Wednesday, January 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Girls basketball faced adversity in holiday tournament
By Rongi yost
Correspondent
The girls basketball team
hosted their holiday tour-
nament Monday through
Wednesday, December 28-30.
Mazama, Banks, Madras,
Estacada, Marshfield, La Pine
and Henley joined Sisters for
the annual event. La Grande
came out on top with a first-
place finish, Mazama was
runner-up, and Banks finished
third.
The Lady Outlaws started
out slow in the first quarter of
their game against Estacada
on Monday, and trailed the
Rangers 13-4 to close out the
first quarter. Sisters outscored
Estacada 32-26 the remainder
of the game, and outscored
them 12-2 in the final period,
but it wasn’t enough to recover
from their first-quarter deficit.
The Outlaws had a lot of
good looks inside around the
basket, but struggled to con-
vert shots. They also strug-
gled from the line, and only
went 19/35 from the stripe.
Sisters was short a few
players due to the holidays,
but Olivia Stewart and Nina
Horner stepped up and led
the charge. Stewart finished
the game with 18 points and
Horner added 11.
“I am very proud that
the girls never gave up, and
fought through adversity,”
said Coach Casey Pallister.
“It was nice to see a total team
effort, and it being a close
game was a great experience.”
Sisters got stung badly by
the Hornets in their second
game, and lost the contest
60-30. The Outlaws played
a good first half, and only
trailed by six with the score
at 28-22 as teams entered the
half, but they fell apart in the
second half.
Henley changed up their
defense in the third quarter,
and the Outlaws struggled
against it. Sisters only put up
eight points in the period, and
then were held scoreless in
the fourth. The Hornets kept
knocking down the points and
won by 30.
Olivia Stewart led the
Outlaws with 17 points,
including one three-pointer.
Stewart was also 10/12 from
the line.
The Outlaws’ younger
players put forth a good effort.
Molly Winter and Mia Cook
each chipped in four points
in the game, and Meaghan
Greaney worked hard to get
some great rebounds.
“Mia played the entire
game and never backed
photo by Jerry bAldocK
Nina Horner goes up for two. Horner stepped up in the girls’ efforts to overcome Estacada.
down,” said Pallister. “We
were really impressed with
her effort.”
Sisters lost 52-26 against
Marshfield in the final game
of the tournament. The
Outlaws played a strong first
half, but struggled against
the Pirates’ zone in the sec-
ond half. Sisters dribbled too
much against Marshfield’s
press, which led to numer-
ous turnovers, and way too
many baskets for the Pirates
in transition.
“We are learning through
experience every time we
play, and it’s great to see
some of our younger play-
ers improve every game,”
said Pallister. “Sydney Head
played very physical and
strong for us today. I was
proud of her toughness.”