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Wednesday, December 28, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws pack in three games on hardwood
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The boys basketball
team packed in three games
before taking a few days
off for Christmas. Sisters
started their week with a
56-32 win on the road against
The Dalles on Wednesday,
December 21.
The Outlaws drove to
The Dalles and played well.
Sisters won their games at all
three levels. The Outlaws JV
2 posted their first win, the
JV 1 team held The Dalles to
under 20 points, and the var-
sity posted a 56-32 victory.
The Outlaws led from the
start and extended their lead
throughout the game. Coach
Rand Runco commented that
Keegan Greaney and Jake
Larson did an outstanding
job on Daytona Murr, who is
a very good offensive player
that averages over 20 points
per game.
Ben Saba played well in
his first game as point guard.
Saba got the Outlaws into
their offense and got the ball
to the posts. Ty Horner led
the offense with 18 points and
Tyler Head added 11. Sisters
posts pounded The Dalles on
the glass and the Outlaws got
a comfortable lead early in
the contest. The Dalles made
a comeback late in the game,
but Sisters held them off and
won by a nice margin.
The Outlaws drove home
and left immediately the next
day for the South Albany
tournament. Sisters lost their
first game 48-46 in a buzzer-
beater against WF West, a
team out of Washington.
WF West was a good
team, and had a good player
in Brandon White, a 6-foot-
7-inch point guard. It was a
tough loss for the Outlaws, as
they led most of the way, and
then fell at the very end.
Sisters started off with
good looks, and Jack Berg hit
some big shots. The Outlaws
got the ball inside, forced the
WF West defense to collapse,
and Berg and Saba hit some
tough three-pointers from the
perimeter.
The Outlaws played better
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on both ends of the court for
most of the game, but then
West hit a three-pointer and
two free throws at the end
of regulation to come within
three. Sisters missed five free
throws in the final quarter and
left the window wide open.
Sisters was up by three
with nine seconds left on the
clock when West sprinted by
the Outlaws and threw up a
tough three-point shot that
fell in.
“It was a crazy play that
put us into overtime,” said
Runco.
Sisters played tough in
overtime, and Greaney stole
two balls and laid them in
to give the Outlaws a lead.
Sisters fouled again while
driving the ball, and West
converted two free throws,
and then hit a tough two-
point shot to tie it up.
The Outlaws missed a
great look and then West
came up-court for their final
look at the basket. Dakato
Hawkins drove to the right
baseline, had a tough look,
and was still able to hit the
jump-shot.
Runco said, “This was
a tough game. We played
good, but didn’t get it done
at the end. We missed two
wide-open threes, two lay-
ups, and three free throws to
win it. They just didn’t fall.
We usually are a very good
free-throw-shooting team, but
this game we were five-for-
fourteen from the line. We
feel we did not play with the
urgency or energy we played
with at The Dalles, and set a
goal to improve this the next
night.”
Due to cancellations from
other teams, Sisters was re-
scheduled and played the
South Albany Rebels in their
final game of the tourney.
The Rebels were 6-1 heading
into the game. They have a
dynamic team with four very
quick guards that shoot the
three-point, and they have a
small, but very active, post.
“They (South Albany) are
a really good team, and we
knew we had our hands full,”
said Runco.
Sisters lost the contest
59-50, but played better ball,
exhibited good energy, and
battled the entire way.
“It was really a great expe-
rience playing against a team
with this kind of speed,”
said Runco. “Summit was
the other game that had this
type of talent. They started
out intensely shooting loads
of shots from the perim-
eter in their drive-and-kick
offense. We worked hard to
stop penetration and get to
shooters. But, with the long
boards they beat us to some
offensive boards and then hit
three-point shots.”
Three of the five three-
point shots that South Albany
hit came in the first quarter
off offensive boards. Sisters
clamped down in the sec-
ond quarter on the offensive
boards and worked to climb
back in. The match-ups were
tough for the Outlaws, but
they kept after it.
The Rebels continued to
penetrate and kick out, and
made 10 threes in the game.
Sisters hurt them inside
when they got the ball there,
but they weren’t consistent
enough to make a dent in
their lead until the fourth
quarter, when they cut the
lead to five points with less
than four minutes left in the
game.
Sisters stole the ball and
had a chance to cut the lead
to three, but missed a good
look. The Rebels went on to
win by nine.
“This was a really com-
petitive game, and we hung in
there,” said Runco. “We just
had too many errors to close
the game.”
Greaney had 23 points in
the contest, and Horner fin-
ished with 10. Head and Berg
added eight point each.
“I am really proud of
the boys’ improvement,”
said Runco. “Each player is
improving and our chem-
istry is coming along. We
faced some tough presses
and improved so much from
a week ago with our press
offense. Each team tried,
but we forced them to take
it off. If we keep up the pace
we will be a tough team by
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cancelled and lost out on a
home game with Lebanon
that was also cancelled.
Runco told The Nugget he
was very proud of the boys
and their parents for their
flexibility and adjustment to
the change in schedules. He
also noted athletic director
Tim Roth for his help in get-
ting new games scheduled.
Sisters’ next games will
be at the Sisters Holiday
Tournament Wednesday
through Friday, December
28-30. The Outlaws open
with a game against Baker on
December 28 at 7 p.m.
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“We really improved with
these games against tough
opponents. Ty Horner, Tyler
Head, Tanner Head and JW
Bertagna are becoming a
force inside, and we are learn-
ing to get the ball inside out.
We have a lot of guys in new
positions and are just starting
to come together offensively.
Defensively, we are solid,
but still need to step up, and
we really need to improve
our rebounding to reach our
potential.”
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