SPORTS
Blue Mountain Eagle
A8
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Back on the mat
After 2-year hiatus, Grant Union grapplers host home tourney
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — After a
two-year hiatus due to the
pandemic, Grant Union High
School’s wrestling tournament
returned for 2022.
Wrestlers from 13 schools
competed in the tourney,
which took place Friday, Jan.
21. In addition to the host
school, competitors came from
Adrian, Baker, Burns, Echo,
Elgin, Enterprise, Heppner,
Imbler, Irrigon, McGloughlin/
Weston-McEwen, Maranatha
Christian and Union.
Grant Union head wres-
tling coach Andy Lusco said
getting the hometown tourney
back meant a lot to his team
and the community.
“I believe being at home
motivates (the wrestlers) to
represent Grant Union and our
community to the best of their
ability,” Lusco said.
Grant Union seniors Sam
McCracken and Justin Hodge
concurred.
“Without having our
home meet as a senior than
wrestling, my senior would
not have been the same,”
McCracken said. “This home
meet is probably my favorite
meet we go to all year.”
Hosting the meet can be
“nerve-racking,” Hodge said.
“With the home crowd,”
he said, “everybody’s watch-
ing. So it pushes you harder
during the week to practice
harder and just be ready for
the tournament.”
All of that practice paid
off Friday. Three Grant Union
wrestlers took the top spots in
their weight classes.
Hodge, wrestling in the
160 weight bracket, Riddick
Hutchison in the 182 weight
division and Mallory Lusco
in the 235 weight category all
took fi rst place in their respec-
tive brackets.
McCracken — who wres-
tled one of the best tourna-
ments of his career, according
to Lusco — took third in his
182 weight bracket.
Tanler Fuller, a senior, took
third in the 138 weight bracket
and went 2-2 in his matches.
Lusco said Fuller was wres-
tling in a diffi cult weight divi-
sion and coming off an injury
just a couple of weeks ago.
Lusco said Mason Benge
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union senior Justin Hodge, left, grapples with Baker’s Ryan Brown Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, during the Grant Union High School
Wrestling Tournament in John Day.
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Prospector Delaney Coombs, bottom, and Baker’s Sheylin
Karolski battle it out on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the Grant Union
Wrestling Tournament. Coombs held her own in the match.
Prospector grappler Mason Benge holds his own against Keegin
Chitty of Echo on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the Grant Union Wres-
tling Tournament.
and Tristan Clarry, in the
132 and 138 weight cate-
gories, each showed much
improvement. Both wrestlers
took third in their respective
frames.
Lusco said the squad has
grown signifi cantly this sea-
son on the girls’ side.
Mallory Lusco wrestled
win consistently, according
to Coach Lusco, wrestling up
a weight class to fi nd. Beam
pinned Abi Toombs to take
second in the 125 frame.
June Wolf went 3-1 wres-
tling up a weight class in the
135 weight division to take
third overall.
In the girls’ 170 weight
well, winning two out of three
against Stephanie Romero
from Irrigon to take fi rst in her
bracket, and Lady Prospector
grappler Macy Carter broke
through with a big win, pin-
ning Rosita Orozco from Irri-
gon to take second in her 107
weight category.
Zoey Beam continues to
division, Jaydika Ander-
son took third, while Delany
Coombs took fourth overall.
Morgan Majors took fi fth
in the 135 weight division.
Lusco said he thought
every wrestler on his team
competed hard and gave their
all.
What especially impressed
Prospector grappler Tanler
Fuller, a senior, won two out
of four matches at the Grant
Union High School Wrestling
Tournament on Friday, Jan.
21, 2022, after coming back
from an injury just a couple of
weeks ago.
Lusco was that the wrestlers
gave up decisions instead of
allowing themselves to be
pinned.
“That shows a lot of
growth from our wrestlers
since the beginning of the sea-
son,” Lusco said.
Lusco added that getting
the home tournament back
after losing a year of compe-
tition due to COVID-19 was
nothing short of amazing.
“We are very appreciative
of all the community mem-
bers and parents who helped
with running tables, hospital-
ity room, volunteering as ref-
erees, and supervising the
event,” Lusco said.
“It is always in the back
of our minds that the folks
in charge of high school ath-
letics could pull the plug at
any moment due to COVID,”
Lusco said. “But we are so
thankful to be together with
our athletes and see them
grow. It is an honor and plea-
sure to coach these kids. We
missed many opportunities
to do so over the past cou-
ple years, which makes this
home tournament even more
special.”
SPORTS ROUNDUP
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City girls hoops
defeats Dayville/Monument
PRAIRIE CITY — After
defeating
Dayville/Monument
46-14 on Tuesday, Jan. 18, the
Prairie City girls basketball
team’s Friday, Jan. 21, game with
FEEL THE SPEED,
EVEN AT PEAK TIMES.
Jordan Valley was canceled.
Long Creek collects first win
with D/M forfeit
Prairie City boys pick up
forfeit, lose to Jordan Valley
LONG CREEK — The Long
Creek boys basketball team picked
up their first win of the season on
Monday, Jan. 24, after Dayville/
Monument forfeited their sched-
uled game.
Long Creek saw its Friday, Jan.
21, contest against Harper Char-
ter get canceled, while the squad
JORDAN VALLEY — After
winning their Tuesday, Jan. 18,
game with Dayville/Monument by
forfeit, the Prairie City boys basket-
ball team lost Friday, Jan. 21, on the
road at Jordan Valley by a score of
52-44.
dropped its Saturday, Jan. 22,
away game against Jordan Valley
62-13.
Long Creek is 1-6 overall and
1-4 in league play.
Grant Union girls hoops
improve to 4-2 in league play
PILOT ROCK — The Lady
Pros basketball team downed Pilot
Rock 43-31 on the road Saturday,
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