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Show 28 Vernal Exprest Wedwday, Novembf 25, 1987 Champs return to Utes for new wrestling season For the first time since 1982 the Utes have two state champions from the previous year returning to the new season's wrestling team. Randy Smuin and Pat Jenkins won state crowns in 1981 and then return ed to the Utes the next year, 1982. Smuin and Jenkins won titles in 1982 and Jenkins returned in 1983 for his third title in row. Bryan Van Tassell won the 98 pound crow n as a ninth grader and Brian Southam the 132 pound title in 1987 as a. junior. Van Tassell is back as a sophomore at 119 pounds and senior Southam will be at 140 pounds. The championships by Van Tassell and Southam in 1987 are great, but they are old news as the slate is scrubbed clean for the new season and everyone is starting from scratch while getting ready for the number one goal a state championship. champion-ship. Southam whipped his opponent, Wes Kindt with a first round pin in the Utes' annual Wrestle Off Meet, Friday. "I hit him with a fireman move and got the cradle in. I put in the crossface cradle. I was on top and set it in for the pin," commented Southam. " Ute wrestler. Van Tassell beat Kent Murray on a technical fall in his 119 pound Wrestle Off Meet match. "The arm bar and the cross face cradle were fall holds I was working on in the match. I justed broke him down, controlled his legs and got the cross face cradle in," stated Van Tassell. "I'm getting in shape and improving my takedowns early in the season. I'm trying get everything going go-ing just right." Many pins were scored in the Wrestle Wres-tle Off Meet and one of the fastest falls was produced by Nathan Sunkees, who pinned his mat oppo- ' V : - -,-. .. . LEGS GET PULLED in a 130 pound match bet- he beat Oaks, 7-0. The Utes will host Carbon, ween Theron Case, bottom and Shane Oaks, Thursday, December 3. top, but Case proved the bout was no ioke as nent in 46 seconds. "It was just a half, I guess. I put him down and pinned him," said Sunkees. Mark Caldwell also won his match with a pin, but he would have to be awarded the slowest fall as he pinned his opposition in the first round of overtime. "I reached around his hip and threw him on his back and I got the , pih. I squeezed his head as hard as I could and put in sort of like a reverse half for the pin," stated Caldwell. Coach is Impressed "I'm was impressed and quite happy hap-py with the Wrestle Off Meet. We should have a real dominating first bunch. We don't know how good the second bunch is because of the overpowering over-powering first bunch," remarked Ed Johnson, Uintah High Schoool wrestling wrestl-ing coach. "We have room to improve im-prove early in the season, but we have the makings of a powerful bunch. We have been looking strong upper body because of our work in the weight room and I feel good about that." Men's Basketball League Team standings: Zions 3-0, First Interstate In-terstate 3-0, Morcon 2-0, Eddie's Appliance Ap-pliance 2-1, Northeastern 2-1, Dave's Chevron-Syscom 2-2, Dave Emmett crew 1-2, Division of Wildlife 0-2, PRS 0-3, God's Squad 0-4. Game scores: November 16; Eddie's Appliance 120, Division of Wildlife 37; Northeastern 62, God's Squad 43; Morcon 82, Dave Emmett crew 56; First Interstate 70, Dave's Chevron-Syscom 62; November 17; Morcon defeated PRS, Dave's Chevron-Syscom 55, God's Squad 47; Zions 78, Division of Wildlife 56; Eddie's Appliance 68, Dave Emmett crew 62; November 9, Zions 77, God's Squad 35; Northeastern Nor-theastern 77, Eddie's Appliance 70; First Interstate 97, PRS 48; Dave Emmett crew 59, Dave's Chevron-Syscom Chevron-Syscom 48; November 10, First Interstate In-terstate 80, God's Squad 57; Dave's Chevron-Syscom 68, PRS 55; Zions over Northeastern. 1 V t I; c 1 ' 7. I : - r ; ' 1 " ' , " - .. - r v , "' ' Kj " : 1 TWO FANS lend their support to Uintah wrestler, Mike Huggins in a 125 pound match. Huggins scored a takedown in the final seconds of the third overtime period to defeat Russ McKee. One of the fans is Dell Massey, top. 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