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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
WEDNESDAY
January, 23, 2019
Grant Union girls defeat Stanfi eld 53-47
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls basketball team,
No. 4 in the OSAA standings
for 2A teams, is on an eight-
game winning streak after
beating the Stanfi eld Tigers
53-47 in John Day Fri-
day and the Union Bobcats
55-41 on the road Saturday.
On Friday, Prospector
Hailie Wright led her team
with 18 points followed by
Madi McKrola with 17.
Prospector
Kaylee
Wright, a starter, was out
for the game with an ankle
injury.
Hailie hit a 3-point shot
to start. Then Stanfi eld
moved ahead early in the
fi rst quarter.
Grant Union caught up
and held a slim lead, 12-11,
going into the second and
stayed ahead.
Wright rebounded and
put up a shot at the halftime
buzzer.
The Prospectors out-
scored the Tigers 15-8 in the
second for the 27-19 lead.
McKrola scored 9 points
in the third quarter, includ-
ing 1-1 at the free-throw
line. Wright hit her second
3-pointer for the night along
with a 2-point shot, and
Baylee Combs and Alcie
Moore each added 2.
“We focused on our
defensive game allowing
us to shut down the primary
scorers for both teams,” said
Grant Union head coach
Kristi Moore, adding that
rebounding was key in both
games.
“On Saturday, we were
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Grant Union senior Madi McKrola drives against Stanfi eld on Jan. 18.
able to work into the posts
allowing our post players to
take advantage of the one-
on-one game,” she said. “The
team set a goal to win our
league, and they are working
every day to accomplish the
goal.”
Grant Union is leading
in the Blue Mountain Con-
ference with a 7-0 record,
followed by the Enterprise
Outlaws (5-2) in second and
the Heppner Mustangs (5-2)
in third.
In conference action,
the Prospectors face the
Pilot Rock Rockets (1-6)
on the road Friday at
6 p.m., and Grant Union
hosts Heppner at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Grant Union meets up
with Stanfi eld again at
5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
9, at the Tigers’ basketball
court.
GRANT UNION VS. STANFIELD
Hailie Wright: 18 points (two 3-pointers, 2-3 free throws)
Madi McKrola: 17 (3-5 free throws)
Marissa Smith: 6
Alcie Moore: 4 (2-3 free throws)
Baylee Combs: 4 (2-2 free throws)
Abby Lusco: 2 (2-2 free throws)
Kaytlyn Wells: 2
Team free throws: 11-15
Grant Union boys lose to Stanfi eld
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
The Grant County CrossFit team, the PVC Prodigies, won
their division at the Granite Games Jan. 12 in Nampa, Idaho.
At the top of the podium are, from left, Haley Olson, Megan
Sherman and Rebekah Rand.
CrossFit team wins
in Nampa, Idaho
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Three Grant County
women joined forces to win
fi rst place in their division at
the Jan. 12 Granite Games
CrossFit competition in
Nampa, Idaho.
As the team “PVC Prodi-
gies,” Rebekah Rand of Can-
yon City and Megan Sher-
man and Haley Olson, both
of John Day, took the top
spot on the podium at the
Snake River CrossFit gym in
the women’s scaled division,
beating 18 other teams.
“It felt amazing to win,
and teaming up with those
two, we had really good
teamwork,” Rand said. “Our
strengths and weaknesses
complement each other.”
Sherman, who owns the
Canyon Creek Cross Train-
ing gym in John Day, which
is not affi liated with CrossFit,
said they discovered it was
also a global event, and they
placed 38th out of 527 teams.
The competition workouts
included ring rows, jump
rope, burpees and partner
deadlift.
Sherman said the partner
deadlift was the most chal-
lenging for their team due to
their height differences. One
partner takes one side of the
bar, and the other is on the
opposite side, dead lifting
205 pounds.
“I’m 5-foot-2, and Haley
is 5-foot-10,” Sherman said.
Contributed photo
Megan Sherman lifts in the
Jan. 12 Granite Games in
Nampa, Idaho, in a global
competition.
“We have to lock out at the
same time. We had to be in
sync.”
Olson said their team
trained hard for the event for
three months together.
“It was awesome being on
a team with those guys,” she
said.
Rand said it was a fun
experience.
“We didn’t go expecting
to win, but it was good to see
where we stacked up against
the other teams,” she said. “It
felt good to come out on top.”
The three continue to train
for future events.
Sherman is working
toward having her gym USA
Weightlifting certifi ed, so
athletes can train in her gym
for those events and the gym
can be entered into high-level
powerlifting competitions.
