News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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In the final race before this week's District Championships, the Outlaws cross-country teams showed why they are the heavy favorites to defend their Sky-Em titles and return to the state meet. The boys and girls teams beat all but one of the 4A teams present at the Elmira Country Fair Classic, held Wednesday, October 16. Celebrating the return to action of senior Brandon Pollard, the boys' team took sixth place overall among 29 teams from all classifications. Marshfield of Coos Bay, which just dropped down from 5A this... Full story
It's been a long time since the Outlaw girls have had two runners under the 20-minute mark in the same race in the same season. Zoe Falk and Aria Blumm pulled off that feat at the George Fox Adidas Classic held at Mission Bottom State Park Saturday, October 12. The meet featured one of the deepest, fastest fields of runners of the 2013 season in Oregon. Falk finished in 19:37, while Blumm annihilated her personal record by some 30 seconds on her way to crossing the line in 19:52. The high quality of the runners in the race... Full story
October is racing time according to coach Josh Nordell and his charges have taken the expectation seriously with nearly the entire squad running at season and even career best levels in the past week. The Oxford Classic, set on a fast course in Bend's Drake Park, provided the most recent test for the Sisters' runners and they passed with flying colors in Nordell's view. Aria Blumm took over the leadership role for the Outlaws in the varsity girl's elite race when the team's... Full story
In the first Outlaw Invite cross-country meet held Saturday, September 28, senior Zoe Falk sprang from the starting line like a deer on the first day of hunting season and never looked back on her way to a decisive victory over Sky-Em league rival Breanna Wright of Cottage Grove. Falk cruised through the home course in 19:44, a full 40 seconds ahead of Wright, for her fastest time of the 2013 campaign, leading the Outlaws to an easy team win which included all seven runners... Full story
As summer has certainly given way to fall, both here in South Korea and in Sisters Country, runners are trading heat, dust, and humidity for cooler temperatures and some rain. Personally, it's my favorite time of the year for running. Let's start with what's happening here in Daejeon, South Korea and then move back to Central Oregon. Humidity for me fits in the category of mosquitoes, lima beans, and dental work: I want nothing to do with any of them. With daytime highs here... Full story
Tradition is the name of the game when it comes to the Sisters cross-country team traveling to the Seaside Three Course Challenge every September. Established by legendary Seagull coach Cornelius Branson over two decades ago, the event now draws more than 2,000 runners from throughout the Northwest. The Outlaws have attended every year since 1994. The Three Course Challenge is named for the unique format: Varsity runners draw from a tin can a white, blue, or red poker chip to determine which of the three courses they will... Full story
The high school cross-country competitive season got officially underway Saturday, September 7, at the Breese Ranch Invitational east of Prineville on a rugged course. The meet was hosted by Crook County High School. The Cowboys felt the home-course advantage as they slipped in ahead of the Outlaws in the boys team standings as the top 4A team, despite strong efforts by the top three runners from Sisters. Summit and Mountain View claimed the top two team spots. Brandon Pollard... Full story
With 12 of the top 14 runners returning for the boys and girls cross country teams, coaches Josh Nordell and Rima Givot have plenty to be excited about as the season gets underway with a kick-off meet this weekend. The girls team, which won another Sky-Em League title last year and placed seventh at state, return an enviable crew of experienced and talented runners, led by senior Zoe Falk who is considered one of the top 4A runners. Falk, who placed second in the 800-meter final at the OSAA Track and Field Championships last... Full story
After a one-year hiatus, the Outlaws cross-country team toed the starting line once again near downtown Portland for the annual Portland to Coast High School Challenge, held in conjunction with the Hood to Coast Relay August 23-24. The Outlaws have been participants in the event since near its inception in the 1990s, sometimes fielding two teams, but they had to take last year off due to scheduling conflicts. A total of 50 teams from throughout Oregon and southwest Washington took part in the relay. Following last week's... Full story
Editor's note: Deirdre and Charlie Kanzig are taking a two-year leave of absence from the Sisters School District to teach at Taejon Christian International School in Taejon, South Korea. See story at www.nuggetnews.com in the Education section. The first thing runners do when arriving at a new location is to figure out what the local running options are. So, on the second day here in Daejeon, South Korea, my wife Deirdre and I set out to explore the paths near our apartment.... Full story
The annual Sisters Recycle Run and Walk attracted a healthy crowd on a beautiful morning July 4, with over 50 participants combined involved in the 5-kilometer and 8-kilometer courses. Race director Julia Rickards reported that a record number of walkers took part this year and everyone felt pleased with the courses in what she described as a "down-home, low-key" event. Both courses took place on the lower reaches of the Peterson Ridge Trail system and finished at Creekside... Full story
In the past month I have had experiences that have given me some new perspectives surrounding my life as a runner. As a young man, I qualified for the Boston Marathon a number of times, but had agreed to only travel there when a good friend also qualified. Sadly, he never did, and life went on without me taking part in the epic race. Two weeks ago, I enjoyed a trip to Boston and Cambridge for a school counseling institute sponsored by Harvard and the College Board. On my... Full story
