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6 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Boys lacrosse loses to Churchill The Outlaws’ defense picked up when attack play- ers Ethan Morgan, Trey Stadeli, and Jake Pilarski spaced themselves out and coordinated their movement to get good shots. Jake Stevens, Cole Pade, Jared Richerson, Connor Martin, Damien Wills, and Evan Palmer, the Outlaws’ middies, had a gutsy per- formance and ran back and forth, playing both ends of the field. “Without the usual num- ber of substitutes at this demanding position these boys had to gut it out when they were out of breath from being on the field for longer stretches than normal,” said Coach Paul Patton. Sisters also got good minutes from sophomore Ethan Manuel, who started at attack, but also saw some time at the middle position. Freshman Titan Kroytz got some time on the field as a defender. Churchill scored five more times before the final whistle to extend their lead and secure the win. Morgan finished the con- test with three goals and one assist, Stadeli had two goals and one assist, and Richerson and Pilarski scored one goal. Warburton recorded 17 saves on 34 shots. By Rongi Yost Correspondent The Outlaws lost 11-7 to Churchill High School in Eugene on Thursday, March 22. They will take a week off the first week of spring break and then hit the field again with a game at West Albany on Friday, April 4, and a game at Corvallis on Saturday. Sisters entered the game against Churchill a little shorthanded, with only 16 of their 26 players able to par- ticipate. The Outlaws had 10 boys out for a variety of reasons, including sickness, suspensions, conflict with other school activities, and spring break plans, which resulted in playing some of the younger players and many players had to stay on the field longer. The Outlaws got off to a slow start, and Churchill went up 3-0 in the first quar- ter. Sisters stayed focused and started to chip away at the Lancers’ lead, and even- tually tied the game 6-6 in the third quarter. During that stretch, the defense of Matt Harris, Ethan Kennedy, Sam Mitchell, and Spencer Morgan played as a unit and reduced Churchill’s good looks at the goal. Casey Warburton did a stellar job in the goal, and made several great saves. The Sweetest Gift of All…A Beautiful Smile! Your Story MATTERS Audry Van Houweling, PMHNP Columnist Embracing gray in a black-and- white world We all like to feel safe. When chaos and uncertainty surround us, it is common to fall back on rigid thinking in order to create the sense of control, predictability; and make sense out of the inexplicable. Reducing a complex world into right and wrong, good and bad, successful and unsuccess- ful, and so on might seem to give us security until we have to confront the end- less variables that suddenly make our black-and-white thinking so grey. 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