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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
WEDNESDAY
April 10, 2019
Long Creek track team hits the ground running
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eleven athletes on the 1A
Long Creek Mountaineer
track and fi eld team are aim-
ing high as they kick off the
season.
The team is led by head
coach Linda Studtmann and
volunteer assistant coaches
Peter Case and Sally Bur-
nette. Burnette holds Long
Creek School’s record for
javelin.
Several Mountaineers set
personal records at Friday’s
Prairie City Invitational,
competing with 1A-4A
teams.
Mountaineer Lucchese
Douglas reached new heights
when she placed sixth in the
400-meter run out of 16 com-
petitors. She was third among
the 1A athletes.
Douglas also performed
well at the March 15 Diana
Thurmond Invitational in
LONG CREEK 2019 TRACK
AND FIELD SCHEDULE
Long Creek Mountaineer Henry Grannis throws the discus in
practice on Thursday at the school’s athletic fi eld.
Long Creek Mountaineers runners practice on their home
fi eld, including, from left, James Kreamier, Lucchese Douglas,
Thomas Kreamier and Mathéo Buchart.
Harper, the
team’s fi rst
meet.
“ I t ’ s
given
me
a lot more
drive,”
Mathéo
Douglas
Buchart
said. “I’m
definitely
working a lot harder than last
year.”
jump on his list of events.
“It’s interesting,” he said.
“It’s hard, but it’s a new
experience.”
He’s especially happy to
compete with several team-
mates who were on the bas-
ketball team and said it’s fun
to be with them.
Johnson is making a
comeback after taking a
year off from the sport. She
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
There are
two seniors
on the team,
Mathéo
Buchart
and Gladys
Johnson.
Gladys
Buchart
Johnson
is competing
in track and
fi eld for the fi rst time, with
sprints, long jump and high
competed her freshman and
sophomore years.
“I enjoy hanging out with
the team,” she said.
Her goal is to beat her pre-
vious records, and she’ll be
cheering on her sister, soph-
omore Dorotha Johnson, she
said.
Dorotha set a personal
record Friday in the long
jump, placing 11th out of 22
April 12: @ River’s Edge Invitational in
Umatilla, 12 p.m.
April 18: @ Husky Twilight Meet in
Moro, 4 p.m.
April 19: @ C/W Invitational in Con-
don, 11 a.m.
April 26: @ Don Walker Invitational in
Nyssa, 1 p.m.
April 30: @ Ranchers Invitational in
Crane, 3:30 p.m.
May 3: @ Grant Union Invitational in
John Day, 10 a.m.
May 1: 1A-3 Special District 3 Cham-
pionships in Moro, 10:30 a.m.
May 17-18: OSAA 1A State Champi-
onships, TBD
competitors, fi fth among the
1A athletes.
Studtmann said those new
to the sport are learning the
ropes, and the seasoned ath-
letes are making adjustments.
“Some are athletic, and
some are not, but as usual,
I want them to do their best
and work on improving,” she
said. “We’re looking forward
to a good year and hoping for
lots of success.”
SHOOTING
THE BREEZE
Understanding
Oregon draw
T
he May 15 deadline for the
Oregon big game draw is fast
approaching. As I talk to fel-
low hunters, I am constantly amazed at
the number who have no idea how the
draw works. They don’t know when,
or if, they are going to draw, and have
no idea how many points they have
for each species. It makes me shake
my head a little because in the grand
scheme of drawing sys-
tems, Oregon is not
that diffi cult. With a
little planning, it isn’t
hard to draw a deer and
bull tag every other
year. It’s pretty easy to
draw a cow tag pretty
Rod
much every year if
Carpenter
you put some thought
into it.
Let’s get the “trophy” species out of
the way quickly. There is no point sys-
tem for bighorn sheep or Rocky Moun-
tain goat. They are a true random draw.
Every year, everyone has the same
chance of drawing, and the reality is
that some folks who apply their whole
life will not draw a tag. That being
said, while your chance of drawing is
small, if you don’t apply, your chance
is zero. I think it is worth the price.
Success in all units is pretty good, and
draw odds in some are better than oth-
ers, so take a close look before choos-
ing a unit to apply for.
Draws for all other species are
based on a preference point system:
25 percent of the tags go into a ran-
dom draw. Don’t count on that in your
strategy. Let it be a happy surprise if it
happens. Seventy-fi ve percent of tags
are given to the folks with the most
preference points for that species.
