Wednesday, May 6, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters golfers struggle Students play with the pros
on the green
By rongi Yost
Correspondent
The boys golf team only
had two players participate
in the tournament at Glaze
Meadow at Black Butte
Ranch on Monday, April 27.
Twelve teams attended the
tourney and it was no sur-
prise that Summit took top
honors with a team score
of 300. Runner-up was
Mt. View with a score of 331.
Ridgeview posted a 343 for a
third-place finish.
Sisters’ Kade Owen fin-
ished with a decent score of
106 for Sisters, but just had
too many high scores on
individual holes. Owen hit
his driver the best he’s hit
all season, but had numerous
three-putts.
Devin Robillard finished
at 119, and also struggled on
the green, and had a difficult
time putting.
Emily Christen played at
the Santiam Golf Club, in
the District Preview event on
Monday. Christen finished
with a 102, despite the fact
she shot an 11 on the par-
four, No. 2 hole, and also had
several three-putts.
Coach Bill Mitchell told
The Nugget he feels she will
be successful at the district
tournament and accomplish
her goal, which is to break
100.
Four days later, Kade
Owen was Sisters’ only player
that made it to the eight-
team Summit Invitational at
Broken Top. Summit took
first at 299, Bend was runner-
up at 307, and Lakeridge was
third at 313.
Owen shot a 134 last year
at this event, and this year
finished with a 108, which
included two pars in the
round.
“Kade had five one-putt
greens, which is a great
accomplishment,” said
Mitchell. “It was a beauti-
ful day and we enjoyed one
of the nicest courses in the
Pacific Northwest.”
Mitchell added, “There is
nothing easy about playing
18 holes of golf and counting
every shot, with no help from
any teammates. And, right
now Kade is the only player
on the team willing to accept
this challenge.”
The boys and girls teams
will play in the district tour-
nament Monday and Tuesday
May 11 and 12; the boys at
Tokatee and the girls at the
Santiam Golf Club.
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Sisters Middle School
Symphonic Band students
recently traveled to Eugene
to expand their musical hori-
zons and have a little fun.
They accomplished both
missions.
“My goal was to expose
the students to talented and
professional musicians in
hopes of expanding their
view of what it could mean
to be musicians in the real
world,” said Tyler Cranor,
instrumental music teacher at
Sisters Middle School.
Cranor shared the eco-
nomic reality with his stu-
dents that many symphony
musicians hold additional
jobs — such as being music
teachers.
In April, nine seventh-
and eighth-graders from
Symphonic Band enjoyed
music clinics with Dr. Eric
Wiltshire, director of ath-
letic bands at University
of Oregon, and with Brian
Scott, percussionist with the
Eugene Symphony. Also, the
University’s graduate jazz
combo played for the Sisters
group, then answered the stu-
dents’ questions. In the eve-
ning, the students attended a
Eugene Symphony Concert
of Beethoven’s “Pastorale.”
photo provided
Sisters students play in Beall Concert Hall in eugene.
“The trip also gave us
another great place to perform
and learn,” said Cranor. “We
got to play in Beall Concert
Hall, which is a world-class
recital hall.”
“My favorite part of the
trip was definitely listen-
ing to the jazz combo,” said
Nathaniel Hicks, seventh-
grade clarinet player. “The
music they played was just so
awesome.”
“I learned so much from
Dr. Wiltshire,” said Ethan
Tolle, eighth-grade eupho-
nium player. “He told the
band that we are responsible
for how we play, and not to
only rely on Mr. Cranor but
to let him be our tour guide
through our musical journey.”
The one-night trip cost
only $50 per student, since
additional funds were raised
by Peggy Houge, who orga-
nized a silent auction on the
evening of a band and choir
concert earlier in the school
year.
Cranor thanks Leah and
David Tolle for being chap-
erones on the two-day trip.
Marcia Gluz with the Hult
Center helped coordinate the
visit.
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