SPORTS
Blue Mountain Eagle
A8
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
Prairie City’s football team stands at attention during the national anthem Friday before their fi rst home game of the season against Wheeler County. The Panthers honored the 13 service members
killed in Afghanistan last month.
Panthers drop home opener to Wheeler County, 26-12
Prairie City beat Monument/Dayville the week before
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City senior John Titus scored
a touchdown to put the Panthers
within one point of the Rattlers.
Wheeler was able to fi nd a mod-
erate off ensive rhythm, scoring two
more times in the third quarter, but
the Panthers did not go down with-
out a fi ght.
The Panthers’ defense was relent-
less. Midway into the fourth quarter,
junior Doyal Lawrence got an inter-
ception while Trey Brown picked up
a sack.
Thompson said after the game
that the Rattlers put a lot of pressure
on Prairie City’s off ense which in
turn “caused a few issues.” However,
he said the off ensive line played well.
“That was varsity football,” he
said.
Teel said, while the team did not
play “great,” they played “hard.”
“We did not run out of energy, and
Prairie City High School’s varsity
football team lost their home opener
Friday, 26-12, to Wheeler County.
The Panthers, fresh off a 54-0 win
over Dayville/Monument last week,
kept the game close throughout.
In the fi rst quarter, Prairie City
junior running back Cole Teel put the
Panthers on the board with a touch-
down. However, the Rattlers blocked
a fi eld goal attempt and answered
back with a touchdown on the next
possession.
The Panthers’ defense held
Wheeler’s off ense scoreless for the
rest of the fi rst quarter, but the Rat-
tlers put another touchdown on the
board before halftime.
Then, with a little less than three
minutes to go in the third quarter,
The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
The Eagle/Steven Mitchell
Prairie City junior Cole Teel (26) rushes the ball down the fi eld Friday during
the Panthers’ home opener against Wheeler County. Prairie City lost 26-12 and
is now 1-1 for the season.
we kept playing the whole way,” he
said.
Thompson said he thought both
Teel and sophomore quarterback Wes
Voigt played well for the Panthers.
According to Thompson, Voigt,
who shared quarterback duties last
season, was in what was just his
fourth high school game Friday.
“He’s a competitor, a ball hawk,”
Thompson said. “He just has a way of
being around the ball, and these guys
rally around him. He’s the leader of
our team as a sophomore.”
Prairie City senior John Titus runs the
ball into the end zone Friday for the Pan-
thers in the second half of the team’s
home opener against Wheeler County.
The Panthers lost the game 26-12.
Thompson said he is impressed
with the whole team, and Friday’s
game was valuable in that the team
has a better read on where they match
up in the league.
“Football’s a funny game,” he
said. “You win some. You lose some.
But we’ll be ready next week.”
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
BUILDING A FOUNDATION
O
ne of the most important
skills a hunter can develop
is the ability to quickly
build a stable shooting position. I
watch hunting videos where they
see the animal and then dink around
getting set up for a shot and ask
myself what I am doing wrong.
Most of the time I fi nd that I have
mere seconds between seeing my
target and shooting before the
opportunity is lost.
Taking the time to learn what
does and doesn’t work will help
you capitalize on your shot oppor-
tunities. Generally speaking, the
closer to the ground you can get,
the more stable you will be. While
prone is usually best, I have rarely
had the chance to
use it. Most of the
time the surround-
ing brush is just
too high. Person-
ally, most of my
shots have been
Rod
from a seated posi-
Carpenter
tion so that is what
I practice the most.
Shooting sticks are a real help here.
To really make this position sta-
ble, straighten out your left leg and
bring your right leg up so that your
right elbow can rest on it. Take
your pack and stuff it into the hole
created between your right arm
and leg for support. Use your left
hand to hold the rifle in the crotch
of the shooting sticks and lean
into them. Should you be unfor-
tunate enough to be a lefty, you
will of course have to reverse the
operation. Quick note, any time
you are using a rest like a bipod,
shooting sticks or some kind
of tripod, you should be push-
ing into it, not pulling it back
into you. The tacti-cool kids call
this “loading,” and it makes for a
smoother recoil impulse and bet-
ter accuracy.
Of course, sitting or kneeling
to use a rock or log is pretty com-
mon, but you should try it in prac-
tice because it really isn’t as stable
as some may think. When you are
using something hard for a rest, it
is a good practice to put something
soft, at least your hand, between
the rest and the rifl e. If the rifl e is
in direct contact with a hard sur-
face when it is fi red, it will bounce
and throw the shot high. And you
risk scratching your rifl e, and that
would be really tragic.
The least stable position, of
course, is standing, but should
still be practiced. It can be made
more stable by using some kind of
support like a fence post, or tree
branch. Many moons ago I was
fi ghting my way through a giant
alder patch when I spied an elk
walking away across a draw. I was
neck deep in brush so I grabbed a
handful of limbs in front of me to
use as a rest and was able to fi ll
my tag. When using a rest while
standing, don’t make the mistake
of putting one foot in front of the
other. Your feet should be a lit-
tle wider than shoulder width apart
and squared up to the target. Lean
into the support as much as you
can.
In a world where tags are
becoming increasingly rare and
expensive, it is well worth your
time to be prepared for any oppor-
tunity you may have.
Share your thoughts with us
at shootingthebreezebme@gmail.
com.
Rod Carpenter is a husband,
father and huntin’ fool.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Prairie City beats
Dayville/Monument,
54-0
the team made six out of their
seven fi eld goal attempts.
Junior running back Cole
Teele rushed for 92 yards and
two touchdowns on six car-
ries and then threw a 51-yard
pass for a touchdown to
sophomore quarterback Wes
Voigt. Teele also had a recep-
tion for 51 yards.
Sophomore Trey Brown
had one reception for 30 yards
and then scored a touchdown
as well, Thompson said.
Prairie City football head
coach Nick Thompson said
his team had a collective total
of 316 yards on off ense and
seven touchdowns in their
season-opening win over
Dayville/Monument, 54-0.
Prairie City defense,
according to Thompson, held
Dayville/Monument to a neg-
ative 37 yards. Meanwhile,
On the defensive side of
the ball, Tucker Wright had
seven tackles, while Cody
Reagan’s pair of tackles led to
a loss of yards and the other
a sack.
Brown had two tackles,
and Eli Wright had six and a
half tackles.
Grant Union volleyball
team off to a 5-2 start to
its season
The Lady Pros picked
up a win against Cove but
dropped the next game
to Baker on Sept. 10 at
the Baker Invitational
Tournament.
At the East vs. West
Tournament at Heppner
High School Sept. 4, the
Pros bested Weston-McE-
wen and Heppner 3-0, but
dropped their game against
Vernonia 3-1.
The Eagle could not
reach Grant Union High
School volleyball head
coach Shanna Northway for
comment before press time.
Dayville/Monument
varsity football team
drops second in a row
D a y v i l l e / M o n u m e n t ’s
football team lost its sec-
ond consecutive game, 20-6.
The Eagle was unable to
reach Dayville/Monument
football team head coach
Tim Auty.
Dayville/Monument
volleyball team picks up
fi rst win of the season
After their first two
games were canceled, the
Dayville/Monument vol-
leyball team picked up their
first win of the season Fri-
day, besting Huntington
3-1.
The Eagle was unable to
reach Dayville/Monument’s
volleyball team head coach
Treila Smith.
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