May 20, 2008 12:33 pm
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 FLYING EAGLE: Joseph senior Megan Yost was a part of the third place 4 x 400-meter relay team and fourth place 4 x 100-meter relay. File photo MONMOUTH — Hot. Steamy. Ninety-seven degrees outside. One hundred and fifteen degrees on the track.
Not a good day for an OSAA 1A/2A Track & Field Championship at Western Oregon University.
Yet, despite the sauna-like conditions, Old Oregon League and Blue
Mountain athletes represented their schools and the Eastern Oregon
region well.
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May 19, 2008 02:14 pm
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 READY TO REPEAT: Richie Carmichael will open the Class 4A State playoffs on the mound for the Tigers at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Observer file photo Up into the air it went, traveling downward in a tailspin of destiny.
I’ve got to catch this, Anthony Nice said to himself. It was the
seventh inning. His team lead Newport by one run. And there he was,
watching this hardball drop from the Keizer sky, zeroing toward his
mitt, before finally smacking his hand. Out. Game over. Tigers win!
Anthony picked up his brother, Zach Nice. Jordan Lanman rushed toward
them from behind the plate, tackling his teammates. A pile up ensued.
The crowd roared. And right then and there, on that second day of June,
La Grande had its first Class 4A Baseball State Championship.
How special.
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May 19, 2008 02:08 pm
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 HUSTLING HURDLER: La Grande runner Nur Sofe won the 300-meter hurdle event at the Greater Oregon League Meet Saturday. Observer photo/PAUL HARDER How long will the run last?
The La Grande boys track and field team secured its fifth straight Greater Oregon League Title Saturday.
But again, the real question is how many more will follow?
“We’ve got a chance of at least three to four,” Tigers head coach Duane Smiley said. “There are a lot of young medalists in this group.”
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May 17, 2008 10:37 am
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 SOARING EAGLE: Senior Corby Makin was 3-for-4 (two doubles). The Observer/BRUCE MASON JOSEPH — Was this a mirage?
Were those hardballs, mitts and caps? Or were those footballs, shoulder pads and facemasks?
The scoreboard read, 14-0. The playing surface was mostly grass. Were those touchdowns? Extra points?
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May 17, 2008 10:31 am
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 FOREHAND BLAST: La Grande seniors Josi Lyman (above) and Kara Gerst advanced to the semifinals at the 4A State Tennis Tournament. Observer file photo EUGENE — Kara Gerst and Josi Lyman are out to shock the 4A State Tennis Tournament.
After a relatively simple match Thursday — a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win against La Salle — the Tiger duo pulled off the big upset.
Defending state champions Morgan Enberg and Gwynneth Johnson of Oregon
Episcopal School entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed.
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May 16, 2008 04:20 pm
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BAKER CITY — The La Grande swim club competed at the Baker City Invitational on the opening weekend of May.
Twenty-nine swimmers attended the meet, with 5-year-old Callum Ebel, 8-year-old Caitlyn Conrad and 9-year-old Hannah Roberts competing for the first time.
Swimming coach Susie Evans said many swimmers showed substantial improvement.
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May 15, 2008 02:58 pm
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In preparation for the OSAA tournament, La Grande hosted Heppner at Optimist Field Tuesday.
Good preparation, it was.
The Tigers baseball team defeated Heppner, 5-1, behind a bases-loaded triple from Evan Humphrey.
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May 14, 2008 03:48 pm
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GRESHAM — What could have been?
That’s the question the Mountaineers’ men’s track and field team is left to ponder after injuries plagued the team at the Cascade Conference Championships that concluded Saturday.
The men finished second, while Concordia finished first.
Three EOU sprinters ran with pain during the three-day event.
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May 14, 2008 03:46 pm
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 BRUUUCE: Enterprise golfer Heather Bruce shot a 1-over-par on the back nine Tuesday at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state golf meet. Bruce placed ninth among all golfers. - Observer photos/PAUL HARDER REDMOND — Redemption is an easy thing to find, if you don’t go looking for it.
Enterprise’s Heather Bruce bounced back from two bad holes Monday to place in the top-10 at the 4A/3A/2A/1A Girls State Golf Tournament.
“I relaxed a little bit,” Bruce said. “It helped that I have been here before. I wanted to come home with a flag.”
The “flag’’ meant dismissing her opening round 91, her worst score in three weeks.
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May 14, 2008 03:44 pm
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 HULL OF A SWING: Enterprise junior Dakota Hull placed second among all area golfers, and placed sixth among all 3A/2A/1A golfers. - Observer photos/PAUL HARDER CRESWELL — Perspective is everything.
One day the Enterprise boys golf team will look back with fond memories of a second place finish at the state tournament. For now, it’s thinking about what might have been.
The 6,479-yard course took its toll on the field Tuesday.
“This is a championship course,” Enterprise head coach Mike Crawford said. “There are no flat putts, and the pin placements didn’t help lower the numbers.”
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