OAKLAND — Baker City’s Joe Rudi was honored, along with several of his old Oakland A’s teammates, on 1970s Turn Back the Clock Night Saturday at the Oakland Coliseum.

Rudi, 63, one of the leaders during the A’s run of three consecutive World Series titles from 1972 to 1974, threw out the ceremonial first pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Replicas of his No. 26 jersey were handed out to fans at the game.

A tired Team Rudi Diamondbacks American Legion baseball team finished fourth at the Walla Walla tournament Sunday. The Diamondbacks split six games in four days.

Team Rudi opened tournament play by defeating the Northwest Crush from Seattle 3-0. The Diamondbacks then defeated Pasco 14-1, and Cour d’Alene 14-5. Team Rudi then lost 4-3 in eight innings to Richland before falling 3-2 to Walla Walla in the semifinals. Team Rudi then fell 16-10 to Triple Play of Tacoma in the third-place game.

The Eastern Oregon Pepsi AAA American Legion baseball team won three of four games against Pendleton and Vallivue, Idaho, last week.

Derek Blankenship, Cole Brown, Trace Richardson and Grant Marcum of Baker City are members of the Phillies.

Thursday, the Phillies split two games at Pendleton, winning the opener 12-4 but losing Game 2, 12-7.

Brown earned the complete-game win on the mound in the opener. Marcum had a home run and Blankenship a double.

In the second game, Marcum slugged his second homer of the day. Brown added a double. Blankenship pitched the seventh inning, striking out two.

Sometimes the best laid plans just don’t work out. Just ask Baker boys basketball coach Craig Woods.

Woods tried to coordinate a nine-team 24-hour summer basketball tournament at Baker High School Friday and Saturday.

The key to that statement was “tried.”

With nine teams Woods said each team would play a minimum of five games during the two days. There would be time for video games, sleeping and resting as well.

That was before Woods took his players to a camp at Gonzaga University a week ago. When he returned to Baker the tournament field had shrunk to five teams, and then to four.

Nine young Baker City tennis players took part in the annual Almost Wimbledon Junior Grass Court Tournament Friday through Sunday at the Baker City Grass Courts.

Nathan Eiselein, Ivan Hansen, Gracie and Lukas Huggins, Trenton Howard, Chance Parry, Dan and Kate Sizer and JJ Vela played in the three-day tournament.

Sunday’s results were not available for this story.

OREGON CITY — Baker’s Derek Blankenship and Marist’s Mitchel Wilson were named the Class 4A “Star of Stars” recipients Saturday after the final game of the Class 4A Boys Basketball All-Star Series.

The North completed a sweep of the two games by winning Saturday’s game 88-80 at Clackamas Community College. Blankenship led the North with 16 points and six rebounds.

The North also won Friday’s game at Northwest Christian University in Eugene 90-63. Blankenship again led the North with 15 points and five rebounds.

Tori Brown was picked as a first-team outfielder.

Brown is playing summer ball for the Boise Blast 18U Gold team.

ROSEBURG — The South swept a doubleheader Sunday to edge the North 2 games to 1 in the Class 4A all-star baseball series at Roseburg.

Sunday, the South, coached by Baker coach Dan Blankenship, defeated the North 7-6 and 5-2. The North edged the South in a single nine-inning game 9-4 on Saturday.

Two former Bulldogs, Derek Blankenship and Matt Gorrell, were members of the South roster.

PRINEVILLE — Two Haines cowboys have qualified for the State Finals Rodeo June 16-19 at Crook County Arena.

Taylor Kerns will compete in team roping with Will Hulden of Union.

Mike McGinn will compete in steer wrestling at the State Finals.

ROSEBURG — Three members of the Baker High School baseball team have been selected to participate in the Sterling Savings Class 4A Baseball All-Star Series June 19-20 at Legion Field in Roseburg.

Baker seniors Derek Blankenship and Matt Gorrell have been selected to play for the South squad. Baker coach Dan Blankenship will coach the South.

The teams will play a single 9-inning game starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, and two seven-inning games beginning at noon Sunday.