Show N N i jf f. f f r b f y I i SCOTT SCOn RUPPE Uintah left battles baffles Craig Walker of Pleasant Grove for first place In the pound weight In the 3 A 3 A State Tournament last Friday and Saturday In Salt Lake City Uintah bag W first place titles Five more join the thelong thelong thelong long list of Uintah High School athletes who have captured first place at a state wrestling tournament Kevin Huber Scott Ruppe Jr Tripp Stacy Hall I all and Jerry Murray bagged first place titles at the 3 A 3 A State Tournament Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- last Friday and Saturday at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City s sP P s br m STACY HAIL HAll Uintah top tries to flip Pleasant Grove Brian Brion Storms on his back bock for a possible pin Hall finally gained his pin with two seconds left in the third round Hall Holl nabbed first place in the pou pound d class at the 3 A 3 A State Tourney Ruppe Walker 7 to 1 1 for his third straight state championship Ruppe was selected as the most outstanding wrestler in the tournament The Uintah Utes captured first place at the 3 A 3 A State Tournament last week Jerry Murray captured third place last year in the A 3 Tournament Murray nabbed first place this year in the pound weight I had to do it it It was w was s my last year I couldn't let my fat uncle Jerry Murray outdo me commented Jerry Murray The pound state champions champion's uncle Jerry Murray captured first place atthe at atthe atthe the state tournament in 1959 STACY HALL a junior captured first place in the pound division Hall said Its ILs ILsa a lot of hard work Its It's worth it and believing in Dennis Scott Ruppe captured d his third state stale title in a a row Ruppe was also selected as the most outstanding wrestler of the A 3 Tournament Ruppe was picked as the most outstanding wrestler in the 1975 A 3 Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- as well Its a great feeling to be a state champion again remarked Ruppe Jr Tripp a junior nabbed first place in the pound division I think its it's great to take state I l paid oaid the price Its It's 1 y r i iI I IIii k 1 4 N J JR TRIPP Uintah top tussles with Tony of Davis for first place In to the pound class closs Tripp edged 8 to 6 for first place in the 3 A 3 A State Tourney Ir d s y vY w r w 11 s 1 r v KEVIN HUBER Uintah top fop goes for lor a ride on Joel Bradford of Spanish Fork Huber Bradford 52 5 for first fint place in the pound weight at the 3 A State Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- last as week the best feeling in the world to take state stale commented Tripp Kevin Huber captured second place in the 98 pound division last year Huber in his last year at Uintah High School captured first place in the pound weight When asked for his comments on taking state Kevin Huber stated All those long halls were worth it it II Coach Dennis gained his ninth state title at Uintah High School last week was named as the A 3 coach of the year said Us its been a super year The kids gave us IS a lot of effort ABOUT TilE THE Uintah Utes taki taking ng the 1977 3 A 3 A Sta State te Tournament Rick Fladeland Uintah's remarked We worked hard for it We waited four months for it We put in a lot of hard work upstairs in the Uintah gymnasium We are the toughest team in the state and we were out to prove it The Uintah Utes qualified 11 for the state tourney and at the A 3 3 A tourney ten Uintah wrestlers gained pl places ces Uintah captured five firsts two seconds one third and two fourths Placing f for r the Utes were were- Frankie Jaramillo 98 third Allan Holmes second Kevin Huber uber first Rick Hick Fladeland fourth Scott Ruppe first Jr Tripp first Stacy Hall hail first Calvin Murray fourth Jerry Murray first and Jeff Weeks unlimited second Robert Bia did not place as he was unable to continue in the tourney due to toan toan toan an injury The Uintah Utes have captured captured captured cap cap- eleven state tournaments Uintah nabbed state tourneys in 1958 1959 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 and 1977 |