Wednesday, September 16, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Girls wrap up tough pre-season
Obituary (See additional obituaries on pages 10 and 31)
Timothy Ray Rollins
September 21, 1955 — September 6, 2015
By Rongi yost
Correspondent
The girls soccer team fell
6-1 at home to Molalla on
Thursday, September 10,
and two days later lost 4-0 at
Henley.
Molalla came out strong
in Thursday’s match-up and
held a 3-0 lead at the half.
Eight minutes into the second
half the Outlaws got on the
scoreboard. Olivia Watts had
a corner kick that sailed into
the box, and Nika Chick vol-
leyed the ball with the inside
of her foot and sent the ball
straight into the back of the
net.
The Indians scored three
more goals and earned the
win.
Molalla had some fast for-
wards on their team and took
advantage of their speed. The
Indians finished with 27 shots
on goal and Sisters had 11.
Anna Ortega (defense),
Nika Chick, and Michaela
Miller (center-midfielders) all
played a great game for the
Outlaws.
“Anna slowed down
Molalla’s defenders very well
and really contained them. It
was perfect technique on her
part. Both Nika and Michaela
were really aggressive at win-
ning the ball. They had tight
combination passes to each
other and some good penetrat-
ing runs through the defense,”
stated Coach Thomas Draxler.
Draxler added, “We still
need to work on playing as
a team. We did pretty good
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photo by Jerry baLdoCk
Nika chick scores for Outlaws against Mollala.
playing the ball out of the
back and passing it, instead of
just a big boot to no one.”
On Saturday, the Outlaws
played in very hot and humid
weather at Henley, which
made it very difficult for the
girls to run.
“It was one of those games
where you wish you could
have quarter-breaks and not
just a break at halftime,” said
Draxler.
The Lady Outlaws did
play fairly well, and improved
both their defense and their
passing game.
Taylor Schneider posi-
tioned herself well at the
center-defender position, and
was able to direct the defense,
and drop back to add depth
to the defense. Lexi Martin
also played a good game at
mid-center.
“Lexi was able to trap the
ball from the goal-kick, and
distribute the ball out to the
wings,” said Draxler.
After three tough pre-sea-
son losses, Draxler told The
Nugget he feels his team is
ready for conference play.
The losses have helped
us understand how we
need to play. I feel like
we’re definitely ready for
our first league game.
— Thomas draxler
“The losses have helped
us understand how we need
to play,” said Draxler. “I feel
like we’re definitely ready for
our first league game.”
The Outlaws will kick off
league play at home against
Sweet Home on Thursday,
September 17.
Tim Rollins passed away
in his home in Lebanon,
Oregon, with his family at
his side.
Ti m w a s b o r n i n
Snowflake, Arizona, to
Harold and Ruby Rollins.
The family moved to
Sisters in 1961. Tim went to
school in Sisters; he loved
to play baseball, and was
the team’s No. 1 pitcher.
After finishing school, he
went to Alaska and became
a fisherman and lived in
Sisters and Alaska until he
moved to Scio, Oregon in
2006.
He was preceded in
death by a brother, Walter
Rollins; his father, Harold
Rollins; and his mother,
Ruby Rollins. He is survived
by his sisters, Patti Bartels,
Dallas Churchill, Carol Sims
and Darlene Sherrett; his
brothers, Richard Rollins,
Steven Rollins, and Edward
Rollins as well as several
nieces and nephews.
Tim will be laid to rest
at the Camp Polk Cemetery.
A graveside service will
be held at the cemetery on
September 21 at 1 p.m.