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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Panthers punch their ticket
Teel scores six TDs to lead
Prairie City to playoff s
Echo stubbornly added another
quick touchdown pass to bring the
game to 45-41 with 2:52 left to play.
The Panther off ense was stopped on
the subsequent drive, which gave the
Cougars possession and a chance to
take the lead and perhaps snatch a vic-
tory late in the contest.
The Panthers would stop the Cou-
gars on the fi nal possession of the
game, however, to secure the 46-41
win and punch their ticket to the state
football playoff s for the second year
in a row.
“I feel amazing,” Teel said after
the game. “My legs hurt really bad
and I’ve been cramping the whole
time, but other than that …”
He added that he had plenty of
help from his teammates.
“It’s not just me,” he said. “(It was)
the whole line just getting every block
they possibly could to get me all those
touchdowns.”
Teel also talked about Echo’s
uniquely pass-heavy off ense in the
six man game and what it took to
defend that aerial attack. “They’ve
always been more of a passing team
and we’ve usually had a problem with
that. We put in a new defense to cover
passing, which it did good for the
most part,” Teel said.
The Panthers will travel to
Blachly to take on Triangle Lake
Charter School in the opening
round of the 1A six man state foot-
ball tournament on Saturday, Nov.
5. Kickoff for that game is sched-
uled for 1 p.m.
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
L
adies and gentlemen,
Cole Teel would like to
reintroduce himself to
you.
The reigning High
Desert League Off ensive Player of the
Year ran in all but one of Prairie City/
Burnt River’s touchdowns on Friday,
Oct. 28, in the Panthers’ gritty 46-41
win over a pass-heavy Echo squad in
Prairie City.
Echo struck fi rst in the game,
punching the ball in from three yards
out to take an 8-0 lead following a
converted two-point kick attempt.
Echo would get brazen and attempt an
onside kick following the touchdown,
which they recovered.
The elation was short-lived for the
Cougars as a fumble hampered any
momentum gained by the surprise
onside kick. The Panthers would cap-
italize via a 72-yard touchdown run
by Teel to bring the contest to 8-6 fol-
lowing the missed extra point try.
Another Teel touchdown run, this
time from 55 yards out, gave Prai-
rie City/Burnt River their fi rst lead in
the game toward the end of the fi rst
quarter. The extra point attempt was
no good, leaving the score at a 12-8
Prairie City advantage.
The Cougars would reclaim the
Justin Davis/Blue Mountain Eagle
Prairie City/Burnt River’s Cole Teel looks for running room during his team’s showdown with the Echo Cougars on Fri-
day, Oct. 28, 2022, in Prairie City. Teel and the Panthers won the contest 46-41 and punched their ticket to the 1A state
football tournament.
lead by way of a 3-yard touchdown
pass early in the second quarter. A
converted extra point play brought
Echo’s advantage to three at 15-12.
The cougars would have another
opportunity to build on their lead fol-
lowing an interception that set their
off ense up on the 31-yard line. The
Panther defense would force a turn-
over on downs to stay within a fi eld
goal.
Both teams then traded turnovers
late in the fi rst half, ultimately cul-
minating in the Panthers gaining the
advantage with possession inside the
10-yard line. Teel and the Panthers
would add one more touchdown with
just over a minute left in the half to
take an 18-15 lead into intermission
following a missed extra point try.
Echo would draw fi rst blood to
open the second half, scoring a short
touchdown to retake the lead at 21-18
with just over 7:30 left in the third
quarter. The Cougars would maintain
that lead until there was just under a
minute left in the third quarter.
Teel would once again fi nd paydirt,
this time from 80 yards out, to give the
Panthers another lead at 25-21 follow-
ing a converted extra point play. Echo
would refuse to go away, however,
scoring another short touchdown pass
to retake the lead at 28-25 with just
SPORTS ROUNDUP
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Pros fall at home to Weston-
McEwen, fi nish season 2-5
JOHN DAY — The John Day foot-
ball team fell to Weston-McEwen 54-0
at home on Friday, Oct. 28, to fi nish the
school’s inaugural nine-man football
season with a 2-5 record along with a
1-5 record in league play. Grant Union’s
two wins were a pair of back-to-back
victories against against Lyle/Wishram/
Klickitat on Sept. 30 and Riverside on
Oct. 7.
The Pros will head into 2023 with a
full season of playing nine-man football
under their belts as they look to return to
the state football playoff s.
Dayville/Monument drops
fi nal game to defending
state champions
DAYVILLE — The Dayville/Mon-
ument football team fi nished the 2022
season with a 60-12 loss to defending
state champions Wheeler County on Fri-
day, Oct. 28, to fi nish the 2022 season
with a 2-6 record with an identical 2-6
mark in league play. Despite the lop-
sided loss, the Tigers did improve in
2022 after fi nishing the 2021 football
season without a single win.
The Tigers will look to build on the
progress made in the 2022 season and
put together a winning season in 2023.
Grant Union runners charge
into district meet
PENDLETON — Grant Union’s
cross country team headed out to Pend-
leton to compete in the Special District
3 cross country championships at the
Pendleton Community Park on Friday,
Oct. 28. The Prospector boys fi nished
fi fth with 129 points at the meet and the
girls fi nished ninth with 245 points on
the afternoon.
Grant Union’s Brady Dole was the
school’s lone runner to qualify for the
state meet, fi nishing in ninth place out of
68 runners with a time of 17:18.6. Other
top Grant Union fi nishers included
Quinn Larson, who fi nished 23rd with a
time of 18:46.2.
