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The Grant Union/Prairie City Prospector softball team was unstoppable in their home opener against their nonleague Burns/Crane Hilanders opponents, taking 15-0 and 26-0 wins in Friday's doubleheader.

The Grant Union Gold dancers wowed the crowd Friday at their annual Spring Showcase with team, duo and solo performances.

Grant Union girls basketball

The Grant County Special Olympics Miners challenged the law enforcement team in a basketball showdown Thursday evening at the Prairie City School gym.

The Prairie City Panther boys basketball team finished in fifth place at the 1A Boys Basketball State Championship in Baker City on Saturday, falling 56-53 to the Days Creek Wolves.

The Prairie City Panthers knew their semifinal battle with the Nixyaawii would be a tough one, but it's likely no one anticipated the Golden Eagles' sizzling start, which led to Nixyaawii's 71…

The Grant Union Prospector girls’ season came to a heartbreaking end Friday morning with a consolation loss to the No. 9-seed Central Linn Cobras, 53-30, at the OSAA 2A Girls Basketball State …

The Prairie City Panther boys basketball team pulled out a 52-48 win over the Sherman Huskies in a close quarterfinal match at the OSAA 1A State Championship tournament Wednesday in Baker City.

The Grant Union girls wrestling team made history at the first ever girls state tournament this year.

The Prairie City Panthers overcame adversity with a 66-49 win over Dufur Friday to move on to the 1A boys basketball championship tournament.

A youth AAU girls basketball tournament, hosted by the local Hot Shotz team, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in Prairie City School’s new gym with games running every hour.

The Grant Union Prospectors are advancing to the OSAA 2A Girls Basketball State Championship after claiming a 69-47 win over the Gervais Cougars Saturday afternoon in John Day.

The Prairie City Panthers boys basketball team “sounded the bell” Friday night after their 66-49 victory over the Dufur Rangers.

The Prairie City Panther boys basketball team won the District 8-1A High Desert League Tournament championship title with the Crane Mustangs taking second place and the Jordan Valley Mustangs third.

The Prairie City Panther boys will host the Dufur Rangers at 6 p.m. Friday in Prairie City for the second round of OSAA's 1A state basketball playoffs.

Grant Union Prospector wrestler Drew Lusco won the championship title at the OSAA 2A/1A Special District 4 Tournament, wrestling at 285, and Russell Hodge placed second, wrestling at 182.

The Grant Union Prospectors ended their season in third place at the Friday-Saturday Blue Mountain Conference District Tournament held at the Pendleton Convention Center.

The No. 5 Grant Union Prospector girls will host the No. 12 Gervais Cougars for a round one state basketball playoff at 2 p.m. Saturday in John Day, and the winner will continue on to the Feb.…

The Prairie City Panther boys basketball team is moving on to the state playoffs, hosting a second round game on Friday, after winning the championship title at the Feb. 14-16 District 8 High …

The Dayville/Monument Tiger girls basketball team fell to the Adrian Antelopes 51-45 in Saturday’s District 8 tournament battle for the third seed to the state playoffs.

The Dayville/Monument Tiger girls basketball team fell 57-29 to the Jordan Valley Mustangs in Friday night's District 8 tournament matchup.

The Prairie City Panther boys basketball team knocked out a 70-58 win over the Jordan Valley Mustangs at Friday's 1A-8 High Desert District Tournament to advance to Saturday's championship contest.

The Dayville/Monument Tigers made Thursday’s game against Adrian at the District 8 1A Tournament an exciting match, but fell 57-49 to the Antelopes.

Prairie City basketball fans were on the edge of their seats as the Panther girls started closing the gap on the Adrian Antelopes in the second half of Thursday night’s district tournament gam…

The Prairie City Panther boys crushed the Huntington Locomotives 80-34 in game one Thursday at the District 8 1A Basketball Tournament held at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School in John Day.

The Dayville/Monument Tiger girls defeated the Harper Hornets 40-35 in game one on Thursday at the District 8 1A Tournament held at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School in John Day.

Grant Union Gold dancers practice for Pendleton

The Grant Union Prospector girls are league champions after making a big leap over the Enterprise Outlaws in the fourth quarter Friday for a 58-45 win.

The Grant Union Prospectors overcame the formidable Enterprise Outlaws 64-54 on Friday in John Day.

The Prairie City Panthers girls basketball team held on for a 35-31 win over the Dayville/Monument Tigers Feb. 5 in Prairie City.

The Prairie City Panther boys proved to be too much for the Dayville/Monument Tigers to handle as the Panthers defeated the Tigers 60-31 Feb. 5 at the Prairie City court.

Grant Union wrestler Trinity Hutchison, a senior, made historic strides for her school by winning the champion title Saturday at the Girls Southern District State Qualifier in Thurston.

The Prairie City Panther boys defeated the Huntington Locomotives soundly in Prairie City on Saturday after two tough road losses.

The Prairie City Panther girls, led by head coach Bo Workman, had a fiery start to their 56-23 win Saturday over the Huntington Locomotives.

Grant Union came out victorious at its home wrestling invitational on Friday with 18 of their athletes combining for 223.5 points against 11 other teams. Baker/Powder Valley finished in second…

The Grant Union Prospector girls had a strong start in Saturday’s league basketball contest, but after the first quarter the Heppner Mustangs held onto the lead for a 63-52 win in John Day.

Three 3-point shots in a row helped lift the Grant Union Prospectors up in the final three minutes of Saturday’s 47-46 victory over the Heppner Mustangs.

The Grant Union Prospector girls basketball team, No. 4 in the OSAA standings for 2A teams, is on an eight-game winning streak after beating the Stanfield Tigers 53-47 in John Day Friday and t…

The Grant Union Prospector boys and Stanfield Tigers kept the score close in the first half of Friday’s conference contest in John Day before Stanfield pulled ahead for a 68-52 win.

Grant Union cheerleading captain Torie Coalwell said the team is leading a pep rally Thursday at the school to increase school spirit as the basketball teams move closer to the Blue Mountain C…

Boys steamroll the competition,

Three Grant County women joined forces to win first place in their division at the Jan. 12 Granite Games CrossFit competition in Nampa, Idaho.

The fast-starting Prairie City Panther boys roared past the Dayville/Monument Tigers 74-27 at the Monument basketball court on Saturday.