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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Friday, February 14, 1997 “West Jordan On Track To Pin 5-A Wrestling ler eaior scored te to lose,’ BY JAY DREW OGDEN — Three-time defend- Bron. er the Sevier tegion ment Ise a chance” to win the A state wrestling tourna- pounds, Holker, West Jordan's Gabe Vig where Brighton's Josh That's the only — Brighton's Brady Jones and West Jordan’s Rad Martinez — Jaguar-Bengal matchup. At 215 pounds, Brighton's Teag Whiting (28-0) will meet Taylorsville’s Ste- fan Gonzales in another key en- counter. Suprisebeat his two cepeneats back and Brighton has 60 after two rounds. The Jaguars and Warriors have a slight edge beeause they have six wrestlers apiecein tonight's (7 p.m.) semifi- Thursday by a combined 34-5 while Schmutz recordedapair of nal round, while Brighton has won astatetitle as a sophomore in New Mexico, will meet Holker at 112 poundsin oneoftonight's marqueebattles. Jones, in the other halfof the 112 bracket, will meet Fremont’s B.J. McKeller first-round pins. I'm worried about his head who recorded twopins Thursday “The 112-pounddivisionis one who is 36-1 this season after transferring from Skyline to of the toughest in the throw,” said Suprise, a junior five ‘It’s West Jordan’s tournament are alsostill alive. Martinez, who Jones, wholost inlast state,” poundfinal to Holker said year’s 103 Box Elder LeadsP.G.in 4-A Wrestling BY JAY DREW THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE CLASS 4-4 WRESTLING Team Seore After FirstRound 5 2P OGDEN — As muchas any of Collin Robertson moved down to that division. Robertson, whowill A wrestling meet, Plea Grove's Travis Jasper deserves a wrestle at Brigham Young next head-to-headin fourmatches Our big gunswill haveto pull us through again,” said Phelon separated ourselves from ack in the semifinals every year We'll just have to do it championship. Yet Jasper knows he probably won't win one. That's becausethe senior is in the same 135-pound division as his teammate, defending champion Mark Blain. AndJasper knows beating Blain would be tough — he practices against the Pleasant again Jasper is Mr Hardluck at the event, which goes through Saturday at Ogden’s Golden Spike Arena, Last year, Jasper placedsecond behind Blain's brother, Brian, who is going forhis fourth state title this year — at 130 pounds. This year, Jasper will likely finish second behind Mark Grove junior virtually every day ‘T've got a slim chance. Really slim,” said Jasper. Box Elderleads the 4-A meet oints ay with 108,5 points, followedby sixtime defending champ Pleasant Grove (91.5) and Sky View(74.5) We had a goodday, but we let a few get away fromus,” Blain It's hard,” said Jasper, who pinned Sky View's Dustin Benson and decisioned Box Elder's Kip Zerkle 8-2 Thursday. “It’s disap pointingto be behind a teammate I thought I'd have a[varsity] spot this year, but it didn't work out In the semis, Jasper against Sky View's Brycice Vicars and Blain meets Box E der's Thad said Box Elder coach Mike Ripplinger, The Bees have 10 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, while Pleasant Grove has nine. Both Ripplinger and PG coach Tom Phelon agree that tonight's 7 p.m. semifinals matcheswill like Ty decidethe team champion. Box Sydall Elder and PG wrestlers will go tion. Both Blain brothers arealso nationally ranked Jasper says he has thought about switching schools, but doesn't want to leave the excel lent coaching hegets at PG. And knows he is going against the best. Besides, he says, losing championship matches to friends is better than losing them to enemies We stay friends through it all,” he said. “We leave our busi ness on the mat Jasper benefits from a rule in one wrestler per weight division If it weren't for that,” one of the reasons the Bengals are SMITH & WESSON FACTORY REP. WILL BE IN OUR STORE ON FRI. FEB 44TH & SAT. FEB 45TH expected to cruise to their 16th straight title when the Class 5-A. state swim meet begins at BYU's Richards Building today. Prelimi ‘W) Smith&Wesson You won't hear any complaint coming from the Brighton ming pool. Teerlink, a senior, is naries for swimming and diving begin at 9:30 am. while some She also leads off the Bengals’ Lauber. rely on he said, “You can always "1 wouldn't be able to come here and show | am the second best in the state omens The Dale and Dale Show, which has given crowds so muchpl sure at Daytona International Speedway in the past, wrote an other chapter Thursday as each won one of the Gatorade Twin 25-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500 Mike Skinner, the pole-winner for the 500-mile race Irvan, who proved with his two victories last season that he is all Those two, who battled to the = endin the 1993 and1996Daytona 500s, with Jarrett winning both -S moved to the head ofthe list of ~ favorites for Sunday's race Ironically, that rule may bene fit Box Elder more in this meet than PG, since the Bees qualified 24 wrestlers (19 are still alive for points) and PG got in just 16, 12 of has hereye on the junior nation the way back from a near-fatal crash in 1994, stalked his team mate for 40 laps before finally moving into the lead Jarrett kept the pressure on moving backto the top on lap 46 ERGEEEES ESS: © CARBONSTEEL SLIDE @ POLYMER FRAME © 6 ROUND MAGAZINE ‘The most pressure | feel is to make the cuts,” she said, “Swim ming against theclock is my big gest challenge. Not making it last year was disappointingand I want another chance. While Teerlink set has Smith&Wesson 900 SERIES MODEL #910 her goals high for the state meet, sev en months ago she was worried if e9mm © 4" BARREL after she aggravatedan old ankle injury. A bone chip lodged in her ankle joint, preventing her from bending her ankle Swimming was out of the question water for more than two weeks my TO WIN A FREE Performance ENTER SMITH & WESSON It was so frustrating because Summer was basicall ruined,” she said Luckily for the Bengals, Teer link has fully recovered. In fact MODEL686, 357-MAG., __. 7 SHOT, 2 4/2 PORTED “aa BARREL VALUES AT $700, FROM THE PERFORMANCE CENTER. Smith&Wesson I was runningout ofreal es tate, at least asphalt real te TIGHT RACE Jarrett said. “There wasplenty of grass out there, but I don’t think the setup on my car would have been very good in the grass. Jarrett, who took advantage of a slig t hesitation by Irvan as his tires ted, wasn't angry with his teammate for the defensive move ~ While Brighton should domi nate the girls competition, the boys race should be one of the closest in years. The = ebttitnis =S5. titles, are seeded third this year behind ‘Taylorsville and High land. Hunter is a close fourth @ ® © @ S ROUNDS ADJ. 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Miller Lexus POWER MODEL #60 - Brighton boys, who have won the past seven © © CARBONSTEEL SLIDE @ ALLOY FRAME @ 40 ROUND MAGAZINE GREAT SELECTION ‘97 Volkswagens! =|=| APAMPER YOUR VALENTINE gift of Spa Beauty services in our salon is a passport t © Teerlink missed qualifying last year in the back stroke bysix-tenths of a second the backstroke and butterfly despite Irvan's blocking attempt that nearly sent Jarrett into the infield grass ey ma Pn Jarrett, the defending and two time Daytona 500 winner, and E3 teammate Ernie Irvan battled through the first of the 50-lap races on the 2%2-mile, high banked oval It took Jarrett only half a lap to put his Robert Yates Racing Ford Thunderbird into the lead as he and Irvan charged past rookie SIGMA SERIES MODEL #SW380 PISTOL © 380 AUTO © 3” BARREL Teerlink finally had surgery in June, which kept her out of the whom are still alive. @ Lineupfor Sunday's Race YOUR CHOICE ) Smith &Wesson it als —aseries of meets that takes only the best 2,000 swimmers in the country. © 40 ROUNDS @ POLYMER FRAME e SUAINTESS STEEL SLID! : f TWO TONE FINISH her, especially in the relay. 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Besides, | didn't want to wearthose silly lit tle outfits, anyway she would swimin the meet at all stigated a few years ago that al lows teams to qualify more than Your Friends at I year, is ranked No. 3 in the na in practice, he always €@) Smith&Wesson’ Teerlink is making her mark in the water not on it I was goingto try ice skating. but the class was filled,” she re membered. “So I went over to the 200 medley relay team She's the foundation for us, aid Brighton coach Russell Jasper saw a spot at 140 slip away when two-time champion thewrestlers at the state Clas eaells BY LYA WODRASKA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE For one simple reason, Jennifer Mountain ton's Jake Noyes — continued their marches toward repeats And two champions from 1995 Suprise will meet West Jordan's Pre-tournament favorite West Jordan leads with 66.5 points, but Taylorsville is just two points although il, Brighton's Steve Burton, Tay. lorsville’s Justin Ruiz and La’ Coaches agreed the pivotal Shane Schmutz. 1, The classification’s five return ing champions — Orem's Aaron nalists] insteadof six The chosen team will likely comefrom oneof thoseschools. Day ANU ‘Silly Outfits’ Push Teerlink Toward Pool View's fourth-place standing 5 points) is a mild shock. matchtonight could comeat 119 5 le and Brighton have their handsin the air. n Kila. oints inter: Lions Chrislayers on tled to our potential, although re. alistically I wantedeight [semifi After the first day of thethreedaymeetat Ogden’s Golden Spike Arena, wrestlers from West Jor- 164: Miri on Yardley 7 just not going to get caught init There were no huge surprises Tay I'm not disappointed. We wres- Steele says “it's timeto give some- “He pinned both guys in it and he’s awful goodat it. I'm by lorsville coach Mark Campbell So far, so good,” said West Jordan coach Larry Jaramillo. ing champion Oremcoach Robert AJ he said Brighton¢ Blatter, a notion seconded THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Brighton. ES DULRee CeCe Ones eae el) Leen) SAR CLOSED SUNDAY el |