Feb. 1, 2007: Tooele-Transcript Bulletin

Buffs Top Cowboys in Wrestling Dual
by Steve Schwartzman

Tooele grappler Braeden Torgensen pinned Grantsville's Michelle Meredith in the 105-pound division to start off the region 11 rival meet on Jan. 17 that found the Buffs over Grantsville 66-18. The Buffs Jake Golden took down Darrell James of Grantsville for a win in the 121 division as Jesse Bissegger pinned GHS' Tyler Gregory at 132.

At 137, Torre Powell pulled out one of the Cowboys' three victories, pinning Mike Trujillo in under six minutes. Daniel Goode continued the onslaught, defeating Grantsville's Toby Martinez by fall a 140. Zeb Hansen recorded the fastest win of the match, pinning Cowboy Drew hart in 38 seconds in the 147 division, as Buff standout Monte Schmalhaus slammed Kennedy Storwald of Grantsville to the mat for a victory at 154.

Tooele's Austin Hansen pinned Skylar Phelps for a win at 162, and Jake Foster finished off the Buffs success, defeating Grantsville's Seth Kreiser by fall at 173.

The Cowboys then finished off the match with two victories, as Cowboy Jake Templeton pinned Marco Rebaza at 217 and Jace Hart slammed Bryce Folker of Tooele to the mat to finish off the meet.

Both JV teams also met, as the Buffs took the strong victory at 60-6 as Ben Nelson, Travis Gustafson, Ken Elsbury, Cassidy Adams, Kolton Rose, Josh Day, Brady Wice, Glen Kummer, Zach Huntsman, Dallin Chevalier, and Colt Kroeger pulled in victories for the night. Names of the Grantsville JV competitors were not submitted.

The Buffs and Cowboys will meet again at the region 11 championships on Feb. 1-2 at Logan High School.

Foster Places at Invite

Buff senior Jake Foster grappled to a 4-2 record and a fourth place medal in the 171-pound division at the Tiger-Grizz tournament on Jan. 19-20 at Skyline High School. The Buffs finished 24th out of 34 schools.

Isaac Brown finished with a 2-2 record and a fall in the 189 division as Daniel Goode went 2-3 at 140 with a pin in just 20 seconds. The Buff duo of Jake Golden (119) and Monte Schmalhaus (154) both finished with 1-2 records on the day.

Both Zeb Hansen (147) and Austin Hansen (162) finished with a 1-2 record and a pin to their name.

Braeden Torgensen (103), Jake Prather (112), Chris Heaps (125), Jesse Bissegger (130), Mike Trujillo (135), and Marco Rebaza (215) all went winless for the invite.

The Buffs will be hosting Ben Lomond High school tonight at the THS gym as they prepare for region and state championships next month.