News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A zany relay meet in Bend served as a final tune-up for the Sisters Outlaws cross-country team Wednesday, October 18, as the squad faces the Sky-Em District meet this week. That meet is the qualifier for the OSAA State Championships. The Central Oregon Relays, hosted by Mountain View High School -which attracted all of the Central Oregon schools - gave teams the chance to have a little fun before the biggest meets of the season. Relay teams comprised of four runners who run... Full story
Sisters High School (SHS) art teacher Bethany Gunnarson has been named the secondary Art Educator of the Year for 2017 by the Oregon Art Education Association. She learned of the honor in September, but the official ceremony was held Saturday, October 14, in Portland. Gunnarson, herself a graduate of SHS, is in her ninth year working for Sisters School District. A press release by the Oregon Art Association said, "The Oregon Art Education Association recognizes Bethany... Full story
With two weeks to go before the state qualifying Sky-Em District meet, the Sisters Outlaws cross-country teams needed a high-quality meet on a fast course to reveal their racing condition, and the George Fox Invitational provided just that as nearly every member of the team ran either a personal or season best. The meet, held at Willamette Mission State Park north of Salem, featured dozens of schools of all classifications from throughout Oregon, giving each of the three divis... Full story
I certainly believe that running is good for the body, but the mind and soul as well. As a high schooler, running was training for racing and I gave little thought to its other benefits. I believe that I was a senior on the onset of adulthood when I first began to recognize that running provided much more than the ability to run a fast 3K or complete a marathon. Between seasons of cross-country and track most of my running was done solo since there were no organized practices... Full story
After a tough week of workouts that included training for Friday's Oxford Classic in Bend, the Outlaws cross-country team enters what Head Coach Josh Nordell considers the heart of the racing season. This is not to say the Outlaws did not compete hard at the Oxford meet, according to Nordell. "We knew the kids would be racing a little tired and sore, but they pushed themselves nonetheless," he said. The course at Drake Park is very spectator-friendly, but notoriously slow compared to other courses the team will see the rest... Full story
The hazy days of the early season have cleared to brilliant fall skies, and with the change has come a quickening in the pace and competitiveness of the Outlaws cross-country team. That is evidenced by a flurry of season and personal bests by the team at the Nike Portland XC meet held at Portland Meadows horse track on Saturday, September 30. The meet attracted teams from throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California and included four divisions, making it the largest... Full story
In a busy week of racing, the Outlaws cross-country boys gained some attention among 4A schools with two solid performances within four days, indicating that the young team is more than ready to compete. On Wednesday, September 20, the team traveled to the Stayton Invitational, a meet scheduled late after the Outlaws were smoked out of two consecutive meets. In early season polls, the Stayton team ranked first among 4A boys, so the meet gave Sisters a chance to get an... Full story
After two meets lost to poor air quality, the Outlaw girls cross-country team finally got to toe the line in a pair of meets, helping the team members to take stock of their conditioning. The Stayton Invitational on Wednesday, October 20, brought the team together for the first time this season, and the squad came out on top of the eight-team field, with 32 points. Stayton finished second with 42 and 3A Central Linn placed third with 52 points. Rain abated before race time,... Full story
Guests at the third annual Sisters High School Hall of Fame banquet heard first-hand tales of early Outlaws history as well as reflections of more recent times as nine individuals, teams, and organizations were honored for contributions to the spirit and culture of Sisters. The event, held in the high school commons Saturday, September 16, was catered by Tate and Tate. Dennis Dempsey served as the emcee for the evening. Following introductions by Athletic Director Gary... Full story
Halfway to the Northwest Classic Saturday morning, head cross-country Coach Josh Nordell got the message that the meet had been cancelled due to poor air quality in Eugene due to forest fires. The Outlaws were forced to cancel their own meet a week earlier. Most of the team has not competed yet this season. Within minutes of the news that the bus would have to head back home, Nordell and his assistant coaches developed a different plan for the day to give the team a good worko... Full story
The only home meet of the season was among the cancellations due to smoke in Sisters last week, but the Outlaws made arrangements for some of the team to travel to Monmouth for the Ash Creek Invitational on Saturday, getting the competitive season underway. The last-minute addition to the schedule didn't allow some of the team members to attend the meet, leaving Anna Bartlett as the lone girl to compete. She started strong, but slowed in the second half to finish 81st in 22:47 among 190 finishers. "It was good for Anna to get... Full story
The Outlaws cross-country teams have consistently sent teams to the state meet for most of the last two decades. They look to continue that trend during the 2017 campaign. For the boys team, that will mean a big turnaround from last year, while the girls appear to be the favorites to win the Sky-Em title once again. Returning from last year's trophy team is senior Anna Bartlett, who won the district race and went on to finish 10th at the state meet where the team finished... Full story
The Hoodoo Challenge Run to the Top half-marathon lived up to its name on Saturday, July 29, as nearly 100 brave souls not only agreed to run 13.1 miles on dusty and rocky trails, but to finish that run with a 1.9-mile climb up to the top of the Hoodoo summit. The second edition of the Sisters Kiwanis event took a big jump in registration, and the hospitable service club's efforts did not disappoint the participants' despite the rigors of the course. "The race was actually... Full story
