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Show jGjjjjl AL The Panguitch High School Wrestling Team took their first-ever state win this past week in Price at the 1-A state tournament Those who participated were, back row, left to right: Danny Young, Jeremiah Jere-miah Boger, Jeremy Poll, Mike Marshall; middle PANGUITCH The 1997 season was a year of firsts for Panguitch Pan-guitch High School's wrestling team, winning its first-ever Region 15 title in wrestling and one week later, facing the best wrestlers in the state at a tournament held in Price, where Panguitch took an overall first place win. Panguitch qualified 13 wrestlers wrest-lers for state. At the end of the first round, Panguitch had eleven wrestlers wrest-lers still in the championship bracket. In the second round on Friday, Panguitch suffered some serious se-rious setbacks. Five wrestlers had been eliminated from the championship champi-onship bracket and would now have to settle for consolation placements. place-ments. One of the highlights of the evening was Jeremy Poll's third round victory to keep him in the championships. Saturday morning was a deciding decid-ing factor for Panguitch. Trailing Altamont by 4 points, Panguitch needed to make up ground. The five wrestlers that had lost heart-breakers heart-breakers the night before came back with a vengeance, winning the next 10 matches. When the smoke had settled, Panguitch held a 34 point lead. Panguitch had six wrestlers in the championships: four competed against Wayne county wrestlers, the other two went against Altamont. Jeremy Poll went against the nationally-ranked Brandon Anderson, Ander-son, who sported a record of 107-0. Jeremy managed to do something that has rarely been done in the past two years; he took him down and row: Coach Frank Houston, Shawn Olsen, Chris Mock, Jeff Cooper, Steven Fischer; front row: Heath Hatch, Brandon Hathcock, Isaac Burrows, Jeff Barney and Steven Hatch. Colin Marshall also attended. Panguitch Wrestlers Win First Ever State Tournament In Price scored on him. Jeremy lost a close bout by one point. Next came Colin Marshall, who was edged out by a few points. Brandon Hathcock was next for Panguitch and made light work of his opponent, winning Panguitch's first championship bout of the evening. eve-ning. Jeramiah Boger faced Josh (See Panguitch Wrestlers Win First Ever State Tournament Page 4A) Panguitch Wrestlers Win First Ever State Tournament In Price From Front Page Chappell of Wayne. Jeramiah had not beaten Chappell in the previous four encounters, but this time wrestled wres-tled one of the best matches of his career and won his first state championship. cham-pionship. Jeff Barney took early control of his match, but with a few bad breaks, lost a close one. It came down to Isaac Burrows who faced the heavyweight from Altamont. With a beautiful hip-toss, Isaac took his opponent to the mat, an injury that forced the Altamont wrestler not to be able to finish the match. Panguitch brought home its first ever state trophy and Coach Frank Houston was named a well-deserved well-deserved "Coach of the Year". Those wrestlers who competed in the tournament were Mike Marshall, Mar-shall, third place; Shawn Olson, third place; Danny Young, state qualifier; Jeremy Poll, second place; Chris Mock, state qualifier; Colin Marshall, second place; Steven Hatch, third place; Heath Hatch, third place; Jeff Cooper, alternate; Steven Fischer, third place; Brandon Hatchcock, first place; Jeramiah Boger, first place; Jeff Barney, second sec-ond place; and Isaac Burrows, first place. Coaches who attended were Frank Houston, Jeff Cradtree, and Phil Singleton. |