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Blue Mountain Eagle
SPORTS/OUTDOORS
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
SPORTS ROUNDUP
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
The .44 Magnum could be
the ultimate six-shooter
Four GUHS grapplers heading
to state after girls claim 4th at
districts
REDMOND — Four Grant Union
Lady Pro grapplers are moving on to the
state tournament later this month after
the girls squad claimed fourth overall at
the Oregon School Activities Association
Special District 3 Tournament.
Mallory Lusco took fi rst in her 235
weight division, while Delaney Coombs,
a senior in her fi rst year on the team, took
second in the 190 weight class.
Zoey Beam and Jaydika Anderson
fi nished third in the 107 and 170 weight
brackets, respectively.
All four will move on to the state
tournament.
Grant Union head coach Andy Lusco
said six out of his eight wrestlers scored
team points to contribute to the squad’s
fourth-place fi nish.
He added that June Wolf, who scored
six team points, went 2-2 in her matches
but did not place. Macy Carter scored
three team points to contribute as well.
Lusco noted that Serenity Marcano
and Morgan Majors wrestled hard in very
tough brackets.
Coming in fourth, Lusco said, was an
“amazing fi nish,” especially considering
the tournament included 27 other 1A-6A
teams and Grant Union’s girls are fresh-
men or fi rst-year wrestlers.
“This team has worked very hard,”
Lusco said.
For their part, the boys fi nished 11th
overall out of 16 teams at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon Wrestling Tournament in
Heppner on Saturday, Feb. 5.
Riddick Hutchison took third in the
182 weight bracket, while in the 170
weight class Alex Finley and Sam McK-
racken placed fi fth and sixth respectively.
Meanwhile, Mason Benge took fourth in
the 132 weight division, and Jack Strong
placed fi fth in the 145 weight bracket.
Lusco said the boys are working hard
to get to weight, get healthy and get ready
to perform at districts.
Enterprise edges Grant Union
boys basketball on the road
ENTERPRISE — After a big league
win over Weston-McEwen on Jan. 29, the
Grant Union boys basketball lost a close
one on the road, falling to Blue Mountain
Conference rival Enterprise 60-55 on Sat-
urday, Feb. 5.
The 2A Prospector squad is 3-7 league
play as they head into the season’s fi nal
two games.
RC Huerta, the team’s head coach, did
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Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Prospector Delaney Coombs (left) 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.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9
Prairie City Basketball @ Jordan Valley,
girls, 4 p.m. (MST)
Long Creek Basketball @ Crane, boys, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 10
Prairie City Basketball vs. Huntington,
girls, 5, boys, 6:30 p.m.
Dayville/Monument Basketball vs. Adrian,
girls, 6, boys, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 11
Grant Union Basketball vs. Union, girls, 6,
boys 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union Dance @ Sheldon Competi-
tion, noon
SATURDAY, FEB. 12
Dayville/Monument @ Four Rivers, girls,
4, boys 5:30 p.m. (MST)
Grant Union Dance @ Sheldon Competi-
tion, time to be determined
Grant Union Basketball vs. Stanfi eld, girls,
4, boys, 5:30 p.m.
Grant Union Wrestling @ Pine Eagle
Invite, 10 a.m.
Long Creek Basketball @ Jordan Valley,
boys, 3 p.m. (MST)
Long Creek Basketball vs. Four Rivers,
boys, 4 p.m.
not immediately respond to the Eagle’s
request for comment.
Lady Prospectors basketball loses
away game at Enterprise
ENTERPRISE — Coming off a dra-
matic Blue Mountain Conference win
over Weston-McEwen, the Grant Union
girls basketball team fell to Enterprise
53-39 in an away game. The 2A Lady
Pros are 5-5 in league competition as the
squad prepares to close out the season this
weekend.
Jason Miller, Grant Union’s girls bas-
ketball head coach, said the Lady Pros
battled hard to overcome an early defi -
cit and pull within six points in the sec-
ond half. “We just could not get over the
hump,” Miller said.
The Lady Pros face the No. 1 and 2
teams in their league as they head into
their fi nal games of the season.
In order to win, Miller said, they need
to play well on both sides of the ball.
“We have to continue to play tough
defense and make every possession on
off ense count,” Miller said.
Dayville girls basketball team wins
one out of two
MONUMENT — After picking up
their second win of the season in a non-
league contest at Harper Charter on Feb.
4, the Dayville/Monument’s girls 1A bas-
ketball team fell to Huntington 39-15
at home on Saturday, Feb. 5. The squad
is 2-13 overall and 0-9 in High Desert
League play.
Dayville/Monument boys
basketball team drops two in a
row
MONUMENT — Coming off a 53-22
loss to Harper Charter Friday, Feb. 4,
Dayville/Monument’s 1A boys basket-
ball team fell to Huntington 53-38 Satur-
day, Feb. 5.
Long Creek boys basketball team
loses second straight
LONG CREEK — After a 74-15 loss
to Four Rivers on the road, Long Creek’s
1A boys basketball team fell to Adrian
95-18 on Saturday, Feb. 5.
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