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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Outlaws take seventh at Seaside
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws traveled
to Seaside for the annual
Seaside Invitational Thursday
through Saturday, December
14-16. Sisters lost their first
two games of the tourney, but
bounced back with a victory
to claim seventh place.
On Thursday, the Outlaws
lost 65-55 to Newport in their
first game of the tournament.
Sisters started off slow, dug
themselves into a hole in the
first quarter, and trailed 18-9
at the close of the period.
They kept clawing their way
back, and with three minutes
to go had closed Newport’s
lead to seven. The Fighting
Fisherman went four-for-four
at the line in the last two min-
utes to get the win.
Newport outscored the
Outlaws from the line, 9-4.
Isaiah Rush led the
Outlaws with 17 points, Ty
Horner scored 15, and Zach
Anderson added 10. Noah
Richards and Jack Berg each
contributed four points, and
Brad Eagan added three.
“Overall, Newport played
a good game, but we hurt our-
selves by our slow start,” said
Coach David Godfrey. “It’s
hard to dig out of a hole and
win.”
On Friday, Sisters faced
Astoria, and lost by four, in
a final score of 35-31. The
Outlaws played well on
defense, but struggled with
their offense. Sisters led 13-9
at the end of the first quarter,
but were only able to put up
18 points the remainder of the
game.
Horner led the team on
offense with 20 points.
“ We h a d t o o m a n y
missed shots, especially in
the paint, and turnovers and
bad shot selection hurt us,”
said Godfrey. “Our defense
was much improved from
Thursday, but our offense
went missing. I hope we learn
from these two games. We are
still working hard to come
together as a team, and hope-
fully, we will put it together
better tomorrow.”
On Saturday, the Outlaws
wrapped up their tournament
play with a 50-16 landslide
win over Elma, a school in
Washington.
The Outlaws only scored
17 points in the first half, but
held Elma to eight in the half.
In the second half, Sisters
offense kicked into gear and
they outscored Elma 33 to 10.
The Outlaws were aggres-
sive, caused turnovers, and
scored in transition. They
played well on both ends of
the court, but particularly well
on defense.
Horner led the Outlaws
with 14 points, followed by
Anderson and Eagan, who
each scored eight. Richards
contributed seven, Ryan
Waddell had six, and Rush
added five.
James Ceciliani didn’t
score, but according to
Godfrey, he brought a lot of
energy to the game, hustling
on defense, and taking a
charge.
Sisters shot 17 freethrows
in the contest — as many
as they shot total between
the first two games of the
tournament.
Godfrey said, “We put a
good overall game together.
We shot the ball better,
shared the ball well, and got
more baskets in transition. It
was a good way to end the
tournament.”
At the close of the tourna-
ment, Newport came out on
top with the first-place finish,
Seaside was runner-up, and
Cottage Grove took third.
The Outlaws will play
against South Albany in the
South Albany Tournament
on Thursday, December 21,
where they will match up
against tough competition,
just like they faced in Seaside.
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