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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
local trail up
for regional
designation
Outlaws tame the Lions
By rongi yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws posted a
sweet 14-3 victory over
Cottage Grove at home
on Friday, April 24, and
redeemed themselves from
their loss to the Lions in the
first round of league play.
Three days earlier they
smashed Sutherlin 15-1 in
another home win.
In Friday’s action, Sisters
matched up against the Lions
in a game that proved to be
quite the opposite of their
first encounter earlier in the
season.
Sisters scored 14 runs on
11 hits and only committed
one error in the contest, while
the Lions had three runs on
five hits, and had seven errors
in the game.
The Outlaws’ freshman
phenom Zach Morgan pitched
five innings and earned the
win. Morgan leads the team in
pitching victories with seven
wins on the season. Zach had
four strikeouts in the game
and two walks. Jon Luz came
in and closed out the sixth
inning.
“Zach settled in, and threw
his fastball for strikes,” said
Coach Steve Hodges. “He did
a great job today.”
Alex Olivier had a big
triple to left-center field that
scored one to get the Outlaws
fired up in the first inning. In
the fourth, Luz led off with a
triple to right-center. And, in
the bottom of the sixth, Justin
Harrer hit a two-out laser line
Oregon Parks and Recre-
ation Department is hosting
an open house on May 6 to
seek public comment on the
designation of the Peterson
Ridge West Trail in Sisters as
a State Designated Regional
Trail.
The open house will be
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Aspen Lakes Golf Course
clubhouse, 16900 Aspen
Lakes Dr., Sisters.
The State Trail Designa-
tion program was established
in 1971 as part of the Recre-
ational Trails Act to help pro-
mote Oregon’s exceptional
scenic beauty and excellent
outdoor recreation opportuni-
ties. Oregon scenic trails are
non-motorized trails that pro-
vide access to national, state,
or regionally significant scen-
ery and showcase Oregon’s
natural gems. Scenic trails are
longer than a mile, open to
the public, substantially com-
plete and lie on public lands
or public rights-of-way or
easements.
The Oregon Recreation
Trails Advisory Council will
use public comments gathered
to assist in their recommenda-
tion to the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Commission. For
information or to comment,
contact Rocky Houston, state
trails coordinator, at 503-
986-0750 or rocky.houston@
oregon.gov.
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drive double down the right
field line, which brought the
game to an end.
Harrer finished three-for-
four with three RBI, Olivier
was three-for-four with four
RBI and Luz was one-for-
three with two RBI.
Hodges said, “This last
week we really came together.
Our practices have been good
and our guys have responded.
We came out today focused,
and did well in all facets of
the game. We were ready and
prepared. Last time around
we lost 3-2 to Cottage Grove,
and today we wanted to make
a statement, and we proved it
on the field. The guys made
my job easy today.”
Olivier also commented
on the game and how he feels
about what’s ahead.
“We were focused and
ready to take it to them
today,” said Olivier. “We
had lots of chatter, mental
focus, and the drive to take
the game from them! We
didn’t have that the last time
we faced them. But, we have
turned around as a team, and
we are scoring runs, and not
leaving as many runners on
base.
“I feel that our team is
doing superb! I believe if we
keep this up we will go far
this season. We are a good hit-
ting team, and we’re showing
that right now.”
Three days earlier Sisters
gave Sutherlin a 15-1 drub-
bing. The Outlaws scored
their runs on nine hits.
Olivier was the Outlaws’
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Jonathon luz rounds third and scores against Cottage grove.
winning pitcher. Alex pitched
well for the Outlaws the first
four innings, forced batters to
hit the ball, and only had one
walk. Odin Thorson made his
varsity debut on the mound
and closed out the fifth inning.
Morgan hit a one-out sin-
gle which scored two to start
the first inning. The Outlaws’
big blast came from Harrer in
the third. Justin connected on
a pitch down at his knees, and
ripped a three-run homer on a
shot directly into the teeth of
the wind, that sailed over the
left-field fence.
Harrer finished the game
two-for-three with four RBI.
Olivier was three-for-three.
“Alex is on a hitting ter-
ror,” said Hodges. “He’s been
hitting the ball very well
and very consistent. He’s
improved his batting average
by a couple of hundred points
in the last two weeks. He’s
on an extremely hot hitting-
streak and he’s getting the job
done.”
The Outlaws were to play
at Cottage Grove on Tuesday,
April 28, and then host Sweet
Home on Friday.
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