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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters VFW sponsors
student awards
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Kate Bowen navigating the nature trails at Saturday’s meet in Philomath.
Girls take big step forward at meet
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
A rebuilding season got a
big boost at Saturday’s Paul
Mariman Invitational, as the
Outlaw girls cross country
team took a big step forward
with some of the younger run-
ners having breakout races.
With only 12 teams, the
meet, hosted by Philomath
High School, gave the girls
the chance to race athletes
from 4A and 3A schools in a
smaller venue.
After a string of District
titles over the past few seasons
the Outlaws have found them-
selves short on experience this
season, resulting in a big-time
gap among the scoring varsity
runners. That gap closed by
about a minute as a result of
the performances Saturday.
The Outlaws entered just
three runners in the varsity
contest, and all raced well in
the estimation of Head Coach
Josh Nordell.
Kate Bowen once again led
the way for the team, chasing
Oregon West District leader
Hannah Hernandez around
her home course for most of
the race before falling to third
over the last mile to finish
in 19:43. Hernandez won in
18:58 and Hannah Rannow
of Siuslaw took the runner-up
spot in 19:12.
Ella Cole finished 11th
with a time of 21:09 thanks to
a superb last mile, and Amy
Hills came through in 26th
place in 22:48 among 63 total
finishers.
A strategy to have the
younger runners race in the
junior varsity division worked
well as the Outlaws not only
nabbed the top three positions,
but also got valuable experi-
ence “really racing,” accord-
ing to Nordell.
“These girls ran smartly
and patiently, moving past the
early leader after about the
first mile and then raced each
other all the way to the finish
line over the next two miles,”
he said. “They did exactly
what we hoped they would
do.”
Freshman Emma Singleton
broke away from teammates
Iris Diez and Pearl Gregg on
her way to a personal best by
1:08 to win in 23:36. Gregg
finished second (24:07), clip-
ping Diez at the finish by one
second.
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Chloe Gold finished 10th
(26:16) and Sasha Stolasz
11th (26:32) as the Outlaws
won the junior varsity team
title.
“I think this was a break-
through race for these girls
and a boost to their confi-
dence for the races ahead,”
said Nordell.
With no races during
homecoming week, the team
is looking to get in some high-
quality preparation before the
Country Fair Classic hosted
by Elmira High School, sched-
uled for Wednesday, October
17 near Fern Ridge Reservoir.
“We have one more week
of strengthening before tuning
up for District,” said Nordell.
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Post. This year’s theme is:
“Why My Vote Matters.”
There is a monetary award
of $200 for the local winner,
whose essay will be submit-
ted to state and national level,
with a chance at winning a
top scholarship of $30,000.
Sisters High School Principal
Joe Hosang has applications.
The arts award will
be given in the spring.
Applications will be available
at the end of October from
Hosang. This award is given
for the creation of a patriotic
poster with a short expla-
nation/interpretation of the
piece. A local monetary award
of $200 will be given to the
winner. The deadline for sub-
mission is March 31.
For more information,
contact Bill Anttila, VFW
Post Service Officer at 541-
549-1132 after 6 p.m., or bill_
anttila@yahoo.com.
Sisters VFW Post 8138
will be offering awards at
middle and high school levels.
The “Patriot Pen” is
offered annually at middle
school level. Students will
submit a 300-400 word type-
written essay on the theme,
“Why I Honor The American
Flag.” One local winner will
be selected from entries.
Student entry deadline is
October 31. The monetary
award this year for Patriot Pen
winner is $200. The local win-
ner’s essay will be submitted
to National VFW for a chance
of winning $5,000. For infor-
mation contact Becky Aylor at
Sisters Middle School.
Voice Of Democracy is
offered to all 9th-12th grade
students. Students will sub-
mit a 3- to 5-minute essay
recorded on a CD, along
with a typewritten essay, by
October 31, to the local VFW
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