News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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The girls basketball squad lost both their games this past week; a 50-24 loss at Pleasant Hill (PH) on Tuesday, February 7, and three days later a 61-35 loss at Creswell. On Tuesday the Outlaws faced the Lady Billies, the No. 1 team in the Mountain Valley Conference, and the No. 1-ranked team in the state, who entered the game with a 19-1 record. The Outlaws continue to play without Josie Patton and Ellie Mayes, who are still out with a concussion and sprained ankle, respectively. The Billies got off to a quick start and... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws boys and girls ski teams closed out the final Emerald League Alpine ski race of the season with first-place finishes at Willamette Pass on Saturday, February 11. The race was a slalom event held under sunny skies. In round one, the snow was cold and fast but did become warmer and softer in the afternoon. On the boys side, Bela Chladek was the combined first-place winner of the day, with a time of 1:44.78. Brody Duey took fourth (2:05.70), Gus Patton fifth (2:06.59), Spencer Tisdel seventh (2:09.27),... Full story
The Outlaws lost both their games on the road this past week; a 63-47 loss at Pleasant Hill on Tuesday, February 7, and three days later a 60-41 loss at Creswell. On Tuesday, the No. 2 Outlaws (7-2) faced the No. 3 Billies (6-3). It was a big game for the Outlaws, as a win would put the Billies two games behind them. Pleasant Hill started off hot and quickly took a 0-6 lead before Taine Martin made a bucket on a pass from Mehkye Froehlich to get the Outlaws on the board. At the close of the quarter the Outlaws were down... Full story
The Outlaws hoopsters recorded a 43-34 victory at home against Harrisburg on Thursday, February 2, which pushed their record to 7-2, and gave them sole possession of second place. Sisters was looking to avenge their 38-50 loss to Harrisburg earlier in the season, and their plan was to apply aggressive man-to-man pressure on the Eagles. However, the Outlaws found themselves in foul trouble early. Taine Martin got the Outlaws’ scoring started when he outran the Eagles in t... Full story
The Sisters Outlaws Alpine Ski Team raced in a slalom race on Wednesday, February 1, at Hoodoo Ski Area, and once again both the boys and girls teams came off the slopes with a first-place finish. On the boys side, Sisters skier Bela Chladek set the bar high and took first place overall by 4.5 seconds with a combined time of 1:23.85. Corbin Fredland posted a strong second-place finish with a combined time of 1:28.35. Styopa Myagkov took third (1:32.97), Brody Duey finished six... Full story
The Lady Outlaws edged out Harrisburg 34-33 at home on Thursday, February 2, which gave them back-to-back wins for the first time this year. Sisters felt that the Eagles were a team they could compete with, but they were again short Josie Patton (concussion) and Ellie Mayes (sprained ankle), who were still unable to play, and they knew the game would be a challenge. The team was also playing with three or four girls who had missed practice due to illness days before the game.... Full story
The Lady Outlaws struggled on the hardwood in their first two of three games this past week, a 59-45 loss at La Pine on Monday, January 23, and a 30-20 home loss to Elmira on Wednesday. Two days later, however, the Outlaws snapped their five-game losing streak with a 34-19 win on the road at Siuslaw. On Monday against the Hawks, the Outlaws again found themselves short-handed, with Josie Patton and Jenna Lake both out with concussions, and Shae Wyland unable to play due to... Full story
The Outlaws packed in three games this past week — and tallied wins in all three. Sisters started their week with a 51-47 win at La Pine on Monday, January 23, followed by a 46-24 home victory against Elmira on Wednesday. They wrapped up the week on the road with a 51-37 victory against the Falcons of Siuslaw. The Outlaws currently are in second place in the Mountain Valley Conference. On Monday the Outlaws traveled to La Pine and took on the Hawks. The scoring went... Full story
