Wednesday, March 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Nordic skiers complete season
By C2arlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Caitlin Schwab and Sam
Thorsett represented the
Sisters Outlaws Nordic ski
program last weekend at the
Oregon Interscholastic Ski
Racing Association (OISRA)
State Championships held
February 24-25 at Mt.
Bachelor.
The Outlaws were missing
other members of the team
due to illness.
Teams from throughout
Oregon came together for the
two-day meet to determine
the kings and queens of both
freestyle and classic Nordic
skiing.
Summit continued its
utter dominance of the event,
sweeping the team titles once
again while producing all of
the individual champions as
well.
Kicking things off Friday
in the freestyle event, Fiona
Max of Summit outdueled
her sister to win by five sec-
onds in 19:05 over the 6 kilo-
meters (approximately 3.7
miles). Schwab came through
in 85th place with a time of
38:07 among 93 finishers.
Thorsett placed 60th with
a time of 24:12 among 95 fin-
ishers. Thomas Schoderbek
of Summit narrowly won the
race against teammate Will
Lange 16:13.2 to 16:14.2.
In Saturday’s classic race,
Schwab placed 80th, clock-
ing 27:17 for the 5-kilome-
ter (3.1 miles) course. Fiona
Max won again with a time
of 14:23, 20 seconds ahead of
teammate Liv Downing.
For the boys, Schoderbek
easily won the individual title
with a time of 12:01, while
Thorsett crossed the finish in
20:50 to place 77th among 90
finishers.
Summit’s girls won the
team title with a perfect score
of 18 points, followed by
Bend (57), Hood River (100),
and Redmond Proficiency
Academy (111) rounding out
the top four among the nine
complete teams.
For the boys, it was
Summit as well, also with
a near-perfect score of 20.
Hood River Valley placed
second with 58, followed
by Mountain View (83) and
South Eugene (92).
A week earlier the team
helped host the annual Night
Race at Hoodoo Ski Area,
which for many, according to
Coach Kelly Crowther, is the
favorite race of the season.
Nearly constant snowfall
during the races did not deter
the enthusiasm or perfor-
mance of the 166 skiers who
took part, according to Coach
Crowther.
... Hoodoo did a great job
grooming before t2e race
so t2e snow wasn’t too
soft for t2e skiers.
— Kelly Crowt2er
together during the race post-
ing good results on a tough,
hilly course, finishing mid-
pack in 19:40 and 20:04
respectively. Caitlin Schwab
crossed the line in 23:44,
while Sam Thorsett raced
well in a competitive boys’
division, finishing in 14:06 to
place in the upper half of the
field, according to Crowther.
Crowther was particu-
larly grateful for the support
of Sporthill, an active-wear
clothing company based in
Eugene, for its sponsorship
of OISRA events, including
the Hoodoo Night Meet and
the state meet.
“And we couldn’t do any
of this without the support of
Hoodoo,” he said.
With another season com-
pleted, Crowther looks to
the return of his current ski-
ers and hopes to build up the
team numbers for next year.
“The improvement from
the start of the season to the
end is amazing,” he said.
7
Surface wraps up high
school career at state
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Senior Tyler Surface was
the only Outlaw to compete
in the 2017 Oregon Wrestling
State Championship held
at the Memorial Coliseum
in Portland on Friday and
Saturday, February 24-25.
Surface started his tourna-
ment play against No. 3-seed
Clay Pena from Banks. Tyler
wrestled very tough and went
all three rounds with Pena,
and was able to score a rever-
sal and a couple of escapes.
Pena was not able to keep
Surface on his back and only
pulled off a win by points at
the end.
The loss sent Tyler into the
consolation rounds where he
wrestled against Tyler Moore
from Klamath Union. Coach
John Downs told The Nugget
that the match was one of
Tyler’s best matches this
season.
Moore was unable to score
on Surface, and the same was
true of Surface with Moore. It
was a tough battle that went all
three rounds and ended with
Moore taking the match 3-0.
“It was a tough loss for
Tyler, knowing it was the last
wrestling match of his high
school career,” said Downs.
“Tyler has loved wrestling
since he started mat club in
the fifth grade. It has been a
joy and pleasure to watch him
grow and become the upstand-
ing young man he is today.
“His plans are to do bull
riding in the spring and then
start welding and farrier
classes in college. Tyler also
earned Wrestling All-League
Honorable Mention Honors,
and will receive this at the
Sisters Wrestling Awards
Banquet.”
“It was snowing during
the race but Hoodoo did a
great job grooming before the
race so the snow wasn’t too
soft for the skiers,” he said.
Hosting a big meet, espe-
cially after sunset, can have
its challenges, but Crowther
was very pleased with how
everything played out.
“The event went very
smoothly this year,” he said.
“We had a new stadium
design which helped out the
skiers for starting the race.
This is one of the best spec-
tator races since you can
see the majority of the race
from the Hoodoo lodge. We
had the help of a lot of great
volunteers from Sisters High
School ski team and the
Corvallis High team.”
As for the race itself,
Outlaws skiers Engracia
Diez and Tate Ricker skied
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