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Show DECEMBER 21,1983 c; .'it Local Wrestlers Carrying Their Weight ft n vrt n t. r !I tr Vj Nate Hinckley Whips In Shape 155-Pounde- Rientjes Nails Defeat To Clearfields Ragan rs D".: "7, By KEITH DUNCAN years with Carter winning Journal Sports n; mWith Nate Hinckleys e to wrestling, af-.!ter an early season injury his ability to compete, there is a whole new dimension full-tim- 77,19, the competition d in the weight division. HINCKLEY, who finished j'J.&ecdnd jn 4. competition last j.'jyear at 155, had perhaps his technique match of this 'year last Saturday night in s7nest Bountiful by beating an Alta opponent 23-- in finals of the Viewmont Wrestling Invitational. Hinckley's return to the cireuit certainly puts things back- into perspective when narrowing down the most talented in that weight class. "You have to do a lot of things to score 23 points, said "Coach Jim Dickson after the I believe Nate had his 4hhtfch, technique workout hes had all 3 jear, m,J.N OTHER Davis High wrestling news, Shawn Robinson continued to have the hotly contested battle continue between he, Box Elders 112-pou- Clay Carter and E&ytons Eric Hyde. Just afew weeks ago, it was Robinson, the defending state champion ht',105, that beat Hyde 4 in 'thefinals of the Layton High Tournament. But this time, at the .Viewmont Invitational last weekend, Robinson met Box Elders Carter for the title and what a battle they put forth. "It was Carter who won and pinned Robinsons first defeat ;rf,1983 on him. In a dual match q.feyy weeks ago, Carter and Robinson had wrestled to a 4 9-- 4-- tie. And the results last weekend were much the same until a referee had to make a defcision of whom should take home the title. twice, Robinson once and the other being a tie. But in these four meetings, Robinson has appeared to this writer to be the more aggressive. All Carter has done is to ride Robin- By KEITH DUNCAN Journal One of the most successful wrestling coaches in the state of Utah over the past couple of seasons, Davis Jim Dickson has said, Dont ever think you cant be beaten. lead. son once he gets a Shawn has more takedowns in the series. Another second place finisher among the Darts was PERHAPS Laytons ney Rientjes, the fiesty Greg McNabb who for the second time this season placed second in a major tournament. Gregs Union opponent took advantage of his mistakes down the stretch, including one costls one that had quote real serious last Inweekend at the Viewmont vitational and at the same time , maybe Clearfields Shad Ragan didnt. Anyway, as it turned out, Rientjes ended up beating the undefeated Ragan s in the and despite losing later Saturday evening in the championship, he had his finest performance of the year. 4-- A semi-final- his share of good ones too. Rientjes, Viewmont Invitational champion, Nate Hinckley, whipped some of the It was the first tournament of the year for the Davis wrestler. states top in shape last weekend. Meacham, Heavyweight, and Mike Price at 138 did it. Price lost a tough 2 decision to Doug Neff of Hillcrest (the eventual champion) in the 8-- semi-final- Mike probably had his best day of Davis wrestling so far this story of the entire Layton team, close but not close enough. Rodney stuck in the championship match all the way but a near fall in the end gave the Viking wrestler just year. Meacham went up against a strong field of heavyweight wrestlers at Viewmont and was knocked from the championship round Just by a like in football, Rody is getting 6-- 1, better all the time, enough points to move ahead and win. Laytons only other Saturday night finalist was Brian Bailey who lost in the final 14 t. seconds to Doug Neff of The two talented juniors made quite a pair, especially since their aggressive wrestling styles are very similar. said Dickson. At 98, Justin Julander lost a couple straight and was out of the touranment but as a sophomore he is learning plenty from his mistakes and is helping himself to get ready for region. Hill-cres- Bailey held the advantage DEREK Green, a finalist at the Layton event, met with some pretty stiff competition of his own in th bracket and didnt place over the weekend. He did however score some points for the fifth place Darts, by winning two matches. most of the way before Neff stole it way in the final 105-pou- 'Referee claimed -- Carter was h.. more aggressive fin ovenime .period against Bavis Robinson CARTER AND Robinson deadlock at wrestled to a .n; rthe end of regulation and after VoJbree, short overtime periods, the. score was again knotted at 7uJrJ' "That's when the official iC.: Rifled to give Carter the crown because he determined . tisn rfi9I?er ,0 be the most aggres-.jjsive in the overtime period. Mil oiDayis Dickson didnt with the decision i;;7 stating that Robinson was . ymore aggressive during the -- regulation period, eedless to say, there has quite a battle between renews itself ,two ar)d 77 every time another major tour-'f- j, (Pptngnt comes along. ROBINSON and Carter have now met four times in two seconds. Brian scored an s pressive win in the over his Alta opponent. im- semi-final- Clearfields Shad Ragan battles Layton's Rodney Rientjes. Rientjes grimmaces as he takes control of match. PERHAPS the weight