Wednesday, March 15, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SCIENCE FAIR: Event
is set for this Saturday
at Sisters High School
Outlaws wrestler is Athlete of the Month
In the first Sisters High
School coaches’ poll of its
kind, Tyler Surface was
named Outlaws Athlete of
the Month.
Surface is a senior
Outlaws wrestler.
His coach John Downs
said, “Tyler is deserving of
this award because how hard
he has worked. He has run
into many roadblocks along
the way in school and out but
he has made efforts to not
allow those to detour him.”
Surface has wrestled since
fifth grade. He competed
in Freestyle and Folkstyle
wrestling, played football for
a few years.
“Even when grades and
injuries started to affect his
performance as an athlete,
Tyler would make the tough
decision on the sacrifices
that needed to be made and
the commitment it took to
get back to the mat,” Downs
said.
Surface decided to join
the National Guard’s Oregon
Youth Challenge Program
during his junior year to
help him with focus and be
more disciplined. Returning
to the Sisters wrestling team
this year, Tyler made a com-
mitment to himself to keep
his grades at an acceptable
level, continue physical ther-
apy on his knee, and on his
return to the team he would
follow his weight-loss plan
and get down to 220 from
245.
“He did just that plus
extra,” Downs related. “By
the end of the season Tyler
was at 216. It has been
great to see him walk with
pride again knowing all he
has accomplished this last
year: earning a fourth place
at the Wrestling Regionals
Tournament, competing at
the Oregon Wrestling State
Championships, earning
his varsity letter and earn-
ing All League Honorable
Mention honors for the
220-pound weight class.
Sisters High School is proud
of Tyler and what he has
overcome to become the
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Tyler Surface worked hard to attain recognition as SHS Athlete of the
Month.
upstanding young man he is
today!”
Design, Construct and
Compete (DCC) contest. The
elementary school mousetrap
car competition is expected
to excite the audience. The
Design, Construct, Compete
(DCC) competition for mid-
dle and high school students
will pit the best of catapults
against each other in a rousing
contest. All events are held in
the high school main gym.
Registration for DCC is at 11
a.m. and for mousetrap cars at
1 p.m. Competition starts for
mousetrap cars at 2 p.m. and
for DCC 2:30 p.m.
Home is where the heart is
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St. Patrick’s Day!
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