KAYSVILLE — If invited to an evening with the Porter family in Kaysville, a person may need to brush up on some unique dinner-time terminology. “Takedown”

“Pin”

“Escape”

“Leg ride”

This is, after all, the home of three-time defending state champion Sean Porter and his father, Dart head coach Alan, and assistant coach, Sean’s older brother Neal.

“My sister (Jaci) always notes how long we can go without talking about wrestling at dinner,” said Sean.

“I don’t think we’ve ever really made it to a full minute,” said Sean’s mother, Lani. “We all love wrestling, including Jaci, so it’s what we talk about.”

To say the Porters are a wrestling family is like saying the Osmonds have an interest in music. Alan is in his 17th year at Davis High School, where he has coached both Porter boys.

And just how good is Sean Porter at wrestling?

Last year, Sean finished with a 37-5 record, bringing his career mark to 115-17. That includes 55 pins.

“He’s by far the best high school wrestler in Davis County,” said Viewmont High head coach Bart Thompson. “It’s not even close.”

Not bad when such a compliment comes from the coach of your fiercest rival and three-time defending 5A state champion team title.

“That’s very nice,” is how Sean responded to Thompson's assessment.

Polite.

Such is to be expected from a young man who put as much time into becoming an Eagle Scout and his 3.75 GPA as he has into his career in wrestling (and football, too).

“I’m not all about wrestling,” Sean said. “I love it and it’s something I enjoy, but there are plenty of other things in life to do and think about.”

And while few wrestlers have the opportunity to be a four-time state champion, even fewer get to enjoy the chance to spend those days of training and long bus rides to the corners of the mountain west with their father and big brother.

“I love being coached by my father and brother,” Sean said. “Obviously they have never missed a match, and I think that’s great because some kids don’t get that opportunity because their families may have other obligations.”

“I always feel good when I look over into my corner and see my coach and my family.”

“Sean has always been very coachable,” Alan said. “He’ll come to me and ask me questions about what he should do here and there.”

Alan also noted Sean has a unique understanding of the sport; he will take a move and try to add a new twist to it.

“Sean will stay after practice and say, ‘Hey dad, come check this out’” Alan said. “Then he’ll show me this crazy move he’s invented and I’ll just say, ‘Nice, but will it work in a match?’”

“It’s still a lot of fun and gives us some more time to spend together.”

As fun as the experience is for the Porter family, there is a certain amount of pressure as Sean works toward that fourth state final.

“The pressure gets to me sometimes,” Sean said. “But most of the time I look at it from the standpoint that I have a great opportunity here and I want to do what I can to take advantage of it.”

“State championships are always in the back of our minds,” Alan said. “But we try to focus on the present and let things take care of themselves down the road.”

“If Sean focused only on winning a state title, he would be in trouble,” Besides, Sean and his teammates have a bigger goal in mind.

“As a team we are focused on winning region and state,” Sean said. “We have the guys who can definitely make a run at it.”

“A lot of people who don’t know the sport don’t understand that we are a team and the team comes first,” Sean said.

Spoken like a true state champion ... and Eagle Scout.