SPORTS
BlueMountainEagle.com
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
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Monument Tigers track team aims to set records
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Monument Tiger
track and fi eld team, led by
head coach Jeff Schafer,
has fi ve members this year,
including sophomore Mark
Thomas who placed fi fth at
state last season in the 1,500-
meter run.
The three boys and two
girls each look forward to
setting personal records, and
some have high hopes to
compete at state.
Thomas ran the 1,500
with a fi fth-place fi nish at
state last year in a time of
4:23.37. At that time, he set a
personal record in the event,
shaving 13 seconds off his
best time.
To start this season,
Thomas, who’s been com-
petitive in the sport since
fi fth grade, placed fi rst in the
event with a time of 4:50.40
at Saturday’s Prairie City
Invitational, racing against
16 competitors.
He said he’s aiming to
improve his times in all his
MONUMENT 2019 TRACK
AND FIELD SCHEDULE
April 12: @ Burns Lions/Oster Meet in
Burns, 1 p.m.
April 19: @ C/W Invitational in Con-
don, 11 a.m.
April 27: @ Sherman Invitational in
Moro, 11 a.m.
May 3: @ Grant Union Invitational in
John Day, 10 a.m.
May 11: 1A-3 Special District 3 Cham-
pionships in Moro, 10:30 a.m.
May 17-18: OSAA 1A State Champi-
onships, TBD
The Monument track and fi eld team poses with their
coach Jeff Schafer, including (back row, left to right), Mark
Thomas, Donovan Schafer and Nic Ciochetti, and (front row)
Aubreianna Osborne and Shyana Johnson.
Monument Tiger Donovan Schafer throws the discus in
practice on Wednesday, April 3, with teammate Nic Ciochetti
and coach Jeff Schafer looking on.
events, which include the
800 and 3,000, and he’s
working toward that goal
through weight lifting and
interval training.
“I’m hopeful to take it all
at state,” he said.
Sophomore
Donovan
Schafer set a personal record
in discus with a mark of 104-
05 on Friday, placing second
Freshman
Aubreianna
Osborne, also competing
since fi fth grade, is taking on
the 800, 400 and javelin this
season and said she’s look-
ing forward to spending time
with her team.
Other team members are
freshman Nic Ciochetti, who
competes in discus and jave-
lin, and Shyana Johnson who
out of 33 competitors at the
Prairie City Invitational.
He’s also been compet-
ing since fi fth grade, and his
other events include javelin
and triple jump.
“I’m hoping to make it to
state in discus,” he said. “I’m
looking forward to starting
off strong and keep progress-
ing through the season.”
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
competes in the sprints and
hurdles.
Schafer said the team is
working hard.
“We’re excited to see how
we do in this new district,” he
said.
The Tigers will have 11
opponents in the 1A District
3, including Adrian, Cove,
Crane, Prairie City and Day-
ville. Schafer has assistance
from Treila Osborne with
weight training and sched-
uling, Chuck Thomas helps
with distance running with
Schafer overseeing the rest
of the events.
The coach said track and
fi eld keeps the Tiger athletes
active during the spring and
builds their endurance.
“We have goals to con-
tinue to improve and reach
our potential all the time,”
he said. “They have fun and
encourage each other even
though it’s an individual
sport.”
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in the event at state last
year.
“The race was really
intense,” Thomas said,
speaking of Friday’s event.
“I think to begin with
today, it was a great start,
and I look forward to the
rest of the season.”
Grant Union canceled a
Small Schools Meet, which
was set for April 9, due to a
fl ood risk at the school.
Grant Union, Monu-
ment, Dayville and Prairie
City are scheduled to com-
pete at 1 p.m. Friday at the
Burns Lions/Oster Track
Meet in Burns.
Long Creek is sched-
uled to compete at the
River’s
Edge
Invita-
tional at 12 p.m. Friday in
Umatilla.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Jordan Hall competes in the 110-meter hurdles,
fi nishing in third at Friday’s Prairie City Invitational. Hall was
fi rst among the 2A competitors.
Dayville Tiger Hallie Rhoda competes in shot put Friday in Prairie City.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Prospector
softball splits
wins with
Union/Cove
Grant Union/Prairie City
softball faced a tough team
and tough weather condi-
tions Saturday as they fell
2-1 to the Union/Cove Bob-
cats in game one and won
game two 15-14.
Prospector head coach
Zach Williams said they
played well defensively in
game one, and Macy Strong
pitched well for seven
innings, striking out four and
giving up only one walk. Jor-
dyn Young was 1 for 3, Madi
McKrola was 1 for 3 and
Tiler Voigt was 1 for 3.
Williams said it was cold
and rainy with a 20-mph
wind blowing, but the Bobcat
pitcher was also a challenge.
