Show Uintah Utes to defend A 3 state The Uintah Ute gained first place honors at the Region Six Tournament in Price last Friday and Saturday Uintah captured first place with witha a total of points Pleasant Grove finished in second place with counters UINTAH qualified eleven wrestlers to the 3 A 3 A State Tournament which is set for Cor Friday and Saturday in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah's Special Events Center The sessions will be held each day at 1 pm p.m. and 7 pm p.m. from Uintah High School who w will be taking part in the state tourney are Frankie Jaramillo 98 Allan Holmes Kevin Huber Robert Bia Rick Fladeland 26 Scott Ruppe Huppe Jr Tripp Stacy Hall Calvin Murray Jerry Murray and Jeff Weeks unlimited Following Uintah and Pleasant Grove in the standings in the Region Six Tournament were Spanish Fork third 76 Springville fourth 69 Carbon fifth 64 Payson sixth 54 54 fc I American Fork seventh 51 Vi Viand and Dixie eighth 35 Dixie is a THE UINTAH UTES will be taking pact part In the 3 A 3 A State Tournament Friday and Saturday In Salt Lake City The Utes captured the state title In 1976 Uintah who are going to the state tourney are are- front row left to right Calvin Colvin Murray and Frankie Jaramillo Middle row Jeff Weeks member m ember or of the tW two tea Region Regi n 11 Capturing first places for the Uintah Utes in the Region Six Tourney were Allan Holmes Kevin Huber Scott Ruppe Jr Tripp and Stacy Hall Gaining second places for Uintah were were- Frankie Jaramillo 98 Robert 1 Bia ia Calvin Murray Jerry Murray and Jeff Weeks unlimited Rick Fladeland bagged third place honors in the pound weight Lynn Stoll Uintah's did not place t r I S w S ILAN fN HOLMES JOS was the first Uintah to capture a Region Six first place title Holmes blanked Troy Lazenby of Payson 5 to 0 for a first round win last Friday Holmes edged Sonny Goddman Pleasant Grove 3 to 2 in overtime to advance into the finals on Saturday Gerald Garbe of Spanish Fork had a 2 0 advantage over Holmes going into the third period Holmes gained a near fall inthe inthe in the he third period to come from Crom behind to win first place in the Continued on Page 12 w C J Jr w f a r 1 ii rip 3 r ItT ci rI Robert Bia Bla Rick Fladeland Allan Holmes Scott Ruppe Kevin Huber Jr Tripp and Jerry Murray The coaches in the back row are Dennis head coach and Ed Johnson assistant coach The Utes placed first in the Region Six Six Tourney last lost Friday and Saturday Wrestling e JI tourney r r r Continued from m Page 1 1 1 pound weight H Holmes edged Garbe 3 to 2 Kevin Huber gained a first round win last Friday by pinning Tim Carter of Pleasant Grove Huber gained a spot Inthe in inthe inthe the championship finals when he pinned Darrel Rampton of ot Dixie Joel Bradford Spanish Fork had a 2 1 lead in the first round and a 6 to 2 lead over Huber Inthe in inthe inthe the second round Huber was behind 6 to 4 with 12 seconds left in the contest In the last 12 seconds Huber tied Bradford at G 66 6 by gaining gaining-a a ne near near tall fall Ruttier 6 r- r captured first pl place ce in the pound division by pinning Bradford with 24 seconds left Inthe in inthe inthe the third overtime period Scott Huppe Ruppe Uintah's pinned Sheldon Wood American Fork and Robert Rawle Springville in order to gain a spot in the championship finals with Craig Walker Pleasant Grove Walker captured captured captured cap cap- first place last year at the state tourney at the pound weight Ruppe placed first at atthe atthe atthe the state tourney at the pound weight HUPPE CAPTURED first place in Region Six as he blasted Walker 11 to 3 Ruppe is a two-time two state champion He will be after alter his third state title Friday and Saturday in Salt Lake City Ruppe was selected as the most outstanding wrestler at the Region Six Tournament Jr Tripp pocketed a first round win by bombing Wendell Robertson Spanish Fork 13 to 2 2 Tripp thumped Kelly Becks term Pleasant Grove 11 to 1 in the second round of ot action Tripp captured first place in the pound division when he edged Keith l American Fork 6 to 1 1 Stacy Hall downed Scott Graft Graff Spanish Fork 10 to 3 Inthe in inthe inthe the first round Hall gained a awin awin awin win in the second round of action when he thumped Paul Simms Payson 10 to 2 Hall nabbed first place honors in the pound division when he pinned Brian Storms Pleasant Grove with 18 seconds remaining in the first round Frankie Frankle Jaramillo 98 