Show C 4 55 4 w 4 1 Uintah tourney Saturday Uintah smashes Brighton and n Grand Junction Central Centra The Uintah wrestling squad battled the predicted best In Utah and Colorado last week In InVernal InVernal inVernal Vernal and after the mat pounding both Brighton and Grand Junction Central were knocked off oft their number one perches by the Utes Uintah dropped the Brighton December 7 in Vernal 34 to 13 The Utes Vies downed Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion Central in Vernal last Thursday 30 to 16 UINTAH'S A team competed competed com com- with Montrose High School in Montrose Colorado this past Tuesday The Utes will take on Bingham High School InVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal Wednesday December 22 at pm p.m. The Uintah B squad will wrestle Bingham at p pm p.m. m. m Bingham has been ranked as the number one club in the A 3 ranks The Utes will take on arch arch- rival Pleasant Grove in Vernal December 23 at pm p.m. Uintah B and sophomore team matches with the Vikings will start at pm p.m. Pleasant Grove has been predicted as the number two team in the A 3 division Uintah has been ranked as the number three team in the A 3 division but those predictions may be changed due to the Ute wins over Brighton and Central This Saturday the Uintah Tournament will take place in Vernal The sessions will begin at 10 am a.m. 1 l pm p.m. and pm p.m. Teams that will be betaking taking part partin partin partin in the tourney are are re Union Rangely Carbon Payson Craig Grand Junction Central High School in Colorado and Uintah's B team Uintah began the wrestling week off with a 34 to 13 win over Brighton High School December 7 7 The Utes' Utes 98 Frankie Jaramillo started the tussling action off with a 6 to 0 decision over Dix Densley of Brighton Jaramillo led 0 2 0 4 0 and nd 6 Allen Holmes added a second win to the Uintah team I score as he edged Brighton's Chris Raleigh 9 to 8 Holmes I had a 4 3 3 advantage in Il th the fi first t period od but tin in the second round per I Ti I oS th t. t core r as tied e dI a at Jt 5 pom points to tl toI n I the final round Holmes Holmes' outscored outscored out out- I scored d Raleigh 4 3 for the ther r decision n r KEVIN HUBER blasted t Rick 11 1 to Increase increase increase in In- crease crease the Uintah lead to 10 to 0 over Brighton after the first three contests The Uintah Utes picked up three straight wins over Brighton to make the score score 22 to 0 for Uintah after the first six matches Robert Bia Uintah posted leads of 2 0 and 5 0 and then went on on to decision Jerry Chatwin 8 to 4 in the pound J battle Garson Olivers Chivers Uintah and Jim Graehl failed to score in the first two rounds but butIn butin butin in the final round Chivers picked up four points to gain a 40 40 4 0 o decision over Graehl Scott Ruppe added the sixth Uintah win in a row by pinning Brighton's Da Dan Henrie with 34 seconds remaining InI in inthe inthe I the first round Brighton captured its first win win of the evening as Rick Thompson downed Kevin Reardon 10 16 to 2 for a major decision The picked up their second win in a row with a 3 10 decision by Manfred Lassig over Jr Tripp of Uintah in the battle The score after eight matches was Uintah 22 and Brighton 7 7 Stacy Hall lIall returned the Utes to the winning side of the wrestling circle with an 8 5 decision over Jeff Johnson Hall lIall had a 2 0 advantage in the first round and a 4 3 lead in the second period TilE THE gained their final points of the evening due to toa toa toa a forfeit by the Utes in the pound class The Utes pushed their winning margin to 34 to 13 with a 6 0 decision by Jerry Murray over Brett Reiman and a pin of Cal by Jeff Weeks unlimited with left in the third round Last Thursday against Grand Junction Central the Uintah Utes captured the the first three contests as Frankie Jaramillo 98 major Rod Richard 15 to 5 Allen