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MyEagleNews.com SHOOTING THE BREEZE The working class Magnum he 7mm Rem Mag has a in the Magnum craze, off ering lot going for it. an aff ordable rifl e and ammuni- The title spot for this tion for those who wanted Mag- accolade has always been the num performance without pay- subject of dispute. Many — and ing premium prices. But how with good reason, too — would does it meet or beat a .300, you arbitrarily assign the ask? .300 Winchester Mag- So similar in fi eld per- num the No. 1 spot formance are the 7mm here. If you have a and .300 Magnums that it .300 Magnum of any would be pedantic to try sort upon which you to demonstrate any real- may dote, you proba- istic diff erence between bly don’t need to read them. What one will do, Dale Valade any further, frankly. the other will eff ectively In my mind, how- do. The .300 Win Mag ever, the 7mm Remington Mag- — which came along in 1963 num is the working class mag- — pitches a 180 grain bullet to num. Without completely about 2950 fps while the 7mm dulling your day with ballistics Rem Mag makes 2900 fps with fi gures and summarized history, its 175 grain bullet. I hang my claim solely upon all Tomato, tomahto. the 7mm Magnum has to off er. The real noticeable diff er- The .30 caliber has always ence to me is in recoil. For been America’s darling, and whatever reason, all else being as my readers know, given a equal, the .300 to me dis- choice, I will take a .30-06 plays an uncomfortable level every time for the proverbial of recoil, especially from the all-around hunting rifl e. But in bench. The 7mm Rem Mag, choosing a runner-up, the 7mm providing the same ballistic per- Remington Magnum gets the formance as the .300, to me is nod without hesitation. much more pleasant to shoot. The .270 and .308 Win- Now, in an apples to oranges chester are both standouts in comparison we could delve the same capacity but don’t into the .300’s ability to shoot have the versatility off ered heavier bullets or the higher by the 7mm Magnum. I sup- ballistic coeffi cient of the .284 pose we could nitpick and off er caliber, but we won’t. As I said up for consideration the .280 at the outset, if you’ve found Remington or even the Ackley Shangri-La in the arms of a Improved version. .300 Magnum, good for you, Fine cartridges that they are, they are fully capable rifl es. neither has attained the popular- I myself am a dyed-in-the- ity of the 7mm Rem Mag, and wool .30-06 fanatic. That being therefore both rifl es and ammu- said, were I to set out to buy an nition are much more scarce, all-around rifl e and I wanted a especially if one does not wish Magnum, the 7mm Remington to handload. Magnum would get the nod. It Many of the same features really is that good! which endear the .30-06 to me Are you a fan of the 7mm can also be said of the 7mm Rem Mag? Do you prefer a Rem Mag. The ubiquity of .300 Win Mag? Write to us rifl es and ammunition, man- at shootingthebreezebme@ ageable recoil, superb accuracy gmail.com and check us out on and knockdown power, and a Facebook! versatile range of useful bullet Dale Valade is a local coun- weights are the biggest draw. try gent with a love for the out- Introduced in 1962, the 7mm doors, handloading, hunting Rem Mag was a fi nal contender and shooting. T SPORTS & OUTDOORS Wednesday, November 2, 2022 A9 Lady Panthers take Round One Volleyball team defeats Sherman to advance in state tournament By JUSTIN DAVIS Blue Mountain Eagle PRAIRIE CITY — The Prairie City volleyball team was down three starters for their home matchup with the Sher- man Lady Huskies in the opening round of the OSAA Class 2A state volleyball tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 26. But that did little to aff ect the out- come of the match as the Lady Panthers defeated Sherman 3-1 in front of an energized home crowd to advance to the second round of the state tournament. All four games in the match were fi lled with scoring runs and rallies as both teams looked to extend their respective seasons for at least a couple more days. Game scores for the match were 25-17, 25-23, 19-25 and 25-19. The fi rst game of the match saw the Lady Panthers fall behind early only to regroup and take a 9-5 lead, forcing a Sherman timeout. Sherman would score fi ve unanswered points following the timeout to take a brief 10-9 lead. But the Lady Panthers would regroup again, going on a 9-3 scoring run to pull ahead 18-13, forcing the Lady Hus- kies to burn another timeout. The Prai- rie City girls would ultimately close out Game 1, winning the contest 25-17. The second game started much like the fi rst with the Lady Panthers jump- ing out to an early lead only to have the Lady Huskies rally and tie the game at 11. Prairie City would score four unan- swered points following the tie before Sherman went on their own run to take a 17-15 lead and force a Lady Panther timeout. The Lady Huskies would lead by as many as three points in the late stages of the second game only to have the Lady Panthers again claw their way back into the contest and force a Sherman timeout after tying the game at 20. The teams would trade scores following that tim- eout before the Lady Panthers scored the fi nal two points of the game to win 25-23 and take a commanding 2-0 lead in the match. Facing the end of their season, the Lady Huskies jumped out to an early 10-4 lead in the third game, which led to Prairie City needing to spend a timeout in an attempt to halt the early Sherman run. Prairie City would outscore Sher- man 10-3 following the timeout to take Prairie City students rush the court in celebration following the volleyball team’s 3-1 victory in the opening round of the 2A state volleyball playoff on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Prairie City sophomore Josie Horrell serves the ball during her team’s open- ing round state playoff matchup with Sherman on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2022. a brief 14-13 lead. Sherman would be persistent, how- ever, retaking the lead and pushing their advantage to 22-18 to force another Lady Panther timeout. The timeout did little to change the dynamic of the third game as the Lady Huskies went on to win 25-19 to set up an all-important fourth game. Game 4 was again a game of runs and rallies as the Lady Panthers again built an early lead only to have Sherman fi ght their way back into the game and tie the score at 6-all. A 13-7 scoring blitz following the tie gave the Lady Panthers a 19-13 lead and forced a Sherman tim- eout with their season on the line. This time, it was Prairie City that was unfazed by the attempt to stifl e their momentum. The Lady Panthers were able to maintain their six-point advan- tage through to the end of the game and close out the Lady Huskies 25-19, prompting the Panther student section to storm the court to celebrate the open- ing-round win with the team. Prairie City seniors Kat Ashley and Laken McKay spoke about the energy of the crowd and playing their last vol- leyball game in front of the Prairie City fans. Both Ashley and McKay said it “felt great” to have the fi nal home game of their high school volleyball careers end in a win. The energy of the home crowd for this game is something that stood out to Ashley, who noted that the environ- ment for this game was diff erent than anything she’d experienced in the years prior. “I have to say that the last four years have defi nitely not leveled up to what the energy was tonight. We had the foot- ball boys, we had the community and we had everybody here supporting us and cheering us on, and I think that’s a huge part of trying to work as a team is having that support behind you,” she said. McKay agreed, saying that the fans have never been as “jacked” as they were on Wednesday night. When asked if the crowd helped propel the team to their fi rst round win, both responded with a resounding “yes.” Prairie City head coach Jordan Bass said she felt “super proud” of her young team’s eff ort. “They all came together, they all did their jobs. That was some of the best defense that I’ve seen from most of our team all year, so that was really exciting to see them do that at a really critical moment,” Bass said. Bass also spoke about the raucous home crowd at the game, echoing what her seniors had said about the crowd previously. When asked if the home crowd’s energy helped propel her team to victory, Bass responded, “Defi nitely.” “Volleyball is huge game about energy, so when they have their home crowd, it can make a diff erence for sure,” Bass said.