For me, summertime means being outdoors as much as possible, whether it be running, hiking or biking. I have also found myself on my back deck stretched out on the couch or in the shady lawn in an Adirondack chair reading quite a bit this month. When it comes to reading, I have an eclectic taste. I love biographies, but I am a sucker for mysteries and political thrillers as well. This summer, I got shamed into finally starting the Harry Potter series, certainly making myself one of the last Americans to do so. But my... Full story
Last week as I moved slowly along the west wall in the deep end of the Tollgate pool, faithfully doing my "aqua-jogging" workout, I allowed myself to consider how mind-numbingly boring the activity could be. Inching along at what must equate to about half a mile an hour, trying to keep some semblance of running form while trying to anticipate the waves kicked up by swimmers in the next lane. This came the day after speaking at the cross-country camp about "the mind of a runner" and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation related t... Full story
The fourth edition of the Great Northwest Cross Country Running Camp drew a record number of participants to the six-day training event sponsored by Sisters Park & Recreation District and directed by Josh Nordell. Seventy-five runners aged 8-17 spent the week building teamwork, rafting rivers, competing, laughing, and, of course, running. Participants from throughout Oregon, and two from Idaho, made their homes in big tents on the athletic fields at Sisters High School. They v... Full story
The Sisters High School class of 2017 wrapped up their Outlaw experience on Thursday, June 8 at the 69th commencement ceremony in the school's history - the 25th since the high school returned to the community in the fall of 1992. A total of 87 students participated in the ceremony, which broke from tradition this year with the addition of a speech by a faculty member. After introductions by Principal Joe Hosang and a beautiful rendition of the national anthem by the SHS Jazz... Full story
Eugene, Oregon hosted the most high-caliber track and field meet in America last week as world-class athletes jumped, threw, and ran world-leading marks at the annual Prefontaine Classic, a Diamond Level meet that honors Oregon's own Steve Prefontaine, considered one of the finest American distance runners of all time, who died in a car accident in 1975 at the peak of his career. Mo Farah of Great Britain, who trains under Alberto Salazar's Nike-sponsored Oregon Project, was... Full story
What do you do as an encore when you are considered the world's greatest athlete and own two Olympic gold medals, a world record, and numerous other titles? For Ashton Eaton, sharing with young people what he has learned through his athletic career is part of his "second act." Eaton dropped by Sisters High School on Friday, May 26, for an informal talk with about 40 students about striving for improvement through working toward a goal or idea. "You don't have to achieve the... Full story
Things started well for the Sisters Outlaws on day one of the OSAA State Championships - and ended just as well on day two. Anna Bartlett started the meet off for the Outlaws early Friday morning by running a tremendous personal record in the 3,000 meters, clocking 11:04.82, to put two points on the board for Sisters with her seventh-place finish. Julianne Meeter ended her high school career by adding to her school record in the javelin on her way to a fifth-place finish... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws girls track and field team won 11 of 17 events to defend its Sky-Em District title at Sutherlin High School last Thursday and Saturday - but it wasn't a cakewalk. The Outlaws also had second-place finishes in three events on their way to holding off Cottage Grove 175 to 170. The top two finishers in each event qualified for the OSAA State Championships set for May 19-20 at historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. Anna Bartlett got things... Full story
The Wally Ciochetti Invitational at Cottage Grove on Friday, May 5, gave the Outlaws track and field team one last chance to tune up before this week's two-day Sky-Em District Championships, scheduled Thursday and Saturday at Sutherlin High School. Sabrina Reifschneider came away with two individual wins, including a career best in the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 47.51. Her performance pushed her ranking in the event up to second place among 4A girls. Desirae DeRosiers of Molalla leads the rankings with a very fine time... Full story
Sisters hosted 11 teams at the Sisters Rotary Invitational Saturday, April 29. They flexed some muscle on the way to shining performances and the third school record in the past week. The Outlaws won a combined 13 events among the boys and girls, but it was Julianne Meeter who put together the brightest performance of the day as she had the best javelin series of her career, including the school record toss of 120 feet 5 inches. Throwing Coach Eden Miller could not have been h... Full story
Big meets can produce big results, and Keegan Greaney appears to be proof of that. He faced a fast field of competitors at the Summit Invitational on Saturday and came away with the fastest time of his career for the 300 hurdles, coming within inches of a sub-40-second mark by finishing in 40.02 seconds. His mark is a school record. His time not only launched him to the top of the 4A ranks, but places him sixth among all Oregon classifications. It was all part of a busy day... Full story
April is the heart of the season for track and field athletes, and the Sisters Outlaws have been plenty busy with two meets in the past week. On Thursday, April 13 the Outlaws traveled to Elmira for a three-way league meet that also included Cottage Grove. The Outlaws girls swept to an easy win with 84.5 points, while Elmira finished second with 52.5 points and Cottage Grove totaled 27. The boys could not keep up with the talented Falcons, as Elmira amassed 90 points, while Si... Full story
