A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER TENNIS
BAKER GOLF AT WALLA WALLA
Bulldogs top Four Rivers
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Baker swept the boys and
girls singles matches and won
eight of 12 matches overall
against Four Rivers on a cold,
windy afternoon Wednes-
day, April 27, at the Ash
Grove courts.
Some matches were can-
celed due to the chilly con-
ditions, Baker coach Amy
Younger said.
In boys singles, Daniel Cun-
ningham soundly defeated
Alan Gonzalez 6-0, 6-1.
In the No. 2 boys singles
match, Baker’s Caleb Hills was
almost as dominant in beating
Jorge Martinez, 6-1, 6-1.
Ashton LeTourneau split
the first two sets against Mar-
cus Grimaldo before finishing
strong, winning the match,
6-1, 2-6, 6-0.
Anthony Christopher won a
second-set tiebreaker over Eric
Torres to complete the boys
singles sweep, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).
Boys doubles had rougher
outcomes, with the No. 1 team
of Ethan Hills and Jayden
Yencopal losing a close match
to Keagan Maupin and Koda
Alvarez, 7-5, 6-4.
Noah Lien and Weston
Downing fell to Carlos Beltran
and Mario Gastelum, 6-2, 6-2.
Baker’s Lincoln Nemec and
Diego Jones-Bedolla prevented
a Four Rivers sweep of the
boys doubles matches, beating
Angel Martinez and Fermin
Gonzales, 6-0, 7-5.
In girls singles, Baker’s No.
1, Sarah Plummer, lost the
first set in a tiebreaker but
rallied to beat Erin Hawker,
6-7 (8-6), 6-2, 6-4.
In the No. 2 girls singles,
Baker’s Isabel Cunningham
had little trouble against Mia
Clayton, 6-0, 6-2.
In girls doubles, Maya Smith
and Olivia Jacoby beat Livi and
Adriana Chavez, 6-1, 6-3.
Tristen Tritt and Campbell
Vanderwiele faced Clair Rob-
ins and Nicole Alvarez, losing
a tight match, 6-4, 7-5.
Ruby Warner and Daphne
Thomas lost in straight sets to
Misha Arocha and Rhaya Al-
der, 6-0, 6-0.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Jesse Maldonado placed third in the individual standings with
a round of 76 during the Baker Invitational on Monday, April 25, 2022,
at Quail Ridge Golf Course. Maldonado tied for third at the Wine Valley
Invitational on Wednesday, April 27, near Walla Walla, Washington.
Baker boys win
2nd straight event
Isaiah Jones
medalist again
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Ashton LeTourneau won his match in three sets against Marcus Grimaldo of Four Rivers on
Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the Ash Grove courts.
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Anthony Christopher won his match against Four Rivers on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the
Ash Grove courts.
Kaden Conklin was fourth
with an 83.
“I was looking at scores
from last year,” Long said,
“And our guys all dropped
BY IAN CRAWFORD
from 5 to 25 strokes and still
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
For the second time this
wanted it to be better.”
week the Baker boys golf team
Baker’s Gavin Stecher shot
brought its A game to the
a round of 90, and Palmer
greens, taking the team title at Chandler carded a 93.
the Wine Valley Invitational
In the team standings, Tri-
on Wednesday, April 27, near City Prep was a distant sec-
Walla Walla, Washington.
ond behind Baker, at 353.
Baker’s score of 310 strokes Walla Walla was third at 357.
for the top four players was
Other teams competing were
DeSales, Mac-Hi and St. John.
the lowest in coach Mike
Long’s tenure.
Although it was a co-ed
The Bulldogs also placed
invitational, just three Baker
first at the Baker Invitational
girls competed, so the Bull-
on April 25 at Quail Ridge.
dogs didn’t have a team score.
Freshman Isaiah Jones,
Baker’s players were tightly
who was medalist at the
grouped, led by Makenna
Baker tournament with an
Shamion’s round of 119.
even-par round of 70, dupli- Gretchen Morgan carded a
cated that feat at the Wine
120, and Lilly Wilson had
Valley Invitational, firing an- a 121.
other par round, this time a
“The best part about all
72 on a course that Long said the golfers is how much they
is difficult.
like each other and playing
Fellow freshman Jaxon
together,” Long said. “Most
Logsdon, who also plays base- of the girls and boys went
ball for the Bulldogs, was one out and played golf after the
stroke behind at 73.
(Baker) tournament Monday.”
Jesse Maldonado shot an 82,
The Baker boys will travel
tying for third with Jack Le-
to Scotch Pines in Payette,
sko of DeSales High School of Idaho, on Monday, May 2, for
Walla Walla, the host school.
the district tournament.
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