Show from three states to clash in Vernal tournament Wrestlers from Wyoming and Utah will combat Friday and Saturday in the annual Vernal Tournament at Uintah High The sessions will be held each day at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Three defending state champs and two former first place teams will compete in the Idaho and Green Wyoming are defending state The tourney will also feature Rock a third place a second place team and Spanish a fourth place Uintah High School is the defending Vernal Tournament Last year the Utes edged Green Wyoming to for first Grand Junction Central placed third at and fourth at Orem pocketed fifth at 80 Probable Uintah starters for the Vernal according to Uintah Chuck Baxter or Rick Hacking or Don Huber and heavyweight-Ken The Utes have five returning to the Vernal Tournament who placed in the meet last Frank Jaramillo edged Montrose's Mark for first place in the 98 pound Lyn Wayne and LaVon nabbed second Morgan Woodhouse Orem's Scott for third place in the pound Uintah will have four or five wrestlers who placed in the 1978 state Frank Jaramillo at 98 and Morgan Woodhouse at placed Wayne Huber and Scott Murray nabbed Don who could be a starter in the Vernal garnered fourth place at Green a squad Uintah defeated 41 to captured the state crown in Probable starters for Green River or Miller and Scot Duncan nabbed first place in the pound division at the Rock Springs Tournament with a decision over Cyprus' Enos David Hansen nipped Steve for the pound David X nabbed third and Martin placed fourth at the 1978 state Hansen and Scot Duncan pocketed first place two years Uintah's Morgan Woodhouse blanked his opponent in the Rock Springs Tournament for first place in the Other Utes who placed In the tourney Scott Murray Matt Hacking third and Josh Reynolds Some wrestlers who should be returning to the Idaho team that nabbed first place in Idaho in 1978 Cox and heavyweight-Steve placed second in the Cougar Classic in Jaramillo downed for first Benny also placed second in the Cougar Scott Murray thumped for first Olympus garnered the state title in The crew from Olympus bombed Cottonwood 46 to 10 on December Probable starters for the Titans and heavyweight-John The second former state champ is Orem High Orem nabbed the crown in Orem was defeated by Hillcrest last month 29 to Tiger who competed against Hillcrest Workman and heavyweight-Bret Burgi placed fourth In the Vernal Tournament last Woodhouse defeated Burgi for third place in the pound a second place team at the state should bring an outstanding to the Vernal The Idaho squad will have C. a junior at pounds and Hansen at or Anderson nabbed first place at the Idaho state meet at His Brad who placed first at pound last is the pound starter on Brigham Young University's varsity Anderson is supposed to be one of the best In Hansen is the brother of Brad Hansen of who Is the number one In the nation His brother coach aC Preston High stated Chuck Spanish the fourth place team at the Utah will also clash with the other seven teams In the Vernal The Dons defeated American Fork 32 to 21 and were undefeated In Region Six matches as of December Probable starters for Spanish Fork Bearnson and heavyweight-Richard Allen captured second place In the 1978 state Uintah's Morgan Woodhouse blanked Allen for the pound first place Mike LaFontaine placed fourth at Other Dons who competed In the state meet Argyle and Rock Springs finished in third place behind first place Green River and second place Sheridan in the Wyoming state Rock Springs gained revenge on the Green River squad as they easily defeated the Wolves in a dual meet last The wrestler on the Rock Springs team should be Ron who nabbed first place at pounds in the Wyoming state Steve another returning starter on the placed Another outstanding wrestler is Brian When asked to comment on the Vernal Uintah Chuck going to be an outstanding We are getting back in We should be recovered from the flu before the tourney It should be a whale of a two-day The two Idaho Shelley and Green River and Rock Springs and Uintah will be the main contenders for the Vernal Tournament Rock Shelley and Preston are strong teams and Green River has some good UINTAH'S FRANK to the mat for a Jaramillo captured first place in the 1978 Vernal THE UTES' WAYNE puts a matman into a pinn- mg Lyn Stoll and LaVon placed second in the 1978 Vernal |