Show UINTAH'S MORGAN waves goodbye to American Fork Lynn Kitchen as seconds later the Ute matman gained an Woodhouse blanked in the The Utes Woodhouse captured his second state title when he downed Jeff Faux of Pleasant Grove in the championship Ute state title win was team effort Uintah High School's victory in the State Wrestling Meet Friday and Saturday at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City was a total team The Utes took 11 to the state and all 11 placed in the state Nabbing places for Uintah Josh Morgan Wayne Ken Frank Scott Matt Kay Allan Rick sixth and Ray When asked to comment on the amazing which netted the state title for the Chuck Uintah's head kids just have They fought with guts and I want to say that coach Ed Johnson has really been a big He is the greatest coach a head coach could ask The odds were t us all but the kids wanted it It's state back in Vernal for another and we will come back next year this time for another We will be back for the state title next Most fans of wrestling in except for the folks in felt that Box Elder would defeat Uintah in the state Some wrestling fans said that the Box Elder wrestlers were animals and that they would tear up Uintah at the state Billy who was a champion for the Utes in the late said like heck the Box Elder team is We brought 11 guys and we placed all There was no other coach in or that-did Box Elder placed only seven out of 12 The Utes had Josh 98 and Morgan gamer first place Reynolds It was just how bad I wanted it and I wanted it I remember dreaming in the stands when J watched the Utes when I was in junior high and I didn't want anyone to take it away from It's a dream come Uintah's two-time state Morgan just glad to win two in a I pinned him with a I just lucked into It feels real Frank Jaramillo and Scott Murray were figured to be in the but both were upset and put in the consolation the two wrestlers didn't let the thought of not placing first turn them into rotten as they were unbeaten in the consolation bracket and nabbed third The performances by Matt and Kay were Hacking placed third in region and nabbed Uintah's Hacking was defeated by one point in the semi- finals and downed John in the third place Droubay placed second in Region Hacking downed Craig of Pleasant who was first place in Region Hacking predicted that he would beat Droubay at the region Hacking lived up to prediction when he downed Droubay at the state Kay toppled Greg Dunn of who placed second in defeated David Swenson of Pleasant Grove for Swenson placed first in Region Uintah had seven place in the consolation division and had four nab honors in the championship Tin Utes came from behind twice in the state Most teams would give up after the first but the Utes refused and went for the shot which killed the Box Elder Bees' title hopes dead in their Frank had to come from a long way to get the state but we got Uintah's Frank just had to come through and fight for it in the consolation and we did Matt earned Sophomore Rick a great feeling to be on a state championship During the championship matches on the Uintah cheerleaders for Uintah stand up and Almost half the people in the Special Events Center stood up and for the The crowd from Vernal was by far the biggest group in the The Vernal crowd was larger than any of the Henry appreciate the support of the towns student body and just everyone that lives in Uintah We have the greatest fans in the Uintah's assistant Ed win by Uintah was the best team effort that I have ever It was a complete team Ken who weighs placed second in the match with a That is a super The kids have a lot of Henry Reynolds' goal since he was in junior high has been to be a state He has the first leg of Josh gets himself He's a tournament He's only been beaten twice in and that's not bad for a Woodhouse is just a super individual and He knew that if he won his match the tournament title would be When he pinned him that clinched it for There was no way we could Morgan will be wrestling at Brigham Young University next PLEASANT GROVE'S gets his leg but Morgan Woodhouse proved that he wasn't joking around as he pinned the Viking with lb seconds left in the first round for first place in the pound |