Show I v 1 f fg g A I i 1 m SHOULDER BLADES owned by Terry Doak of Rock Springs are I pushed closer and closer to the mat by Uintah Ute Chris Smith toP Smith pinned Doak in the second round Ute mat men net landslide victory in Uintah junior varsity tourney Most wrestling teams are lucky if they have one or two in the champion champion- championship championship ship finals in a tournament but the Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah tah Utes hit the jackpot as they had 13 men In the battles for first and second place which helped the Utes to a first place finish in the Uintah Junior Varsi- Varsi Varsity Varsity ty Tournament Saturday at points Pleasant Grove placed second at 1559 points and Meeker nabbed third place at Rock Springs nabbed fourth place at 84 counters Union captured fifth place at 66 points and Altamont's varsi- varsi varsity varsity ty netted sixth place at 43 points and Craig nabbed seventh at 27 points Steamboat Springs placed eighth at 15 points Kary McNeill garnered the most falls In the least time award with three falls In The Utes Leslie Gorman was picked as the outstanding wrestler in the light lightweights lightweights weights and Gary Murray was nam- nam named named ed as the outstanding In the up- up upper upper per weights Chris Smith 98 pocketed the first championship forthe for the Uintah Utes when he pinned Rock Springs Terry Doak with 57 seconds left in the second round Smith grabbed a 50 5 lead in the first round on ona ona a takedown and a three point near fall Smith also won the 98 pound title last m r A Ai i j raak 4 S Ma BY IL ILg g s I Ii i pt L- L LI Y Yn I n y Y R N i i Y C e Lk J v A WILD BATTLE occurs between Uintah's Seymore Bedonie top and Meekers Meeker's Shane Fawcett Bedonie survived a close call and defeated Fawcett 76 for first place In the pound class Uin t ff t fl y 4 I r b tr tra M 1 f a iv CLASH out on the mat during Uintah Tournament action Gary Murray left downed pound opponent Davin Jackson 40 4 for first place year In the the Uintah Tournament Smith also downed Shane Jacobs of Pleasant Grove and Tony Fred of Altamont placed third when he downed Pleasant Grove pocketed first place inthe In Inthe the pound class when Shawn nipped Jason Dominguez 9 11 Tony Swenson Rock Springs placed third when he pinned Steve Navin of Uintah with ten seconds left in the match Navin jumped out to a 2 0 lead in the first round on a takedown but Swenson scored four fourpoints fourpoints points In the second round on a reversal and two point near tall fall to take a 4 4 3 lead Navin nabbed a neutral to tie up the match at 44 4 in the third round and gasp gasp- gasped gal ed a takedown for a 64 6 lead However Swenson pinned netted a reversal and then pinn- pinn pinned ed Navin The Utes acquired their second cham- cham Gorman thumped Pleasant Groves Grove's Craig Bullough G 6 to 1 Gorman nabbed a 41 4 lead In the first round on two takedowns and added a two point near fall In the second round Gorman also thumped David Pitt of Rock Springs and Lane Goodrich of Alta Alta- Altamont mont Goodrich downed Pitt for third place Seymore Bedonie Uintah survived a close call toward the end of the match to f 1 tah High School captured first place In the annual Uintah Tour Tour- Tournament Tournament Saturday UTES NIP I RENO University of Utah for for- forward forward ward Pete Williams made four free throws In the final seconds Saturday night in the Special Events Center to lead Utah to an 81 BO wih In the end however It was an foot 18 off balance jumper by Renos Reno's Ken Green that missed missed- barely of course course- course course- that enabled the Utes and Coach Jerry to claim a thrilling 80 81 vic vic- victory victory tory over the Wolf Pack For Utah which evened its record at 33 3 Williams was the hero He finished with 26 points one below helow his career high and he pulled down 11 rebounds But it was four free throws by Williams inthe In final 40 seconds three of n cI on n the rim before falling that helped the utes overcome Reno which slipped to 4 34 for the season With just eight seconds to play however Renos Reno's Dannie Jones drove the lane and scored He was called for charging I Into Utah's Chris Winans though and the Ute junior was sent to the line with the front end of a and l-and-l 1 and 1 with t the e Ute lead down to toone toone one RO 81 81 sn Winans who is a 50 per per- percent percent cent career free throw shooter and who missed his four previous attempts this season tried what could have