Every year you apply and are unsuc-
cessful, you get a preference point. It
is a game you have to “pay to play,”
but if you do it right, you can play a
lot.
A down and dirty way to fi gure out
how many points you need to draw
a particular tag is to look in the regu-
lations and divide the number of fi rst
choice applicants by the number of
tags. For example, Murderers Creek
deer had 3,122 applicants for 880 tags
— 3122 divided by 880 equals 3.54,
so you are going to need three, possi-
bly four, points to draw it. An excellent
website to check out is https://sites.
google.com/site/oregontags/about-me.
It is a free site that lists prior draw
odds, predicted draw odds for this year
and success rates. It is a virtual gold
mine of information.
I almost hate to share this tidbit, but
kids are the mother lode of building
points if you have some. You can start
building their points as soon as they
turn 9. Also, they earn a point every
year they are in the mentor program
from 9 to 16 years old. And you may
want to take a hard look at the fi rst-
time hunter program when developing
your draw strategy.
That is all the pointers I can bear
to share. You are going to have to do
some strategizing on your own. Make a
plan, and make it happen.
We welcome your thoughts and
ideas at shootingthebreezebme@gmail.
com.
Rod Carpenter is a husband,
father and hunting fool.
Running in the 1500-meter run on Friday are Jacob Smith of Grant Union, Vladislav Kim of Burnt River and Jesse Randleas of Grant Union.
Track athletes fl ock to
Prairie City Invitational
Prospector Kaylee
Wright breaks state
record she set in
javelin
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Donald Parker Memorial
Field was abuzz with track and
fi eld athletes and spectators at
Friday’s Prairie City Invitational.
Fifteen schools in the 1A
through 4A classes competed,
and for some teams, it was their
fi rst meet of the season.
Grant Union Prospector
Kaylee Wright, a senior, made
her debut in grand style, setting a
personal record in javelin with a
throw of 141-08.25.
She beat the state record she
set last year, 138-6.5, which had
broken the previous state record
she set as a freshman.
Wright also placed fi rst in
three other events, the 100, high
jump and the 4x100 relay with
teammates senior Trinity Hutchi-
son, senior Sydney Brockway
and freshman Carson Weaver.
Prairie City Panther Haley
Pfefferkorn placed third in
javelin.
Hutchison also set a personal
record in the long jump with a
mark of 17-05 for fi rst place with
Brockway placing second. Long
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Prairie City Panther Haley Pfeff erkorn throws javelin. She placed third
out of 26 competitors and she was second among the 1A throwers.
Creek sophomore Dorotha John-
son placed 11th and was third out
of her 1A competitors.
Brockway was also fi rst in
the 100 hurdles, and Hutchison
placed fi rst and set a personal
record in the 300 hurdles.
Grant Union sophomore Jor-
dan Hall placed third in the 110
hurdles with a time of 18.67,
behind two 4A athletes.
“I defi nitely have a lot of work
to do,” he said. “The main goal is
to keep your lead leg ahead and
keep it the same for the entire
race. I need to pick up speed.”
He said today’s race, his fi rst
this year, was a gauge for the rest
of the season.
In shot put for the boys,
Grant Union’s Drew Lusco, a
junior, placed fi rst with a mark of
41-11.75, and Prairie City’s Jake
McHatton, junior, came in sec-
ond with a throw of 36-01.50.
Lusco also placed fi rst in dis-
cus with a throw of 108-08, and
Monument Tiger sophomore
Donovan Schafer placed second,
setting a personal record of 104-
05. McHatton threw with a mark
of 102-09 for third, and Long
Creek Mountaineer Henry Gran-
nis, a junior, also set a personal
record with 91-07 for fourth.
For the girls, Grant Union
sophomore Abby Lusco was fi rst
in discus with a throw of 96-02.
Grant Union Prospector Drew
Lusco placed fi rst in the shot
put at Friday’s Prairie City
Invitational.
She placed third in shot put.
Dayville’s 4x100 relay team
— Zach Ferguison, Jaydon Hoff-
man, Austin Walker and Gabe
Walker-Hopkins — placed 11th,
and they were fi fth among the 1A
competitors.
Grant Union’s Mason Gerry
was fi rst in javelin (148-02.75),
and Braden Spencer was fi rst in
pole vault (10-0).
Monument distance runner
sophomore Mark Thomas set
a personal record in the 1,500-
meter run, placing fi rst with a
time of 4:50.40, competing with
16 other athletes. He placed fi fth
See Track, Page A13