12 Wednesday, January 22, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Outlaws ski teams most Outlaws struggle against Woodburn competitive in years By Rongi Yost Correspondent By Rongi Yost Correspondent The Outlaws boys and girls ski teams raced in the first slalom race of the season, on Leeway at Mt. Bachelor on Saturday, January 18. Surface conditions were a bit slow due to all the new snow, but over- all the course held up well and the race ran smoothly. The boys and girls raced on sepa- rate courses and got in two runs each. The boys team had their best team finish in years, and came in third just behind Mtn. View and Bend High. Evan Palmer finished third and scored 100 points for the Outlaws. Bela Chladek finished eighth (65 points), Corbin Fredland 14th (31 points), George Chladek got 10th on his first run for 26 points, but straddled a gate on his second run and was disqualified. Colton Seymour was 16th (21 points), and Simon Rhett got 34th place on his first run, but was dis- qualified on his second run. Coach Gabe Chladek com- mented on a few of his racers.