Logan Randleas and Landon Boyd
rounded out the top four fi nishers at the
meet for the Pros, coming in 40th and
41st, respectively. Randleas fi nished
with a time of 20:02.1 and Boyd fi nished
with a time of 20:23.1.
Top fi nisher for the Lady Pro girls
was Maddie Bailey, who came in 49th
out of 79 runners with a time of 24:11.8.
Just behind Bailey was Macy Car-
ter, who fi nished 62nd with a time of
25:57.8.
Rounding out the top four for the
girls were Abbie Justice and Alicia
Archibald, who fi nished 69th and 70th
on the afternoon. Justice fi nished with a
time of 27:07.1 and Archibald fi nished
with a time of 27:13.4.
Dole will compete at the state cross
country meet on Saturday, Nov. 5, at
Lane Community College in Eugene.
Lady Panther season ends
at North Douglas
DRAIN — The Prairie City volley-
ball team’s season ended in the second
round of the state playoff s after a 3-0
loss to North Douglas on Saturday, Oct.
29, in Drain. The loss leaves Prairie City
with a 23-8 mark on the season, coupled
with a 5-2 league record.
Game scores for the match were
25-12, 25-6 and 25-11. The team only
had three seniors for the 2022 campaign
and should be poised to make another
run at the state tournament in 2023.
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over nine minutes left in the contest.
Another Prairie City/Burnt River
touchdown midway through the
fourth quarter swung the game back in
favor of the Panthers at 32-28 follow-
ing a converted extra point play. Teel
would then attempt to put the game
out of reach, scoring another touch-
down with 4:35 left in the game to put
the Panthers up 39-28.
Echo still didn’t want to quit,
though, adding another touchdown to
pull within four points at 39-35 late in
the fourth quarter. Teel would respond
one more time, fi nding the end zone
once again with 3:05 left to give the
Panthers a 45-36 lead.
GUHS volleyball falls in playoff s
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The Grant
Union volleyball team hosted the
Oakland Oakers in a fi rst-round
state playoff matchup on Saturday,
Oct. 29, and fell 3-1 despite a gutsy
eff ort from the squad. The loss ends
Grant Union’s season and leaves
them with a 19-10 mark for the
2022 volleyball campaign.
The fi rst game of the match saw
Oakland storm out to an 11-4 lead,
which forced a timeout by the Lady
Pros. Grant Union would regroup
following that timeout to draw to
within one at 17-16 and force the
Oakers into a timeout of their own
in an attempt to stifl e the Lady Pro
run.
The Lady Pros would tie Game
1 at 18 and then again at 20 follow-
ing a timeout. But Oakland would
recover and score three straight to
take a 23-20 lead and force another
Lady Pro timeout.
This time, the Oakers were unaf-
fected by the timeout and went on to
close the game out 25-21 to take a
1-0 lead in the match.
Game 2 started much like the fi rst
with Oakland building an early 13-9
lead which led to a Lady Pro time-
out. The Oakers would continue to
push their lead following the time-
out, going up 20-15 and forcing the
Lady Pros to call time again.
Once again the Oakers would be
undeterred by the timeout, winning
Game 2 by the same 25-21 margin
they won the fi rst game. The Lady
Pros were now down 2-0 and facing
the end of their season in Game 3.
The third game started with a 2-2
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Grant Union’s Drew Williams
serves the ball during her team’s
match with Oakland in the open-
ing round of the 2A state volleyball
tournament on Saturday, Oct. 29,
2022, at Grant Union High School.
tie before the Lady Pros rattled off
fi ve straight points to take a 7-2 lead.
That lead would increase to 11-5 and
force an Oakland timeout.
The Lady Pros were relent-
less following the timeout, increas-
ing their lead to 19-9. The Oak-
ers launched a furious comeback
attempt, drawing to within fi ve
points at 19-14 before a Lady Pro
timeout made in an attempt to set-
tle the squad in the face of the Oak-
land rally.
The Lady Pros dug in following
that timeout and pushed their lead to
24-19, prompting the Oakers to call
their own timeout. The Lady Pros
had already decided that they were
the owners of Game 3, however,
scoring the decisive point right after
the timeout to win the game 25-19
and cut the Oakland lead in half at
2-1.
The decisive fourth game started
tight, with ties at 7 and 12 apiece.
Oakland would eventually break the
deadlock and go up 14-12 to force a
Lady Pro timeout. Oakland would
extend that lead to 19-14, which
caused the Lady Pros to again stop
the action in hopes of keeping their
season alive.
The Oakers would outscore the
Lady Pros 6-3 following that time-
out to win the game 25-17 and the
match 3-1.
Grant Union head volleyball
coach Mariah Moulton said the
match with Oakland was frustrating
because the Lady Pros beat them-
selves. “The girls and I know that
we are a better team than what we
showed, but we are eager for next
year to come out and showcase our
potential,” Moulton said.
Moulton also spoke to the sud-
den coaching change the team had
to deal with midway through the
season and praised the ability of her
team to adapt. “Overall, I am proud
of how the girls were able to fl ip the
switch and turn their season around
when there was a huge change in
coaching halfway through,” Moul-
ton said.
The future of Grant Union vol-
leyball is bright, according to Moul-
ton, who is looking to build a gritty
and dominant culture within the pro-
gram. “The future of Grant Union
volleyball is building a team who
is committed, confi dent, believes in
their abilities, is able to push through
hardships, and dominates their oppo-
nents,” she added.
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