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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Mixed week on hardwood for Outlaws Sisters Country birds
ByKDouglasKBeall
ByKRongiKYost
Correspondent
Correspondent
The Outlaws have been
hammering their opponents
on the hardwood, and this
past week started out no dif-
ferent. Sisters defeated the
Falcons 60-41 at Elmira
on Tuesday, January 23.
Three days later, though,
the Outlaws fell hard in a
51-25 loss to the Bulldogs at
Sutherlin.
In Tuesday’s action,
the Outlaws started a bit
slow, and the Falcons came
out strong and took a 2-8
lead early in the first quar-
ter. After a quick timeout,
Sisters regrouped, picked up
the pace, and closed out the
period on top 12-8.
The Outlaws continued
to maintain control of the
game, outscored the Falcons
22-12 in the second period,
and at the break held a 34-20
advantage.
Sisters shared the ball,
worked together on defense,
kept the momentum, and beat
the Falcons by 19.
“It was a good team
effort,” said Coach David
Godfrey. “It was a good win
on the road, and a tough thing
to do in our league.”
Jack Berg led all scor-
ers with 19 points. Berg shot
the ball well and was big on
the boards for the Outlaws.
Zach Anderson finished
well around the basket, and
recorded 13 points. Noah
Richards contributed nine
points, had some good assists,
and drove well to the hoop.
Austin Lake put nine
points up on the scoreboard,
and James Ceciliani and Ryan
Waddell added four points
each. Brad Eagan played a
solid floor game, and had two
points in the game.
Godfrey noted that both
Waddell and Ceciliani came
off the bench and gave the
Outlaws a spark, played hard,
and scored in the paint.
On Friday, Sisters shot
poorly and committed numer-
ous turnovers. Early in the
contest, they missed some
shots that they normally
make, and fell behind. At the
end of the first period Sisters
trailed the Bulldogs 11-6.
Sutherlin doubled up on
the Outlaws in the second
quarter, 15-7, and at the half
the Outlaws trailed 26-13.
The second half was just as
tough, and Sutherlin posted
the win.
“Sutherlin’s a good team,
and they hit their shots,” said
Godfrey. “We didn’t shoot
well, and it was hard to catch
up. We got good shots for the
most part, but they just didn’t
fall.”
Sisters committed 18
turnovers, which caused
them to miss several scoring
The nasal call com-
ing from high in the
pines as the flock moves
though the forest are pin-
yon jays (Gymnorhinus
cyanocephalus).
The pinyon jay is a per-
manent resident of the pin-
yon-juniper woodlands and
ponderosa pines forest. With
bills adapted to extract seeds
from cones, they will cache
thousands of seeds which
will be used in the winter
months. Their hairless nos-
trils allow them to grab the
seeds without getting sticky
sap on themselves. They
also consume many insects,
berries, acorns and small
mammals.
These jays live in large
flocks up to 500 and build
bulky nests made of sticks,
shredded bark, grass and
animal hair 3-20 feet above
ground where 4-5 pale blue
with brown speckled eggs
are laid. The female sustains
incubation with the male
feeding her for 15-17 days
and the chicks leave the
nest in 19-21 after hatching.
Fourteen years and 7 months
is the oldest recorded age of
a pinyon jay.
A group of pinyon jays is
known as a “cast,” “party,”
“band,” or a “scold.”
To view more images
visit http://abirdsings
becauseithasasong.com/
recent-journeys.
PHOTO BY OUTLAWS PHOTOGRAPHY
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opportunities. On the positive
side, the Outlaws did play
solid defense.
Berg led the squad with
nine points, and Richards
followed with six. Anderson
contributed five, and Eagan
added three.
Sisters will head into the
second half of league play
with a home contest against
Cottage Grove on Friday,
February 2. The Outlaws
wrapped up the first half of
league play with a 4-1 record.
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onKtheKroad,KandKaKtoughK
thingKtoKdoKinKourKleague
—KCoachKDavidKGodfrey
pinyon jay
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
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