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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters
salutes...
Robine Bots, founder/
director of Harmony Farm
Sanctuary wrote:
On Thursday, May 11,
14 Central Oregon Keller
Williams agents came to
Harmony Farm Sanctuary
on Keller Williams RED
Day — a national volun-
teer day — and gave over
40 man-hours helping at
the farm: painting a therapy
office in the barn, planting
trees, digging post-holes,
and scooping poop. The
agents also took time to
socialize with the goats,
pigs, sheep, horses, calf,
chickens, ducks, turkeys
and donkeys on the farm.
A big shout-out to
Chuck Harper and Gary
Diefenderfer for moving lit-
erally tons of manure! Gary
brought a bobcat and two
trailers to make it possible
to move compost to sev-
eral of our local vegetable
farms—making it a win-
win. And, Gary came back
to work hard on Friday fol-
lowing the volunteer day to
finish the job!
Keller Williams RED
Day, which stands for
Renew, Energize, and
Donate, is Keller Williams
Realty’s annual day of
Service. Each year on the
second Thursday of May,
associates spend the day
away from their businesses
serving worthy organiza-
tions and causes in their
communities.
We are ever grateful
to Carol Zosel and Chuck
Harper, Keller Williams
Sisters, for designating
Harmony Farm Sanctuary
as the beneficiary!
Thank you so much!
Boys tennis advances three players to state
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws competed
at the district tournament
on Wednesday, May 10,
at Crook County, and on
Thursday finished up at
Madras. Sisters players had
a good showing, and three
players will advance to play
at the state tournament.
Jed Kizziar and Jacob
Gurney (No. 4 seed) were
Sisters’ No. 1 doubles team
and posted a win in their first
match on Wednesday. The
combo played well together
against a strong Philomath
team and walked off the
court with a 6-2, 6-2 victory.
“Both boys hit great
return serves cross-court,
allowing the other to pick
off the ensuing shot,” said
Coach Bim Gander.
In the quarterfinals,
Kizziar and Gurney defeated
Leriche and Sullivan from
Madras. The duo lost the
first set 4-6, but had a ter-
rific comeback in the second
set for a 6-2 win. They went
on to win the third set 6-4,
which qualified them for the
state tournament.
On Thursday, Jed and
Jacob matched up against
Suelzle and Hulburt, the No.
1 seed in the tourney. The
Cascade combo easily beat
the Outlaws 6-1, 6-0.
“They (Suelzle and
Hulburt) were clearly the
best team in the draw by
far,” said Gander.
Kizziar and Gurney lost
in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 1-6,
to Biddington and Hunt from
Cascade, to finish fourth
in the tournament. It was a
good three-set match. The
Outlaws duo evened it up
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in the second set, but just
couldn’t win the final set.
“The fourth-place fin-
ish is very respectable,”
said Gander. “This was the
first time in my five years at
Sisters that I’ve had a sopho-
more (Jed) go to the state
tournament.”
In singles play, Jonny
Gurney (No. 1 singles),
defeated Edwin Mendoza
of Estacada 6-3, 6-2, in his
first match on Wednesday.
Jonny has played Mendoza
four times in the last two
years and has won all four
matches.
“Jonny did every-
thing a little bit better than
Mendoza,” said Gander. “He
was steadier and he hit the
ball more forcefully.”
In the quarterfinals,
Gurney steamrolled over
Cayden Quinn of Crook
County 6-1 in the first set.
The second set was close,
but Gurney pulled of the win
at 7-6, and qualified for the
state tournament.
On Thursday, Jonny faced
Nate Haslam, the No. 1 seed
in the tourney. According
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to Gander, Jonny played an
absolutely phenomenal first
set, but fell short and lost
6-4.
“He came within a whis-
per of winning the set,”
said Gander. “He had two
break points at four-four on
Haslam’s serve.”
Jonny did everything
a little bit better
than Mendoza. He was
steadier and he hit the
ball more forcefully.
— Bim Gander
Gander told The Nugget
that the loss in the first set
knocked the wind out of
Gurney’s sails and the sec-
ond set went fairly quickly.
Jonny lost the set 6-1.
Jonny moved on to play
against Obed Eriza (No.
3 seed and Madras’ No.
1 player) for third place.
Gurney tallied the win in two
sets, with scores of 6-4, 6-2.
“This was a good testa-
ment to how much Jonny has
improved over the season,
because he lost in the head-
to-head earlier in the season.
This time he got the win in
two straight sets.”
Josh Kizziar (No. 2 sin-
gles) had an unfortunate
draw, and had to face Ramon
Lema of Molalla, the No.
2 seed in the tournament.
Lema is a foreign exchange
student from Spain, and is
a very accomplished, expe-
rienced and steady player.
Lema easily won the match
6-1, 6-1, which put Kizziar
out of the tournament.
Gander said, “Overall,
I’m quite pleased we have
three players going to the
state tournament. That’s the
second-best showing of all
teams in the tournament, sec-
ond only to Cascade, which
is represented by two dou-
bles teams at state.”
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