Sisters Outlaws Alpine Ski Team finished first in a giant slalom race on Saturday, January 28 at Willamette Pass. Conditions were mostly sunny and calm and the snow was fast. Both the boys and the girls team finished first to maintain their winning streak this season. On the boys side, Colby Maupassant of Marist High was the first-place winner with a combined first- and second-run time of 1:34.76. Outlaws’ Bela Chladek was the second-place finisher with a combined run time of... Full story
The Outlaws boys and girls ski teams took first-place honors in the giant slalom held at Hoodoo Ski Area on Wednesday, January 18, and three days later posted first-place finishes at Willamette Pass Ski Area. In Wednesday’s giant slalom at Hoodoo, skiers raced in stormy weather with lots of new snow, and both the boys and girls teams emerged as first-place winners. The combined run one and run two overall first- place winner of the day on the boys’ side was Joe Barnes of Phi... Full story
The Lady Outlaws had another rough week on the hardwood: a 43-21 loss at home to Pleasant Hill on Wednesday, January 18, and a 45-29 loss to Creswell at home on Friday. In Tuesday’s game at home against Pleasant Hill (PH), the game was decided in the first quarter. Sisters got down 0-16 in the first period and never recovered. The Lady Outlaws got off to a slow start, and when they did get some good open shots they couldn’t get them to fall. They also turned the ball over numerous times. The Lady Billies have some ski... Full story
The boys basketball squad fell 55-41 at home against Pleasant Hill on Wednesday, January 18, and at home two days later knocked off Creswell, the No. 1 ranked team in league (4-0) and the No. 6 ranked team in 3A, in an exciting 51-50 overtime win. Friday’s home game against Creswell was an exciting barn-burner to the end of regulation, which extended into overtime with the Outlaws edging out the Bulldogs by one. The Bulldogs started strong in the first quarter and the Outlaws quickly went down 5-10. Later, Mehkye Froehlich s... Full story
The boys and girls basketball squads both lost their games on the road at Harrisburg on Friday, January 13; the boys in a 50-38 loss and the girls a 60-40 loss. In the boys matchup, it was a close first quarter that ended in a 10-10 tie at the close of the period. The Outlaws switched up their norm and, instead of coming out in a man-to-man defense, came out in their 1-3-1 zone. That worked at times, but the Eagles had strong outside shooting and hit two three-pointers in the quarter. Sisters’ offense had several strong shots... Full story
The Outlaws boys took second overall, and Bela Chladek notched first place in a ski race at Mount Hood Meadows last weekend. The Outlaw ski team traveled to Mount Hood Meadows on Saturday, January 7, to kick off the ski racing season at the annual Kelsey’s Race. The Kelsey’s Race is the largest high school ski race in the nation, with more than 500 racers registered for the event this year. Sisters boys team took second place in the event with a combined team time of 1:12.14,... Full story
The Lady Outlaws hoopsters fell 36-29 at Elmira on Tuesday, January 3, in their first game of league play, but at home three days later they crushed Siuslaw 41-9. In Tuesday’s road match-up against the Falcons, the Outlaws only scored four points in the first half; a single free-throw from Ashlynn Moffat in the first quarter and a long ball from Ellie Mayes in the second period. The Falcons played a 2-3 zone and Sisters struggled to find open shots. At the half the Outlaws t... Full story
The Outlaws kicked off league play with a 51-46 win on the road over the Elmira Falcons on Tuesday, January 3. Three days later, they posted a 43-29 victory over the Siuslaw Vikings. In Tuesday’s match-up with the Falcons’, the Outlaws jumped out to a 5-0 lead. Sisters played patiently against the Falcons zone defense, and worked the ball around to get shots and put points on the scoreboard. The Outlaws’ man-to-man defense wasn’t as good, which allowed the Falcons multiple layup opportunities right at the rim. At the end of t... Full story
The Lady Outlaws basketball squad hosted their annual Holiday Tournament Wednesday through Friday, December 28-30. Teams traveled from around the state including 3A Banks, and 4A Crook County, Gladstone, Henley, Junction City, Klamath Union, La?Grande, Madras, and Mazama. Sisters suffered a 57-40 loss against Junction City in their first game of the tournament. In the first quarter Haleigh Froehlich got Sisters on the board two minutes into the period when she drove the key... Full story
