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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SHS ski team fields record numbers Boys soccer announces
all-league picks
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
This year9s Sisters High
School ski team will field
the largest number of racers
in Outlaw history. Twenty-
seven racers are out for the
sport; 14 girls and 13 boys.
Head Coach Gabe Chladek
and Assistant Coach Rima
Givot are excited about the
upcoming season as they
start their fifth year as the ski
team coaches.
Sisters ski teams will
compete in the newly revi-
talized Emerald League of
the Oregon Interscholastic
Ski Racing Association
this season. The league is
made up of schools from
Eugene, Albany, Corvallis,
Philomath, Redmond,
Prineville, and Sisters. The
number of students partici-
pating in high school ski rac-
ing has grown in the past few
years and necessitated the
reformation of the league.
The fastest six racers from
each gender will comprise
the varsity teams for each
race. Points are awarded
based on finish order and
contribute to a team score, as
well as individually. Points
accumulate throughout the
season to determine league
champions and which teams/
individuals will go on to the
state championships.
Several strong, experi-
enced skiers return to the
girls team, including seniors
Hollie Lewis, Piper Adelt,
Sasha Stolasz; junior Annie
Cohen; and sophomores
Araiya Grummer, Charlotte
S e y m o u r, a n d P r e s l e y
Adelt. The boys team also
return veteran skiers includ-
ing juniors Bella Chladek,
Corbin Fredland, Brody
Dewey, and sophomore Ryan
Goff.
Many new racers have
joined the team and will
bring depth and talent to
the squad. New additions
include six freshmen girls;
Ella Eby, Tallis Grummer,
Kiara Martin, Ava Riehle,
Mae Roth, and Lauren Sitz.
The boys team will add
junior Gus Patton, and fresh-
men John Berg, Emerson
Backus, Keegan Kroytz,
Stepan Myagkov, Cooper
Merrill, Kellen Petke,
Spencer Tisdel, and Jack
Turpen.
<We have a lot of racers
on the girls and boys side
with a history of club and
high school racing,= said
Chladek. <This is bringing a
high level of technical pro-
ficiency to the team. This
combined with a lot of pas-
sion for the sport from the
individual athletes is com-
ing together to make a strong
team.=
Both the boys and girls
teams field a lot of previous
race and skiing experience
and should be very competi-
tive this season. Chladek is
expecting many of the rac-
ers to cycle through varsity
and junior varsity positions
this year. This year9s Sisters
team is stacked with talented
skiers and Chladek expects
both the girls and boys
teams will go on to the state
championships.
Dry land training began
early in November and as
soon as there9s snow on the
mountain, the ski team will
train two days a week on
the hill. The race season will
begin after winter break and
will end with the state cham-
pionships the first week of
March.
The race schedule will be
available on the Sisters High
School Athletic Calendar
once race dates are final-
ized, which is estimated
to be in about one week.
High school ski racing is a
volunteer-run effort and the
league is looking for extra
volunteers to help as race
officials and gatekeepers. If
anyone is interested in vol-
unteering, contact Chladek at
gabe.chladek@ssd6.org
Chladek said, <With the
size of the team and the
depth of talent in this year9s
racers, I9m really excited to
see how far this team can
go. However, our highest
priority as coaches is to see
the team develop a strong
sense of community and
have a fun season skiing
together.=
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The boys soccer squad
had six players named to
all-league teams this year,
including senior Ricky
Huffman and junior Tate
Kaczmarek, who were first
team picks.
Huffman was a four-year
starter for the Outlaws and
a co-captain this year. He
has been the team9s leading
scorer the last three seasons
and this year posted 14 goals,
and tallied four assists. He
was honored for his play at
the forward position.
<Ricky is relentless in
energy and athleticism
and makes life tough for
defenders,= said Coach Jeff
Husmann. <He often has
two-to-three defenders on
him and still finds a way
to score goals. He has been
the energy, leadership, and
entertainment of this team
the past three seasons, and
Tate is a balanced
player who knows how to
create goals as well as
finding the open person.
— Coach Jeff Husmann
very much deserves to be
first team. Ricky will cer-
tainly be missed next year.=
Kaczmarek scored 10
goals this year and recorded
eight assists, and accord-
ing to Husmann his field
vision and soccer IQ is
unmatched. He was honored
as a forward/midfielder.
<Tate is a balanced player
who knows how to cre-
ate goals as well as find-
ing the open person,= stated
Husmann. <He has an incred-
ible work rate and physical
style of play, and would be a
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