This Week's Whiz Kid: Matt Mirth

Name: Matt Mirth

School: Southern Lehigh Middle School

Accomplishment: Mirth took 1st in the 132 pound class at the 2011 District XI District Wrestling Tournament this past weekend.

Key to Awesomeness: One tough kid. An email from a wrestling booster sums it up:

"The win in Districts gives Matt a perfect record this season 28-0, especially noteworthy considering that he had microfracture surgery on his elbow in June, which doctors thought might prevent him from wrestling this season, if not end his wrestling career."

In addition to Mirth, Southern Lehigh had 5 students place in their weight class.

 Lucas Anderson (8th grade) finished 3^rd at the 140 pound weight class

Tyler Hartenstine (9th grade) Took 4^th at the 147 pound weight class

Deion Peterson (9th grade) took 4^th at the 252 pound weight class

Christian Ricci (9th grade) took 6^th at the 147 pound weight class

Tyler Derby (9th grade)  took 8^th at the 157 pound weight class

Congrats Southern Lehigh Junior Varsity/Middle School wrestling team!

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Know a great kid who made Eagle Scout or did your local soccer team take the championship? They may be our next Patch Whiz Kid honoree.

Each week, Upper Saucon/Lower Milford Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Elizabeth.Rich@patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information

●      Nominator's Name

●      Nominator's E-Mail

●      Whiz Kid's Name

●      Whiz Kid's Age

●      Whiz Kid's School

●      Whiz Kid's Accomplishment

●      Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness (what made him/her successful?)

If your nominee is selected, we'll contact you and assign a photographer to take a photo. For questions, e-mail elizabeth.rich@patch.com