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Wednesday, August 23, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters baseball star is a Tiger
OSU receives fragment
of requested funds
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Joey Morgan, a 2014
Sisters High School graduate,
is on his way to fulfilling his
childhood dream of becom-
ing a Major League baseball
player.
Morgan has played base-
ball his entire life. After a
very successful high school
career, Morgan went on
to play at catcher for the
University of Washington
(UW). After three years at
the collegiate level you are
eligible for the draft, and
Joey was selected in the third
round, 95th overall, by the
Tigers in the 2017 baseball
draft.
Morgan received a signing
bonus of $564,000.
The Washington State
Husky catcher is the second-
highest-ranked Husky ever
picked in the draft. He also
had the best season ever by
a Husky catcher, earning
the 2017 Baseball America
Second Team All American,
2017 All-Pac 12 and All-Pac
12 Defensive Team, as well
as being named one of 15
semi-finalists for the Johnny
Bench Award. Morgan is the
first Husky catcher to earn
All-Pac 12 honors twice in
their career (he also earned it
in 2016).
D1Baseball.com ranked
Morgan the No. 1 catcher
in the nation. Joey led the
Huskies in batting average
(.324), slugging percentage
(.500), on-base percentage
PHOTO PROVIDED
Joey Morgan was an Outlaws standout — and now he’s playing for the
Detroit Tigers organization.
(.427), hits (59), runs batted
in (45), walks (30), and tied
for the team lead in doubles
(15). Joey also blasted five
home runs, and reached base
safely in 47 of the 53 games
played. In the Pac 12, Morgan
is ranked seventh in RBI, and
eighth in on-base percentage.
Behind the plate, he was
just as impressive. Joey threw
out 13 of 27 runners that tried
to steal, and allowed just two
passed balls. He commit-
ted just three errors in 356
chances for a .992 fielding
percentage.
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The August Encores
Exhibition on Screen:
I, Claude Monet:
Sat., Aug. 26 and
Tues., Aug. 29 at 5 p.m.
Chasing Trane: The John
Coltrane Documentary
Sun., Aug. 27 and
Wed. Aug. 30 at 5 p.m.
Exhibition on Screen:
The Artist’s Garden -
A American Impressionism
Mon., Aug. 28 and
Thurs., Aug. 31 at 5 p.m.
Tickets for all shows, $12.50
Don’t miss out!
Pre-buy tickets online.
PATIO OPEN!
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In late June, Morgan was
sent by Detroit to play in
Norwich, Connecticut, for
the Connecticut Tigers (CT),
which is the short-season A
ball team of the Detroit Tigers
— where all the recent draft
picks go and play. Players
have two days off per month,
but other than that they play a
game(s) every single day.
Joey hopes to do well
for the CT, and move up in
the Detroit Tigers system.
Morgan told The Nugget his
goal is to ultimately make it to
the big leagues and stay there.
BEND (AP) — Central
Oregon got its wish for a
four-year school that locals
can attend when Oregon State
University’s Bend branch
opened in 2016, but the uni-
versity’s goal of expanding
its facilities has been drasti-
cally weakened after the state
allocated the university just
a fragment of the expansion
money it requested.
The state gave OSU-
Cascades $9.5 million of
the $69.5 million it wanted,
The Bulletin reported on last
week.
The university was hop-
ing to build another academic
building by 2021, as it cur-
rently only has one facility.
But Kelly Sparks, the univer-
sity’s associate vice president
of finance and strategic plan-
ning, said that’s likely no lon-
ger feasible.
The university had about
1,200 students in its first aca-
demic year and is projected
to grow to as many as 5,000
students by 2025.
The state, however, is
still adjusting to having eight
major universities to fund,
as OSU-Cascades expan-
sion money doesn’t fall
under OSU’s main campus
funding.
Becky Johnson, vice
president of OSU-Cascades,
said the bump from “seven to
eight mouths to feed did not
play well in the Legislature.”
Many legislators would
actually prefer OSU-
Cascades to fall under the
responsibility of Oregon State
University, Johnson said.
“But OSU-Cascades was
created not because OSU
in Corvallis wanted to cre-
ate it, it was because Central
Oregon said we need higher
education here, and the state
itself made that decision that
we’re going to invest in an
institution in Central Oregon
and we’re going to fund it
separately,” Johnson said.
Supporters in the
Legislature are encourag-
ing the university to go back
in 2018 and 2019 to ask for
more money, Johnson said.
The 22nd Annual
Country Fair
& Art Show
The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration wishes to thank the following
businesses for their support and contribution to the success of our event!
Jo Ann Burgess • Charles Chamberlain • Sisters Rental • Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District • Cascade Arts & Entertainment Magazine • Ray’s Food Place,
Sisters • Sisters Coffee Company • Melvin’s Fir Street Market • Kit Stafford
Sisters Bakery • Cash & Carry • Xpress Printing • School House Produce
Clearwater Gallery • Sisters Bakery • La Magie • Black Butte Ranch
The Open Door • Sisters Olive and Nut Co. • Three Creeks Brewing Co.
Sisters Drug and Gift • Brent Freeland Construction • Heart of Oregon Corps
Youth Build • Groomingdales • Red Martini Bar • Tate and Tate • Life Love Yoga
Costco • Christine Cole • Heidi Franz Tremblay • Kristin Sorensen-Hilgart
Mainline Station – Stephen & Robin Rodgers • Jeremy & Sarah Cockrell
Tracy at Barefoot • Essentials Salon • The Hen’s Tooth • Paulina Springs Books
Hoodoo Ski Area • The Paper Place • Cottonwood Cafe
Sisters Athletic Club • Stitchin’ Post • The Flyfisher’s Place • Hop ‘n’ Brew
Bedouin • The Hair Cache • Seh-Lah-Vie! • Rendezvous Salon • Pony Express
Ron Bryant • McKenzie Wilcox • Ear Expressions • Eurosports
And all the wonderful artists in our show who donated to the Silent Auction
All proceeds will go to support our Church Community Outreach Program, which
provides grants to local community support organizations throughout the year.
