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WEDNESDAY
January 29, 2020
LUSCO SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT FOR
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
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Grant Union 2A lineman of the year Drew Lusco signs a letter
of intent to play football for Eastern Oregon University.
ROBERTSON SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH
TREASURE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Jack Strong pins Heppner/Ione’s Edward Ellsworth in a come-from-behind win in the first round of Friday’s Grant Union
Tournament. Strong went undefeated and placed first in his 145 weight bracket.
Prospectors place second
at home tournament
Lusco wins heavyweight title
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography
Grant Union’s Warner Robertson signs a letter of intent to
play baseball with Treasure Valley Community College.
A deer hunting
dream come true
By Steven Mitchell Blue
Mountain Eagle
Jolynn Radinovich had a
dream the night before she
bagged her mule deer this
hunting season.
“I dreamed a small deer
would pass by before I shot
my buck,” Radinovich said.
And, she said, that is pre-
cisely how it went down.
In October, with about an
hour of daylight left, Radi-
novich, through a pair of
broken binoculars, looked
out over the landscape, and
sure enough, a small deer
scurried by.
Seconds later, about 250
yards out, a large buck trot-
ted up, and with one shot,
Radinovich downed the
four-point buck.
“I didn’t realize how big
he was at the time,” she said.
“My friend asked me if I was
shooting at sticks because he
was so far away.”
According to Boone
and Crockett’s guidelines,
the rack, after drying for
60 days, measured 196 3/8
inches.
Contributed photo
Jolynn Radinovich shows the
mule deer she brought home
Oct. 4.
“I guess dreams do come
true,” said Radinovich.
Radinovich was espe-
cially proud to have shot the
buck with the gun her grand-
father gave her.
“He loves to hear the
stories about the animals I
have shot with the gun that
he got for me,” said Radi-
novich. “He calls me his
sharpshooter.”
Hunting has always been
a family affair. Radinovich’s
dad was the first person she
called when she bagged the
buck. Then her mom helped
her harvest the deer for meat.
In a packed gym Friday, several
Grant Union wrestlers earned titles in
the team’s second-place finish at their
home tournament.
The Prospectors hosted nine teams
at their annual tournament. Baker/
Powder Valley edged the Prospec-
tors by 33 points to take the top spot,
264.5-231.5, while Burns took third
with 187.5 points.
Union/Cove took fourth with 83
points, while Heppner/Ione took fifth,
Enterprise sixth, Irrigon seventh, Pine
Eagle eighth, Crane ninth and Echo/
Stanfield 10th.
Drew Lusco took the top spot in
the heavyweight division, beating out
Jaden Martin of Baker/Powder Val-
ley. Drew Widener of Enterprise and
Tim Standley of Irrigon took third and
fourth, respectively.
Michael Day of Union/Cove took
first in the 220 division. Trey Cooley
of Burns and Eric Newman of Baker/
Powder Valley took second and third.
In the 182 division, Trace Prosser
of Burns took first, Grant Union’s
Russell Hodge second, Tanner Davis
of Crane third and Roberto Ayala of
Irrigon fourth.
For 170, Gauge Bloomer of Baker/
Powder Valley placed first, Harlen
Gunderson of Burns second, Quinten
Hallgarth of Grant Union third and
Charlie Evans of Enterprise fourth.
In the 160 to 170, Adrian Allen
of Baker/Powder Valley placed
first, Noah Blood of Grant Union
second, Tucker Carpenter of Grant
Union third and Cyrus Piel of Irri-
gon fourth.
In the 160 division, Wyatt Epling
of Burns placed first, followed by
David Creech of Union/Cove and
Alan Murguia of Irrigon.
Prospector Justin Hodge took
first in the 152 weight bracket, as
did teammates Jack Strong and Ben
Henry their respective 145 and 126
weight divisions.
In the girls 145-155 weight
bracket, Dakota Ballou of Baker/
Powder Valley took the top spot,
followed by Grant Union’s Sophie
Brockway and Sierra Tipton.
Prospector Mercedes Locke took
second in the girls 125-140 weight
division as did her teammate Amelia
Hall in the 100-105 division.
Grant Union wrestling coach
Andy Lusco said the team wrestled
hard, but overall they were tired.
