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A8 — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021
ELKHORN SUMMER CLASSIC WOODEN BAT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
BAKER SWIMMERS, WRESTLERS AT STATE
Baker takes second in tournament
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
The Baker High School
summer baseball team, the
Brewers, went 3-2 to place sec-
ond in the Elkhorn Summer
Classic wooden bat baseball
tournament this weekend at
the Baker Sports Complex.
Game one: Friday, June 25
Baker 6, Elko 5
Baker won in dramatic
fashion on Paul Hobson’s
walkout base hit in the bottom
of the seventh.
“Just going off my team-
mates that hit before me, we
all vibe off of each other, and
when I hit it out there, it was
exciting. I love being out here
with these guys,” Hobson said.
Toeing the rubber for Baker
was senior Hayden Younger,
but after three innings of
work he had to give way to a
reliever due to a sore arm.
Incoming freshman Jaxon
Logsdon, who had been be-
hind the plate as catcher, took
off his shin guards and headed
to the mound, where he threw
three scoreless innings.
Logsdon’s performance
didn’t surprise Baker coach
Tim Smith.
“He played with us last
summer as an eighth-grader,
he has that capability,” Smith
said. “He can handle that, it
didn’t surprise me at all. I
think he saw what he can do
behind the plate defensively
too,” Smith said.
Silas Carter had two hits,
including a double, and
Thomas Smithson had a hit.
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Jaxon Logsdon, left, prepares to accept a high-
fi ve from his coach, Tim Smith, after hitting a home run
against Pendleton on Friday night, June 25.
but it just started to carry out,
and I was really shocked,”
Logdson said. “I was really
happy.”
Incoming senior Cody
Skidgel started on the mound
and allowed only one run in
three innings.
“He did well and he was on
limited pitch count,” Smith
said. “He’s going to need to be
one of our top two guys next
year, we expect that from
him.”
Baker scored four runs in
the third to take the lead, but
Pendleton rallied to lead 6-4
entering the sixth inning.
Skidgel, Smithson and Kai
Ogan all scored in the sixth
to give Baker a 7-6 lead, and
Baker held on for the win.
mound and allowed only one
run in two innings before
Homedale’s bats came to life,
resulting in a 6-0 lead.
Smith said he was im-
pressed at Carter’s resilience
after one tough inning.
“I had to go out to talk to
him and helped him regroup,
and then everything was good,
he threw really, really well,”
Smith said.
Baker fi nally got on the
board in the fourth inning,
scoring four times.
“We played really good
baseball on the bases, we stole
a few bases, and we ended up
capitalizing on it,” Smith said.
Despite the loss, Smith said
Game one: Friday, June 25
he was impressed by Baker’s
Baker 7, Pendleton 6
performance against Home-
Later Friday evening,
dale.
Baker won another close one, Game three: Saturday, June
“They are by far the best
26, Homedale 6, Baker 5
this time against Pendleton.
team here, I thought we
Logsdon again played a key
Baker’s run of close games played them really well,”
role with a third-inning home continued Saturday morning, Smith said.
run to left fi eld that got Baker but this time the Brewers
were on the other end, losing Game four: Saturday, June
on the board.
26, Baker 13, Fruitland 2
“Well personally I thought it 6-5 to Homedale.
With another Idaho team
was going to be 15 feet short,
Carter started on the
on the schedule Saturday
night, Baker responded with
a 13-2 mercy rule win over
Fruitland.
Connor Chastain pitched
four innings, allowing only one
run.
“Whenever I get a start,
my nerves are always going
in the fi rst inning,” Chastain
said. “After the fi rst inning,
normally it just falls into place
and that nervousness goes
away and that confi dence
starts kicking in, and I just
start pounding the zone.”
Offensively, Baker was able
to get on the board quickly
and frequently. The top of
their line up in Younger (3
for 3), Chastain (2 for 2) and
Carter (1 for 1, 2 sacrifi ce
fl ies), were all able to score in
each of their fi rst two at-bats.
Smith knows how pivotal it is
for the top of their line up to
be clicking, particularly with
the speed in that group.
“We put pressure on the
team by running,” Smith said.
“Hayden is one of those kids
against the right pitcher, he
could probably steal home.”
Hobson pitched one inning
in relief as Baker ended the
game after the top of the fi fth.
Game fi ve: Sunday, June
27, Homedale 14, Baker 4
As the winner of Pool A
in the six-team tournament,
Baker earned a rematch
against Homedale in Sun-
day’s championship game.
Homedale prevailed, 14-4.
“We were a little out-
matched today,” Smith said.
Still, he was pleased with
the team’s performance in the
tournament.
“I’m proud of them, told
them we had a good week-
end,” Smith said. “Everyone
wants to win a championship,
but I saw a lot of good things.”
Baker plays host to Nyssa
today in a nine-inning game
at the Sports Complex. First
pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.
Bulldogs claim
state titles
■ In wrestling, Gauge Bloomer
finishes first and Jaden Martin
second, while in the pool, Baker’s
Brianna Stadler wins two events
Baker wrestlers and swimmers had a trophy-win-
ning weekend at their respective state tournaments,
bringing home three individual state titles.
In the pool at Cottage Grove High
School, Baker junior Brianna Stadler won
both the 200 individual medley and the
100 butterfl y. Stadler was the 2020 state
champion in the 100 butterfl y, and she set
a state record in winning the state title in
Stadler
the 100 backstroke in 2019.
Stadler led Baker to a fi fth-place fi nish
in the team standings with 137 points. Newport won
the team title with 288 points.
Teammate Salena Bott, a senior, placed seventh
in the 200 freestyle and seventh in the 100 freestyle.
Another Baker senior, Avril Zickgraf, placed 15th in
the 50 freestyle.
Stadler, Bott and Zickgraf teamed with juniors
Sydney Lamb and Caitlin Lien to place fi fth in the 200
medley relay.
Wrestling
On the wrestling mats at Cascade
High School in Turner, near Salem, Baker
junior Gauge Bloomer won all four of
his matches to claim the state title at
195 pounds. Bloomer won by fall over
Estacada’s Jackson Turner in the champi-
Bloomer
onship match.
Junior Jaden Martin won three
straight matches to advance to the championship,
where he lost by decision to Bryer Moore of Junction
City.
Other Baker results:
• Marcus Chamberlain, 106 pounds, went 2-2 in
matches and scored six points.
• Joey Duncan, 106 pounds, went 1-2 in matches
and scored three points.
• River Clark, 113 pounds, went 1-2 and scored one
team point.
• Sage Darlington, 120 pounds, went 0-2.
• Cole Hester, 126 pounds, went 2-2 and scored
three points.
• Gavin Stone, 145 pounds, went 2-2 and scored
three points.
• Jacob Mills, 182 pounds, went 0-2.
• Adrian Allen, 195 pounds, went 1-2 and scored one
point.
• Jayden Clark, 220 pounds, went 0-2.
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