SPORTS
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Tigers girls
beat Antelopes,
fall to Mustangs
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger girls basketball team
claimed a 55-51 victory over
Adrian on the road Friday,
then lost a 53-24 contest to
Jordan Valley in Dayville.
Dayville/Monument, with
a 6-2 league record and 15-4
overall, is third in the 1A
High Desert League stand-
ings behind Jordan Valley
(8-0, 15-2) and Crane (7-1,
16-3).
The Tigers are followed
by Harper and Adrian in the
standings.
In Friday’s game against
the Antelopes, Tiger Kyla
Emerson scored a game-high
24 points, and Faythe Scha-
fer had 17 points, six assists
and seven steals.
Tiger Courtney Nichols
contributed 6 points, Aubrei-
anna Osborne had 4 and
Denali Twehues had 4 points
and five steals.
Tiger head coach Tay-
lor Schmadeka said his team
played aggressively and shot
the ball well in the first half.
Dayville/Monument was
up 41-24 going into halftime.
Then Adrian outscored the
Tigers in the third, 7-4.
“We slowed down a bit in
the third quarter,” the coach
said. “We showed a lot of
resolve by not losing our
composure when they made
a late run, and we were able
to hold on for the win.”
Schamadeka said the
shots didn’t fall for them on
Saturday against Jordan Val-
ley like they did the previ-
ous night, and they had some
costly turnovers.
“The girls played good
defense against a very explo-
sive offensive team,” he said.
“The girls played hard all
weekend. I’m very proud
of them all. Denali Twe-
hues played very physical
both games and got a lot of
rebounds for us.”
In Saturday’s game,
Emerson scored 10 points,
Schafer had 9, Nichols had 3
and Twehues had 2.
Dayville/Monument will
be on the road for their next
three games.
1A HIGH DESERT LEAGUE BOYS
STANDINGS
1A HIGH DESERT LEAGUE GIRLS
STANDINGS
Prairie City, 7-0 league, 17-0 overall, ranked
No. 4 in state
Jordan Valley, 8-0, 15-2, No. 6
Crane, 7-1, 12-7, No. 22
Crane, 7-1, 16-3, No. 3
Dayville/Monument, 6-2, 16-4, No. 19
Jordan Valley, 7-1, 11-6, No. 33
Long Creek/Ukiah, 5-4, 6-10, No. 48
Harper, 5-3, 8-9, No. 49
Adrian, 5-3, 7-11, No. 36
Huntington, 5-5, 6-9, No. 64
Dayville/Monument, 4-4, 9-10, No. 44
Prairie City, 4-3, 4-11, No. 42
Adrian, 4-4, 5-12, No. 53
Long Creek/Ukiah, 3-6, 7-9, No. 39
Harper, 2-6, 6-8, No. 63
Four Rivers, 3-6, 4-8, No. 59
Burnt River, 1-8, 1-13, No. 71
Burnt River, 0-8, 1-12, No. 67
Four Rivers, 0-9, 1-11, No. 73
Huntington, 0-9, 0-14, No. 69
On Friday, the Tigers face
Huntington, with the girls
playing at 6 p.m. followed
by the boys at 7:30 p.m.,
and Saturday, the teams
compete at Crane at 2 p.m.
for the girls, 3:30 p.m. for
the boys.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Day-
ville/Monument travels to
Prairie City to face the Pan-
thers at 5 p.m. for the girls
and 6:30 p.m. for the boys.
Tiger boys
defeat Adrian,
fall in battle
with Jordan
Valley
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger boys used teamwork
in Friday’s contest with the
Adrian Antelopes for the
57-55 win.
“We had several scoring,
which won the game for us,”
said Tiger assistant coach
Andy Wilburn. “They were
all a threat, which is great and
what we’ve needed for quite
some time — they couldn’t
really zero in on one guy.”
The Antelopes held the
lead through halftime, and the
Tigers pulled ahead to hold
the lead late in the fourth.
