Jan.
3, 2008: Tooele-Transcript Bulletin
Two THS Grapplers Sport Perfect
Records
by Mark Watson
About half of Tooele High's wrestling team
will have a shot at placing at the state tournament this
year and two or three of them are capable of winning state
titles, according coach Gary Coffman. Two Tooele
wrestlers, Monte Schmaulhaus and Isaac Brown, have
combined to win 28 matches so far this season with no
defeats.
After participating in several meets away
from home in December, Tooele wrestlers will have a chance
to showcase their skills at home this weekend when Tooele
hosts the 16-team Best of the West Tournament at Tooele
High School. The meet will include several of the state's
top wrestlers and will run from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday and
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The finals will start at
approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday. Powerful teams visiting
Tooele to compete in this mega-meet include Carbon,
Wasatch, Spanish Fork and Cyprus. The Pirates' Matt Brown,
wrestling at 145 pounds, is a two-time state champion and
ranked No. 4 in the nation.
Five of Tooele's top wrestlers include
Jake Golden 123, Daniel Goode, 135, Monte Schmaulhaus 152,
Zeb Hansen 160 and Isaac Brown 215.
Golden is a junior who has recorded a 10-4
record.
Goode placed second in state last year at
140 and is wrestling at 135 this year. He is one of the
team's hopefuls for a state championship. Goode has
compiled a 12-2 record thus far and each time he lost it
was by only one point.
Schmaulhaus is 14-0 on the year and placed
fifth at state last year. He already has defeated the No.
2-ranked wrestler in his classification by 14 points.
The coach said Zeb Hansen is another
wrestler who could finish near the top at state. "He's a
real tough wrestler, but didn't wrestle the first part of
the year. He has a good shot at placing at state," Coffman
said.
Isaac Brown at 215 has yet to taste defeat
with a 14-0 record. Chris Heaps is also wrestling well at
140 with an 8-6 record and Glen Kummer has compiled a 9-5
record at 171.
Other wrestlers who have competed on the
varsity level this year include Timothy Namony at 103,
Jake Prather 112, Ben Nelson 119, Derik Vigil 119, Jesse
Bissigger 130, Thomas Manning 140, Austin Hansen 145, T.C.
Tate 189 and Joel Spendlove heavyweight.
"Many of our wrestlers have been wrestling
at higher weights during the first part of the season
which will make us tougher in the lineup later on in the
season," the coach said.
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