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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
WEDNESDAY
February 13, 2019
Grant Union girls are league champions
GRANT UNION STATS
Lady Pros No. 1 seed
at district tourney
Kaylee Wright: 17 points (two 3-pointers, 5-6 free throws)
Madi McKrola: 16 (2-6 free throws)
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls are league cham-
pions after making a big leap
over the Enterprise Outlaws
in the fourth quarter Friday
for a 58-45 win.
The teams kept the
game tight in the fi rst three
quarters of the battle, with
Grant Union up 13-12 in
the fi rst, up 28-27 in the
second and down 37-35 in
the third.
Prospector junior Baylee
Combs infused some energy
into the game for Grant
Union in the fi nal eight min-
utes, scoring 2 points at the
start and going 1-1 at the
free-throw line. Just one
minute later Combs landed a
3-point shot.
Grant Union would con-
tinue on to outscore Enter-
prise in the fourth for the win.
“Baylee came off the
bench, hit some good points
Hailie Wright: 10 (one 3-pointer, 3-4 free throws)
Baylee Combs: 8 (one 3-pointer, 1-1 free throw)
Marissa Smith: 3 (one 3-pointer)
Tyler Blood: 2
Kaytlyn Wells: 2 (2-4 free throws)
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Kaylee Wright (23) goes up to score with Enterprise Outlaw Karli
Bedard (25) on defense.
for us and really got the girls
going,” said Prospector head
coach Kristi Moore. “That
fi red them up, and we were
able to pull out in the end.”
“It was a great night,”
Moore said. “We knew
Enterprise was coming in,
and they wanted to play their
very best, and so we knew
we had to play our very best.
It was senior night — hope-
fully now we’ll have another
home game, but that was the
last home game of the regular
season, and they just came in
fi red up, ready to win.”
Prospector Kaylee Wright
scored a game-high 17
points, followed by Madi
McKrola with 16.
Grant Union was strong
on defense as a team, includ-
ing senior Marissa Smith
Prospectors clinch district No. 2 seed
Boys will face
Union fi rst at
tournament
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Mason Gerry picks up a steal with Enterprise Outlaws Devin Greer
(14) and Dylan Marr (24) in hot pursuit during Friday’s game in John Day.
GRANT UNION VS. ENTERPRISE
Tanner Elliott: 18 (8-11 free throws)
Jacob Vaughan: 15 (two 3-pointers, 1-4 free throws)
Tristan Morris: 15 (one 3-pointer, 2-4 free throws)
Devon Stokes: 8 (one 3-pointer, 1-3 free throws)
Jordan Hall: 4 (one 3-pointer, 1-4 free throws)
Mason Gerry: 2 (2-2 free throws)
Taylor Hunt: 2
ready for everything Enter-
prise, led by head coach
Larry Wells, threw at them.
Wright said Elliott did a
great job with rebounding
and “always working hard
on the fl oor,” and Vaughan
“was shooting the ball well
and played great defense.”
Elliott led the Prospec-
tors with 18 points for the
night, followed by Morris
and Vaughan with 15 each.
Outlaw Cason Kirkland had
a game-high 19.
Vaughan said it was a big
win.
“We played well as a
team, and everyone got
involved and passed the
ball well,” he said. “We
played hard — we knew
it was a must-win if we
wanted to go into districts
as No. 2.”
Grant Union sealed that
No. 2-seed to the Blue
Mountain Conference tour-
nament on Saturday, defeat-
ing the Stanfi eld Tigers
56-42 on the road.
The tournament takes
place on Friday-Saturday,
Feb. 15-16, at the Pendleton
Convention Center.
The Prospectors face the
Union Bobcats, the No. 3
seed, in game one at 1 p.m.
Friday, and the winner will
play the No. 1-seeded Hep-
pner Mustangs on Saturday.
The winner of that match
will be tournament cham-
pion and the No. 1 seed to
state, and the loser will be
the No. 2 seed to state.
The loser of Friday’s
game one will face the win-
ner of the 6 p.m. Friday
game between Stanfi eld
(No. 4) and Enterprise (No.
5), and the winner will place
third in the tournament but
not continue to state.
Prairie City boys beat Monument/Dayville
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Prairie City Panther
boys proved to be too much
for the Dayville/Monument
Tigers to handle as the Pan-
thers defeated the Tigers
60-31 Feb. 5 at the Prairie
City court.
Prairie City’s Cole Deiter
scored a game-high 18
points, and Dayville/Mon-
ument’s Drew Wilburn led
the Tigers with 16 points.
The Panthers led for the
entirety of the game and
were up 28-11 at the half.
