A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022
SPORTS
69TH EAST-WEST SHRINE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME
West nips East in first overtime game in Shrine history
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
The 69th version of the
East-West Shrine All-Star
football game ended like none
of the 68 games before it.
With an overtime period.
In a dramatic conclusion
on a balmy Saturday night,
Aug. 6 at Baker Bulldog Me-
morial Stadium in Baker City,
the West squad won 17-14 on
a 25-yard field goal by Wood-
burn’s Santi Roque Manzo.
Previous Shrine games that
were tied after four quarters
ended that way.
But this year, game organiz-
ers added an overtime period,
with each team getting four
downs starting at the oppo-
nent’s 10-yard line.
The West won the coin toss
prior to overtime and chose to
go on defense first.
On the East’s first play of
overtime, Adrian quarterback
Conley Martin’s pass was in-
tercepted in the end zone by
Kenney Tripp of Rainier.
With the West needing ei-
ther a touchdown or field goal
to win, the East defense tight-
ened, holding the West to just
2 yards on three plays to set up
Roque Manzo’s game-winning
field goal on fourth down.
Although unlike previous
extra points, when the defense
was not allowed to try to block
the kick, the East defense did
mount a rush on the game’s
final play.
But the East defenders
couldn’t get a hand on Roque
Manzo’s kick, which sailed
through the uprights at the
north end of the stadium.
The 69th version of the
game, an annual fundraiser
for the Shriners Children’s
Hospital in Portland, was
largely a defensive struggle.
Defensive tackle Alex Ritter
— one of two Baker Bulldogs
on the East squad along with
Gauge Bloomer, who played
linebacker and running back
— ended an early West drive
by sacking Luke McNabb of
Scappoose.
The two teams exchanged
“punts” — there were no ac-
tual kicks, but each team, on
fourth down, had the option
of moving the ball 30 yards
before turning it over to the
opponent.
Late in the first quarter the
West got its offense going.
McNabb ran for a first
down then connected with
Tripp for a first-down comple-
tion to the West 20 yard line.
Stone Ware of Rainier ran
to the West 8, and McNabb
then hit Tanner Jackson of
Knappa for the game’s first
touchdown.
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Baker’s Alex Ritter sacks West quarterback Luke McNabb in the first quarter of the East-West Shrine All-Star football game on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Baker Bulldog Memorial Stadium.
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Powder Valley’s Reece Dixon, far left, takes a snap at quarterback
during the the East-West Shrine All-Star football game on Saturday,
Aug. 6, 2022, at Baker Bulldog Memorial Stadium.
On the ensuing possession,
Powder Valley’s Reece Dixon,
who alternated between quar-
terback and receiver, scram-
bled to avoid the rush and
heaved a 42-yard pass to
Pendleton’s Gabe Browning
on the final play of the first
quarter.
But the West thwarted the
scoring threat when Isaac
Schnepp of Cascade sacked
Dixon and forced a fumble
that the West recovered.
Later in the second quar-
ter, Junction City quarter-
back Colby Evans found Theo
White of Weston McEwen
open in the flat and White ran
the ball to the West 14.
But the East’s best scoring
chance ended with Evans’ in-
complete pass to the end zone
on fourth down.
The East forced another
punt, though, and Browning
made a diving catch of a Mar-
tin pass at the West 22 with
1:38 left in the first half.
Two plays later, Martin’s
27-yard pass to the end zone
deflected off Waldport’s Zak
Holsey and landed in Brown-
ing’s arms as he fell to the
ground in the back of the end
zone.
The first half ended in a
7-7 tie.
Defense continued to dom-
inate in the second half, but
late in the third quarter Mc-
Nabb hit Tripp in stride for a
45-yard gain to the East 2.
Jacob Preston of Yam-
hill-Carlton ran it in on the
next play to give the West a
14-7 lead.
On the ensuing short kick-
off, Bloomer ran the ball out
to the East 41.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Pendleton’s Gabe Browning, No. 1, hauls in a deflected pass for the East team’s first touchdown during the
East-West Shrine All-Star football game on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Baker Bulldog Memorial Stadium.
Martin ran for 8 yards on a
quarterback keeper, and then
Browning took a handoff on
a sweep and beat the West de-
fense to the edge, taking the
ball to the West 34.
Martin then faked a hand-
off and went up the middle
before breaking loose to the
right for a 34-yard touchdown
run with 13 seconds left in the
third quarter.
Neither team scored in the
fourth quarter.
The East mounted a drive
thanks to Dixon’s 23-yard gain
on a swing pass with 6:30 left.
But an incomplete pass on
fourth and 7 from the West 39
ended the scoring threat.
The West had one last
chance on fourth and 7 with
13.7 seconds left, but Mc-
Nabb’s pass was incomplete.
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