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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant Union Lady Pros gather around home plate to con-
gratulate Rainey Anderson after she hit a home run Friday,
April 29, 2022 in the squad’s second game of a doublehead-
er against Union/Cove. Anderson had seven RBIs in the Lady
Pros’ 19-1 win.
Grant Union softball
continues to dominate
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Grant
Union/Prairie City softball
picked up a pair of league
wins Friday, April 29, with
a doubleheader sweep of
Union and added a non-
league win for good measure
with an 18-0 shellacking of
Nyssa on Monday, May 2, to
extend the Lady Prospectors’
win streak to 18.
In Friday’s matchup, the
Lady Pros decisively took the
fi rst game over Union, 12-2,
and continued to dominate in
the second game, winning it
19-1.
Zach Williams, Grant
Union/Prairie City’s head
coach, said the keys to win-
ning in Friday’s doubleheader
were solid defense, patient
hitting, and strong outings on
the mound by pitching aces
Drew Williams and Halle
Parsons, both sophomores.
In the fi rst game Friday,
the Lady Pros got extra-base
hits from Addy Northway,
Rainey Anderson, Riley Rob-
ertson, Paige Gerry, Sivanna
Hodge and Parsons.
Williams said his team
had prepared to face Callie
Glenn, Union’s No. 1 pitcher
and a 4-year starter, only to
fi nd out that she was out with
an injury.
“This certainly changed
the game plan,” Williams
said, “and the girls did a good
job of making the adjustment
at the plate.”
Willams said the second
game was more of the same,
with solid hitting, patience at
the plate and Parsons’ stellar
outing.
As the team heads into
the fi nal stretch of the sea-
son, Williams said his play-
ers need to keep doing what
they have been doing all sea-
son, and that is to keep show-
ing up for games relaxed and
ready to go to work.
The Lady Pros will honor
their seniors on Saturday,
May 7, ahead of their game
against Weston-McEwen,
which starts at 2 p.m.
Justin Davis/Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union’s Audry Walker lines up a putt as her competitors look on during the Grant Union Golf Invite on Friday, April 29, 2022.
Home, sweet home
Grant union boys win golf
invite, girls have two placers
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
T
he Grant Union boys were win-
ners on Friday, April 29, as the
golf team hosted its annual
home invitational tournament at
the John Day Golf Club, while
the girls team took posted two of the top
three individual scores.
Five teams comprised of 36 boys and
girls participated in the event, which had
been rescheduled from the original date of
April 15.
The Grant Union boys team took fi rst
place with a score of 418. Second-place
Vale ended the day with a score of 451, and
Enterprise came in third with 461.
Grant Union’s Tanler Fuller was the over-
all boys winner with a score of 82. Dylan
Jennings of Enterprise shot an 87, and Chase
Woman of Wallowa/Joseph shot an 89.
Rounding out the scoring for Grant
Union scoring was Bridger Walker fi nishing
with a 107, Charley Knowles fi nishing with
108, and Sheldon Lenz fi nishing the after-
noon shooting a 121.
Enterprise left the winners of the girls
competition, shooting a 532. Vale was sec-
ond among the ladies, fi nishing with a score
of 640.
The overall winner for the girls was
Chloe Rothwell of Burns, who fi nished with
a 109. Second and third place were taken by
a pair of Grant Union golfers. Audry Walker
was a single shot outside fi rst, fi nishing with
a score of 110. Layla Wenick placed third,
fi nishing with a score of 124.
Grant Union coach Ron Lundbom was
pleased with his team’s play as the Prospec-
tors gear up for district next week.
“What a day for Grant Union golf. The
weather was the best so far this season, and
to come out on top in our home match was
pretty sweet. To have a 1st, 5th and 6th for
the boys as well as both girls placing sets
a good tone for the week ahead. We have
Enterprise this week, and we head to Pendle-
ton next week for the district meet. I couldn’t
be prouder of the way the kids played.”
Grant Union’s last match of the season
before districts is on May 6 at 11 a.m. at
Alpine Meadows Golf Course in Enterprise.
The team will then compete in the district
tournament from May 8-9 at Birch Creek
Golf Course in Pendleton.
Local kids compete at rodeo
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PRINEVILLE — Grant
County youth made a strong
showing at the Oregon High
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ton’s Tri-County Rodeo in
Prineville on Friday, April 30,
and Saturday, May 1.
