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WHATEVER IT TAKES
Irrigon’s Zack Henrichs
was a force on the mound,
at the plate and in the
fi eld for the Knights
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
Zack Henrichs fell in love with
the game of baseball the fi rst time
he picked up a ball.
Nothing has changed over the
years for the recent Irrigon High
School graduate. He honed his
game and was one of the best
players in Eastern Oregon this
spring.
Henrichs was a fi rst team all-
league pitcher and infi elder, and
earned 3A fi rst-team all-state hon-
ors as a pitcher. Along the way, he
threw a perfect game, a no-hitter
and was named the East Orego-
nian’s Player of the Year.
“That feels great, it really
does,” Henrichs said of the honor.
“There are a lot of good players
in our area. I’m glad to even be in
the conversation. To get it means
the world to me.”
Joining Henrichs on the fi rst
team are teammate Lino Covarru-
bia, Tanner Sater of Weston-McE-
wen, Heppner’s Tyler Carter, and
Pendleton’s Ryan Stahl, Justin
Duso, Ty Beers, Kyle Field, and
Gabe Umbarger.
Pendleton’s TJ Haguewood,
who took the Bucks to the 5A
state championship game, was
named Coach of the Year.
“We had a great group of kids,
and this is not a one-man show,”
Haguewood said. “My assistant
coaches do a great job. It’s more
of a coaching staff award.”
The Knights won the Special
District 5 regular-season title with
an 11-1 record. They also won the
district title before dropping a 5-3
game to Taft in the fi rst round of
the 3A state tournament. They
Staff photo by E.J. Harris/East Oregonian
Irrigon’s Zack Henrichs is the All-EO Player of the Year after a successful season on the mound and at the plate.
fi nished the season 20-5.
“I’m so proud of the guys,”
Henrichs said. “It’s not how we
wanted it to end, but there wasn’t
a time we weren’t having fun. It
was my favorite baseball season I
have ever had.”
Numbers don’t lie
During the season, Henrichs
was 10-0 on the mound with a
1.42 ERA. He struck out 89 and
walked 20 in 53 innings of work.
At the plate, he hit .478 with 12
doubles, 29 RBIs and 32 runs
scored. He also led the team with
25 stolen bases.
“He is an easy kid to coach,”
said Irrigon coach Randy Hen-
richs, who also is Zack’s grandfa-
ther. “He’s a student of the game.
We would come home and talk
about a game, and he would bring
up things I missed.”
Henrichs’ perfect game came
on April 9 against Umatilla.
He struck out 12 as the Knights
cruised to a 26-0 victory
“I just got rolling in the zone,”
Henrichs said. “I knew I had a
no-hitter going, but as soon as I
struck out the last guy, I thought,
‘I just threw a perfect game.’”
It wasn’t as easy as he makes
it sound.
“Actually, my fi rst two pitches
in the fi nal inning were in the
dirt,” Henrichs said. “(Catcher)
Matthew (Moreno) called time
and told me to settle down. I
struck out that kid, then the next
and the next. It was surreal.”
Henrichs tossed a no-hitter
May 3 against Burns, striking out
seven in a 10-0 victory.
“I had a one-hitter last year,”
he said. “To get both in one sea-
son is amazing.”
Getting started
Henrich’s fi rst baseball was a
Wiffl e ball. He was 3 years old.
“We had the Wiffl e ball and a
plastic bat,” Randy Henrichs said.
“We got it around Christmastime.
We had a big living room and he
would hit that ball in the house.
I would throw the ball overhand
and he would hit it nine times out
of 10. When he was 4, he was
breaking lamps and we were both
getting in trouble.”
Zack’s fi rst competitive base-
ball game was T-ball. He was 5.
“He could hit that thing in the
outfi eld,” Randy said. “Every
time he hit the ball, he would
round all the bases and slide into
home. Then they would make
him go back to fi rst base.”
The future
Henrichs, 18, who played
every infi eld position except fi rst
base his senior year, will take his
game to Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College, where he was an
early signee last fall.
“Wherever the team needs
me, and it puts us in a position to
win, I’m all about it,” he said. “It
will help prepare me for college.
When I get a position, I will know
what I am doing. I won’t be play-
ing all over the fi eld, which will
be different than high school.”
One position he likely won’t
play at BMCC is pitcher.
“I’ll miss pitching,” he said.
“Your mindset is different — you
have to think about the batters
and where you are going to throw
the ball every time.”
Henrichs said one reason he
chose BMCC is because it was
close to home and his family can
watch him play.
“For them to be able to watch
me play was huge in the deci-
sion,” he said. “Ever since I was
young, my mom (Shelby) and I
have lived with my grandparents
(Randy and Marie Henrichs).”
Randy Henrichs is ready to
settle in as a spectator.
“He had a lot of other offers,”
Randy said. “But he really liked
the coach and the players. That’s
important to Zack.”
East Oregonian Baseball Team
Player of the Year: Zack Henrichs, sr., Irrigon
Coach of the Year: TJ Haguewood, Pendleton
First Team
Pitchers — Ryan Stahl, sr., Pendleton; Zack Hen-
richs, sr., Irrigon.
Catcher — Justin Duso, sr., Pendleton.
Infi elders — Ty Beers, so., Pendleton; Tyler Carter,
sr., Heppner/Ione; Zack Henrichs, sr., Irrigon; Kyle
Field, so., Pendleton.
Outfi elders — Gabe Umbarger, sr., Pendleton;
Tanner Sater, sr., Weston-McEwen; Lino Covarru-
bia, sr., Irrigon.
Second Team
Pitchers — Cooper Roberts, jr., Pendleton; Chris
Large, sr., Pendleton.
Catcher — Matthew Moreno, jr., Irrigon.
Infi elders — Anthony Rodelo, sr., Riverside;
Michael Connell, jr., Stanfi eld/Echo; Payton
Smith, jr., Irrigon; Andrew Wilson, sr., Umatilla.
Outfi elders — Jordan Ramirez, sr., Hermiston;
Tanner Sweek, jr., Pendleton; Matt Demianew, sr.,
Pendleton.
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