TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
STATE CLASS 4A CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
Baker girls 3rd, boys
place 8th at state meet
Adebayo, Butler
lead Heat past
Blazers, 107-98
By Anne M. Peterson
■ Sydney Keller finishes fourth in individual standings, Justin Ash takes fifth
By Corey Kirk
Baker girls
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Baker’s cross-country
teams had a strong perfor-
mance at the state Class 4A
meet, the girls placing third
and the boys eighth on Satur-
day, April 10 at Marist High
School in Eugene.
Senior Sydney Keller led
the Baker girls with a fourth-
place fi nish in the individual
standings.
Senior Justin Ash placed
fi fth for the Bulldogs.
“It went perfect. It was
great running conditions,
the course was brand new to
us — it was fast and a good
course,” Baker coach Suzy
Cole said. “The kids liked it,
and the event went off great
and we did exactly what we
knew we had to do.”
Cole said she was im-
pressed with Ash’s perfor-
mance, fi nishing the 5-kilo-
meter course in 16:06.5.
“He ran phenomenal,”
Cole said. “The last time he
was in a state cross country
meet he was our fi fth runner,
and it was kind of after that
meet he decided he pretty
much loved running, so he’s
been running pretty much
nonstop since then. All of his
hard work, his effort and his
passion has paid off in every
meet for him this year, and
I was extremely impressed
with how confi dent he looked.
He did a great job.”
In the girls race, Keller,
who fi nished ninth in the
2019 state meet, ran a 19:28.2
to claim fourth overall.
With four other Bulldogs
placing in the top 33 —
Emma Baeth, Sydney Lamb,
Salena Bott and Corah
Downing — Baker fi nished
third in the team standings
with 89 points, just two points
behind runner-up Sisters
and eight points behind state
champion Siuslaw.
“If you want to be competi-
tive as a team, you have to
pack up your group. Your
fourth and fi fth runners set
• 4th, Sydney Keller
19:28.
• 15th, Emma Baeth
20:35
• 24th, Sydney Lamb
21:13
• 29th, Salena Bott
21:32
• 33rd, Corah Downing
21:49
• 69th, Avril Zickgraf
25:13
Baker boys
Katie Ash/Contributed Photo
Justin Ash, left, fi nished fi fth in the boys Class 4A state
cross-country race Saturday, April 10 in Eugene.
Pine-Eagle’s
Brown sixth
Pine-Eagle junior Ca-
leb Brown fi nished sixth
in the Class 1A/2A state
championship meet at
Lebanon.
Brown ran the 5-kilo-
meter course in 17:00.85.
Shannon Downing/Contributed Photo
Sydney Keller, left, fi nished fourth in the girls Class 4A
state cross-country race Saturday, April 10 in Eugene.
the tone on how well you are
going to do as a team,” Cole
said. “We were able to get
our fi ve before any other
team, and that’s why we
were so tight with Siuslaw
and Sisters there.”
“It was very exciting, the
last time we were at state
our goal was the next time
we came to state we would
come home with some hard-
Shannon Downing/Contributed Photo
The Baker girls cross-country team fi nished third in the team standings in the state
Class 4A meet Saturday, April 10 at Marist High School in Eugene, just eight points
behind champion Siuslaw. Team members are, from left, Sydney Keller, Corah Down-
ing, Salena Bott, Emma Baeth, Avril Zickgraf, and Syndey Lamb.
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• 5th, Justin Ash
16:06
• 35th, Gavin Stone
17:54
• 54th, Thaddeus Pepera
18:55
• 59th, Gabriel Bott
19:15
• 64th, Jordan Mills
19:35
• 79th, Seth Mastrude
20:42
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ware. We are really, really
happy about it,” Cole said.
Cole saw multiple Baker
boys and girls set personal
records in the season’s fi nal
meet, in some cases beating
their previous best by nearly
one minute.
“It’s a huge accomplish-
ment given this short
season,” Cole said. “It’s
been interesting trying to
coach through it, and train
through it, and we had a lot
of kids that were close to
(one-)minute PR’s. They just
ran confi dently and gutty,
and that’s exactly what you
want to happen at a state
meet.”
