14 Wednesday, January 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Outlaws earn win over Warriors By Rongi Yost Correspondent The Outlaws posted a big 45-41 victory at home over Philomath on Tuesday, January 15, but three days later suffered a 48-32 loss on the road against No. 3-ranked Stayton. They also dropped their game at Sweet Home on Tuesday, January 22, in a final score of 51-42. Against Philomath, the Outlaws worked together to earn a league win over the visiting Warriors. In the first quarter teams scored back-and-forth, and mid-way through the period the score was even, 8-8. The Outlaws held the Warriors scoreless the last four min- utes, and a bucket from Jack Berg and a three-baller from Noah Richards put the Outlaws on top 13-8 to close out the quarter. Philomath hit a three with 17 seconds left in the sec- ond quarter to close the gap to 21-20. Zach Anderson was fouled at the buzzer and stepped up to the line. Zach was poised and steady, and sunk both shots to give the Outlaws a three-point lead, 23-20, as teams headed into the half. Sisters only allowed the Warriors one point the first half of the third, and with three minutes left in the quarter, the Outlaws had built a 31-25 advantage. Philomath tightened up their defense and shut down the Outlaws9 scoring until Jude Carhart made a nice lay-in at the nine-second mark and closed out the period with the Outlaws on top 33-25. Philomath fought back, and midway through the fourth closed the gap to three, 35-32. With two min- utes left on the clock, the Warriors had cut the lead to one. Richards grabbed an offensive board and made a put-back to put the Outlaws up by three, 42-39, and at the 18-second mark, Anderson blocked a huge three-point attempt that would have tied the game. The Warriors pressed and put the Outlaws on the line. Brad Eagan made both his shots at the stripe to give the Outlaws a 44-39 lead. Philomath made two points at the line, and then with five seconds left Ryan Waddell hit one of his two foul shots to seal the deal as time ran out on the clock. Richards had a great game for the Outlaws. Noah played tough defense, and made some big plays in the sec- ond half. He led the Outlaws9 scoring effort with 16 points, including two big threes in the final half. Ryan Waddell scored 11 points, and Berg and Anderson each contrib- uted seven points. Runco told The Nugget that Eagan, Richards, and Berg really handled the Warriors pressure to get the Outlaws the win. On Friday, Sisters strug- gled against the Eagles 2-3 zone, and their two big posts. They didn9t shoot the ball well, and weren9t able to pen- etrate into the paint. On the flip side, the Outlaws defense did well against the Eagles9 size, and were able to slow them down. Sisters only put up 10 points in the first half, five in each quarter, while the Eagles on the other hand put 23 points on the scoreboard. Runco told The Nugget that the Outlaws tried to attack seams, but were tenta- tive against the Eagles9 size in the first half of the contest. In the second half the Outlaws played even with the Eagles, but they9d dug them- selves into too big of a hole in the first half to be able to come back. Waddell came off the bench for the Outlaws and put up a great battle against the 6-foot-8-inch post Anundi. Ryan, along with Carhart, doubled up on him, slowed him down, and held him to eight points. Post player Nichol posed more of a problem, as did the Eagles9 shooting guard, who hit three shots from behind the arc while the Outlaws were focused on the posts. Waddell, Richards, and Joe Scholl held their own on the boards, and rebounded well against the much bigger Stayton squad. Runco said,