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represented the county in the
contest.
Grant Union’s Jack Strong,
a bull rider, got bucked off
his bull, Doomsday, in under
eight seconds in both the fi rst
and second rounds of action,
as did Frankie Beam, a Prai-
rie City student who also rode
Doomsday.
A rider must stay on the
bull for at least eight seconds
to begin earning points in bull
riding.
After eight seconds, both
the rider and the bull are
awarded points.
Grant Union High School’s
Bailey McCracken, a junior,
fi nished fi fth in barrel racing
and pole bending in the fi rst
round of action. In the second
round, McCracken placed sec-
ond in pole bending, clocking
a time of 20.8.
Rowdy Israel, a Dayville
student, competed in goat
tying, an event where a rider
gallops to a tethered goat, dis-
mounts, catches, throws, and
ties its legs together. Israel
tied her goat in 15 seconds.
The Oregon High School
Association’s next rodeo will
be held in Burns on May
13-15.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Located at 28658 Indian Creek Rd between Prairie City and John Day
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Grant Union, Prairie City
do well at Don Walker
Track Meet
11 a.m.: Grant Union track, Grant Union Invite @ Grant Union
High School
11 a.m.: Grant Union golf, Enterprise Invite @ Alpine Meadows
Golf Course
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NYSSA — The Grant
Union and Prairie City track
teams competed in the Don
Walker Invitational Track Meet
in Nyssa on Friday, April 29,
and came away with respect-
able fi nishes against some
larger schools from Oregon and
Idaho.
The Grant Union boys fi n-
ished third out of 17 teams with
70 points. The Lady Pros fi n-
ished eighth out of 18 teams
with 34.5 points. Also compet-
ing was Prairie City, which fi n-
ished in 10th in the boys com-
petition with 27 points and 12th
in the girls competition with
13.5 points.
Justin Hodge led the way
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SATURDAY, MAY 7
11 a.m.: Grant Union baseball, doubleheader @ Weston-McEwen
2 p.m.: Grant Union softball, doubleheader vs. Weston-McEwen
SUNDAY & MONDAY, MAY 8 & 9
Time TBD: Grant Union golf, district tournament @ Birch
Creek Golf Course, Pendleton
TUESDAY, MAY 10
4 p.m.: Grant Union baseball @ Pilot Rock
Home games in bold
for the Prospectors, logging
a fi rst-place fi nish in the 100
meter dash and a second-place
fi nish in the javelin. Teammate
Luke Jackson fi nished third in
the 100 meter dash and second
in the 200 meter dash. Landon
Boyd notched a fi fth-place fi n-
ish for the Prospectors in the
110 meter hurdles.
Field events saw Grant
Union’s Mason Morris place
fi rst in the triple jump along
with second-place fi nishes in the
discus by Lucas Wolf and in the
shot put by Tucker Carpenter.
Prairie City’s Eli Wright led
the way for the Panther boys
team, fi nishing fi rst in the jave-
lin and second in the high jump.
John Titus logged a third-place
fi nish in the 400 meter race for the
Panthers.
Prairie City’s Janie Koop-
man was the highest indi-
vidual placer among local
girls. Koopman fi nished third
in the 400 meter race while
also placing fi fth in the high
jump. Grant Union’s Aliciana
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Archibald ended the meet with
a fourth-place fi nish in the
3000 meter race.
Grant Union’s Katelyn
Hughes placed fi fth in the
300 meter hurdles, and her
teammates Morgan Randleas
grabbed a pair of fi fth-place
fi nishes in the high jump and
long jump. Carson Weaver
rounded out the top fi ve placers
for Grant Union with a fourth-
place fi nish in the javelin.
Both Grant Union and Prai-
rie City will be in action again
on Friday, May 6, in their fi nal
meets before district. Prairie
City heads to Baker for the Ray
Day Track Meet, which starts
at 10 a.m. Grant Union hosts
the Grant Union Invitational.
Events start at noon.
Grant Union baseball
doubleheader canceled
JOHN DAY — The base-
ball doubleheader between
Grant Union and Union that was
scheduled to happen on Satur-
day, April 30, was canceled due
to inclement weather and a lack
of umpires. The game will be
rescheduled, but a date hasn’t
been determined as of yet.
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