Nov. 23, 2007: Wrestling USA Magazine

Jordan Junior Wrestling Defeats the Champions Tournament

(Sandy, Utah) Nov. 23, 2007 - Fourteen members of Jordan Junior Wrestling traveled to Springville to compete in the Champions folkstyle wrestling tournament. Of those 14, nine placed, including four champions.

"This was a great opening tournament for the wrestlers," said Coach Bill Kilpack (III). "With some strange scheduling requirements this year, we had only held three practices before going. So we expected the kids to be rusty. But they really stepped up and made even that much hard work and dedication pay off."

Winning championships were four athletes: two on the elementary team, and two on the junior high/middle school team. The two elementary team champions included 7-year-old Spencer Maxwell Sandy, who wrestled in the Intermediate 51-pound Bantam (ages 7 and 8) bracket; and 9-year-old Siondileigh Kilpack of Sandy, in the Beginner 52-55-pound Midget (ages 9 and 10) division. In the Middle School division, 10-year-old Tayler Johnson of Draper won gold in the Advanced Novice (ages 11 and 12) 75-79-pound bracket, and Alex Maxwell of Sandy took first in the Beginner 58-66-pound bracket.

Taking second was 9-year-old Spencer Westover of Sandy, in the Beginner Midget 59-64-pound bracket, in his first tournament ever.

Placing third was Zayne Sayers of Sandy, in the Advanced Junior High 149-166-pound bracket.

Placing fourth were three wrestlers: Garrick Kilpack of Sandy in the Advanced Bantam 44-45-pound bracket; Devin Johnson of Draper in the Advanced Midget 55-58-pound bracket; and Jordan Breashears of Kearns, in the Advanced Junior High 159-160-pound bracket.

Also competing were Bronson Battaglia of Sandy, in the Novice Intermediate 79-82-pound bracket; MacKelti Kilpack of Sandy, in the Intermediate Novice 83-87-pound bracket; Kevin Maxwell of Sandy, in the Intermediate Junior High 82-85-poiund bracket; and Tyler Schwendiman of South Jordan, in the Advanced Novice 65-69-pound bracket.

Jordan Junior Wrestling is a folkstyle wrestling program offered through Salt Lake County Recreation, operating out or Jordan High School in Sandy. The middle school/junior high team is for grades five through nine; the elementary team is for grades four and younger. For more information, go to http://members.aol.com/jordanjuniors/ or email jordanjuniors@aol.com.