“We shot a high percent-
age of free throws that night,”
he said.
Drew Wilburn led the
Tigers in scoring with 22
points followed by Gabe
Walker with 14 points and
five steals. Donovan Schafer
had 11 points and six assists.
The Dayville/Monument
boys (4-4) are in the middle
of the pack in the High Des-
ert League standings. Prairie
City leads at 7-0 followed by
Crane, 7-1, and Jordan Val-
ley, 7-1.
The Tigers fell to the Jor-
dan Valley Mustangs, 57-41,
in a barn burner on Saturday.
“We tied with them at
halftime 21-21,” Andy Wil-
burn said.
Jordan Valley got hot in
the fourth quarter, and Day-
ville/Monument
couldn’t
shut them down.
Wilburn said his team
played together and passed
the ball well but had some
key turnovers. He added, if
they hadn’t gotten into foul
trouble, they may have had a
better outcome.
“I really don’t think they
realize what they can do yet,”
Wilburn said.
Drew Wilburn led the
Tigers with 14 points, three
steals and two assists. Scha-
fer scored 11 points with
three steals and two assists.
Head coach Jeff Schafer
was unable to be at the games
but said he was “incredibly
proud of his team and thank-
ful for incredible assistants.”
Panther girls
split, boys
notch two more
league wins
The Prairie City Pan-
ther girls claimed a league
victory on the road, defeat-
ing Four Rivers 54-22 in
Ontario on Friday. They fell
to Adrian 59-49 in Prairie
City on Saturday.
Prairie City girls head
coach Bo Workman said
they came out aggressively
in the first half.
“We were able to get
some steals, run the floor
pretty good and transition,”
he said. “Abbey Pfefferkorn
stepped up and came alive
in that game, and Emily
Ennis plays really good on
defense.”
Workman said missed
free throws hurt them in their
game against Adrian.
“They played hard once
again, but the ball didn’t roll
our way,” he said. “I thought
we did good on defense,
but we couldn’t execute on
offense.”
Adrian, he added, plays a
higher-pressure defense than
Four Rivers.
The Prairie City boys
had a whopping 100-21 win
over Four Rivers Friday and
defeated Adrian 88-49.
Panther boys head coach
Sam Workman said he
played his younger athletes
for much of Friday’s lop-
sided win.
“I didn’t play my starters
very much,” he said. “My
younger kids couldn’t miss
either — I couldn’t tell them
to miss.”
He said his younger play-
ers were in for most of the
game against Adrian as well.
Prairie City was sched-
uled to face Crane on Tues-
day, past press time.
The Panthers meet up
with Jordan Valley on the
road on Friday, the girls
game at 5 p.m. and the boys
at 6:30 p.m.
On Saturday, Prairie City
hosts Huntington at 2 p.m.
for the girls and 3:30 p.m.
for the boys.
Sam Workman antic-
ipated both games to be
competitive.
“Those teams are tough,
no matter what,” he said,
noting it could be especially
tough playing Jordan Valley
at their court.
However, Crane beat Jor-
dan Valley 64-56 on Friday
in Jordan Valley.
“We’ve just got to stop
Zeke Quintero,” Workman
said of the Mustang senior
who is a dominant player
for Jordan Valley.
“This will be our tough-
est week,” the coach said.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
Long Creek/
Ukiah boys win
two in league,
girls win and
lose
As the regular season
winds down, Long Creek/
Ukiah Mountain Lions
coach TC Conner said he’s
hoping to close the gap
between his starters and
those on the bench.
“The next thing you
know, it’s going to be the
tournament, and we’re going
to need those guys,” he said.
The Mountain Lion boys
defeated the Harper Hor-
nets 49-45 on the road Fri-
day, and Four Rivers 78-43
on Saturday in Ukiah.
Long Creek/Ukiah had
a good start on Harper, but
the Hornets became more
aggressive in the second
half.
