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Show 6,6 IMBP 1 K AB LP ' 9 yp ' - vly -IYW; JcV";. - '' ' ' 'T'' 1! vac4" -l:-",';- f'Vtru- 7' f Ts " A '- - ' ' ' ; :' Q A - v k ' The PGHS State Championship Wrestling Team poses for their championship picture at The Maverick Center. Pleasant Grove High School Wrestling Team picked up an unprecedented fourth consecutive State Title in February. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon by Lisa Young "Unbre4kable!" That was the term given to this year's Pleasant Grove Wrestling Team by Coach. Brock Moore. The team's determination, dedication dedica-tion and goals were "Unbre4k-able" "Unbre4k-able" as they started their quest to the 4th consecutive state title! It's said that if you reach for the moon, at the very least you'll fall in the stars. The team, led by their captains, set their goals higher than a state title. They wanted to place in the top 10 in the "toughest tournament tour-nament in the nation, Reno", have a combined 3.0 GPA, be the best wrestling team in'PG history, take 1st at the rumble, and take 5A state. They started the season and never looked back, taking 1st in the Iron Man Duals, 2nd at Reno, 1 st at the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Rumble, 1st at the 5 A State Duals and the list goes on. With the new sectional tournaments in place, PG qualified 22 wrestlers wres-tlers out of 28 for the state tournament. tour-nament. Outscoring Herriman, the second place team by 168 points, Pleasant Grove walked away with the sectional title with 487 points. On a steady march to the state tournament, PG had to endure en-dure a three day weigh in format, wrestling a match or maybe two a day for a 16 man tournament. Placing 12th in the tournament helped make their run at the title withl38 lbs Landon Gates 5th, Kaden Sperry 5th, Josh Anderson Ander-son 3rd, Koy Wilkinson 6th, Bailey Bai-ley Carlson 2nd, Marcos Garcia 3rd, and Austin Taylor 4th. Those who earned individual indi-vidual state titles were 1 06 lbs Nelson Jones, 113 lbs Kyson Levin, 3 times, 120 lbs Ben Anderson, 2 times, 170 lbs TJ Wind, 2 times, and 285 lbs Zac Dawe, 2 times. Halfway through the semi finals, on day two, the tournament title was won! PG finished the tournament with 289.5 points. The 2nd place Layton team scored 269.5 points. Without taking tak-ing long to enjoy their reward, re-ward, Brock challenged next year's team to take the state title by breaking 300 points at the state tournament in 2014-2015. 2014-2015. With 7 Placers and 15 of the 22 state qualified wrestlers wres-tlers returning, the Pleasant Grove Wrestling Team will dominate again! . .. " i A 1 " '' mm ", - I I s I IK X' TJ Wind, 2014 5A State Champion. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon Zac Dawe, 2014 5A' State Champion. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon Kyson Levin, becomes a repeal 5A State Champion. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon I ; r 7H S-y'fA .... ' ."'O .. . Nelson Jones, 2014 5A Slate Champion. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon Ben Anderson throws his opponent to the mat in his bid to win a 2014 Individual Indi-vidual 5 A Stale Championship. ,,, , , , , ' ' Photo courtesy of Jim I hclott F 1 -, " ..." Wr.v t - " '' '" I . -.' Hi b Mark Sheffield. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon Come see what you've been missing. Go Vikings! Forrest Pincock. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon Riley Court. Photo courtesy of Jim Phelon |