Prairie City stood out as
they outscored Dayville/
Monument 20-7 in the third
quarter.
Panther assistant coach
Mike Workman said his team
was sluggish to start but
improved in the second half.
“We were about a half
step behind and not as sharp
as we need to be,” he said.
“We ran the fl oor pretty
well, and in the third quar-
ter fi nally ran a half-court
offense and got the ball
inside and worked the ball
better.”
In the third, Tiger Gabe
Hopkins-Walker scored to
start. Then the Panthers went
on a 14-point scoring run.
Panther Syd Holman
scored 10 of his 14 points
in the game during the third,
including 2 off a steal and
a fast break. His teammate
Levi Burke followed, scoring
off a steal, less than two min-
utes later.
Wilburn scored 5 points
in the quarter, including a
3-pointer.
Tiger head coach Jeff
Schafer said his team has
improved.
He said Prairie City is
a tough opponent, but his
team accomplished what
they worked on in practice,
including moving the ball
well.
“We defi nitely had a better
team today,” he said. “We’re
looking forward to the next
two games. We’d like to go
to districts, and we’ve got to
fi ght in the next two games.”
Wilburn said the game
was fun, and he’s proud of
his teammates.
“We really worked hard
together and moved the ball
around,” he said. “The goal
is to get to districts, so we’re
working really hard and mak-
ing that fi nal push.”
Holman said his team
played well, but has some lit-
tle things to work on.
“I feel like we had our
moments that were gorgeous,
where we just played really
good basketball,” he said. “I
know that our team, when it’s
time, will be there.”
Prairie City defeated Long
Creek/Ukiah 89-46 on Friday
in Long Creek, and the Pan-
thers beat Burnt River 82-38
in Prairie City on Saturday
for the Panthers’ senior rec-
ognition game.
Dayville/Monument
hosted two games in Monu-
ment, defeating Harper 45-29
on Friday and beating Long
Creek/Ukiah 62-46 on Satur-
day for the Tigers’ senior rec-
ognition game.
The 1A High Desert
League Tournament is sched-
uled for Thursday through
Saturday, Feb. 14-16, at
Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School in John Day.
Prairie City, No. 2 seed
for the west side, will face
the Huntington Locomo-
tives, No. 3 seed for the east
side, at 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
The winner will play the Jor-
dan Valley Mustangs (No. 1,
east) at 7:45 p.m. Friday.
Dayville/Monument (No.
3, west) will face the Adrian
Antelopes (No. 2, east) at
8:45 p.m. Thursday. The
winner will play the Crane
Mustangs (No. 1, west) at
2:45 p.m. Friday.
The winners of Friday’s
games will play in the cham-
pionship game at 5:45 p.m.
Saturday for the fi rst and
second seed to state, and the
losers of Friday’s games will
play for third seed to state at
12:45 p.m. Saturday.
Prairie City vs. Dayville/
Monument
Friday’s game one between
Enterprise (No. 2) vs. Hep-
pner (No. 3) in the champi-
onship game on Saturday at
7:45 p.m.
The tournament cham-
pion is the No. 1 seed to state.
The loser is the No. 2 seed to
state.
The loser of game one
will play the winner of No.
4 Union versus No. 5. Stan-
fi eld on Friday at 7:45 p.m.
in game three. The winner
will be third place in the
BMC but will not advance
to state; however, the third-
or fourth-place team could
receive one of the open bids
for state — this is the case
for the girls, but not the
boys.
Panther girls hold out for
4-point win over Tigers
Teams seeded
2 and 3 in west
for districts
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Prospec-
tors overcame the formidable
Enterprise Outlaws 64-54 on
Friday in John Day.
After being down 12-11 in
the fi rst quarter, Grant Union
came back for a 4-point lead
in the second.
Prospector Tanner Elliott
hit 5 of 6 free throws, and
Tristan Morris and Devon
Stokes both landed 3-point
shots. Grant Union led 34-30
going into halftime.
The intensity went up
several notches in the third
for the Prospectors as they
scored 21 points while hold-
ing the Outlaws to 7.
Jacob Vaughan sank two
3-pointers for Grant Union,
and Elliott and Morris scored
4 points each. Stokes scored
off a steal, and Taylor Hunt
added 2 when Vaughan
picked up the Outlaw’s loose
ball.
Enterprise
outscored
Grant Union 17-9 in the
fourth, but the Prospectors
continued to battle for the
10-point win.
“We’re getting closer to
the end of the season,” said
Grant Union head coach
Kelsey Wright. “We had all
week to prepare and saw
where their weak spots were.