been the clincher clin- clin clincher cher after two Reno The foul shot dribbled off oce the rim and the Wolf Pack rushed the ball up th the fl floor r It missed and the buzzer ended the ensuing rebound battle giving Utah Its seventh win In seven meetings with Reno Nevada emerge a he pound champ due to toa toa a 76 7 win over Meekers Meeker's Shane Fawcett Bedonie grabbed a ao o lead In the first round on a takedown and near fall and Fa Fawcett narrowed Bedonie's lead to two points at 42 4 with a reversal In the second round Bedonie scored a neutral and takedown In the third round for fora a 7 4 lead but his lead was reduced to one point when Fawcett netted a reversal and a two point near fall Fawcett turned Bedonie over at the buzzer but the referee ruled that it wasn't a two point near fall and Bedonie won by one point Bedonie also beat Donny Denton Steam Steam- Steamboat Steamboat boat Springs and of Union Rich pinned Dane Gingery of Craig for third place The Utes Larson Caldwell won the pound championship when he downed Corey Sherod of Pleasant Grove by th the score of 6 to 2 Caldwell grabbed a 21 2 lead in the first round on a takedown and increased it to 62 6 with a near near fall In the second round and a reversal in the third round Caldwell also downed Shannon Jackson of Meeker and Dan Jordon of Rock Springs Jordon downed Jackson 13 for third place Uintah's McNeill placed Mike Brailsford's shoulder blades flat against the mat for a pin in the second round and first place pace McNeill jumped out to a 20 2 lead in the first round on a takedown McNeill also pinned Mike Stevenson of Altamont and Steve Brown of Union Jason Lynch of Meeker pinned Brown for third place The Utes Devin Bailey captured a 41 4 lead In the first round of the championship match on two takedowns but Cash Fisher bagged the crown when he scored seven straight points in the second third and and third rounds for fora a 4 7 4 win Bailey beat Andy Andy Bush Craig and Eric Brown of Meek Meeker r David Chidester of Pleasant Grove placed third when he pinned Brown Davin Jackson of Pleasant Pleasant Grove and Uintah's Murray staged a battle royal in inthe the pound championship match The match was a sc scoreless tie after two rounds and then Murray scored four fourpoints fourpoints points in the final round for o win Murray gained a penalty point for a 10 1 lead an and then gained a neutral and a takedown Murray also beat Don Draper of Craig and Todd Mair of Union Clint Burk of Meeker thumped 8 17 for third place Uintah's Chad Bedell won the pound match when he crushed Unions Union's Laird Hamblin 13 to O 0 Bedell garnered a 5 0 lead on a takedown and three point near fall in the first round and increased s ed his lead to 10 with a reversal and three point near fall in the second round Bedell added a three point near fall in the third round Bedell also beat Tom Tam Caroll Craig and Mark of Rock RockSprings Springs Heath JohnSon Pleasant Grove downed Jeff Eskelson Meeker 11 to 6 Mike is a Uintah High School wrestler but he competed In the ment as an independent he pocketed first place when he kno ked of off offa a fellow Uintah Ute Glenn BlIsworth In overtime by the score of 52 5 Ellsworth collected a 41 4 lead In the first round on two takedowns garnered a reversal In the second round to cut Ellsworth lead to 43 4 was awarded a stalling point with one second left to tie up the contest at 44 4 and send the pound championship match Into overtime scored a takedown In the first round but Ellsworth pocketed a rever rever- rever reversal sal to tie up the contest at 22 Slough scored a three point near fallin the final seconds of the third round to place first also beat Doug Seeley of Meeker and Joe Carstens Seeley placed third when he downed Carstens 6 to 3 for third place Rock Springs Marty Egbert placed first in the pound class when he pinned pinn- pinn pinned ed Uintah's Scott Gardner with 1 05 left leftin leftin in the third round John Nelson of Pleasant Plea Plea- Pleasant sant Grove Grave pinned Uintah's Rod Gilmore for third place The Utes David Weeks collected first place In the heavyweight division when he pinned fellow Ute teammate Derkie Hopkins with 42 seconds left In the third round Weeks grabbed a 5 0 lead in the first round on a takedown and a three three- point near tall fall and added penalty points In the second and third rounds Mark Kokkola of Pleasant Grove pinned Unions Union's Scott Jennings for third place Weeks also 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