A6 — BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021
SPORTS
BAKER GIRLS SOCCER
La Grande shuts out Baker
at La Grande’s Community
Stadium rather than the
grass of the Sports Complex,
The Baker girls soc-
Layton and his coaching staff
cer team played a strong
defensive match against La employed a more conserva-
Grande on Tuesday, Oct. 12, tive approach to help the
but the Bulldogs couldn’t get Bulldogs get used to the
different surface.
their offense going in a 2-0
“The girls were very fl ex-
loss to the Tigers.
ible and responded to the
“It was an awesome
formation change bravely,”
showing, I’m so proud of
those girls,” Baker coach Eric Layton said.
Throughout the fi rst half,
Layton said.
the Tigers managed to keep
With the loss, Baker fell
the ball mostly on Baker’s
to 2-8-1. La Grande, which
is ranked fourth in the state side of the fi eld, and with less
than four minutes remaining
Class 4A standings, im-
in the half, La Grande junior
proved to 8-2-1.
Giselle Sanchez scored the
It was Baker’s second
fi rst goal of the game.
close loss to the Tigers. La
In the second half, La
Grande won 3-2 on Sept. 21
Grande continued to get
at the Baker Sports Com-
shots on goal, but Layton
plex.
credits the efforts of Baker
With Tuesday’s match
junior goalkeeper Neah
played on the artifi cial turf
By COREY KIRK
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Thomas for keeping the
Bulldogs in the game.
“She (Thomas) is improv-
ing weekly,” Layton said. “I
thought she exploited the
weak side of the fi eld very
well and helped our team
counterattack. I am very
proud of Neah.”
The Tigers were able to
secure the victory late in the
second half with an insur-
ance goal from junior Rosie
Aguilera.
Layton praised freshman
Jaycee Gray’s play on offense.
“She was patient attack-
ing their defense and really
strong when she had the
ball,” Layton said.
The Bulldogs return to the
road next Tuesday, Oct. 19,
traveling to Ontario to take
Alex Wittwer/The (La Grande) Observer
on the Tigers (2-7) for a 4 p.m. Baker junior co-captain Anna Belding attempts to dribble past a Tiger defender early
PDT kickoff.
in the fi rst half on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at Community Stadium in La Grande.
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