The Columbia Press
May 21, 2021
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Baseball clinches title; softball loses final games Movement grows to realign border
By Coach Lennie Wolfe
Warrenton High School
The Warriors baseball team
lost a game and won a game
Friday against Rainier, al-
lowing Warrenton to clinch
the league title and secure a
berth in the state playoffs.
We lost the first game of
the double-header 11-1, but
kept our focus on our plan for
the day and won the second
game 7-3.
Duane Falls picked up the
win by throwing 5.2 innings,
giving up two runs on just
four hits. We scored 3 in the
first inning and maintained
that lead the rest of the way.
Unfortunately, we lost 8-9
against Joseph in Tuesday’s
tournament in The Dalles,
giving us an overall record of
12-3.
The league title reflects our
team’s resilience. We started
workouts in September, until
the fires in the state forced us
to stop due to poor air qual-
ity. We restarted, but didn’t
even get a week more before
COVID cases within the com-
munity forced another stop.
Throughout all this, our
guys continued to stay in
shape on their own, and ev-
ery time we could start again,
they were there.
I doubt many programs
in any sports throughout
the state can claim this. The
players, our coaching staff
and our families all stayed
focused on what we hoped to
achieve. We didn’t expect a
state playoff would be avail-
able, so this opportunity is
one we’re grateful to experi-
ence.
Softball
Meanwhile the girls softball
team had a disappointing fin-
ish to their season on Friday,
losing both games of a dou-
ble-header.
Avyree Miethe pitched the
first game against Rainier,
losing 0-16. Emma Jasmin
pitched the second, the last
game of the season, with a
3-13 loss.
Bruce Dustin contributed
to this story.
Above: Southpaw Anjolena Wakefield throws to first base in
the first game of a double-header against Rainier on Friday.
Below: Kaylie Poe bunts before heading to first.
Photos by Bruce Dustin
Voters in five Eastern Or-
egon counties approve of a
plan to become part of Ida-
ho, according to results in the
May 18 election.
Sherman, Lake, Grant, Bak-
er, and Malheur counties ap-
proved the advisory vote. No
counties voted against it. Two
additional counties had voted
in favor in November: Union
and Jefferson.
The ballot measures are a
part of an effort to move the
Oregon/Idaho border to ex-
tend Idaho’s jurisdiction over
rural, conservative counties
of Eastern and Southern Or-
egon.
The ballot measures are in-
tended to put pressure on the
state legislatures of Oregon
and Idaho to negotiate an in-
terstate compact to relocate
their common border.
“This election proves that
rural Oregon wants out of
Oregon,” said Mike McCar-
ter, president of Citizens for
Greater Idaho.