SPORTS
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
East Oregonian
Shriners:
At 1 p.m., two signed
Shrine footballs will be
auctioned live.
Lunch will be served from
noon to 2:30 p.m. Hamburg-
ers are $8 single or $10
double, and hot dogs are $7.
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“It’s the rural mental-
ity and all the supporters,”
Guyer said. “That’s what
makes the game successful.”
In addition to the fund-
raisers during Shrine week-
end, the Haines Stampede
Rodeo donates gate sales to
the hospital for the fi rst night
of the rodeo, on July 3. This
year that raised $3,000.
“We had the biggest
crowd we’ve ever had,”
Guyer said.
The fi rst Shriners hospi-
tal opened in Louisiana in
1922.
Now the system has 24
hospitals, plus two new
ones coming to Mexico and
Canada.
Guyer said the Portland
hospital also is expanding to
include a walk-in clinic and
outreach areas with telemed-
icine.
“We have the top ortho-
pedic surgeons in the world,”
he said.
And the Shriners hospi-
tals provide care regardless
of ability to pay or insurance
status.
Player visits
Earlier on Aug. 4, the
East and West teams arrive
in Baker City at 2 p.m. Half
will tour Baker Heritage
Museum while the others
around downtown to see the
player window displays.
At 3:30 p.m., the two
groups will swap places. Then,
at 5 p.m., they’ll converge at
Coach:
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Medina has made such a
positive impact the school
district hired one social
worker for the middle schools
and one for the grade schools
last year.
Medina is a 2004 graduate
of Hermiston High School
and played soccer.
“I played soccer all four
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Parade
The parade, Guyer empha-
sized, is a community parade
that includes Shrine clubs.
Line up is at 10 a.m. Satur-
day, Aug. 6 by Baker Middle
School.
The parade starts at
11 a.m. The route goes east
on Broadway Street, then
south on Second Street to
Valley Avenue, where it
turns east to Main Street. It
then goes north on Main to
Baker Street.
To enter the parade,
contact Fred Warner at fwar-
ner6196@gmail.com or
541-519-8866.
The game
T he Ba ke r C ou nt y
Livestock Associat ion
and Baker County Cattle-
women get started Aug. 6
at 7 a.m. with breakfast in
Geiser-Pollman Park.
This is part of the Grid-
iron Tailgate and Grill, which
raises money to purchase a
4-H or FFA steer that is
auctioned during halftime of
the football game.
Breakfast is from 7 a.m. to
10 a.m. Cost is $10 for steak,
eggs and pancakes, or $7 for
just eggs and pancakes.
The annual Hoofi n’ It To
Beef Fit 5K/10K fun run
and walk starts at 8 a.m.
Entry is $25 for the 5K or
$35 for the 10K.
For more information,
contact Wendy Bingham at
208-850-3803.
The Gridiron Tailgate
includes vendors in the park
throughout the day, and a
silent auction that runs from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pre-game events begin at
6 p.m. at Bulldog Memorial
Field, and kickoff is at 7 p.m.
on Saturday.
Tickets are $15 for reserved
seating (on the covered side)
or $12 for general admission.
Purchase tickets online
at www.eastwestshrinefoot-
ball.com, at the Thursday
night barbecue, on Saturday
at Geiser-Pollman Park, or at
the gate.
The game will be aired by
EO Alive TV, and archived on
its website afterward.
The steer, donated by
the Baker County Cattle-
women, will be auctioned at
halftime, along with several
signed footballs.
years, and then I went on and
played at George Fox Univer-
sity,” he said. “At Fox, I was
fortunate to be able to walk
on. It was a dream of mine
to play college soccer. It was
amazing.”
When Medina fi rst started
coaching at Hermiston, he
was under Danielle McBride,
then Freddy Guizar. Six
years later, he is now the man
in charge.
“I learned through that
process,” Medina said. “Last
year, I was Freddy’s assis-
tant at the varsity level. I love
soccer. I lover everything
about it. Coaches made a big
impact in my life. It’s nice to
give back in the same way.”
The Bulldogs lost some
key players to graduation —
Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky,
Jizzelle Gonzalez, Sydney
Seavert, Victoria Mendez,
Aniah Avila and Caitlin
Anderholm. Medina said the
biggest void the Bulldogs
have to fi ll is in net.
“We have to fi nd a new
goalie,” Medina said. “Those
are tough shoes to fi ll. Lind-
sey was pretty incredible and
a big part of our success last
year. We will have to wait
and see who fully steps up
come Aug. 22.”
Goalie aside, the Bulldogs
have talent on the roster.
Estephany Diaz, Katelyn
Wadkins, Delia Cervantes
and Laila Mendez saw plenty
of time last year, and Medina
is excited about junior
Andrea Sanchez Garavito
taking on a bigger role with
the team.
“She will be really key
in the center of the field,”
Medina said of Sanchez
Garavito. “She has an
incredible soccer IQ, and
has worked her butt off to
improve in every aspect of
the game. Estephany will be
a big asset for us, and Karina
Olvera will help us out on
defense.”
There is one other player
Medina would like to see on
the fi eld.
“We would like to have
Dri Coleman come back out,”
he said. “She only played as
a freshman, but she is such a
good athlete.”
Medina and his wife
Angela have two boys,
Israel, 4 and Isaiah, 2.
“They love soccer,” Medina
said of his boys. “I got to
coach Israel the past 2 years
— not so much coaching,
but herding cats.”
The Observer, File
Often lining up in the secondary, Heppner’s Jayden Wilson came in to reprieve Mazama’s Tristan Lee for a few snaps, getting
East on the board fi rst with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Mazama’s Cole Brosterhous in route to an East victory Aug. 7, 2021,
in the 68th Oregon East-West Shrine Game in Baker City.
the park for the barbecue.
Aug. 6 events