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Wednesday, November 22, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Desnhutes
County sees
biggest
population
innrease in
state
PORTLAND (AP) —
New estimates put Oregon’s
population at 4.1 million.
An annual report from
Portland State University’s
Population Research Center
says the population increased
by nearly 65,000 residents
last year. People migrat-
ing to the state accounted
for 88 percent of the jump
while 12 percent was due
to an increase in births over
deaths.
The tri-county Portland
metropolitan area saw the
largest gains in population
from 2016 to 2017.
Multnomah
and
Washington counties each
added more than 12,000 resi-
dents, and Clackamas County
added just over 8,000.
Portland gained more resi-
dents than any other Oregon
city, and its population now
stands at 639,100.
Deschutes County in
Central Oregon had the larg-
est increase by percentage —
3.6 percent.
Its largest city, Bend,
added 3,265 residents
to reach a population of
86,765.
Pollard concludes XC season at BorderClash 19
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Senior runner and Oregon
4A runner-up Jordan Pollard
concluded his success-
ful senior season of cross-
country at the annual Nike
BorderClash held Saturday,
November 18, at the Nike
World Campus in Beaverton.
BorderClash, in its 19th
year, pits the best high school
cross country runners from
Oregon against Washington’s
best in a battle for Northwest
bragging rights. Top runners
from each of Oregon’s OSAA
classifications based on per-
formances at the state meet
determine the field of runners
from Oregon.
Pollard placed 47th among
the 79 finishers and 17th
among Oregon runners in the
5,000-meter race with a time
of 16:42. He was just six sec-
onds behind John Kavulich of
Scappoose, who won the 4A
State title ahead of Pollard
two weeks earlier.
The race winner, James
Mwaura, of Lincoln
High School in Tacoma,
Washington, destroyed the
rest of the field by over 26
seconds with a time of 15:32.
Mwaura is the two-time 3A
Washington state champion
and is undefeated for the sea-
son. Evan Holland of Ashland
High School, who finished
second in the 5A race at the
OSAA State Meet, was the
top Oregon finisher in 15:59.
Pollard, who will be join-
ing the U.S. Marine Corps
upon graduation, finished his
cross-country career at Sisters
High School among the most
decorated in school history.
His second-place finish at
state equals the highest finish
ever by a Sisters Outlaw.
The race is epic in the
way that it begins. The two
teams start on a field opposite
one another, like two armies
going to battle. A replica of a
Civil War-era cannon signals
the start with a tremendous
boom.
“The start was awesome,”
said Pollard. “You could
see the sparks from the lit
fuse burning down and then
‘Boom!’” he said. “The start
was faster than any race that I
have ever been in,” he said. “I
think I went through the first
mile in 4:44.”
Washington once again
dominated the team results,
sweeping the top three places
on their way to a decisive
win in the boys race. The
Washington girls also won
the team title.
The start was awesome.
You nould see the sparks
from the lit fuse burning
down and then ‘Boom!’
— Jordan Pollard
Sisters Head Coach Josh
Nordell accompanied Pollard
to the event. “What a fun way
to wrap up the season,” he
said.
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