Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws shut out Newport in debut
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws came out fir-
ing on all cylinders in their
first game of the season,
and shut out Newport 11-0
at home on Thursday, April
15. A day later they traveled
to Philomath and fell short
15-11, and 5-2, in the double
header.
Sisters had 14 hits in their
game against Newport and
several players contributed
big bats in the winning effort.
Garrett Vohs had two hits
and five RBI, Adam Harper
had three hits and three RBI,
Connor Linn had two hits,
Hunter Sport had one hit and
one RBI, and Easton Moore
also contributed a hit.
Pitching duties were
handled by Will Grace (two
innings), and Dillon Tucker,
Vohs, and Brody Duey who
each pitched an inning.
The game ended after five
innings due to the 10-run
rule.
At Philomath, the Outlaws
lost by three in a tough battle
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Hunter Spor drives one in the Outlaws’ opener, one of 14 hits for the
Sisters squad.
full of missed opportunities.
The Outlaws left 11 runners
on base. Vohs led Sisters
with two hits and three RBI.
Garrett also pitched three
innings and recorded five
strike outs, and one walk.
In the second match-up
against the Warriors, the
Outlaws had scattered hits,
with Linn and Harper each
recording an RBI. Tucker
and Patrick Silva combined
for seven strike outs.
Sisters was to play at
Newport on Monday, April
19. They will travel to
Stayton on Wednesday, and
then host the Stayton Eagles
on Thursday.
GPS dart helps nab wanted driver
A deputy deployed a GPS
tracker dart in an effort to
nab a driver wanted by law
enforcement.
A Deschutes County
Sheriff 9s Office (DSCO)
deputy spotted the wanted
man9s vehicle on April 18,
at approximately 11:15
a.m., while he was driving
in the area of Highway 20
and South Pine Street in the
City of Sisters. The deputy
observed a 2004 GMC Yukon
on South Pine Street. The
registration for the vehicle
was allegedly expired. The
sheriff9s office reports that
there was also history of this
vehicle being associated with
a subject the deputy knew to
be wanted on pending crimi-
nal charges.
According to DCSO, the
deputy attempted to stop
the vehicle and it immedi-
ately turned onto a dirt road
and continued driving in an
attempt to elude the deputy.
The deputy pursued the vehi-
cle for a short distance until it
turned back toward the City
of Sisters. The deputy dis-
continued the pursuit due to
safety concerns.
A deputy later observed
the vehicle driving on Fryrear
Road toward Highway 126.
The deputy followed the
vehicle from a distance,
advising other deputies of
their location. Another dep-
uty observed the vehicle near
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Buckhorn Road and Highway
126. That deputy was able to
successfully tag the vehicle
with a Star Chase GPS dart.
Deputies discontinued fol-
lowing the vehicle, and
began tracking it remotely.
The GPS tracker showed
the vehicle was stationary on
BLM land off of Buckhorn
Road. Deputies located the
vehicle and made contact
with the only occupant of
the vehicle. The subject, later
identified as Justin Merritt,
age 39, of Sisters, refused to
obey commands to exit the
vehicle. Deputies worked to
de-escalate the situation and
negotiated with Merritt for
close to an hour before he
agreed to exit the vehicle.
Merritt was taken into
custody without incident
and lodged in the Deschutes
County Sheriff9s Office Jail
on charges of Attempt to
Elude (felony), Reckless
Driving, and Interfering With
a Police Officer.
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Climber rescued off
South Sister
Deschutes County
Sheriff 9s Office (DCSO)
Search and Rescue personnel
rescued a climber stranded in
a precarious spot on South
Sisters on Monday, April 12.
Stephen Lamb, a 49-year-
old man from Beaverton,
called 911 shortly before 9
a.m. Lamb reported he had
been climbing alone up the
north side of South Sister, and
found himself in a precarious
location where he was unable
to continue up and unable to
climb back down the moun-
tain. He was stranded on a
small ledge in very steep
terrain.
Snow, ice, and poor
rock prevented him from
being able to move from his
position.
Tw o D S C O S p e c i a l
Service Deputies responded to
begin initial planning for res-
cue. It quickly became clear
that the rescue would require
technical rescuers from
the DCSO SAR Mountain
Rescue Unit (MRU). Three
SAR volunteers were flown
by AirLink to the summit of
South Sister. AirLink made
two flights ferrying rescuers
and a third flight to assist in
locating Lamb.
Six additional SAR vol-
unteers responded to the
Devil9s Lake Trailhead via
snowmobile to support the
mission and five additional
volunteers supported Incident
Management. The Oregon
National Guard was put on
standby for the possibility of
a hoist rescue.
Rescuers had to proceed
about 600 feet down a ridge
off the northwest side of the
mountain and then traverse
laterally along the slope
approximately 500 feet east
to a location directly above
Lamb. Lamb was located in a
narrow chute.
At approximately 3:19
p.m., an MRU member rap-
pelled to Lamb and secured
him from falling.
Due to the precarious
location, they assisted him
from the chute to a safer loca-
tion for the Oregon National
Guard HH-60 Blackhawk
helicopter to hoist from. At
approximately 4:30 p.m.,
Lamb was hoisted aboard
the helicopter and flown to
a waiting sheriff9s deputy at
Sisters Airport.
Lamb was uninjured,
but exhausted from the long
climb and from holding on to
a ledge for over seven hours.
The Sheriff 9s Office
thanked AirLink Critical
Care Transport and the
Oregon Army National
Guard G/1-189 Aviation
Regiment for their assistance
in the rescue.
PHOTO COURTESY DCSO
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