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Show BH grapplers triumph However, they did win in the 105 match with much improved sophmore Mike Nelson pinning Mike Weber in the first round. Shane Erickson had his hands full with Rhett Johnson, a Kanab freshman, in the 112 division. Erickson was unable to pin Johnson but did come up with a superior decision. Wes Meachum at 119 and Shawn Mortensen at 126 both won by decisions and newcomer Travis Bradshaw and the teams' most experienced wrestler, Bret Yardly, both won by pins. The match of the evening must go to senior "Pete" Yardley, who battled last years' famous cowboy, Darwin Tait, to a 2-2 decision. The Beaver Beavers battled the Kanab Cowboys Dec. 17 and marked up another win in their hopeful March to the state 1-A finales. It was not a big win, 32-29, but it was a good win. Coach Alan Raddon of Beaver liked some of the things he saw about his team but not all. "We've got to work harder just on the fundamentals of the game," he cried. He did make the promise that his boys would be working on good fundamentals in the practices ahead. "Kanab certainly wasn't all that bad," he stated, "and in fact, the outcome could have been in their favor." Beaver lost in the 98, 132, 167, 185 and heavyweight matches. |