Feb. 9, 2007: Tooele-Transcript Bulletin

Goode Joins Three Champs as Buffs Take Third in Region Wrestling
by Steve Schwartzman

Tooele's Daniel Goode entered Logan High School on Saturday with a pair of wrestling shoes, a compact 140-pound physique and a determined eye to make a name for himself on the mat.

Four wins, one plaque, and a combined two minutes and 11 seconds later, he had done just that.

Goode powered to a 4-0 record, all matches won by first round falls, to seize the 140-division region championship and the lower weight Most Outstanding Wrestler honors last Friday and Saturday at the Region 11 wrestling championships.

Goode's dominant performance was a strong argument that led to the Buffs third-place overall finish (202) behind Bear River (266) and Logan (255), while beating out Ogden (122), Ben Lomond (100.5), and Grantsville (89.5).

Braeden Torgensen started off the Buffs meet with a bang by seizing the championship in the 103-pound division, scoring a 3-0 record with two falls.

Torgensen's title was one of three Buff gold medals to be handed out on the match, the other two to Goode and Travis Gustafson, who unveiled the most surprising result of the meet, going 3-0 with a pin in finals to seize the 119 crown.

Jake Prather of Tooele fought to a 2-1 record with one pin, placing him second overall in the 103 division as Chris Heaps' 1-1 record posted him in second place at 125.

Grantsville's Torree Powell was the cowboys' star of the match, battling to a 2-1 record with one pin to capture silver overall.

Both THS' Zeb Hansen (145) and Monte Schmalhaus (15) boasted 2-1 records and a pin each to tote more silver for the Buffs on the match.

Tooele's Jake Foster finished off things for the county silver distribution, posting second place in the 171 division after a 2-1 record with one fall.

Grantsville's Corey Gunderson started things off for county bronze medalists, after a 3-1 finish and two pins at 103 to finish off the region meet.

Jake Golden hoisted the bronze region crown at 119 with a 3-1 record and two pins as Cowboy Chance Rowley went 3-1 with one pin to seize the 145 bronze region-wide.

Isaac Brown of THS capped off the bronze medalists with a 3-1, three fall record in the 189 division.

At 130, Jesse Bissegger of Tooele boasted a 2-2 record with one pin to place fourth overall as the Cowboy trio of Seth Kreiser (171, 3-2) Jake Templeton (215, 3-2), and Jace Hart (275, 1-2) came home with fourth place medals of their own.

Tooele's Ben Nelson was the first of three THS wrestlers to finish fifth overall, by seizing the award in the 112 division as Austin Hansen (152, 1-2) and Kent Heder (189, 2-2) finished the match in fifth for the Buffs.

Grantsville's Daryl James got the final placing spots, seizing sixth place with a 1-3 record overall, teammates Tyler Gregory (130, 1-3) and Trevor Anderson (140, 1-3) placed sixth as well.

Brady Wice was the lone Buffalo to finish in the last meddling position, taking sixth with a 1-3 record at 145.

Other wrestlers featured at the Region 11 match were Grantsville's Michelle Meredith (103), Taylor Hawkins (130), Toby Martinez (140), Drew Hart (145), Kennedy Storwold (152), and Skylar Phelps (160), and Tooele's Ken Elsbury (125), Cassidy Adams (130), Michael Trujillo (135), Josh Day (140), Glen Kummer (160), Koleten Kroeger (171), and Marco Rebaza (215).

The Buffs and Cowboys will travel to UVSC this Thursday-Saturday for the UHSAA 3A state championships to finish off the 2006-07 season.