News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The Sisters Middle School cross-country teams wrapped up a successful and fun season with the championship meet held in Bend on Tuesday, October 20, according to Coach Tiffany Tisdel. The 32-member team made its mark with some top finishes among individuals and teams. The eighth-grade team placed second overall in the championships, led by Josh Liddell, who won the individual title over the 2,800-meter course in 9:53. His teammates Sam Thorsett (sixth) and Aspen Geisen (16th)... Full story
For the third time in school history the Sisters girls cross-country team placed second at the OSAA State Championships held Saturday, October 31, at Lane Community College in Eugene. The Outlaws gave champion Siuslaw a bit of a scare, but could not overcome the Vikings' speed up front, as junior Celie Mans earned the individual title to give her team 89 points. Sisters totaled 105 for second with Molalla right behind with 112. South Umpqua snagged the fourth-place trophy... Full story
Tradition and gutsy performances carried the Sisters Outlaws boys cross-country team to a thrilling one-point victory at the Sky-Em District cross-country meet on Wednesday, October 21. The girls team won in dominating fashion, which means that both squads have a berth at the OSAA State Championships set for Saturday, October 31. The Outlaws are no strangers to being the district champions as both teams are on four-year winning streaks, but never before has Sisters produced th... Full story
Two consecutive weeks of running large invitationals has allowed the Sisters cross-country teams the opportunity to face off against some of the fastest runners in the northwest, which has resulted in a load of personal-best times. The improvement of the Outlaw girls' team has launched them into the limelight among 4A teams, pushing them up into the top three-ranked teams according to the weekly coaches' poll. The boys have gained some momentum toward the hope of repeating as... Full story
The Outlaw girls cross-country team made the most of home-course advantage as they vaulted into relevance at the 4A level with a sweeping victory at the Outlaw Invitational held at the fields and forests behind Sisters High School on Saturday, September 26. Placing all seven girls among the top fourteen resulted in a dominating win over the rest of the field with just 30 points. Sophie Borders once again paced the Outlaws, this time with a second-place finish in a personal... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws took on the Seaside Three Course Challenge on Saturday, September 19, and produced impressive results. The girls team won the Division Four team title, while the boys team finished fifth. The Three Course Challenge, in its 26th year, is the largest cross-country gathering in the Northwest with over 100 schools and nearly 2,000 runners involved. Teams are divided into competitive divisions based on population to determine team finishes. The challenge of the... Full story
The rugged course at the Highland Tree Farm did not deter the Outlaw cross-country teams, as Sisters won both the girls and boys team titles at the Molalla Invitational. In the girls race the Outlaws started strong and finished even stronger to easily vanquish the host Indian team, which returned six of its runners from last year's team that placed second at State. "We won the meet in the second half as our runners maintained pace and moved up in the pack," said Coach Josh... Full story
The 2015 cross-country season gets underway for the Sisters Outlaws on Saturday, September 12, with a meet a Molalla. The squad appears to be poised to defend the Sky-Em District titles captured last season by both the boys and girls teams. On the boys side, the Outlaws the majority of the varsity team, including Tony Hooks, who finished second at district last year and placed 11th at last year's State Championships. Joining Hooks as returnees are seniors Dyut Fetrow and Patrick Krevi, junior Will Werts, as well as... Full story
Brandon Pollard, a 2014 Sisters High graduate and incoming sophomore at Gonzaga University, captured the silver medal in the 1,500 meters at the Junior Pan-Am Games on Saturday, August 1, in Edmonton, Alberta. His U.S. teammate Blake Haney edged Pollard by .02 seconds to win the race. Haney, a sophomore-to-be at Oregon, placed third in the 1,500 at the NCAA Championships in June. Haney was timed in 3:56.49 to Pollard's 3:56.51 Pollard's performance caps a very successful freshman season in which he established a school... Full story
Driving at five miles an hour on the rutted and bumpy dirt of Road 20 near the California-Oregon border to intercept my 24-year-old daughter Erin and her friend Lani Ulmer on the Pacific Crest Trail last week took all the patience I could muster as I anticipated our reunion after a full year apart. As we rounded one corner after another climbing slowly and steadily I kept my eyes on the road while my wife Deirdre scanned for the two hikers who had pushed the pace over the... Full story
I returned to Sisters on June 18, which has given me just over three weeks to begin to acclimate back to this part of the world from South Korea. The most common question people have asked me is, "So, what's it like to be back?" My most common response is, "I feel a little bit like Rip Van Winkle in that change has certainly taken place in two years, but so far people seem to remember me, unlike poor Rip." Of course Van Winkle was gone in the mountains 20 years and everyone figured he would never be seen again. I have been... Full story
In 2009, 13-year-old Brandon Pollard ran the 800 meters at the Hershey's Track and Field National meet in Pennsylvania. Fast forward just six years and this runner, still a teenager, is running in the USA Junior Track and Field Championships in an effort to qualify for the Pan-American Games. He finished fifth in the 1,500 meters in sweltering heat, earning a spot as an alternate for the American team set to compete in Calgary, Alberta, late this summer. After a stellar... Full story
Ten members of the Sisters High School track team are now owners of state meet medals after last weekend's OSAA Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene. The meet capped a successful season under new head coach Jeff Larson and his staff. Juniors Michaela Miller and Jadon Bachtold each earned three medals, which is no easy task, according to Larson. Bachtold began his medal collection on Friday by finishing seventh in a very close 3,000-meter race in which the top nine... Full story
