LAYTON — Viewmont’s Nate Larsen and Layton’s Adam Fager each picked up victories in the annual Layton Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday night. The tournament also had Springville’s Jason Chamberlain put his no. 1 national ranking on the line against Dak Adamson of Bishop-Lynch High School of Dallas, Texas.

Larsen, last year’s junior national champion, faced Mountain Crest’s nationally ranked Raeder Lofthouse.

Larsen picked up the first takedown 20 seconds into the match and kept Lofthouse in check for the the first two minute session.

Larsen dominated the remainder of the match with Lofthouse giving up two escapes to earn a 5-2 win.

“He (Lofthouse) is a prestigious wrestler,” Larsen said. “I was excited to wrestle him.”

And while Larsen captured this early season tournament, his goal remains focused on the state tournament where he finished third last year and first as a sophomore.

“Of course, there is a process to all of this,” he said. “But I came here expecting to wrestle hard and to win. If you’re going to a tournament you need to go and wrestle hard and go to win.”

With this, his first tournament of the season, Larsen feels there is room for improvement.

“I felt OK, but I need to work on things and get better.”

Fager faced Viewmont’s Sam Graham the final of the 189-lb. weight class.

The senior captain all-stater from Arizona who moved to Utah last year and earned all-state honors here dominated the match from the beginning earning a pin at the 2:20 mark of the match.

“I didn’t necessarily have a plan going out there,” Fager said. “I went out to just wrestle.”

The match also was the first offensive takedown of Fager’s early season.

Fager was a member of the Layton football team that went to the state finals, holding off some of the early season training for the senior.

“If football had any negative it’s been lack of wrestling conditioning,” Fager said. “I think football helped me learn about doing things to help the team do what’s necessary to be successful.”

“I saw a lot of little things that I can improve on after this tournament.”

In a highly anticipated 145-lb. pound final, two nationally recognized wrestlers brought their skills to center stage. Springville (Utah) High’s Jason Chamberlain put his no. 1 national ranking on the line against defending 6A Texas champion Dak Adamson.

The showdown turned into more a mere show for Chamberlain’s skills as the senior dominated Adamson, 11-5.

“I knew I had to wrestle on my feet because he is better on the mat,” Chamberlain said. “After I got my escape and takedown I just kept letting him go and taking him back down to the mat.”

In wrestling, an escape is worth one point with a takedown being worth two points so the strategy can double a wrestler’s points.

Chamberlain saw this as just another match in his career.

“I didn’t do anything to prepare differently,” he said. “If I wrestle my match I’m pretty confident in my skills.”

The team championship went to the controversial Wasatch team, followed by Mountain Crest, Bingham and Viewmont, which was the top Davis County team.