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Show i I l v- - ' ' t . r , . I . ' ' N ' - ' . :i TWO TIME state champion at Uintah High School, Morgan Woodhouse, who is in his third year at Brigham Young University, Universi-ty, wrestles Coronado of Boise State during a dual meet, Satur- ... mmmmmmmmmm,mmmwmmmm.-.w hm'..h-i. i ... i i - day. Woodhouse, right, toppled Coronado, 7-2, in the 142 pound class. Woodhouse nabbed first place in the Western Athletic Conference and in the Western Regionals. r mm i mi imp ii i ii ,i ii i m i 1 1 ( : f.' - 'X v 2-) v 1 ' A I I V Jjj , ! I i i . ... j FEET FLY through the air as Coronado of Boise State leaps toward Brigham Young University's Morgan Woodhouse, right. Woodhouse is a former Uintah Ute, who competed in the NCAA tournament in 1981. Woodhouse wins ' mavch and BVU edcies Boise Stfate Jim McMahon and the Brigham Young University footballers and Fred Roberts and the Brigham Young University hoopsters have received most of the attention in the Utah sports world, but the BYU Cougars also have an outstanding wrestling team that is 4-1 4-1 and one of the tusslers on the team is Uintah High School graduate, Morgan Woodhouse. Woodhouse is a junior at BYU and has a 9-7 mark as of Saturday. Woodhouse pocketed state tournament tour-nament titles for the Uintah Utes in 1978 and 1979. He pinned Jeff Faux of Pleasant Grove, 132, with 16 seconds left in the first round for the 1979 title and blanked Fred Allen, Spanish Fork, 6- 0, for the 119 pound crown in 1978. The Uintah Ute graduate nabbed first place in the Western Regional in 1981 when he downed DeLong of Cal Poly University 7 to 5 in the 134 pound championship contest. Woodhouse thumped a tussler from Air Force 24 to 3 in the first round and defeated Gandy of New Mexico 10 to 5 in the second round. The win over DeLong advanced Woodhouse to the NCAA tournament at Princeton. Woodhouse was downed by Wisconsin's Dave Goodspeed 10 to 4 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. tour-nament. Woodhouse was also a Western Athletic Conference champion as a sophomore in 1981. Woodhouse downed W'yoming's Tom Seamon's 4 to 1 for first place. BYU placed first in the WAC tournament. Brigham Young University pocketed three wTestling victories last week as they thumped Portland State 42-3 and downed Boise State 22-16 and Long Beach State 42-9 Saturday in Provo. The Cougars jumped out to a 9-0 lead when 118 pounder Brad Anderson won his match due to a forfeit and Chris Taylor, 126, nipped Scott Barrett 4-2. Boise State cut BYU's lead to 9-6 when Stan Armstrong, 134, won his match when Neldon Gardner was forced to default the match due to an injury. BYU's Morgan Woodhouse, 142, delivered a 12-6 advantage to the Cougars when he decisioned Coronado 7- 2. Woodhouse fell behind 2-0 in the first round, but rallied for an escape and takedown for a 3-2 lead after one round. Woodhouse added a neutral and takedown, plus one point riding time to win the contest by the score of 7.3 "I kept hussling out there on the mat The single leg worked well. We usea. double post and it's pretty good. It been working pretty good for us. lt'Sa takedown move -where you fake to one side single leg and then go to the other ' side," said Woodhouse. "College wrestling is great and different. The : guys are a lot tougher and there is a ' mental change. A lot of college or-ponents or-ponents are former state high school -champions." Woodhouse added, "The NCAA' tournament was a good experience. My goal this year is to be an All-American' and go to the NCAA tournament. The'-Western The'-Western Regionals last year were tough and- that's the tournament that ; qualifies wrestlers for the NCaa : tournament." "My opponent from Boise State was a tough kid and I tried to keep pushi : him and working for points," sUted Woodhouse. Chad Tiechert, 150 downed Boise State's Dean Schmanski 12- 4 and 158 pounder, Billy Boyd, BYT ' decisioned Rex Edwards 9-4. Kerry Hiatt, BYU, 167, edged H. Lord and Kevin Woods, Boise State, thumped ' Jeff Needs, 177, 13-5. Harold Wittmaa, 190, Boise State, downed Robert Steele 13- 10 and John Bauman, Boise Stale heavyweight, decisioned Larrt ' Hamilton 2-4-1. Woodhouse suffered a i- ' 1 loss to Charlie Lucas of Portland State and was defeated by Long Beach State's Sole 12-9. ' ' " "" " 'i ' ' ' ' '. 1 . I , ) BYU COUGAR matman, Morgan Woodhouse, left, battles Boise State's Coronado. The Cougars downed Boise State, 22-16 and -Long Beach State, 42-9, Saturday. 1 |