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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Volleyball squad participates in Clearwater Classic
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws took
on top teams from around the
state in the Clearwater Classic
held in Bend on Saturday,
October 10.
Sisters swept their oppo-
nents in pool play. The
Outlaws defeated Ridgeview
25-11, 25-15, topped South
Salem 25-14, 25-12, and fin-
ished with a 25-15, 25-20 win
over South Eugene.
The Outlaws played faster
and faster during pool play,
and were very prepared for
their match against Summit
at the start of bracket play.
Sisters defeated the Storm
25-16, and 25-20.
Libero Jessie Brigham was
just “lights-out” digging the
ball; she tallied 16 digs in the
match. She was all over any-
thing that came her way.
Allie Spear, Ashlynn
Cantwell, and Brigham did
an incredible job on serve-
receive. The trio did not give
Summit any easy place to
serve the ball. The Storm
passed great balls for the
Outlaws’ setters to do what-
ever they wanted with them.
Setters Hawley Harrer and
Alex Hartford did an out-
standing job placing sets and
keeping the speed of the game
in the Outlaws’ favor. Spear
and Harrer peppered the ball
and brought power to the
court. Middles Brooke Knirk
and Peytan Zanck ran their
hitting assignments perfectly,
and froze Summit’s blocks.
They also hit some strategic
places, and forced Summit’s
middles to resort to tips and
hard angles.
Spear recorded 11 kills in
the match, tallied 13 digs, and
went nine-for-ten from the
service line with three aces.
Cantwell and Harrer both
posted seven digs.
Hartford went 10/12 from
the line, dished out 11 assists,
and recorded three digs.
Brigham was 12/13 from the
line with one ace, and led the
team with 16 digs.
“Summit is always a tough
competitor, and the game
could always go either way,”
said Myhre. “It is becom-
ing a very friendly rivalry
and we just happened to get
the games swinging our way
this year. They are tough,
and our players respect their
competitiveness.”
Sisters advanced and took
on No. 2-ranked 6A Central
Catholic. The Outlaws fell
26-24, 25-20, in an incredible,
high-intensity, well-played
match.
The Outlaws were not
intimidated by the top-ranked
team, and came out strong
and took a lead. Sisters hit-
ters pounded the ball, and
the squad moved to a tempo
that seemed to keep Central
Catholic (CC) on their heels.
Middle hitters Zanck and
Knirk really forced CC hitters
to hit line most of the time,
and Harrer would cover that
lane, which forced a lot of hit-
ting errors for CC.
Sisters’ serve-receive did
an outstanding job throughout
the set. They picked up the
serving strength of CC, and
kept the team in tempo.
Toward the end of the set,
CC proved why they ranked
No. 2 in 6A. The Lady Rams
adjusted to the Outlaws’
speed, started to place some
of their tips in tough places,
picked up more of the
Outlaws’ shots and pushed to
tie the game. CC forced the
Outlaws out of their tempo at
the end of the set, and slowed
the game down enough to take
the win.
The Outlaws and CC
fought hard in the second set,
but the Rams were able to
take the Outlaws out of tempo
again, and frustrate their hit-
ting assignments.
“We never really got too
far behind the whole set, but
by the time we reached our
momentum shift it was a little
too late and CC took the sec-
ond set,” said Myhre.
“Central Catholic was an
amazing team that didn’t seem
to have any weaknesses in
their rotations,” said Myhre.
“We showed that we are able
to compete with the best teams
in the state, no matter what
level they are at. I’ve never
been prouder of the team,
and the way they played their
game. It really came down to
which team was going to blink
and lose tempo. We blinked
first, and were just edged out.”
Myhre told The Nugget the
Outlaws entered the tourna-
ment determined to see how
they would match up against
teams from bigger schools,
and they proved they could
play right with them.
“This is a special team
that just seems to pull out the
fight when they need to, and
they earned the respect of the
CC coaches,” added Myhre.
“They have nothing to hang
their heads about. The success
of this weekend first and fore-
most goes to the girls. They
carried the weight, and carried
it well.”
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