December 2003: Wrestling USA Magazine

Northridge Claims Crown in Rocky Mountain Rumble

The Rocky Mountain Rumble was held over the weekend at Orem High School.  The tournament included 24 teams from five states, in addition to as well as nine Utahns ranked nationally by Wrestling USA Magazine.  Layton’s growing wrestling power, Northridge high School, took the top honors with only one wrestler in the finals, winning through depth in their squad.

The 3rd place team, West Jordan High School, had the most wrestlers in the finals, four, but came away with only one champion.  Timpanogos High School had three in the finals, with all three claiming gold (the most of any team competing), but came away in 6th.  A big treat was Dak Adamson, a lone competitor from New Mexico who registered as an independent and took the gold medal at 103 lbs.; the treat is that he’s in eighth grade (in New Mexico, eighth graders can compete in high-school events), and pinned the 3A no. 1 ranked wrestler in his weight.

The caliber of wrestling was good, featuring four of the top 10 5A teams ranked by the Utah Wrestling Coaches Association, five top-ranked 4A squads, and two 3A ranked squads, two teams top-ranked by Wrestling USA Magazine’s Utah Editor, as well as two teams from Colorado, two from Nevada, one from Idaho and one from Wyoming.

Team results were 1st place Northridge High School, 173; 2nd place North Sanpete High School, 165.5; 3rd place West Jordan High School 164; 4th place Fruita Monument High School (Colorado), 138; 5th place Provo High School, 11932; 6th place Timpanogos High School, 124; 7th place Hillcrest High School, 121.5; 8th place Riverton High School, 121; 9th  place Spring Creek High School (Nevada), 114.5; 10th place Davis High School, 96; 11th place Orem High School, 92.5; 12th place Lone Peak High School, 91; 13th place Pocatello High School (Idaho), 86.5; 13th place Mountain View High School (Wyoming), 80.5; 15th place Payson High School, 77.5; 16th place, Jordan High School, 71; 17th place, Carbon High School, 69; 8th place Kearns High School, 65; 19th place Durango High School (Colorado) 49; 20th place Elko High School (Nevada) 47.5; 21st place Union High School, 47; 22nd place Cottonwood High School, 34; 23rd place Pleasant Grove High School, 31; and 24th place Timpview High School, 26.

Somewhat of a surprise, unranked Northridge came out on top.  North Sanpete, ranked 3A no. 6 by UWCA and no. 3 by Wrestling USA Magazine, came in 2nd; UWCA no. 4 ranked West Jordan (5A) came in 3rd.  Unranked Provo came in 4th.  Timpanogos, ranked 4A no. 2 by the UWCA and no. 1 by the magazine, came in 6th.  UWCA no. 8 ranked Hillcrest (5A) came in 7th; no. 3 ranked Riverton (5A) came in 8th; no. 10 ranked Davis (5A) came in 10^th; no. 10 ranked Orem (4A) came in 11^th; no. 8 ranked Lone Peak (4A) came in 12th; no. 5 ranked Payson (4A) came in 15th; no. 9 ranked Carbon (3A) came in 17th.  Most surprising (and disappointing) was Pleasant Grove.  Ranked 4A no. 6 by the UWCA, they came in at a dismal 23rd place out of 24 teams.

Individual Results

• 103 — 1st Dak Adamson (8th Grader), Independent; 2nd Kaden King, North Sanpete, (UWCA 3A ranked no. 1); 3rd Jason Blasdel, Fruita Monument; 4th Dorian Varela, Riverton (UWCA 5A ranked no. 4 at 112); 5th Jesse Betts, Northridge; 6th Trevor Jerome, Provo

• 112 — 1st Michael Watts, Riverton (UWCA 5A ranked no. 1; national rank no. 30  junior at 103; magazine pick for outstanding Utah junior wrestler); 2nd Trent Greenhalgh, Carbon (UWCA 3A no. 1); 3rd Josh Baker, Davis; 4th Scott Webster, Davis (UWCA 5A ranked no. 6 at 119); 5th Mark Elmer, Lone Peak; 6th Davey Romero, Pocatello

• 119 — 1st Matt Hayes, Lone Peak (UWCA 4A ranked no. 3); 2nd Jason Greaves, West Jordan (UWCA 5A ranked no. 6 at 125); 3rd Trinity Perkins, Spring Creek; 4th Andy McCoy, Orem (UWCA 4A ranked no. 6); 5th Teaguer Terrell, Hillcrest (UWCA 5A ranked no. 4 at 125); 6th Kolby Condos, Mountain View

