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The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team ended a successful season in the quarterfinal round in a 5-0 loss to the North Douglas Warriors.

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team, No. 1 in the state, kept their fans on the edge of their seats in their 4-2 victory over the Lost River Raiders of Klamath Falls in the W…

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector baseball team is advancing to the quarterfinals of the OSAA 2A/1A State Championships after defeating the Lakeview Honkers 8-4 Wednesday, May 22, in John Day.

One-thousandth of a second determined the 2A girls track and field champions.

Prairie City Panther Levi Burke is the new 1A high jump champion.

Reitta Wyllie, a 2017 Grant Union graduate, was one of 15 athletes on the Northwest Nazarene women’s track and field team to be named an All-Academic team on May 17.

Prairie City Panther senior Levi Burke has been named Oregon’s 1A state basketball Player of the Year.

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector baseball team is scheduled to host the Lakeview Honkers in an OSAA state championship second-round playoff game at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the S…

Ranked No. 1 in state, the Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team is scheduled to host the Lost River Raiders in an OSAA State Championship second-round playoff game at 4 p.m. Wedne…

Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector baseball and softball teams will host second round playoff games on Wednesday, May 22, in John Day at Seventh Street Complex.

The Grant Union Prospectors will fill more school bus seats on the road to this year’s OSAA 2A State Track and Field Championships May 17-18 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Prairie City and Dayville compete at 1A Special District 4 Championships

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector baseball team is advancing to the first round of the state playoffs after finishing with a 14-0 record in Special District 7.

Grant Union freshman Sam McCracken has qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo in Wyoming after placing second in cutting at the state competition.

The 2A Grant Union Prospector girls team won their home invitational on Friday with 215.50 points, staying ahead of the Enterprise Outlaws by 58 points.

Seventy-five athletes gathered for a TrackTown Youth League track meet on April 27 at Prairie City School’s athletic field.

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospectors claimed the league title May 4 after their doubleheader sweep over Heppner/Ione 16-0 and 23-4 at the Seventh Street Complex in John Day.

Prairie City High School senior Levi Burke signed a letter of intent with Blue Mountain Community College where he’ll play basketball for the Timberwolves team.

Grant Union golf team prepares for district tournament

Prospector Logan McCluskey, a sophomore, worked some magic at Malone Field, closing two games for the Grant Union/Prairie City baseball team’s double sweep of the Sherman/Arlington/Condon Husk…

Ranked No. 1 in the state among OSAA’s 2A/1A teams, the Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team swept two league opponents at Seventh Street Complex Friday and Saturday.

Runners, joggers, walkers of all ages, and even some stroller riders, competed in the sixth annual Bunny Hop 5K held April 20 in Dayville.

Grant County track and field athletes are honing their skills as they prepare for their final meets before district competition.

Kate Page competed April 12-23 in the woodchopping and sawing competition at the Sydney Easter Royal Show in Australia.

“It’s a great day for a game of golf,” said Prospector senior Garrett Lenz at Friday’s Grant Union Invitational at the John Day Golf Club.

Grant Union teams win Pepsi Invitational in Union

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospectors are on a five-game league winning streak after topping two league opponents in John Day with a 13-4 win over the Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah Rockets Apr…

Eighteen boys and girls in grades 3-6 were in the spotlight April 6, competing in the Mighty Youth Track Meet in John Day.

The Prairie City Panther track team, with 17 athletes this season, has already competed in four meets, and they’re ready for more.

Grant Union softball pounds

Donald Parker Memorial Field was abuzz with track and field athletes and spectators at Friday’s Prairie City Invitational.

The Monument Tiger track and field team, led by head coach Jeff Schafer, has five members this year, including sophomore Mark Thomas who placed fifth at state last season in the 1,500-meter run.

Eleven athletes on the 1A Long Creek Mountaineer track and field team are aiming high as they kick off the season.

Those fishing for a “big one” on the line will be happy to hear the John Day District is adding 1,000 additional trophy-sized trout to their stocking program this year. The trophies will be di…

Practicing on Dayville’s athletic field with its dirt track may not be ideal, but the Tiger track and field team makes it work.

The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector baseball team kept their bats busy during spring break, hosting a total of seven teams in two tournaments at the Seventh Street Complex.

The 2A Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team hosted four teams during their spring break tournament March 25-27 in John Day.

The season looks bright for the Grant Union Prospector track and field team.

Nine Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector golfers enjoyed their first sunny days of the season, practicing at the John Day Golf Club last week after holding practice for several days in the Her…

Boys and girls basketball players received All-League honors for the High Desert League.

This is Zach Williams’ second year as the Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball head coach, but he’s led most of the varsity team members for nine years, coaching Little League, ASA and…

Doug Sharp has a long history with Grant Union’s baseball program and is taking over the reins as Prospector head coach this season.

Grant Union Gold dance team performs at state