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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
WEDNESDAY
January 22, 2020
Prairie
City girls
post fi rst
league win
Dayville/Monument beats
Harper Charter by 1
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Prairie City girls basketball blew
out Ukiah/Long Creek 60-6 and Day-
ville/Monument 66-17 over the weekend,
improving their overall record to 9-3 and
1-0 in league action.
Prairie City girls post big win over
Ukiah/Long Creek Saturday
Saturday, the Lady Panthers beat a
short-handed Ukiah/Long Creek team
60-6 to earn their fi rst league win of the
season.
Ukiah/Long Creek girls basketball
head coach Amos Studtman said this was
the fi rst two-game weekend for his team.
Studtman said back-to-back games
affected the team’s confi dence.
See PC girls, Page A10
Grant Union
boys split
wins over
the weekend
Prospectors travel to
Enterprise Friday
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
After a tough loss on Friday, the Grant
Union boys basketball team clobbered
Weston-McEwen 61-30 Saturday in their
sixth league game of the season.
Out of the gate, the Prospectors scored
16 points in the fi rst quarter and held
Weston-McEwen to 2 points. Grant Union
poured on 14 more points by the end of the
fi rst half. The halftime score was 30-12.
Six-foot-three senior Tristan Morris
was two for four at the free-throw line and
fi nished with a game-high 20 points.
“We played our game tonight,” said
Morris.
Head coach RC Huerta said his team
shot and passed the ball well.
Sophomore Austin McKrola and Junior
Devon Stokes scored a combined 24
points and both were one for two at the
free-throw line.
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Senior Cole Dieter drives past two defenders Friday. Dieter scored a game-high 18 points in the 63-34 win over Dayville/Mon-
ument.
PRAIRIE CITY BOYS EXTEND
THEIR WIN STREAK TO 11
over Dayville/Monument.
“We came out and played our style
of basketball,” said Panthers junior
Jojari Field.
The style Field referred to was one
that saw him and most of his team-
mates scoring in double digits.
Field, Cole Dieter, Lucas McKinley
and Marcus Judd shot for a combined
53 points.
Despite running into foul trouble
early in the game, Panthers head coach
Bo Workman said the team played at a
higher level and moved and shot the
ball well.
For the Tigers, 3-9 overall this sea-
son, it was a painful loss, according to
head coach Jeff Shafer.
“They’re a little shell-shocked,”
said Shafer. “We need to keep working
on team unity.”
The Panthers go on the road Friday
to face Burnt River (0-7) at 6 p.m.
Ukiah/Long Creek
tops Four Rivers
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
T
he Prairie City boys basketball
team extended their winning
streak to 11 games and won
their fi rst league games this weekend,
defeating Ukiah/Long Creek 78-42
Saturday and Dayville/Monument
63-34 on Friday.
Prairie City boys dominate
Ukiah/Long Creek Saturday
The team put up their fi rst league
win of the season in their 78-42 vic-
tory over Ukiah/Long Creek.
“I have a lot of respect for Prairie
City,” said Ukiah/Long Creek head
coach Amos Studtman. “They played
some excellent defense, and they’re
great opponents.”
Studtman said playing the Panthers
was a good experience for his team.
Prairie City boys top Dayville/
Monument Friday
The Prairie City boys opened up a
13-point fi rst-quarter lead Friday and
never looked back in their 63-34 win
Dayville/Monument beats
Harper Charter Saturday
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Prairie City’s Marcus Judd goes to the
free-throw line Friday. Judd was two of
three from the free-throw line and scored
14 points in the Panthers’ 63-34 win.
After Friday’s rough outing, the
Dayville/Monument boys team beat
Harper Charter 63-33.
“The boys came together as a
team,” said Shafer. “They played solid
Grant Union
wrestling team
fi nishes third at
Oregon Classic
Prospectors lose a tough one to
Pilot Rock
After four straight wins in league play,
the Grant Union boys basketball team lost
to Pilot Rock 72-59 Friday.
Huerta said the team learned valuable
lessons.
“Sometimes you have to lose tough
games to learn and grow,” said Huerta.
Next up, the Prospectors (10-5, 5-1) go
on the road to face Enterprise (5-6, 1-6)
Jan. 24.
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
See Pros, Page A9
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JAN. 23
Grant Union wrestling @ Baker/Mac Hi
Dual, in Baker City, 6 p.m.
Dayville/Monument vs. Sherman in
Dayville, 4 p.m.
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Head coach Kristi Moore draws up a play Saturday during a timeout. The Grant Union girls
team defeated Weston-McEwen 42-16.
FRIDAY, JAN. 24
Grant Union wrestling @ Grant Union
Tournament in John Day, noon
Long Creek/Ukiah basketball vs. Day-
ville/Monument in Long Creek, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, JAN. 25
Grant Union wrestling @ Hood River
Tournament, 9:30 a.m.
Prairie City basketball vs. Jordan
Valley, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY, JAN. 28
Grant Union wrestling @ Crane Burns
Dual in Crane, 5:30 p.m.
See PC BOYS, Page A10
Grant Union girls even up league record
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union girls basketball team
picked up a pair of league wins over the
weekend.
The girls team kept the momentum
going from their win big win Friday, and
blew-out Weston-McEwen 42-16 Satur-
day, upping their overall record to 5-10
and 3-3 in league play.
“We played with a lot of intensity,” said
senior Kaytlyn Wells.
Grant Union girls take down Pilot
Rock Friday
Friday, the Prospectors picked up a
road win, 41-29 at Pilot Rock.
“They took lots of great shots and
played great offense,” said Grant Union
girls basketball head coach Kristi Moore.
The Lady Prospectors go on the road
to face Enterprise (11-2, 3-1) at 6 p.m.
Friday.
Grant Union took third in the Class
2A-1A championship bracket at the Ore-
gon Classic Saturday.
The Prospectors blew by Kennedy
(72-9), Lakeview (60-12), Redmond
(66-0) in the fi rst three rounds, and
defeated Pine Eagle (42-33) in the quar-
terfi nal. The squad fell to Culver (59-18)
in the semifi nal but eked out a victory
over Reedsport Charter (42-39) in the
third-place match.
Against Kennedy, Ezra Beam (113),
Dylan Clark (120), Ben Henry (126),
Riddick Hutchison (132), Isaac Koop-
man (138), Jack Strong (145), Justin
Hodge (160), Quinten Halgarth (170),
Russell Hodge (182), Tucker Carpenter
(195) and Drew Lusco (285) all won by
pin.
As for Lakeview, Isaac Koopman
(138) and Russell Hodge (195) won
by pin while Justin Hodge (152) and
Damion Young (160) won by decision
8-5, 7-2, respectively. The Prospectors
won seven matches by forfeit.
In the Redmond matchup, Grant
Union won by forfeit in three matches.
The team won the rest of the match on
the strength of 11 pins by Dan Henry,
Ezra Beam, Dylan Clark, Ben Henry,
See Wrestling, Page A10