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La Center student-athlete recovers, adapts after sudden cardiac arrest

By Meg Wochnick, Columbian staff writer
Published: May 24, 2023, 6:05am
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La Center junior Triston Martell poses for a portrait May 9 at La Center High School. One year ago, Triston went into sudden cardiac arrest at school and five staffers saved his life. Triston, who plays golf and basketball for La Center, now wears a pacemaker.
La Center junior Triston Martell poses for a portrait May 9 at La Center High School. One year ago, Triston went into sudden cardiac arrest at school and five staffers saved his life. Triston, who plays golf and basketball for La Center, now wears a pacemaker. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

LA CENTER — The long-standing Victory Bell that sits outside La Center High School is available to be rung anytime one of the Wildcat sports teams records a victory.

It also can be seen as a symbolic victory for one of its students, junior Triston Martell.

Friday marks one year since the teenager’s brush with death when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest and collapsed at school the morning of May 26, 2022.

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