THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — A5
SPORTS
BAKER GIRLS SOCCER
BAKER VOLLEYBALL
Baker’s upset bid falls just short
Baker
sweeps
Ontario
in league
opener
give us that space, it’s like
why not? Take a crack,” Lay-
ton said. “Skye has a green
light, we can expect a couple
of shots from her there every
game.”
Baker trailed 2-1 at
halftime.
Teegarden said coaches
extolled the players during
intermission to take advan-
By COREY KIRK
tage of the opportunity to
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
upset the Tigers (2-1-1).
The Baker volleyball
“You can win, you could
team opened Greater Oregon
really walk away from this
League play Monday, Sept.
with the win, and that’s
20 by sweeping the Ontario
when the mindset changed,”
Tigers at Ontario.
Teegarden said. “The mind-
It was Baker’s seventh
set started conservative and
straight win.
then became more aggres-
The Bulldogs, 9-2 and
sive the more they realize
ranked fi fth in Class 4A in the
they can compete.”
Oregon School Activities As-
Baker certainly did that,
sociation standings, won 25-6,
and in the 52nd minute,
25-13 and 25-9 over Ontario
freshman Winter Smith —
(0-6).
Skye’s sister — beat the La
“I was proud of them,”
Grande goalkeeper to tie the
Baker coach Ali Abrego said.
score at 2.
“We focused on eliminating
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Teegarden said she
our errors, gave away too
Baker senior Maya Smith dribbles against the defense
remembered that Winter,
many points in the second set
of La Grande junior Rylie Huddleston on Tuesday,
who’s the youngest of three
and had a slower start, but
Sept. 21 at the Baker Sports Complex.
sisters (Maya, a senior, is
were able to pull through and
the oldest), had a hunch she Wilcox found the net for the
fi nish strong.”
would get her fi rst goal of the game-winning goal.
Abrego said Baker played
Although Baker’s upset
season against the Tigers.
together, with every Bulldog
“She said before the game bid fell just short, Layton
contributing to the win.
said he was pleased with the
that I have a goal to score
“I feel like this game was
this game, then she gets out Bulldogs’ effort.
a collective team effort, as
“I’m very proud of them,”
there and she did it and you
always,” Abrego said.
Layton said.
saw everyone erupt, every-
The Bulldogs won’t see
Baker returns to the
one was so excited,” Teegar-
the court again until next
den said. “We were ecstatic. Sports Complex on Tuesday,
Tuesday, Sept. 28, when they
Sept. 28 for a nonleague
It was so good to see that,
travel to Vale to take on the
and I think that also that re- match against Fruitland,
Vikings (7-8). Tip off is set for
ally amped the team to carry Idaho, at 5 p.m.
5:30 p.m. PST.
them into a big push.”
Baker junior goalkeeper
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more aggressive, just being
Baker junior goalkeeper Neah Thomas (in orange) defends a La Grande
in the right place.”
corner kick midway through the fi rst half on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Baker
In the 63rd minute,
Sports Complex.
early in the fi rst half to give
La Grande a 2-0 lead.
Baker, playing for the fi rst
In front of a drove of
parents from Baker and La time in a week, played much
more aggressively thereafter,
Grande, the Bulldog girls
showing some of the skills
soccer team went toe to toe
they worked on during prac-
with the Tigers in an excit-
ing Greater Oregon League tices over the past week.
Teegarden said the Bull-
opener Tuesday, Sept. 21 at
dlogs focused on encourag-
the Baker Sports Complex.
ing players to get to loose
Baker rallied from a 2-0
balls fi rst.
defi cit to tie the score early
“We just had more time
in the second half, but La
to practice it, we developed
Grande’s Maezie Wilcox
a new drill for fi rst to, and
scored 11 minutes later to
having them competitively
give La Grande a 3-2 lead,
and the Tigers held on to win having to race for fi rst to,”
Teegarden said. “We changed
by that margin.
up some drills a little bit.”
“La Grande has histori-
It paid off against La
cally in our league put up
Grande.
the biggest competition,”
In the 21st minute, Baker
Baker assistant coach
sophomore Skye Smith
Christine Teegarden said.
found the net from nearly 20
“In the beginning they
yards out.
(the Bulldogs) were play-
Baker head coach Eric
ing pretty conservatively I
Layton said Smith is a
would say, and as soon as
those two points scored they versatile offensive player,
and he encourages her to try
were like, ‘no way we are
longer shots on goal.
letting this stand.’ ”
“We always encourage
Wilcox and fellow junior
them to shoot early — if they
Haylee McCall each scored
By COREY KIRK
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BAKER BOYS SOCCER
Buckaroos top Baker, 4-2
By COREY KIRK
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
The Pendleton Bucka-
roos took a 4-1 lead over the
Baker boys soccer team and
held on for a 4-2 nonleague
win on Monday, Sept. 20 at
Pendleton.
Pendleton took a 2-0 lead
early, but Baker rallied with
a goal from junior Diego
Quintela to cut the lead
in half.
The Buckaroos then
scored two goals before
Baker junior Diego Jones-
Bedolla found the net for the
fi nal goal.
Pendleton improved to 2-1
on the season.
Baker fell to 2-4.
“It wasn’t our best game,”
Baker coach Victor Benites
said. “I know my players and
I know that we can do better.
They caught us by surprise
with the two goals at the very
beginning.”
Baker opened league play
Wednesday, Sept. 22 at La
Grande. Results from the
match will be in the Sat-
urday, Sept. 25 issue of the
Baker City Herald.
The Bulldogs return to
the Baker Sports Complex
on Monday, Sept. 27 to play
host to Weiser at 4 p.m., the
fi rst of three matches in
three days.
Baker travels to Fruitland
on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and
to Ontario on Wednesday,
Sept. 29.
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