Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws take down Highlanders
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws played
with heart and determina-
tion in their first pre-season
game of 2017, and posted
a 32-24 road win over the
Burns Highlanders on Friday,
September 1.
Christopher “Pherry” Luz
scored early in the game on
a 90-yard punt return to give
the Outlaws a 6-0 lead. Burns
also scored a touchdown, and
at the close of the first quarter
it was even at 6-6.
Sisters found themselves
down 12-6 at the half, but
came back strong in the
second half due to their
strong offensive line, which
included Jett Mingus, Brady
Wessel, Casey Warburton,
Joel Miller, Jaden Condel,
Sam Mitchell and Matt
Harris.
Jaden Condel, who plays
right tackle, said, “The offen-
sive line started off rough, but
we began picking up blocks.
Our team had so much heart
and we all stuck together and
fought.”
The Outlaws scored four
TDs in the second half.
Stevens opened the Outlaws
second-half scoring and
Luz ran it in for a two-point
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Christopher Luz runs for the score against the Burns Highlanders.
conversion. Stevens scored
two additional TDs in the half
and Luz scored one.
Luz said, “At first we
struggled with communica-
tion and lost our fire, but then
it began to turn around.”
Korbin Sharp finished the
night with two interceptions,
the final one on the goal in
the closing 12 seconds, which
clinched the win.
Sisters High School
student Wyatt Hernandez
reported, “This year’s team
is senior-dominated, but
everyone in the program has
friendships that span back for
years, which adds to a unique
and valuable team chemistry.
I think with the will, heart
and skill that this team has,
they can accomplish any-
thing they set their sights on.
It should be an exciting 2017
for Outlaws football.”
New coach Neil Fendall
told The Nugget that he was
pleased with how the Outlaws
competed in the second half.
“We’ve got a lot of new
players in new positions this
year and errors are expected,”
said Fendall. “Ugly wins are
more acceptable at the begin-
ning of the year, but mistakes
and errors will be fixed as we
practice, and play games.”
The Outlaws will play
at home against Cascade on
Friday, September 8. Kickoff
is set for 7 p.m.
5
Event celebrates
‘Journey’s Flight’
“ J o u r n e y ’s
Flight,”
a
book about the
record-setting
migration of one
of our tagged
monarch but-
terflies, is now
released and
there will be a
public celebra-
tion on Saturday,
September 16,
from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the Sisters
Area Chamber
of Commerce
building on
Main Avenue.
PHOTO PROVIDED
There will be
“Journey’s Flight” recounts the remarkable
cake and punch,
migration of a monarch butterfly tagged in Sisters.
and many of
the students who worked Melody Carlson, butterfly-
on the book will be on hand lover and award-winning
to sign copies of the book. author of more than 200
Organizers also hope to have books. “These unique sto-
at least one butterfly to tag ries of Journey’s adventures,
on what seems an impos-
and release at the event.
“Journey’s Flight” is sible migration path, are truly
available at Paulina Springs inspired. It’s not surprising
that young people could cap-
Books or on amazon.com.
“A close encounter with ture the heart of a butterfly,
a monarch butterfly always and seeing their creative
strikes me as somewhat mag- endeavors in the form of this
ical — and reading Journey’s wonderfully illustrated book
Flight is no different,” said is pure delight!”