SPORTS
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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Ukiah/Long Creek varsity soccer Hunters asked to return wings
from forest grouse, mountain quail
team shows strength in unity
Blue Mountain Eagle
League includes
Irrigon, Four
Rivers, Riverside,
Umatilla and
Nyssa
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Ukiah/Long Creek soc-
cer team is stepping up from
junior varsity to varsity this sea-
son with 12 players, including
seven juniors.
All but three of the 12 players
are new to the sport.
The 1A Mountain Lions are
led by Amos Studtmann who is
in his fourth year as head coach
with three years as junior var-
sity coach — this is his first year
leading a varsity team.
Studtmann said his team’s
overarching positive quality this
season is unity.
The coach has two captains
helping bring the team together,
Thomas Kreamier, a junior, this
season’s only returning player,
and Aaron Garinger, a junior,
who played his freshman year.
Ukiah/Long Creek’s first
game of the season, a 10-1 loss
to Four Rivers of Ontario Sept.
9, was a learning experience.
“Thomas played excellent
defense, leading with both action
and communication to help the
younger players get into posi-
tion,” Studtmann said. “Aaron
played solid midfield, good
defense and really outworked
himself, pushing himself beyond
his conditioning level.”
Garinger was injured in the
game but hopes to be back on
the field soon.
The coach said they were
short-handed for Friday’s game,
an 8-2 loss to the 3A Irrigon
Knights.
Although it was a loss, Studt-
mann said the team is improv-
ing with each game.
Five of the team members
are foreign exchange students
— two from Spain, and the oth-
ers from Thailand, Korea and
Germany.
At least two have experience
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Nolan Garinger, left, and Elias Galan charge after the ball in
soccer practice Sept. 11 at the Long Creek field.
UKIAH/LONG CREEK
SOCCER SCHEDULE
Sept. 19: @ Nyssa, 5 p.m. (MT)
Oct. 1: @ Riverside, 4:15 p.m.
Oct. 12: @ Four Rivers, noon
(MT)
Oct. 15: vs. Umatilla in Long
Creek, 4 p.m.
Oct. 17: vs. Nyssa in Long
Creek, 4 p.m.
Oct. 25: @ Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29: @ Umatilla, 4 p.m.
playing the sport in their home
countries, including Linus Beck
and Philip Lee.
Kreamier said the exchange
students are playing well.
“They have potential and the
ability to grow,” he said.
He said their first match
was a good experience because
everyone got to see what it’s
like to be in a game.
“I think we put in as much
effort as the coach wanted,” he
said.
Garinger said he’s impressed
with his team.
“We do super well for all
the team being new to soccer,”
he said. “Working as a team is
super important. We did bet-
ter against teams we faced last
year, because the team cohesion
was so great — and we had way
more experienced players last
year.”
Garinger added he’s hav-
ing fun, and there has been no
fighting this season among the
players.
He said this will be his last
year playing soccer, because
he’s put in the work to graduate
early upon completing his junior
year.
“I think that we’ll grow
together as a team superbly,” he
said.
Ukiah/Long Creek is facing
five other teams in the 3A/2A/1A
Special District 6: Irrigon, Four
Rivers, Riverside, Umatilla and
Nyssa.
Studtmann said he’s not
familiar with most of their oppo-
nents but said they can expect
Riverside to be tough.
“Riverside is coming off a
very successful season,” he said.
“I always expect them to play
well.”
The coach said, although Lee
and Beck are new to the sport,
“they’re willing to work hard,
and they’re not worried about
the risk of failure.”
“We have better team spirit
this year,” Studtmann said.
“They’re positive and help each
other out.”
He said, for the the first time,
he’ll have more than half the
team returning next season.
“My goal is to help them
enjoy the sport to get them com-
ing back and build the funda-
mental skills that will be neces-
sary for them to be successful in
the future,” Studtmann said.
The Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife is asking successful forest grouse
and mountain quail hunters to return
a wing and a tail from each bird they
harvest.
Collection barrels (often bright blue
with yellow signs) will be placed at major
road junctions or highways in popular
hunting areas and at some ODFW offices
and popular rural markets, according to a
press release.
To find specific barrel locations see the
map online, or call the ODFW office clos-
est to your hunt.
To submit wings and tails:
• Clip the right wing close to the bird’s
body. Submit the left wing if the right
wing is damaged (i.e., worn or missing
feathers).
