A10 — THE OBSERVER
THuRSday, apRil 7, 2022
STANDINGS
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Cascade Collegiate
Conference
Team
League Overall
College of idaho 9-3
21-18
lewis-Clark State 6-2
35-3
Bushnell
7-5
9-24
Oregon Tech
4-4
25-14
British Columbia 5-6
17-19
Corban
2-6 14-16-1
Eastern Oregon 2-9
9-27
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Cascade Collegiate
Conference
Team
League Overall
Oregon Tech 18-2
33-6
Eastern Oregon 15-4
26-10
C. of idaho
14-4
28-7
S. Oregon
12-5
29-9
Brit. Columbia 10-8
12-12
Corban
9-10
15-23
Northwest
8-13
11-25
Carroll
6-12
9-21
Bushnell
5-11
8-22
Warner pacific 3-16
5-23
providence
0-15
1-21
PREP BASEBALL
Greater Oregon League
Team
League Overall
la Grande
0-0
8-1
Baker/pV
0-0
4-6
HONORS
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junior TJ Davis was selected
the men’s field athlete of
the week after scoring the
NAIA’s top decathlon mark
this season. Davis scored
6,949 points to take first
place at the Northwest Naz-
arene Invitational on April
1. The junior placed first
in six out of the 10 events
and earned first place by a
margin of 571 points.
Davis, who is coming
off a national championship
in the heptathlon during
the indoor track season,
Mcloughlin
0-0
1-2
Ontario
0-0
0-5
2A/1A Special District 7
Team
League Overall
Heppner/ione 4-0
5-2
Grant union
2-1
5-4
pilot Rock
2-1
4-4
South Wasco Co. 1-0
7-0
Weston-McEwen 1-0
3-0
adrian
0-0
1-0
arlington
0-0
1-1
Stanfield/Echo 0-2
2-5
union/Cove
0-3
0-3
lyle/Wishram 0-3
0-3
PREP SOFTBALL
Greater Oregon League
Team
League Overall
Ontario
0-0
5-2
la Grande
0-0
4-4
Baker/pV
0-0
3-2
Mcloughlin
0-0
2-1
2A/1A Special District 6
Team
League Overall
Grant union
2-0
8-0
union/Cove
2-0
7-1
Weston-McEwen 2-0
5-2
pilot Rock
0-0
5-4
adrian
0-0
2-0
Echo/Stanfield 0-2
6-3
Heppner/ione 0-2
1-10
Elgin/imbler
0-2
0-2
lyle
0-0
0-0
has started off the outdoor
season strong in pursuit of
another individual title. The
Mountaineers are back in
action this coming weekend,
competing at the Whitworth
Peace Meet in Spokane on
April 8.
LPGA
was nice to hear.”
Mike Hegarty, director
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of golf at Wildhorse, said
the course is in such good
team. It needs a boost, and shape that they won’t have
we would love to partake
to close the course ahead of
in that.”
the event.
The 2022 season will
“We are fortunate to be
conclude with the Epson
known for good course con-
ditions,” he said. “Our golf
Tour Championship from
Oct. 6-9 in Daytona Beach, course superintendent Phil
Lagao does a nice job. It
Florida, at LPGA Inter-
national. The top 10 will
will be nice to feature the
receive LPGA Tour mem-
entire resort. It’s a very cool
bership for 2023.
thing. We are very excited
Recent Epson Tour grad- to have this event come to
uates include Olympic gold our facility, and excited
medalist and top-ranked
to show them Wildhorse
American Nelly Korda, as
hospitality.”
well as fellow major cham-
The course also will
pions Hannah Green and
have flags of all the coun-
tries represented at the
Patty Tavatanakit.
tournament.
A top-notch venue
“It’s a global event and
Listed as one of Ameri-
we will be treating it as
ca’s top casino golf courses such,” George said. “We
by Golf Digest, Wild-
will put on a good show. We
horse is more than 7,000
want them to talk highly of
yards and offers pristine
Pendleton, Oregon.”
greens, five lakes and 66
Wildhorse is the home
sand bunkers.
course for Pendleton and
The John Steidel-
Nixyaawii high schools. It
designed course sits at the
hosts several tournaments
base of the Blue Mountains a year and offers junior golf
and has been open since
clinics in the summer. It
1997.
also is open to the public.
