Wednesday, April 17, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon ting out of Hornets Outlaws take sting By Rongi Yost Correspondent The Outlaws defeated the Henley Hornets 5-3 on the tennis courts in their first home match of the season on Friday, April 12. A day later they traveled to Madras for the annual White Buffalo Invitational where their No. 1 and No. 2 singles and doubles teams finished fifth out of eight. On Friday against Henley, Sisters won three of the four doubles matches. Kendra Sitz and Hallie Swartz defeated Kenzie Cooper and Sabrina Graetsch in No. 1 doubles. The duo were down in the first set, but bounded back with a 6-4 win. They won the second set 10-6 and recorded the win. Midway through the first set Kendra and Hallie started to gel and communicated well. They hit good alley shots and were aggressive at the net. Lauren Fitzke and Sophie Silva (No. 2) posted a win over Macy Hallman and Ellie Smith in back-to-back sets with scores of 6-3, 6-3. It was the first time Lauren and Sophie paired up, and the duo did an outstanding job of set- ting each other up, especially for middle shots, and they used alleys well. Mattie Mynatt and Ellie Rush (No. 3) also won in back-to-back sets in their very first match as a doubles pair. They made a great team, played well together, and melded their individual skills into a great combo. Mattie had great net play and Ellie did a nice job at the baseline and got balls that were diffi- cult to reach. The Outlaws also got wins at No.2 and No. 3 singles. Ramsey Schar (No. 2) defeated Sophie Gomez in 5 SPRING TIRE SALE SAVE UP TO $ 200 off a set of 4 tires, depending on tire size & type. While supplies last. ULTRA Z900 • OPEN COUNTRY H/T ECLIPSE • OPEN COUNTRY A/T II PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Lauren Fitzke strikes a forehand in a match against Philomath. two straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.