Show S fit Sports l I i t A IDON SPOUTS EDITOR r f r l lr lr lA r A r i C i fit w UINTAH H WILL BE TRYING to retain Its Region Six Championship Cham Charm which it won last year In the Region Six Tournament Tournament Tour foment this Friday and Saturday Members of the starting Uintah wrestling squad are front row row left to right Kevin Huber 98 lbs IDS Jim Tripp Ibs lbs Larry Lorry Moon lbs Ibs Eugene Woody Ibs Scott Ruppe Ibs bs and Kevin Reardon Ibs Back row left to right Ed Johnson Kick Hick Massey Kent Cook Jerry Murray Wendell Wendell ll Francis Calvin Murray and unlimited Jeff unlimited Weeks THE TIIE NUMBER NUl one Region Six seeds in each weight are re as as' as follows 98 Kevin 98 Kevin evin Huber r Uintah 5 0 S Ol Jim lOS Tripp Uintah 5 6 Larry Moon Uintah 5 0 Craig Walker Pleasant Grove 7 0 Scott Huppe Ruppe Uintah 6 0 Allen Allen Lowe Spanish Fork 7 0 Hick Massey Uintah 7 0 Ron Hon Pulver Pulver Payson 1 4 Jerry Murray Uintah l 6 lr 6 I Eric Weight Springville 70 7 17 0 I Jack s-J s ck Elmer Springville 1 0 and unlimited-Lane unlimited Martino I Carbon 5 1 Number two seeds Kerry 98 Wilson Springville Kelly Beck Pleasant Grove Craig Wilson Springville Eugene Woody Uintah Garth Hyde American Fork Kevin Reardon Uintah 13 Kendell Roseman Lehi Russ Moore Pleasant Grove Doug Doug Lo Loveless eless Payson Roy 67 Payson Phil Howa Carbon and unlimited-Joe unlimited Warren Payson as well every other wrestler in the Region Six Tournament will be out to determine which wrestler is number one IN CONTESTS for Uintah this Friday at 1 pm p.m. Kevin Huber Buber 98 will go against Fred red Tanner Spanish Fork Jim Tripp vs Joe Carter Spanish Fork Larry Moon 1 vs Neilson Harding Carbon Eugene Woody vs Joe Swank Carbon Scott Ruppe vs Lane Williamson Payson Kevin Reardon vs Kelly Beckstrom Payson Rick Massey vs Bill Tasker Payson Kent Cook number three seed vs J J. J Allen Scott Spanish Fork Jerry Murray vs Sterling Ot- Ot American Fork Wendell Francis number five seed vs Vic Cope Spanish Fork P i r. r Q 1 I I 1 r ll III L assistant coach Rick Massey lbs Ibs Kent Cook Ibs Jerry Murray Ibs bs Wendell Fra Francis ds Ibs Calvin Colvin Murray Ibs Jeff Weeks unlimited and Dennis head coach The 3 A 3 A State Wrestling Tournament is set for February 28 27 In the University of Utah Special Events Center in Salt Lake City and Uintah will be trying to gain Its tenth state wrestling title Utes to host region matches Friday and Saturday Uintah digs in for Region 6 wrestling championship battle Uintah High Schools School's wrestling squad d. d blanked the Lehi Pio Pioneers 64 0 last Thursday at Lehi Leru to improve their region record to 7 70 The Utes will defend their H Region gion Six crown this trus Friday and Vernal There will willbe willbe will be two two sessions sessions 1 pm p.m. and 7 7 pm p.m. each day at the Region Six Tournament TilE TIIE Utes have four returning 1975 Region Six wrestling champions in Scott Ruppe Huppe at won region and state stale last year at al 1191 Jim Tripp at al Iwon won region and sta stale slate te last year at 98 98 I Rick Mass Massey y at iwon won region and stale state last year at 1261 and Eugene Woody at won region and state last year at 1121 Both Woody and Tripp are two two two-t two time ime state champions Jerry Murray pounds placed second in the weight class in Region Six in in 1975 Larry Moon garnered third place at the 1975 Region Six Tournament in the pound w weight ight ABOUT i illS HIS thoughts on the Region Six Tournament Uintah Coach Dennis stated staled We feel we have