The "sisters from Sisters" track and field team proved that a few dedicated and talented athletes can achieve great things. The small but mighty girls team won the Sky-Em League championship held at Junction City High School and qualified 12 girls in events for this week's state meet. In total, the Outlaws won 10 of the 17 events, amassing 169.5 points to run away with the team title. Junction City placed second with 113.5 points, followed by Cottage Grove (113), Sutherlin... Full story
Erynn Ricker and Michaela Miller each won three events as the Outlaws came within a whisker of winning the three-way Sky-Em meet at Junction City on Thursday, April 16. The host Tigers won the meet with 92 points, followed by Sisters (86) and Sweet Home (68). Ricker swept the 100-meter (13.37), 200 (27.69), and pole vault (8 feet 6 inches), while Miller nabbed firsts in the 100 hurdles (16.68), the 300 hurdles (48.55), and the long jump (15 feet 3 inches). Miller and Ricker... Full story
Historically the Outlaws track and field teams have relied on distance runners and jumpers for the bulk of their big points at meets, but this year's squad is enjoying having some sprint speed to add to the team's repertoire. One such pleasant surprise is exchange student Andreas Pedersen, who is affectionately being dubbed "The Great Dane" by his coaches, based on his performance in the 400 meters. Pedersen uncorked a state-leading 50.14 clocking in a three-way Sky-Em League... Full story
The 13th annual Peterson Ridge Rumble ultra marathon included a record number 440 finishers under nearly perfect conditions Sunday, April 12. Director Sean Meissner was all smiles as runners from the 20- and 40-mile courses made their way the final 300 meters around the Sisters High School track to the finish. "It was pretty typical Rumble weather with a cold clear morning at the start that warmed up to pleasant running conditions as runners moved through the course," he said. The popularity of the race stems from a number of... Full story
One of the challenges of Sisters School District's unique two-week spring break is the havoc it causes for spring sports coaches with league contests scheduled during the vacation. Even so, a hearty and dedicated - though small - crew of track-and-field athletes traveled from Sisters to Sweet Home on Thursday, April 2, to compete against the Huskies and the Elmira Falcons in a three-way Sky-Em League contest. Nine girls and seven boys used a day of vacation to test themselves athletically, showing dedication that impressed th... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws track and field squad began competition last week, and first year Head Coach Jeff Larson likes what he sees so far from a squad totaling approximately 40 boys and girls. The Mountain View Icebreaker, the traditional start to track and field in Central Oregon, took place Wednesday, March 18, in Bend and included a total of seven teams including the Outlaws and the host Cougars, with Gilchrist, Burns, Redmond, Bend and Ridgeview all competing. Prior to the... Full story
Wes Cook, one of the most experienced track and field coaches in all of Oregon, has landed in the Sisters area and will join two of his friends and former colleagues as part of the coaching staff for this year's track and field team at Sisters High School. It's a three-way reunion, as Cook rejoins Jim Anderson more than four decades after the pair first teamed up as coaches at Clackamas High School in the late 1960s and early '70s. Together, the two men have accumulated over... Full story
While the people of Central Oregon are experiencing balmy weather, dubbing the last month as "Juneuary," winter still has a hold on the Korean peninsula, where I live. We have had a month of days in which the temperature seldom pushed out of the mid-30s and just enough snow to keep everyone wary of icy spots when out running or walking. Normally, cold weather would not bother me one bit, but about 10 days into my New Year's resolution of running more, I developed a muscle stra... Full story
In his first outing at a collegiate runner, Brandon Pollard entered the record books for Gonzaga University when he ran 4:10.6 in the indoor mile to become the fastest frosh of all-time for the Bulldogs. His time was the second-fastest ever for a Bulldog miler indoors. Running in the University of Washington Preview Meet in Seattle, Pollard surprised even himself with how good he felt as the race progressed. "I just kind of hung on with the lead pack of my heat and with a lap to go (300 meters) I felt really good and went... Full story
The fall sports season for Sisters High School produced some unprecedented results, including that the Outlaws were named players of the year in numerous sports, including boys and girls soccer, volleyball, and girls cross-country. Aria Blumm earned Athlete of the Year honors in cross-country based on her victory at the district meet and a confirmation from the coaches. In a stellar senior season, Blumm achieved what no other female runner has accomplished for Sisters by placi... Full story
On November 19, I jogged along a country lane in sort of a dream-like state, not fully believing not only that was I in Switzerland; I was running toward the small village from which my great grandparents Charles (Karl) Kanzig and Marie Lerch Kanzig emigrated over 120 years ago. Back in the 1980s, I found a postcard in a trunk my mother owned that was filled with odds and ends of family history. The picture included a scene of a simple street in a Swiss village. The writer... Full story
Aria Blumm capped her high school cross-country career in style, placing third in the 4A State Championships held Saturday, November 1, at Lane Community College in Eugene. Blumm ran with the leaders throughout the race, but Lexi Healy of Henley High School was able to pull away in the final mile for the victory in 18:58. Danielle Jantzer of Phoenix High School finished second (19:04), followed by Blumm in 19:11. Blumm's finish is the best for an individual girl at the state meet in school history, and helped the Outlaws to... Full story
