Outlaws get set to honor their best

The 10th annual Sisters Outlaws Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for Sunday, November 3, at 3 p.m. at Sisters High School. The event will include a special guest speaker to help celebrate the induction of six individuals and one group to the 2024 HOF class.

Pat Tyson, currently the director of men’s cross country and track at Gonzaga University, will be present as the guest speaker in a ceremony that includes the induction of one of his former runners, Brandon Pollard from the SHS class of 2014.

Also being honored are long-time track coach Jim Anderson, Stefan Redfield (2007), Natalie Ambrose (2014), Zoe Falk (2014), and the Sisters High School I.E.E. (Integrated Environmental Expedition) program.

The afternoon ceremony will include a reception and hors d’ourves beginning at 3 p.m. The ceremony itself will begin at 3:30.

In addition to the induction of honorees, a special tribute will be included for Jerry Baldock, a long-time member of the Hall of Fame committee who passed away earlier this year.

Tyson, a runner for the University of Oregon during the Steve Prefontaine era in the early 1970s, spent much of his career teaching and coaching at Mead High School in Spokane, Washington, where his boys’ teams won 12 state titles and had 26 individual titles. At Gonzaga, where he has coached for the past 17 seasons, Tyson has built the distance running program to a level of national relevance and he has been named the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year three times.

“It’s a treat to have a coach of Pat’s stature to speak at our ceremony,” said Hall of Fame co-director Don Pollard.

The public is welcome and donations to the Hall of Fame are encouraged. The event is sponsored by local businesses including GFP Response, Ambrose Law Group, Robinson&Owen, Sisters Car Connections, Your Store, K.P.D. Insurance, Takoda’s, Aspen Lakes, Pacific Residential Mortgage, and Sweeney Plumbing.