BAKER CITY HERALD • THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 A7
SPORTS
BAKER BOYS GOLF HOSTS INVITATIONAL
Baker claims individual, team titles
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Kiley Jo Aldrich advances to second base in the bottom of the third inning against Heppner/Ione
on April 25, 2022.
BAKER SOFTBALL
Bulldogs blank Heppner/Ione
Kaycee Cuzick
pitches complete
game shutout
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
With Kaycee Cuzick domi-
nating in the circle, the Baker
softball team blanked Hep-
pner/Ione 5-0 on Monday,
April 25, at the Sports Com-
plex, ending a four-game los-
ing streak.
On a day with rain threat-
ening, Cuzick allowed just five
hits and struck out 12 Mustang
batters. She walked only one.
“Kaycee did a great job
in the circle, threw lots of
strikes,” Baker coach Sonny
Gulick said. “She had a
9-pitch inning.”
Cuzick threw a first-pitch
strike to 19 of the 27 batters
she faced, and 70 of her 101
pitches were strikes. She set
the Mustangs down in order
in the second, third and sixth
innings.
Several Heppner/Ione bat-
ters bunted to try to reach
base, but the Baker defense
was solid.
One bunt in the third inning
even popped straight to Cuz-
ick’s glove for an out.
Baker, which was plagued by
errors in losing both games of
a doubleheader to La Grande
on April 22, didn’t commit an
error against Heppner/Ione.
The Mustangs had only one
miscue.
“That’s a team that we han-
dled pretty well earlier in the
season and they have clearly
gotten a lot better, but I don’t
think we gave them our best
effort today,” Gulick said.
Baker opened the season
on March 17 by sweeping the
Mustangs, 13-10 and 16-0, at
Heppner.
In Monday’s rematch, Baker
had eight hits.
“It was definitely rough at
the plate, but we had a few
people that had a good day,”
Gulick said. “Kiley Jo Aldrich
had a good game, Brooklyn
Rayl hit the ball well and Em-
rie Osborn did a good job of
getting onto base for us.”
Aldrich, Baker’s leadoff hit-
ter, went 3 for 4, including a
double, and drove in one run.
Rayl, batting second, went
2 for 4 with a double and two
RBIs. Osborn was 1 for 1 and
drew two walks.
Baker took a 1-0 lead in the
bottom of the first when Al-
drich doubled and came home
on a wild pitch.
The Bulldogs added another
run in the third on Rayl’s RBI
single, and boosted the lead
Baker freshman Isaiah Jones birdied the
first two holes and went on to shoot an even-
par round of 70 to win medalist honors at
the Baker Invitational boys golf tourna-
ment on Monday, April 25, at Quail Ridge
Golf Course.
Jones led Baker to the team title. The Bull-
dogs’ top four scores totaled 315 strokes,
ahead of runner-up Fruitland, Idaho, at 338,
and La Grande in third at 358.
Baker’s Jesse Maldonado carded a 76 to
place third overall.
Baker’s other varsity scores were Kaden
Conklin, 82, Gavin Stecher, 87, and Palmer
Chandler, 88.
Baker coach Mike Long said players took
advantage of the dry weather by starting a few
minutes earlier than expected with possible
rain forecast later in the day.
“Those guys haven’t had the best weather,
we finally got a little good weather,” Long said.
“They play out there all the time, so it’s not
unusual for them to shoot those scores.”
Baker competed against eight other
teams — Mac-Hi, Weiser, Ontario, Nyssa,
Homedale, Fruitland, La Grande and Vale.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Burns had three players, one short of a full
team.
Baker had three players in the junior var-
sity tournament. Owen Higdon had a round
of 101, Alex Ritter shot a 107, and Kade Rudi
a 127.
Long said Baker has a busy schedule ahead.
The girls and boys teams were slated to travel
to Walla Walla, Washington, on Wednesday,
April 27, the boys have a tournament Friday,
April 29, in La Grande, and both boys and
girls teams are scheduled to travel to Ontario
on May 2.
2022
Baker’s Kaci Anderson swings at a
pitch during the Bulldogs’ 5-0 win
over Heppner/Ione on April 25,
2022, at the Sports Complex.
I
Hepp./Ione 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Baker
1 0 1 0 1 2 x — 5
Nation and Cutsforth. Cuzick
and K. Anderson.
to 3-0 on Rayl’s RBI double in
the fifth.
