LA GRANDE – The Grant Union football team came one second short of a shutout last Friday.

The Pros held La Grande scoreless through the first 47 minutes of their 34-6 victory, but the Tigers were able to fend off the shutout. La Grande used all of its timeouts to get inside the Grant Union 10-yard line. Then the Tigers hit an open receiver with one second on the clock to score their sole touchdown.

Grant Union’s defense may have allowed a late touchdown, but they played a solid game, putting La Grande’s offense in the negative until the final drive. The Pros had 12 tackles that pushed La Grande backwards.

The Tigers finished with 75 total yards, but had negative yardage before they gained 95 on their scoring drive. The defense forced four fumbles that were recovered by Grant Union.

“Everyone on the defense did a good job,” Grant Union coach Monty Nash said. “When you hold someone like that it’s just solid play up and down.”

Grant Union’s special teams unit continued to play a large role in the win. The special teams unit recovered a kickoff that La Grande had trouble with after a one-yard touchdown run by Zane Murray. The Pros took advantage of the mistake and Murray picked up a second touchdown before the Tigers’ offense even took the field.

Grant Union’s Jimmy Cook added two touchdowns of his own in the second quarter and the Pros led 26-0 at halftime. Tyler Martin scored the Pros’ final touchdown with a 5-yard run in the third quarter. Grant Union was also able to bring several JV players into the game and many of them got carries in the game.

“We had three guys score, but it could have been even more,” Nash said. “It’s a good thing. We had at least 10 kids carry the ball for us including the JV kids at the end of the game.”

Grant Union will play Madras away at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26. Nash said although Madras isn’t having a strong season, the Pros need to be prepared.

“Madras hasn’t won a ball game yet, but they put up quite a few points against a top 10 team at home,” Nash said. “We need to worry about how we play our game and not who we’re playing.”