Feb. 19, 2008: Tooele-Transcript Bulletin

G-Ville's Vickers Places Fourth, Team Finishes 12th at State Meet
by Mark Watson

Grantsville High finished in 12th place at the 3A state wrestling tournament last week with more than half of their points coming from Austyn Vickers at 152 pounds. Vickers scored 16 of Grantsville's 30 team points at the state meet with four other wrestlers contributing points to the team total.

Wasatch edged Delta for the team title with Grantsville's region rivals Logan, Bear River and Morgan all finishing in the top 10.

Vickers won his opening match by a major decision and was pinned in the second round by eventual state champion Jake Salazar of Wasatch. Salazar is 47-1 on the season. Salazar won all his matches by pins and won by major decision in the championship match.

After losing to Salazar, Vickers came back to win three consecutive matches and ended up wrestling for the third and fourth spot. He ended up losing his final match to finish the tournament with a 4-2 record and fourth place. Vickers finished 29-15 for the season.

At 145 pounds, Trevor Anderson pinned his first opponent, but then lost his next two matches.

Skylar Phelps, at 160 pounds, lost his fist match but then pinned his opponent in the second round to score points for the Cowboys.

Seth Krieser, at 171 pounds, pinned his opponent in the first round but lost in the second round and in the consolation bracket. He was able to score four points for the Cowboys.

Ty Hamatake, at 189 pounds, won his opening match by decision and then lost in the second round. He won his first match in the consolation bracket. but lost a fourth match to finish 2-2 at state and score three points for the Cowboys.

Also representing Grantsville at the state tournament were Austin Rowley, Corey Gunderson and Daryl James.