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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws grab win in first game
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws defeated
Burns 34-29 to notch their
first win of the season.
The Sisters team took on
the Highlanders at Burns on
Friday, September 4. The vic-
tory was sweet, as it marked
the first win in football against
Burns in seven years. A large
contingent of fans decked out
in black and white made the
long trek to lend support to the
Outlaws.
Wet and windy condi-
tions caused problems for
both teams. Sisters fell
behind early, and trailed the
Highlanders 14-0 at the close
of the first quarter.
Sisters scored twice in the
second quarter. Mitch Gibney
scored on a three-yard run,
and Logan Schutte scored on
a 13-yard run. The Outlaws
decided to try for two after
both touchdowns, and Gibney
and Schutte both scored on the
running effort to give Sisters
16 points in the quarter. Burns
also scored a TD, and at the
half Sisters trailed 22-16.
The Outlaws were bogged
down by turnovers, and gave
up several big plays in the first
half due to poor execution and
assignments on defense.
The offense stepped up.
In the third quarter, Schutte
sailed down the field and
scored on an 85-yard run.
Later in the period, Gibney
scored on a two-yard run.
Both attempts at extra points
failed. The Highlanders tacked
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
photo by Jerry baldock
Despite some miscues, the Outlaws defense was strong enough to hold off
the Burns Highlanders.
on a TD in the period, but the
Outlaws closed the gap, and
trailed by just one point with
the score at 29-28.
The game went back and
forth in the second half with
several lead changes. Late in
the game, Sisters took posses-
sion of the ball on a blocked
punt. After several plays,
Gibney was able to pound the
ball in for the win.
Sisters rushed over 350
yards on the night, and the
offensive line executed well.
Schutte finished the game
with 198 yards rushing and
two touchdowns and Gibney
had three rushing touchdowns.
The Outlaws started two
linebackers who had not
played football in a few years:
junior Ryan Cook, and senior
Hayes Moore, who both did
a good job on the field. The
secondary had some bright
moments, and knocked down
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a handful of passes on the
night. Gibney and Devin
Slaughter also had some big
plays from their defensive
end positions. Sophomore
Zach Morgan did a great job
punting, and the special teams
played solid all night.
“It was a good win for the
program,” said Coach Gary
Thorson. “Burns is a very
well-coached team that has a
lot of pride in tradition in their
program, so this was a good
test for us. I’m extremely
proud of how our team pulled
together and showed some
great character, battling back
from a disappointing start. We
made a bunch of mistakes on
both sides of the ball, but a lot
of that is correctable, and we
look forward to going back to
work and improving.”
The Outlaws play at home
against Madras on Friday,
September 11.
Sisters was shut out 3-0 at
Gladstone on September 3.
Last year, the Outlaws lost to
Gladstone in the second round
of the state playoffs and were
hoping for a better outcome
this time around — but the
Gladiators prevailed.
The Outlaws were unaccus-
tomed to the artificial turf, and
Gladstone capitalized on that
fact. The Gladiators were able
to read the bounces of the ball
on the turf much better than
the Outlaws. The Gladiators
also had very strong players
in the middle, and were able
to get numerous fast breaks.
Gladstone scored two goals
in the first half of the contest
and tacked on another in the
second half for the win.
Sisters players Hannah
Ceciliani, Nina Horner, and
Lexie Stewart were all stand-
out players for the Outlaws.
Ceciliani made two fantas-
tic saves in the goal, and one
in particular was a jumble.
Gladstone fired a shot at the
goal, and Hannah did a great
job of deflecting it. When
Michaela Miller tried to clear
the ball, she tripped over Han-
nah and sat right down on her
face. Olivia Watts was able to
clear the ball.
“This is what we call an
egg scramble in the box,” said
Coach Thomas Draxler.
Horner, who didn’t start to
play soccer until high school,
also did an incredible job on
the field.
“Nina has grown so much
as a soccer player,” Draxler.
“Now, we trust her to control
the entire back line. She’s
strong in the air, and heads the
ball well, she’s strong with her
feet, and she reads the attack
very well.”
Stewart covered a lot of
ground for the Outlaws at her
right midfield position.
“Lexie was constantly
up-and-down the sidelines in
order to be in the right posi-
tion where she was needed,”
said Draxler. “And that’s an
admirable feat of endurance.”
Draxler told The Nugget
that his team will need to be
more hungry for the ball.
“Oftentimes, on free-kicks,
or long-balls, the other team
always got to the ball first,”
said Draxler. “If we can get to
the ball first it will swing the
game in our favor.”
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against Molalla on Thursday,
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