Wednesday, May 30, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Middle school track wraps up season Sisters Country birds
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The Sisters Middle School
track and field team finished
the 2018 season Wednesday,
May 16, at the Central
Oregon Mid-Major District
Championship held at Reed
Stadium in Sisters.
Te a m s
competing
included Crook County,
Jefferson County, Elton
Gregory, La Pine, Obsidian
and, of course Sisters.
Coaches included Bryn
Singleton, Kent Boles, and
Dave Gregson.
“We had a nice mix of
sixth-, seventh- and eighth-
graders this year,” said
Singleton. “Every year seems
a little different, and this year
the kids seemed particularly
interested in field events.
Everyone was willing to try
all the events and made great
progress over the course of
the short season.”
At district, sixth- and
seventh-graders compete
together, separate from eight-
graders. The Sisters Middle
School sixth-graders were
at outdoor school, unable to
compete
Highlights from the
eighth-grade girls at district
included wins by Lexi Miller
in the shot put (29 feet 7
inches) and Lila Magnuson
in the pole vault (7 feet 6
inches), but the victory that
drew the most attention was
Hollie Lewis clearing 5 feet
in the high jump. Her mark
equaled the state qualify-
ing standard for high school
jumpers at the 4A level this
year. Her teammate, Miller,
finished second with a strong
mark of 4 feet 8 inches.
Lewis showed her springs
in the long jump as well,
where she finished sec-
ond with a leap of 14 feet,
5 inches. Madison Pollard
picked up a third-place rib-
bon in the 200 meters with a
time of 30.58.
The crew of Lewis, Brook
Knirk, Jenna Kizziar, and
Olivia Rychard took third
place in the 4x100-meter
relay with a time of 56.69.
Among sixth- and
seventh-grade girls, Ella
Thorsett picked up a pair of
fourth-place finishes in the
1,500 (5:36.94) and the 800
(2:46.66), which were both
personal records. Hadley
Schar tossed the turbo-jav-
elin 58 feet 3 inches and
Ashlynn Moffat jumped 13
feet 4 inches to place fourth
in their events as well.
On the boys side, eighth-
grader Nate Orozca had a
banner day, winning the long
jump (16 feet 9.25 inches),
and placing second in both
the 100 (12.29) and the pole
vault (8 feet 6 inches). AJ
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Hinderman won the high
jump with a clearance of
5 feet even. Hinderman
placed just behind Orozco
in the 100, finishing third
in 12.68.
Singleton counted the
season a success, saying,
“This year’s team impressed
me with their willingness
to try events and distances
that were new to them, and
with their overall attitude.
Everyone encouraged each
other and showed up at prac-
tice ready to learn and try.
As long as they are having
fun while being introduced
to track and field, I feel like
we’ve accomplished our
goal and I feel like every-
one enjoyed the season this
year.”
She went on to explain
that the athletes came ready
to compete at district.
“Almost everyone set one
or more personal records
at district. In all as a team,
there were 42 PRs set at the
district meet. Although the
sixth-graders were at out-
door school I must say they
showed great promise with
their improvement and dedi-
cation over the season.”
By Douglas Beall
Correspondent
chicks for another 20 days
before they leave the nest.
Insects and flower nectar
feed the Calliope’s energy
needs as they maintain
wing-beat speeds of 50-200
beats per second and a heart
rate that can reach 1,280
beats per minute.
The males perform mat-
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as they try to impress the
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recent-journeys.
As the smallest bird in
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smallest long-distance
migrating bird in the world,
the Calliope humming-
bird’s [Selasphorus cal-
liope] migration travel of
5,000 miles from southern
Mexico to western moun-
tainous regions is prodi-
gious and inspiring. When
heading north the Calliope
flies along the Pacific coast
and returns south along
the Rocky Mountains for a
round trip total of 10,000
miles.
This tiny hummer weighs
in at 0.1 ounce,
which is similar to
a ping-pong ball.
Named after the
Greek muse
Calliope and
Stellula, which
means little star.
The Calliope
female builds the
nest at altitudes of
4-11,000 feet in
conifers and incu-
bates the 2-3 white
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
eggs for 15-16
days and feeds the Calliope hummingbird.