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SPORTS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Prairie City volleyball
wins Dig Pink game
coach Louanne Zweygardt won the
basket. After the raffl e, Billy Colson,
Prairie City’s athletic director and
principal, thanked Wall and the volley-
ball team for decorating the gym and
for their eff orts in raising awareness of
breast cancer.
The Lady Panthers are 4-6 overall
and 1-1 in league play.
Prairie City volleyball head coach
Jordan Bass said her team played well.
“It was really exciting to see what
they can do when they maintain their
energy,” Bass said. “They did a really
good job.”
Bass said the team has a tough
schedule in the coming weeks and
she wants to make sure her players are
prepared.
“We have really competitive
matches next week,” Bass said, “so we
want to make sure the team is physi-
cally and mentally ready.”
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City’s football team honored the fl ag ahead of its homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 8. The Panthers defeated Pine
Eagle 24-6.
P ANTHER PRIDE
Homecoming victory is a
win for the community
ter, the fi rst of his two touchdowns.
Later, quarterback Wes Voigt con-
nected with senior receiver John Titus
for a touchdown, and Tucker Wright
put the game out of reach for the Spar-
tans with a fourth-quarter touchdown.
Prairie City’s defense stopped Pine
Eagle on four sacks by sophomore
Trey Brown.
After the game, Brown said the
team’s strategy coming into the game
was to play the Panthers’ brand of
football, which he called “nice and
physical.”
Pine Eagle played in Prairie City was
in 2017, and the Spartans shut out the
Panthers 102-0 in a game that saw,
according to then-head coach Nate
Barber, the Panthers lose a starting
player to injury on the fi rst play.
“There’s a lot of people here who
remember that game,” Thompson
said. “This was a community win, and
it was good to see everybody out here
and we feel the support.”
The Panthers were the fi rst team
to score on a rushing touchdown by
junior Cole Teel well into the fi rst quar-
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Panthers’ 24-6 win over Pine
Eagle on homecoming night was as
much a victory for the community of
Prairie City as it was for the football
team.
According to Nick Thompson, the
Panthers’ head coach, the last time
SPORTS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13
THURSDAY, OCT. 14
Prairie City volleyball vs. Adrian,
4 p.m.
Prairie City football vs. Echo, TBA
Prairie City volleyball vs. Crane,
6:30 p.m.
Dayville/Monument vs. Adrian,
5:30 p.m. (Prairie City)
FRIDAY, OCT. 15
Prairie City volleyball vs. Dayville/
Monument, 7 p.m.
Dayville/Monument @ Pine Eagle,
2 p.m.
Grant Union football vs. Heppner,
6 p.m.
Prairie City football vs. Echo, TBA
Prairie City volleyball @ Elgin, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 16
Grant Union cross country @ Burns
Invitational, 11 a.m. (Idlewild)
Grant Union volleyball @ Enterprise/
Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m.
PRAIRIE CITY — When facing
the fear, doubt and uncertainty that
comes with a breast cancer diagnosis,
the Prairie City volleyball team wants
women to know they are supported.
The Lady Panthers hosted a Dig
Pink game on Friday, Oct. 8, to raise
awareness of breast cancer and money
to fi ght the disease, defeating Pine
Eagle 3-0.
Prairie City volleyball player Han-
nah Wall organized the Dig Pink fund-
raising eff ort for her senior project.
With October being Breast Can-
cer Awareness Month, Wall said she
wanted to let those who have been
impacted by the disease know that
people care about them.
“I just want people to know that if
they’re going through this they are not
alone,” Wall said.
Wall said she collected donations
for two gift baskets, She raffl ed off
one in between matches, and she said
the other would be raffl ed off next
weekend.
Prairie City assistant volleyball
Prairie City stats
Junior Laken McKay was 100%
serving with nine service aces.
Sophomore Jaycee Winegar had 10
service aces and fi ve kills and was
100%. Junior Betty Ann Wilson had
fi ve kills, while Hannah Wall, a senior,
had 11 setting assists.
Pros pass ‘toughness’ test
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union football’s tough-
ness was put to the test Friday, Oct. 8,
against Stanfi eld.
The Pros passed the test.
Clinging to a 26-21 lead with two
seconds left to play and the ball on the
Prospectors’ three-yard line, Grant
Union defensive back Justin Hodge
stopped Stanfi eld’s running back in
the backfi eld.
Senior quarterback Maverick
Miller threw for 117 yards and three
touchdowns on seven for 15 passing.
Prospectors head coach Jason
Miller said he knew heading into
the game that Stanfi eld was a qual-
ity opponent and would test Grant
Union’s mettle.
“The kids played hard and just
well enough to get the win,” Miller
said. “I was proud of their resilience.
Our kids bowed their back and refused
to allow a last-second score.”
