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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Three sets of Sisters served Outlaws squad
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
T h i s y e a r ’s S i s t e r s
Outlaws volleyball squad
delivered on the “sisters”
portion of their monicker in a
literal sense.
Three sets of sisters
played for the team, which
capped a strong season with
a third-place showing at the
state championships in early
November.
Kendra and Natalie Sitz;
Sydney and Adelyn Myhre;
and Samantha and Sophie
Silva all played together for
the Outlaws. The sibling sets
contributed strongly to the
team’s spirit.
“I think it would have
been a tight team no matter
what,” Coach Rory Rush told
The Nugget, when asked if
the siblings made for greater
team chemistry.
However, she acknowl-
edged, the relationships did
have an impact on how the
team interacted. The sisters
could be more direct in moti-
vating each other and perhaps
push each other in ways that a
coach might not.
“They could say things to
each other that I could never
say,” Rush said. “There’s a
comfortableness.”
She also noted that
the players had a built-in
support network thanks to
their relationships.
There’s also a bit of
healthy sibling rivalry
involved.
“You have older players
who want to maintain their
status and there’s younger
players who want to take
them down,” Rush said.
That’s a rivalry that comes
out in practice and scrim-
mages — not in matches
where they’re all in for each
other.
“It’s not a competition for
spots,” said all-league Player
of the Year Kendra Sitz. “But
when you play a scrimmage,
you want to beat them.”
Her sister Natalie nod-
ded at that, but was quick
to acknowledge Kendra’s
strengths.
“She’s a senior, also, so
she’s a good leader,” Natalie
said.
Sydney Myhre is a fresh-
man, and she often substi-
tutes for her sister Adelyn, so
they’re seldom on the court at
the same time.
Sydney says that her
whole family is volleyball-
oriented, involved as players
and coaches who have helped
to build the Outlaws program.
She said her family is always
playing, watching or talking
about volleyball.
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Three sets of sisters — Kendra and Natalie Sitz; Sydney and Adelyn Myhre;
and Samantha and Sophie Silva — took the court for the Outlaws.
That bond, that team
chemistry, is critical to suc-
cess, Coach Rush believes.
“Volleyball is one of
those momentum/chemis-
try sports,” she said. “If you
don’t have it, you’re going to
struggle.”
The Outlaws — from
Sisters and made up of sis-
ters — “had it” this year, and
they plan on building for it
for 2019.
maturing Outlaws squad next
year — one that Rush sees
as building on this year’s
performance.
“It’s exciting to see how
the young players handled
themselves at state,” she said.
For her part, Kendra Sitz,
a senior, thought the 2018
season was great — “defi-
nitely my favorite year” —
in part because of the bond
between teammates.
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SALEM (AP) — Rep.
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will not seek another stint as
leader of the Republican cau-
cus in the state House.
The Bulletin reports that
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Thursday that he won’t seek
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Mann said McLane looks for-
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