BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2022 A5 SPORTS Baker wrestlers go 5-2 at Oregon Classic BAKER CITY HERALD REDMOND — The Baker wrestling team went 5-2 in dual matches during the Ore- gon Classic Friday, Jan. 14, and Saturday, Jan. 15, at Redmond. The Bulldogs improved to 11-3 on the season in duals. “It was really awesome to see some kids come out of their shell and get after it this weekend,” Baker coach Bran- don Young said. “Duals are all about the team, and some guys are really team oriented. It was nice to see a few kids that re- ally stepped it up.” Young said junior Ryan Brown, who went 4-3 during the Oregon Classic at 160 pounds, “was a different wres- tler this weekend. He went out aggressive and kept fight- ing. Ryan was able to win all his matches on Saturday and helped save the dual against Cascade in our 42-39 win.” Young also was excited about junior River Clark’s 6-1 performance at 120 pounds. In his lone loss, to Philo- math’s Benjamin Hernandez, the defending state champion, Clark had Hernandez on his back and nearly pinned him before Hernandez recovered and won by fall. “River wrestled every match with intensity and he is going to be a front runner going into state,” Young said. Freshman Aldo Duran, at 113 pounds, and senior heavyweight Jaden Martin Ryan Brennecke/The (Bend) Bulletin Ryan Brennecke/The (Bend) Bulletin Baker’s Gavin Stone, bottom, wrestles against Ben Cooper during the 145-pound match against Sisters while competing in the Oregon Classic at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Baker’s Gauge Bloomer wrestles against Gabe Bailey during the 182-pound match against Sisters while competing in the Oregon Clas- sic at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Pine Eagle results • Hunter Buck, freshman, 106, 10-5 • Giovanni Cartwright, freshman, 126, 6-7 • Coy Butner, senior, 138, 12-1 • Chase Butner, senior, 145, 12-1 • Cohen Simpson, sopho- more, 145, 8-8 • Will Seggerman, senior, 145, 11-5 • Sage Darlington, sopho- more, 126, 1-3 • Riley Martin, sophomore, both went undefeated on the Philomath, which placed have affected the team score weekend. fourth at the state tournament differently. It was a great learn- 132/138, 2-4 • Samuel Nelson, sopho- Aldo pinned six of his seven last season. ing experience for the team.” more, 132/138, 0-4 opponents. “We knew it was going to be In other duals, Baker beat • Gavin Stone, senior, “Jaden had to work for it a close going into the dual and Phoenix, 48-28; lost to Tilla- little more, which was great that it would take everyone’s mook, 55-18; beat Sisters, 63- 145/152, 6-2 • Julian Garcia, freshman, for him to get to wrestle some best effort to come away with a 15; beat Hidden Valley, 57-21; decent heavyweights,” Young victory,” Young said. “In wres- beat Cascade, 42-39, and beat 145/152, 0-5 • Ryan Brown, junior, 160, said. tling it is difficult to get every- Marshfield, 52-30. 4-3 Martin was trailing 2-1 to one to perform at a high level Individual Baker results: • Cody Eskew, junior, 170, 4-3 Christopher Woods of Hidden at the same match and it can • Marcus Chamberlain, • Gauge Bloomer, senior, Valley until he tossed Woods be nerve-wracking to go into sophomore, 106 pounds, 1-3 to his back for the win by fall. a big venue. We dug too big of • Joey Duncan, sophomore, 182/195, 5-2 • Ethan Morgan, freshman, Fellow seniors Gavin Stone a hole for our heavier weights 106, 2-1 182/195, 4-3 and Gauge Bloomer also had to bring us back to life and lost • Aldo Duran, freshman, • Alex Ritter, senior, 220, 3-3 strong tournaments, Young a close one 39-33. The close 113, 7-0 • Russell Walden, sopho- said, with Bloomer going 5-2 ones are the toughest losses, • River Clark, junior, 120, more, 220/285, 1-1 at 182 and 195 pounds, and because several guys can pick 6-1 • Jaden Martin, senior, 285, • Cole Hester, sophomore, Stone 6-2 at 145 and 152. out something they could have 6-0 Baker’s first dual was against done a little better, that would 126/132, 4-2 The week ahead Baker has a busy week ahead, playing host to Nyssa in a dual Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m., then traveling to Mac-Hi on Thursday, Jan. 20, and to a tournament in John Day on Friday, Jan. 21. OREGON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BAKER SWIMMING Oregon beats No. 7 Arizona with last-second jumper in OT Stadler sets meet record at La Grande cats ahead 63-62 with 2:14 left to play. EUGENE — Endyia Rogers Paopao put Oregon back in made a jump shot with 0.4 sec- the lead on a layup with 43.6 onds left to lift Oregon to a 68- seconds left in overtime and 66 overtime win over No. 7 Ari- Rogers added two free throws. zona on Saturday, Jan. 15. Yeaney tied the game 66-66 on The Ducks (9-5, 2-1 Pac-12) a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, rallied from a 17-point sec- before Sydney Parrish missed a ond-half deficit with help from jumper and Rogers grabbed a re- Te-Hina Paopao, who scored bound and hit the game-winner. 