6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021
SUSPECT
Continued from Page 1A
ELKHORN SUMMER CLASSIC WOODEN BAT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Wooden bat baseball
tourney returns to Baker
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
A group of Baker baseball
players will temporarily
trade the traditional purple
and gold of the Bulldogs for
Brewer brown this week-
end for the 2021 Elkhorn
Summer Classic wooden bat
baseball tournament at the
Baker Sports Complex.
Summer baseball is piv-
otal for high school programs
across Eastern Oregon. After
being able to play baseball
for just a handful of weeks
this spring, Baker coach Tim
Smith is ready to give his
players more time on the
diamond.
“We will play more base-
ball in the summer than we
played during the regular
season,” Smith said. “We
think it’s crucial.”
Baker played 16 games
during the high school
season in April and May.
Like all high school sports
affected by the pandemic,
baseball had an abbreviated
season.
Five teams are slated to
join the Baker Brewers for
the Elkhorn Summer Clas-
sic — La Grande, Pendleton,
Fruitland, Idaho, Homedale,
Idaho, and Elko, Nevada.
The teams are divided
into a pair of three-team
pools, with the Sunday, June
27 championship bracket
teams depending on win/
loss records in pool play. The
championship game is set
for 3 p.m. on Sunday, June
27.
Baker is in Pool A along
“We will play more baseball in the summer than we
played during the regular season. We think it’s crucial.”
— Baker coach Tim Smith
with Elko and Pendleton.
“Usually we play better
competition (during the
summer) day-to-day, so it’s
huge,” Smith said.
He said several Baker
players are stepping into
their new leadership roles
for the Brewers, as multiple
players graduated and won’t
be playing this summer.
“Hayden Younger, Cody
Skidgel, Connor Chastain,
and all those kids there,
they’re leading us right now,
and are doing a good job too,”
Smith said.
He encourages local fans
to attend this weekend’s
games, which start Friday,
June 25 when La Grande
takes on Fruitland at 10
a.m. on Rudi Field.
Baker opens the tour-
nament Friday at 4 p.m.
against Elko, also on Rudi
Field. The Brewers will
play again at 7 p.m. Friday
against Pendleton, also on
Rudi Field.
The wooden bat tourna-
ment is a major fundraiser
for the BHS baseball pro-
gram.
Smith hopes the Bulldogs
can return to the Coach Bob
Pride Classic in Arizona dur-
ing spring break 2022. Baker
missed out on that trip in
2020 and 2021 due to the
pandemic.
“We are hoping that we
can do that again next year,
so yeah, come out, we hope
to see everyone out there,”
Smith said.
Elkhorn Classic Schedule
FRIDAY, JUNE 25
• La Grande vs. Fruitland, 10
a.m. (Rudi Field)
• Pendleton vs. Homedale,
noon (Lansford Field)
• Elko vs. La Grande, 1 p.m.
(Rudi Field)
• Homedale vs. Fruitland, 3
p.m. (Lansford Field)
• Baker vs. Elko, 4 p.m.
(Rudi Field)
• Baker vs. Pendleton, 7
p.m. (Rudi Field)
SATURDAY, JUNE 26
• Pendleton vs. La Grande,
10 a.m. (Rudi Field)
• Elko vs. Fruitland, noon
(Lansford Field)
• Baker vs. Homedale, 1
p.m. (Rudi Field)
• Pendleton vs. Elko, 3 p.m.
(Lansford Field)
• Homedale vs. La Grande,
4 p.m. (Rudi Field)
• Baker vs. Fruitland, 7 p.m.
(Rudi Field)
SUNDAY, JUNE 27
• Pool A No. 3 vs. Pool B No.
3, 9 a.m. (Rudi Field)
• Pool A No. 2 vs. Pool B No.
2, noon (Rudi Field)
• Championship: Pool A
No. 1 vs. Pool B No. 1, 3 p.m.
(Rudi Field)
That law — ORS
161.360(2) states that “A
defendant may be found
incapacitated if, as a result
of a qualifying mental
disorder, the defendant is
unable:
“(a) To understand the
nature of the proceedings
against the defendant; or
(b) To assist and cooper-
ate with the counsel of the
defendant; or
(c) To participate in the
defense of the defendant.”
Due to a confl ict of
interest — the dog’s owner,
Stephanie Beard of Baker
City, is a Baker County
Stephanie Beard/Contributed Photo, 2020
employee — the case was
assigned to Rebecca Frolan- Kobe, an eight-month-old Chihuahua/wirehaired ter-
der, Wallowa County district rier, went missing from the Beard home in July 2020.
attorney.
Baker County Circuit Court Judge
Later, Beard said she had learned that
Matt Shirtcliff, formerly the Baker County Hickman had changed his story to say
district attorney, recused himself from the that he took Kobe to the area of Ebell
case, so it was assigned to Powers.
Creek, about six miles southeast of Baker
Beard said in a phone interview on
City off Highway 30.
Wednesday, June 23, that she hopes Hick-
The Beards, with help from family and
man will eventually be found capable of
friends, searched for Kobe for more than
standing trial.
a month.
“He should be held accountable in some
Stephanie and her husband, Luke,
way,” Beard said. “I’m very concerned
found Kobe’s remains on an embankment
about how this is being handled.”
off Old Highway 30 southeast of Baker
Frolander was in court today and could City on Sept. 2, 2020, while they were
not be reached for comment by press time. driving home from a day-long search in
Hickman’s attorney, Bob Moon of Baker the Ebell Creek area.
City, had not returned a phone message
Hickman’s entry of a plea in court was
by press time.
postponed several times in the fall of 2020
The charges against Hickman are based and in the winter and spring of 2021.
on incidents in July 2020.
In a Nov. 11 motion seeking a postpone-
Beard said in an interview last year
ment, Moon, his attorney, wrote that “Mr.
that although her family didn’t know
Hickman is still in the process of being
Hickman well, they had let him stay in an evaluated by a forensic psychologist ...”
outbuilding on their property as he was
Frolander didn’t object to the motion for
fi nishing high school during the spring of postponement.
2020.
According to Judge Powers’ order, Hick-
She said she hadn’t seen Hickman
man is required to comply with require-
recently before the family’s 8-month-old
ments set by the Baker County commu-
Chihuahua/wirehaired terrier, Kobe, went nity mental health program. If Hickman
missing on July 19, 2020.
fails to comply with the requirements, he
A neighbor who says he saw Hickman
could be arrested and potentially commit-
take the dog from the Beards’ yard helped ted to the Oregon State Hospital, accord-
police identify him as a suspect.
ing to the order.
Hickman was indicted on the theft,
The order also requires Baker County’s
animal abandonment and trespassing
community mental health program to
charges by a grand jury on Aug. 27, 2020. immediately notify the court if a “certifi ed
Hickman fi rst told police that he had
evaluator reports that the defendant, at
picked Kobe up to take him for a ride.
any time, gains or regains the capacity to
He said the dog jumped out of his vehicle stand trial or will never have the capacity
near Quail Ridge Golf Course.
to stand trial.”
DISTRICT 3 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS
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Some Baker teams were
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Baker won its opening
nipped Wallowa Valley 11-10
championship in the District game 20-11 over Harney
on Monday.
3 Little League baseball and County on Saturday.
Pendleton eliminated
Baker lost 18-5 to La
softball tournaments being
Baker 17-3 on Tuesday.
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June 19, beating La Grande
20-2 on Sunday, June 20,
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