“They’ve have had a grueling
schedule with back-to-back meets,
and tomorrow we have another one,”
Lusco said after the meet Friday.
Hood River Valley
Invitational
Grant Union wrestlers placed
sixth out of fourteen teams at the
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Drew Lusco’s hand is raised in victory
after defeating Jaden Martin of Baker/
Powder Valley in the third round to
place first in his weight bracket. Lusco
scored 18 team points.
Hood River Invitational on Saturday.
For the 152 weight division, Jus-
tin Hodge and Damion Young placed
first and second, respectively.
In the 285 weight class, Drew
Lusco placed second. Russell Hodge
finished fourth for the 182 division,
and Quinten Hallgarth placed sixth
in the 170 weight bracket.
“We wrestled extremely well on
Saturday. I was very pleased with
our boys, we finished with six out of
seven varsity guys placing,” Lusco
said. “Our girls met some very stiff
competition. Ashley Henry finished
very well in her bracket as did Kris-
ten Cantrell.”
SPORTS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JAN. 31
Ukiah/Long Creek basketball vs. Four Rivers in Ukiah, 5 p.m.
Dayville/Monument basketball vs. Crane in Monument,
5 p.m.
Prairie City basketball @ Huntington, 6 p.m.
Grant Union basketball vs. Union, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1
Grant Union wrestling @ Heppner Tournament, 10 a.m.
Prairie City basketball vs. Four Rivers, 2 p.m.
Grant Union basketball vs. Heppner, 4 p.m.
Ukiah/Long Creek basketball vs. Harper Charter in Ukiah,
4:30 p.m. (MT)
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Justin Hodge grapples with Burns’ Dawson Williams in the
the third round Friday at the Grant Unions Tournament.
Hodge won the match by decision and went undefeated with
17.5 points.
Ashley Henry battles it out with Baker/Powder Valley’s
McKay Anderson Friday at Grant Union’s home tourna-
ment. Anderson placed third in her bracket and scored 9
team points.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Prairie City boys
basketball team wins
13th straight
The Prairie City boys
basketball team picked up
two more wins over the
weekend, handily defeating
Burnt River 62-25 and Jor-
dan Valley 51-40, extend-
ing their winning streak to
13 games.
The boys team is now
13-1 overall and 3-0 in
league play.
Head coach Bo Work-
man could not be reached
for comment.
The Panthers go on the
road Friday to face Hun-
tington (8-3, 0-3). Tipoff is
at 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union boys
defeat Enterprise
The Grant Union’s boys
basketball team turned up
the heat in the second half
Friday against Enterprise to
win their sixth league game,
62-47.
The Prospectors were
trailing by a point at half-
time, starting the game a lit-
tle rough, but prevailed in
the end, said head coach RC
Huerta.
“We didn’t panic,” he
said. “We just kept playing
our game.”
Huerta said junior Devon
Stokes drained five 3-point
shots in a row. Senior
Tristan Morris and sopho-
more Mason Morris both
came in with slam dunks to
put a lid on the victory.
The Prospectors are now
11-5 overall and 6-1 in
league play.
Next up, the Prospec-
tors host Union (17-3, 7-0)
Friday. The game starts at
7:30 p.m.
Grant Union girls
play hard but fall to
Enterprise
After coming off a big
win over Weston-McE-
wen last weekend, the Lady
Prospectors lost a tough one
to Enterprise 38-32 Friday.
“They
[Prospectors]
played hard and they
never gave up,” said head
coach Kristi Moore. “They
made adjustments and they
worked hard, but we just
could not pull it out in the
end.”
Moore said the team still
made an improvement, hav-
ing lost this game to Enter-
prise by 6 and the one on
Jan. 4 by almost 20 points.
The girls basketball team
is now 11-5 overall and 4-3
in league play.
Friday the girls team
will host Union (17-3, 7-0).
Tipoff is at 6 p.m.
Prairie City girls lose
two in a row
After a disappointing
1-point loss to Baker on
Jan. 22, the Lady Panthers
fell to Jordan Valley 61-42
in their second straight loss.
The girls team is now 9-5
overall and 1-1 in league
play.
The Panthers go on the
road Friday to face Hun-
tington (0-6, 0-3). Tipoff is
at 6 p.m.