Show Uintah Wrestlers Won Win Regional Matches Here Last weekend Uintah High School hosted host ed a season pro region six wrestling tournament at the high school Teams competing in the matches included Payson Payson Payson Pay Pay- son Spanish Fork Pleasant Grove Giove Class AAA 72 1971 Champions Springville Carbon Car bon Lehi Lehl and American Fork COACH DENNIS named Dean Martinsen Martinson a senior in the unlimited di division divi- divi vi sion slon as the tournaments tournament's most outstanding ing wrestler lIe He received this honor after after af af- ter beating the 72 1971 Class AAA wrestling wrestling wrestle ing heavyweight champion Gary Peterson Peter Peter- son from Lehl Lehi in the second round of competition Friday night lie He finished up Woodhouse of Spanish Fork the following night Another outstanding wrestler In the tournament was pound junior Richand Rich Rich- and aid Logan The Utes were tied neck in neck with tho the Pleasant Grove Giove team but finally defeated them in the clutch match match mat mat- ch between Logan of Uintah and Gray of Pleasant Grove After Martinsen's final fin al win the score ended for Uintah and for Pleasant Grove Greve Only two other other oth er teams placed men in the finals and that was Hafen from Springville in the division and pound Boyer of Lehl Lehi ALAN COOPER from Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah took second place after being defeated defeat ed cd by Hafen of Springville in a very close match Pleasant Groves Grove's Swenson defeated defeat ed cd Scott Bingham in the division and went on to take the championship Bingham Bingham Bing Ding ham ending up taking third place for the Utes Another close match was in tho championship division at pounds between bet Cliff Grua and Pack of PG Grua eventually lost the match but ended up taking an outstanding second place Scott Wall Nall the pound wrestler forthe for forthe forthe the Utes beat Colton of PG with his aggressiveness aggressiveness ag ago ag- ag and quickness to take the championship in the pound division In the tho division Hannie Rannie McDonald won his first match Friday afternoon but ended ended end end- ed up getting beat by the champion Boyer of Lehi Lehl in the second round of Continued on page pane 6 Ute Wrestlers Continued from page pogo 1 events and took look a fourth place LEE BURNS is one wrestler all spec seem to be keeping their eyes eye on Many Miny comment that he wrestles like a state stale champion He lie defeated the region wrestlers in his first three thre matches but lost a close one to Christensen of PG Inthe in inthe inthe the final pound race and took second place Tim McDonald got beat beal by Brail Bratt Brailof of PG In the second round of ot events and wound up lip taking a third place in the pound division Bratt took first place Curt Curl look took second place in the pound matches after being defeated by of PG pound champion of Uintah was wa Dirk Price defeating Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall of Springville in the final match malch In Inthe inthe the 98 pound division Wayne Kurtz beat Francom of PG for far the championship THE PRE region six tournament was helpful to all the schools in the division because It il let each school see sec exactly what whal the other schools had in different weights The winning wrestlers really have to be on the look out now because the losing schools will wiIl be out to defeat them The Utes will go against the Rangely wrestlers tonight Thursday at Uintah High School The matches that should be particularly interesting are arc the match between Price of Uintah and Caldwell of Rangely and match between between bet bet- McDonald of Uintah and Hollen- Hollen caugh Baugh of Rangely THIS WEEKEND the utes travel to lo Montrose l where many of Colorados Colorado's teams will be represented in the tournament lourn- lourn ament Arvada West High School out of Denver will be there to wrestle the Utes along with the Montrose team that has continually placed high in the state wrestling tournaments San Dimas High School from Albuquerque New Mexico l Class champions will also be there competing |