• 125 — 1st Jake Swensen, North Sanpete (UWCA 3A ranked no. 1; national rank no. 3 sophomore at 119; magazine pick for outstanding Utah sophomore wrestler); 2nd Kalen Wilson, West Jordan (UWCA 5A ranked no.1 at 130); 3rd Jacob Ito, Northridge (UWCA 5A ranked no. 2 at 130); 4th Daniel Stenovich, Spring Creek; 5th Sean Porter, Davis; 6th Evan Woody, Hillcrest (UWCA 5A ranked no. 3 at 130)

• 130 — 1st McKay Sanderson, Timpanogos (UWCA 4A ranked no.1 at 135; national rank no. 12 senior at 135); 2nd Bryce Saddoris, Spring Creek; 3rd Braden Woodger, Provo (UWCA 4A ranked no. 4); 4th Dustin Howa, Carbon (UWCA 3A ranked no. 5 at 135); 5th Kyle McCarty, Davis (UWCA 5A ranked no. 2 at 112); 6th Tim Eardley, Mountain View

• 135 — 1st Jacob Bastian, Northridge; 2nd Nathaniel Holt, Provo (UWCA 4A ranked no. 3 at 140; national rank no. 4 sophomore at 130); 3rd Jared Young, Kearns; 4th Tyson Harmon, Mountain View; 5th Cory Stilson, Lone Peak; 6th Trevor Mellon, Payson (UWCA 4A ranked no. 1 at 130; national rank no. 30 junior at 119)

• 140 — 1st Clay Taylor, Provo  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 3 at 135); 2nd Kyle Robins, Orem  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 1); 3rd Clayton Cook, Pocatello; 4th Tyson Church, North Sanpete; 5th Kurt Macey, Hillcrest; 6th Kyle Help, Kearns

• 145 — 1st Dallen McFarlane, Carbon (UWCA 3A ranked no. 2); 2nd Blake Jolley, Payson  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 3); 3rd Taylor Allen, Northridge  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 5); 4th Steve Freestone, Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 6); 5th Jake Lane, North Sanpete; 6th Brendon Watson, Timpview

• 152 — 1st Chase Walker, Timpanogos  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 1; national rank no. 11 senior); 2nd Ryan Weeks, Davis  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 2); 3rd Tom Woodward, Fruita Monument; 4th Kelly Kelsey, Payson  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 2; national rank no. 25 junior at 140); 5th Trevor Park, Riverton  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 4); 6th Mark Beatty, Northridge

• 160 — 1st Randy Callicoat, Timpanogos  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 1 at 171; national rank no. 23 senior); 2nd Danny Eason, West Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 3 at 152); 3rd Clint Pyne, Orem  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 4 at 171); 4th Tanner Allen, Northridge; 5th Brandan Slack, Kearns; 6th Blake Goodfellow, Hillcrest

• 171 — 1st Duke Eardley, Mountain View; 2nd Shawn Brunson, Hillcrest  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 1 at 160); 3rd Morris Beebe, Fruita Monument; 4th Andy Ware, West Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 4); 5th Tyson Jarrett, North Sanpete; 6th PK Haws, Provo  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 6 at 189)

• 189 — 1st Sean Rogers, West Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 6); 2nd Jordan Bernal, Fruita Monument; 3rd Robert Takeno, Hillcrest  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 5); 4th Jordan Seely, North Sanpete  (UWCA 3A ranked no. 4); 5th Jacob Mitchell, Union; 6th Jamison Metcalf, Cottonwood

• 215 — 1st Tyler Ryan, Fruita Monument; 2nd Joe Johnson, Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 5); 3rd Adam Baker, Northridge; 4th Jere Glore, West Jordan; 5th Joey Taulli, Durango; 6th Mike Degener, Davis

• 275 — 1st Brandon Rupp, Pocatello; 2nd Mark Freeman, Orem  (UWCA 4A ranked no. 1; national rank no. 26 senior); 3rd Spencer Bowles, Riverton  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 2); 4th Rio Stotler, West Jordan  (UWCA 5A ranked no. 1); 5th Sam Safken, Fruita Monument; 6th Willis Bland, Spring Creek. .

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Utah Editor Bill Kilpack is a past AAU national champion, a seven-time national silver medalist, an AAU All-American, and earned an alternate position on the U.S. Pan-Am Team in Greco-Roman. He coaches an independent freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling program through Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, Jordan Freestyle Wrestling. For more information about the program, go to http://members.aol.com/jordanfreestyle/. He is also editor of UtahWrestling.org, newly formed Web site aimed at becoming the voice of Utah wrestling.