SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
BAKER BASEBALL
Bulldogs top
Prospectors in
Baker opens track season season debut
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
The Baker track and
fi eld team kicked off its fi rst
competitive season in two
years on Thursday, April 15
by playing host to La Grande,
Nyssa and Joseph.
The Baker girls, led by
Emma Baeth sweeping the
800 and 1,500, fi nished sec-
ond with 178 points behind
La Grande’s 231.
The Bulldog boys placed
third behind Nyssa and La
Grande, with Kaden Myer
winning the 100 with a per-
sonal record of 11.51 seconds
and Dash Bloomer winning
the 300 hurdles in 50.40 sec-
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
onds, also a personal best.
Baker’s Gauge Bloomer clears the pole vault bar during the Baker Invitational track
Baker coach Suzy Cole
was impressed the Bulldogs’ and fi eld meet on Thursday, April 15 at Baker High School.
performance in their fi rst
competition since May 2019.
“I thought they did amaz-
ing given it’s been almost two
years since they competed,”
Cole said. “To come out as
GIRLS
strong as they did and just
kind of getting their legs back
• La Grande, 231
underneath them and stuff, I
• Baker, 178
was very impressed.”
Other Baker individual
• Nyssa, 128
winners in the girls event
• Joseph, 15
included Alexis Conant, who
won the 100 hurdles in 19.25.
Baker’s Brooklyn Jaca placed
BOYS
second.
Sydney Keller placed
• La Grande, 207.5
second in both the 800 and
• Nyssa, 135
1,500, and Anna Belding was
second in the 200.
• Baker, 110
The Bulldogs will travel to
• Joseph, 86.5
Nyssa for a meet on Thurs-
day, April 22.
Results are available at
LONG JUMP
www.athletic.net.
Team
Results
BOYS EVENTS
(BAKER FINISHERS ONLY)
100 METERS
1. Kaden Myer, 11.51; 4. Malaki
Myer, 11.83; 6. Wyatt Hawkins,
12.13; 10, Diego Quintela,
12.53; 14. Wade Hawkins,
13.51; 16. Joey Duncan, 13.69
200 METERS
3. Kaden Myer, 24.11; 4.
Malaki Myer, 24.35; 7. Diego
Quintela, 25.57; 11. Eithen
Hatfi eld, 28.04
1,500 METERS
5. Thaddeus Pepera, 5:07.36;
6. Jordan Mills, 5:07.57; 10.
Seth Mastrude, 5:40.87; 11.
Clayton Dennis, 6:47.10; 12.
Jacob Mills, 7:58.69
3,000 METERS
5. Jordan Mills, 11:35.72;
7. Eithen Hatfi eld, 12:51.33
300 HURDLES
1. Dash Bloomer, 50.40;
2. Gabriel Bott, 53.97
SHOT PUT
5. Mike Gentry, 31-11;
6. Jacob Mills, 30-05; 11. Reeve
Damschen, 25-04
DISCUS
4. Mike Gentry, 81-10; 6. Jacob
Mills, 77-06; 8. Tate Powell, 74-
06; 10. Gabriel Bott, 68-01;
11. Clayton Dennis, 65-08
JAVELIN
2. Gauge Bloomer, 116-00;
3. Dash Bloomer, 111-02
HIGH JUMP
5. Reeve Damschen, 4-10
POLE VAULT
3. Gauge Bloomer, 9-06;
4. Reeve Damschen, 9-0;
5. Gabriel Bott, 7-09
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Emma Baeth, left, won the 800 and 1,500 races
on Thursday, April 15. Her teammate, Sydney Keller, in
background, fi nished second in both races. Both Baeth
and Keller were also members of Baker’s 4x100 relay
team, which fi nished fi rst.
6. Daphne Thomas, 13-0
TRIPLE JUMP
3. Salena Bott, 29-5; 6. Avril
Zickgraf, 27-0; 9. Daphne
Thomas, 13-0.
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Baker used a furious last-inning rally to beat Grant
Union/Prairie City 14-10 in the Bulldogs’ season-open-
ing baseball game Wednesday, April 14 at John Day.
Baker, trailing 10-6 entering the seventh inning,
scored eight runs to take the lead.
With Cody Skidgel on the mound in relief, the Bull-
dogs shut out the Prospectors in the bottom half of the
seventh to secure the win.