Although Saturday’s meet
was the fi nal competition for
Baker’s seniors — Ash on
the boys side, Keller, Bott,
Downing and Avril Zickgraf
on the girls — Cole said she
was excited to see the four
Baker boys who, as sopho-
mores, got their fi rst experi-
ence at the state level. Those
are Thaddeus Pepera, Jordan
Mills, Gabriel Bott and Seth
Mastrude.
“For the sophomores, it
really was getting them
introduced to the state meet,
getting them exposed to it
and they competed so well,”
Cole said. “I was just very
impressed with them.”
Several cross-country run-
ners will move immediately
to the track and fi eld season,
which starts this week when
the Bulldogs host an invita-
tional meet Thursday, April
15 at 2:30 p.m.
AP Sports Writer
PORTLAND — Bam Adebayo scored 22 points and
Jimmy Butler added 20 to lead the Miami Heat to a
107-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sun-
day night.
The Heat, who have won six of their last seven
games, led by as many as 20 points early in the fourth
quarter.
CJ McCollum and Norman Powell each fi nished with
17 points for the Blazers, who were hurt by 17 turn-
overs. Miami’s aggressive defense held Damian Lillard
to just 12 points on an off night when he made just
three shots from the fi eld, all 3-pointers.
Adebayo said it was
important to set a tone
Kanter sets
to start a four-game
Blazers’ rebound
road trip.
record in win over
“We were just trying
Detroit Pistons
to really hone in on
PORTLAND (AP) —
defense. We just really
With each rebound that
felt with this team
Enes Kanter added to
that’s how you win,”
his new Portland record,
Adebayo said. “We
his teammates on the
were able to get stops
bench wildly cheered.
and get into transition
Kanter had 24 points
and get a few dunks.
and a franchise-record
That’s why we won by
30 rebounds, and the
a lot.”
Blazers beat the Detroit
The Heat were
Pistons 118-103 on Sat-
without Victor Oladipo
urday night.
indefi nitely because
Kanter bested Sidney
of right knee soreness.
Wicks’ Portland record
Oladipo, acquired by
of 27 rebounds set in
the Heat on March
1975. Kanter also sur-
25 in a trade with
passed his own career
Houston, was injured
high of 26 set while with
in the fourth quarter
the Knicks in 2018.
of Miami’s victory over
The raucous sideline
the Los Angeles Lak-
cheers were a fi tting
ers on Thursday.
tribute to Kanter, who
Kendrick Nunn
has served as both a
started in Oladipo’s
backup and a starter this
place. Nunn, who
season as needed.
didn’t play in six
“I was so happy when
straight games after
I looked at the bench
injuring his ankle
and everybody was up,
early in a March 26
everybody was cheer-
game against Char-
ing, everybody was
lotte, fi nished with 15
smiling, everybody was
points.
supporting their team-
“We know on the
mates. That’s what we’re
road we have to be
all about,” Kanter said.
able to defend at a
“That’s what Blazers
high level,” Heat coach
basketball is all about,
Erik Spoelstra said.
just supporting each
“Our defense has to
other.”
travel. It’s a key to our
success.”
PAC-12 BASEBALL
Ducks complete
sweep of Beavers
thanks to error
By James Crepea
oregonlive.com
EUGENE — Oregon completed the sweep of Oregon
State in walk-off fashion.
Beavers shortstop Andy Armstrong couldn’t handle a
hard hit grounder off the bat of Bryce Boettcher and the
Eugene native beat out the throw to fi rst while Tristan
Hanoian scored as No. 20 Oregon came back for a 5-4
win in 11 innings over No. 18 Oregon State Sunday
night at PK Park.
“Proud of my team,” Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski
said. “It would have been an easy one for them to quit
on because it just wasn’t really going our way for a good
chunk of the game, especially after they got the three
in the seventh. It was a pretty even game until the
seventh.
“Felt like it was kind of going to the dentist today; it
just wasn’t easy. Nothing was easy all day. They fought
back, they showed resiliency to get three in the eighth,
to win with some toughness at the end of the game with
a push bunt, two-strike hitting and the power of the
in-state player.”
Ryan Ober went 3 for 6 with RBI single to give the
Beavers a 1-0 lead in the third.
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