on Jan. 5 in
John Day.
Mountain Lion
girls corral the Bulls
in Unity
The Long Creek/Ukiah
Mountain Lions experi-
enced the thrill of victory
and agony of defeat as they
defeated the Burnt River
Bulls 26-23 on Friday in
Unity and fell 69-17 Satur-
day to the Crane Mustangs.
Coach Amos Studt-
mann said their contest with
the Bulls was intense and
physical.
“Burnt River has come a
long way since we fi rst saw
them,” he said.
Long Creek/Ukiah led
19-11 at the half. Then the
Bulls left the Mountain
Lions scoreless in the third.
Studtmann said they
struggled offensively and
defensively in the third.
Burnt River outshot Long
Creek/Ukiah 19-0.
“We allowed Burnt River
to close the gap and gain the
lead before coming back in
the fourth quarter and mak-
ing some smarter passes and
getting a few rebounds,” he
said.
He said all but one player
on his bench had playing
time — the one team mem-
ber was in on their game
against the Mustangs.
The coach said their goal
in Crane was to pressure the
Mustangs to play their start-
ers as much as possible.
He said the girls felt
it was a success because
Crane kept their starters in
the contest.
“We got back on defense,
and for the most part, we
were able to force them to
run an offense in order to
score and not just take all the
fast breaks,” he said. “Luc-
chese Douglas and Brooke
Harrison were a huge part
of slowing down the fast
break.”
The Mountain Lion girls
will host Jordan Valley at
5 p.m., with the boys play-
ing at 6:30 p.m., on Friday
in Ukiah, and they host the
Pilot Rock junior varsity
team at 4:30 p.m., boys at
6 p.m., Saturday in Ukiah.
Long Creek/Ukiah
boys put new
strategies into play
The Long Creek/Ukiah
Mountain Lion boys split
wins on the road, taking a
41-21 victory in Unity over
the Burnt River Bulls and
falling 65-38 to the Crane
Mustangs.
Coach Amos Studtmann
said they put new strategies
they’ve practiced to the test
in Unity.
“It worked,” he said, add-
ing they tried some different
offensive plays.
“I put in all our subs,
working them into our
offense and getting them to
make good decisions with
the team,” he said. “They all
did well.”
He said Jesus Olmos ran
hard and kept in correct
position on defense.
“Henry Grannis was
good on rebounds, and Mar-
sel Kozhogulov was aggres-
sive trying to block shots
and steal the ball,” he said.
Studtmann said making
poor passes and giving up
easy rebounds in Crane led
to their loss.
“They didn’t play up to
our usual abilities and had
too many turnovers and few
rebounds,” he said.
He noted that James
Kreamier was almost 90 per-
cent from the free-throw line
in the fourth quarter, landing
8-9 shots.
“I see him going to the
line and chalk him up for 2
points,” the coach said.
He said, for their games in
Ukiah, the teams will focus
on making good passes and
rebounding.
He noted the Ukiah gym
is a challenge for visitors.
“You’re close to the audi-
ence and the roof is low, so
it’s hard to keep good spac-
ing,” he said.