A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2022
SPORTS
BHS athletes receive rings to recognize state titles
Distance runner
Emma Baeth and
wrestler Jaden
Martin awarded
rings by Lew
Brothers Tires
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Emma Baeth and Jaden
Martin, who graduated from
Baker High School last month,
have been awarded rings com-
memorating their individual
sports state championships
during the past school year.
Martin, who won the Class
4A state wrestling title in the
heavyweight division in Feb-
ruary, received his ring on
Wednesday, July 6 at Lew
Brothers Les Schwab Tires.
The other ring is for Emma
Baeth, who set a BHS record
in winning the 1,500-meter
race at the Class 4A state track
meet in May. Baeth, who is a
wildland firefighter and was
called away to work on a blaze,
wasn’t able to attend the cere-
mony with Martin.
Rocky and Diana Brown,
co-owners of the tire shop, have
been awarding rings to individ-
ual and team state champions
for more than a decade.
“Sometimes it’s a whole
team, sometimes it’s an indi-
vidual,” Rocky Brown said of
the ring awards. “In 2010 we
won a state championship in
football, we were involved in
the football program so we
spearheaded the fundraising
(rings) for that team. So we
kinda became championship
ring central.”
Since then, whenever a BHS
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Jaden Martin shows off his cus-
tom engraved championship
ring on July 6, 2022.
team or individual wins a state
title, Lew Brothers hosts a ring
event for the public.
The rings are designed and
sold by Josten’s.
“These rings typically run
from two hundred to four
hundred dollars,” Brown said.
“They’re real trophy rings, just
like the Super Bowl players re-
ceive, by the same company.”
BHS wrestling coach Bran-
don Young, and Buell Gon-
zales Jr., athletic director for
the Baker School District, at-
tended Wednesday’s ceremony
along with Martin.
“The big guys can’t move
around like he can,” said
Young about Martin’s heavy-
weight wrestling victories.
“He’s flexible, fast.”
“I just wanted to thank
my coach,” Martin said. “I
wouldn’t be where I am with-
out you.”
Both Martin and Baeth plan
to attend Southern Oregon
Logan Hannigan-Downs photo
Baker senior Emma Baeth celebrates after winning the 1,500-meter
race at the Class 4A state track meet on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at
Hayward Field in Eugene. Baeth set a new school record.
University in Ashland this fall,
and both former Bulldogs in-
tend to continue their athletic
careers in college.
Martin said he’s signed up
for the SOU wrestling squad,
and Baeth will compete in
track and cross-country.
Three Bulldogs earn baseball all-state honors
Baker City Herald
Three Baker High School
seniors were named to Class
4A baseball all-state teams by
a vote of coaches around the
state.
Logan Capon, who pitched
and played multiple positions,
was named to the second team
as a utility player.
Connor Chastain was a
third-team pick as an out-
fielder, and Hayden Younger
was named honorable men-
tion as an infielder.
The all-state selections were
the latest honors for Capon,
Chastain and Younger.
The trio was also picked to
play in the Oregon Class 4A
All-Star Series June 18-19 at
North Marion High School.
The annual event features the
state’s top Class 4A graduating
seniors.
Younger, Chastain and Ca-
pon were all first-team picks
for the Greater Oregon League
this season.
The trio helped Baker finish
second in the league and ad-
vance to the Class 4A playoffs.
Baker beat Estacada 9-8 on
May 21 at the Baker Sports
Complex, then lost to Hidden
Valley 7-0 on May 25 to finish
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Logan Capon runs the
bases during the Bulldogs’ 8-6
win over Homedale, Idaho, on
Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at
the Baker Sports Complex.
the season with a 16-12 record.
La Grande, which won the
state championship, had sev-
eral players on all-state teams,
including player of the year,
Devin Bell, and coach of the
year, Parker McKinley.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Connor Chastain bats against Ontario during a doubleheader
on Friday, April 15, 2022, at the Sports Complex.
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Hayden Younger slides safely into first base after a pickoff at-
tempt on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the Sports Complex.
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