Wednesday, October 26, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Boys soccer wins league games
By Rongi Yost
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Correspondent
The Outlaws closed out
league with a 2-1 win at
Junction City on Tuesday,
October 21, and two days
later a 5-0 shutout over
Cottage Grove at home in
Sisters.
Against the Tigers on a
very muddy field on Tuesday,
Keaton Green passed the ball
to Malachy Sundstrom at the
14-minute mark. Sundstrom
rounded the corner on the
right side, beat three defend-
ers, and scored on a blast past
the keeper.
Thirteen minutes into the
second half, Asher Bachtold
played a quick direct kick at
the half to Colby Simeral,
who ripped a shot from a few
yards outside the 18 for the
goal and put Sisters on top
2-0.
With 10 minutes left in
the contest, the Tigers scored
due to a miscommunication
between Minam Cravens and
Ryan Funk, but Sisters held
onto the 2-1 lead until the
final whistle blew.
Coach Rob Jensen told
The Nugget that Asher
Bachtold and Jude Kokesh-
Carhart both played gritty
games, as did Keaton Green
and Willie Stewart, who both
played strong defense in the
muddy conditions.
“I thought the guys did the
best they could,” said Jensen.
“We had many guys falling
down and sliding all over,
and it was near-comical. We
had some great opportunities
to score and missed the mark
by inches multiple times.”
On Thursday, the Outlaws
honored seniors Malachy
Sundstrom, Minam Cravens,
Andrew Mayes, Sam
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Brogan Petterson moves ball upfield vs. Cottage Grove.
Garbrecht, Keegan Greaney,
Ryan Funk, Alec Gannon,
Anson Ricker, Sean Willitts
and Josh Kizziar prior to
the start of the contest. All
10 seniors started for the
Outlaws and got lots of min-
utes on the field.
Jensen told The Nugget
that seniors Andrew Mayes
and Sam Garbrecht played
with tons of heart on the wing
position.
Sisters scored two goals
midway through the first
half. Ricker passed the ball
to Willitts, who knocked
in a sweet shot to the right
side. Willitts slotted a ball to
Kockesh-Carhart, who hit the
bottom-right of the net for the
Outlaws’ second goal. Sisters
held the Lions scoreless and
entered the half with a 2-0
lead.
The Outlaws were click-
ing and firing on all cylin-
ders in the second half and
put together three quick goals
between the 60th and 75th
minutes.
The trio of goals started
when Greaney sent the ball
through the line to a streaking
Simeral, who placed it past
the keeper. Approximately
five minutes later, Willitts
sent a through-ball to
Simeral, who crossed the ball
to Kokesh-Carhart for his
second goal of the night.
“There was lots of com-
bination play, and the boys
moved it at championship
level,” said Jensen.
The Outlaws are currently
ranked No. 1 in the state and
will continue to work hard as
they prepare for the playoffs.
“As we prep for the play-
offs we will focus on us,”
said Jensen. “We are bringing
in guest coaches, and trying
to really work on chemistry
and fitness to make a deep
run into the playoffs. We are
going to do a lot of live play,
fine-tune the small things, and
practice defending against the
counter-attack. It’s time to
accelerate through the week
and improve every day.”
committee person for the
Republican Party.
Henderson promises to
bring a “fresh look” to county
issues.
“I think I have a unique
set of skills and background
experience that would serve
the county well,” he said.
Unger has played an
active role in Sisters Country,
particularly in the past couple
of years. As vice chair of
the Deschutes Collaborative
Forest Project, he has been
involved with some of the
forest-health projects in the
area. He featured promi-
nently in discussions of the
contentious proposal for a
paved trail between Sisters
and Black Butte Ranch. His
role was somewhat contro-
versial, as opponents of the
paved trail felt that he was
one-sided in his efforts.
“I was trying to bring
people to the table,” Unger
told The Nugget. However,
he acknowledged that he is in
favor of a trail.
“I think we do need a trail
between Sisters and Black
Butte Ranch,” he said. “I’ll
own being a ‘champion’ for
the trail. I like the idea.”
He said that he would like
to see the Forest Service start
the process over “and have
a more-engaged Sisters with
that.” Unger also noted that
Sisters’ “Civility Project”
grew out of the path contro-
versy, and cited that as a pos-
itive development.
Henderson told The
Nugget that he would likely
not have engaged in the issue
in the same way.
“If there’s a consensus,
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you could lead the charge,
but you shouldn’t override
the people who are affected,”
he said. “I don’t think I would
have jumped in like he did.”
He said that he has con-
cerns about the funding of the
path, even if it’s done with
federal grants.
“It’s not somebody else’s
money just because it’s fed-
eral,” he said. “Things have
to make sense in a lot of ways
before I’m an advocate for
them.”
I think I have a unique set
of skills and background
experience that would
serve the county well.
— Phil Henderson
Both men expressed con-
cern about the growing traf-
fic congestion throughout
the county — including in
Sisters.
Unger said he would like
to see things move quickly in
coming up with a traffic con-
trol solution at the Locust/
Highway 20 intersection —
and he believes relationships
he has built as chair of the
Central Oregon Commission
on Transportation could help
with that.
“How does it fit in?” he
asked. “Let’s make a plan
and let’s get started on it.”
Henderson argues that
traffic issues have been
developing throughout
Unger’s tenure, and action
has not been swift.
In many ways, the race
sets up the classic conten-
tion between the established
incumbent and an outside
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