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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws stopped
by the Storm
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws had a very
tough time in their 56-32
loss to the Storm at Summit
High School on Tuesday,
December 13. Summit
boasts nine veteran senior
players who are quick, ath-
letic, and play extremely
hard.
Coach Rand Runco told
The Nugget that the Outlaws
knew the Storm was going
to be a difficult matchup for
them.
The Outlaws played com-
petitive basketball for about
six minutes, and then the
wheels fell off.
Runco said, “We felt we
could defend them in the
half-court, and thought if
we could handle their ball
pressure and aggressive play
defensively, we could get the
ball inside. Their danger is in
turning you over and scor-
ing on you in transition, and
that’s what really broke the
game wide open.”
At the end of the first
quarter the Outlaws turned
the ball over four consecu-
tive times against the Storm’s
press, which led to lay-ins,
and Sisters couldn’t recover.
The Storm was on top 12-8 at
the close of the period. At the
half, the Storm had pushed to
a 33-20 advantage. Summit
outscored the Outlaws 23-12
in the second half and tallied
the win.
Ty Horner led the
Outlaws’ scoring with 13
points, followed by Keegan
Greaney who had six points
and 13 boards. Ben Saba con-
tributed six points, and Jack
Berg added five.
Runco shared that the
Outlaws were sound defen-
sively, and when they did
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get the ball inside, they were
successful. The problem was
the Outlaws’ turnovers, cou-
pled with the Storm’s offen-
sive boards, really kept the
Outlaws from competing.
Sisters had over 20 turnovers
and gave up over 20 offen-
sive boards.
“There is no way we can
stay with a team of this cali-
ber with those stats,” said
Runco. “We have a really
tough pre-season schedule
and we have a lot to learn
from this loss. This is a new
team and we are working on
chemistry on the court. They
get along very well, but many
of these players have not
played together, and we are
working out the kinks against
really good teams. Our effort
has been good and our vision
is on improving, which we
are.”
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We have a really
tough pre-season
schedule and we have a
lot to learn from this loss.
— Rand Runco
The Outlaws had three
games canceled at the 4A
Seaside Tournament due
to weather and poor road
conditions. Sisters was to
come back this week with a
game against 5A Lebanon at
home on Tuesday, December
20. They are scheduled to
have a make-up game with
The Dalles on Wednesday,
December 21, and then will
host their annual Holiday
Tournament Wednesday
through Friday, December
28-30.
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