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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws run to District title
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
When the starting-gun
fired at Lane Community
College Thursday morn-
ing for the Sky-Em District
girls race, Junction City’s
Shayla Solomon shot to the
lead, hoping to thwart any
challengers.
Anna Bartlett and Sophie
Borders had a different
notion: slowly chip away at
that lead and make a deci-
sive move in the middle of
the race to take the com-
mand themselves. Their plan
worked to perfection, and
the pair finished 1-2 on the
way to Sisters’ sixth straight
District cross-country title.
Bartlett, a junior, captured
the individual title in 20:26,
three seconds ahead of last
year’s champion Borders.
All of the Sisters run-
ners moved up during the
race, including sophomore
Tate Ricker, who moved
all the way to fourth place
(21:23). Engracia Diez also
PHOTO BY HARRY POLLARD
Anna Bartlett and Sophie Borders.
cracked the top 10, finish-
ing eighth (22:09). Amy
Hills completed the scoring
by finishing 11th in 22:36,
just nipping Molly Winter
at the line (22:37). Zidane
Galant-Laporte finished
next in 22:53, giving Sisters
a substantial win with just
26 points and a return to the
State meet.
“The team effort just
keeps improving, which is
exactly what we need for the
State meet next week,” said
Coach Josh Nordell. “I felt
the girls ran particularly well
since we didn’t really rest for
the meet, aiming instead for
peaking at State.”
Junction City placed sec-
ond with 52 points and will
join the Outlaws at State
along with the 12 other 4A
teams who qualified. The
Outlaws have been ranked
among the top three teams
most of the season, so pre-
dictions are that Tillamook,
Philomath, Sisters, La
Grande, North Bend and
Klamath Union will battle for
the four trophies up for grabs.
On the boys side, junior
Jordan Pollard ran away with
the individual title in 16:52
after some early challenges
from Jessie Ellingworth of
Cottage Grove and Carson
Bain of Elmira, who finished
second and third respectively.
Pollard’s efforts were not
enough for his team, as the
Outlaws finished fifth, miss-
ing the State meet for the first
time since 2010.
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sidered among the top 10 4A
runners going into the State
meet,” said Nordell.
Cottage Grove won a
tightly packed team race with
57 points to edge Junction
City (60), Elmira (63), and
Sweet Home (68). Sisters
scored 89 to finish fifth, and
Sutherlin brought up the rear
with 179 points.
Freshman Josh Liddell
placed 14th (18:11) as the
second-fastest ninth-grader in
the race. Cole Pade gritted his
teeth through to a 19th-place
finish in 18:36. The remain-
ing Outlaws included Peyton
Myhre (19:13), Jack Berg
(19:23), Will Werts (19:59)
and Andrew Stevens (20:16).
Another highlight of the
day came in the junior varsity
race as juniors Emma Parkes
and Marley Parkins took the
top two places, both with per-
sonal bests.
“What a great way to end
the season for those girls,”
said Nordell.
The OSAA State
Championships are set for
Saturday, November 5 at
PHOTO BY HARRY POLLARD
Jordan Pollard.
Lane Community College.
All classifications race on the
same day on the same site.
The Outlaws girls will run at
11:15 a.m. and Pollard will
toe the line at 11:50 a.m.
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