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A10 SPORTS Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Grant Union boys finish regular season on top with win over Stanfield Prospectors to play in district championship game Saturday in Pendleton 2A-6 BLUE MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE BOYS STANDINGS Grant Union, 10-2 league, 15-6 overall By Steven Mitchell Blue Mountain Eagle Pilot Rock, 8-4, 19-4 Heppner, 8-4, 13-9 The Grant Union Pros- pectors boys basketball team struggled to find their footing early Friday against Stanfield, but a strong sec- ond-quarter got their mojo working and propelled the team to a 70-54 win on senior night. Before Friday’s game, Grant Union head coach RC Huerta said the team battled illness, which left the squad with just 11 players at prac- tice all week ahead of Fri- day’s game. To be sure, every player on the roster suited up for the game. “Now, I am the only one who is sick,” Huerta said. Despite battling ill- ness, the boys squad had a spring in their step, having clinched their division in a win against rival Pilot Rock the previous week. After the senior night cer- Union, 7-5, 16-9 Stanfield, 6-6, 12-12 Enterprise, 2-10, 6-13 Weston-McEwen, 1-11, 4-19 The Eagle/Steven Mitchell Grant Union senior Warner Robertson pulls back for a shot from the perimeter Friday in the first period against Stanfield. The Pros- pectors exploded on offense to win their final home game of the season, 70-54. Grant Union senior Tristan Morris drives past Stanfield’s Keagan Brown (4) and Ricky Carrillo (1) Friday. The Prospectors defeated Stanfield 70-54 on senior night. emony, the Tigers wasted no time putting points on the board. Junior Uriel Carrillo put up 8 of his game-high 28 points in the first period, draining a pair of 3-pointers and knocking down a field goal. Grant Union answered back, but at the end of the first period, the Tigers edged out the Prospectors, 20-18. Grant Union’s leading scorer, senior Tristan Mor- ris, who was scoreless in the first period, came out with a vengeance and nailed seven field goals, a jumper from The Eagle/Steven Mitchell the 3-point line and three of five at the free throw line in his final home game at Grant Union. His younger brother Mason Morris, a sopho- more, and senior Mason Gerry piled on for a com- bined 27 points. Junior Jordan Hall put up 12 points in Friday’s game on a pair of 3-pointers, two field goals and 100% free throw shooting. Junior Devon Stokes notched 7 points on a pair of field goals and 3-point jumper in the fourth quarter. “This is the momentum we need to carry into dis- tricts,” Gerry said. Reflecting on his final home game at Grant Union, Tristan Morris said first-year head coach RC Huerta made the team what it is with his positive, team-driven style of coaching. “Coach Huerta made us a team, and we started coming together,” he said. Huerta said his first senior night as a coach was pretty special and that he is so proud of his team. “We made the right adjustments, and we exe- cuted when we needed to,” Huerta said. The Prospectors finished out the regular season 15-6 overall, 10-12 league, at the top of the 2A-6 Blue Moun- tain Conference. The Prospectors head to the Blue Mountain Con- ference Tournament at the Pendleton Convention Cen- ter Feb 21-22. Grant Union has a bye the first round and will play the winner of Friday’s game between Heppner (8-4 league, 13-9 overall) and Pilot Rock (8-4, 19-4) in the championship game at 7:45 p.m. Saturday. The game will determine seed- ing heading into the state tournament Feb. 29 with at least the top two teams from the league advancing. TOM CHRISTENSEN CHRISTENSEN TOM Congratulations Michal Madden, Top Producing Agent for Eastern Oregon Realty in 2019. CONSTRUCTION (541) 410-0557 • (541) 575-0192 Principal Broker Jerry Franklin shared that Michal exhibits a high degree of professionalism and exceeds her clients and co-workers expectations each day with a helpful and positive attitude. CCB# 106077 Give Michal a call for all of your real estate needs: 541-620-4408 REMODELS • NEW CONSTRUCTION • POLE BUILDINGS CONCRETE EXCAVATION • SHEET ROCK • SIDING ROOFING • FENCES • DECKS • TELESCOPING FORKLIFT SERVICES S170375-1 S171208-1 IdahoYouth Rally OPEN FOR 2020 APPLY NOW! ATTENTION ALL HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES! INTERESTED ATTENDING AN ALL EXPENSES PAID LEADERSHIP CAMP? APPLY TODAY! APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 1 Visit us at YOUTHRALLY.OTEC.COOP for more information S164936-1