For his part, Hodge said he “was
playing football” and emphasized that
the whole team won the game.
“Everybody has each other’s
backs, no matter what.”
Prospectors quarterback Maver-
ick Miller said everyone knows their
assignment.
“And if we all do it and things go
well,” Miller said, “we win football
games.”
Grant Union stats
Justin Hodge rushed for 137 yards
on 14 carries with one touchdown.
Maverick Miller threw for 117 yards
and three touchdowns. Till Winegar
had two receptions for 31 yards and
one touchdown, while Parker Neault
had two catches for 70 yards and two
touchdowns.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Dayville/Monument
volleyball ends skid
Following a 3-0 loss to Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler on Friday, Oct. 8, Day-
ville/Monument rallied past Ukiah in
four games on Saturday, Oct. 9, to snap
a six-game losing streak.
The Lady Tigers are 2-6 overall and
1-2 in league play.
Dayville/Monument kicks off a busy
schedule this week with games against
Adrian and Prairie City at 5:30 p.m. and
7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13. The team
goes on the road again Friday, Oct. 15,
to Harper Charter. The match tips off at
4 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
“We set the ball up and had some
great plays,” Triela Smith, the Tigers’
volleyball coach, told the Eagle.
Dayville/Monument football
team falls to Wheeler 63-6
As the Tigers head into the fi nal week
The Blue
of the season, the team is 0-6 and goes on
the road Friday to face Pine Eagle (2-4).
The newspaper was unable to reach Tim
Auty, Tigers head coach, for comment.
season, Grant Union’s volleyball team
is 15-9 overall and 7-2 in league play
and is ranked fi fth in the Oregon School
Activities Association’s Division 2A.
Grant Union Volleyball
improves to 7-2 in league
Two Grant Union XC girls in
top 20 at Mustang Invite
The Lady Pros won two out of three
matches last week.
The Pros hosted Weston-McEwen
and Stanfi eld on Saturday, Oct. 9. Grant
Union topped Weston-McEwen 3-0,
winning the fi rst two sets by scores of
25-22 and the fi nal set by a score of
25-17.
In the Lady Pros’ second match,
Grant Union played competitively but
ultimately lost three razor-thin sets to
Stanfi eld (25-20, 26-24 and 25-22).
The Lady Pros blanked Heppner
at home, 3-0 (25-14,25-13, 25-12) on
Thursday, Oct. 7.
Heading into the fi nal stretch of the
Grant Union’s cross country teams
competed at the Mustang Invite at
Thompson Ranch in Heppner on Thurs-
day, Oct. 7, and saw two runners place
in the top 20.
For the girls team, freshman Mad-
die Bailey fi nished 17th overall, with
a time of 23:41. Sophomore Alici-
ana Archibald, a sophomore, was right
behind her at 18th, with a time of 23:45.
Both Bailey and Archibald set personal
records.
Seniors Riley Robertson and Paige
Weaver fi nished with times of 27:17
and 27:43.
While none of the Grant Union boys
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Friday at Chester’s
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in Grant
Local restaurants
and
County expressed concerns
as Ore-
hopes for the future freeze on
gon enters a two-week
many activities.
Gov. Kate Brown announced
on Nov. 13,
the two-week freeze
on
which will place limitations
many businesses.
scheduled
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The freeze, which
will restrict
for Nov. 18 to Dec. 2, only serv-
to
restaurants and bars
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of 1188
owner
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frustrating, it
said, while this is the rise of
was expected with more activ-
COVID-19 cases and
ities taking place indoors.
weeks,
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only two weeks,” Adair
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and had not heard that
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the lack of personnel
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lenging course and is at an elevation of
5,000 feet.
Smith said she would compare pre-
vious timed runs on the course to see the
team’s gains for the Burns meet.
Meanwhile, Smith said the team is
excited for the Prospectors’ home meet,
Grant Union’s Gold Rush Run, on Oct.
29 at the Seventh Street Complex in
John Day.
Smith said the team could use vol-
unteers to help the meet run smoothly.
While a timer has been hired, she
could use three to four people at the fi n-
ishing chute to guide athletes and help
keep them in line as they come in. Addi-
tionally, she could use a starter and a
few people at points along the course
where runners could get turned around.
Smith said those interested in volun-
teering can text her at 541-620-0073.
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19:08, and sophomores Skylor Boyd
and Landon Boyd fi nished in 21:18 and
22:16.
Grant Union cross country coach
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the team had great races all around at
Heppner.
The Pros will have a full team of
boys and girls heading into the Burns
Invitational at Idlewild on Saturday,
Oct. 16.
This, Smith noted, will give a “sneak
preview” of what is to come later.
Grant Union has not had an entire
girls team healthy since the fi rst meet
of the season.
“We are heading into our peaking
phase of our workouts and are hoping
for steady gains the next three weeks,”
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