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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Boys lacrosse takes first loss
Outlaws post third
straight win in baseball
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws defeated
Madras and Crook County
this past week to push their
record to 3-0. Sisters’ Tuesday
game against Madras was
rained out, and teams made
the game on Wednesday.
Sisters played a great game
and defeated the White Buffs
at Madras 5-2. A day later, the
Outlaws crushed the Crook
County Cowboys 13-3.
In Tuesday’s game, the
Outlaws got five runs off
six hits and committed three
errors in the game. Madras
got their two runs off seven
hits and had zero errors.
Sisters got their first three
runs in the bottom of the
first inning. Ryan Cook hit
a ground ball single up the
middle to score Alec Gannon,
who got on base via a walk.
Zach Morgan hit a hard line
drive to left field to score two
and give the Outlaws a 3-0
lead.
The White Buffs scored
a run in the third, but Sisters
answered with a run to go up
4-1. Morgan scored the RBI
on a line drive to right field.
Morgan drove in Sisters’
final run in the fifth. Cook
had a nice base hit to left cen-
ter field, and the fielder made
a diving attempt to catch it,
but it deflected off his glove.
A passed ball and a wild pitch
got Cook to third, and then
Morgan brought him home
with a ground ball single to
left field.
Madras got another run
in the sixth, and in the sev-
enth loaded the bases with
zero outs and was unable to
score. Sisters got the first out,
and then the White Buffs’
best hitter, Smith, who up to
this point had gone three-for-
three with a double and two
singles, took the plate. Alec
Gannon struck him out with a
one-and-two count on a high
fast ball away. The next batter
grounded out to Ryan Cook at
second base for an unassisted
put-out to end the game.
Gannon did a great job on
the mound for the Outlaws.
Coach Steve Hodges said,
“Alec pitched a whale of a
game. He finished the fourth,
fifth, sixth, and seventh
innings for us. He had good
control and pitched with con-
fidence. He got in a jam in the
seventh inning, but focused
and got the job done. Striking
out Smith was the biggest out
of the game. The game turned
on that play right there. He
threw a perfect pitch. It was
a great response in a situation
where the game was on the
line.”
Morgan was the big hit-
ter for the Outlaws and went
three-for-four with four RBI.
A day later, the Outlaws
took care of business in five
innings with a 13-3 home win
over Crook County (CC).
Sisters scored 13 runs off
14 hits and CC scored their
three runs off five hits.
Morgan was the winning
pitcher. Zach pitched four
innings and recorded four
strike-outs.
We’re ready to begin to
play some good baseball.
— Coach Steve Hodges
Several players made con-
tributions at the plate. Ryan
Cook went one-for-one and
recorded the opening RBI of
the game. Ryan Funk had two
doubles, Austin Morss hit a
double, and Alec Gannon had
a two-RBI single. Jett Mingus
went two-for-three and Turner
Stutzman had a two-RBI sin-
gle to close it out.
Hodges said, “We’re ready
to begin to play some good
baseball. It will be good
to have a week together in
Arizona. It will be a good
platform to prepare for
league.”
The Outlaws will play
five games at the Arizona
Chandler Prep Tournament
held at the end of the month.
The Outlaws had a rough
week, with a 10-4 loss on the
lacrosse field at Ridgeview
on Thursday, March 23,
followed by a 14-2 loss to
Liberty at home a day later.
In Thursday’s game, the
Outlaws got two goals from
Ethan Morgan, and a goal
from Bennett Lewis and Tyler
Friend. Matt Harris recorded
eight ground balls, Sam
Mitchell had five, and Ethan
Kennedy added four.
Casey Warburton did a
superb job in the goal, with
18 shots saved. Willie Stewart
played well in the midfield
and harassed Ridgeview on
the defensive end, and carried
the ball to the offensive end.
Jackson Rheuben did a solid
job in his first action of the
year as a long-pole defender.
Coach Paul Patton said,
“We had some good shots on
goal early in the game and
fell into a little bit of a funk
and just couldn’t get back on
track the rest of the game.
After two big wins last week,
our first loss of the season
really taught us a lot about
what we need to work on to
continue to improve.”
A day later, the Outlaws
lost to Liberty.
Evan Palmer scored his
first goal in high school com-
petition. Sisters’ only other
goal came from Trey Stadeli.
Jude Kokesh-Carhart and
Friend recorded four ground
balls and Morgan added
three.
Matt Harris took over in
the box as goalie, and accord-
ing to Patton did a tremen-
dous job. Harris saved 21
shots and was a vocal leader
on defense.
Of the defensive unit,
Patton said, “Sam Mitchell,
Ethan Kennedy, and Spencer
Morgan gave a valiant effort
playing without any of the
other long-stick back-ups
available.”
Gabe Patton and Friend
were fierce and energetic the
entire contest, and battled
hard for the face-offs.
Chayce Sproat and
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Trey Stadeli moves upfield for the Outlaws.
Damien Wills played for the
first time this season and
added much-needed depth
to the Outlaws roster. The
Outlaws were a little short-
handed at the middle position,
and Stadeli, Willie Stewart,
Kokesh-Carhart and Damien
Wills had to run hard up and
down the field without much
recovery time on the sideline.
Patton said, “Liberty is a
big school with a well-estab-
lished, successful lacrosse
program. They had close to
30 kids on their roster, and
we played them tough with
just 16 kids, so I’m really
proud of our boys for the way
they competed for the entire
game, even though the score-
board wasn’t in our favor.”
The Outlaws are now
at 2-2, and Patton told The
Nugget they are at a critical
juncture as they head into
spring break.
“If the boys can stay active
during their week off, and we
can get in a good week of
practice during the second
week of the break, I think we
can set ourselves up to have
a very rewarding rest of the
season,” said Patton.
The Outlaws’ next game
will be against Churchill at
home on Friday, April 7.
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