A8 — THE OBSERVER
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022
ON THE SLATE
TAYLOR
Continued from Page A7
the NAIA Honorable Men-
tion All-American team.
“I played with Ismael
(Valdez) and Phillip
(Malatare) at North Idaho
and I knew Chris Kemp
through my coaches,”
Taylor said.
“I’m comfort-
able playing
with those
two, so we
have a pretty
good chem-
istry. I think
Kemp
we’ll be able
to play together pretty
well.”
For Kemp, recruiting
Taylor was one of his top
priorities this off season.
“I hope he can be one
of those leaders, especially
with the experience he
has,” Kemp said of Taylor.
“Just being in that Division
I program and the experi-
ence he has with some of
the leaders on our team, we
hope to get him rolling right
away and have that seam-
less transition.”
Taylor stated that the
idea of playing with his
former teammates played
a part in his selection pro-
cess, knowing that he, Valde-
zand Malatare were able to
build good chemistry on the
court in the two seasons they
played together. He also noted
that the three were room-
mates at Northern Idaho,
helping build a solid connec-
tion on and off the court.
“I think it will be a
pretty smooth transition,”
Taylor said. “I think it will
be just going back to what
worked for the three of us
at NIC.”
Humble beginnings have
helped shape the player and
individual Taylor is today.
He is Yakama/Nez Perce
from Lapwai, Idaho — the
school’s enrollment is just
more than 100 students.
Coming from a small town
to playing Division I bas-
ketball, Taylor has taken life
lessons at each stop along
the way.
“Everywhere I’ve
gone, I’ve learned some-
thing important,” he said.
“Coming from a small
town, it’s easy to not get
looked at.”
Taylor noted that as one
of the fi rst-ever athletes
from Lapwai to compete
at the Division I level, he
takes pride in being able to
represent his community.
“I think my town will
take a lot of the credit for
getting to where I am, since
it was a big part of growing
up,” Taylor said. “We’re a
big, tight-knit community
so it’s pretty cool.”
Kemp and Taylor both
noted that the guard will
look to have a leader-
ship role in addition to his
shooting prowess, an oppor-
tunity that was often not as
easily achieved on previous
teams.
“He wanted me to take
a bigger role, and I also
wanted to take a bigger
role,” Taylor said. “I’ve
always been more of a role
player, so I want to take that
leadership role and I think
I’m capable of that.”
The Mountaineers are
coming off an 18-13 season
in which the team went
12-10 in conference play
and was eliminated in the
quarterfi nals of the Cascade
Collegiate Conference tour-
nament. Entering his fi rst
season as a Mountaineer
and last year of collegiate
eligibility, Taylor is setting
the bar high for next season.
“I defi nitely want to
win a conference title and
try to be as highly ranked
as we can,” Taylor said. “I
think we’re capable of being
ranked highly. We have a
great chemistry and balance
of players, so I think it will
work out really well.”
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Eastern Oregon 9, Northwest 5
Eastern Oregon 10, Northwest 1
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La Grande at McLoughlin,
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Oregon Tech at Eastern
Oregon (2), 2 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
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the 1,500-meter race,
numerous distance run-
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shouting outrage toward
the gusting winds and
doing what they could
to convince themselves
to ignore the cold con-
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javelin, however, one
athlete seemed unaf-
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lated factors. Pendle-
ton’s Samuel Jennings
launched a 209-foot,
5-inch throw, a mark
that is currently the best
throw from any high
school athlete in the
country.
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