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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Prairie City basketball player signs with BMCC
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Prairie City senior basketball player Levi Burke signs a
letter of intent with the Blue Mountain Community College
Timberwolves on April 16.
Prairie City High School senior Levi
Burke signed a letter of intent with Blue
Mountain Community College where
he’ll play basketball for the Timber-
wolves team.
Burke, the son of John and Terri
Burke, tried out for the team and was
selected, then signed on with the school
April 16.
He was also offered a scholarship to
BMCC.
The Prairie City Panthers placed fifth
at state this season and second at state
last year, and Burke was often the lead
scorer.
He said he’s looking forward to start-
ing college this fall.
“It’s good to know that I have a plan
for now — playing basketball and see-
ing where these two years take me,” he
said.
“I’d like to thank my parents, family
and coaches and teammates,” he added.
“They’re the reason I’m at this level of
basketball.”
Burke also competes on the Panther
track team and is a lead contender in the
high jump, long jump and javelin. Last
year, he placed third at state in the high
jump.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Grant Union/Prairie City softball @
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah in Pilot
Rock, 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 3
Grant Union golf @ 2A Invitation-
al in Union at Buffalo Peak Golf
Course, 10 a.m.
Grant Union, Dayville, Long Creek,
Monument, Prairie City @ Grant
Union Invitational in John Day,
11 a.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 4
Grant Union/Prairie City softball
vs. Heppner/Ione, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Grant Union/Prairie City baseball
@ Union/Cove, noon, 2 p.m.
Eagle file photo
Prairie City Panther Levi Burke has
signed a letter of intent to play
basketball for the Blue Mountain
Community College Timberwolves. In
the photo, Burke scores in the Panthers’
win over Crane at the District 8 — 1A
— High Desert League championship
game this year.
SUNDAY-TUESDAY,
MAY 5-7
Grant Union golf @ District
Tournament at Pendleton Country
Club, TBD
TUESDAY, MAY 7
Grant Union/Prairie City baseball
vs. Heppner/Ione, 4 p.m.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Grant Union
golf team
prepares
for district
tournament
The Grant Union Pros-
pector boys finished third
April 25 at the Heppner
Invitational as the team
gears up for the three-day
district competition, which
starts Sunday.
Heppner won Thursday’s
event with a score of 294.
Hood River Valley was sec-
ond with 311, Grant Union
with 348.
In first was Ren Tappert
of Hood River with 65, sec-
ond was Boone Harrod of
Enterprise with 68, third was
Logan Burright of Heppner
with 71 and Prospector Gar-
rett Lenz shot a 72.
Grant Union’s Devon
Stokes shot an 82, Parker
Manitsas shot 88, Logan
Namitz shot 106 and Maver-
ick Miller shot 110.
For the girls, Heppner
won with a 333.
In first was Nicole Proph-
eter of Heppner with 76, and
Claire Grieb of Heppner had
81.
For Grant Union, Kayt-
lyn Wells shot a 95, Emily
Springer shot 110 and Billy
Radinovich shot 122.
Grant Union head coach
Ron Lundbom said the team
enjoyed great weather and
a barbecue at the Heppner
event.
“We had a fun match,” he
said. “It’s a short course, and
we always have a good time
there.”
He said their tournament
on Friday in Enterprise was
cold and windy.
“It’s probably one of the
harder nine-hole courses we
play,” he said. “The creek is
everywhere and then there
are the trees.”
The Heppner boys won
the event with 354, followed
by Enterprise with 390 and
Grant Union in third with
477.
In first was Kellen Grant
of Heppner with 76, fol-
lowed by Cason Mitchell of
Heppner with 79 and Boone
Harrod of Enterprise with
82.
For Grant Union, indi-
vidually, Stokes shot a 93,
Miller shot 124, Namitz shot
126 and Manitsas shot 134.
For the girls, Heppner’s
team won with a score of
416, and Grant Union had
493.
In first was Tori Suto of
Wallowa with 79, followed
by Propheter with 82 and
Wells with 107.
Springer shot a 118 for
Grant Union, Maddy Way
shot 133 and Radinovich
shot 135.
Lundbom said they have
an important week of golf
ahead.
Grant Union is sched-
uled to compete in Union at
10 a.m. Friday at the Buffalo
Peak Golf Course.
The Prospectors will con-
tend with 14 other teams
Sunday through Tuesday at
the 3A/2A/1A Special Dis-
trict 3 Tournament at the
Pendleton Country Club.
Grant County
teams go the
distance at
Don Walker
Invitational
Grant Union, Prairie City
and Long Creek track and
field athletes were affected
by strong wind in Nyssa at
the Don Walker Invitational,
but many athletes were still
able to set personal records.
Prospector golfer Maddy
Way putts during Grant
Union’s April 19 home
invitational at the John Day
Golf Club.
