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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Lady Outlaws sting Hornets
OSP seeks information
in poaching incident
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws
defeated the Henley Hornets
at home on Saturday, October
28, in the first round of the
state playoffs. After two
weeks off, Sisters was a bit
sluggish, but after four sets of
play they tallied the win.
Sisters played without all-
libero Jessie Brigham, who
was out with a sprained ankle
and hand injury. Sydney Head
stepped in and took over the
libero position.
In the first set, the Outlaws
started slow and lethargic,
and were adjusting to a new
libero. They were down 5-10,
and called a time-out to try
and settle down and regroup.
From there, the score went
back-and-forth until Ellie
Rush went back to serve with
the Outlaws trailing 12-14.
When Rush finished, the
Outlaws were on top 16-14,
and never trailed in the set
again. Final score was 25-18.
The second set started
similar to the first. Sisters’
hitters struggled to keep the
ball in the court and recorded
numerous hitting errors. Due
to the errors, the Outlaws
never found their groove, and
lost the set 23-25.
Sisters finally settled
down in game three. Hawley
Harrer led the charge with a
serving run of seven points
to give the Outlaws an 11-5
advantage, and an early con-
trol of the game. Harrer also
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sam Silva returns ball vs. Henley.
had six kills in the 25-15 win-
ning set.
The Outlaws took an early
lead behind the serving of
Harrer and Samantha Silva in
the fourth set. Great serving
sucked the wind out Henley’s
sails and the Outlaws put
them away 25-16.
Harrer finished the game
with 20 kills, 14 assists,
and four blocks, followed
by Ashlynn Cantwell, who
recorded 12 kills and two
blocks. Erynn Ricker tallied
nine blocks and three kills,
and Sam Silva had 11 kills in
the match. Ellie Rush dished
out 17 assists for the Outlaws,
and Sydney Head had 11
digs. Together, the team had
nine serving aces.
Coach Rory Rush said,
“It was good to finally
play again tonight. I was
proud of the girls for han-
dling adversity and coming
away with the win. We are
ready to get into the gym on
Monday and focus on clean-
ing up some small details
before we head to the state
tournament.”
The Outlaws will play
in the first-round game of
the state playoffs on Friday,
November 3, at 8 a.m. in
Forest Grove.
The Oregon State Police
Fish & Wildlife Division is
asking for the public’s help
to identify the person(s)
responsible for the unlawful
taking and wasting of two
mule deer bucks in Jefferson
County.
On the afternoon of
October 23, OSP Fish and
Wildlife Troopers were noti-
fied by a landowner of two
dead buck deer with their
heads and a small portion
of meat removed on Cold
Camp Road, near the town of
Ashwood.
Investigation revealed
the deer had been shot and
killed by a high-powered
rifle. It is believed the
deer had been killed over
the weekend of October
20-22.
The public is urged to call
Oregon State Police Sergeant
Andrew Vanderwerf or
S e n i o r Tr o o p e r C r a i g
Gunderson through the
Turn In Poachers (TIP) hot-
line at 1-800-452-7888 or
541-296-2161.
Poaching wildlife and
damaging habitat affects
present and future genera-
tions of wildlife, impacts
communities and the econ-
omy, and creates enforce-
ment challenges.
The Turn In Poachers
(TIP) reward is paid for
information leading to the
arrest/conviction of person(s)
for the illegal possession,
killing, taking, and/or waste
of deer, elk, antelope, bear,
cougar, wolf, bighorn sheep,
mountain goat, moose,
furbearers and/or game
birds.
Turn In Poachers (TIP)
rewards can also be given
for the illegal taking, net-
ting, snagging, and/or dyna-
miting of salmon, steelhead,
sturgeon, and/or large num-
bers of any fish listed in
Oregon statute as a game
fish.
In addition, a reward may
be issued for information
that results in an arrest/con-
viction of a person who has
illegally obtained Oregon
hunting/angling license or
tags. People who “work” the
system and falsely apply for
resident licenses and/or tags
are not legally hunting and/
or angling and are consid-
ered poachers.
Increasing damage to
wildlife habitat by off-
road vehicles prompted the
Oregon Hunters Association
(OHA) in 2009 to create the
Natural Resources Reward
Program that offers a $300
reward for information lead-
ing to the arrest of anyone
causing natural resources
damage by the illegal use
of motorized vehicles and is
similar to its highly success-
ful Turn In Poachers (TIP)
program.