Wednesday, December 18, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Outlaws wrestlers strong in dual meet Bluegrass band to
celebrate solstice
The Outlaws wrestled
in their first dual match of
the season on December 10,
against 5A Summit Storm 4
despite Coach John Downs9
apprehensions.
<To be honest I was very
worried about the Outlaws
competing in any duals this
season because of our low
numbers on the team,= he
said. <But again the team
proved me wrong and
impressed me. I told the team
before the dual that the team
score does not matter. What
matters is their individual
successes, either making it
to the second round, improv-
ing their favorite move and
of course winning a match.
Each wrestler has their own
personal goals.=
Despite the low number of
wrestlers on the squad, they
did an outstanding job com-
peting against the Storm.
<We had 10 wrestlers
compete that night, and two
of those were JV matches,=
Downs reported.
Junior Landon Nothiger
(145 pounds) and 285-pound
sophomore Jacob Washington
both won their matches with
falls in the JV matches to start
the evening for the Outlaws.
The varsity matches
started at the 195-pound
weight class and Outlaws
senior Ethan Martin won
his match by fall, and the
wins continued. Freshman
220-pounder Henry Rard and
senior Damien King (285)
also won their matches by
fall, giving the Outlaws three
wins in a row.
Then came the for-
feits given to Summit. The
Outlaws did not have wres-
tlers at 106, 113, 120, 126 and
132, and this gave the Storm
30 team points without hav-
ing to wrestle for them.
The Outlaws did have
varsity wrestlers again at the
mid-weights starting at 138
pounds. Sophomore Wyatt
Maffey kept the pins coming
and won, and at 145 pounds
junior Chaz Patterson also
won by fall. Senior Anthony
Randolph (152) didn9t win
by pin but he did dominate
his opponent with a winning
score of 10-2.
The Outlaws had two
losses that evening. At 160
pounds, Dillon King wrestled
through all three rounds with
the Storm wrestler but could
not pull out the win at the end.
<Jared Miller (170) strug-
gled but wanted to wrestle
varsity instead of the JV
160-pound class,= Downs
reported. <This was a big step
for him and I was proud of his
effort on the mat.=
The Outlaws gave the
Storm one other forfeit at 182
pounds and this ended the
evening with the team score
Summit 46 and Sisters 34.
The team felt they had
personally won the dual,
winning six of their eight
varsity matches
— John Downs
<The stats of the evening
are what are impressive,=
Downs said. <The Outlaw
varsity forfeited a total of 36
points to Summit because
of the low numbers on the
team, but in the end the team
felt they had personally won
the dual, winning six of their
eight varsity matches, and out
of the 10 Outlaw wrestlers
that competed, eight won
their matches and seven of
them won by fall.=
Portland-based bluegrass
band Never Come Down will
perform a special solstice
show on Saturday, December
21 at The Belfry.
This year, the group
gained accolades by win-
ning the band competition
at the Rockygrass Festival
in Colorado. Past winners
include familiar names like
the Steep Canyon Rangers,
Town Mountain and Front
Country.
Philip Graham of Ear
Trumpet Labs says, <The
Portland bluegrass scene got
a huge shot in the arm with
the advent of Never Come
Down. Top-notch players
combined with great origi-
nal songwriting make for an
always-fantastic show when-
ever they play. They9re also
deeply involved in the musi-
cal community 4 sweet-
hearts building a scene!=
Local band Skillethead
will open the show, featuring
Sisters9 own Benji Nagel.
Tickets are $10, and are
available at BendTicket.com.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Never Come Down will ring in the solstice with support from Skillethead at
The Belfry on December 21.
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