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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. February 7. STRANGE ncs Glen Ivie tries to take control in a match with Roger Smith of , Piute, which has the two matmen joined as one as action heads out of bound. Smith gained another state championship, but used a takedown at thebuzzer in the second round to lock up the 130 pound title. Curtis Skewes placed first for Duchesne, but Glen and Shane Ivie and Cody Moat ran into tough luck and finished second. SETUP-Duches- A 6-- 3, Duchesne places fifth, and suffers tough luck in finals wins By Aldon Rachel Duchesne High School finished fifth at the State Wrestling Tournament behind Piute, Altamont, Enterprise and Wayne, and had e Curtis Skewes, 140, become a but with the champ, Eagles team colors of "Blue and White were especially "Blue" over "Tough-Luc- k Controversial Calls". Shane Ivie, 106; Cody Moat, 112 and Glen Ivie, 130, were fenced to settle for second places, Saturday in Price. According to Skewes1 father, hie son Curtis had predicted to a TV Reporter that he was going to beat Brian Christenson of Piute, who was also a 1994 champion. Skewes didnt have to "Eat His Mat Words" as he defeated Christenson, for first place at 140 pounds in a match that almost appeared to last forever because of timeouts by Christenson for various injuries. Skewes scored a takedown just before the sound of the first round buzzer and added a reversal in the state two-tim- By AldonBachele Marx, Union, dashes with a State Meet in Cedar Gty. Marx wrestling opponent at the won die 1 12 pound title, and is the only champion from Union once again. Two other Cougars, Tom Meacham and Charley Jenkins finished second. Union ended up fourth. (Photo by Lane Christensen. Rest of photos by Aldon Rachfele) CHAMP-Tra- vis 3-- A Meacham, 135, pocketed second place when he lost to Cael Sanderson, Wasatch, on a pin. Meacham was behind 3-- but he was (Mown and placed on his back for a foil. Meacham pinned Chris Grimley, Richfield and K. Barnes, PineView. 2, barely missed advancing to the championship finals. Foote, White, Betts and Jesse Cook, 130, placed third and Jenuny Jeppson, 152, sixth. Wasatch dominated the State Bleet at Cedar CSty, Friday and Saturday, and cruised to a third straight championship with 240 points. Delta placed second at 171. Uintah, a team Union beat three times during the season, edged out Union for third place with 147 points. Union ended up fourth at 141.5. The Cougars had been ranked second prior to the Unions Meacham beat Sanderson, in a dual meet The Cougars Foote appeared to be on liis way to the 100 pound championship final as he was ahead of Ttyan Nilsson, Dixie, However, disaster struck when he unintentionally dammed Nilsson, who was unable to continue and won the match on a disqualification. Jodi Haslem, Uintah, who finished behind both Foote and Cameron Linford, Wasatch, at region, won the state title. Foote for third beat Aaron Beard, place. Farmer Roosevelt resident, Brad McClellan had his son, Brady McClellan, Uintah, win the 171 pound title. DJ. Lewis, Uintah, took the 160 pound crown. Whites dream of a state title died at 215 pounds when Dalan Duston, Delta, rallied in the final round to upset the Union Cougar and advance into the championship match where he lost to Rory Grose of Wasatch on a pin. White had defeated Grose, twice, during the season. White pinned Kelly Crane of Richfield in 17 seconds and used a fall to beat Preston Taylor, 1-- 0, 3-- A 6--0. 7-- 1, tournament Union Coach Stradinger reported that Marx completely dominated Klonisos as he scored countless takedowns and turned over the Wasp tussler for beck points. Marx also beat Blatt Pace of Cedar City and Shaun Tiree of North Sanpete. "Jenkins wrestled the best match ofhis life. He had three-tim- e state champion, Cody Sanderson worried in the championship final. He was frightened," said Coach Stradinger, who remarked that Jenkins could have tied up the match at 5 if Sanderson had been penalised for going off the mat Instead Sanderson beat Jenkins, and became an undefeated fourtime champ. Jenkins also beat Bucky Holmstead, Hurricane and Dallon McKee, Uintah. "I wrestled my best and gave him one of his hardest matches this season," said Jenkins. 5-- 6--3, Cedar, for third place. 275 pounder, Betts with the match tied attempted a throw and gave up two paints with just two seconds left to lose by two to Chad . Matthews of Snow Canyon in the Reggie Taylor of Pine View, who is related to Art Taylor, Duchesne, beat Matthews for first - place. Betts dedsioned Ariund semi-final- s. Lewis for third place. Bette gained revenge for a region championship loss to Lewis. Jesse Cook pocketed third place at 130 pounds, and Coach Stradinger said, "Jesse did a great job. He pinned four wrestlers." Cook pinned Deven Maynard, Dixie, and then lost to a former champion, Adam Lake, Delta, 12-in a second round match.