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The Grant Union/Prairie City softball team pose with their medals and second-place trophy following the fi nals of the OSAA 2A/1A
state championship game at Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene on Friday, June 3, 2022.
Lady Pros make all-state team
league game at the close of the regular sea-
son, a 9-6 loss on the road at La Grande.
The squad steamrolled through the pre-
liminary rounds of the playoff s, outscor-
ing their opponents 34-1 in the fi rst three
games. However, in the end, they fell just
short of a state title, losing 5-3 to Lakev-
iew in the June 3 championship game in
Eugene.
Riley Robertson, a graduating senior,
was named Co-Player of the Year and a
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The Oregon School
Activities Association named six Grant
Union/Prairie City softball players to the
2A/1A All-State Team, with two Lady
Pros earning Co-Player and Co-Pitcher of
the Year awards.
The Lady Prospectors had a stellar sea-
son, going 23-0 before dropping a non-
fi rst team all-state catcher, while Drew
Williams, a sophomore, was named
Co-Pitcher of the Year and a fi rst team all-
state pitcher.
Along with Robertson and Williams,
four other Lady Pros made the fi rst team:
senior Paige Gerry, fi rst base; freshman
Savannah Watterson, infi elder; fresh-
man Addy Northway, outfi elder; and
junior Raney Anderson, utility/desig-
nated player.
Local riders bring home buckles
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
UKIAH — Two Grant
County high school ath-
letes brought home a pair of
first-place novice buckles
on July 2 from the Ukiah
Rodeo, which was held for
the first time after a 55-year
hiatus.
Jack Strong, a senior at
Grant Union High School,
edged out the competition
in bull riding, while Sarah
Clark, a Prairie City High
School junior, beat out
roughly 30 other riders in
barrel racing.
In bull riding, the rider
must stay on the bull for at
least eight seconds while
only touching the animal
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Grant County high school stu-
dents Sarah Clark and Jack
Strong both brought home
fi rst-place novice buckles in
their respective events at the
Ukiah Rodeo last month.
with their riding hand. In
barrel racing, a horse and
rider attempt to run a pat-
tern around barrels in the
fastest time.
Strong, who stayed on
his bull for longer than
eight seconds, bested the
time of the rider before him.
Winning a buckle, he
said, is something he had
dreamed about since he was
a kid.
“Being raised where we
are at,” Strong said, “ever
since you’re a little kid,
you always want to win a
buckle.”
He said it meant a lot to
win the prize in front of his
dad, Mike Strong, and step-
mother, Trista Strong, espe-
cially since Mike and Trista
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could practice and improve
his skills.
Not only that, Jack said,
but his dad helps keep
in contact with bull rid-
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Bull Riders organization.
Jack said he sends the more
experienced riders videos
of his rides and asks them
for tips on what he needs
to fix and where he can
improve.
“(They) helped me win
the buckle,” Jack said of his
father and stepmother.
For her part, Clark said
this was her first year com-
peting in the Idaho Cowboy
Association, the organizer
of the event, but said she
competes at other rodeos.
As for winning first
place, she said things came
together for her at the Ukiah
Rodeo.
“Sometimes you have a
good weekend,” Clark said,
“and then sometimes you
have a bad weekend.”
Clark, who has been on
the back of a horse since
she was 2 years old, trained
the horse she rode in Ukiah
herself. She said she has
had the former racehorse,
a Thoughbred, for about
two years. Clark added she
has trained all of the horses
she rides for barrel racing
herself.
She said the Ukiah
Rodeo was a lot of fun.
“Everybody was super
kind,” she said. “They
had great vendors, and
they put on a really good
rodeo.”
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