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Show i c . 4 CELE a - JANUARY 31, 2001 — - pest one ‘ WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Pick Up Victories Wasps Honor Seniors; RUSS Wasatch then went on quite a rampage, winning the next five match-ups — RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR in a row. — though the Wasatch PS ae pinned round. _“T ie Colton Salazar (130) decisioned| Nick Cutler 6-4, after coming from Chase Wright ? in the second : thought we did good — we're young and still learning but we're get- wrestling team beat Lehi 62- being down 2-3 in the second round. ting better,” Mackintosh said. “This is the coolest place we've wrestled. I've 15 last Thursday, the real focus was Luke Francis (135) was leading 8-1 in _the second round before pinning KC been wrestling for a long tiime, but it intimidates some of the younger kids.” on the Wasps graduating seniors. This was the last home event of the _ year, and seniors were presented with Lindquist at the :16 second mark. Sophomore overpowered Danny Kevin Laneri Wilson, pinning all kinds of gifts and a video presenta- | think that it was our last home match,” Wasatch wrestler David Gertsch said. _ The Wasps used this emotion to | simply overpower the Pioneers, win- ning 11 of 14 match-ups, including ee ~2:04- The kids were nervous, but they | got a talking too,” Lehi assistant coach round. Greg Robbins said. “We wanted them Will Webster: to exhaust themselves and they did. We were outmatched, but the kids gent rise wrestled great.” Wasp Peter Rose got things rolling at the 103 weight. Leading 4-0 heading ees ) eds Steve _ Ferguson, win- ning by fall with © 3 fots - PHOTO COURTESY DISTAFANO FAMILY - Waatch wrestling team receiving awards at last week’s match. LL seconds After Cody Sweat lost a decision to ‘him in fac first round at the 10 second remaining in the first round, and finally Tyler Rawlings (HWT) took _ Bryan Nielson at 112, John Pearson made quick work of Landon Roseman at the 119 wieght pinning him at the :30 mark of the first round to put the Wasps mark as did Skylar Distafano (145) winning by technical decision. =| care of Anthony Turchetta at the 47 second mark in the second round. Wasatch took anearly6-Glead. up 12-3. At 125, Kelly Hortin lost by fall las seconds - into the second into the second round, he pinned Michael Robbins at the 1:14 mark and to Brad Nielson in the first round. - Judd Sweat was leading Mitch Moody 9-2 beforewinning by fall at the 31 second mark, and then Lehi broke “I thought that we did good compared to last year,” Cooper said. “I | think we've come along way.” the drought as Tosh Mackintosh (160) © On Friday, Wasatch traveled to” POON U SIO SURO) USIORY I F Volleyball Favorite Movie: Dumb & Dumber Favorite Movie Star: Tom Cruise ) EDITOR inally, the Wasatch men's basketball team of their back. got that monkey | Favorite Music Group: Chicago Check that — it wasn't just a mon- Favorite Athlete: Kobe Bryant - key, it was King Kong that finally _ stepped aside. The Wasps did everything right in their 63-58 victory over Duchesne on January 23rd, and Wasatch assistant coach Steve North feels that his team might finally be coming together. “It was a real good game, and they were an extremely well-balanced team,” Favorite Sport: Basketball “Coach has been working us out | _real hard, and it's good to wrestle a 4A _ won by technical fall over Matt Baker 16-3, Chase Wright (160) pinned Nate Christensen in the first round, Jon — Carlisle (171) pinned Rob Garr in the second. round, David Gertsch (189) pinned Sheldon Johnson in the third round, Will Webser won by forfeit, and Tyler Rawlings (HWT) pinned mark Freeman in the third round. © Next up for Wasatch is Uintah on Thursday, the last match before region action begins on February 10. : “It's always fun to wrestle Uintah — they’re our rival,” Gertsch said. “It's fun to whip them in their home town.” Thursday's match will begin at 5:00 Stanfield said. RUSS RIGGS SPORTS ‘ Basketball Other Sport/Activity: ance for the men in black and gold: @s~3 JOSH COTTLE Grade Level: 9 Sports/Activity: a more than a dominating perform- _ Wasatch then got back to it's win-_ school,” Gertsch said. ning ways by winning the last four Kevin Hunter (103) decisioned match-ups. by fall. Jon Carlisle (171) Peter Rose 4-2, Cody Sweat (112) deci- — : | a pinned) Jos sioned Justin Judd 5-2, Jess Reed (119) Cooper afte ‘major decisioned Jon Pearson 15-4, leading 7-0 at Kelly Hortin (125) decisioned Nate the 1:13 mark Hirst 10-2, Colton Salazar (130) pinned in the second ~ Ty Christensen in the second round, ; round, — then Beau Mcdonald (135) pinned Drew | Gertsch (189) Stinger in the second round, Danny got the best of . Laneri (140) decisioned Jeff Maughan Jayson Long, 8-3, Cody Fehlberg (145) decisioned pinning him Skylar Distafano 8-3, Judd Sweat (152) (140) tion before the action was started. “Tt was a lot of fun, but it's weird to nine by fall. Orem for a battle with the Tigers and came out on top 58-10. : Although Wasatch pinned only six wrestlers this time around, it was still — — , Favorite Sports Team: Lakers Favorite Food: Pasta Favorite School Subject: Seminary Person Who Has Influenced You the Most: Dad Goals for the Future: College at U of Uor BYU Car You Wish You Had: Yellow Jeep Wrangler (Sport) he said. We shot the ball really well, and the kids handled the pressure — they were composed. Maybe we're coming together as a team and hopefully we can pick up a couple more victories.” Down by nine points going into the fourth quarter, the Wasps went to a trapping defense and forced some silly Fresh off their first victory, the Wasps travelled to Lehi on Friday in a game where both teams were looking ior their rst resion win _ Ina game that featured more plottwists than your average daily soap opera, the Wasps battled hard but fell to the Pioneers 71-68. “It was a great game, we felt like the kids did. everything we asked,” Stanfield said. as The game was tied at 66 with 2:00 minutes remaining, when Sam Trulock nailed a jumper to give the > Pioneers a slim two-point lead. Lehi forward Matt Hadfield hit one of two. free throws after a Wasatch turnover, and the Wasps were down by three with only 13 seconds remaining. On Wasatch's next possession, Tuttle was fouled and went to the freethrow line. The Pioneers tried to ice. Tuttle with two straight time-outs, but the senior guard was nails and connected on both. “He showed a lot of leadership, we're proud of him,”. - turnovers — outscoring Duchesne 22- . _ Stanfield said. — | eS ediin the final pemods ee _ Lehi threw the ball away on the Leading Wasatch with 15 points was inbounds play, and Wasatch was in . ‘freshman. guard Josh Cottle, who has been the surprise of the season. Cottle, recently inserted into the Wasp start- business with 11 seconds remaining. The Wasps again went with Tuttle, who drove baseline and was called ing line-up, has been the new spark plug in Wasatch's recent smooth-run- with a questionable offensive foul — and the game was effectively over. ning machine. | 3 _- “He (Cottle) controlled the ball really well. Tad Tuttle also had a great game, and everybody played real well,” North said. “He (Cottle) makes all of our teams better, and he gets the ball where it needs to be,” Wasatch coach Greg “If we could things would have had have been that call, different,” Stanfield said. Wasatch forced Lehi to work from the outside-in all night, collapsing the middle and forcing the Pioneers to take VICTORY continued on A13 |