- - Cook placed third when he pinned Carbons Beau Fausett Cole Sanderson, Wasatch, placed first. Unions Jeramy Jeppsen finished 5, sixth when he lost overtime to 152 pounder, Ran don McKee ofUintah, 6--2. McKee placed fifth. The remaining part of this article as well as a quote by Jenkins was writtened by Lane Christensen. wrestling coach of the year, Coach Stradinger believes it waa his obligation to better prepare his team for the tournament. He said, "We had goals earlier on in the year to beat Uintah, wrestle Wasatch good and win the Tournament of Champions. We accomplished them, but we werent prepared and focused enough to win at State. These matmen brought excitement to Roosevelt. They proved to be good by pinning a lot of their opponents." Brian Foote and Dustin Claybum were Unions youngest varsity wrestlers this year'. Being both sophomores, Brian placed high in the tournament, but Dustin was forced to withdraw from the tournament ' with a shoulder injury. "I wished that I could of kept going but the tournament was a good experience for me. Til know more next year," saidClaybum. 3--A lothing IDowntbAc rSSsy.T-- W 3t,000 . Ise Bintrol, A at 112 pounds. Moat scored a takedown with seven seconds left to take a 0 lead in the first round. Bagley scored a neutral to come within one at 1 and both were given stalling warnings in the second round. Bloat went up 1 with a neutral. Mat doom struck when Bloat was penalized. He was called for forcing the mat action into the out ofbound area, which had the Eagle fane in total disagreement Bagley used the call to dose the gap to just one at 2 with 31 seconds remaining and ( then scored a winning takedown with five seconds left. Bloat beat Ben James, Milford and Monte Turner, Wayne. Duchesne continued to have a 2-- 2-- 3-- VICTORY 3-- rough time when Roger Smith, Piute, 130, added another championship to hie collection by beating Glen Ivie, 3-- 0 with all the paints coming 0-- 1-- Curtis Skewes celebrates his championship win over a Piute wrestler tage. Smith gained breathing room when he scored ft takedown at the buzzer of the second to go up Third round action was a shutout and forced Ivie to place second. Ivie defeated Jeremy Perkins, Panguitch and Cody Wright, Milford. The Eagles had a total of five wrestlers place at the tournament. Brian Brown, 135, pocketed third when he pinned Steven Fisher, Panguitch, with a heacQock. - 3$ CT GRAN DICARAVAN t TKere may be a substantial interest penalty for banking somewhere else. Cassettejl reai Our Certificates of Deposit offer some of the best rates of any bank or credit union in Utah. If you do happen to find a better rate somewhere else, bring us in a copy of the offer and well match it. So look around. And then come to us. 157 South 200 East, Roosevelt, Utah Call Larry, Roy ZIONS BANK 722-510- 7 or Wade! In es 3-- 0. in one round. Smith and Ivie were tied at 0 after one round and then Smith started off second round action with a neutral to take a 0 advan- - DANCE--Duchesn- TV Y Wheel AHFM mark. Duchesnes Skewes did a victory parade after the win and signalled to fans that he was "Tops for 1995"! Ninth grader, Shane Ivie, 106, had a takedown by Brandon Anderson, Wayne, with four seconds left in the 4-- r; mites, Emerald Green OTih second. However, Christenson scored a penalty point and neutral. He took a long break when he was powered down to the mat by Skewes. Christenson scored a neutral to come within one point, but Skewes locked up the win with a takedown in the final seconds to win by three. Skewes also beat Jared VanDyke, Wayne, and fyler Bowler, Enterprise. Skewes finished with a 23-- 2 2-- , financing ;380onth for, 60 months 6-- 3, . second round cost him a state crown. Anderson led 1 after one round on a takedown. Ivie scored a neutral. Ivie added another neutral to tie up the contest at 2 in the second round. Anderson won the tide with his second round takedown and held on to win when no points were awarded in the final two minutes. Ivie beat Cory Coleman, Piute and Lewis Bounty, Panguitch. Duchesne fane were upset over the loss by S. Ivie, but had more mat sickness to suffer when 1994 state champ, Moat, had a second title disappear in the final seconds on a 3 setback to Ryan Bagley ofPiute 2-- 1-- A TWO-TIM- E two-tim- One Crown Winner Marx 2, Page 13 MARATHON MATCH-Cur- tis Skewes, Duchesne, right, battles Piutes Brian Christenson in the 140 pound e to become a championship match. Skewes beat Christenson, champion, but the match lasted a long time because of injury timeouts by Christenson. Skewes kept himself motivated for the match by walking inside the circle during the breaks from wrestling action. 1-- Lait year Travis Blanc waa the only Union Cougar champion at the state tournament, and once again he ia the only UHS title winner. Ho beat Kyle Klonixoe of to become a two-tim- e Wasatch, 10-"Mat King". Coach Kirk Stradinger waa named "Coach of the Year". Two other Cougars, Charley Jenkinp, 125 and Tom Bleacham, 135, placed second when they lost Sandto defending champions-t- he erson brothers from Wasatch. Unions Brian Foote, 100; Sam White, 215 and Blatt Betts, 275, suffered tough breaks and just 1995- - FBIC 'Substantial penalty for early withdrawal. We reserve the right to limit this offer to product features and services currently offered by Zions Bank. Offer expires 61S5. |