We were in the right places at
the right time.”
He said his team was
who also sank a 3-point shot
in the fi rst quarter.
“Going into the district
tournament No. 1 is an amaz-
ing feeling,” she said. “We
kept our intensity high the
whole game, and it paid off.”
She added, “I’d like to
thank the community for
coming out and supporting
us and being an awesome
crowd.”
Grant Union defeated the
Stanfi eld Tigers 53-47 on the
road Saturday.
The 2A Blue Mountain
Conference tournament is
next Friday and Saturday at
the Pendleton Convention
Center.
Grant Union, seeded No.
1, will play the winner of
The Prairie City Pan-
thers girls basketball
team held on for a 35-31
win over the Dayville/
Monument Tigers Feb. 5
in Prairie City.
“It’s always a battle”
when it comes to compet-
ing with Dayville/Mon-
ument, said Prairie City
head coach Bo Workman.
“We’re pretty equal,
and they’re always pretty
competitive with us,” he
said.
Prairie City had a good
handle on the game with
an 8-2 lead in the fi rst
quarter and 17-7 at the
half.
At one point in the
third, after Prairie City
junior
Emily
Ennis
landed a 3-pointer, the
Panthers led by 13 points.
The Tigers kept their
intensity up and nar-
rowed the Panthers’ lead
to 6 points going into the
fi nal eight minutes.
Prairie City’s Hailee
Wall started off with a
2-pointer in the fourth.
A short time later, Tiger
Faythe Schafer wrangled
the ball away to score 2,
Kyla Emerson added 1-2
at the free-throw line and
Courtney Nichols drained
a 3-pointer to bring Day-
ville/Monument within
2 points of Prairie City,
32-30.
Panther Rilee Emmel
brought Prairie City fans
to their feet when she
scored a 2-point shot with
about 12 seconds to go.
In a fi nal effort, Scha-
fer added 1 point at the
free-throw line with 9.5
seconds to go. Then Pan-
ther Katie Hire added 1
point for Prairie City.
“I defi nitely think it
was a confi dence booster
for us, and I think it will
help us going into dis-
tricts with a more posi-
tive feeling,” Ennis said.
“The fi rst half we were
slow and not making
shots,” said Tiger Denali
Twehues. “I thought the
third quarter we came out
strong and aggressive.
We’re going to move on
and look forward to dis-
tricts next weekend.”
Dayville/Monu-
ment head coach Tay-
lor Schmadeka said shots
that would normally go in
for them didn’t fall.
“(We) had a good third
quarter to get us back
into the game, as well
as a strong fourth, but
just not enough to close
the game,” he said. “I’m
very proud of the girls
for coming back when
we struggled in the fi rst
half — that is not easy
to do. Prairie City played
a tough game on their
home court and are well
coached.”
Coach Workman said
his team played well
defensively.
“Rilee played good
defense up top against the
guards,” he said.
“Hailee Wall plays
strong down low, and
Abbey Pfefferkorn had
some good offensive
rebounds for the night,”
he said. “Sam Workman
(Samantha) always gets
to the basket and fi nishes
well.”
The Panthers defeated
Long Creek/Ukiah 51-20
in Long Creek on Fri-
day, and beat Burnt
River 45-24 in Prairie
City during the Panthers’
senior recognition game.
Dayville/Monument
hosted two games in
Monument,
defeating
Harper 29-18 on Friday
and beating Long Creek/
Ukiah 47-22 on Saturday
during the Tigers’ senior
night.
The 1A High Desert
League Tournament is
scheduled for Thursday
through Saturday, Feb.
14-16, at Grant Union
Junior-Senior
High
School in John Day.
Dayville/Monument,
No. 2 seed for the west
side, will face the Harper
Hornets, No. 3 seed for
the east side, at 1 p.m.
Thursday. The winner
will play the Jordan Val-
ley Mustangs (No. 1,
east) at 6 p.m. Friday.
Prairie City (No.
3, west) will face the
Adrian Antelopes (No.
2, east) at 7 p.m. Thurs-
day. The winner will
play the Crane Mustangs
(No. 1, west) at 1 p.m.
Friday.
The winners of Fri-
day’s games will play in
the championship match,
deciding the fi rst and sec-
ond seed to state. The los-
ers of Friday’s games will
play each other at 11 a.m.
Saturday for the third
seed to state.
There will be play-
off games on Feb. 20 and
Feb. 23 to decide who
competes in the OSAA
Girls Basketball State
Championship
tour-
nament scheduled for
Thursday-Saturday, Feb.
28-March 2, at Baker High
School.