Dec. 23, 2003: Provo Daily Herald

Wasatch Takes Title

At Reno, Nev., Wasatch won the Brute Reno Tournament of Champions, often called the toughest tournament in the U.S., last weekend.

Wasatch accumulated 207.5 points, topping runner-up Bakersfield, Calif., which scored 194. The rest of the top five included Easton, Penn. (173.5), Ponca City, Okla. (164) and Rio Rancho, N.M. (156). The field included 87 schools, including five of the top-15 ranked schools in the nation.

Lehi finished 14th with 94.5 points.

Each Wasatch wrestler won at least one match and got at least one pin. Wasatch wrestlers pinned 24 opponents in the first day of action. It was the second time Wasatch has won this tournament, and only one other team -- Easton, Penn. -- has ever accomplished that. The Wasps' other win came in 1999.

Cyler Sanderson of Wasatch won the 135-pound weight class. Teammate Colton Salazar was second in the 152-pound class. Cody Sweat (140), Peter Rose (145) and Dallin North (275) earned fourth-place finishes and Casey Smith was fifth at 103. Sanderson and Salazar earned All-American citations for their finishes.

North Sanpete's Jake Swenson was fourth at 125 and Lehi's Tyson Thompson (145) and Mike Robbins (130) were fifth and sixth, respectively.