Outlaws beat Central; claim conference title

The Sisters Outlaws soundly beat the Central Panthers in a battle for the Capital Conference football title on October 30. The final score was 32 to 14.

David Martin led the team to victory, rushing 22 times for 314 yards and scoring three touchdowns on long runs of 45, 63 and 76 yards.

Quarterback Dusty Macauley completed five passes for 54 yards and one touchdown. Macauley also ran one in for the Outlaws first score on a 30-yard sprint.

The offensive line, led by Jered Coffield and Greg Hook, opened up the field for Martin.

"The offensive line did great by helping David get to the second level of the defense," coach Bob Macauley said. "It was great to call a play and see the line execute it perfectly."

Macauley also praised running back Josh Orlando for keeping the Panther defense unstable.

"Central underestimated Josh," he said. "They expected David, but Josh came back with a counter punch."

The Outlaws' defensive play was also dominating, pressuring the Panther quarterback through the entire game.

"We did a good job stopping their run, which put pressure on the quarterback and their passing game," said defensive coach Rob Phelps.

Eli Pyke led the Outlaws charge, recovering two fumbles and recording three sacks.

"Eli probably had the best game of his high school career. He was in the middle of the action, he recovered a couple of fumbles and stopped a lot of screen plays," Phelps said.

Jamie Newport stood out as a defensive back, keeping his receiver in check the whole game.

"Our secondary pretty much shutdown Central's passing game. We gave them little completions and gave up only one big play," said Phelps.

The Outlaws defense is hitting hard and playing aggressively.

"We had big hits on the receivers and by the end of the game, they just didn't want to play," said Phelps.

With this win the Outlaws earned the Capital Conference title and a week off in the first week of the playoffs.

Sisters plays the Woodburn Bulldogs on Friday, November 6. With a win against Woodburn, the Outlaws would finish undefeated for the regular season for the first time in school history.