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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws dribble to second-place tournament finish
By rongi yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws had a good
showing at the annual Sisters
Holiday Tournament held
Monday through Wednesday,
December 29-31. Sisters fin-
ished second, behind No.
2 state ranked Scappoose.
Banks took third.
Sisters started the tour-
ney with a big 63-32 win
over Illinois Valley. The
Outlaws played four consis-
tent quarters and transitioned
well throughout the contest.
Sisters was up 32-12 at the
half and held onto the lead to
the final buzzer. The Outlaws
shared the ball, and scoring
was spread throughout the
team. Sophomore Keegan
Greaney led the team with 12
points, Connor Schaab scored
11, Tysen Gill and Isaac
Mackenzie contributed eight,
Steen Johnson recorded seven
and Ben Larson and Lane
Gladden pitched in with six
points each.
It was a great team
effort on both ends,
and we had every player
score in the game.
our energy level and
team effort was great.
— Coach rand runco
Coach Rand Runco noted
that Gladden and Mackenzie
were outstanding getting out
on the break.
“It was a great team effort
on both ends, and we had
every player score in the
game,” said Runco. “Our
energy level and team effort
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was great.”
Sisters went on to defeat
Banks 47-24 in the semi-
finals. The Outlaws played
great defense and did an
excellent job on their offen-
sive transition. Gill, Schaab,
and Mackenzie did an out-
standing job against Banks’
big man, six-foot-six-inch
Dallin Shurts. The Outlaws
applied huge ball pressure
to the Braves’ perimeter and
made it difficult to pass the
ball into the post.
Sisters had great team
chemistry and put together
four very good quarters. They
faced a 2-3 zone and a 1-2-2
zone-and-man and executed
well against both. At the half
the Outlaws held a 30-12
advantage and went on to
outscore Banks 17-12 in the
final half.
“Tysen (Gill) was every-
where and was incredible
defensively,” said Runco.
The Outlaws held the post
to one point and forced over
15 turnovers. Gill and Schaab
cleaned up the glass and the
Outlaws’ perimeter ran the
court.
“Banks has a very quick
team and a tough big man
that scored 20 points against
Henley the night before,” said
Runco.
The Outlaws faced No.
2 ranked Scappoose in
the championship game.
Scappoose is a very good
team with big, athletic players
who average over 65 points
per game.
Brennen Macnabb is
one of the best three-point
shooters in the state and was
10-for-14 from behind the arc
in the games against Madras
and Seaside. Chase Johnson
is a tough 6-foot 3-inch player
and a candidate for Player-
of-the-Year in the Cowapa
League.
The match-up against the
two teams was a great cham-
pionship game. The Outlaws
defense did an outstanding
job against the Indians. Hayes
Moore and Ben Larson did a
terrific job on Macnabb and
held him to seven points and
one three-point shot. Gill held
Johnson to seven points in the
game.
Sisters out-rebounded
Scappoose and led most of
the game. Sisters held a 22-20
lead at the half and were up
30-27 at the close of the third
quarter.
The Outlaws missed a
few key shots in the final
quarter and then faced the
Indians’ delay game. Sisters
went down by three and Ben
Larson went the length of the
court for a lay-in to get to
within one.
The Outlaws were forced
to foul and the Indians hit
both free-throws with 15 sec-
onds left on the clock. Sisters
took a time out and then had
two three-point shots blocked.
Scappoose recorded the win
in a final score of 37-34.
Moore led the Outlaws
with nine points, Larson
recorded eight, Greaney con-
tributed seven, and Gill added
six.
“It was a great effort, but
we just had a few too many
turnovers throughout the
game to pull away,” said
Runco. “It was a good game
and had a league play-off feel.
It was a perfect pre-season
game and we all learned a
lot.”
Sisters was frustrated they
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keegan Greaney scores versus Illinois Valley.
didn’t get to the line more.
The Outlaws only went to
the line four times against the
very physical Indian squad,
who went to the line 14 times.
The Outlaws turned the
ball over 15 times compared
to the Indians, who only
turned the ball over six times.
Of the tourney Runco said,
“It was a good tournament
and we played very tough
defense and beat each team
on the boards. Overall, we
improved greatly and played
at a high level. The boys
really bought in on the defen-
sive end, and offensive transi-
tion really improved.”
Sisters was to play at North
Marion on Tuesday, January
6. The Outlaws will play at
home against 5A Redmond
on Friday, January 9.
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