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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Nordic skiers begin
competitive season
By charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Unlike the past two sea-
sons with scarce snowfall,
the 2016 high school Nordic
ski season got off to a good
start with plentiful snow and
scores of participants at the
Teacup Race held near Mount
Hood on Saturday, January 9.
The Sisters Outlaws, a
small but mighty contingent
totaling six athletes, fared
quite well overall among a
total of nearly 150 skiers.
Shayla Curtis turned in
the top performance for the
Sisters girls, finishing in
22nd place with a time of
24:32 for the five-kilometer
course.
Serena Salisbury finished
close in 24th place in 24:50,
while Anna Bartlett, in her
first race, placed 41st in
26:33, 13 seconds ahead of
her teammate Engracia Diez,
who placed 44th among the
81 female finishers.
Gemma Munck of Bend
High School won the race in
18:21.
For the boys, TJ Hooks
and Jordan Pollard stuck
close together in the middle
of the pack, finished in 22:41
and 22:48 respectively for
39th and 40th places.
Thomas Schoderbek of
Summit cruised to the win
among males in 15:08.
Coach Kelly Crowther
felt satisfied overall with the
effort and performance of his
squad.
“Serena skied an outstand-
ing race, double-poling the
majority of the course to pro-
pel her to her best finish yet,
and Anna had a great career
opener at Teacup,” he said.
“She was sitting in the middle
of the pack, so I’m expecting
her to be significantly faster
by the end of the season.”
He added, “TJ has greatly
improved since last year and
the extra time he has put into
skiing during winter break is
showing through in the first
race. Both Jordan and TJ will
be competitive with each
other this year.”
Weather on race day was
nearly ideal, according to
Crowther.
“The course began with
a moderate climb out of the
stadium and descended into
three kilometers of rolling
terrain and ended with a 500-
meter steep hill that every
racer herringboned up. Kick-
waxing was straightforward,
with temperatures hover-
ing in the high 20s and light
snow, allowing for great kick
and glide,” he said.
Athletes from Hood
River Valley, Summit,
Bend, Ridgeview, Saint
Mary’s Academy, Corvallis,
Cleveland, Catlin Gabel,
Redmond Proficiency
Academy, and Sisters High
School took part in the meet.
The next race for the
Outlaws is scheduled for
January 23 at Mt. Bachelor.
It will be a skate race.
The Outlaws will host
their first meet since 2013 at
Hoodoo, sponsored by Arbor
Builders, on the evening of
Thursday, February 18. The
course starts just outside the
lodge and is conducted under
lights, making it a unique
experience for all the racers.
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Bulldogs nip Outlaws in overtime
By rongi yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws were held
scoreless in overtime against
the Suthlerlin Bulldogs and
fell 39-32 in a heart-break-
ing league-opener on Friday,
January 15.
Sutherlin entered the game
with an 8-4 pre-season record,
and a couple of key players:
Wryland McKnight, a small
but explosive all-league post
from last year’s team, and
Sheldon Jackson, who is a
great scorer.
Sisters started out fast,
stole the ball several times,
and got three nice transition
baskets in the first quarter.
Scott Waddell hit four nice
jumpers, and at the close of
the period Sisters held a 16-8
lead.
From that point on, it was
a dogfight and a defensive
struggle. The Outlaws were
out-scored nine to two in the
second quarter, and at the half
held a slim one-point lead,
18-17.
Sisters did a nice job on
defense until the final four
minutes of the game. The
Outlaws were just unable to
contain Jackson, who finished
the game with 18 points, with
12 of those points coming in
the final six minutes of the
contest.
Sisters held the lead until
there was 3:40 left in the
game. The game was tied
up a few times, and then the
Outlaws took a two-point lead
with 1:30 left on the clock.
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Isaac McKenzie led the
Outlaws with 10 points, Scott
Waddell scored nine, and
Keegan Greaney added four.
Tyler Head led the way on the
glass with seven boards.
Hayes Moore, Steen
Johnson, and Greaney played
very good defense throughout
the contest. Ben Saba also
played a great game in his
first start, and Connor Lake
and Jake Larson contributed
good minutes off the bench.
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changes. Sutherlin switches
defense, and really clogs up
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Jackson hit his second
three-pointer with approxi-
mately 30 seconds left to go,
and gave the Bulldogs a one-
point lead. With 20 seconds
left, Sisters called a time-out,
and then worked to get the
ball inside.
Tyler Head caught the ball
at the high post and drove
to the basket, getting Scott
Waddell open for a jumper,
the exact same shot that beat
Redmond at the buzzer a
week earlier. It was a bit short,
but Head boarded it, and was
fouled shooting.
Head hit his first free-
throw to tie the game up at
32-32, and then missed the
second. The Bulldogs threw
up a long shot, missed, and
the game went into overtime
(OT).
In OT, the Outlaws
went down by four, and the
Bulldogs spread the court.
Sisters was unable to force
a turnover, and had to foul.
That put Jackson on the line,
and he went 4-4. The Outlaws
were unable to score a sin-
gle point, and the Bulldogs
recorded the win.
Coach Rand Runco said,
“It was a tough league loss.
Our league has five teams
that had eight or nine wins
in the pre-season. It is the
best our league has been in
several years. We are expect-
ing several exciting games
like this, and hopefully
we’ll end up on top. We are
improving and need to stay
at it. We played a really good
defensive game, but got a
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