Wednesday, August 30, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Still time for students to join sports teams for fall
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The Milli Fire and its
accompanying smoky haze
has not thwarted the sports
programs at Sisters High
School (SHS). The fall cam-
paign is underway for cross-
country, soccer, volleyball,
football and cheer/dance.
The fire has created chal-
lenges for practice time, with
teams forced to move inside,
travel to smoke-free areas,
or cancel workouts, accord-
ing to Athletic Director Gary
Thorson. Nevertheless, the
athletes are eager.
“We have a great turnout
already and expect more kids
to join as the school year gets
underway,” said Thorson.
“Kids have already been
out working hard since the
first official day of practice,
August 14, and more have
been added each day.”
Thorson wants to empha-
size that students are still wel-
come to join teams — but they
should do so sooner rather
than later.
“We want kids involved,
so if they express interest we
will work with them to get
started,” he said. “Because we
start school earlier than others
that begin after Labor Day,
we often have kids add once
classes have started.”
So far, about 40 percent of
the SHS population is partici-
pating in a fall sport according
to numbers reported last week.
That could climb toward 50
percent once school starts.
Neil Fendall, who took
over the reins from Thorson
as head football coach, reports
about 50 boys out on the grid-
iron as of August 25, includ-
ing 19 seniors who make up
the core of the varsity team.
Rob Jensen’s boys soccer
team also has healthy numbers
on a relatively young team
that includes just two seniors,
but a dozen juniors among the
36 registered thus far.
The cross-country team
also sports a youngish ros-
ter, with at least 15 freshmen
among the 40-plus runners
expected in total.
Girls soccer is rebuilding
under the direction of a new
coach, Jaron Jacobson, who
made the move to Sisters
after working as an assistant
at Summit High School in
Bend for a number of years.
Twenty-one girls have turned
out so far, which is similar to
the total for girls volleyball.
The reigning state champions
are under the direction of
Rory Rush, who most recently
coached at Western Mennonite
near Salem.
The cheer/dance team has
begun practice, with 15 girls
participating thus far, up from
last year. The team is coached
by Gabrielle Griffy.
It’s too early to predict out-
comes, but the strong numbers
represented across the board
bode well for the Outlaws.
We want every student
involved somehow ...
sports, music, clubs or
volunteering.
— Gary Thorson
Interested students should
come by Thorson’s school
office to get registered.
“We want every student
involved somehow, whether it
is sports, music, clubs or vol-
unteering,” he said. “What we
don’t want is for kids to think
it’s already too late for this
season.”
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Sisters fall sports programs are off to a running start despite fire-related
impediments. Though programs are underway with strong numbers,
administrators and coaches encourage students to continue signing up.
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