24, as well as Nyara Sabally’s 20 “I thought Sydney would make points and 13 rebounds and Se- it, but somehow it landed in my dona Prince’s 16 points. hands,” Rogers said. “I knew we “I’m super happy,” Oregon only had a couple seconds left, so coach Kelly Graves said. “We I just shot it.” really needed this win. It helps Rogers was 1 for 10 from the us in the big picture as well.” field before making her final at- Shaina Pellington and Bendu tempt. Yeaney each scored 14 points to “I didn’t lose any confidence, pace Arizona (12-2, 2-2), while it’s just that today wasn’t my day,” Cate Reese scored 10. Rogers said. “But I made a big “Very tough loss today,” Ar- shot to win the game.” izona coach Adia Barnes said. Arizona led 57-48 on a “I didn’t think we played a bad 3-pointer by Yeaney with 5:59 left game. I thought we did some to play and the lead was 59-53 good things. We didn’t do a on a jumper by Wellington with good job maintaining our lead 2:18 left in the game. Paopao down the stretch.” and Prince each scored to get the Sabally opened overtime Ducks within 59-57 with 1:04 left with a basket before Lauren in regulation. Ware tied the game for Ari- After Arizona committed a zona. Sabally then made a free turnover with 21.5 seconds left, throw, but Yeaney answered Sabally scored to tie the game at with a basket to put the Wild- 59 with 11.4 seconds remaining BY STEVE MIMS Associated Press and the Wildcats could not get off a shot in the final seconds. Arizona had a 38-27 lead at halftime and scored the first four points of the second half. Oregon closed within 46-35, but Derin Erdogan made two free throws before Sam Thomas and Helena Pueyo each hit a 3-pointer to push the Wildcats ahead 54-37. Oregon closed out the third quarter with four points in a row, and Prince scored the first four points of the fourth quarter. Pa- opao made a 3-pointer to get the Ducks within 54-48 with 7:10 left to play before Yeaney responded with her own 3. Barnes had issues with the of- ficials after Oregon shot 26 free throws compared to 10 for Ari- zona. Two Wildcats fouled out, and Arizona committed 23 fouls compared to 15 for Oregon. “There were a lot of question- able calls that did not go our way,” Barnes said. “I think we are a pretty aggressive team and a lot of those calls were momentum shifters. … I’ve never had a game where we shot 5 of 10 from the line with some of the most ath- letic guards in the country and played a team that shot 26. It is tough to play that way.” BMS girls hoops teams sweep Baker Middle School’s girls basketball teams swept Central Middle School in three games at Milton-Freewater on Friday, Jan. 14. The intramural team won 40-0. Madi Sulli- van was the leading scorer with 18 points, and Jenny Gonzales added 12 points. Due to a scheduling conflict, Baker’s seventh-graders played in both the seventh- grade and eighth-grade games. Baker won the seventh-grade game, 62-0. Jaxson Ramos was the leading scorer with 15 points, and Colbi Bachman had 10. In the eighth-grade game, Baker won 76- 3. Colbi Bachman had 24 points, Kyndal Chandler 14, and Lily Logsdon had nine points. The BMS teams traveled to La Grande to- day, Jan. 18. BAKER CITY HERALD LA GRANDE — Baker senior swimmer Brianna Stadler won two events, setting a meet record in one, at the La Grande Invitational on Saturday, Jan 15. Stadler, a four-time state cham- pion who also has a state record in the backstroke, won the 100-me- ter butterfly at La Grande, setting a new meet record in a time of 1:00.96. Stadler, who signed a letter of in- tent last fall to compete in swim- ming at Colorado Mesa University, also won the 200-meter individual medley at La Grande, in 2:17.01. Baker finished tied for fourth with Cove Charter in the girls side of the meet. On the boys side, Baker fin- ished fifth. Other individual results for Baker: • Silas Carter, 3rd, boys 100 free- style, 1:01.52. • Gabriel Bott, 9th, boys 50 free- style, 27.51. • Angel DeArcos, 4th, boys 100 butterfly, 1:07.74. • Gabriel Bott, 5th, boys 100 but- Sydney Lamb/Contributed Photo, File terfly, 1:18.93. Brianna Stadler, a four-time state champion, has • Addy Macy, 15th, girls 100 freestyle, 1:30.70; girls 50 freestyle, signed a letter of intent to swim for Colorado 20th, 38.40. Mesa University. Winter is here! 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