A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER VOLLEYBALL AT STATE TOURNAMENT
Baker volleyball tops Tillamook
and advances to semifinals
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
The Baker volleyball team
was not satisfied with merely
making it to the Class 4A state
tournament.
The Bulldogs played like a
team with higher aspirations,
rallying from a slow start to
win three straight sets in a four-
set victory over Tillamook in
a quarterfinal match Friday
morning, Nov. 4 at Springfield
High School, 21-25, 28-26, 25-
20, 25-18.
“That was a lot of fun,” Baker
coach Ali Abrego said. “Stress-
ful, but fun.”
Baker played top-seeded
Marshfield in a semifinal Fri-
day at 6:30 p.m. Marshfield had
to rally from a 2-1 set deficit
against Crook County in the
other early quarterfinal Friday.
Baker relied as much on its
mental toughness as its physi-
cal prowess in dispatching the
Cheesemakers.
The Bulldogs showed their
resolve even in the first set de-
spite losing 25-21.
Abrego said Baker had a good
warm up period and started the
match “with a lot of energy.”
“But when the whistle blew
you could see the nerves settling
in,” she said.
After Tillamook went ahead
13-7, Baker rallied to get as close
as 14-13. Then, after the Chee-
semakers forged ahead 21-17,
Baker senior Jozie Ramos, the
reigning Greater Oregon League
player of the year, served three
straight aces to tie the score at
21 and prompt a Tillamook
timeout.
But the Cheesemakers scored
the final four points to take a
1-0 set lead.
Tillamook seem poised to
take control of the match in the
second set, going up 13-9, but
Baker then shifted the momen-
tum with a 7-1 run.
Ramos had a kill to get the
Bulldogs to within 14-13, and
another kill on an over pass to
put Baker up 16-14 and force a
Tillamook timeout.
The Cheesemakers rallied
Courtney Raley/Contributed Photo
The Baker volleyball team celebrates its four-set win over Tillamook in a
quarterfinal match at the Class 4A state tournament at Springfield High
School on Friday morning, Nov. 4, 2022. The Bulldogs play top-seeded
Marshfield Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Powder Valley loses
opening match
REDMOND — The Pow-
der Valley Badgers lost their
quarterfinal match Friday
morning, Nov. 4 at the Class
1A state volleyball tourna-
ment at Ridgeview High
School.
The Badgers lost in three
sets to St. Paul, 25-17, 25-21,
25-21.
Powder Valley played
Crane in a consolation semi-
final Saturday, Nov. 5 at 8 a.m.
to lead 23-19, and Baker was 2
points away from a 2-0 set defi-
cit.
But the Bulldogs didn’t panic
in what turned out to be the
most thrilling sequence of the
match, and the key turning
point.
“I told them, are we going to
bounce back or are we going to
throw in the towel,” Abrego said.
Baker answered that question
quickly and definitely, scoring 5
straight points, the last on Ash-
lyn Dalton’s ace serve, to make it
set point at 24-23.
Tillamook then had a set point
at 25-24, but Sofia Hanson’s ace
gave Baker a second set point at
26-25.
Tillamook forced one final
tie, at 26, before Ramos’ kill gave
Baker its third set point at 27-26.
A Tillamook attack error gave
Baker the 28-26 win, evening the
match at one set each.
The come-from-behind win
energized Baker, and Tillamook
couldn’t match the Bulldogs’
play in the final two sets.
Hanson had a strong third
set, with multiple kills, as Baker
never trailed after Tillamook
scored the first point.
Taylor Dalton’s ace gave
Baker a 20-13 lead. Tillamook
rallied but couldn’t get closer
than 4 points.
Baker dominated the third
set, scoring the first 5 points
and leading by as much as 16-4,
on Ramos’ second straight ace,
before the Cheesemakers had
a minor rally late to get within
24-18.
Abrego said the Bulldogs
were excited about fulfilling
another of the goals they set
for themselves in August when
practice started.
“I think they’re really proud
of themselves,” she said.
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