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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Agenda
Outlaws ski team hits the slopes
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Sisters High School’s
Alpine Ski Team fields 14
racers this season: 12 boys
and two girls.
Four boys return for
another season: junior John
Banks, and sophomores Evan
Palmer, George Chladek, and
Mitchell Griffin. New addi-
tions are freshmen Ian Cash,
Corbin Johnson, Christopher
Lundgren, Conner Petke,
Simon Rhett; junior Kincaid
Smelzer; and seniors Ethan
Morgan and Spencer Kemp.
Only two girls will be rac-
ing this year: senior Holland
Hartman, and freshman
Skylar Wilkins. Hartman has
raced before, but didn’t race
her junior year. Coach Gabe
Chladek told The Nugget
that Holland’s experience
is already showing on the
course. Wilkins is new to the
team, and brings with her a
strong, athletic background.
“Most of our racers have
quite a bit of skiing experi-
ence, but are relatively new
to racing,” said Chladek.
“Most of our team members
are younger, with time to
gain experience for future
seasons.”
High school alpine ski
racing consists of two events:
slalom and giant slalom (GS).
Slalom courses are set with
tight-radius turns that come
in rapid concession. Speeds
are slower, but the changes in
direction are rapid. It requires
technical skiing skills to
navigate some of the course
challenges, such as flushes,
delays and hairpins. Slalom
courses are set to challenge
racers’ rapid edging, and
technical skills to stay on
PHOTO PROVIDED
The Outlaws Alpine Ski Team is experienced on the snow, but new to racing.
course.
The giant slalom courses
are set with wider turns
spaced further apart, which
allows for higher speeds on
the course. These courses
challenge the racer to hold a
carving edge through the ter-
rain at higher speeds.
Racers get two runs per
race, and are timed as they
ski through the course. The
fastest time gets first place
and the most points, second
place gets fewer points than
first, and on down until 0
points are awarded. Scores
of the two runs are averaged,
and there is a winner for each
race day. Points also accumu-
late over the season to pro-
duce an individual and team
champion for the season.
The team started
dryland training after the
Thanksgiving break, with
conditioning that is a mix of
endurance, strength-building,
and balance work. The team
would have liked to have had
more time on the hill/race
course training, but the lean
snow conditions made that a
challenge.
Sisters was able to get
three good days of training
on the hill at Hoodoo the sec-
ond week of winter break,
which they felt made them
ready for their first race of
the season, which was a GS
at Mt. Bachelor on Saturday,
January 6.
George Chladek finished
16th, Evan Palmer took
26th, Kincaid Smeltzer was
35th, John Banks 57th, and
Christopher Lundgren 62nd
out of the 79 boys that raced.
First-year Coach Chladek
said, “We want to thank the
folks at Hoodoo for letting
us set up race gates on their
hill when they had very little
snow. The training opportu-
nity made all the difference
for our team.”
Sisters City Council
City Hall, 520 E. Cascade
Ave.
Wednesday, January 10
5:30 p.m. workshop
1. Time, place and manner
of regulation of marijuana
production and sales.
6:30 p.m. regular meeting:
• Accept public improve-
ments for the Village at Cold
Springs, Phase V.
• Apply for an Oregon
Parks and Recreation
Department (OPRD) grant.
• Appoint 2018/2019 bud-
get officer.
• Approve a busi-
ness directory kiosk at the
Chamber of Commerce.
• Approve Addendum
No. 1 to the City of Sisters,
City Manager employment
agreement.
• Council
Inter-
governmental Committee
Review & Appointment:
1. Central Oregon Cities
Organization (COCO) .
2. Economic Development
of Central Oregon (EDCO).
3. Sisters Economic
Development Advisory
Board (local EDCO
program).
• Budget Committee
appointments.
• Staff reports.
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