Baker 8th grade AAU Girls Basketball Team recently placed third at state

By Garrett Christensen on Friday, March 8th, 2024 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News

BAKER CITY – (Information provided by Coach John Quintela) Eastern Oregon’s junior high athletes are continuing to make their hometowns proud. During this past weekend, the Baker 8^th grade AAU Girls Basketball Team (Purple Reign) came in 3^rd place at the Oregon State Championship in Redmond.

In correspondence with Elkhorn Media Group, coach John Quintela gave quite the description of the game and the team:

“What an amazing accomplishment for these ladies, placing 3rd out of 14 other teams in their division.

They defeated two teams from Portland in pool play – Putnam 46-18 and McDaniel 53-31; lost to the eventual champion Scappoose in the semifinals (40-52); and defeated Crook County 49-29 for the 3rd place title. And as always they represented Baker with excellent sportsmanship and class! They finished their season with a 19-9 record.

Some of these girls have been playing AAU basketball together for the last 6 years, and all of them will make a significant impact at the HS level.

Go Reign! Go Dawgs!”