February 2004: Wrestling USA Magazine

Wasatch Win Another at Tiger-Grizzly Invitational

Thirty-two teams from four states traveled recently to the Tiger-Grizzly Invitational in Idaho Falls, including seven Utah teams. Wrestling powerhouse Wasatch High School came out with the 1st place trophy, but Utah rounded out the top three with Box Elder High School coming in third. In addition, Utah superstar Andrew Hochstrasser of Tooele High School came out with the Outstanding Wrestler trophy for the lower weights.

Wasatch won top honors by a healthy 75 points over 2nd-place Eagle High School (Idaho), with wrestlers in the finals in eight of the 13 weights, and half of those closing with wins. Second-place Eagle had four wrestlers in championship matches, with two coming away with wins. Third-place Box Elder had one wrestler in the finals, illustrating what great depth their team really has.

Among Wasatch's champions was Casey Smith (103 lbs.), Cyler Sanderson (135 lbs.), Colton Salazar (152 lbs.) and Jordan Smith (160 lbs.). Other Utah wrestlers coming out on top included Hochstrasser (130 lbs.) and Craig Mock (189 lbs.) of Weber High School. Hochstrasser had to face a fellow Utahn in the final round, pinning Tyrell Sweat of Wasatch, while Wasatch's Smith also had to face off against someone from home, winning a hard 1-0 decision against Shay Warren of Weber.

Team results were 1st place Wasatch, 293; 2nd place Eagle, 218; 3rd place Box Elder, 140.50; 4th Green River High School (Wyoming), 131; 5th Campbell County High School (Wyoming), 127; 6th Snake River High School (Idaho), 111.50; Idaho Falls High School (Idaho), 109; 8th Centennial High School (Idaho), 102.50; 9th Blackfoot High School (Idaho), 91.50; 10th Skyline High School (Idaho), 87; tied for 11th Kuna High School (Idaho) and Mountain Home High School (Idaho), 85.00; 13th Vallivue High School (Idaho), 74.50; 14th Rock Springs High School (Wyoming), 71.50; 15th Logan High School (Utah), 70.00; 16th Tooele, 65.50; tied for 17th Preston High School (Idaho) and Skyview High School (Utah), 64.00; 19th Layton High School (Utah), 63.00; 20th Evanston High School (Wyoming), 62.00; 21st Pocatello High School (Idaho), 59.00; 22nd Weber, 56.50; tied for 23rd Bonneville High School (Idaho) and Mountain View (Idaho), 49.00; 25th Rigby High School (Idaho), 45.50; 26th Capital High School (Idaho), 38.50; 27th Aberdeen High School (Idaho), 29.00; 28th Boise High School (Idaho), 28.00; 29th Smokey Hill High School (Colorado), 25.00; 30th Hillcrest High School (Idaho), 23.00; 31st Madison High School, 21.50; and 32nd Meridian High School (Idaho), 17.00.