Wednesday, May 15, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Girls lacrosse packs in three games
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
PHOTO BY CHARLIE ZANZIG
Josh Nordell hit the pavement for the Better Half Marathon.
Sisters hosts “Better
Half” Marathon
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Sean Meissner9s first year
as director of the Sisters
<Better-Half= Marathon
turned out to be a success as
just under 100 runners took
part in the 13.1- and 6.55-
mile courses on Saturday,
May 11.
Starting and finishing at
the Village Green, runners
traversed a course around the
outskirts of town on a sunny
morning that turned quite
warm, making Meissner9s
decision to move the start
to an hour earlier, 8 a.m., a
wise one. The 24 finishers in
the half-marathon made two
loops of the course.
Peter Curran, 41, won the
half marathon in a time of
1:22:27, more than 8 minutes
ahead of the runner-up, Justin
Walz.
Tara Lesueur, finished
fourth overall and finished
first among women in a time
of 1:47:04.
In the <quarter marathon=
of 6.55 miles, 43-year-old
Brandon Brasher dethroned
returning champion Josh
Nordell, 41, of Sisters with
a winning time of 39:20.5.
Nordell came through in
43:48.7.
Lynette Cauble finished
next as the first woman fin-
isher in a time of 51:08.7. A
total of 39 runners completed
the 6.55-mile race.
Runners also had the
choice to run the half-mara-
thon as a two-person relay, but
full results for the relay were
not immediately available.
Proceeds from the race
benefit the Sisters High
School swim team, which
provided many of the volun-
teers for the event.
The girls lacrosse squad
played three games this past
week; an 11-6 loss to Bend
on Tuesday, May 7, and a
big 14-2 win the following
day against South Salem. On
Friday, they lost 16-13 in a
tight game against Churchill.
Sisters knew the contest
against Bend on Tuesday
would be a tough match-up,
and both teams hit the field
with grit and determina-
tion. At the half, the Outlaws
trailed 8-2.
In the second half, Sisters
played hard and was able to
hold off the Bend attack for
several minutes. The Outlaws
scored four goals, one of them
a great shot from Kaylee
Huber. Bend was trying to
pass to another player, and
the ball went right into Mary
Root9s stick. Root passed to
Huber in the midfield, and
Kaylee made the goal with a
shovel shot.
With one minute left on
the clock, Sisters scored their
final goal. The Bend goalie
cleared the ball and Sydney
Head made an interception,
and rushed in for the goal.
The next day the Outlaws
outplayed South Salem to
beat the Saxons by 12.
Sisters scored their first
goal off an interception, and
kept the scoring going. At the
half, they held a 4-2 lead.
Faith Hougham got the
Outlaws9 second-half scoring
started with a beautiful shot
into the back of the net.
Sisters scored nine more
goals, two of them very nice
shots from Head. Sydney
wrapped the crease with
three defenders on her heels.
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Churchill Lancers was very
tight and tied many times
throughout the contest.
Head had two nice goals in
the first half. Sydney9s goals
were quick-stick shots to the
top left above the goalie9s
head. At the half, the Lancers
held a one-point advantage
at 9-8.
Sisters9 stand-out goal in
the second half came from
Maddie Symonds. Head
made a pass across the field to
Symonds at the top of the 12,
and Maddie quickly passed
her defender and bounced the
shot between the goalie9s legs.
The Lancers scored the
final three goals of the game
and beat the Outlaws by three.
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She beat out the defend-
ers, switched left, and sent
the ball past the goalie on
the right side for the score.
Head9s other goal came when
she picked up a ground ball
and drove into the eight with
a quick-stick shot above the
goalie9s head.
Just before the whistle
blew to end the game, the
Outlaws made a beautiful
play in just a few seconds.
Skylar Wilkins passed the
ball to Ellie Cook, who made
a long pass to Pearl Gregg.
Pearl beat her defenders and
shot the ball above the goal-
ie9s head into the net at the
buzzer.
The Outlaws held the
Saxons scoreless the second
half, and recorded the win.
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