“They clawed their way back in, they had a couple of
base on balls, and then we got the timely hits,” Baker
coach Tim Smith said. “I really thought they showed
resilience towards the end of that game.”
Baker started hot offensively, scoring four runs in the
top of the fourth.
Mason Van Arsdall had one of his three hits in the in-
ning. He ended up 3 for 4 at the plate with two RBIs.
“Mason swung the bat well, he went three for four, he
had a double, I thought he played well like we expect
him to play,” Smith said of the senior, who has signed
a letter of intent to play baseball at Eastern Oregon
University. “The game was kind of three parts for us
offensively, we started off hot, then in a lull, then ended
hot.”
Starting pitcher Andrew Zellars struck out fi ve over
three innings as Baker led 5-3. The Bulldogs still led
6-5 after fi ve innings, but the Prospectors struck in the
sixth, scoring fi ve times to take the lead.
Hayden Younger pitched two innings of relief of Zel-
lars, and Van Arsdall had an inning of relief.
“I thought our pitching as a whole stood out,” Smith
said.
Zander Arriaga, Payton Shirtcliff and Silas Carter
each drove in two runs.
With most of his athletes moving from fall sports just
a week ago, Smith said he didn’t see too much rust in
Wednesday’s opener. But he defi nitely noticed fatigue in
the team the day after the win.
“I think what I saw Thursday was that we were
pretty sore, our pitchers’ arms were sore, so I think that
comes into play when you don’t have a full preseason,”
Smith said.
Looking ahead, Smith believes the Bulldogs are ready
to shine during this shortened season, especially against
league opponents.
The league schedule starts today when Baker plays
host to Ontario for a doubleheader starting at noon at
the Baker Sports Complex.
“I thought they did amazing given it’s been almost
two years since they competed.”
— Suzy Cole, Baker track and fi eld coach
GIRLS EVENTS
(BAKER FINISHERS ONLY)
100 METERS
4. Alexis Conant, 14.16;
6. Sydnee Pierce, 14.33
200 METERS
2. Anna Belding, 27.22;
7. Salena Bott, 31.77
800 METERS
1. Emma Baeth, 2:38.82;
2. Sydney Keller, 2:40.69
1,500 METERS
1. Emma Baeth, 5:20.48;
2. Sydney Keller, 5:20.79;
8. Hailey Zikmund, 6:55.75;
9. Lacy Gyllenberg, 6:58.04
3,000 METERS
3. Sydney Lamb, 12:45.87
100 HURDLES
1. Alexis Conant, 19.25;
2. Brooklyn Jaca, 20.97
4X100 RELAY
2. Baker (Sydnee Pierce, Anna
Belding, Jozie Ramos, Hailey
Zikmund), 54.37
4X400 RELAY
1. Baker (Sydnee Pierce,
Emma Baeth, Anna Belding,
Sydney Keller), 4:32.20
SHOT PUT
5. Jozie Ramos, 25-01;
6. Montana Williams, 22-04;
7. Ryann Paulsen, 22-00;
8. Hayden Paulsen, 21-10.5;
12. Morgan Hall, 18-0.50;
13. Kalina Gaslin, 14-06
DISCUS
4. Jozie Ramos, 63-11;
5. Hayden Paulsen, 61-05;
9. Montana Williams, 54-07;
10. Morgan Hall, 53-05;
13. Kalina Gaslin, 32-11
JAVELIN
2. Hayden Paulsen, 100-09;
3. Ryann Paulsen, 99-11;
5. Montana Williams, 75-11;
7. Jozie Ramos, 71-06; 8. Avril
Zickgraf, 66-11; 10. Brianna
Stadler, 52-10
HIGH JUMP
3. Jozie Ramos, 4-10;
5. Daphne Thomas, 4-6;
6. Brooklyn Jaca, 4-6;
8. Alexis Conant, 4-4
POLE VAULT
3. Salena Bott, 7-0; 4. Sydney
Keller, 7-0; 5. Avril Zickgraf,
6-6
Rich, poor,
old, young.
Compassion
doesn’t
discriminate.
Our calling is you.
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Jozie Ramos clears the high jump on Thursday, April 15. Ramos fi nished third
in the event with a best of 4 feet, 10 inches.