Skip to Main Content
Your World. Your Stories. Everyday.

METEA MEDIA

Your World. Your Stories. Everyday.

METEA MEDIA

Your World. Your Stories. Everyday.

METEA MEDIA

Tyler Burleyson

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter

Tyler Burleyson is a senior and a new sports writer for MeteaMedia. His passions include classical music, jazz music, hip hop music, instrumental music, and talking about himself. If you want to talk about Tyler, find him on Twitter @burleysontyler. He’s also a member of Metea’s Wind Ensemble, an officer of Tri-M Music Honors Society, and a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

All content by Tyler Burleyson
Special Olympics hosts area swim meet

Special Olympics hosts area swim meet

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
March 12, 2018

Special Olympics hosted their annual swim meet last Thursday. The nearly six-hour event is one of the largest competitions hosted here, and the last step for competitors before the State meet. Running...

Boys’ Swim competes at Sectionals, advancing to State

Boys’ Swim competes at Sectionals, advancing to State

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
February 23, 2018

The boys’ swim team hosted the IHSA Sectionals meet this past Saturday. They finished in sixth place as a team, qualifying seven members for the IHSA State meet in Evanston this coming  Saturday. The...

Cheer team caps off season with  fifth at IHSA State

Cheer team caps off season with fifth at IHSA State

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
February 6, 2018

The cheer team placed fifth at the IHSA State competition last Saturday. The team traveled to prelims the day before, facing multiple rounds of competition before taking home a top-five finish in the state...

Wrestling moves on to postseason after conference

Wrestling moves on to postseason after conference

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
January 29, 2018

The boys' wrestling hosted the Dupage Valley Conference last Saturday. This was the final meet solely within the DVC and the beginning of the postseason. The tension was high as wrestlers and their teams...

Josh T Magic hosts second Show and Sell

Josh T Magic hosts second Show and Sell

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
January 26, 2018

Joshua Talbot-Bowe (also known as Josh T Magic) hosted Show and Sell 002, his second open mic night for young creative artists and entrepreneurs, last night. Teenagers from as close as Naperville to as...

Returning State athletes on Boys’ Swim anticipate a new season of success

Returning State athletes on Boys’ Swim anticipate a new season of success

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
January 9, 2018

he boys’ swim and dive team is one of the few teams that makes the IHSA State meet every year. Of the eight athletes who attended the meet last year, five are returning. Junior Sam Kastan and seniors...

Boys' Soccer ends their season with a loss to Naperville North

Boys’ Soccer ends their season with a loss to Naperville North

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
October 25, 2017

he boys’ soccer team fell short of the defending State champions Naperville North in last night’s game, finishing with a final score of 0-2. The Mustangs were kept on the defensive most of the game...

Senior Ethan Ytterberg shakes hands with Waubonsie Valley's goalie after a 3-2 victory.

Mr. DeBruycker on Student-Athlete Leadership Training

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
October 24, 2017

here’s been one word on the mind of every student-athlete and coach this year: culture. How do we do athletics at Metea Valley? What does being a student-athlete mean? Athletic Director Mr. DeBruycker...

shaking hands

Boys’ Soccer Finishes Strong in Regional Championship against Waubonsie

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
October 23, 2017

Senior Ethan Ytterberg shakes hands with Waubonsie Valley's goalie after a 3-2 victory.

Boys' Golf shoots for birdie in the postseason

Boys’ Golf shoots for birdie in the postseason

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
October 3, 2017

The boys’ golf team has had a successful season. Not that that should come as a surprise for anyone; from the six athletes on the Daily Herald scouting report to their strong showings at all of their...

Just an FYI: the world ended last Saturday

Just an FYI: the world ended last Saturday

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
September 24, 2017

Graphic by: Kennedy Homan Last Wednesday in gym class I was informed by a friend that the world was going to end on Saturday. Intrigued, I saw the only responsible course of action. I pitched the story...

Special Olympics gears up for their soccer season

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
September 20, 2017

Video by Ben Weiss The unified soccer team has hit the ground running this season. The athletes had their first practices last week with students mostly from Best Buddies and Peer Partners. Unlike other...

Aurora Street Art Shines a light on Suicide Prevention Month

Aurora Street Art Shines a light on Suicide Prevention Month

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
September 19, 2017

Photo by: Ethan Meyers If you have walked around downtown Aurora this month, you might have seen some of the new street art. Scattered throughout the area are 15 painted light bulbs, put up to acknowledge...

Boys Soccer takes on the PepsiCo Showdown

Boys Soccer takes on the PepsiCo Showdown

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
September 11, 2017

Photo Courtesy of @BoysMVSoccer The varsity boys soccer team traveled to Oakbrook to take part in the annual Pepsico Showdown tournament last Saturday. The tournament is an annual elimination style...

Girls’ tennis prepares for their busy season

Girls’ tennis prepares for their busy season

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
September 7, 2017

Photo by: Aimee Leal The girls’ tennis team started the year with some promising new recruits. Freshmen Natalia Kochodan and Meer Baid have impressed the seniors on the team with their performances...

Boys’ Soccer Looks to Build a New Culture of Success

Boys’ Soccer Looks to Build a New Culture of Success

Tyler Burleyson, Sports Reporter
August 25, 2017
Photo by Kellie Foy.
Load More Stories