News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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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
Pre-season track is a time for getting accustomed to competition while training toward the district and state meets. Times and marks are used as indicators of development, but team scores, if kept at all, are not the main focus. Such was the six-way meet at Summit High School last Wednesday, March 20 featuring Ridgeview, La Pine, Sisters, Gilchrist, Hosanna Christian and Summit. Juniors Brandon Pollard and Jake McAllister achieved the only victories of the day for the Outlaws, as Pollard captured both the 1,500 (4:19.28) and... Full story
Temperatures in the mid-60s welcomed the Outlaw track and field team to the annual Mountain View Icebreaker and made the meet more of a sweat-maker than an icebreaker. There were some impressive early season performances at the meet held in Bend on Wednesday, March 13. Teams from Ridgeview, La Pine, Gilchrist, and the Cougars competed in the non-scoring meet. It was the first meet as head coach for Josh Nordell, who felt pleased by the competitiveness of his relatively young... Full story
Superheroes commandeered the stage at the annual Mr. SHS pageant held Sunday, February 24, at the Sisters High School auditorium. The pageant is a fundraiser for Sisters Family Access Network (FAN), which provides support for families in the Sisters School District including everything from school supplies and clothing to gas vouchers and applying for the Oregon Health Plan. The eight senior boys, clad in comic-book superhero costumes, entertained the crowd with their diverse... Full story
Sisters junior Zoe Falk joined a contingent of Mountain View athletes and hundreds of other high school and college competitors from around the Northwest at the New Balance Boise Indoor Meet held Friday and Saturday, January 26-27 at Boise State University. Tate Metcalf, of Sisters Athletic Club, coaches at Mountain View High School and arranged the trip to give some of his athletes a chance at some mid-winter competition. He invited Zoe to come along. Falk competed in three events, beginning with the long jump on Friday,... Full story
Sisters, Oregon is not so far removed from Lance Armstrong as most people think. He competed in the Cascade Cycling Classic years ago, which has a stage that passes through town. He may have ridden some of the same roads that local bicyclists use regularly. He has been sponsored and promoted by Nike, an Oregon-based company. Everyone knows Lance Armstrong. Armstrong has been in the top of the sports news the past two weeks, "confessing" to Oprah in a two-part interview aired recently about unparalleled deception related to... Full story
Ringing in the New Year tends to mean resolutions, so I asked some of my fellow runners to share some of their running goals for 2013. In addition, since I am the new owner of an iPhone and have become much more aware of the infinite number of applications available, including many related to endurance training, I asked for some "reviews" from some of these same folks. Research indicates that people who actually write down their goals and track their progress are much more... Full story
Most Oregonians know the legacy of Bill Bowerman, long-time University of Oregon track and field coach and co-founder of Nike. There is a deep history of success by the so-called "Men of Oregon" including Steve Prefontaine, Kenny Moore, and others. Such is not the case with the history of the women's track and field program at Oregon - but some former Duck athletes set out to change that with a film documentary entitled "We Grew Wings" which showed at Sisters Movie House on Sunday, December 9. In the process of researching... Full story
"I want to run as far as I can and as long as possible on the track because it is joy to know that I can help people through my running," said Lopez Lomong. The world-class runner visited Sisters Athletic Club to share his memoir and his vision with an audience of more than 100 people on Thursday, November 15. Lomong, 27, began his life in 1985, in what is now Southern Sudan, and was kidnapped at age 6 during a church service by rebels during Sudan's Second Civil War to... Full story
With a pack of relatively young, but enthusiastic, runners, the Sisters High School girls and boys cross-country teams look to not only defend their Sky-Em titles from 2011, but to move up in the final standings at the state meet. For the girls' team that is a tall order, considering the team placed third last year in the closest top-three team finish in 4A history in which only six points separated the top three teams. Like Sisters, Scappoose and Klamath Union, who finished... Full story
People love their dogs, so it is no surprise that smiles abounded around the Sisters Art Works building Saturday, August 4, during the annual Dog Days of Sisters Art Show. The day began with the second annual Dog Days run, sponsored by Sisters Park & Recreation District, which featured about 20 runners, most of whom ran with their canine friends. The field included four 9-month-old Airedale-mix brothers, who added an extra dose of energy at the starting line. The owner of one... Full story
Ashley Nordell was not even born when the first Western States 100 endurance run was first contested on the rugged trails around Squaw Valley, California, but in the 39th annual race, Nordell made her mark with a ninth-place finish in the granddaddy of all endurance races. Nordell, 32, finished in 19 hours, 26 minutes and 30 seconds over a course that includes nearly 20,000 feet of climbing between the start in Squaw Valley and the finish in Auburn. This was Nordell's eighth 1... Full story
Through early summer showers most days, the Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene provided 10 days worth of stellar performances to determine the representatives for the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Those present experienced jubilant cheers for record performances, air sucked out of the stadium after falls and close calls, and a general atmosphere of being part of a world-class event. Those days were blissful for a guy like me, who attended U of O a... Full story
Vintage trailers, fly fishing, and "women only" is the name of the game for the Sisters on the Fly (SOTF), who descended on Sisters Country last week for the group's annual get-together. Co-organizer of the event for the Northwest Region, Julie Niemeyer of Hillsboro, explained that the group includes members from all over the Northwest, it was "Oregon's turn" to host, and Sisters offered the perfect setting for the group's focus of fishing, fellowship, and fun. In fact, the... Full story
