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BASEBALL
East Oregonian
Saturday, March 21, 2015
P IONEER B ASEBALL
EO file photo
Stanfield pticher Dylan Grogan throws in a game ver-
sus Umatilla last season. Grogran will lead the defend-
ing league champ Tigers this spring.
Tigers eye breakout season
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ĶŸŸĨÞض ǼŸ Coach: Bryan Johnson, 9th year
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season: 20-8,10-2 (Eastern Ës
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Oregon League)
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ry: The Tigers lost ˆ ¯ Þ ɚ s ˚ Ǽ Ÿ Ÿ Ķ
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2015 Schedule
Fri., March 20
at Orting (WA)
3 p.m.
Sat., March 21 at Cascade (WA)
11 a.m.
Sat., March 21 at Cashmere (WA) 1:30 p.m.
Thu., March 26 vs. Union/Cove
11 a.m.
Fri., March 27
vs. Sheridan
1:30 p.m.
Fri., March 27
vs. Dufur
4 p.m.
Fri., April 3
vs. Riverside (DH)
1 p.m.
Sat., April 4
at Irrigon
11 a.m.
Sat., April 11 at Elgin/Imbler (DH)
1 p.m.
Tue., April 14 vs. Weston-McEwen
5 p.m.
Sat., April 18
Fri., April 24
Tue., April 28
Fri., May 1
Tue., May 5
Sat., May 9
Sat., May 9
Tue., May 12
Thu., May 14
Fri., May 15
vs. Valley Catholic
Noon
at Vale (DH)
1 p.m.
at Dufur
4:30 p.m.
vs. Nyssa (DH)
1 p.m.
vs. Tri-Cities Prep
5 p.m.
vs. Clatskanie
Noon
at Portland Christian
2 p.m.
vs. Irrigon
5 p.m.
vs. Mac-Hi
5 p.m.
at Umatilla (DH)
1 p.m.
Coach: Mike Garcia, 5th year
2014: 9-13, 2-10 (Greater Oregon League)
Postseason story: The Pioneers did not reach
the playoffs
Key Returners: Joey Barn-
hart, sr., INF; OF; Scott Zitter-
kopf, sr., OF; Jacob Chaney,
sr., P/INF; Kody Banek, sr.,
P/OF; Hunter Yensen, jr., P/
INF; Bailey DeBord, jr., INF.
Coachspeak:
On team’s pitching staff:
“Right now I see that we’ve got three who can
get the job done.”
Key to the season: All-Greater Oregon
League pitcher and infielder Hunter Yensen
will have to be a force for the Pioneers to
climb out of the GOL basement. The Pi-
oneers benefit from returning all but one
player from a year ago and adding a few
possible contrubutors.
Yensen will guide Pioneers
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2015 Schedule
Tue., March 17
vs. Prescott (WA)
Fri., March 20 vs. Weston-McEwen
Tue., March 24
at Prescott (WA)
Tue., March 31
at DeSales (WA)
Sat., April 4
at Crook County (2)
Tue., April 7
vs. Walla Walla (WA)
Sat., April 11
at La Grande* (2)
Fri., April 17
at Baker* (2)
Mon., April 20 vs. Walla Walla (WA)
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
10 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
11 a.m.
3 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Thur., April 23
Sat., April 25
Mon., April 27
Sat,. May 2
Mon., May 4
Thu., May 7
Tue., May 12
Thu., May 14
Sat., May 16
vs. Riverside
at Ontario* (2)
at Riverside
vs. La Grande* (2)
vs. Joseph
vs. Baker* (2)
at DeSales (WA)
at Stanfield/Echo
vs. Ontario
New manager for Pirates
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2015 Schedule
Tue., March 17
vs. Dufur
Thur., March19
vs. Irrigon
Mon., March 23 Tournament
Tue., March 24 Tournament (2)
Mon. March 30
at Irrigon
Fri., April 3
at Stanfield* (2)
Tue., April 7
at Tri-City Prep
Fri., April 10
at Vale* (2)
Tue., April 14
at Waitsburg
4p.m.
4p.m.
TBA
TBA
4 p.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
Fri., April 17
vs Nyssa* (2) 1 p.m.
Thu., April 23
at Mac-Hi 4:30 p.m.
Sat., April 25 at Columbia (WA) 11 a.m.
Mon., April 27
vs. Mac-Hi
4 p.m.
Tue., April 28
vs. Waitsburg 4 p.m.
Fri., May 1
at Umatilla* (2) 1 p.m.
Tue., May 5
at Dufur 4:30 p.m.
Tue., May 12
at Union 4:30 p.m.
Fri., May 15
vs. Elgin* (2) 1 p.m.
2014 GOL Standings
4:30 p.m.
Noon
4 p.m.
Noon
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
at Noon
GOL
OVR.
11-1
19-9
La Grande
9-3
17-12
Ontario
2-10
6-18
Mac-Hi
2-10
9-13
Baker
P IRATE B ASEBALL
Coach: Jarrett Thompson, 1st year
2014 Season: 7-15, 2-10 (Eastern Oregon
League)
Postseason Story: The Pirates failed to make
the postseason
Key Returners: Abel Rodello, sr., 3B; Jose
Salgado, sr., P/C; Gavin Roberts, sr., P/
INF; Wayne Killion, jr., P/INF; Derek Bin-
gaman, jr., P/INF.
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