that features three of the most evenly matched wrestlers has to be at 112 where Laytons Eric Hyde lost a very close overtime battle to Box Elders Clay Carter in the Bruce Hinckley moved down to 1 19 to wrestle in place of Scott Schiver. Hinckley didnt place at Viewmont but Dickson feels this might be a better weight for him. semi-final- Carter went on to upend ROBERT WEST took the place of Hinckley at 126 and despite losing a couple of quick ones, it was the first time West has wrestled varsity and Dickson says he will be decent through the year. Mike Gerrard placed sixth at Viewmont, going 3 for 6 for the day. Mike lost a heartbreaker to Hatch of Box Elder in the second round on criteria. Through the tourney he wrestled aggressive however and his coach believes hell be a power to be reckoned with come region. scheduled battles ahead of them. HYDE DID come back last Saturday to grab third place in the Viewmont Tournament. match may The have been the best match of the touranment. Also taking third place was junior Brent Higgs. Higgs lost to a close one in the an undefeated Delta wrestler but he scored an impressive Hyde-Cart- semi-fina- ls win over Clearfield's Tom Wood for the third and fourth place spot. It was Wood who had earlier beaten Higgs in the finals of the Layton Tournament. LOOKING the best he has looked all season was Laytons Nicky Romero at 98. To begin with, Romero found himself trailing Clearfields Wayne Estep by quite a margin before coming back and nearly pinning the second seeded wrestler. Before it was done Romero had placed fifth in the touranment. Every Layton wrestler scored some points for the club which finished sixth in the event. Brandon Ham- monds won a couple of matches as did Vance Yoshikawa at 132. Chuck Hanor, Larry Ryn-der- s, sophomore Dennis Wyinze and Bubba Arrant at least won one match to score points for Layton. Song Pol Niseri lost a last minute match or he too could have placed. OVERALL, IT was our finest performance of the year, said Laytons Mike If weU just get the Hansen, edge in some of our close matches, I believe well be right there with the best of them. This Thursday, Layton will host Tooele in a 1 p.m. wrestling dual at Layton. This will be the final action before the team takes off for the Christmas vacation. Viking Invitational Wasnt Kind To Falcon Grapplers By KEITH DUNCAN VAUGHN Casdorph wrestled off with Andy Coulter at 145 and won the right to go to Journal Sports RememCLEARFIELD ber in your younger days, the big bully on the block who seemed to have enough guts to Viewnont. In Bountiful, Vaughn won a couple of matches before bowing out. It could be quite a fight between Coulter and Casdorph the rest of the way. Todd Marriott took the place of Todd Anderson at 167. Anderson is out at the present time with a neck injury. third place finisher last season at 105, has moved up two weights this year and isnt doing bad at all. All the Layton tournament he placed third and at Viewmont he grabs second. Who knows what might happen next. RIENTJES story in the finals against his Pleasant Grove opponent was much the same Buth otherwise, s. a Davis Shawn Robinson in the finals. Hyde beat Carter in the Layton Tournament, but the Box Elder w restler came back to return the favor last Saturday. Hyde and Carter, both of Region One, still have many Rod- took Dickson's McNabb on his back. Big Greg, a sure force to be reckoned with in wrestling, has seen some good ones so far and despite losing in the finals of the Layton and Viewmont tournaments has also beaten TWO DAVIS wrestlers placed fifth in the Viewmont Invitational. Both Rody Sports just about do anything. Perhaps his position could best be defined as dare to be noticed. Viewmonts Shon Wilson had his hands full with Clearfields Tom Wood. BUT THERE is a different kind of guts these days and Clearfields Mike Sorensen fits the mold perfectly. His kind is defined as daring to be great. After a couple of seasons of many downs and not many ups, Sorensen is paving a path 167-pou- of respect this year among those in his weight class. Last Saturday that respect got a little brighter as the Falcon wrestler moved all the way into the finals of the Viewmont Invitational before losing there. Now in two consecutive tournaments, Sorensen has placed among the top three both times and is a power to be reckoned with. BUT OUTSIDE Sorensens showing at the Viewmont In- Four Falcons finished fourth in the Viewmont Tournament, which included Shad Ragan at 119, Rich Herdt at 126, Todd Kopecky at 132 and Tom Wood at 154. BOTH WAYNE Estep at 98 and Dusty McMullin at 105, were sixth in the tournament. Estep injured his ankle in his fourth match of the tournament and could be out us long as three weeks. In a telephone conversation on Monday, Estep said, The Christmas vacation came just at the right time. Weve got a good team this year and well come back. Weve got a good team and well comeback. -- Wayne Estep vitational, there wasnt as much to shout and cheer about as there w as a few weeks earlier at the Layton Tournament where Clearfield finished second. This time they fell to ninth place. THOSE THAT did not place for Clearfield were Greg Johnson at 112, Merrill Johnson at 138, John Kelley at 155 and the heavyweight, John Langford. |