6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021
BAKER VOLLEYBALL
Bulldogs wrap up season with two wins
By Corey Kirk
“I was really happy how many of the fans got to see us.
With COVID-19 happening I was really happy we got
a season and we got to play.”
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
On a night that started
with a ceremony honoring
their two seniors, the Baker
volleyball team won a thrill-
ing fi ve-set match against
the Vale Vikings in the Baker
gym.
Baker followed the win
on Friday, April 2 with a
three-set sweep at Nyssa on
Saturday to fi nish its season
with a 5-7 record. Baker’s
match originally scheduled
for Monday, April 5 at Burns
was canceled.
Prior to the Vale match,
the Bulldogs’ fi nal home
match, Baker celebrated
seniors Hayden Paulsen and
Hailey Zikund.
Both felt the emotion of
the moment — particularly
the unusual nature of a sea-
son moved from fall to spring
and shortened due to the
pandemic.
“I was really happy how
many of the fans got to see
us,” Zikmund said. “With
COVID-19 happening I was
really happy we got a season
and we got to play.”
With just two days to
recover from back-to-back
matches earlier in the week,
the Bulldogs focused on com-
munication, coach Ali Abrego
said.
— Baker senior Hailey Zikmund
“Our team is phenomenal, we have a lot of young
girls and they have so much technique and they are
amazing volleyball players.”
— Baker senior Hayden Paulsen
“We are a family, and we
have to protect our house,”
Abrego said. “Feeding off
of that, we win on our own
home court, they don’t get to
come in and take that from
us.”
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
The fi nal set, as might have
Baker’s Makenzie Flanagan, far right, bumps the ball over the next during the Bull-
been expected given the two
dogs’ fi ve-set win over the Vale Vikings on Friday, April 2 at the Baker gym. Teammates teams’ history this season,
Hailey Zikmund, lower left, and Jozie Ramos, background, waited for a possible return was close, with neither team
from Vale’s Kailey McGourty, No. 3.
leading by more than two
points.
“It’s really hard to win if
Paulsen said Friday night.
In the third set the teams
But Baker was able to hold
you don’t talk to each other
The Bulldogs started strong, traded point after point, even- off the Vikings, 16-14.
and if you don’t trust each
dominating most of the fi rst
tually reaching a 15-15 tie.
“I felt the energy in our
other,” Abrego said.
set and winning 25-18.
Baker then forged ahead
team,” Zikmund said. “We
It was no surprise that
“We didn’t let our emotions and took the set, 25-22.
were struggling a bit and
Class 3A Vale posed a tough get the best of us,” Abrego
But again the Vikings re-
kind of got into a hole, and
challenge. The Vikings
said. “Senior Night is always sponded, winning the fourth we really came together and I
nipped Baker in a fi ve-set
a tougher night for kids,
set, 25-16, to force a decisive like that.”
match at Vale on March 12.
especially for the seniors’ last fi fth set.
With the win secured, tears
“They’re defi nitely a good
game. We knew that Vale was
Abrego employed the
glistened in Paulsen’s eyes
team to play, they have a lot going to be a rough one.”
phrase “this is our house” to
as she thought about having
of technique but I defi nitely
Vale rebounded to win the motivate the Bulldogs for the just played her fi nal match at
felt like we had it this time,” second set, 25-16.
fi nal set.
home.
Paulsen said she is excited
to see her younger team-
mates continue to grow in the
sport.
“Our team is phenomenal,
we have a lot of young girls
and they have so much tech-
nique and they are amazing
volleyball players,” Paulsen
said.
With her fi rst season as
head coach fi nished, Abrego
is also enthusiastic about the
future, and the return of most
of her roster this fall.
“We get to continue to grow
together for another couple of
years, the majority of our crew
is sophomores,” Abrego said.
“It’s always hard to lose part
of a group, but I’m thankful
it’s small for my fi rst year.”
Baker concluded its season
on the road at Nyssa on Sat-
urday, winning 25-22, 25-22
and 25-13.
Baker girls soccer team blanks Four Rivers, finishes 4-2
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
The Baker girls soccer team com-
pleted its season on Saturday, April
3 by shutting out Four Rivers, 2-0,
at Ontario.
Baker fi nished with a 4-2 record.
Baker sophomore scored in the
fi rst half to give the Bulldogs at 1-0
lead.
Sophomore Brooklyn Jaca scored
for Baker in the second half, and
Baker’s defense thwarted the Fal-
cons throughout.
Baker assistant coach Christine
Teegarden said she was proud of the
Bulldogs’ performance on Saturday.
“Just a lot of really smart moves
this game, which is a big focus
this season,” Teegarden said. “Not
forcing it up the fi eld, but really
methodically making smart plays
and winning because of it.”
Baker won its fi nal three games,
beating Four Rivers twice and
Ontario once.
With no seniors on the roster, the
Bulldogs look to return to a normal
fall schedule later this year with its
entire team intact.
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