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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Lady Outlaws show spirit in tourney
After years of absence
from the district all-star tour-
nament, Sisters assembled a
10- to 12-year-old fast-pitch
team with the vision of a dis-
trict championship in their
eyes.
The girls would start
their tournament versus the
host team Crook County. As
the visiting team the Lady
Outlaws scratched out a first-
inning run only to have Crook
County come back and put up
six runs in the bottom of the
first.
Behind a barrage of hits
and the right arm of Outlaws
starting pitcher and stel-
lar fielding from the Sisters
third basewoman, the Lady
Outlaws would go on a 19-3
run and finish Crook County
20-6 in four innings.
Game two was to be
the Outlaws vs. Redmond.
Redmond jumped out to a
quick lead with two in the
top of the first and held the
Outlaws scoreless.
In the top of the second
the Lady Outlaws got out of
the inning by showing some
leather and only allowing two
runs.
In the bottom of the sec-
ond the Outlaws erupted for
five runs, taking a one-run
lead into the third inning.
Redmond would tie the game
in the third and another four
in the fourth. The Outlaws
would add a couple runs in
the fifth and sixth innings,
but it would not be enough, as
Redmond would squeeze out
an uncomfortably close game.
After the heartbreak-
ing loss to Redmond, the
Lady Outlaws came back
2-1/2 hours later to battle a
fresh Warm Springs team in
game three of the Outlaws’
tournament.
The Lady Outlaws won
the pregame coin toss and
took the hammer just in case
a home-team last at bat was
needed.
The determined Warm
Spring team jumped out to a
commanding lead by the end
of the second inning, lead-
ing the Outlaws 8-0. In any
normal situation you would
see heads hanging and a team
ready to quit. Not this group;
the young ladies of Sisters
stood at the dugout fence and
cheered for each other louder
than before and decided at
that point they were not going
to lose this game.
In the top of the third
inning the Outlaws shut
down Warm Springs 1, 2, 3,
and unloaded in the bottom
of the third for seven runs to
bring Sisters to within one run
headed to the fourth.
The Outlaws defense was
the story of this game. After
getting shell-shocked in the
first two innings, they held
their heads high and held
Warm Springs scoreless to the
sixth inning, while tacking on
another five runs in the fifth.
The Outlaws had a nice
lead heading into the top of
the sixth. This Warm Springs
team was as determined as
the Outlaws, and with some
sly base-running and timely
hitting the young ladies from
Warm Springs tied the game
with four runs in the top of
the sixth. Now it was the
Lady Outlaws’ turn. With the
hammer on their side and a
strong will that was not going
to allow this team to lose,
they stepped out of the dug-
out for their first at-bat. After
a couple of walks and timely
hits the Outlaws were left
with a tie game, two outs and
a runner on third.
The pitcher delivered the
ball to the catcher, the pitch
short-hopped the catcher and
headed to the screen as the
runner from third barreled
down the baseline.
The throw from the catcher
to the pitcher at the plate —
SAFE! — with a well-placed
slide under the tag.
The Lady Outlaws were
victorious and headed to the
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championship game the fol-
lowing day versus tourna-
ment-favorite Redmond.
The Lady Outlaws put up a
great fight, and Redmond is a
great team that will represent
Central Oregon well in the
state tournament, but it was
not to be the Lady Outlaws’
day.
After multiple injuries, ill-
ness, and heat exhaustion the
Lady Outlaws’ season would
come to an end in the cham-
pionship game.
“As the girls stood on the
first-base line after the game
to accept their second-place
trophy a realization came
over me,” said Coach Jason
Monaghan. “Speaking with
many patrons of the tourna-
ment that commented to the
fact it was great to have Sisters
back in the tournament, and
that they were rooting for the
underdog. I thought ‘are we
an underdog?’ With the dis-
play that this team put on at
the tournament I would say:
Underdog no more, we are a
force to be reckoned with.”
Monaghan said, “This
group of girls is the epitome
of a team; they rooted each
other on, helped each other
up when they were down,
and never gave up. There are
too many great stories about
this tournament too put into
one story. If you happen to
photo provided
the Outlaws made a good showing in their all-star tournament.
see me around ask me about
these Lady Outlaws and
their tournament, warning if
you do: I hope you have the
time, because it could take a
while.”
The roster of the Outlaws
softball all-stars: Cooper
Alport, Sienna Chamberlain,
Greta Davis, Hannah Fendall,
Taylor Foley, Chole Frazee,
Taylor Lookabaugh, Hannah
Maiden, Lizzy McCrystal,
Daisy Patterson, Payden
Petterson and Anessa Stotts.
“It was a lot of fun and
quite the experience working
with these girls this all-star
season,” said Monaghan.
“Girls, thank you for
allowing me the privilege to
coach you all through this
experience; this is a memory
I will have forever. Bill, thank
you so much for the help, you
are a rock star.”
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