It's not every day you see a flash mob in Sisters, but those attending the Sisters Middle School promotion ceremony on Wednesday, June 12 experienced that and more as 104 eighth-graders celebrated with one final hurrah together before family, friends, and faculty in the one-hour event. Following a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem by eighth-grader Emma Houck, outgoing Principal Mark Stewart, who will take over as director of the elementary school for the 2013-14... Full story
Not to be upstaged by The Biggest Little Show in the World, the 65th commencement of Sisters High School was held Friday, June 7, the first time the ceremony has taken place on the same weekend as the Sisters Rodeo. A total of 101 students received diplomas at the conclusion of the ceremony, along with four exchange students, in one of the smaller graduating classes in the past decade. In all, six students earned 24-credit State of Oregon diplomas, 71 earned 26-credit regular... Full story
One school record fell along with numerous personal bests for the eight members of the Sisters High School track and field team who represented the Outlaws at the OSAA State Championships held May 24-25 at Hayward Field in Eugene. Zoe Falk broke her own school record for 800 meters on her way to a second-place finish behind reigning champion Emily Bever of Molalla. Falk's 2:15.95 time, by far her best of the year, knocked .40 seconds from the mark she set last year. "Going... Full story
While not quite able to repeat as District champions, the Sisters girls' track team still managed to qualify five girls to the state meet in a total of eight different events at the Sky-Em District Meet held at Cottage Grove High School May 16 and 18. The boys' team will be sending three representatives to the state meet in four different events as well. The girls finished second to a well-balanced Cottage Grove squad for the team title, but behind the efforts of Alisha... Full story
The first Rotary Mountain High track and field meet held Friday afternoon, May 3, at Bill Reed Stadium produced plenty of excitement under sunny skies. Rotary has sponsored a meet in Sisters for years, but this year they changed the date in the hope of better weather. They got it, with temperatures in the low 70s at the start of the meet. The traditional Rotary Invitational Meet was held in early April and often faced winter-like conditions and was even cancelled due to snow... Full story
The Wally Ciochetti Invitational has become a premier track and field event, attracting some of the very best 4A teams and providing outstanding competition for teams entering the championship part of the season. A total of 17 teams took part in the meet held at Cottage Grove High School under balmy conditions. One after another, Outlaws athletes improved season and career bests as the twilight meet moved from afternoon to evening, according to Coach Josh Nordell. On... Full story
Competing at Summit High School is the next best thing to a home meet for Sisters, and the Outlaws produced plenty of season bests at the eight-team Summit Invitational on Saturday, April 27, in Bend. Teams came from throughout the Central Oregon region and beyond on a fine spring day at the Storm's state-of-the-art track-and-field facility, which includes a steeplechase water pit that was put to use in the meet's very first running event of the day. The steeplechase includes... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws track and field team trekked over the mountain to the Elmira Relays Saturday, April 20, where they discovered some new talents on the team under sunny skies at the Falcons' brand-new track. The Elmira Relays is one of the longest-standing relay meet traditions in Oregon. All running events are conducted in relay fashion, with exception to the 3,000 meters, providing a team-building opportunity at a time of the season that everyone can use a boost,... Full story
Some 400 runners took to the trails around Sisters for the 11th annual Peterson Ridge Rumble 20- and 40-mile trail race held Sunday, April 14. Temperatures hovered around freezing at the starting line, but weather did not deter the crowd that included 133 participants in the 40-miler and 258 in the 20-miler. The earliest starters took off at 7 a.m., followed by two more waves, each one hour apart. The course included a short section on the Brooks-Scanlon road combined with a... Full story
A home meet and a championship-caliber invitational have helped the Outlaws track and field team members move into the second half of the season with a number of the squad ranked among the leaders in the league in their respective events. Sisters hosted La Pine and Elmira in pleasant spring conditions on Thursday, April 11 with mixed team results for the Outlaws. The visiting Hawks and Falcons fell prey to the dominating Outlaw girls, who racked up 91.5 points to beat both tea... Full story
The 11th annual Peterson Ridge Rumble will be staged Sunday, April 14. The event will include a field of nearly 500 runners choosing between the 20- and 40-mile courses on the trails and dirt roads surrounding Sisters. Race director Sean Meissner, formerly of Sisters and now living in Durango, Colorado, reports that 470 runners had registered as of April 3. "It's another good field of runners," he said. "Local runner Gene Trahern is the only entrant to have run in all of the... Full story
Blustery and wet spring weather greeted the Outlaws in a three-way Sky-Em League meet at Junction City Thursday, April 4. Despite some season-best efforts, Sisters could not overcome Cottage Grove's overall depth and Junction City's speed in the sprint events. Official team scores turned out to be inaccurate, but it was confirmed that Sisters placed third among the three schools. The boys team scored the bulk of its points at distances of 800 meters and above, and from Jake... Full story
The track season is still in its early stages, but junior Brandon Pollard has found himself in elite company among 4A runners, with some very fine early season marks to his credit. While the rest of his team enjoyed a week free from formal track practice, Pollard elected to travel to Canby High School on Thursday, March 28, for an all-comer's meet. After placing seventh in last year's state meet in the 1,500, he has an eye on being in contention with the best runners in the st... Full story