“We were facing a good
rise ball pitcher that kept us
swinging at pitches up in the
zone,” he said. “That gen-
erally means you are going
to lift the ball in the air. We
hit some balls well that may
have been HR’s on a normal
day, but on Saturday they
ended up being fl y balls.”
He added, “Bottom line is
the conditions were the same
for both teams, and we didn’t
make the needed adjustments
to come out on top in that
one.”
In game two Taylor Allen
pitched one inning with
Strong pitching the fi nal six
innings.
Grant Union was down
11-0 in the bottom of the
third.
Williams said his team
then “started really battling at
the plate, swinging at pitches
we could handle.”
The game ended in the top
of the seventh, with Union up
to bat.
A Bobcat hit a single to
right fi eld, with a runner on
second and two outs, and
Kori Jo Girvin came up fi r-
ing from right fi eld and threw
the girl out to catcher Hailie
Wright at the plate to end the
game, Williams said.
Young was 3 for 5 with
a home run, Wright was 2
for 4, McKrola was 2 for 3
and Allen was 1 for 4 with a
home run.
Grant Union will hit the
road Thursday to face the
3A Knights at 4 p.m. in Irri-
gon. Then they’ll face the 2A
Weston-McEwen TigerScots
at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Satur-
day in Athena.
“Weston-McEwen is also
well coached and has some
girls that can pitch, so we
will be prepared for a tough
day,” Williams said.
Prospector
baseball gets
the sweep in
Dufur
The Grant Union/Prai-
rie City baseball team bat-
tled for the sweep against
Dufur/South Wasco County
Saturday, the Prospectors
winning 7-5 and 11-1.
Grant Union was up 3-2
going into the last inning of
game one when the Prospec-
tors rallied with 4 runs.
“They made a run at us in
the bottom half, but Warner
Robertson was able to fi nish
them off for his second com-
plete game of the year,” said
Grant Union head coach
Doug Sharp.
Mason
Morris
started game two for the
Prospectors.
At fi rst, he had a hard
time commanding the strike
zone, Sharp said. “After
that, he settled down and
was completely dominating
them.”
Morris gave up only one
hit, and Logan McClus-
key relieved him during the
fi fth inning and shut down
the batters with strikeouts
on all in the 1 1/3 innings he
pitched.
Game two was a close
game, 2-1, until the sixth
inning when the Prospectors
broke loose with 9 runs to
end the game early with the
10-run rule.
“It was a great start to our
league season,” Sharp said.
“They had to battle some
things out of our control, but
like I always tell them, stay
focused and battle every
pitch of the game. We want
them to believe that some-
thing good is always going
to happen.”
A game with Pilot Rock
Tuesday has been moved
to Wednesday, April 10,
and relocated to John Day
as the Rockets fi eld was
unplayable.
Grant Union was sched-
uled to face Weston-McE-
wen at noon and 2 p.m. in
Athena. The game may be
rescheduled to Friday, if the
weather is better that day.
Grant Union
golf team
competes in
Pendleton
The Grant Union golf
team traveled to Pendleton
Country Club for a six-team
tournament.
On the girls side, Hep-
pner came out on top with a
score of 426.
Individual scores for the
girls were Tori Suto, Wal-
lowa, 74; Nicole Proph-
eter, Heppner, 85; Amber
Treat, Echo, 88; Sasha
Keown, Heppner, 94; Tiana
Allen, Vale, 100; and Kate-
lyn Wells, Grant Union, 112.
Grant Union’s Maddy Way
had a 139.
On the boys side, Hep-
pner won with 362, followed
by Burns with 400, Grant
Union and Enterprise with
420, Vale with 463 and Echo
with 495.
Individual scores were
Kellen Grant, Heppner, 80;
Kolton Kurata, Vale, 88;
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Logan Burright, Heppner,
91; Hunter Greenup, Hep-
pner, 93; Garrett Lenz, Grant
Union, 95.
The other Grant Union
scores were Devon Stokes
99, Parker Manitsas 106,
Maverick Miller 120 and
Logan Namitz 159.
“The course was in poor
shape due to not all the grass
mowed,” said Grant Union
head coach Ron Lundbom.
“It is hard to fi ght back
after being penalized for not
fi nding your ball in the fair-
way,” he said. “Neverthe-
less, we played better than
I thought for this time of
year.”
The Prospectors will
compete at the Hermiston
Invite at 10 a.m. Friday if
weather permits.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
All games subject to weather and fl ooding.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Grant Union baseball vs. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
Grant Union golf @ Hermiston Invitational, 10 a.m.
Long Creek track and fi eld @ River’s Edge Invitational in
Umatilla, noon
Grant Union, Monument, Dayville and Prairie City track and
fi eld @ Burns Lions/Oster Track Meet in Burns, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
Grant Union baseball vs. Weston-McEwen, noon, 2 p.m.
(game may be rescheduled to Friday depending on weather)
SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH
10:30am (following the Bunny Hop)
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