She said 40-50 members
train at her gym, and many
like to compete or watch
competitions.
The Grant Union Pros-
pector boys and Stanfi eld
Tigers kept the score close
in the fi rst half of Friday’s
conference contest in John
Day before Stanfi eld pulled
ahead for a 68-52 win.
Prospector head coach
Kelsy Wright said, although
they took the loss, it was
still a good game.
“They made some
adjustments and pulled
ahead,” he said of the
Tigers, noting that one of
their players, who hadn’t
been shooting as well in
past games, started hitting
the basket.
Prospector
Jacob
Vaughan had a game-high
16 points, and Mason Gerry
had 13.
For Stanfi eld, Elias
Esquivel had a team high
of 15.
Prospector
Devon
Stokes landed a 3-point
shot halfway through the
fi rst quarter, and two min-
utes later sank another
3-pointer.
Stanfi eld led 14-13
going into the second.
In the fi rst minute,
Vaughan landed a 3-pointer
and, less than two min-
utes, later added another
with Warner Robertson
also hitting for 3 in the fi nal
minute.
Prospector Tanner Elliott
was strong on rebounding
for the night.
He grabbed the ball
8-10 feet out for a put-
back at the halftime buzzer
for 2 points, moving Grant
Union to within 1 point of
Stanfi eld, the Tigers with
GRANT UNION STATS
Jacob Vaughan: 16 points (two
3-pointers, 4-8 free throws)
Mason Gerry: 13 (5-7 free throws)
Jordan Hall: 8 (2-2 free throws)
Tanner Elliott: 6
Devon Stokes: 6
Warner Robertson: 3 (one 3-pointer)
Team free throws 11-19
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Grant Union junior Mason Gerry shoots over Stanfi eld
defenders with senior Tanner Elliott ready to rebound on
Jan. 18.
the 29-28 lead.
The Tigers outscored
the Prospectors 19-12 in
the third and 20-12 in the
fourth with many of Stan-
fi eld’s points earned at the
free-throw line.
Stanfi eld shot 19-27
from the free-throw line,
including 14-20 in the sec-
ond half. Grant Union was
11-19 in the game.
Grant
Union
took
another conference loss
on the road, 58-45, to the
Union Bobcats on Saturday.
“It was a close game
all the way until the end,”
Wright said.
He said they had to start
fouling in the fourth.
“They were making free
throws, and we weren’t
capitalizing on our offense
— nothing was falling for
us,” he said.
Wright said the team
has been adapting to hav-
ing starter Tristan Morris
out with an ankle injury,
but added they hope to
have Morris back after this
week.
“We’re just trying to
come together,” Wright
said. “We’re doing every-
thing right. I’m proud of
how hard they want to work
for me.”
The coach said they’re
focused on preparing for
Heppner this week, and
they are also getting ready
for Pilot Rock.
Grant Union will face
the Pilot Rock Rockets at
7:30 p.m. Friday on the
road, and they host the Hep-
pner Mustangs at 4 p.m.
Saturday.
Heppner is currently
leading the conference with
a 7-0 record (13-6 overall),
followed by Union at 5-2
(12-5) and Grant Union 4-3
(6-10). Pilot Rock is 1-6
(2-15).
“It should be another
pretty intense game,”
Wright said of the upcom-
ing home game.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 25
Grant Union wrestling hosts
Grant Union Invitational at 12 p.m.
in John Day
Dayville/Monument basketball
@ Adrian, 5 p.m girls, 6:30 p.m.
boys (MT)
Long Creek/Ukiah basketball
@ Harper, 6 p.m. girls, 7:30 p.m.
boys (MT)
Grant Union basketball @ Pilot
Saturday, Jan. 26
Dayville/Monument
basket-
ball vs. Jordan Valley in Dayville,
3 p.m. girls, 4:30 p.m. boys
Grant Union basketball vs. Hep-
pner, 4 p.m. boys, 5:30 p.m. girls
Prairie City basketball vs.
Adrian, 2 p.m. girls, 3:30 p.m.
boys
Long Creek/Ukiah basketball
vs. Four Rivers in Ukiah, 2 p.m.
girls, 3:30 p.m. boys
Long Creek/Ukiah basket-
ball vs. Pilot Rock JV in Ukiah,
4:30 p.m. girls, 6 p.m. boys
Prairie City basketball @ Crane,
5 p.m. girls, 6:30 p.m. boys
Rock, 6 p.m. girls, 7:30 p.m. boys
Prairie City basketball @ Four
Rivers in Ontario, 6 p.m girls,
7:30 p.m. boys (MT)
Tuesday, Jan. 29