By Brittany Nielsen Posted April 28, 2010
Senior Paeden Underwood has been selected as the Athlete of the Issue.
He participates in three sports; football, wrestling, and rodeo. He has played football and wrestled all four years and he started rodeo his sophomore year.
“I love sports; you could say they are my life,” said Underwood.
According to Paeden, sports give you another way to express yourself. It gives you something to do with your free time and helps you strive to achieve your goals.
He started rodeo for a new adrenaline rush. He competes in bareback riding.
“Bareback is amazing, you are not in control of everything; you are on an animal that has its own mind,” said Underwood.
Out of the three sports that he plays, wrestling is his favorite and one in which he has two state championships.
“It is an individual and a team sport; you rely on yourself to achieve greatness,” said Underwood
Underwood plans on wrestling for Southwestern Oregon.
With the sports that he plays his family is always there.
“My family supports me 100 percent, always at the games, meets, tournaments, rodeos, everything,” said Underwood.