Baker added two insurance
runs in the sixth, the first via
an error on Te’ygan Coley’s
pop up, the second on Al-
drich’s single.
The Bulldogs return home
for a league doubleheader
against Mac-Hi on Friday,
April 29. First pitch is set for
2 p.m. Baker lost both games
of a doubleheader to the Pi-
oneers at Milton-Freewater
on April 6, by scores of 10-9
and 11-8.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Isaiah Jones hits his tee shot on the 15th hole at
Quail Ridge Golf Course during the Baker Invita-
tional on Monday, April 25, 2022.
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CHURCH
DIRECTORY
Elkhorn Baptist
Church
Sunday School 10 am
Morning Worship 11 am
Evening Worship 6 pm
Discovery Kids Worship
6:30 pm
3520 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4332
Baker & Haines
United
Methodist
Churches
Baker UMC, 1919 2nd St, at 11am
Haines UMC, 814 Robert St, at 9am
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10:00
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SECOND WORSHIP GATHERING
Harvest Cafe Open
10:30 AM
AM
- 9:50
Harvest 9:00
Cafe open
30 minutes
before AM
each service
3720 Birch St, Baker City
541-523-4233
www.BakerCityHarvest.org
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH
Sunday Service
10:00 am
www.ChristianScience.com
3rd & Washington, Baker City
541-523-5911
Pastor Michele Holloway
Sunday Worship
First Service 8:30 am
2nd Service & Sunday School
10:00 am
Jr. High & High School Youth
Tues 6:30 pm
Youth Pastor Silas Moe
675 Hwy 7, Baker City • 541-523-5425
SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST
CHURCH
Saturday Worship
11:00 am
www.bakercitysda.com
17th & Pocahontas, Baker City
541-523-4913
St. Francis De
Sales Cathedral
Daily Masses:
M, T, Th, F 9 am
Day Chapel in Cathedral
Wed Daily Mass 9 am
at St. Alphonsus Chapel
Sat 8 am at Day Chapel
Baker City Saturday Mass 6 pm
Baker City Sunday Mass 9:30 am
St. Therese in Halfway 2 pm Sat
St. Anthony's in North Powder
11:30 Sun
541-523-4521
Corner of First & Church, Baker City
Established
1904
FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday Worship Service
10:30 am
1995 4th Street, Baker City
541-523-5201
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Sunday Worship
9:45am
Sunday School
8:30am
Coffee is 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Pastor Troy Teeter
1250 Hughes Lane, Baker City
(Corner of Cedar & Hughes)
541-523-3533
www.bakernaz.com
AGAPE
CHRISTIAN
CENTER
Sunday Services
10:00 am & 6:30 pm
South Highway 7,
Baker City
541-523-6586
SAINT
ALPHONSUS
HOSPITAL CHAPEL
Service at 11 am
Open to all patients,
family and friends for
reflection and prayer.
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ST. BRIGID’S IN THE
PINES COMMUNITY
CHURCH
11:30 a.m. Services
1st & 3rd Sunday
Holy Eucharist
East Auburn Street, Sumpter
541-523-4812
A Mission of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church in Baker City
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LATTER-DAY SAINTS
9 - 11 AM - Baker City 1st Ward
10:30 AM - Noon - Baker City 2nd Ward
Noon - 2 PM - Baker Valley Ward
EVERYONE WELCOME
FIRST
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1734 Third Street, Baker City
541-523-3922
firstlutheranbakercity@gmail.com
St. Stephen’s
Episcopal
Services at 9 am
1st & 3rd Sundays, Holy Eucharist
2nd & 4th Sundays, Morning Prayer
5th
(541) Sunday, Morning Prayer
2177 First Street • Baker City
Entrance on 1st Street
Corner Church & First Streets
541-523-4812
Third & Broadway
541-523-3891
Third & Broadway
Sundays
541-523-3891
Family History Center
Everything Free
Tues & Fri 1-4 PM
Wed & Thurs 10 AM - 1 PM
Wed Evenings 5-8 PM
9 AM Sunday School
10 AM Worship Service
Mondays
6:30 - 8 PM
Baker Teens Underground
Wednesdays
5:30-6:30 PM Dinner & Prayer Time
Thursdays
5 - 6 PM Free Community Dinner
6 - 7 PM Celebrate Recovery
2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City
541-523-2397
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