• Remove all tail and rump feathers
by skinning out the lower 2-3 inches of
the back of the bird and clipping off the
tail.
• Place wing and tail together in pro-
vided paper bag, and write the date of
kill and general location where indicated.
Please do not use plastic bags, as they
speed decomposition and make the wings
and tails hard to use.
• Put the wing bags inside the collec-
tion barrel or drop them off at the nearest
ODFW office. ODFW will also send addi-
tional bags and postage-paid return enve-
lopes to those who call 503-947-6301.
Biologists use the wings and tails
to collect information on species, age,
hatch date, recruitment and sex ratios of
the birds. They use this information to
get a clearer picture of grouse and quail
populations that will help determine
hunting seasons. Since wing collections
started in 1980, hunters have submitted
more than 30,000 grouse wings.
Wing analysis is only one of several
surveys ODFW uses to monitor forest
grouse and mountain quail populations
in Oregon. The wing data complements
other information gathered in production
and harvest surveys.
The season for forest grouse is Sept.
1 through Jan. 31 statewide. There is no
open season for spruce grouse.
Mountain quail seasons vary across
the state:
• Western Oregon, Hood River and
Wasco counties: Sept. 1 to Jan. 31, 2020.
• Grant, Crook, Wheeler, Gilliam,
Klamath, Umatilla, Morrow and Wal-
lowa counties: Oct. 5 to Jan. 31, 2020.
• Remaining Eastern Oregon coun-
ties: no open season.
Contributed photo
Collection barrels for forest grouse and
mountain quail wings and tails will be
placed near popular hunting areas.
Contributed image
Collection barrels for a wing and the tail
from forest grouse and mountain quail
will be placed at the following locations.
Contributed photo/Pat Matthews ODFW
Ruffed grouse are named for a series of
black iridescent feathers on the sides of
the neck called the ruff, which is erected
by males to form a ring around the neck
during courtship displays.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Grant Union cross cou
ntry team competes
in Catherine Creek
Scamper ‘mudbath’
Runners on the Grant
County cross country teams
didn’t let the Catherine Creek
Scamper’s obstacles — such
as a 15-foot-plus mud bog —
prevent them from making a
splash in the competition.
Because five varsity girls
runners missed the event, all
high school girls were at the
junior varsity level.
Senior Rylee Browning
placed third, and freshman
Amelia Hall came in fifth with
the team finishing fifth overall.
“Generally, this is a slower
race because of the obstacles
and the extensive single lane
path in the mountains (that)
makes it difficult to pass,” said
Grant Union head coach Sonna
Smith.
Standouts who bettered
their times from last week
included freshman Brady Dole
running with the varsity boys,
sophomores Gavin Lopez and
Cole Ashley running junior
varsity and senior Tiler Voigt
who ran junior varsity.
“The team is looking for-
ward to The Footrace to Val-
halla, as it always provides fast
times,” Smith said.
Varsity races start at
1:45 p.m. Friday at Umatilla
High School.
Prospector spikers unify
for improved Day Two at
tourney
The Grant Union Pros-
pector volleyball team had a
busy couple of days compet-
ing at the East-West Volleyball
Classic at Powder Valley High
School Friday and Saturday in
North Powder.
Friday’s games didn’t
go Grant Union’s way with
losses to Powder Valley (25-
18, 25-15), Wallowa (25-22,
25-15) and Damascus Chris-
tian (25-23, 17-25, 15-9).
However the Prospectors
rallied on Day Two, with wins
over Imbler (25-21, 25-15)
and Country Christian (25-19,
25-22).
“Saturday was a much bet-
ter day for us,” said Grant
Union head coach Ali Abrego.
“We walked away with three
wins from tough teams.”
She said sophomores Paige
Gerry and Grace Taylor, junior
Abby Lusco and seniors Taylor
Allen and Kaytlyn Wells gave
remarkable performances at
the tournament.
“They all played well
together and helped our team
with crucial points of the
game,” Abrego said. “A high-
light was beating Joseph on
Saturday 18-16 in the third set
of our third match from the day
— sixth match of the weekend.
The girls really had to be men-
tally tough for that one.”
Grant Union faced the Prai-
rie City Panthers on the road
Tuesday, past press time. The
Prospectors travel to Heppner
Thursday to face the Mustangs
at 6:30 p.m. in what will be
both teams’ first league game
of the season.
Grant Union football
team drops road game to
Monroe
Turnovers in the second
half hampered the Grant Union
Prospector football team Fri-
day for a 27-14 road loss to the
Monroe Dragons.
