Coach George Keister said Baker’s No. 1 singles player, Dan Sizer, was out with a case of mononucleosis. The No. 2 singles player, Jordan Curtis, also was out because of illness. Keister said he hopes to have Curtis back early this week and Sizer is expected back in time to play at the district tournament Thursday at Vale.

Although the weather isn't expected to cooperate early in the week, Keister said he hopes the teams will be able to get in some practice in preparation for the district tournament. The top four singles teams and the top four doubles teams will advance to the state competition at Eugene.

Haley Adams won the javelin and Tori Wirth the shot put Friday as the Baker girls finished first in the team standings at the Baker Invite track and field meet.

The Baker boys, led by double winner Jake Eastland (javelin and pole vault), Mitko Smith’s win in the 100 meters and the first-place 400 relay team (Stephen Brock, Ben Frix, Roberto Kitch, Mitko Smith), finished second overall.

Powder Valley finished seventh in the boys standings and ninth in the girls meet.

Baker Middle School boys track team came away with first place at the 12-team Mount Vernon Middle School meet in John Day on Saturday, May 1.  Eighth-grader Nate Baeth set a school record in the triple-jump with a jump of 34 feet, 11 inches in the competition, eclipsing the 34-feet-8fi-inch record set by Colten Richards in 2009. Baeth also posted a first-place finish in the long jump, and finished first in the 800 meter run.

 The Baker girls finished eighth place out of a twelve-team field. Michelle Freese placed second in the shot put at 33 feet, 4 inches, and Charlie Carpenter finished with a fourth-place time of 13.4 seconds in the 100 meter run.

Baker High School tennis teams have had a busy week of nonleague matches as they competed in three meets in just four days, with one more to come on Saturday.  

Monday the team was in Weiser, Idaho, and picked up a team win for the girls, and a mixed-doubles match.

Tuesday the Bulldogs were back in Baker City to play a makeup match with Nyssa. Thursday they met the Burns squad on their home court.  Baker played Nyssa and Burns with reduced squads on each day because of the small size of their teams, splitting most of the team between the two matches. Baker’s girls doubles and boys swept their matches against Nyssa, while in Thursday afternoon’s match against Burns, the team won every game and every match played.

The next test for the team will be Saturday at noon as they travel to La Grande.

Baker’s girls golf team closed out its home regular season Wednesday by hosting eight other schools in the Baker Invitational at Quail Ridge Golf Course.

Baker finished fifth in the team standings with an 18-hole score of 412. Weiser won the team title with a 374.

Other scores were La Grande 382, Hermiston 396, Ontario 407, Payette 433, and Pendleton 507.

Baker battled blustery conditions to sweep La Grande in a varsity tennis match Thursday at the Ash Grove Complex.

Baker won the boys match 3-2 and the girls 4-1.

“We got it in despite some poor conditions,” said Baker coach George Keister.

In the boys competition, Dan Sizer and Jordan Curtis won the top two singles matches in straight sets.

Nathan Eiselein and Trenton Howard needed three sets to win the No. 1 doubles.