BAKER BASKETBALL: Isaiah Jones repeats as Class 4A player of the year; Jebron Jones coach of year for second straight season

Published 11:57 am Monday, March 31, 2025

By Jayson Jacoby | Baker City Herald

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Baker's Isaiah Jones scores against Cascade on March 14, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Baker coach Jebron Jones gestures to the Bulldogs against The Dalles on March 8, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Baker's Ashlyn Dalton looks to pass against La Grande's Kayle Collman on Jan. 24, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Jaxon Logsdon goes for two in a nonleague game against Crook County on Jan. 4, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Baker's Rasean Jones slams through an alley oop during the Class 4A state championship game against Marshfield on March 15, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Baker's Molly Rasmussen shoots against Stayton in a Class 4A semifinal game March 14, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Baker junior Eli Long cuts a section of net after helping lead the Bulldogs to the Class 4A state championship on March 14, 2025. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald)

Another state championship, another raft of statewide awards for the Baker boys basketball team.

The Bulldogs, who won their second straight state title on March 15, also claimed the top two individual awards in a vote by Class 4A coaches.

Senior Isaiah Jones was named player of the year for the second straight season, and his dad, coach Jebron Jones, repeated as coach of the year.

Other Bulldogs honored were senior Jaxon Logsdon, who was named to the second team, and juniors Rasean Jones and Eli Long, who were both honorable mention picks.

On the girls side, where Baker finished third at the state tournament, senior Ashlyn Dalton was named to the second team, and freshman Molly Rasmussen was an honorable mention selection.

Jayson has worked at the Baker City Herald since November 1992, starting as a reporter. He has been editor since December 2007. He graduated from the University of Oregon Journalism School in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism.