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Wednesday, March 11, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws earn all-league honors
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Oregon West League
proved to be the tough-
est league in the state, and
as a result there were many
good players throughout the
league, and all-league vot-
ing was tough, so tough in
fact, that the league voted to
expand the voting.
Senior Zach Anderson
was a first-team selection,
and senior Jack Berg earned
second-team all-league.
Zach averaged 11 points
and six rebounds per game,
while Jack averaged 12
points, six rebounds, and six
assists.
Noah Richards, Ryan
Waddell, and Brad Eagan
were all honorable men-
tion and were added later.
Noah averaged nine points,
three rebounds, and three
assists per game. Ryan aver-
aged eight points and five
rebounds, and Brad averaged
four points and four assists
per game.
Coach Rand Runco said,
<Really, all six of our top
players deserved mention.
Those six seniors played
almost 100 percent of the
games and did an amazing
job! They got third in our
league and made it to state.
This was an unusual team in
which six players played so
well together and were a true
unit.
<Two of our league losses
this year were when two
of those seniors were out,=
added Runco. <Jude Carhart
was also a key player for
us and wasn9t mentioned.
He contributed big plays in
games and had three steals
almost every game.=
Runco told The Nugget it
was one of his most enjoyable
seasons as a coach. He stated
that his players were great
kids with great parents and he
will miss them.
<These guys gave every-
thing they had, and had each-
others and the coaches backs
at all times,= said Runco.
<They competed so well
against the toughest teams in
the state. They went through
some setbacks and made it
to state, which is the fifth
time in five years. They9re
an amazing group, and I was
proud to coach them.=
Lady Outlaws players
Isabelle Spitler and Sydney
Head were both selected to
all-league teams this year;
Spitler a second-team pick
and Head an honorable
mention.
Spitler (senior) was
a shooting guard for the
Outlaws and led the team
in scoring. She averaged
8.2 points, 1 assist, and 1.5
rebounds per game. Isabelle
scored in the double-digits six
times during the season, with
18 points as her high-point
game. She shot 26.8 percent
from behind the arc and shot
39 percent from two-point
land.
<Isabelle has been a great
leader for our team on the
court, and possesses a high
basketball IQ, which also
helped her teammates be suc-
cessful on the court,= said
Coach Brittaney Niebergall-
Brown. <We are very proud
of her for earning the award
for second-team all-league.=
Head (senior) was an
honorable-mention selection.
Sydney played at both guard
and at post for the Outlaws.
She averaged 2.2 points, 1.5
assists, and four rebounds per
game.
<Sydney has contin-
ued to improve immensely
throughout the season,= said
Niebergall-Brown. <We could
always count on her to score
a few points, pull down quite
a few boards, and deliver the
ball where it needed to go.
She is a well-rounded player
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Zach Anderson pulls down a rebound for the Outlaws. Anderson earned
first-team all-league honors.
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