PENDLETON
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald
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2016 SCHEDULE
P ENDLETON
B ASEBALL
COACH: T.J. Haguewood, 1st
year
2015 SEASON: 14-15 overall,
7-5 CRC (2nd)
POSTSEASON STORY: The
No. 14 seed Buckaroos lost to Hood
River 1-0 in the semi¿nals oI the 5$
state tournament.
RETURNERS: Quinn Cock-
burn, sr., P; Caden Smith, jr., INF;
Kai Quinn, sr., OF; James Bradt, sr.,
INF/RHP.
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
I
n 2015, the Pendleton baseball
team became a Cinderella story
in the 5$ state tournament
as the No. 14 seed Buckaroos
knocked oII
the No. 3 seed
Corvallis and
the No. 6 seed
Crescent Valley
to earn a trip to
the semi¿nals.
The Bucks nearly
made it to the state championship
game, losing 1-0 to the eventual
state champion and league rival
Hood River Valley.
But with that loss ushered in a
new era in Pendleton baseball,
as long-time coach Greg Whitten
stepped aside aIter 10 years. In
his place is assistant and Iormer
Western-McEwen head coach
T.J. Haguewood, who says that
program expectations shouldn’t
change moving Iorward.
“There’s always expectations
Ior playoIIs and to compete Ior
the state title,” he said. “We’ve
had decades oI successIul base-
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
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May 3
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vs. Southridge (W$)
at HanIord ('H)
vs. Roseburg ('H)
vs. Madison (at Boise, I')
vs. Skyline (at Boise, I')
vs. Jerome (at Boise, I')
vs. Canyon (at Boise, I')
vs. /a Grande
vs. Walla Walla
at /a Grande
at Walla Walla
at Hood River ('H)
vs. Hood River
at The 'alles ('H)
vs. The 'alles
vs. Hermiston ('H)
at Hermiston
vs. Hood River
vs. The 'alles
at Hermiston
vs. Baker
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In this April 21, 2015 ile photo, James Bradt, of Pendleton, makes contact in a bases league game
loaded situation against Hood River at Bob White Field.
ball not because oI one man but
because oI the community that
supports the teams and develops
the kids each year.”
The 2016 Buckaroos are built
just like the 2015 version — a
good pitching staII with good
hitting and great deIense.
“We should be real solid
deIensively and we should put
some pressure on our opponents
by bringing good approaches to
the plate,” Haguewood said. “We
should have a solid staII as long
as they keep the ball down and let
the deIense do the work.”
Pendleton will have to ¿ll in
the holes leIt by the departures oI
six seniors including all-league
selections in out¿elder Kyler
/unny, in¿elder Tony Papol,
in¿elder Brady Smith, and catcher
$lex O’Rourke. In their place,
Haguewood says he’s intrigued
to see how some oI the younger
players step in and develop over
the course oI the season.
“We have several guys that
are looking to crack the varsity
lineup, and we’ve seen guys in a
lot oI diIIerent positions at prac-
tice which has been interesting,”
he said. “Guys like (sophomore)
Nick Bower, (junior) $ustin
Zaugg, and (sophomore) Shaw
Jerome could break in quick and
get a lot oI varsity playing time ...
we have some holes but we have
plenty oI guys back to help.”
Pendleton will lean heavy on
returners such as senior out¿elder
Kai Quinn, in¿elder James Bradt,
and junior in¿elder Caden Smith
— who was a ¿rst team all-con-
Ierence selection aIter hitting .2
with two home runs, ¿ve doubles,
and 17 RBI.
On the mound, the Bucks will
once again lean on senior pitcher
Quinn Cockburn to carry the load
at the Iront end oI the rotation. He
turned in a solid season with a 5-5
record and a 2.25 ER$ which was
good enough to land on the second
team all-CRC. $Iter Cockburn,
Haguewood mentioned that the
rotation is still being hammered
out, but guys like senior James
Bradt and Wyatt Morris will are
leading candidates to round out
the staII.
$s the ¿rst pitches are about
to be thrown, Haguewood knows
there are still areas oI his squad
that need shored up.
“$s a coach I always see
weaknesses,” he said. “Our
two-strike approach needs to
improve, as well as better at the
small things.”
One new thing that Hague-
wood and his staII will have to
deal with in 2016 is tracking
pitch counts, as the OS$$ has
recommended the change Irom
innings limits to count limits Ior
this season as the abundance oI
arm injuries across the game oI
baseball has increased in recent
years.
“Kids are throwing a lot more
baseballs and pitches now with
extra leagues and travel teams, so
the reasoning behind it is under-
standable,” he said. “Overall it’s
a good thing, it levels the playing
¿eld because you have to rely on
the team instead oI just one guy.”
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