The boys basketball squad hosted their annual Holiday Tournament Wednesday through Friday, December 28-30, and competed against tough 4A squads from around the state. The girls squad also served up holiday competition (see story, page 4). In their first match-up on Wednesday, the Outlaws lost 38-47 to the Klamath Union (KU) Pelicans. Sisters struggled to score in the first quarter and Kale Gardner scored their only points in the period off of a transition layup. Klamath Union... Full story
The Lady Outlaws had a rough week, with several players out due to illness. The depleted roster was a big factor in their 39-30 loss to the Lions at Cottage Grove on Tuesday, December 13, and three days later their 20-45 loss at Yamhill-Carlton (YC). On Tuesday the Outlaws traveled with just eight of their 13 players, with four out sick and one that had to stay in Sisters for a choir event. With key players out, and a short bench, the teamput forth their best effort, but it just wasn’t enough to pull off a win. Players had t... Full story
The boys basketball squad lost 73-58 on the road at Cottage Grove on Tuesday, December 13, and three days later lost to Yamhill-Carlton (YC) by three in a heartbreaker, 50-47. In Tuesday’s action the Outlaws faced their toughest competition of the season so far. Sisters held an 11-8 advantage with just a little over one minute left in the quarter, but then took some quick shots that didn’t fall, committed some turnovers, and couldn’t get a stop on the defensive end, which allowed the Lions to score and take the lead. At th... Full story
Sisters’ boys and girls basketball teams played against the Monroe Dragons in a neutral site pre-season game held at Santiam Christian High School on Saturday, December 10. The boys squad walked away with a 52-47 win, and the girls fell 36-28. In the boys’ game, Landon Scott got the Outlaws started with a transition layup. Kale Gardner attacked the Dragons’ zone defense and scored the next two baskets. Sisters forced the Dragons to turn the ball over eight times, and scored six points on the turnovers. At the close of the f... Full story
The Lady Outlaws basketball squad fell 47-39 to the Lady Lions at Jefferson High School on Tuesday, December 6. At home two days later they snapped their three-game losing streak with a dominant 46-10 win against Culver. Friday’s game against the Lady Bulldogs started off slow with neither team scoring in the first three-and-a-half minutes of play. The Outlaws had several opportunities to score but just couldn’t get the ball to drop. With a little over three minutes left on the clock Haleigh Froehlich was fouled while going t... Full story
Three Lady Outlaw volleyball players capped their season with high honors. Gracie Vohs not only was named Player of the Year for the Mountain Valley Conference, but recently was named the 2022 Class 3A All-State Player of the Year. Vohs finished the season with an amazing 480 kills, 78 aces, and 42 blocks. Coach Rory Rush said, “Gracie worked incredibly hard this year to establish herself as a dominant player. She led the team with kills and aces and was an incredibly strong offensive weapon for us. She not only proved her a... Full story
The boys basketball squad snapped their two-game losing streak with a dominant 66-34 victory at Jefferson High School on Tuesday, December 6. At home two days later, they destroyed the Dawgs of Culver with a final score of 63-29. In Tuesday’s action the Outlaws set the tone of the contest from the opening tip, and the defense caused the Lions to turn the ball over on their first two possessions. Sisters used full-court man-to-man pressure to make the Lions uncomfortable the entire period. Adam Maddox-Castle led the first q... Full story
The Outlaws boys hoopsters suffered a heartbreaking 44-43 loss at home against Burns in their preseason opener on Tuesday, November 30. Two days later they fell 36-27 on the road against Riverdale. In Tuesday’s action against the Burns Hilanders, Sisters jumped out with the first bucket of the game, but then first-game jitters set in, and the Hilanders went on a 12-0 run. At the close of the period the Outlaws trailed 7-16. Landon Scott scored five of the team’s seven poi... Full story
