A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER WRESTLING
La Grande downs Bulldogs on Senior Night
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Gavin Stone, bottom, tries to stave off a pin from La Grande’s Braden Carson in the
152-pound match on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in the Baker gym. Carson eventually pinned Stone.
Baker’s Gauge Bloomer, left, grapples with La Grande’s Brody MacMillan in the
195-pound match during a dual on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in the Baker gym.
MacMillan won by 9-4 decision.
“They are a very special group of young
adults and I believe they will be great people
long after wrestling is over.”
— Brandon Young, Baker wrestling coach, talking about the
eight seniors who were honored on Tuesday, Jan. 25
Young said La Grande tried
to surprise Baker’s River Clark,
at 120 pounds, by forfeiting the
113-pound match against Aldo
Duran and having Landon
Perry wrestle Clark.
“River was a ready for a
fight,” Young said. “He was
about to outwork his oppo-
nent and in position to score
most of the match.”
Clark trailed 2-1 after the
first round but rallied to lead
4-3 after the second round and
went on to win a 7-3 decision.
Full results from the var-
sity dual:
• 106: Mason Wolcott, La
Grande, defeated Joey Dun-
can by fall.
• 113: Baker’s Aldo Duran
won by forfeit
• 120: Baker’s River Clark de-
feated Landon Perry, 7-3
• 126: Braden Carson, La
Grande, defeated Sage Darling-
ton by fall.
• 132: Tavian Kehr, La
Grande, defeated Cole Hester
by fall.
• 138: Joshua Collins, La
Grande, defeated Samuel Nel-
son by fall.
• 145: Cody Hibbert, La
Grande, won by forfeit.
• 152: Braden Carson, La
Grande, defeated Gavin Stone
by fall.
• 160: Eli Bisenius, La
Grande, defeated Ryan Brown
by technical fall, 18-3.
• 170: MyKail Foster, La
Grande, defeated Cody Eskew
by major decision, 10-2.
• 182: Cole Shafer, La
Grande, defeated Connor Jen-
sen by fall.
• 195: Brody MacMillan,
La Grande, defeated Gauge
Bloomer, 9-4.
• 220: Kenai Huff, La
Grande, defeated Alex Ritter
by fall.
• 285: Baker’s Jaden Martin
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Jaden Martin, on top, was in control for most of his match against La Grande’s Cole Jorgensen on
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in the Baker gym. Martin won by 6-2 decision in the 285-pound match.
defeated Cole Jorgensen, 6-2.
In JV and exhibition
matches:
• 113: Baker’s Marcus Cham-
berlain won by fall over Dallin
Perry.
• 126: Baker’s Michael
Endersby lost 9-1 to Rogan
Willins.
• 160: Baker’s Ben Coburn
lost 10-0 to Jared Isaacson.
• 182: Baker’s Ethan Morgan
won by fall over Payton Sten-
kamp.
• 285: Baker’s Jayden Clark
won by fall over Cain End.
After the varsity dual there
were several more exhibition
matches:
• 106: Baker’s Joey Duncan
lost by fall to Robert Gulzow.
• 126: Baker’s Sage Darling-
ton lost by fall to Jaxson Leon-
ard.
• 170: Baker’s Cody Eskew
won 8-6 over Preston West-
enskow.
• 182: Baker’s Adrian Allen
lost by fall to Jarett Armstrong.
• 220: Baker’s Billy Kargianis
lost by fall to Kenai Huff.
• 285: Baker’s Russell
Walden won by fall over Cain
End.
Baker will play host to a
varsity girls and JV boys tour-
nament Thursday, Jan. 27, at
BHS, starting at 5 p.m.
On Friday, Jan. 28, there will
be a middle school tournament
starting at 11 a.m. at BHS.
“Over the next few weeks
our schedule will slow down
and we will be focusing on re-
viewing and correcting our
technique as well as trying to
hit our season peak for region-
als and state,” Young said.
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An enthusiastic audience in
the Baker High School gym
honored Baker’s senior wres-
tlers before the Bulldogs’ dual
against La Grande on Tues-
day, Jan. 25.
Then the Tigers showed why
they’re the top-ranked team in
Oregon’s Class 4A division.
La Grande won the first
nine matches and went on to
a 60-12 win over the sixth-
ranked Bulldogs.
Before the matches started
— on a mat illuminated by an
overhead light — these senior
wrestlers were recognized
for their contributions to the
program:
• Gauge Bloomer, son of Tra-
vis and Tish Bloomer.
• Adrian Allen, son of Vera
Allen.
• Sarah Plummer, daughter
of David and Faith Plummer.
• Connor Jensen, son of Tina
McKean.
• Gavin Stone, son of Daniel
and Marianne Stone.
• Billy Kargianis, son of Lena
Phillippi.
• Jaden Martin, son of Arvin
and Karlie Martin.
• Alex Ritter, son of Richard
and Mysti Ritter.
“They are a very special group
of young adults and I believe
they will be great people long
after wrestling is over,” Baker
coach Brandon Young said.
The wrestlers competed on
the spotlighted mat, with music
playing throughout.
Young said the atmosphere,
created by Travis Bloomer and
Buell Gonzales Jr., athletic di-
rector for the Baker School
District, “was the best we have
had for a home match. It really
added to the match and we had
a great turnout for spectators.”
Although the outcome was
disappointing, Young said the
difference between the two
teams is not as great as the
raw scores suggest.
“We just got outwrestled,”
he said. “It’s hard to get the
right mindset when your
team is going against likely
the best team in the 4A divi-
sion. Those are the teams we
need to wrestle right now, be-
cause it pushes us to get bet-
ter. I thought our kids were in
better shape than La Grande
overall. Most of our team
went out there and got after
it, just made a few mistakes.”
Young said the 132-pound
match, pitting Baker’s Cole
Hester against La Grande’s Ta-
vian Kehr, was an example of
how Baker wrestlers battled
throughout their matches.
After Kehr took a 12-2
lead in the second round,
Hester was able to throw
Kehr to his back.
Kehr recovered and even-
tually pinned Hester, but
Young was impressed by
Hester’s resilience.
The match at 195 pounds
was perhaps the most an-
ticipated of the night, with
top-ranked Gauge Bloomer
battling La Grande’s Brody
MacMillan, who is ranked
third in the state.
The match could eas-
ily be replicated at both the
regional and state tourna-
ments, Young said.
“Gauge wrestled really
tough most of the match, he
made some big mistakes that
cost him in the long run, so
hopefully we can fix those in
the wrestling room over the
next few weeks,” Young said.
Bloomer trailed 2-1 after
the first round and 4-2 after
the second before MacMillan
extended his lead in the final
round, eventually earning a
9-4 decision.
An individual perfor-
mance that stood out was by
Baker’s Jaden Martin in the
heavyweight class. Facing La
Grande’s Cole Jorgensen, Mar-
tin controlled the match, lead-
ing 2-0 after the first round
and 4-2 after the second. He
ended up winning 6-2.
“Jaden has beaten all of the
top heavyweights in the state,
and now just needs to continue
to put in the work,” Young said.
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