Wednesday, February 9, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Boys basketball split games on the hardwood
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws hoopsters
started their week on Monday,
January 31, against the
Riverdale Mavericks, who
are located in Portland near
Lake Oswego, in a non-league
game rescheduled from earlier
in the season. Sisters walked
away with a 44-37 victory.
On Thursday, the Outlaws
lost on the road to top-ranked
Stayton 28-52.
In Monday9s matchup, the
Mavericks came out smok-
ing hot and quickly took a 7-0
lead against what Coach Chad
Rush called an <uninspired
Outlaw defense.= Jessey
Murillo broke the scoreless
stretch with a free-throw
almost two minutes into the
contest.
The Outlaws began to exe-
cute their offense, and at the
close of the first quarter held
a 12-0 lead. Max Palanuk and
Jamen Schwartz both hit long
balls in the period to help the
Outlaws during their 12-2 run
that closed out the quarter.
In the second period the
Mavericks pulled ahead early
off of several Outlaws turn-
overs that they converted
into fast-break layups. Ricky
Huffman scored six points,
and was the lone Outlaw to
score in the quarter. At the
half the Outlaws trailed 18-22.
Sisters regrouped at half-
time and came out in the third,
put pressure on the Mavericks,
and went on an 11-2 run in the
first four minutes. Huffman
and Palanuk scored all of the
Outlaws9 points in the quar-
ter, eight from Huffman and
seven from Palanuk.
The fourth quarter started
even with both teams trad-
ing baskets. The Mavericks
cut the Outlaws9 lead to one
point at 37-38 with just over
a minute left on the clock, but
those proved to be the last
points they would score in the
game. Sisters buckled down
on defense and hit four of five
from the charity stripe to seal
the victory.
The Outlaws went 11-14
at the free-throw line, which
Rush told The Nugget was a
huge lift for the team when
they were trying to get going
offensively early, as well as
keep the lead late in the game.
Huffman led the team in
scoring for the second straight
game and finished the night
at 16 points. Palanuk scored
14, Mehkye Froehlich tal-
lied seven, Murillo four, and
Schwartz added three.
<I was very proud of
our team for finding a way
to win tonight,= said Rush.
<There were several moments
when the team was able to
take momentum from the
Mavericks and stop their run.
That is something we have
been working on and talking
about for several weeks now,
so that was good to see.=
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T h u r s d a y 9s m a t c h u p
against the Stayton Eagles
marked the first game of the
second half of league play, and
Stayton9s stellar play showed
why they are the No. 6-ranked
team in the state. The Eagles
shut down the Outlaws9 offen-
sive rhythm and held them to
just 28 points in the game.
The first quarter started off
slow for both teams and half-
way through the period the
Outlaws trailed 1-6. Sisters9
only point came from Murillo,
who hit a shot at the charity
stripe. Later in the quarter,
Froehlich followed his own
miss for a put-back layup to
score the only field goal of
the period. At the end of one,
Sisters was down 3-11.
The second quarter didn9t
bode well for the Outlaws.
The team was held scoreless
until midway through the
period when Schwartz hit the
triple-try and broke the scor-
ing drought. On the flip side,
the Eagles forced multiple
turnovers with their defen-
sive pressure and scored 12
points in transition off of the
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Mehkye Froelich goes up for two against the Mavericks.
Outlaws9 turnovers. At the
half, Sisters found themselves
down by 25.
Sisters had their best scor-
ing quarter in the third. They
were a lot more patient, while
still being aggressive against
the Eagles9 defense. Despite
their effort they were still out-
scored 13-23 in the quarter.
Due to new rules, the
fourth quarter was a run-
ning time clock because the
lead was at or over 30 points.
Despite a quicker than usual
quarter, the Outlaws buckled
down and held the Eagles
scoreless for the entire eight-
minute period, which Coach
Rush told The Nugget was a
positive way to end the night.
Palanuk scored seven
points, followed by Huffman
who put up six. Murillo con-
tributed four points, Froehlich
had three, and Taine Martin
added two.
<This was not the outcome
we had in mind when we trav-
eled to Stayton tonight,= said
Rush. <However, I was proud
of the team for never quitting,
and for continuing to play
hard for the entire 32 minutes.
We will regroup in practice
this week and get ready for
Sweet Home on Tuesday.=
The Outlaws will hit the
road again on Friday, February
11, for a game at Newport.