Wednesday, January 10, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws battle injury and sickness
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The boys basketball squad
has been battling injury and
sickness, and to date they
have yet to play one game
with all seven of their top
players. That has made it dif-
ficult for them to play con-
sistently well. They hope to
have everyone back at full
strength when league play
begins next week.
Sisters dropped their
game at Redmond against
the Panthers on Wednesday,
January 3, in a final score of
56-38, but bounced back two
days later with a 38-28 win at
Burns.
In Tuesday’s action,
the Outlaws missed Ty
Horner, who injured his
hand in Monday’s practice.
They were also short Noah
Richards, who has missed the
last six games due to a con-
cussion. Isaiah Rush did play
in the game, in spite of not
feeling well.
The team played decent
defense against the Panthers,
but struggled on offense and
only scored 12 points in the
first half, which put them
down 23-12 a the half.
Sisters made a small run
at the start of the third quar-
ter, but Redmond hit a couple
of big shots from behind the
arc, which stifled the Outlaws
rally, and increased the
Panther lead. The Outlaws
played tough and scored 26
points in the second half, just
one less than the Panthers,
but it wasn’t enough to make
up for the low-scoring first
half.
Jack Berg and Zach
Anderson both scored 13
points. Ryan Waddell had
PHOTO OUTLAWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Austin Lake grabs a rebound vs. Redmond.
four, and Taylor Scholl added
three.
“Overall, we needed to
play with more intensity in
the first half to help us stay
with Redmond, but we did
play better in the second, so
that was good to see,” said
Coach David Godfrey.
Sisters’ stellar defense
earned them the win in the
low-scoring battle at Burns
on Friday. The Outlaws held
the Highlanders to seven
points the first two quarters
of play, and at the half held a
20-7 advantage.
The Outlaws scored 18
points in the second half, and
Burns scored 21.
The Outlaws definitely
had a much better game than
their match-up with Redmond
earlier in the week, especially
defensively. Although Sisters
didn’t score many points,
they did get lots of good shots
at the basket.
Berg led Sisters with 16
points, Anderson scored 10,
and Rush added five.
“All in all, it was a good
game,” said Godfrey. “We
just need to keep improving.”
Sisters was scheduled to
face the White Buffaloes at
Madras on Tuesday, January
9. The Outlaws will kick
off league play at Cottage
Grove on Friday, January
12. Their overall record
is 7-6.
Man ordered
to pay $4,750
for killing
swans
City seeks
parks
board
member
BEND (AP) — A Cottage
Grove man responsible for
killing two trumpeter swans
while hunting in Central
Oregon must pay $4,750 in
restitution.
The Bulletin reports that
35-year-old Michael J. Abbott
received the sentence in Lake
County Circuit Court. Abbott
must also serve one year of
probation and has lost hunt-
ing privileges for three years.
Trumpeter swans are a
protected species in Oregon,
and Abbott was found guilty
of two misdemeanor wildlife
violations in September.
The swans, named Fiona
and Hope, were a key part
of the state’s trumpeter swan
reintroduction program.
Authorities say that Abbott
shot the swans in October
2016 while hunting at the
Summer Lake Wildlife Area.
Abbott reported shooting
one swan after being con-
fronted by hunters. Officials
later found the other injured
swan but it died.
The City of Sisters is
accepting applications for
a volunteer position for a
person living in the Sisters
School District to serve on the
City Parks Advisory Board.
The board advises the
Sisters City Council on mat-
ters pertaining to the acqui-
sition, development, main-
tenance and preservation of
public parks, trails and open
space areas.
The City Parks Advisory
Board typically meets once a
month and consists of seven
members appointed by the
mayor, with the consent of the
Council.
Applications can be found
on the City website at www.
ci.sisters.or.us or at Sisters
City Hall, located at 520 E.
Cascade Ave. Applications
will be accepted until 5 p.m.
on Friday, January 26.
For more information con-
tact Community Development
Director Patrick Davenport
at 541-323-5219 or email
pdavenport@ci.sisters.or.us.
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