Grant Union head coach
Jason Miller said it was the
second half of the game that
made the difference, also add-
ing one touchdown was called
back on a “questionable call.”
“The offensive line and
defensive line both showed
improvement,” he said.
Grant Union has been
denied wins in their first two
nonleague games of the sea-
son by two highly ranked
teams, giving the Prospectors
an opportunity to gain valuable
experience.
The Prospectors will travel
to Summit High School in
Bend to face the Lost River
Raiders of Merrill at 5 p.m.
Saturday in nonleague action.
Dayville/Monument
netters lose close contest
to South Wasco
The Dayville/Monument
Tiger volleyball team’s strong
defense was not enough to
hold the South Wasco Red-
sides off from a 3-1 win Fri-
day in Maupin.
Tiger head coach Treila
Osborne said her team had
strong net play against the
Redsides, which won with
scores of 25-15, 18-25, 25-22
and 25-20.
Coach Osborne said senior
Miranda Cook provided some
“amazing blocks,” and senior
Aubrey Bowlus and sopho-
more Aubreianna Osborne had
great serves.
“Our entire team has
learned so much this year, and
we keep getting better, stron-
ger, faster, as we practice com-
munication and transitioning,”
coach Osborne said.
She added her team is
looking forward to the week-
end of competition, hosting
Ukiah/Long Creek junior var-
sity at 5 p.m. Friday in Day-
ville and, on Saturday, facing
Camas Valley at 2:30 p.m. and
Central Christian at 4 p.m. at
Central Christian High School
in Redmond for nonleague
games.
“The more we play, the
more we learn and progress,”
Osborne said.
Dayville/Monument
football warms up
too late against South
Wasco
The Dayville/Monument
Tigers football team’s stronger
second half against the South
Wasco Redsides was not
enough Friday, and the Red-
sides claimed a 48-26 win on
their turf in Maupin.
“We started the game out
flat and couldn’t get started,”
said Tiger head coach Kyle
Hand, calling it a “game of
halves.”
“First half, we just did not
show up to play, but we fin-
ished the game with a lot of
momentum,” he said.
Tiger Mark Thomas, a
junior, had a kickoff return
in the second quarter for a
touchdown.
“That got us awake after
digging a deep hole,” Hand
said. “At halftime, we made
some changes in the offense
and stepped up the defense.
South Wasco had a much
harder time moving the ball
in the second half of the game
while we were finding offense
through the air.”
Tiger junior JT Hand had
a long receiving touchdown
from junior Donovan Scha-
fer early in the third. Then Tell
Cox, a sophomore, had a short
touchdown run, the coach
said.
He added, defensively,
Thomas had an interception,
and junior DJ Howell and
senior Wesley Adams had
many tackles for loss with
Howell forcing a couple of
fumbles.
“We have three weeks
of practice before our next
game,” coach Hand said.
“We plan on working hard to
improve our speed, strength
and overall football skills.”
The Tigers will host Mitch-
ell/Spray/Wheeler for a non-
league game at 1 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 4, in Monument.
Ukiah/Long Creek’s
soccer falls to Irrigon,
short-handed
The 1A Ukiah/Long Creek
soccer team was missing a
couple key players in its 8-2
loss to the 3A Irrigon Knights
Friday in Long Creek, which
was the Mountain Lions’ sec-
ond game of the season.
“We still managed a bet-
ter score than we had against
Four Rivers,” said head coach
Amos Studtmann, noting that
Four Rivers of Ontario had
previously lost to Irrigon.
Ukiah/Long Creek fell to
Four Rivers 10-1 in their Sept.
9 season opener.
Out of the 12 on the Moun-
tain Lion team, one is a return-
ing player, three have previ-
ous experience and several are
new to soccer, though quickly
catching on to the sport.
“Defensively, we worked
more together, and offensively,
a couple of our kids got some
passes going back and forth,”
he said, comparing Friday’s
game to their first.
Ukiah/Long Creek had a
junior varsity team for three
years and this year moved up to
varsity. They’re facing 1A-3A
teams in Special District 6.
Studtmann said his team
has been covering the funda-
mentals of soccer in practice
and continuing that learning
process in competition.
The Mountain Lions host
the 3A Riverside Pirates at
4 p.m. Wednesday in Long
Creek, then travel to 3A Nyssa
on Thursday where they’ll
face the Bulldogs at 5 p.m.
(MT).
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