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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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SHOOTING THE BREEZE
Prairie boys fall to Adrian
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY — After
a 58-54 loss to Jordan Val-
ley Saturday, Jan. 8, the Prai-
rie City boys basketball team
fell to Adrian 52-45 Thursday,
Jan. 13.
Bo Workman, Prairie
City’s head basketball coach,
said like the girls team, the
boys played hard but are just
having a hard time getting
over the hump at the end in
close games.
Indeed, like the girls
team, the Prairie City boys
came out strong and, at one
point in the early going, led
by as many as seven points.
But deep in the second half,
Adrian chipped away at the
Panthers’ lead and ended up
with the win.
Workman said the compe-
tition is tough in the High Des-
ert League.
“There are just a lot of big,
athletic, strong kids that we
are going against,” the coach
said.
For his part, Prairie City’s
Marcus Judd said the Pan-
thers need to turn over the ball
less and work on being more
physical.
Contributed Photo
Keith Adams with his 2021 mule deer, taken with a .270
Weatherby Magnum.
Weatherby name lives on
among big game hunters
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City’s Wes Voigt, a sophomore, goes up for a shot Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, against Adrian.
Eli Wright, a junior,
said the team did not hus-
tle enough in the end, add-
ing that he missed too many
short and midrange shots in
the game.
In practice this week,
Wright said he thought the
team would be focusing on
defense and working on its
short- and midrange shooting.
Wes Voigt scored 12 points
on six fi eld goals, while
Wright scored 11 on fi ve fi eld
goals and one-of-four shoot-
ing at the free-throw line.
Cole Teel, a junior, scored
six points on two three-point-
ers, while John Titus, a senior,
scored four points on two
fi eld goals. Doyal Lawrence
had three points on one fi eld
goal, while Judd scored three
points, all at the line.
Lady Panthers lose a close one
By STEVEN MITCHELL Blue
Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY — After
a narrow 46-44 loss to Jordan
Valley Jan. 8, the Prairie City
girls basketball team dropped
their second close game in a
row on Thursday, Jan. 13, fall-
ing to Adrian 40-35 at home.
Panthers head coach Bo
Workman said the team is
playing great games, but lately
it has had a tough time win-
ning close games at home.
Indeed, the team came out
of the gate full force on Thurs-
day. Taking a decisive lead
in the early going, the Lady
Panthers were up by seven
points at the start of the fourth
quarter.
However, it was the fourth
quarter that made the diff erence.
While Adrian put up 17 points
in the fi nal period, the Lady
Panthers managed just fi ve.
Workman noted that the
squad missed many easy
shots, but he added that it is
hard to be a good shooting
team every night. On the other
hand, he said, Adrian hit some
excellent shots, which made
the diff erence in the end.
Lady Panthers team cap-
tain Betty Ann Wilson, a
junior, concurred.
“A lot of our shots weren’t
falling that should have been,”
she said. “We had a lot of
missed layups.”
However, while Thurs-
day’s game was a bit of a set-
back, she added that overall
the Lady Panthers played well
against arguably one of the
best teams in the High Desert
League.
Brooke Teel led the team
with 11 points on four two-
point fi eld goals and three-
for-10 shooting from the
free-throw line. Reece Jacobs
scored nine points on four
fi eld goals and one of six from
the free-throw line.
Kaitlynne Ashley scored
six points on three fi eld goals.
Wilson scored four points on
one fi eld goal and two of three
at the free-throw line.
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JAN. 20
Dayville/Monument Bas-
ketball vs. Crane, girls 6,
boys 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JAN. 21
Grant Union Wrestling,
Grant Union Invitational,
Grant Union High School,
noon
Prairie City Basketball
@ Jordan Valley, girls 4,
boys 5:30 p.m. (MST)
Long Creek Basketball
vs. Harper Charter, boys
3:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JAN. 22
Dayville/Monument Bas-
ketball vs. Four Rivers,
girls 2, boys 3:30 p.m.
Grant Union Basketball
@ Pilot Rock, girls 4, boys
5:30 p.m.
MONDAY, JAN. 24
Prairie City Basketball
@ Crane, girls 6, boys
7:30 p.m.
Dayville/Monument vs.
Long Creek, boys 5 p.m.
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City’s Brooke Teel (23), a sophomore, drives past a de-
fender Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, during the Lady Panthers’ game
against Adrian. Prairie City fell to Adrian 40-35 in a hard-fought
contest.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Dayville/Monument girls
get fi rst win
MONUMENT — The
Dayville/Monument girls bas-
ketball team won their fi rst
game on Friday, Jan. 14, beat-
ing Harper Charter 37-17.
won one out of two games
over the weekend, both on the
road against Blue Mountain
Conference rivals. On Friday,
Jan. 14, the Lady Pros lost to
Stanfi eld 38-25. On Satur-
day, Jan. 15, the squad beat
Weston-McEwen 35-28 to
improve their overall record to
6-8 and go up to 3-2 in league
play.
Dayville/Monument boys
fall to Harper
Grant Union boys lose
two in a row
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
MONUMENT — The
Dayville/Monument boys bas-
ketball team dropped their Fri-
day, Jan. 14, game to Harper
Charter 41-39.
Grant Union girls take
one out of two
STANFIELD — Grant
Union’s girls basketball team
STANFIELD — Grant
Union’s boys basketball team
lost two road games over the
weekend to Blue Mountain
Conference foes. On Friday,
Jan. 14, the Pros fell 59-44
to Stanfi eld, and on Satur-
day, Jan. 15, the team lost to
Weston-McEwen 70-55. The
Prospectors are 3-11 overall
and 2-3 in league play.
Grant Union wrestling
team takes 2nd
REDMOND — Grant
Union’s wrestling team took
second place in their division
at the Oregon Wrestling Clas-
sic, held over the weekend at
the Deschutes County Fair-
grounds in Redmond.
Rylan Cox went 3-0 in his
285 weight division, as did
Alex Finley in his 170 and
182 weight classes. In addi-
tion, Justin Hodge went 3-0 in
his 160 weight division, and
Jack Strong went 3-0 in his
145 and 152 weight classes.
Tanler Fuller went 1-2 in his
138 and 145 weight divisions.
At the same time, Cashton
Wheeler went 1-2 in his 126
weight division.
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