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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Cross-country teams perform well at state championships
team champions, followed by
Scappoose, La Grande, and
Correspondent
Sisters.
One team came home
The Cheesemakers domi-
with a trophy from the nated the competition with
Oregon 4A Cross Country just 37 points. Scappoose
Championships and another squeaked by La Grande 108
left hungry for the future, to 111, while Sisters was next
as the Sisters Outlaws com- with a total of 148 points,
pleted a strong season just four ahead of Siuslaw.
Saturday, November 4 at Lane Fourteen 4A teams, two from
Community College.
each of Oregon’s seven dis-
The Sisters girls team, led tricts, competed in the race.
by Anna Bartlett’s 11th-place
Bartlett clocked 19:58,
finish and a big personal 11 seconds faster, but one
record by number-two runner place behind her perfor-
Ella Cole, placed fourth for mance last year. Cole turned
the second consecutive year. in a career-best performance
Tillamook repeated as the on her way to 22nd place
in 20:30.
Amy Hills
came through
in 21:28 for
41st place,
w h i l e Ta t e
Ricker (22:00)
and Engracia
Diez (22:02)
placed 53rd
and
58th
respectively in
a field of 109
runners.
Brooke
Robillard
was timed in
23:02, and Iris
Diez in 24:47.
“ T h i s
group of girls
pulled it off
today, which
is a statement
to their char-
acter,” said
Head Coach
Josh Nordell.
“Everyone
had to do her
part today to
PHOTO BY IZAAK KANZIG
have a shot
Anna Bartlett ran to a strong 11th-place showing in a t a n o t h e r
state competition.
trophy.”
By Charlie Kanzig
S o l a c e B e rg e r o n o f
Tillamook won the individual
crown with a time of 18:44,
20 seconds ahead of the sec-
ond runner.
In the boys race, senior
Jordan Pollard capped a
remarkable season with a sec-
ond-place finish, equaling the
highest state placement by an
Outlaw runner.
John Kavulich of
Scappoose streaked to an
early lead that Pollard was
unable to overcome.
“Jordan ran a very smart,
tough race, especially consid-
ering the way things played
out,” said Nordell. “Jordan
really put the hammer down
over the last mile to separate
himself from the rest of the
lead pack and actually closed
the gap on Kavulich by the
end.”
Kavulich was timed in
16:23, while Pollard was 11
seconds back in 16:34.
With five talented fresh-
men among the seven varsity
runners, the Outlaws entered
the meet as a dark horse to
snag a trophy. It was not
meant to be, as the team fin-
ished sixth with 149 points.
“It was a great competi-
tion,” said Nordell. “Third
through sixth places were
separated by just 30 points.”
Crook County placed five
scorers in the top 26 to win
with 80 points. Stayton High
School won its first trophy in
school history in second place
(96), while Newport edged
Tillamook by two points
119-121 for the final two
trophies.
Last year ’s champion
Valley Catholic finished fifth
(127) and Sisters sixth (149)
among the 14 teams.
Ethan Hosang (17:28),
PHOTO BY IZAAK KANZIG
Jordan Pollard ran to an outstanding second-place finish in the state
cross-country meet at Lane Community College.
John Peckham (17:46), Josh
Liddell (17:59), and Will
Thorsett (17:59) completed
the scoring for the Outlaws.
Hosang, Peckham and
Thorsett are all freshmen,
while Liddell is a sophomore,
giving good reason for Coach
Nordell to envision a bright
future. The sixth and seventh
runners, Vicente Rebolledo
(19:00) and Sam May (19:45),
are also freshmen.
“What these young guys
accomplished this year is
nothing short of amazing,” he
said. “They are a tough, cou-
rageous, cohesive group.”
It won’t be a cakewalk
next year by any means, as
Sisters joins the Oregon West
Conference, which includes
trophy teams Stayton and
Newport, as well as perennial
power Philomath.
“We look forward to
another great season next
year, and these guys now
know what it takes to reach
their goals,” said Nordell.
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