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10 Wednesday, February 18, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Nordic skiers race despite little snow photo by Jerry baldoCk Sisters 8th-grader Noah richardson drives against Longview in the Sisters Shootout. Shootouts a success for players, community Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD), in conjunc- tion with Outlaw Basketball, is calling the 2015 Sisters Shootout series a success. Each weekend-long tour- nament attracts visitors from across Oregon to visit Sisters. The goal of the series is to raise funds for Sisters basket- ball programs. It also helps to bolster the local economy dur- ing one of the slowest times of the year. The tournament attracted thousands of visitors. The tournament dates this year were January 16-17 and February 14-15. Girls and boys teams from 5th grade to 8th grade participated. This year’s Shootout series hosted over 100 teams who traveled from as far away as Longview, Washington; Newport; Baker City; Klamath Falls; and John Day. Speaking on the idea behind the Sisters Shootout, Sisters High School basket- ball coach and physical edu- cation teacher Rand Runco said, “This tournament has run for 22 years and the local kids have a great time every year.” The tournament funds Outlaw Basketball programs and activities for the year. Local businesses get a boost at a sluggish time of year. Multiple businesses have noted that Shootout weekends are their best of the year. Mitch Mansfield of Sisters Olive and Nut Co. says, “We had a killer weekend. It’s always good – we notice a lot of families coming through, especially. Whenever we get one of the sports tourna- ments in town, it’s a boon for us. Shootout, SALI (Sisters Annual Lacrosse Invitational) — they rival anything else that goes on in town.” Liam Hughes, execu- tive director of SPRD said, “I think this was the best Shootout we’ve had. We think we were great hosts to many Sisters Country visitors. But the real focus of the event is the benefit to Sisters youth, which is tremendous.” More information on the Sisters Shootout Series can be found at sistersshootout.com. Even while the snow- fall has been sparse in the Pacific Northwest this year, the Outlaws Nordic ski team has still been out train- ing and attending races this ski season. A large influx of new skiers joined the Nordic team this year with athletes like Engracia Diez, Serena Salisbury, Marissa Young, Trinity Smith, Julia Collins- Burke, TJ Hooks and Jordan Pollard beginning their first forays into the Nordic ski world and some still their first experiences skiing ever. Coach Kelly Crowther said, “They’ve had one of the most difficult seasons to begin skiing that I’ve ever seen, but everyone has made the effort to improve and had lots of fun along the way making it one of the best sea- sons to be a ski coach.” While the season has not been conducive to spending a lot time on snow, the Outlaws have been able to secure one practice per week at Mt. Bachelor. Other teams in the Oregon High School Nordic Organization (OHSNO) league in the Portland and Eugene area have not been able to practice for the past few weeks due to a lack of snow at Mt. Hood and Hoodoo, making the Outlaws fortunate to be on snow at all. Even with this good fortune of being located near some snow, dryland training con- tinues and highlight practices include hiking in the moun- tains and running along the Metolius River. Veteran skiers such as Shayla Curtis, Maya Wieland, Seth Roy and Minam Craven have been able to put together strong races even with the Live Music at the Winery Thirsty Thursday with CinderBlue photo provided a low-snow season hasn’t kept the outlaws from fielding a Nordic Ski team this season. low-snow year. At the XC entered in this past season and Oregon Invitational held is having great success racing January 24, Shayla Curtis for his club alpine team. was able to secure a first- The Outlaws Nordic place finish in the Division team was scheduled to have 2 girls race, where she raced a home race at Hoodoo this against St. Mary’s, Corvallis, coming week but due to a and Ashland schools. Maya lack of snow at Hoodoo, that Wieland had a strong skate race has been cancelled. The race coming in 12th, having next race for the Outlaws improved dramatically since is the OHSNO State Meet beginning Nordic skiing last on February 27-28 at Mt. year. Bachelor. 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