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Show ' Uintah Ute Pat Jenkins thumped Jeff Seamons of Preston, 19-3, for first place in the Vernal Tournament of Champions, Saturday at Uintah High School and became the first three-time champion in the history of the tournament. Jenkins is also a three-time champ in the Steamboat Steam-boat Springs Tournament and is two-time two-time state champion. Jenkins placed first in the 1981 Vernal Tournament of Champions when he downed Mike Hamel of Green River on a criteria decision and nabbed first place in the 1982 tournament when he beat John Beckstead of Preston, 8-2. When asked to comment on his win in the 1983 Vernal Tournament of Champions, Pat Jenkins remarked, "The arm drag was good for takedowns and the cradle was a good pin hold. He was pretty tough. It was a good team win and if we keep wrestling like that we will take state." "Pat did an exceptional job. He did a fine job of controlling his man and had his man in many pinning combinations," stated Uintah wrestling coach, Leon Smuin. Jenkins pinned his first two opponents in the first round, Mike Slaugh and Rick Porter of Uintah. Jenkins pocketed four near falls in his win over Seamons and . came close to pinning his opponent in the second and third rounds. Uintah's Jody Young had a bye in the first round of the tournament and then shutout his two opponents in the meet, James Jeffcoat, Fruita, 10-0 and Shane Webb of Steamboat Springs, 15-0, in the title match. "The step through ride did a good job for me in the match with Webb. I worked work-ed on the half nelson and arm bar. I just wanted to win the championship," said Young. Young decisioned Webb last year, but Webb pinned Young in the Steamboat Springs Tournament. Young said, "The pin got me motivated for the match and I wanted to go out and beat him." The win over Webb by Young enabled Young to be named as the outstanding wrestler in the upper weights. "It was a thrill to see how Jody Young put things together. Webb pinned Jody Young at the Steamboat Springs Tournament and placed twice at state. Webb was undefeated," said Leon Smuin. "Jodys plan was to go out and wrestle with him and not put too much pressure on him and get caught in a lateral drop." Darrin Bailey, 145, joined the two-ti club in the Vernal Tournament of Cham-pions Cham-pions with an 11-5 win over Loreil Paulson of Preston. "He was a tough kid. The cradle work-ed work-ed real well. I used a fireman for the takedown in the first round and worked for the cradle and got a three point neat fall and the referee pushed the match along as the action stayed on the mat," said Bailey. David Gentry garnered his first Vernal Ver-nal Tournament of Champions crown when he downed 126 pounder, Pat Shannon Shan-non of Fruita, 7-2. "The single and double dou-ble leg takedowns worked well. I gave my opponent a hard fall to the mat in He match, but the call went against me as I was called for a slam by the referee It was a good thing that we have ne mats because it absorbed it," saij Gentry. Ryan Siddoway, 98, became the first sophomore to win first place in the Vernal Ver-nal Tournament of Champions since Jenkins turned in the same feat in lgji. Siddoway blanked Matt Duce of Prestoa, 6-0 in the title match. The match was tied at 0-0 after tw rounds. "I had a short set out for the neutral. He was trying to set up a thro as he was pushing in and I hit him with the fireman carry for the takedown. I shot a half and held him for ten seconds and got the near fall for a 6-0 win," said Siddoway. Siddoway defeated Ray Mazzola ol Meeker for first place in the Steamboat Springs Tournament and nipped Mike Moss of Rock Springs, 3-2, for first place in the Rock Springs Tournament. Siddoway Sid-doway downed Duce, 6-0, for first place in the Vernal Tournament of Champions to become the first sophomore that this reporter knows of to have taken first place in all three tournaments. i |