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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws baseball preps for playoffs
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Sisters’ baseball team
picked up two games this
past week to prepare for
the upcoming playoffs. The
Outlaws suffered a tough
11-10 loss at La Pine on
Wednesday, May 17, but
turned it around at home two
days later with a 10-0 shut-
out against Blanchet Catholic
in five innings.
In Wednesday’s game
against La Pine, the Outlaws
started off great. Zach
Morgan ripped a two-run
blast in the top of the first to
give the Outlaws a quick 2-0
lead. In the second, Sisters
added five more runs with
big hits from several players.
Hayden Parsons had a two-
RBI single, and Austin Morss
and Jett Mingus both had an
RBI single.
Morgan hit a solo home-
run to highlight the fourth
inning. Cook hit a double for
the Outlaws, and at the close
of the inning Sisters held a
4-0 advantage.
Will Werts hit an RBI
single in the fifth, and at the
close of the inning Sisters
was on top 10-0.
It was all Sisters in
the first four innings. The
Outlaws’ two pitchers, Ryan
Cook and Austin Morss were
in charge on the mound and
held LaPine scoreless.
In the bottom of the fifth,
all the wheels fell off for the
Outlaws, especially on the
mound. The Hawks drove in
all 11 of their runs, and then
held on to win by one.
Two days later, the
Outlaws turned it around
and recorded a shut-out
over Blanchet. Sisters
scored 10 runs on 11 hits
and two errors. Blanchet
committed three errors and
didn’t get one hit in the
game.
Jett Mingus did a great job
on the mound, threw all five
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Jake Larson lays down a bunt vs. La Pine.
innings, and earned the win.
Every pitch was working for
him, and he threw fastballs,
curve balls, and change-ups
perfectly.
Gannon’s double to right
center scored Christopher
Luz in the first inning to get
the Outlaws on the score-
board. Ryan Cook hit an
RBI single, and Mingus hit a
single down the left field line
to drive in two, and give the
Outlaws a 4-0 lead.
Sisters scored a run on an
error in the second, and in the
third, with two outs, Tanner
Stutzman hit a line drive
to right center that drove in
Morss.
The Outlaws racked up
three more runs in the fourth.
The first run came off a
third-base error, followed by
an RBI single up the middle
from Mingus. Joe Scholl
hit a hard ground ball to
the shortstop, which scored
Mingus and pushed Sisters to
a 9-0 advantage.
In the fifth, Will Werts hit
a walk-off single up the mid-
dle to give the Outlaws their
10th run and end the game.
Hodges said, “The dif-
ference in this game com-
pared to the last one was
that we threw strikes, didn’t
walk guys, and we held their
offense at bay. Our offense
made contact and no one
struck out.”
Hodges told The Nugget
that he feels the Outlaws are
ready for the playoffs.
“The guys are going to
lock in and be focused,” said
Hodges. “We’ll be ready to
go.”
Sisters (No. 3) will play at
home against Cascade (No.
14) on Wednesday, May 24.
The game is scheduled to
begin at 4:30 p.m.
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Agenda…
Sisters City Council
City Hall, 520 E. Cascade
Ave., Wednesday, May 24
5 p.m. workshop:
• Deschutes County Sher-
iff’s contract and sheriff’s
report.
• Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce contract.
• Transportation Growth
Management Code Assistance
Program.
• Sewer connection
agreement.
6:45 p.m. regular meeting:
• Public Hearing — Reso-
lution 2017-08: Amended
annexation agreement
re: McKenzie Meadows
development.
• Amendment Number 01
to the Cooperative Improve-
ment Agreement No. 27236
between the State of Oregon
and the City of Sisters for
the Highway 20/Barclay
Improvement Project.
• Intergovernmental Agree-
ment Between the Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office and
the City of Sisters for FY
17-18 through FY 19-20.
• Agreement between the
Sisters Area Chamber of Com-
merce and the City of Sisters.
• Approve Addendum
Number 01 to the lease agree-
ment between the Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce and
the City of Sisters.
• Award an asphalt overlay
contract to Tri County Paving
($29,395.20).
• Urban Forestry Board
appointment.
• Letter of Support to redi-
rect funding of an Oregon
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment (OPRD) grant for a
riparian enhancement project
at Creekside Campground to
support an Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board (OWEB)
grant.
Thank you for 12
wonderful years!
We will miss you.
— Drs. Kevin & Eden Miller
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Wednesday, May 24
At The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters
One-hour lecture begins at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for
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