July
16, 2007:
Deseret Morning News
Utah, Ohio Wrestlers to Meet
DRAPER — A Utah all-star wrestling team
will be facing an all-star team from Ohio Thursday, 6
p.m., at Juan Diego High School. The dual meet will
feature 21 of Utah's best young wrestlers from across the
state, pitted against top athletes from Ohio, Connecticut,
Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.
The dual format is unusual, with the Utah
All-Star team being built trying to match the age and
weight of Utah athletes to the age and weight of the
respective Ohio All-Star opponent. As the host team, the
Utah wrestlers will determine if the match will be in
freestyle (the international Olympic style of wrestling)
or folkstyle (the style wrestled in high schools and
colleges in the United States).
At the beginning of the dual, six
wrestlers named Intermountain Champions will be
recognized. These athletes competed in four tournaments in
Utah and Idaho, accumulating points, to name Intermountain
Champions in each of the seven age divisions. Six of the
seven recipients were from Utah.
All-American Honors
Twelve-year-old William Kilpack of Sandy
was named All-American by USA Wrestling in both freestyle
and Greco-Roman wrestling at the Kids National
Championships held in Green Bay, Wis., July 6, 7. Kilpack,
who just completed his sixth-grade year at Sunrise
Elementary School, was the runner-up in freestyle in the
90-pound weight class in the Novice Division (11 and 12
year olds) at the USA Wrestling Kids Nationals and placed
fourth in the Greco-Roman tournament.
The top eight placers received
All-American honors.Earlier in the season, Kilpack was
crowned champion in both styles in the 90-pound weight
class at the USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships
held in Klamath Falls, Ore., in June. In Oregon, he
wrestled 15 matches and won 14 of them by fall or
technical fall. This followed taking gold medals in
freestyle and Greco-Roman at both the USA Wrestling-Utah
and AAU Wrestling Utah state championships in April and
early May.
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