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Show The I'intah Ute matmen added another region trophy to their collec-iicn collec-iicn when they pocketed first place in the Region 7 Tournament at Mountain View in Orem Saturday at 178 counters, pleasant Grove placed second at 160's wintsand Mountain View nabbed third it 148's. American Fork captured ourth place at 752 counters and Orem Elected fifth place at 41 s counters, hmpvie Placed sixth at 41 points and Vivo finished in seventh place at 21 SHinters. I Uintah had a 160 to 1431; advantage Iver Pleasant Grove going into the bampionship finals, but the Vikings ut the Ute lead to 12 points at 160-148 Ann Jay Edwards crushed Uintah's erry Tingey 12 to 2 in the 98 pound "bampionship final. Edwards dropped injjey for a takedown and a 2-0 lead irly'in the first round, but Tingey tted a reversal to tie up the match at 2. Edwards outscored Tingey 10 to 0 in ie rest of the match tow in by the score ' 12-2. TheUes pocketed an 18 point lead at 6 to 148 quite quickly w hen the cradle tator, Brent Morrill, pinned Pleasant rove's Coy Hall with the cradle after dy 1:04 of wrestling action in the first u'rd. Morrill decked Hall for a kedown and a few seconds later tame a region champion due to his vorite hold the cradle. Uintah's Keith Campbell beat Tim stler in front of the Mountain View me crowd in a dual meet Jan. 21 and Hler was determined that he wasn't ing to lose again in front of the home ! ks and his wish came true as he ned Campbell 9 to 3 in the 112 pound , ampionship match. j he match was tied at 0-0 after one J ind. but Metier acquired an escape, sdown and three-point near fall in ! second round for a 6-1 lead. Metier led a three-point near fall in the rd round and Campbell pocketed a ersal. "feasant Grove won championships .U9 and 132 pounds to cut Uintah's id to 91-; points at 166 to 156'?. Aaron rod. Pleasant Grove placed first at i pounds when he bombed American j rk's Billy Henderson 10 to 0. The itch was all Sherod as he jumped out a 4-0 lead in the first round on a i "edown and two-point near fall, - Bed a reversal in the second round a 1 two near falls in the third round. Jintah's Jeff Good put up a good fight J the 126 pound championship match, . ":Jess Christen of Mountain View i -erged as the champion due to a 5-1 i . tory. Both tusslers failed to gain any . nts in the first round, but Christen Ited a neutral and takedown in the ond round for a 3-0 lead. Good .ieted a neutral to cut Christen's i d to 3-1, but Christen gained the edown for a 5-1 win. Tie Christen family encountered py times in the 126 pound match, . suffered sad times in the 132 pound " itest. Jess' brother Kip Christen had 0 lead due to neutral going into the round, but Pleasant Grove's vin Ostler pocketed a neutral and a edown for a 3-2 championship tory. Now it was time to lock up the championship for the Utes once and for all and they put the padlock on the region crown and threw away the key in grand style as they won three of the next four championship encounters for a 21S point lead of 178-1562 over the Vikings. Uintah's Torr McCurdy placed second at 138 pounds when he was thumped by Mountain View's Chris Humphreys 14-5. Humphreys jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first round due to two takedowns, but McCurdy escaped from Humphreys for one point. McCurdy Mc-Curdy nabbed a penalty point and a neutral in the second round, but Humphreys netted three points on a neutral and takedown. McCurdy added two escapes in the third round, but Humphreys pocketed two takedowns and a three-point near fall. A shot at victory by Darrin Bailey appeared to be long shot, as he fell behind 2-0 in the second round due to a neutral and penalty point by Kevin True.x of Pleasant Grove. However, Bailey refushed to let his region championship dream die as he nabbed a neutral and a penalty point with 50 seconds left in the third round to tie up the contest at 2-2. The region title became a reality for Bailey when he garnered a takedown with eight seconds left in the contest to win the match by the score of 4-2. The Utes' Randy Smuin became the third Uintah fussier to taste victory as he downed Kerry Robertson of American Fork 6 to 2 in the 155 pound championship contest. Smuin grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first round on a takedown, but Robertson netted a reversal early in the second round to tie up the match at 2-2. Smuin selected himself as the w inner w hen he gained a neutral and a takedown for a 5-2 lead after two rounds. Smuin added a neutral in the third round for a 6-2 triumph. Pat Jenkins became the fourth Uintah Ute first place w inner when he dow ned Pleasant Grove's Mark Harvey 3-1 in the 167 pound championship match. Jenkins gained a 2-0 lead in the first round due to a takedown and added a neutral in the third round for a 3-Oadvantage. Harvey gained a penalty point to make the final score: Jenkins 3 and Harvey 1. Kline Bradford, Mountain View, pocketed first place at 185 pounds when he pinned Uintah's Jody Young with 29 seconds left in the first round and Pleasant Grove's Dave Reeves won the heavyweight crown when he blanked Dan Chrisman, Timpview, 4-0. Uintah's David Gentry, 119, placed third when he won his match with Evan Richards of Timpview due to a forfeit. Kent Boren captured fourth place at 132 pounds when he was downed by Carl Johnson of Provo 5-2. The match was tied at 0-0 after two rounds, but Johnson gained a reversal and three-point near fall and Boren gained a reversal. David Weeks, heavyweight, placed fifth when he pinned Madison Murphy of American Fork. n . . .. . . i L -y (' -j r 'rH s U. . , f l'- M) ! N A y -iuc i-'AM Y i . ! , - c t i t i lOf r a . ; m " KSF' A a 7 ' ... it " X ; 1 :J) " :. - . ' - UlNTAH MATMEN pocketed first place at the Region 7 Tournament Tourna-ment in Orem Saturday with a total of 178 points. Members of ire championship team are: front row, left to right, Brent Mor-. Mor-. I,"1- ,irst; Chuck Henry, head coach and son Tyler; Jerry Tingey eitn Campbell, David Gentry, Felix Espinoza, manager and back row,' Kent Boren, Pat Jenkins, first; Jeff Good, Darrin Bailey, first; Randy Smuin, first; Jody Young, Torr McCurdy, David Weeks, Lyle Gillman, coach. Missing when the picture was taken was assistant coach, Curg Belcher. |
