OREM — Winning a state championship in any sport requires hard work, sacrifice and even a little luck. To win four consecutive state titles is almost unheard of, unless your name is Sean Porter. Porter captured his fourth state championship Saturday night at 140 pounds, knocking off Luke Rasmussen of Alta 3-1.

“There was a lot of talk on the Utah wrestling blog that Rasmussen was going to beat me,” Porter said. “That motivated me.”

Porter also noted he wanted to win this championship as a means to honor his best friend and teammate, Austin Taylor. Taylor, Davis’ highly touted 189-pounder, was shocked earlier in the tournament and came away without placing.

“It meant a lot to me to have Austin here for me,” Porter said. “It hurts me that things didn’t work out for him. He’s the hardest worker I’ve ever known and has been a great example to me about what it is to be a great athlete and person.”

Porter also had his father and brother in his corner during the tournament.

“It’s great to have had my dad and brother as my coaches,” Porter said. “We had talked about Rasmussen before the match and we knew if I allowed him to get ahead he would stall the rest of the match out.”

Porter controlled the match, however, grinding out a 3-1 win.

“To win this as a senior is even better than the other years,” Porter said. “It’s hard to describe.”

The family theme continued as Layton High’s 189-pounder Adam Fager, who is coached by his older brothers, knocked off Dustin Martin of Weber in a hard fought 5-2 final.

“I was confident going into the match,” said Fager, a state runner-up from Queen Creek, Ariz. “I knew he was going to come out aggressive and I had worked hard at preparing myself for that.”

“Once I got the first takedown I felt in control.”

Fager also noted his coach from Arizona as someone who had a great deal to do with his Utah state title.

“My coach in Arizona, Todd Workman, is the person who instilled in me this good work ethic and it paid off,” he said.

Another person getting kudos from Fager was teammate Chris Moat, who captured the 160-pound title with an impressive pin over Kade Hall of Weber with :39 seconds left in the second period.

“Having Chris to train with is great,” Fager said. “We hate each other when we’re going at it in practice, but we’re good friends.”

Moat completely dominated his match leading up to the pin, something he was not surprised by.

“I knew before the match began that I could win,” Moat said. “I’ve been thinking about this moment for many years.”

Moat said it was good to have it over because it was mentally consuming.

“I knew it was going to come down to this match with the two of us,” Moat said. “It’s nice to have it done and to go out on top as a senior.”

At 119 lbs., Nic Flores of Layton finished in second place and Davis’ Jonny Hart placed 4th.

Davis’ Taylor McKay and Braiden Hart captured 6th at 125 and 130.

At 135, Davis’ Josh Baker dropped a tough match in the finals to place second.

Jason Hunter took 6th for Layton at 171 while Davis’ Tom Arone finished 5th at 285.

Bountiful High sent two wrestlers to the finals. Andrew Fallon (171) dropped a hard fought match to Box Elder’s Riley Yates.

In one of the most exciting finals of the night, Cyprus High’s Ethan Jones edged the Braves’ Tonga Toko 11-10 at 215.

Cam Young of Bountiful finished 6th at 160.