Baker's Eli Long shown here in 2023, is in first place after the first of two rounds at the Class 4A state tournament in Creswell. Long shot an even-par round of 72 on May 13, 2024, leading Baker, the defending team champion, to a four-stroke lead over Marist Catholic.

LA GRANDE — Baker’s Eli Long won medialist honors with an even-par round of 72, and the Baker boys golf team placed third in the La Grande Tiger Open tournament Friday, April 25, at the La Grande Country Club.

Long was two shots ahead of Coltin Miller of Burns.

Baker’s Jace Whitford was fifth with a round of 81.

Burns/Crane won the team title with 340 strokes (top four seeded players). Pendleton/Griswold was second with 343, and Baker was third with 345.

Other teams competing were Echo/Stanfield; La Grande, Heppner/Ione, Union/Cove/Imbler and Prairie City.

Other Baker players whose scores were part of the team’s official total were Palmer Chandler, eighth with a round of 87, and Ambrose Rexroad, 30th with a 105.

Other Baker scores: Xander Rexroad, 91; Cooper Briels, 96; Kale Dalke, 97; Hunter Coleman, 99; Jacob Christensen, 108; Dixon Dommeyer, 109; Colton Shank, 136.

Baker will host its own tournament Monday, April 28, at Quail Ridge Golf Course starting at noon.