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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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Prairie City girls fall to Adrian in district battle
Team finishes
season with
consolation win
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City basketball
fans were on the edge of
their seats as the Panther
girls started closing the gap
on the Adrian Antelopes in
the second half of Thursday
night’s district tournament
game, but Adrian held on
for the 38-34 win.
The Panthers were down
17-10 in the first and 25-18
going into halftime.
The 7-point deficit didn’t
drag Prairie City down. In
the third, the Panthers put
their foot on the gas.
After Adrian’s Sadie
Speelmon
landed
a
3-pointer, Prairie City’s
Rilee Emmel, Hailie Wall
and Samantha Workman
combined for 10 points to
tie the score 28-28 with
Emmel sinking two 3-point
shots.
Adrian scored 6 points
for a 34-28 lead going into
the fourth.
The battle got heated in
the final eight minutes with
Panther Abbey Pfefferkorn
scoring outside the arc.
Emmel scored a 2-pointer
and Wall added 1-2 at the
free-throw line to get within
2 points of Adrian.
Prairie City had a couple
steals but couldn’t find the
basket, while Adrian scored
2 more points for the win.
The Panthers entered the
contest seeded No. 3 on the
west side, while Adrian was
seeded No. 2 for the east.
“They played tough,”
Prairie City head coach
Bo Workman said of his
team. “Abbey (Pfefferkorn)
stepped up big. They all
played hard and didn’t give
up.”
Adrian had 12 play-
ers, compared to Prairie
City’s eight, and Workman
described their players as
“long and tall.”
“I think we’ll get ‘em
next time,” he said.
Adrian was led by head
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City Panther Abbey Pfefferkorn grabs an offensive rebound with Adrian’s Roby Young also going after the ball.
PRAIRIE CITY
STATS
Rilee Emmel: 13 points
(three 3-pointers)
Katie Hire: 8 (two 3-point-
ers)
Samantha Workman: 5 (1-2
free throws)
Hailee Wall: 5 (1-2 free
throws)
Abbey Pfefferkorn: 3 (one
3-pointer)
coach LaDawn Bayes, and
Speelmon was named player
of the game.
Prairie City defeated the
east’s No. 3-seed Harper in
the consolation round on
Friday 42-13 to end their
season.
Prairie City Panther Rilee Emmel (11) is tough on defense in
the game against Adrian.
Prairie City Panther Samantha Workman goes up to score
over the reach of Adrian’s Stella Nichols in Thursday’s game
at the District 8 1A tournament in John Day.
Grant Union boys end season placing third at district tourney
Morris leads
Prospectors
with 22 points
GRANT UNION STATS VS. UNION
Jacob Vaughan: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals
Tanner Elliott: 10 points (2-4 free throws), 4 rebounds
Devon Stokes: 4 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Tristan Morris: 22 points (two 3-pointers, 2-4 free throws), 11
rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
Warner Robertson: 2 points, 1 rebound
Eagle file photo
he was pleased with how
they developed over the
season.
“I believe these boys pro-
gressed extremely well,” he
said. “Overall, I’m proud of
all the boys.”
He added his athletes
were coachable, and he was
happy with their work ethic.
Wright
said
Elliott
showed
extraordinary
growth this season.
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Grant Union Prospector Tristan Morris, a junior, was named to the All-League first team in the
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disappointment.
The Prospectors fol-
lowed up with a 55-37 win
over Stanfield. Grant Union
freshman Mason Morris
was named player of the
game.
Tristan Morris was
named to the BMC All-
League first team and
Vaughan and Elliott were
each named to the second
team.
Wright said his team
started off the season slow
with some key losses, but
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The Grant Union Pros-
pectors ended their sea-
son in third place at the
Friday-Saturday
Blue
Mountain Conference Dis-
trict Tournament held at
the Pendleton Convention
Center.
Grant Union entered
the contest seeded No. 2
and fell 58-49 on Friday
to the No. 3-seeded Union
Bobcats.
It was the third time
the Prospectors had faced
the Bobcats. Grant Union
defeated Union 59-47 on
Jan. 5 in John Day. Then the
Prospectors fell 58-45 on
Jan. 18 in Union.
Grant Union was down
21-17 in the first quarter
of Friday’s game. Then the
Bobcats scored 16 in the
second while holding the
Prospectors to 4 points.
“We
started
chip-
ping away at their lead
in the second half, but
they were making 23- to
24-foot shots,” said Grant
Union head coach Kelsy
Wright. “Union hit 12 out
of 25 three-point attempts
(overall).”
He said his team was rat-
tled when Union went on
their offensive attack, and
although they outscored
Union 12-8 in the third and
16-13 in the fourth, they
were unable to close the
gap.
Tristan Morris, a junior,
led the Prospectors with 22
points, followed by seniors
Tanner Elliott with 10 and
Jacob Vaughan with 8.
Grant Union had hoped
to improve on their sixth-
place finish at state last
year, and Wright said
the loss to Union was a
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