Sometimes, Matt Petz will grab the pole and simply show his Bend High pole vaulters a certain movement or technique that he has been trying to teach them. “He’ll try something that we’ve been working on for years and he’ll do it and say, ‘It’s that easy,’ ” says Matt’s son,…
Last spring, when Hunter Hutton won the Coos County Meet title in the pole vault, he became the second member of his family to accomplish the feat. The first time came nearly 80 years ago. Hutton’s great grandfather, Phil Staten, won the pole vault and four other events at the…
