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Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Volleyball team takes top honors at Cascade Tournament
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws domi-
nated play at the annual
Cascade Tournament held
on Saturday, September 9.
Coach Rory Rush notes that
this is the fourth year in a row
that Sisters has taken the top
spot.
Sisters easily earned the
No. 1 seed with their victo-
ries over Astoria, Yamhill-
Carlton, and Kennedy in
pool play. Hawley Harrer tal-
lied 27 kills, Jessie Brigham
recorded 36 digs, and the
team as a whole posted 19
serving aces.
The Outlaws opened
bracket play against league
foe Sweet Home, and
defeated the Huskies in two
sets, 25-9, 25-17. Freshman
Ellie Rush set the tempo of
the match when she started
the first set with a five-point
serving run, which included
two aces. Sophomore Sam
Silva added four kills and
two aces to help the Outlaws
get the first-set win. Hawley
Harrer led the team with six
kills and three aces in the sec-
ond set.
In the semi-finals, the
Outlaws faced Salem
Academy, the No. 1-ranked
3A school, who defeated
Cottage Grove in the first
round. Sisters crushed the
Crusaders 25-15, 25-13.
Harrer, Sophia Silva, Mattie
Mynatt and Sam Silva all
made big contributions with
serving aces and kills to lead
the Outlaws in the convincing
win.
Sisters advanced to
the championship round
and matched up against
the Cascade Cougars. The
Outlaws took a tight first-
set win at 25-21. Cascade
made a late six-point run to
bring the game to within two
points. Strong offensive kills
from Harrer and Ashlynn
Cantwell ended the run, and
the Outlaws got the win. In
the second set, Rush got the
Outlaws out front with an 8-0
serving run which set the tone
for the lopsided 25-9 victory,
which clinched the crown.
Harrer said, “The tourney
was really good for us. We
had two rough losses against
Bend and Summit last week,
and I think it made everyone
hungry to want to work hard
and get grinding. We had a
slow start to the tournament,
but as the day went on we
played smarter and more as a
team.
“Our coaches have been
great, and have been push-
ing us to become the best we
can be,” Harrer added. “I’m
excited to see what the season
will bring.”
Coach Rush commented,
“I was happy with the teams’
overall effort and focus. We
did a great job finding energy
after two tough losses last
week, and limited practice
time due to air quality. We
went into the weekend tour-
nament wanting to clean up
our unforced errors, and exe-
cute our game plan from start
to finish. We made strides in
the right direction, but still
have some fine-tuning that
needs to happen as we pre-
pare for league play. I am
excited with the cohesiveness
that is continuing to build.”
Earlier in the week, the
Lady Outlaws lost to two
tough teams. On Tuesday,
September 5, the Bend Lava
Bears swept Sisters with
scores of 25-17, 25-22, and
25-20. Harrer and Cantwell
both had 11 kills in the game,
and Kendra Sitz recorded
eight.
Two days later, the
Outlaws played a very com-
petitive match against the
Summit Storm, but fell in
four sets. Scores were 23-25,
25-10, 20-25 and 24-26.
Every set was a battle.
After a tough loss in the first
set, the Outlaws came out
with grit and determination,
dominated the set, didn’t
have one unforced error, and
recorded a big win to even it
up at 1-1. Both the third and
fourth frames were close,
with points jumping back
and forth between the squads,
but sadly, the Outlaws just
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Cassidy Ling-Scott with a set in volleyball competition last week.
couldn’t hold on for the fin-
ish in either set and the Storm
tallied the win.
Harrer led the team with
19 kills, and Cantwell added
eight. Cassidy Ling-Scott
dished out 29 assists and
Brigham had 13 digs and
three aces in the contest. As a
team, the Outlaws posted 10
aces on the night.
Sisters was to play
Ridgeview at home in a non-
league match-up on Tuesday,
September 12. The Outlaws
will play at home against
Cottage Grove to kick off
league play on Thursday,
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scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
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