Girls win district cross-country title, boys take second Ella Thorsett crosses a water obstacle on the way to an individual title in cross countryâs district competition.
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photo by Craig May Sophomore Ella Thorsett claimed the individual title, and she and her teammates also took the top team honors at the Oregon West District meet Saturday April 3 in Sweet Home. The finish qualified the squad for next Saturday’s 4A state meet in Eugene.
Thorsett described her 54-second victory over second place Ingrid Hellesto of Philomath as a “tempo run,” indicating that she is ready to defend the state title she won as a freshman. She clocked 20:14.5 over a very challenging, hilly course that included two creek crossings.
Students create content for trail signs
By Sue Stafford White-headed woodpecker by Gillian Roshak.
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photo provided • • • • Through a collaborative effort of the Sisters Trails Alliance (STA), Rima Givot’s Sisters High School biology students, and Bethany Gunnarson’s art students, interpretive signs are being created for the Tollgate Trail that winds through Trout Creek Conservation Area (TCCA) in the woods adjoining the high school.
“Having been a high-school educator, I am very aware that Sisters High School is unique and blessed to have a conservation area immediately adjacent to the campus and that it is owned by the school district and is dedicated as an outdoor classroom conducting research on the plants and animals that live there,” STA member Gary Guttormsen told The Nugget. “Then, add to this that