Show r n I n a Mr 7 YM M j At AtA A r w tie tier 1 tt n t 4 R t tf f STEAM J EFFORT brought Uintah's wrestling team back one for Region honors and the other for winning from their travels to southern Utah with witha a pair of tro 1968 State B Championship Staff photo Uintah Wrestlers Grab Crab State Title litle Uintah Ute wrestlers literally put the squeeze on their op 01 Friday and Saturday to emerge from the mats as 1908 State Slate Class B champions Three Utes stood in th the 1st place lineup when matches end ed Danny Sessions 95 lb Garr Roberts lb and Jay JayD JayD D Henline lb class The entire lineup of ute the wrestlers were instrumental in breaking a consecutive string of five years of second place State wins for Uintah Coach Dennis reported Out of 12 divisions Uintah placed 10 wrestlers into state matches From those ten the team came across with three 1st place winners two 2nd's two 3rd and ona a Point totals put the Ute squad nine points ahead of Delta us ual arch contender for state honors 78 69 Piute was far be hind in their place overall tied with Wasatch at 37 points We were more powerful man for man than any other school there Coach commented Our win was a straight team effort Continued on page 6 1 r V d r o t GARR ROBERTS State B lb Wrestling Champion p Ca M MIt It Iti i JAY D State HENLINE-State B lb Wrestling Champion rf r c r I 1 i ii i y r ri i 11 dr drav ir II av DANNY State SESSIONS B 95 lb Wrestling Champion Chanpion State Cham Champs ps Continued from page 1 The championship is the first under Coach guidance ce Uintah captured wrestling championships previously in 1958 and 1959 It sure feels good to get the crown after hitting so close to it for so long he commented Ken lb and Corwyn Roberts lb were edged out in final matches and placed second Dell Massey lb Ib and Eddy Johnson unlimited placed placed ed in third spots Dave Broome lb took a fourth to add to the teams team's total point tally |