Though the course has a
“Golf is a game that can
good reputation, Epson Tour be played by all generations
officials made a visit March and all people,” George
23 to check out every last
said. “They can play
inch of the course.
together. That’s a benefit
“They loved the course,
we see here at Wildhorse.
and said we are ready to
The elders with their grand-
kids on the course or on the
have the tournament right
driving range.”
now,” George said. “That
George said he hopes the
Epson Tour will generate a
little more interest locally in
the sport.
“Having this event,
which is comprised of
young ladies who have
graduated from college,
is positive for our area,”
George said. “If you look at
it, there are a lot of young
ladies who want to be pro-
fessionals. To even qualify
for the Epson Tour, it’s very
competitive.”
It takes a village
Just like with the Pend-
leton Round-Up, events of
this size depend on volun-
teers to make sure every-
thing runs smoothly.
The Wildhorse Ladies
Classic is looking for about
150 volunteers to help with
a multitude of tasks during
the event.
Volunteers will assist
with scoring, help with
parking and ticket distri-
bution, and act as marshals
and spotters.
One of the biggest chal-
lenges will be to find vol-
unteers to provide housing
for some of the tournament
players.
“We haven’t really
launched anything,” George
said. “We still have a lot to
do. We are looking for vol-
unteers, and community
members to host players to
help them defray costs for
housing. These are young
ladies and travel can be
expensive.”
Interested volunteers
can visit www.wildhorsere-
sort.com/resort/golf/tourna-
ments for information and
to register.
Wildhorse offers 300
hotel rooms and has a full-
service recreational vehicle
park and teepee village, but
public relations manager
Mary Liberty-Traughber
said the resort will not be
able to accommodate all of
the expected 2,000 players,
volunteers and fans. They
are working with other
properties to arrange
housing.
“It is something we
are working on,” Liberty-
Traughber said. “This
will benefit the entire
city. We will need hotel
rooms around the city for
the volunteers and people
coming in to watch the
tournament. There are
clear guidelines we have to
follow. This is a pretty big
deal. We think it will draw
in a lot of people, and they
will fall in love and want to
come back. This is the first
time for us. We are still
learning.”
Local eateries and shops
should also see an influx of
business during the week of
the tournament.
“It won’t have the impact
of Round-Up or Whisky
Fest,” George said, “but it
will still be nice.”
ON THE SLATE
April 5 results
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Eastern Oregon 4, College of
idaho 0
Eastern Oregon 9, College of
idaho 8
PREP BASEBALL
Weston-McEwen 10, union/
Cove 0
PREP SOFTBALL
union/Cove 5, pilot Rock/
Nixyaawii 3
pilot Rock/Nixyaawii 14, union/
Cove 13
Wednesday, April 6
(Games completed after
print deadline)
PREP TENNIS
la Grande at Ontario, 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 7
PREP BASEBALL
Ontario at la Grande (2), 2 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Ontario at la Grande (2), 2 p.m.
Friday, April 8
COLLEGE BASEBALL
lewis-Clark State at Eastern
Oregon, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Corban at Eastern Oregon (2),
2 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Echo/Stanfield at Elgin/imbler
(2), 2 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Cove, Elgin, la Grande, powder
Valley, union, Enterprise, Joseph
at la Grande invitational, 10 a.m
PREP BOYS GOLF
la Grande at Bird’s Creek,
pendleton, TBa
Saturday, April 9
COLLEGE BASEBALL
lewis-Clark State at Eastern
Oregon (2), noon
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Corban at Eastern Oregon (2),
11 a.m.
PREP BASEBALL
pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/ukiah at
union/Cove (2), 11 a.m.
Sunday, April 10
COLLEGE BASEBALL
lewis-Clark State at Eastern
Oregon, 11 a.m.
Tuesday, April 12
LA GRANDE
111 Elm Street
La Grande, OR 97850
541-605-2109
ENTERPRISE
113-1/2 Front E. Main St.
Enterprise, OR 97828
541-239-3877
PREP BASEBALL
la Grande at pendleton/
Griswold, 4:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
pendleton/Griswold at la
Grande, 4 p.m.
Wallowa Valley at union/Cove,
5 p.m.
PREP TENNIS
la Grande at Baker/pV, 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 14
PREP TENNIS
Ontario at la Grande, 3 p.m.
BAKER CITY
2021 Washington Ave.
Baker City, OR 97814
541-239-3782
Mention Code:
22AprRed