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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws performed
great in their 49-30 win over
the Elmira Falcons at home
on Thursday, February 2.
Sisters won nine of the 14
matches, and five of the wins
were pins.
The evening began with
three exhibition matches,
which included freshman
Vickie Hooks (145 pounds).
Elmira brought an experi-
enced female senior grappler,
who pinned Hook with 10
seconds left in the first round.
In the second match, Sal
Gibney (170 pounds) lost by
a pin in the second round, and
in the final match freshman
Damien King (195 pounds)
fell by a pin in the first round.
Coach John Downs said
that after the exhibition
matches ended, the evening
was starting to look a little
bleak.
Before the start of the var-
sity matches, Sisters’ lone
senior, Tyler Surface, was
introduced and honored as he
was escorted to the center of
the mat by his parents. After
he thanked his parents and his
team, the squads faced off.
Elmira took the first six
points with a forfeit by the
Outlaws in the 285-pound
weight category.
Dylan Vantress (106
pounds) faced off against
a tough Gray Canada. The
match went all three rounds,
and at the start of the third
round, Dylan held a seven-to-
six advantage.
Downs told The Nugget it
was a difficult match to coach.
“I was trying to coach
Dylan through the match
and he couldn’t hear me very
well,” said Downs. “Dylan
had been shooting well the
whole match and I knew he
would be able to shoot on
Canada because Canada was
not a shooter. Dylan was able
to make two nice shots on
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Canada’s legs, fight through
the round, and end with a 7-6
win.”
Dalton Ford has dominated
at the lower weight class
(113) but moved up to wrestle
at 120 pounds. Ford pinned
opponent Austin Weidenback
in a mere 11 seconds, the
fastest pin on the team this
season.
Freshman Anthony
Randolph (132 pounds) was
ahead of Logan Walker in
the second round 11-2, but
Downs told The Nugget that
as Randolph rotated his hips
to tighten up a pinning com-
bination move, Walker was
able to scramble just enough
to counter and turn Anthony
on his back and pin him for a
tough loss.
Cole Pade (138 pounds)
has won almost every match
he’s wrestled this year, and
this one was no different.
Pade went three rounds and
topped Riley Craig 16-5.
Junior Damien Wells (145
pounds) continued to show
he can dominate in a match,
and pinned Shane Casimero
in 1:47.
Quick wins continued for
the Outlaws. Jake Stevens
(152 pounds) pinned Max
Harsch in 52 seconds, and
Dustin Smith (160 pounds)
pinned Mikey Montgomery
20 seconds into the third
round.
David Perez-Sanchez
returned to the 170-pound
varsity spot and had a rough
match against Nick Payton.
Payton was able to catch
Perez-Sanchez and pin him in
the second round. David had
missed earlier parts of the sea-
son, and the team was glad to
have him back on the mat.
Freshman Ethan Martin
(195 pounds) has been a tough
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and counters through the first
and second rounds. Tyler
excelled in the final round,
drove Schmidt over to his
back, and earned the pin 23
seconds into the third round.
“I’ve known Tyler for
over eight years, and I saw
his love of the sport when he
started wrestling for me in
the fifth grade,” said Downs.
“He knew all the 77 moves I
taught, and could run every
one of them well, even for
a big guy. His knowledge
and desire showed this eve-
ning. When he got the pin the
whole gym went crazy. It was
wonderful to have Tyler win
his final match with a domi-
nating pin in the Outlaws gym
in front of his friends and
family.”
The Outlaws will continue
to work hard to prepare for
the Regional Championships
which will be held Friday and
Saturday, February 10-11, at
Philomath High School.
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Downs told The Nugget
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