“I told them, if they pick
up their intensity, we’ve got
to pick up ours,” Conner
said.
Long
Creek/Ukiah’s
Tiger Zeng hit five 3-point
shots in the contest.
“Anytime he or James
(Kreamier) start hitting their
3-pointers, that opens up
lanes,” Conner said.
He said Four Rivers has
improved this year, but
said he and co-coach Amos
Studtmann took the oppor-
tunity to work the guys on
the bench into the mix.
Conner said starter Ben
Combs helped the team
with defense and rebound-
ing, and Thomas Kream-
ier also contributed with
rebounding.
“James
opens
up
offense,” Conner said.
“They know him, so I told
him, ‘You have to move
around.’”
Conner said Mathéo
Buchart has been gaining
experience and improving.
The Mountain Lion boys
lost a nonleague game to
Pilot Rock junior varsity,
57-44, Jan. 22 in Pilot Rock.
The Long Creek/Ukiah
girls suffered a 37-29 loss to
Harper on the road Friday,
then beat Four Rivers 44-40
at home in Ukiah Saturday.
The Mountain Lion girls
held a team meeting, work-
ing to bond the players from
the two schools.
“They played more like a
team and stuck up for each
other,” Conner said.
He said their loss to
Harper was disappointing
for them.
“I told them, don’t look
at the score, just play and
execute,” he said. “I think
they put more pressure on
themselves.”
He said Four Rivers is a
scrappy team.
The Mountain Lion girls
tied, lost the lead, then made
a comeback.
He said the girls are
working on the “little
details” of the game that are
important.
“Both teams are coming
together,” he said. “We’re
a co-op team, and we’re
slowly becoming a team —
bridging that gap.”
The Mountain Lion girls
lost a nonleague game to
Pilot Rock junior varsity,
38-36, Jan. 22 in Pilot Rock.
The Long Creek/Ukiah
teams were scheduled to
host Pilot Rock Tuesday in
Ukiah, past press time.
The Mountain Lions play
Adrian on the road Friday at
6 p.m. for the girls, 7:30 p.m
for the boys (MT).
Long Creek/Ukiah hosts
Burnt River Saturday in
Long Creek at 2 p.m. for
the girls, 3:30 p.m. for the
boys.
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
The fast-twist 22 Creedmoor
pany to launch a new super
.22 with the release of the 22
Nosler. It boasted “close to
.22-250 velocities” in a short
case that could fit into a
standard AR magazine. This
cartridge was soon followed
by Federal’s release of the
.224 Valkyrie, which took
on a bit of a different appeal.
You see, the 22 Nosler was
designed as a super-fast var-
mint caliber with 1-in-8-
inch twist or 1-in-10-inch
twist barrels offered to stabi-
lize bullets closer to those of
the .22-250. This provides a
distinct advantage over the
5.56 with similar weight bul-
lets. The Valkyrie addressed
more of the long-range inter-
est with its attempt to push
70-90 grain bullets past
2,800 fps.
These velocities are
respectable, especially con-
sidering that neither has an
overall length of more than
the standard .223 Reming-
ton. There will be many
who point out that the
.220 Swift was the origi-
nal king of small-bore mag-
nums, but it really needed
a fast twist barrel and long
action to make it shine. We
have finally seen the shoot-
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further down range.
The 22 Creedmoor is
the newest of the overbore
magnums to hit the mar-
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the now famous 6.5 Creed-
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just a necked down varia-
tion on the same cartridge.
So, what can it do that the
others can’t? To be honest,
it is not that much different
than, say, the .22-243 or the
.22-250 AI, but what all but
a few custom builds have
lacked, the 22 Creedmoor
has embraced. It was never
designed to shoot light-
weight bullets at 4,000 fps.
Though it will do that easily,
the 22 Creedmoor was built
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with a 1-in-7-inch fast-twist
barrel, and combined with
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its case, you can push those
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