Wednesday, January 20, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws Lacrosse prepares for its 12th season
Mr. SHS
candidates,
fundraisers
announced
Sisters High School’s
annual Mr. SHS charity drive
is underway. Last week,
the school announced the
roster of Mr. SHS contes-
tants and their escorts: Ross
Grant (Chelsea Shepherd),
Seth Larson (Maggie
Bidasolo), Robert Merola
(Tara G reaney), S teen
Johnson (Taylor Eagan),
Rory Petterson (Michaela
Miller), Sam Patton (Betsy
Ausman), Jadon Bachtold
(Tessa O’Hern) and Tristan
Kaczmarek (Kayla Neil).
There are several fund-
raising events lined up for
the program. Proceeds ben-
efit Sisters Family Access
Network (FAN):
• Thursday, January 21:
Annual Mr. SHS vs. Mr. RHS
Dodgeball Fundraiser, 7 p.m.
at Redmond High School.
Tickets are $3/person, sold
at the door. A free rooter bus
will transport contestants,
escorts and the first 35 SHS
students that sign up. Bus
will leave SHS at 5:45 p.m.
• Wednesday, February
10: Mr. SHS Contestants
Community Service Day at
FAN, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Sunday, February 21:
Annual Mr. SHS Pasta Feed,
6 p.m. at Sisters Community
Church. Tickets are $5/per-
son. Contestants and escorts
will create cakes that will be
auctioned off. Contestants
will also be auctioned off to
provide three hours of service
to the highest bidder.
• Friday, February 26: Mr.
SHS assembly at Sisters High
School auditorium.
• Friday, March 4: 2016
Mr. SHS Pageant, 7 p.m.,
SHS Auditorium. 2016 Mr.
SHS will be crowned.
Lacrosse players in Sisters
Country are getting their gear
ready for the start of another
season — the 12th season
since the fastest-growing
high school sport in America
came to town.
The varsity girls will
be led by returning coach
Mikaela Trott-Rickards.
Captains Marissa Young and
Taylor Schneider will lead
the Outlaws on the field.
Trott-Rickards is leveraging
her personal fitness regimen
as a member of Level 5 and
designed a pre-season work-
out program.
“Last year, our lack of
conditioning meant we hit
the field walking,” said Trott-
Rickards. “But we’ll take that
up a notch this year!”
Trott-Rickards anticipates
some great results as Head
Strength and Conditioning
Coach Ryan Hudson contin-
ues to work with the athletes.
The varsity boys will be
coached by first-year coach
Eric Wentzel. Wentzel’s
employer, Mohr Solutions, is
in full support of his involve-
ment with youth sports.
The tradition of open
gym Sundays has already
begun, and more than 20
boys enjoyed a self-led game
of chumash (3-on-3) last
Sunday at the high school.
Captains for the squad will
be selected in the near future.
“I had a chance to sit
down with (lacrosse pro-
gram founder) Bill Rexford
over the holiday break,” said
Wentzel, “and he gave me
an appreciation for all that
has gone into this program.
I look forward to building on
that while making improve-
ments to evolve the program
forward.”
Sisters Park & Recreation
District (SPRD) will admin-
ister the entire club in con-
junction with Sisters High
School Athletic Director Tim
Roth.
“Any varsity player who
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meets all of the eligibility
requirements will earn his or
her letter,” Roth said.
Like last year, Outlaws
from kindergarten through
8th grade will also get to
play lacrosse on teams that
will practice in Sisters and
play games in partnership
with Bend Park & Recreation
District. Registration is now
open at SPRD, online at
www.sistersecreation.com,
in person or by phone at
541-549-2091.
A major change this year
is that SPRD established a
lacrosse committee to pro-
vide oversight and support
of the club. This committee
is made up of Doug Green,
Michele Hammer, Winter
Lewis, Paul Patton, Mikaela
Trott-Rickards, Eric Wentzel
and Jay Wilkins. In addition,
Tracy Harris, Kim Kelm,
Cathy Stadeli and Amy Wood
lead key sub-committees.
The goal of this group
is to support the club in all
aspects of the season, with
special emphasis on two-
way communication, budget
transparency, fundraising and
volunteer coordination.
“Lacrosse is not an inex-
pensive sport,” said Jay
Wilkins. “The equipment
needs alone are huge. We
want to provide the best play-
ing experience we can while
keeping things reasonable
from a cost perspective.”
Assessing actual equip-
ment needs is critical.
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the club,” said Doug Green,
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Mikaela trott-rickards.
“is return any unneeded
equipment while also let-
ting us know of what equip-
ment you’re keeping for this
upcoming season. We don’t
want to buy another helmet if
you already have one!”
Almost 50 percent of the
year’s operating budget will
have to be provided through
fundraising.
“Volunteers will make
or break the season,” said
Liam Hughes, SPRD execu-
tive director and lead for
the Sisters Area Lacrosse
Invitational (SALI) tourna-
ment held each year over
Mother ’s Day weekend.
“We’ll need hundreds of vol-
unteer hours just to pull off
the SALI tournament, which
hopefully will contribute
approximately $10,000 to the
fundraising efforts.”
Planning is underway
with Leland Bliss to coordi-
nate another Celebrate Sisters
Day, where volunteers clean
up school grounds and other
areas of town. In the past,
this has been an opportunity
for the lacrosse families to
give back to the community
while also earning facility-
use credits that directly
defray the operating costs.
Lacrosse volunteers will
be staffing the concessions
stand at the high school for
most home basketball games
and wrestling meets. With
the support of the Outlaws
Booster Club, this is another
way to raise funds for the
club. Lacrosse players are
also participating in the
Outlaws Card program that
helps to raise scholarship
funds for all sports
All returning and prospec-
tive lacrosse players (kin-
dergarteners through high
schoolers) and their families
are invited to a season kick-
off/meet-the-coaches event
Sunday, January 24, at 5
p.m. at Westside Church, 442
Trinity Way. Coffee and des-
serts will be provided.
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