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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
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Cole Pade turned in an outstanding set of matches at the Madras Invitational.
Wrestlers pin competitors at Madras
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Sisters High School
Outlaws traveled to Madras
on Saturday, January 20,
and participated in matches
against Madras, Ridgeview,
and Summit.
The Outlaws gave up three
forfeits at the start of each
match: in the 106-, 160-, and
182-pound weight classes.
The Outlaws won 19 of the
33 matches at the invitational,
and of those, nine of them
were won by pins.
Sophomore Dalton Ford
(126 pounds) and senior Cole
Pade (145 pounds) had an
incredible day, and won all
three of their matches, two of
them by a pin.
Sophomore Austin Pade
and senior Dustin Smith
won two out of three of their
matches. Coach John Downs
noted that both these mat-
men were much improved,
especially shooting on their
opponent.
In Sisters’ first dual
against Madras, the White
Buffs came out on top in a
final score of 45-30. Dalton
Ford (132 pounds) and Austin
Pade (145 pounds) won their
matches by a fall. Jess Peskin
(113 pounds) and Rylan
Carter (126 pounds) both won
by forfeit.
Sisters came out on top,
46-18, in their match-up
against Ridgeview. Pade,
David Perez-Sanchez (170
pounds), and Ethan Martin
(195 pounds), all won their
matches by a fall. Ford (126
pounds) won by a major
decision, and Austin Pade
(138 pounds) and Dustin
Smith (160 pounds) won by
decision. Jesse Peskin (113
pounds) and Casey Warburton
(285 pounds) won by forfeit.
Sisters’ final match against
Summit was very close, and
the Outlaws only lost by four,
40-36. Peskin, Chaz Patterson
(120 pounds), Ford, Pade
and Smith all won by a fall.
Martin won by forfeit.
Four days earlier, the
Outlaws traveled to Sutherlin
for a dual meet against the
Bulldogs. Pade and Smith
both decided to go down to
the next lighter weight, and
it paid off for both of them.
Cole and Dustin earned
impressive wins over their
opponents.
Warburton had an out-
standing match against
Andrew Smalley, who took
third at state last year in the
285-pound weight class, and
is expected to do the same or
better again this year. Casey
wrestled tough, and even
had Smalley on his back for
a few seconds. However, he
ultimately lost the match in a
10-5 decision.
Downs said, “Last year
when these two guys wres-
tled, Smalley crushed Casey
quickly. I am amazed with
Casey and how much he has
improved this year. He is def-
initely one to watch heading
into the end of the season.”
Ethan Martin won his
match by a fall.
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Downs noted that Martin
is on a quest to become one
of only two Outlaws sopho-
mores to qualify for state.
“He had a quick pin over
Sutherlin’s 195-pounder,” he
said.
The Outlaws will match up
against Sweet Home in a dual
meet on Thursday, January
25. On Saturday, they will
travel to Dayton High School
for the Dayton Invite.
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This whole marijuana thing has gotten way out of hand.
Why aren’t we talking about the risks of secondhand smoke
from marijuana? The risk of higher crime rates? The risks of
more accidents on the job? Is the money from marijuana busi-
ness worth the risk to the community? I don’t think so.
I’ve lived in quite a few communities and have never met
such great kids and teenagers. They are kind, considerate,
respectful, smart, funny, passionate, and athletic. Marijuana in
our community does not support the values they already have.
I would hate to see even one kid go down the road to skipping
sports and art classes in favor of using marijuana and not car-
ing anymore about where they go to college or what business
they’d like to open someday.
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have in this community and leave the money-grubbing mari-
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