Wednesday, October 28, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Baseball team gets
in some games
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Sisters High School base-
ball coach Kramer Croisant
didn9t want to have to wait
until spring 2021 to get his
team back together. They9d
already lost the entire 2020
season 4 which would have
been his first at the helm of
the Outlaws9 program 4 to
COVID-19 shutdowns. So he
took the proactive step to see
if some fall baseball could be
possible in the Central Oregon
region.
<I caught wind that Marc
Horner, the facilities man-
ager for the Redmond School
District, planned to start the
Deschutes Baseball Academy,
in part to facilitate some base-
ball games,= said Croisant.
The idea came to frui-
tion and teams from Sisters,
Bend High, Mountain
View, Summit, Redmond,
Ridgeview and La Pine got on
board.
The league gave the
Outlaws the chance to play
two to three games a week
during the 3-1/2-week season.
<We ended up playing a
total of eight games, seven of
which were in Redmond and
the final one at Vince Genna
Stadium in Bend against
Summit,= he said.
Coaches volunteered their
time and players got to take
part at no cost, according to
Croisant.
Eighteen of the 24 play-
ers Croisant has listed on the
spring roster took part in the
fall league.
Croisant witnessed more
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The October 21 article
<Davis to head local sheriff9s
detail= included incorrect
information about his work
history.
He first worked for
the Monmouth Police
Department as a reserve offi-
cer while finishing up his
degree in law enforcement at
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than just baseball once he had
the kids back together on a
regular basis after being apart
for so long.
<The kids and parents
were both very grateful to be
out playing or watching base-
ball again,= the coach said.
<Everything I heard from
players and parents was that
the experience was positive.
We had a number of kids play-
ing club baseball this summer
and fall, but it was great to
get the group back together to
play with each other again.=
The emphasis on the fall
league was not on wins and
losses, but on getting kids
active and providing some
experience, according to
Croisant.
He said, <The team com-
peted extremely well against
larger, local varsity teams. We
got to face some good varsity
pitching which was a great
opportunity for our younger
guys. Overall, I think we went
right around .500. I don9t
think anyone in the league
was too concerned about
wins and losses. We were all
just trying to get kids playing
time.=
Looking ahead to the
spring season, Croisant said,
<I9m excited to get all of our
guys back together on the
same page. I can9t wait to get
back to practicing together
and competing together. We
have a group of players and
coaches that really care about
one another. I think this could
be a pretty special spring for
Outlaw baseball.=
Croisant is assisted by
Brad Linn and Shane Brady.
Western Oregon University.
With the Deschutes County
Sheriff 9s Office he has
worked as a patrol canine
handler with Ike, the German
shepherd, who worked with
him for six years. He spent
18-months as part of the
SWAT unit, spent several
different periods as a crimi-
nal detective sergeant and
lieutenant.
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) officially dedicated the Cindy and Duncan
Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works in a brief ceremony on Friday. Duncan
(center in photograph) and Cindy Campbell were instrumental in the capital
campaign that allowed SFF to purchase the building as its headquarters.
Cindy Campbell said it was an easy decision to support programs that
provide the spark of inspiration for young people in the Sisters community.
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