A6 — BAKER CITY HERALD
SPORTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Bulldogs cap busy week with win
But she told the Bulldogs
not to worry about that.
“It’s not about what they
The Baker volleyball
are going to do to us, it’s
team capped a busy week on
about what we are going to
Saturday afternoon, Sept.
do to them,” she said.
11, by avenging one of its
The Bulldogs were domi-
two losses, sweeping McCall-
nant during the fi rst set,
Donnelly, Idaho, in the Baker
taking an early 6-0 lead and
gym.
going on to win, 25-12.
The Vandals swept Baker
in the teams’ fi rst meeting,
“I love to win by doing
on Aug. 28 at McCall.
things correctly,” Abrego
said. “If we have a seven-
The Bulldogs got their
point lead, we make that an
revenge despite playing on
eleven-point lead. We get
fi ve straight days, including
into a habit of starting off
a day-long tournament on
very slow, we win point for
Friday in which Baker beat
point with them up to point
Grant Union to claim the
six, and those are the times
championship.
you have to start 6-0 ... and
Baker coach Ali Abrego
said she was proud of the
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald telling the kids to play to
your level and not to the
Bulldogs’ collective effort
Baker volleyball players gather between points against McCall-Donnelly, Idaho, on
opponent.”
during an unusually hectic
Saturday, Sept. 11 in the Baker gym. Foreground, right to left, Ryann Paulsen, Sofi a
Abrego’s words continued
week that pushed Baker’s
Hanson and Lacy Churchfi eld. Background, right to left, Taylor Dalton, Jozie Ramos
to resonate in the second set.
record to 7-2. The Bulldogs’
and Rylee Elms.
Baker scored fi ve straight
only loss during the mara-
points and went on to win,
that McCall-Donnelly
Baker won both sets
thon week was to Weiser,
After beating Adrian 25-
showed a different look than 25-14.
Idaho, on Sept. 8.
17 and Irrigon 25-8 in single against the Prospectors to
Baker junior Rylee Elms
in the Aug. 28 sweep.
sets in the round-robin part claim the title.
“We have to think of the
said those sorts of runs build
“They changed a lot of
About 24 hours later the
big picture after this week,” of the tournament Friday,
the Bulldogs’ confi dence.
Abrego said. “We have goals Baker advanced to pool play Bulldogs were back on their what they did, they had a
“It’s important to get
few different players on their
home court to take on the
written up on the board, our and beat Stanfi eld in two
that down because, some
court, and a few different
Vandals.
sets to move into the fi nal
fi rst one was winning our
points earlier in the season
rotations,” Abrego said.
Abrego said she noticed
match against Grant Union.
tourney and we did that.”
By COREY KIRK
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
we didn’t kind of trust each
other, this past week has
been a big refl ection of the
trust that we are building
together,” Elms said.
The third set played out
much as the fi rst two. The
Vandals kept the score close
early, but Baker again pulled
away, winning 25-15.
“It felt good to end the
week with a victory, after a
long week it was very satis-
fying,” Elms said.
Abrego is confi dent that
the Bulldogs are ready for
Greater Oregon League play.
Baker is slated to travel
to Ontario to take on the
Tigers Monday, Sept. 20 at
6:30 p.m. PDT, then return
to Baker to host rival La
Grande on Tuesday, Sept. 21
at 6:30 p.m.
“I love my kids, they give
everything they have every
day they come,” Abrego said.
“We had practice Monday,
optional because of it being
a holiday so they weren’t
required to be here, and 24
of them showed up,” Abrego
said. “They want to be here
and they want to win.”
Baker runners make
it through the mud
Seth Mastrude fi nished 11th in a time of
21:17. Freshman Payton Waters was 12th at
21:33.8, junior River Clark 19th in 21:58.3,
and sophomore Tanner Lucas 24th at
23:09.5.
On the girls side, Baeth fi nished in
22:56.7. Teammate and fellow senior Syd-
ney Lamb placed 12th in 23:51, followed by
freshman Sofi a Kaaen in 13th at 23:55.6,
sophomore Emma Timm in 24th at 25:11.5,
and sophomore Paige Marlia in 44th at
27:40.9.
Complete individual and team results
were not available by press time but will be
published later.
Baker City Herald
UNION — Baker runners competed in
the 44th-annual Catherine Creek Scamper
on Friday, Sept. 10, with junior Thaddeus
Pepera leading the Baker boys with a 14th
place fi nish in the fi rst varsity fl ight, and
senior Emma Baeth placing fi fth in the girls
race.
The annual race near Catherine Creek
State Park is known for its muddy section
that leaves runners splashed with muck.
Pepera fi nished in 19:42. Baker’s other
boys fi nisher in the fi rst fl ight was junior
Jordan Mills, who placed 22nd in 20:47.4.
In the second varsity fl ight, Baker junior
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Alex Wittwer/The (La Grande) Observer
Baker’s Jordan Mills splashes through the infamous mud hole during the Catherine
Creek Scamper cross-country race on Friday, Sept. 10.
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