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Show ;?-'"'.r-7r" -7 i , ; ' . - , - , . ; ' Viktog wrestlers 'favored ; v- to defend region crown M Highland on -Tliursday '-- . t By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor - !' '-'--; '-"-'r.-'o '-'V'-'v-K ; Defending champ Viewmont High is expected to repeat when the ' . Region Four wrestling championships champion-ships are held Thursday at Highland High School The Vikings are probably prob-ably stronger overall this year than they were last season. Highland and Davis will probably provide the closest competition. ; 1 The Vikes wanned up by taking ' the region JV tournament last Thursday at Woods Cross High. Viewmont finished with 188 points in that tourney, beating out second- , place Davis (144). - Here's a weight-by-weight look at this year's region tournament:'.. 103: Top seed is Jay Cannon of . Davis, with v Jason Widdison of Woods Cross second. The Wildcats lost junior Shawn Schlutz at that weight when he suffered a broken " arm, but Widdison earned the berth when he beat an East wrestler last week. Injuries and sickness are the . :.'iuanriodiiswdghiL,-?(rvu:''' 112: Nate Crowther of Davis is top-seeded here, with Steve Jarman ' of Viewmont second. Highland also has a wrestler that could be a factor. 119: Viewmont' Jason Tanner and Highland's Adam Davidson are ; the class of this weight. The region , champ should be one or the other. v 125: Josh Hall of Highland earns the top seed here, with Davis' Jason . i? Robinson second. Another wrestler to watch here is Viewmont's Todd Smith. - v ;-. , p t.'-: ' ," , . . .'. ' '" .,; :- . -. -- - V' i"-' i ft 1 .; i ' .' t: ;. ; ' 130: Van Christensen of View- mont and D J. Bybee of Davis lead ; the way here, but Dave Bryan of Woods Cross, and Viewmont JV wrestler Darrin Miller, are also ones to watch. -i-r 135: This could be a fun weight, with Rocky Halterman of Viewmont View-mont the favorite, but J J). Oldham of Davis and Doug Monk of Boun-' Boun-' tiful are also expected to be factors. - 140: Ryan Wilson of Viewmont and Don Krannendonk of Davis (if he stays at this weight) are the favorites. Jared Edgmon of Bountiful Boun-tiful and Jared Schetselaar of ' Woods Cross should also be considered. con-sidered. ' 1 u 145: This division should belong to -Viewmont's Allen-Freestone , -with Dominic Davis of Highland providing the greatest competition. 152: Darrin Zesiger of Viewmont . b top-seeded, with Davis High's ; Tosh Gibbs the main competition, i j ; 160: Ali Salari of Bountiful is the' -top seed, while Highland's Brighant Black and Viewmont's Deelynn - . Zesiger the main competitors. - ' 171: Davis High's Lance Bennett is the favorite in a very competitive division, with Highland's Matt Par- kin second-seeded. Viewmont's ' Mike Wersland and Bountiful's " Ryan Eggett could also win the ti- . tie. , t-, " -. 189: Calvin Johnson of Highland' is the favorite, with Jeppe Albertson ; of East second-seeded. The Salt Lake schools will probably domin-. ate this weight.- - ' I Heavyweight: Again, Goates of $ Highland and Alex Mohr of East are seeded, but Donovan Anderson of Woods Cross or Scott Jones of f v Viewmont are also contenders. ; v .. The top finishers at region will advance to next weekend's state tournament, to be held this year at :S the Dee Special Events Center at Weber State. ' fl ' ' '.-''' , . .' ' w ' - ' ' --' : - f n -,(- ' - ' S " ; '-.--''." . ' .- " i?' .! " " y ' ' v V-: ?r:- - r7 r- 'A c - - v y ''''.'y i , "j ."Sf.. - - ' , ' ??-;,. . ,.,a... :4 i , -- " ; ' "v, ' ''' t",'' Y' ' ' ' f ' it, '' ' ',' '; '! - t , t . r ', '! ' 4 ''' , ' "s i " ' v '' " ' i-f r " 'A. - m - ' it'"' -: ' , ":' : ! :' .::::::-:'.- yv:-:' .::-.' r ; r 1 ; 1 - , '-''"; ,,,'4:::r:.'-x :. V.l A: 1 ,'h. : , 111111(1 r- , m.n v ' 'A ' -' -. . yf lIlliilllHiiK 'BaaWBSm : lilpilliiPlllillllli' ' ' v ' ' ::::::::::::::.:: r yii&i&::tt:Z :BlillliiIfr'' ;llliP;;S::ii' -iili ": .J 'i, - - ' '' - - I " " . . ; - - iiMyiWimmk mmm' vAvnm$0sm:-. .: ' Illplilliill81liil 'mA"u' Jlillllliiilll '''WiMiBM'y iiillllllliiilllll lrffcfc. ISIiiiililiHii :;:::w:vK--:::': y:vX:y:::-:::-:-:ofe::v::yxXv:: .:v:::;:::w:v:-:o:i:::Sr:-rXvv::W v i; r ' - v-. 'lillpiiiPlliiP ''AWAi&iAWmK lliiiiiBlll s::S?s;s5s;:fissa 'issfssrssssi: mmmmmmm s & m ; s - , f - ....V . v.. ' ..VV.W.WW,.;WV,.- -V,, -r - .... .. . . . ( .' Mi....... .J-.. .- . ., . -, :A ' vn m r.l-i PHOTO BY ROC: TUTTIE . . j Viewmont High's Allen Freestor.3 v. ;s fired up, really fired tip, for the Vlkirjs match . with Csunlirul cn Thursday. Here, rr:::!cr.e si2:!.s Ccur.iiU's J;red Erfmon enroutq to ' a F-n cs the Vikes won the Region l ?A-Jrr.zzlCAz. .. . ' ...----.---j . |