Another tournament, another victory for the Baker boys golf team.

Double victory, actually.

With freshman Eli Long winning medalist honors with a round of 69 and teammate Isaiah Jones tied for second at 73, the Bulldogs easily won the team title at Scotch Pines Golf Course in Payette, Idaho, on Monday, May 1.

“In the time that I’ve coached I’ve never had two kids that are shooting at or around par,” coach Mike Long said.

Baker’s team total of 313 strokes was far ahead of runner-up Burns, at 352.

Jaxon Logsdon, who also plays baseball for the Bulldogs, carded a round of 82 to place fifth, and Kaden Conklin rounded out Baker’s team score with an 89.

Freshman Xander Rexroad shot a round of 107 (the top four scores count toward the team total).

Mike Long pointed out that among the Bulldogs’ district opponents competing at Scotch Pines, Baker was 51 strokes ahead of La Grande (third overall, 364 strokes) and 64 better than Ontario (fourth overall, 377).

Although Baker didn’t field a girls team, Gretchen Morgan competed as an individual, shooting a round of 110 and placing fifth

overall.

The Baker boys performance followed a similarly dominating performance at the La Grande Country Club on April 28. Long was medalist with a round of 74, while Jones fired a 77 to place second.

The Baker boys and girls will travel to Birch Creek in Pendleton on Friday, May 5 for a tournament starting at 9 a.m.

That’s the same course where Baker will compete for the district title on May 8-9, with the boys as a team and Morgan as an individual.

“So it’ll be sort of a practice round for us, most of these kids have seen that course before, but always nice to play again beforehand,” Long said.

He’s optimistic about the Baker boys’ prospects at district and, likely, at the Class 4A state tournament May 15-16 at Trysting Tree in Corvallis.

Baker traveled to Corvallis for a practice round in April.

“Jaxon won the district championship last year, and so he’s very capable of that,” Long said. “Kaden Conklin has been low 80s in tournaments, so with the four guys we put out there it’s going to be more fun in the next couple weeks.”

Last May the Baker boys tied for second at the state tournament, led by Jones’ fourth-place finish. The Bulldogs were just three strokes behind state champion Banks.