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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws come from behind and beat Madras White Buffaloes
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws suffered a
tough 34-21 loss to Cottage
Grove at Sweet Home on
Tuesday, February 21, in the
seeding game for first place.
With the loss, the Outlaws
had to face Madras at home
in a play-in game three days
later. It was an intense game,
and the Outlaws came from
behind to win in a nail-biter.
In Tuesday’s action,
the Outlaws had to battle
through injuries and illness
and showed some grit in their
seeding game against Cottage
Grove. The squad was not
healthy, and key players had
to sit out Monday’s practice.
Sisters played hard and
defensively played very well.
The first three quarters were
back-and-forth with tight
scoring, and at the close of
the third period the score was
even, 18-18.
In the fourth quarter, Cory
Parent, Cottage Grove’s 2016
Player of the Year, got open
and hit three three-pointers.
The Outlaws went down by
seven and got a bit rushed.
Sisters missed many good
looks in the fourth and missed
several good shots which
would have let them catch up.
At that point, the Lions
spread the court and the
Outlaws were forced to foul.
CG hit their free-throws and
extended their lead further.
Sisters tried to turn them
over for a come-back, but the
Lions’ guard play was just
too good and held them off.
“Cottage Grove, as most
teams in our league, were
very, very patient against
us,” said Coach Rand Runco.
“They are respectful of our
defense, which is one of the
best in the state, and so they
were hard to get a high-per-
centage shot. It was a good
battle, and was decided in
five possessions. We lost our
poise for a few minutes and
that was all it took.”
The loss gave the Outlaws
the No. 2 seed, which forced a
play-in game at home against
Madras on Friday.
So, three days later the
Outlaws matched up against
the No. 3-seeded White
Buffaloes. Although the
Outlaws were still under the
weather, they came out strong
and closed out the first quar-
ter with a 14-11 lead.
The lead didn’t last long,
as Madras stormed back in
the second period. White
Buff’s Shea Yeahquo hit five
threes in the second, and at
the half Madras held a 23-19
advantage.
Runco told The Nugget
that the Outlaws played hard
in the first half, but did not
execute well.
The White Buffaloes out-
scored the Outlaws 16-12 in
the third and pushed their
lead to 39-31. Sisters hung in
there, and battled hard in the
fourth.
Madras was up by 10
when the Outlaws started
to make their run. Noah
Richards made some great
plays and attacked the basket,
and the Outlaws fed the ball
to Ty Horner.
Horner, Tanner Head,
and Keegan Greaney were
all relentless on the glass.
Horner had two huge offen-
sive board put-backs and
Greaney scored on an out-
standing tip-in.
Ben Saba led the charge
back. Saba had some key
steals, hit a huge three-pointer
and went four-for-four from
the line.
In the final minute, the
Outlaws took the lead, got the
ball to Horner, and the White
Buffaloes were forced to foul.
The Outlaws held their com-
posure and finished strong.
Horner did a great job
inside and on the boards.
Ty finished the night with
19 points. Saba scored nine
points, Greaney and Tyler
Head had five points each,
and Jack Berg added four.
Zach Anderson saw his
first big minutes and accord-
ing to Runco played terrific
and brought energy to the
team.
Horner said, “Our game
focus was trust, and every-
one bought into that. After
Madras took the lead, we just
kept playing and trusted each
other and our coaches. It was
just awesome to get the win,
especially for the seniors.
I’ve played with these guys
since I was in fourth grade
and am excited to see how far
we can go this season.”
Runco commented, “Our
boys showed a lot of moxy,
and hung in there in the sec-
ond half. We knew Madras
was explosive and it showed,
but we also had to trust that
our defense and effort would
wear them down, and make
them vulnerable to mistakes.
Great job to t2e boys, and
just one more game will
get us to t2e final eig2t.
— Rand Runco
“Our bench energy was
awesome and the kids had
a never-quit attitude. We
are really proud of the team
for overcoming some set-
backs this week and playing
so hard. We will hopefully
get healed up and well this
week and come out strong
on Friday. The goal in hoops
is always make it to March.
Great job to the boys, and just
one more game will get us to
the final eight.”
The win completed a
perfect home season for the
Outlaws, and for the third
year in a row they are on to
the first round of state com-
petition. Sisters will travel to
Gladstone on Friday, March
3, with a 7 p.m. tip-off.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Ty Horner comes up big scoring 19 points in play-in win over Madras.
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