Holmes Arthur Gurule 10 to 5 and Kevin Huber major Arnold Gurule 12 to 2 Jaramillo had a 10 0 lead over Richard after the second round He went on to defeat the Central 15 to 5 He was pretty tough I hope to go the rest of the year undefeated commented commented commented com com- Jaramillo Uintah's 98 Holmes had a 3 2 advantage in the first round and then increased it to 9 to 3 in the second round and 10 to 5 in the final period Huber had leads of 4 0 4 2 92 9 and 15 Arnold Gurule who was defeated by Huber placed second last season in the division of the Vernal Tournament Tournament of Champions Grand Junction Central gained its first tussling victory as Wayne South blanked Robert Bia Bla 7 to 0 O. South placed first last season in the pound division in the Vernal Tournament Tour Tour- The Uintah Utes increased their advantage to 17 to 3 with a apin apin apin pin by Garson Chivers of Kevin Binkly with two seconds nd left in in Jr round lin f r fil w 1 SCOTT RUPPE and Lydell Lyden Gordon Central wrestled to a 5 55 draw Ruppe had a 4 to 2 lead in the first period after almost pinning Gordon However Gordon fought back to narrow narrow the score to 4 43 Ruppe had had a 5 3 advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage late in the third period but Gordon gained a two point reversal to tie up the score Kevin Reardon Uintah and Andy Galvan were involved in the second draw in a row Galvan had a 2 1 lead in the first round but Reardon rallied in inthe inthe inthe the second round to tie the Central at 3 33 The final round ended at five points for each wrestler The Utes returned to their winning ways as Jr Tripp pinned Steve Karp with five seconds left in the final round However Tripp was in deep trouble in the first round as Karp had the Uintah in a pinning situation The referee broke up the pin because the Central wrestler had an illegal hold on Tripp If the call hadn't been made there was a good possibility that Tripp would have been pinned Karp was using an nn illegal hold holdIn holdIn holdin In the pinning situation and Tripp remarked That made me mad so I had to kill pin him After Tripps Tripp's pin the score was Uintah 27 and Grand Junction Central 7 Grand Junction Central captured the next three weights as Randy Beard Stacy Hall lIall 9 to 3 Aaron Monger nipped Calvin Murray 11 to 10 late Inthe in inthe inthe the third round and Bill Denby edged Jerry Murray 3 to 2 JEFF WEEKS unlimited ended the wrestling action for Uintah on a winning note by gaining an 11 to 5 decision over Scott Bulla to make the final score Uintah 30 and Grand Junction Central 16 I was just glad to be part of the team and to help them win stated Weeks The first wrestling match for forthe forthe forthe the Uintah h A team in 1977 willbe will willbe willbe be against American Fork High School at American Fork u January 6 6 The Rocky Mountain Tournament in Vernal is set for January 8 The Vernal Tournament Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- Is scheduled for January 14 and 15 Uintah's B team will battle Milford January 8 In Vernal The Uintah A team will take on Pocatello in Vernal January 13 Uintah's B team also gained a 22 20 victory over Brighton December 7 7 The results of the battle were 98 98 Jack Risner Uintah 5 and 0 OJ Brighton 5 and Brad Funk Uintah 4 Scott Scott Murray Uintah 5 and Cort 0 Flad Brighton 3 and Morgan Woodhouse 2 John John Burns Uintah 7 and West 0 Rick Fladeland Uintah 8 and Brucks 5 Rick Rick Gurr Uintah 2 and 2 Lynn Stoll Uintah 7 and Erickson 4 Foster Foster Brighton 6 and Von 5 Breen Breen Brighton 14 and Wayne Huber 6 Uintah forfeit and Unlimited Unlimited Barry Barry Frank Uintah pinned Brett Key in inthe the second round S asp JR TRIPP tussles with Grand Junction Centrals Central's Steve Karp in inthe inthe the pound battle last Thursday Tripp pinned Karp In the third round with five seconds left in the contest AA |