Prospector Garrett Lenz
competes at the Grant Union
Invitational in John Day.
Grant Union took a full
boys team and a partial girls
team to the event, and sev-
eral athletes shaved off time
in their running events.
“The wind was terrible,
and jumping and throwing
were affected the most,”
said Grant Union head coach
Sonna Smith.
One exception was junior
Mason Gerry, winning in
javelin and improving his
mark by over 3 feet with
153-04.
Drew Lusco, a junior,
added over 7 feet to his pre-
vious record in discus with
a mark of 130-02 for fifth
place.
Freshman Mason Mor-
ris placed first in triple jump
out of a field of 25 athletes.
For the girls, junior Shan-
niyah Hall set personal
records in both the 200, with
at time of 28.57 for fourth
place, and the 400, with a
time of 1:06.10 for seventh
place. She also set a season
record in the 100, placing
sixth.
Freshman Abby Lusco
placed second in discus with
a season-record throw of
104-00 in a field of 37 ath-
letes. Junior Megan McMa-
nama added over 5 feet to
her previous high mark for
10th place.
“We are heading down
the home stretch to dis-
tricts and state,” Smith said.
“Our last two regular season
meets will be at home.”
Grant Union seniors
will be recognized at noon
at their home track meet
Friday.
Prairie City head coach
Nate Barber said senior Levi
Burke performed well in the
long jump and high jump,
but his javelin throws were
affected by the wind.
“The Nyssa meet had
crazy wind,” Barber said.
Burke placed first and set
a personal record in the long
jump with a leap of 20-08.50,
adding about a half-foot to
his previous mark. He also
placed first in the high jump
at 6-05 and second in javelin
with a throw of 149-10.
Senior Jonathan Law-
rence shaved 10 seconds off
his 1,500 for 11th place out
of 26 athletes.
Barber said sophomore
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Tristan McMahan has been
improving each week in the
300 hurdles. He had a per-
sonal best in Friday’s event,
clocking in at 45.60.
“His leg is sore, so he has
been jumping off his right
leg in long jump, but he is
feeling better,” Barber said.
Sophomore Mikiah Kim-
ble shaved time off her 100
and 200 sprints, and senior
Haley Pfefferkorn and junior
Hailee Wall improved their
marks in the shot put.
Long Creek head coach
Linda Studtmann said her
athletes made their best
effort despite the windy
conditions.
For the boys, Henry
Grannis, a junior, set per-
sonal records in the 100 and
discus.
On the girls side, soph-
omore Lucchese Douglas
improved her javelin throw,
placing eighth. She finished
third among the 1A athletes.
Jenny Kim, a sophomore,
also improved her mark in
discus.
“We will be focusing on
improving technique in their
events and increasing their
speeds, as well as continuing
with strengthening and con-
ditioning,” Studtmann said.
Grant Union is hosting
a meet at 11 a.m. Friday. A
total of 10 teams will com-
pete, including all the Grant
County teams: Prairie City,
Long Creek, Monument and
Dayville.
Teams compete
at windy
Sherman
Invitational
The Monument and Day-
ville track and field teams
battled fierce winds and 16
teams Saturday at the Sher-
man Invitational in Moro.
“The wind was brutal on
Saturday, but the kids still
performed very well,” said
Monument head coach Jeff
Schafer.
He said his team is con-
tinuing to work on strength
and endurance as they pre-
pare for one more meet, Fri-
day’s Grant Union Invita-
tional in John Day, before
the District 3 Meet, sched-
uled for Saturday, May 11,
in Moro.
Dayville, led by head
coach Josh Williams, is also
scheduled to compete in
John Day on Friday before
they travel to the District
4 Meet Friday, May 10, in
Baker City.
For the boys, Monument
freshman Nic Ciochetti set
personal records in discus
and javelin in Moro.
Sophomore
Mark
Thomas won the 1,500,
clocking in at 4:42.28, and
placed second in the 800
with a time of 2:16.12.
Donovan Schafer also
advanced to the finals in
discus and javelin where he
placed sixth and seventh,
respectively.
On the girls side, Aubrei-
anna Osborne had personal
bests in the 800 and javelin,
and Faythe Schafer had a
season record in javelin.
Coach Schafer said both
Ciochetti and Osborne
are
making
weekly
improvements.
“I’m incredibly proud of
my team,” coach Schafer
said. “It was a good day.”
For the Dayville girls,
sophomore Haylee Col-
lins had a personal-best per-
formance in the 100-meter
dash, and freshman Hallie
Rhoda had her best mark in
discus.
Gabe Walker-Hopkins,
a senior, finished in sixth
place for the 300 hurdles,
and freshman Zach Fer-
guison was seventh in the
3,000.
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