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Show V m ; - U 1 f . ..,. KAY SMUIN SQUEEZES Green River's Mike Beck, eft, during the 155 pound encounter. Smuin scored a reversal in the second se-cond round for a 2-0 victory. Utfes tfhureap Jordan Beeff diggers 3-12 Matmen from Uintah High School captured the regular season first place . crown in Region 7 when they toppled the Beetdiggers from Jordan, 34 to 12, Thursday in Vernal. The Utes nabbed first place with a 4-0 record and Jordan Jor-dan placed second at 3-1. Uintah won the first five matches in the battle with the Beetdiggers for an 18-0 advantage. The Utes' 98 pounder, Brett Brown, fell behind 2-0 when Jordan's Jor-dan's Kyle Hansen dropped the Uintah tussler for a takedown in the first round. Hansen had a 2-0 lead going into the third round, but Brown pocketed a reversal and two-point near fall for a 4-2 victory. Ron Horrocks, 105, increased Uintah's Uin-tah's lead to 9-0 when he pinned Jeff Dansie at the 55-second mark of the third round. Horrocks pocketed four near falls in the first two rounds. The battle between Uintah's Foston Chivers, 112 pounds and Jody Chavez was a wild encounter until Chivers gained complete control of the match in the third round. Chivers nabbed a takedown in the first round for a 2-0 lead, and nabbed a reversal and a three-point near fall in the second round for a 7 to 4 lead. Chavez gained two reversals in the second round, but Chivers blanked the Jordan tussler, 4-0. in the third round by gaining a reversal and placing his opponent in a pinning situation for a two-point near fall. Mark Wall, Jordan's 119 pounder, dropped Jeff Good of Uintah for a takedown and placed the Vernal mat-man mat-man on his back. However. Good escaped from the pinning situation, nabbed a takedown, and uas only three points behind at 6 to 3 after the wild first round. The third round was all Good's as he acquired a reversal and two near falls for a 9 to 6 win, which gave the Utes a 15 to 0 advantage, after four matches. Cory McNeill's contest against Jordan's Jor-dan's 126 pounder, Brad Densley, was another comeback win for the Utes Densley nabbed the takedown in the first round for a 2-0 advantage, and in creased his lead to 3-0 in the second round due to an escape. The turning point of the match took place when McNeill nabbed a takedown, which made the score at the end of the second round. 3 to 2, in favor of Densley. McNeill gained a reversal with a minute left in the match for a 4-3 victory. vic-tory. "He was a pretty tough kid," stated Cory McNeill, "I got a reversal with about a minute left to w in the contest." Jordan acquired its first triumph of the evening when Scott Gessell, 132. pinned Allen Huber at the 1:10 mark of the third round, which cut Uintah's lead to 18 to 6. Jeff Welch of Jordan shocked the Vernal Ver-nal crowd w hen he dropped Uintah's 138 pounder. Matt Hacking, for a takedow n in the first round. Hacking nabbed a r ...... reversal, but Welch garnered anesci' for a 3-2 lead after one round. Wei; held a one-point lead for the next tbs minutes, but with 46 seconds left in & contest Hacking reversed Welch zx dropped the Jordan wTestler to the for a three-point near fall and a 7tci victory- The Smuin brothers received ta encounters at 145 and 155, but bott g. ed decisions to enable the Utes to j. crease their lead to 27 to 6. Eric Coope 145, Jordan, gained an escape in the cond round for a 1-0 lead, but Rix Smuin picked up a reversal in thei.- round for a 2-1 victory. Kay Smiiis blanked Mike Meldrum, 5-0, dje tc i ' takedown in the first round csd J escape and takedown in the secej round. ( Jordan captured its second &x ti 1 triumph when Hall Cooper pinned 1";- J tah's 167 pounder, Billy Bedel rz) 1 :14 left in the third round. Therpc', bv Jordan cut the Utes' lead to 27 zz, Art Daley, 185. returned UinlihU:. w inning ways when he blanked Fii Valenzuela. 7-0. Daley ratbrf i takedown in the first round, and aJis flattened Valenzuela in the mce round for a three-point near fal IX' added a reversal in the third rocji The Beetdiggers' Dan Harkus ir: ped Ken Cobbs. heavyweight, fi i takedown in the early seconds a 2 first round, but Cobbs reversed Kits and blistered his opponent for trs near falls and an 8-2 lead afier k round. Cobbs nabbed a reversi z a second round, and two-point nearii.: the third round. The 12-3 major oecsi by Ken Cobbs made the final i.n Uintah. 34 and Jordan. 12. "It's a good win for us Tie U wrestled well considering we haw s going two-a-days. We begin praci.'? 7: 15 a m . w orkout for an hour, sx lis w e have practice for about an h.rt: a half in the afternoon." staled V--J wrestling coach. Chuck Henry I 1 " I I . ' . -v, H,UkT iS'u9a pou,Hlor. B'pwn, i,Kht. d.ishes .th to , , u t Tl' n,Pwn Sro,pd thr f.n.il to nip M.inson, 4 to 2. |
