BAKER and POWDER VALLEY BASKETBALL: Badgers, Bulldogs both in action Friday night

Published 5:05 pm Friday, December 6, 2024

The Baker boys, and the Powder Valley boys and girls basketball teams were all in action in tournaments Friday, Dec. 6.

Baker boys

The Bulldogs had a great start, racing to a 14-4 lead over the Class 5A Bend Lava Bears in a semifinal game at the Crook County Tip Off tournament in Prineville and breezing to a 73-52 win to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Baker will play for the tournament championship on Saturday.

Bend’s Caleb Unruh kept the Lava Bears close with four 3-pointers in the first quarter, which ended with Baker leading 23-16.

The Bulldogs started the second quarter with a 10-2 run, sparked by consecutive 3-pointers by Eli Long, both from the same spot in the right corner.

Baker coach Jebron Jones then deployed the fullcourt press, and it yielded three consecutive steals leading to a layin by Isaiah Jones, a 3-pointer by freshman Jake Holden and a breakaway dunk by Rasean Jones that boosted Baker’s lead to 40-20 and prompted a Bend timeout.

Rasean Jones’ three-pointer — Baker’s fifth of the quarter — made it Baker 46-22.

The Bulldogs led 48-27 at halftime.

Bend never made a serious run at the Bulldogs in the third quarter, and Baker extended its lead to 67-41 after three quarters.

BAKER (73)

Gambleton 2 0-0 4, Chandler 0 0-0 0, Churchfield, 3 0-0 6, Clark 0 0-0 0, R. Jones 4 0-0 9, Heriza 0 0-0 0, Wellman 0 0-0 0, I. Jones 7 3-4 19, Long 5 0-0 13, Logsdon 6 1-2 17, Holden 2 0-0 5, Joseph 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 4-6 73. 

BEND (52)

Cooper 3 1-2 9, Hutchinson 4 0-0 8, Harris 1 0-0 3, Duncan 0 0-0 0, Unruh 6 0-0 16, Jimenez 1 2-2 5, Albert 1 0-2 2, Kranos 2 1-3 5, Aldine 1 0-0 2, Knapp 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 4-9 52.

Baker    23     25      19       6    —   73

Bend     17     10      14     11    —   52

Powder Valley boys

The Badgers are in Ione, taking on North Lake in the Ione Basketball Bonanza.

Powder Valley is trailing 14-8 in the second quarter.

Powder Valley girls

The Badgers lost their season opener, 41-34 to North Lake.

Huntington girls

The Locomotives lost their season opener, 39-24 to Elgin.

Huntington boys

Elgin beat the Locomotives 54-31 in Huntington’s season opener.

Pine Eagle girls

The Spartans improved to 2-0 with a 48-24 win over Cove. 

Pine Eagle boys

The Spartans lost 69-50 to Condon.