TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — A7
SPORTS
Baker’s season ends at Marist
Bulldogs can’t keep up
with senior-laden Spartans
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker’s football season
ended much as it began —
with a loss to an experienced
and talented team.
The Bulldogs’ 42-7 loss to
Marist in a Class 4A fi rst-
round playoff game on Sat-
urday, Nov. 6 was decidedly
similar to Baker’s season-
opening 35-0 loss to Cascade
at Baker Bulldog Memorial
Stadium on Sept. 4.
In both cases the inexpe-
rienced Bulldogs, with just
seven seniors on the roster,
struggled against a team
that relies primarily on
seniors and juniors.
“As a young team, these
are eye-openers that educate
us as to where we’re at and
what it takes to get to the
next level of football,” Baker
coach Jason Ramos said.
Between those losses the
Bulldogs in one stretch won
four of fi ve games, fi nished
second in the Greater Or-
egon League and advanced
to the playoffs.
“We always have a goal
to make the playoffs, and
to achieve that goal was
obviously a positive,” Ramos
said. “If you had told me be-
fore the season started that
we be playing Marist for a
spot in the quarterfi nals I
would have said sign me up.”
On Saturday at Marist,
a private Catholic school in
Eugene, the Spartans domi-
nated from the start.
Marist scored fi ve touch-
downs in the fi rst quarter
and led 35-0.
The Spartans extended
their lead to 42-0 in the
second quarter before Baker
sophomore quarterback Paul
Hobson got the Bulldogs on
the scoreboard with a touch-
down run.
The score was 42-7 at
halftime.
With a running clock in
the second half, neither team
scored.
“We did make some plays
late in the fi rst quarter
and in the second quarter,”
Ramos said. “We would have
liked to get another score in
the second half, and we prob-
ably should have.”
Senior running back
Gauge Bloomer, in his fi nal
game as a Bulldog, had 48
yards on 15 carries.
Hobson completed 14
of 35 passes for 172 yards.
Fellow sophomore Hudson
Spike had six catches for
72 yards, sophomore Dash
Bloomer had two receptions
for 58 yards, and freshman
Jaron Long caught three
passes for 33 yards.
Sophomore Malaki Myer
and freshman Jaxon Logs-
don each had an intercep-
tion.
Although Marist was
ranked seventh in the state,
Ramos thinks the Spartans
are one of the top three or
four squads in the Class 4A
ranks.
Marist has an 8-2 record,
and its two losses are to
top-ranked Marshfi eld (48-
41) and to second-ranked
Cascade (38-33).
“We knew they were as
good as the fi rst three teams
we played, if not better,”
Ramos said.
He said the coaching staff
tried to keep the players
positive during Saturday’s
loss, and to use the game as
a teaching opportunity for a
team that will return most of
its roster in 2022.
“I’m hoping they take
some positives away from
that, and use it as fuel for
next year,” Ramos said.
He said he was pleased
Dan Morrison/Contributed Photo
with Baker’s resilience dur-
Marist linebacker Kaden Starr, No. 29, drags down Baker wide receiver Hudson Spike, No. 8 during Marist’s 42-7
ing a season that felt more
win in a Class 4A playoff game Saturday, Nov. 6 in Eugene.
normal than the spring 2021
schedule after the fall 2020
season was canceled due to
the pandemic, but was still
challenging.
Ramos said Baker had a
few players miss time during
the season due to COVID-19
quarantining, but overall
they fared well.
“We played every game
on our schedule, which a lot
of teams didn’t get to do,” he
said.
The Bulldogs’ season
also ended with an unusual
twist.
The team bus was head-
ing back to Baker Saturday
evening when Interstate
84 was closed over the Blue
Mountains due to crashes.
The Bulldogs spent the night
in a motel near Hermiston
and resumed their trip home
Sunday morning, Ramos
said.
Andrea Winters/Contributed Photo
Baker wide receiver Jaron Long, No. 2, sprints for yards against Marist in a Class 4A playoff game Saturday, Nov.
6 in Eugene.
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