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SPORTS BlueMountainEagle.com Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Golf SHOOTING THE BREEZE Myth of the brushbuster Continued from Page A10 golf balls rolling off the edge and sometimes downhill. For freshman Billy Radi- novich, it was her third tour- nament of the season, and it’s her first year competing in the sport. “I never imagined myself playing golf, but I enjoy it and the people and coach Ron,” she said. Springer said she’d golfed with some of the girls in her group in previ- ous years, including Cait- lyn Scrivner of Heppner and Miranda Raven of Vale. “I love this group,” Springer said. The golfers enjoyed ham- burgers and cookies after the tournament outside the clubhouse, and Lenz was recognized as a senior this year. On Saturday, Lenz headed up an 18-hole scram- ble at the John Day Golf Club for his senior project with 12 teams competing. Roundup Continued from Page A10 For the Prairie City girls, Mikiah Kimble set personal records in both the 100 and 200. Barber said Kimble has been working hard with teammate Abbey Pfeffer- korn as a training partner. Pfefferkorn set a season record in the 100. Rilee set a personal record in javelin, adding nearly 8 feet to her throw for a mark of 74-06. “We’ve had a few inju- ries, and hopefully, they’ll be healed up in time for Nyssa,” Barber said. Grant Union, Prairie City and Long Creek will compete at the Don Walker track meet which begins at 1 p.m. (MT) Friday in Nyssa. It is one of the biggest track meets of the season for the Grant County teams, drawing athletes from Ore- gon and Idaho. Grant Union was sched- uled to hold their small school meet on Tues- day, past press time, with Grant Union, Prairie City, Long Creek and Dayville competing. Dayville, Long Creek, Monument compete at C-W Invitational Three 1A Grant County track teams enjoyed good weather conditions at Fri- day’s C-W Invitational at Condon High School. The Dayville, Monu- ment and Long Creek teams competed with seven other schools at the event. “It was a beautiful day for a track meet over in Condon,” said Dayville head coach Josh Williams. Dayville freshman Zach Ferguison said, “It was a lot of fun.” Williams said he’s happy with the improvements all the athletes have made. “We were missing Aus- tin Walker for our (4x100) relay team, but his younger brother Ethan stepped in and did super well,” the coach said. “Our handoffs are improving, and I would like to see the boys try the A13 W The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Grant Union Prospector Devon Stokes drives the ball at the start of Friday’s Grant Union Invitational held at the John Day Golf Club. Behind Stokes is Cason Mitchell of Heppner, and far right is Grant Union head coach Ron Lundbom. The Ugly Truth Bar & Grill hosted a taco feed. The event, which is a Grant Union golf fundraiser, was Lenz’s senior project, and most of the proceeds were donated to the Stuart Mosier kidney transplant fund. 4x400 relay at least once this year.” The 4x100 boys team of Ethan Walker, Zach Fer- guison, Jaydon Hoffman and Gabe Walker-Hopkins placed fifth with a time of 53.54. Hoffman set three per- sonal records in the 100- meter dash, shot put and discus, and Walker-Hop- kins set season records in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles. Haylee Collins and Hal- lee Rhoda each set two per- sonal records. Both girls improved on their shot put. Collins shaved time off her 100, and Rhoda added 4 feet to her discus throw. Williams said, although the sun was shining when they left, their bus encoun- tered a significant thunder- storm on the way home. The Monument team, led by head coach Jeff Schafer, had a stellar performance. The boys team, with three athletes, placed fifth out of 10 teams. Four out of five of the Monument athletes set per- sonal records for the day. Mark Thomas shaved time off his 800 and 1,500, placing second in both events behind runners from 2A Heppner. Donovan Schafer improved his javelin throw for third place and tri- ple jump for sixth place. He also placed second in discus. For the girls, Fay- the Schafer set a per- sonal record in the 100, and Aubreianna Osborne improved her mark in javelin. Linda Studtmann, head coach for Long Creek, said the team performed well Friday in Condon, and Thursday at the Husky Twi- light Invitational in Moro. She said her athletes set several personal and season records. “Cherie Lee had a phe- nomenal PR in the discus at Moro,” Studtmann said, improving her throw by over 8 feet. Henry Grannis set a per- sonal record in discus at the Condon-Wheeler event, adding over 6 feet to his throw with a mark of 92-5. “It’s the same as always. They are all working on learning or improving in their events,” Studtmann said. Long Creek and Dayville were scheduled to compete at the Grant Union Small School Meet Tuesday, past press time. Long Creek will com- pete at the Don Walker meet at 1 p.m. (MT) Friday in Nyssa. Dayville and Monument will compete at 11 a.m. Sat- urday at the Sherman Invi- tational in Moro. Grant Union head coach Doug Sharp said, since the team had a bye last week- end, it was important to give McCluskey some game experience, “even though Warner was cruising.” Sharp said it was simply a well-played game. “All the way through the line up, the kids hit the ball hard,” he said. “Their base running was exceptional as well. The kids took extra bases all game on Heppner mistakes.” “Defensively, they were very sharp,” he said. “It’s nice when they do the little things right.” He said he spoke with the team about “respect 90,” which he heard from another coach in the past. “The length of the bases is 90 feet,” Sharp said. “It means when you are on the field, you respect all aspects of the game.” The Prospectors now prepare to host Sherman/ Arlington/Condon at noon and 2 p.m. Saturday at Malone Field. “It seems like they always have the athletes, though we can only worry about our- selves,” Sharp said. “Our plan is to limit our mis- takes and take advantage of theirs.” OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! Prospector baseball plays sharp for 15-1 win in Heppner The Grant Union/Prai- rie City Prospector baseball team had a 15-1 rout over the Heppner/Ione Mustangs April 16 in Heppner. Prospector junior War- ner Robertson pitched four innings with junior Logan McCluskey closing out the game. 95 percent of the time, a e have all heard it in one iteration deflected bullet results in or another, that is a clean miss or a wounded animal. Nobody wants that. the legend of the indeflect- able bullet. Usually, said Years ago, I drew a fertilizer is accompanied Sumpter Unit buck tag. with a yarn of greater than The area I hunted in was or equal to proportions. It quite thick in brush and likely goes something to the trees. After hunting a cou- ple of days, I came across effect of: “Uncle Joe had chased that buck for a week, a younger whitetail buck standing not 50 night and day. yards away through When he jumped some pine sap- him it was a 200 lings. Obscured as yard shot through a his body was, it was pole patch at a dead to be a headshot run. That bullet had or nothing. 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