to be ready for every match Were We're an experienced tournament team We know what the pressure is like to be under the gun When asked for his comments on Uintah's chances to repeat as the Region Six champions Uintah's Larry Moon said Weve got a good chance but Springville will be tough II Uintah has 4 11 season record as well as the first place championships in the Steamboat Steamboat Steam Steam- boat Tournament and the Vernal Tournament Tournament Tournament Tour- Tour of Champions Uintah Utes who will be going into the Region Six battle are as follows Kevin 98 Huber Jim Tripp Larry Moon Eugene Woody Scott Ruppe Huppe Kevin Reardon Calvin Murray number er seven seed vs Phil Howa Kowa Carbon and Jeff Weeks unlimited number five seed vs Ray Hay Fugal Pleasant Grove Uintah shutout Lehi last Thursday and the yere ere as follows s 98 BobbY 98 98 I I. 1 Uintah pinned Clay in inthe n the first round Curt Rollins Hollins Uintah major Greg McCarr McCarrell ll 13 v 13 4 Larry Moon Uintah Terry 43 4 Eugene 4 Woody Uintah pinned Melvin Merrill Morrill in the first round Scott Ruppe Uintah pinned Robert t Pack in inthe inthe inthe the first round Kevin Reardon Uintah superior Bret Player 2 19 13 Rick Hick Massey Uintah pinned Kendall Roseman in the first round Kent Cook Uintah pinned Kalani Wilkin in inthe inthe the fi first round J Jerry erry Murray Uintah shutout Scott Sunderland 10 0 Wendell Vendell Francis won by a forfeit Calvin Murray Uintah pinned Kevin Baum in the third round and unlimited Jeff Weeks Uintah pinned Brian Southwick in the first round WHEN ASKED for his comments on the win over Lehi Dennis said The 64 0 win is a new school record The Theold Theold Theold old record was 56 0 over Lehi Leru last year II The Uintah Utes wrestled Rock Springs last Friday at atRock atRock atRock Rock Springs Wyoming but came out on the short end by a score of 26 23 The results were as follows Kevin 98 Huber pinned Jim Tripp Vasa 9 2 Larry Moon l Rick Hick 8 5 Eugene Woody and Richard ichard Vasa tied lied 5 55 Scott Ruppe Knezovich 8 2 Vasa Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs Kevin Reardon 9 2 9 1 Harris larris Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs pinned Rick Hick Massey Rowland Rowland Rock Hock Springs 1 I n UINTAH'S SCOTT RUPPE left wrestles with a grappler from Pocatello o. Ruppe will be wrestling at the Region Reglo Six She pound class clan He Is U a returning region champion de Kent Cook 9 4 Rock Springs pinned Jerry Murray Bath Rock Hock Springs pinned Wendell Francis Calvin Murray Morris 5 1 and u unlimited Jeff m i ted ted-J err Weeks i Stricken 10 10 of 0 I INT II'S KEVIN Huber b r rat bas at the most pins for the Utes this year with 13 Records for Uintah wrestlers are as follows Kevin Huber 2 17 Jim Tripp 17 17 1 Jl Larry Moon 12 3 Eugene Woody 3 15 Scott Ruppe 2 17 Kevin Reardon 11 10 Rick Hick Massey 4 18 Kent Cook 13 10 Jerry Murray 1191 9 11 I 1 Wendell Francis 9 8 Calvin Murray 9 14 and Jeff Weeks 17 8 17 The Utes also had Kevin Huber Jim Tripp Larry Moon and und Scott Ruppe take first places at the Steamboat Tourney Jim Tripp and Scott Ruppe placed first in the Vernal Tournament Tournament of Champions ON Oti FEBRUARY 27 and 28 the A 3 State Tournament will willbe willbe willbe be held at the University of Utah Special Events Center Salt Lake City First second and third wrestlers from Region Six will advance to the state tourney Fourth place wrestlers from Region Five and Six will wrestle off in the morning of February 27 in order to wrestle in the state tourney |