90 pinned Curtis Lowe Spanish Fork and blanked Russell 11 to 0 in order to advance into the championship match In the battle with Art Morales Pleasant Grove Jaramillo led after alter the first round 6 to 2 However Morales rallied in the second period to take a one point lead Morales captured first place in the 98 pound division with a 7 12 decision of Jaramillo ROBERT RODEnT BIA BlA pinned Byran Watters Walters Springville and Joe Hanna Carbon 5 0 for a spot in the championship cham cham- championship match Bia Bla was down 2 to 0 to David Sherod Pleasant Grove after alter two rounds of action Bia scored two points Inthe in inthe inthe the third round but Sherod held heldon on to win the pound crown by the Uintah 3 to 2 2 Calvin Murray pinned Nick Frei Dixie and edged Mike Green Pleasant Grove 5 to 4 Doug Loveless Payson Calvin Murray 7 to 3 for first place in the pound division Jerry Murray pinned Mark Weight Springville and Ray Fugal Pleasant Grove 5 to 3 in order to advance advance ad ad- vance into the championship match Dallas Swenney Dixie led after the first round 2 0 and had a 3 2 lead after alter the second round Murray captured a 53 5 lead midway in the third period but Swenney rallied as he put Murray in a pinning situation to win the contest 13 to 7 7 Uintah gained a abye I bye in the first round of action Weeks Doug Snell Spanish Fork 13 to 4 in order to gain a 3 spot in the championship contest Clyde Huntsman Pleasant Grove Weeks 9 to 4 for first place Inthe in inthe inthe the unlimited division Rick Fladeland pinned Adrian Jensen Dixie for a first round victory Kelly Beck Pleasant Grove Fladeland 9 to 4 in the second round last Friday Fladeland edged David Wilson Springville 4 to 2 in the consolation division Uintah's Rick Fladeland Stan Shelly American Fork 7 to 2 2 for third place Randy Ruden of Carbon blanked Kelly Beck Pleasant Grove 3 to 0 for first place in inthe inthe inthe the pound division ivi l n LYNN NN STOLL Uintah's was by Nathan Carroll 12 to 0 In the first round of or action Stoll Carbons Carbon's Richard Cunningham 12 to 7 in a consolation battle Stoll was eliminated from Region Six Tourney when he was by Richard Cope Spanish Fork 10 to 2 2 Nathan Carroll Pleasant Grove bagged first place honors in the pound division when he pinned Lloyd Wilson Springville with 40 seconds left leftIn leftIn leftin in the third round Other wrestlers who gained third places at the Region Six Tourney were 98 Larry 98 Larry Day Carbon Russell Beardall Springville 8 0 i Sonny Sonny Goodman Pleasant Grove pinned Ray Hay Carbon Jeff JeU Jeff Rein- Rein American Fork pinned Scott Watters Walters Springville i Joe Joe Hanna Carbon ried Gary j Boyer American Fork 3 to 0 i Bart Bart Olsen Payson Joe Swank 4 to 0 Tie Tie Harding Hardin Pleasant Grove Paul Huff Hull Springville 2 0 Richard Cope Spanish Fork Clay Bundy Mundy Dixie 9 to 6 i Paul Simms Payson Dan Doty Springville 5 4 Mike Mik Green Pleasant Grove Frank Allan Spanish Fork 7 2 Ray Ray Fugal Pleasant Grove Gary Rich Payson 9 4 and Unlimited Doug Unlimited Doug Snell Spanish For Fork pinned Robert Roberi Ames After the first round of action last Friday the Utes were in first place with 34 points Pleasant Grove was in second place with wilh 31 counters The Utes increased their lead to points over Pleasant Grove after the second round last Friday The Uintah Utes had a first place total of co counters and Pleasant Grove had a second place mark of points after two rounds UINTAH GAINED only five points in the third round last Saturday afternoon The Utes had rod a first place mark of after afler the third round The Vikings were in second place with a total Pleasant Grove after afler the battles bailies for third and fourth places had a total of points The Vikings were only 10 1012 i points behind the Utes Ules Uintah outscored Pleasant Grove to lo 18 in the final round to finish in first place with points Uintah will have four wrestlers who placed in the 1976 State Slate Tourney take lake part parl in the 1977 tourney lourney Scott Ruppe is a two time state stale champion Ruppe placed first last year in pound weight and first in 1975 1 in the pound division Kevin Huber captured second place last year ear in the 98 pound division Calvin Murray nabbed fourth place in 1976 in the pound division Jerry Murray nabbed third place last year in the pound division Jeff Weeks unlimited took part in the state stale tourney last year but did not place |