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East Oregonian
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Field: ‘He has the potential to do good things’
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A hidden gem
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian, File
Kylie Parsons, of Pendleton, winds up for a pitch during the
fi rst of two games in April 2019 against Redmond at Steve
Cary Field.
Parsons: ‘My
next game could
be in college’
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Conference and 17-10 over-
all during the 2019 season.
They advanced to the 5A
state quarterfi nals where
they lost a 9-3 game to West
Albany.
Pendleton was set to
return a solid team for the
2020 season, but the coro-
navirus pandemic wiped out
the season.
“That was really hard,”
Parsons said of missing her
junior year. “I knew we
would be able to go far. It’s
been really hard not to play
high school ball.”
While Cary too was dis-
appointed in not having a
high school season, he’s
proud of the way his players
have responded.
“With our season being
canceled, they have found
ways to pitch and get
at-bats,” Cary said. “They
aren’t just sitting around.
Most are fi nding teams to
play with. We had three girls
down in Arizona a couple of
weeks ago with three dif-
ferent teams. They all did
well.”
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
canceled all indoor sports
activities earlier this week.
The freeze is effective
through Dec. 2, but could be
extended. Outdoor activities
are still allowed for schools
utilizing on-site, hybrid,
or comprehensive distance
learning.
Oregon School Activities
Association spring sports,
which include baseball,
softball, track and fi eld, ten-
nis and golf, are scheduled
to begin practices April 19,
with the fi rst competition
May 3.
With the new man-
dates, Parsons is concerned
she may not have a senior
season.
“It’s still a while from
now, but I don’t know if we
will get to play,” she said.
“My next game could be in
college.”
CCS got a look at Field at
a January baseball camp at
Boise State University.
“There has been a camp
at Boise State for years,”
CCS coach Bryan Winston
said. “Our pitching coach
Seth Heckel saw him there.
He said we needed to get
Kyle.”
The camp brings in kids
from all over the Northwest,
and coaches are invited to
come and watch.
“Not a lot of NWAC
coaches take advantage of
it,” Winston said. “It’s a
very cool event for kids, and
it has been awesome for us.”
CCS invited Field to tour
the campus not long after
the camp, and he verbally
committed in the spring.
“He has the potential to
do good things,” Winston
said of Field. “If he would
have had a chance to play
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian, File
Pendleton third baseman Kyle Field holds up a ball to celebrate an out at third base at the
2019 OSAA 5A State Baseball Championship at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer.
high school baseball, he
might have piqued the inter-
est of others and may not be
here. He might be ‘the next
one.’”
Sasquatch on the rise
Winston, going into
his fourth season, has
turned CCS into a standout
program.
In 2018, CCS placed
third at the NWAC tourna-
ment and fi nished with a
37-16 record. In 2019, the
Sasquatch won their fi rst
NWAC East Region title in
14 years.
The Sasquatch were 7-3
when their 2020 season was
canceled March 14.
“We were ranked No. 1
in the preseason poll,” Win-
ston said of the 2020 sea-
son. “That’s a testament to
the couple of years before
that.”
The Sasquatch also has
a tradition for sending play-
ers to four-year universities,
and has had players selected
in the Major League Base-
ball draft.
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leadership to do what they
feel is best as we all continue
to navigate the situation.”
These teams have not
practiced for the last two
weeks due to concerns over
the number of COVID-
19 cases in Walla Walla
County, and restrictions
seemed likely to continue.
The university’s decision
to withdraw from the CCC
volleyball, soccer, and bas-
ketball schedules is part of a
larger effort to solidify plans
for academics and student
life so that students could
be adequately prepared for
winter quarter.
“It is increasingly clear to
us that aggressive COVID-
19 safety measures will
still be needed during win-
ter quarter,” says Doug Tils-
tra, WWU vice president for
Student Life. “After review-
ing guidance from health
and safety experts, noting
where we are with local
infection spread and antic-
ipating a need for univer-
sity safety measures well
into winter quarter, we felt it
was right to make this deci-
sion now. We wanted to alert
our student-athletes so they
would know how to plan.”
Currently, WWU plans
to participate in the CCC’s
cross-country and golf
schedules for this academic
year and will begin looking
ahead to 2021-2022 seasons
for Wolves Athletics.
Members of the teams
affected by the withdrawal
may remain enrolled in
classes and will continue
to receive support from
the university’s athletic
department.
“The Wolves Athletic
Department has worked
closely with our COVID-19
Response Task Force on a
safe restart plan for our pro-
gram. Throughout the sum-
mer and fall quarter, we
strove to provide safe means
for our student-athletes to
train, practice, and play,”
says Interim Walla Walla
University Athletic Director
Paul Starkebaum. “I want
to thank the task force for
their efforts to evaluate and
improve our plans over the
last fi ve months.”
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