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Ore. high school wrestler drowns near Sweet Home

The Columbian
Published: July 9, 2010, 12:00am

SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says a 16-year-old boy from Wilsonville High School drowned in the Green Peter Reservoir east of Sweet Home.

Mueller says Colton Holly had taken part in a wrestling training camp held at Sweet Home High School.

He and about 20 wrestlers went to the reservoir Thursday evening to swim. Authorities called to the scene when Holly vanished found his body shortly before midnight — near a boat ramp in about 20 feet of water.

The sheriff says there are no signs of foul play.

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