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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaw cross-country boys making noise
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
In a busy week of racing,
the Outlaws cross-country
boys gained some attention
among 4A schools with two
solid performances within
four days, indicating that
the young team is more than
ready to compete.
On Wednesday, September
20, the team traveled to the
Stayton Invitational, a meet
scheduled late after the
Outlaws were smoked out
of two consecutive meets.
In early season polls, the
Stayton team ranked first
among 4A boys, so the meet
gave Sisters a chance to get
an up-close look at the Eagles
on their home turf.
The eight-team meet
turned into a two-team battle
as the race got underway,
with Jordan Pollard dictating
the pace with two Eagles in
hot pursuit, including Casey
Pugh, who finished 10th at
last year’s state meet, where
the Eagles placed fifth as a
team.
Through the muddy hills
and dales, Pollard stayed in
command throughout, win-
ning with a time of 16:54,
11 seconds ahead of Pugh.
Freshman Ethan Hosang
came through in fourth
place (17:51), Josh Liddell
placed seventh (18:33), John
Peckham 10th (18:37), and
Will Thorsett 16th (20:14)
to complete the scoring for
Sisters. Stayton prevailed
in the team score, but just
six points ahead of Sisters,
27-33.
“We really matched up
quite well with Stayton con-
sidering both of us were
missing one of our top four
runners,” said Josh Nordell.
“Our guys came ready to race
and I am very pleased with
their effort,” he said after the
meet.
Vi n c e n t e R o b o l l e d o
(20:29) and Jack Berg (20:42)
rounded out the top seven for
Sisters.
Another highlight from
the meet included Jed
Kizziar’s victory in the junior
varsity race in his first-ever
cross-country meet. He fin-
ished the 3,000-meter course
in 11:26. Nolan Mitchell
(12:15) and Sam May (12:26)
finished eighth and 10th
respectively.
The Outlaws traveled to
Seaside for the Three Course
Challenge, held Saturday,
September 23, at Camp Rilea
and once again came away
with very positive results,
winning the team title among
Division 4 teams.
The meet is scored using
the place numbers of the top
two finishers of each team
on the three separate courses,
which are designated as
easy, moderate, and difficult.
The event, in its 26th year,
is among the largest meets
held in Oregon, attracting
well over 2,000 high school
runners.
John Peckham led the way
for Sisters in the easy course,
cruising to 22nd place in the
4,500-meter course in 16:50.
Jack Berg also scored for the
team, finishing 70th in 18:07,
among 356 runners.
In the moderate race two
ninth-graders took care of
business for the team. Ethan
Hosang challenged the lead-
ers of the race throughout,
ultimately finishing third in
19:23. Will Thorsett placed
78th among 400 runners in
22:18.
Emergency
center
kitchen had
violations
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
REDMOND (AP) — Cen-
tral Oregon authorities say
rodent droppings on food
packaging are among the
violations found at a regional
emergency center set up dur-
ing the eclipse in August.
The Bulletin reports that
Deschutes County Health
Services inspectors found 14
violations at the Deschutes
County Fair & Expo Center
kitchen serving about 175
emergency responders.
Authorities stationed
police and firefighters from
Crook, Deschutes, and Jeffer-
son counties at the site Aug.
16 through 23 to deal with the
large number of visitors.
Authorities say fair-
grounds officials immedi-
ately took action after learn-
ing of the problems.
Jordan Pollard sets out among over 400 runners in the Seaside Three
Course Challenge, where he placed second.
Jordan Pollard not only hopes for this group.”
got his wish to run the dif-
The Outlaws will travel
ficult course after three pre- to Portland this week for
vious trips to the meet, he Saturday’s Nike Portland XC
went head-to-head with Nate meet at Portland Meadows.
Pendleton of Eastlake High The meet includes well over
School (WA) for the indi- 120 teams from through-
vidual title. The two were out Oregon, California, and
neck and neck until 200 Washington of all divisions
meters to go when Pendleton and classifications.
pulled away for good to win
in 19:08. Pollard finished in
19:15.
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