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6 Wednesday,February24,2016The Nugget Newspaper,Sisters,Oregon Girls hoops wraps up league play By Rongi Yost Correspondent photo by tiffany tisdel Matthew Riehle is the fifth-grade Sisters Middle School National Geographic Bee champion. Matthew Riehle wins geography bee Matthew Riehle, a fifth- grade student at Sisters Middle School, won the school competition of the NationalGeographicBeeon January 29 and a chance at a $50,000 college scholar- ship.Theschoolbeewasthe firstroundinthe28thannual NationalGeographicBee. Thousands of schools aroundtheUnitedStatesand in the five U.S. territories areparticipatinginthe2016 bee.Theschoolchampions, including Matthew Riehle, took a qualifying test on February 5, from which up to 100 of the top scorers in eachstatewillbeeligibleto completeintheirstatebeeon April.Matthewwillknowin earlyMarchifheisoneofthe top100inthestateeligibleto competeintheOregonstate beethisApril. TheNationalGeographic Society will provide an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., for state winners to participate in the national championship roundsMay22-25.Thefirst- place national champion will receive a $50,000 col- lege scholarship, a lifetime membership in the Society including a subscription to National Geographic magazine and a National GeographicExpeditionstrip to a national park in recog- nition of the 100th anniver- sary of the National Park Service. Thenationalfinalswillair ontelevisionontheNational GeographicChannelandPBS stations.Checklocallistings fordatesandtimes. Big-city styles…Small-town welcome. 152 E. Main Ave. • 541-549-8771 Jeff • Theresa • Ann • Jamie • Shiela • Terri • Shanntyl • Brittany Your Career at Your Care… Your Care is looking for a Certifi ed Medical Assistant/Rad Tech. Email your resume to deb@yourcaremedical.com y 541-548-2899 YourCareMedical.com 3818 SW 21st Pl. OPEN EVERY DAY DAY, AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS Hwy. 126 to Redmond, two turns and you’re there! (Near fairgrounds) WALK-IN • URGENT CARE• OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Thegirlsbasketballsquad split their games last week andwrappedupleagueplay witha4-6record. Sisters defeated Junction City(JC)51-45athomeon Tuesday, February 16, and two days later fell 50-34 to theFalconsatElmira. Sisters honored seniors OliviaStewart,NinaHorner, andBethanyBachmeierprior totip-offintheOutlaws’last homegameoftheseason. The Outlaws played a consistent game in terms of controlandpoiseagainstthe visitingTigers—areasthey have been working hard on allseason. Sisters jumped out and tookanearlyleadandclosed out the first quarter with a four-point advantage. The Outlawsextendedtheirlead inthesecond,andenteredthe halfontop28-21. The Outlaws gave up a largeleadinthesecondhalf of the contest, but fought backanddefeatedtheTigers bysix. Seven of the Outlaws players contributed in the scoringeffort.OliviaStewart hadagreatnight,andbrought consistent scoring every quarter. Olivia led the team with20points,includingone three-pointer. Stewart also was deadly at the line and finished11/12. “Olivia played three dif- ferentpositions,”saidCoach Casey Pallister. “As usual, she played with a lot of grit and determination. She playedtheentiregamewith- out a sub, which has often beenthecasethisseason.” NinaHornergotintofoul troubleearlyinthegame,but camebackinandfinishedthe nightwith10points.Horner went a perfect four-for-four fromthestripe. “Ninahadseveralblocks andrebounds,”saidPallister. “She handled the ball, and madecrucialshotsandfree- throwsdownthestretch.” Rylee Weber also had a goodnightonthehardwood. Webercontributed10points, and she converted many of herstealsintolay-ins. Hogan Hernandez and JulesMeeterplayedtoughon both ends of the court, and theybothgrabbedanumber ofrebounds. The Outlaws also had solidplayoffthebench. “Meaghan Greaney and Sydney Head came into the game in the fourth quarter andplayedfundamentalbas- ketball at a time when we neededalotofcontrol,”said Pallister.“Ithinkthathelped uspushbackintothelead.” Pallister added, “Above all,wehadgreatseniorlead- ership–thekindyouhopeto seeataseniornightbasket- ballgame.” Sisters shot the ball well fromthefreethrowline.The Outlaws were 77 percent from the stripe, compared to the Tigers, who were 33 percent. “The freethrow shooting wasahugeboost,andwehad evenscoringacrossquarters fromalargenumberofplay- ers,”saidPallister.“Wewill need all of that, along with a tougher defensive effort, when we face Elmira on Thursday.” In Thursday’s game againstElmira,theOutlaws were never able to get into theiroffense,andmadeway too many mistakes. The Falcons held the lead from starttofinish. Above all, we had great senior leadership – the kind you hope to see at a senior night basketball game. — Casey Pallister “Our biggest hurdle this year was on the offen- siveend,”saidPallister.“In games where we had less balanced scoring, we strug- gledalot,andthiswasone of those situations. Elmira hadalargepresenceinside, as well as good guard play, andweweren’tabletomatch that double whammy. We knew it was going to be a challenging game, but I’m proudthegirlsfoughthardin league.” OliviaStewardscored17 pointsinthegame,andwent 9-for-12fromthefreethrow line.
