The Lone Peak wrestling team earned one state title and three other medals and finished 11th overall at last week's state 5A wrestling tournament at UVSC's McKay Events Center.

Paul Johnson joined some very elite company as he won his third consecutive championship, this year in the 130 weight class.

Johnson said that's a feeling that never gets old. He mounted the top of the podium for the third time by defeating West Jordan's Collin Grant in a close match 5-3. The senior was only ranked third entering the tournament.

"For this one there was a lot more pressure," he explained. "Since I'd taken it twice before, people expected me to take it again. Before it didn't matter whether I won or lost, but this was my last chance in high school.

"I've wrestled him twice before, but I just let nothing get to me. I wanted to go out with a win," Johnson added.

Though Grant thrice escaped from Johnson's hold, he never pulled ahead of the Knight. Taking a 2-0 lead, Johnson countered every move Grant made at either taking him down or reversing him.

Zane Mendenhall took second in the 171 weight class, while Chase Stilson came in fifth at 145 and Tyler Curtis at 215 finished sixth.

Viewmont (145 points) edged Weber (140.5) for the state title. Of the Region 4 teams, Spanish Fork (107) was the top placer at fifth, with Lehi (101.5) right behind at sixth.

The Knights earned 83 points, just eight points out of eighth place, and posted an overall mark of 20-14 for the three-day event.

Every Lone Peak qualifier won at least one match, and all but one was victorious at least twice. Half of the Knight qualifiers placed, and three others were eliminated in the last match before the placement rounds.

Mendenhall was Lone Peak's other state finalist. He vied with Spanish Fork's Kyle Weight for a championship medal.

Weight took a 3-0 lead the in the first period of the close affair, and he kept Mendenhall from catching up. All of Mendenhall's points came on escapes. Weight won the match 5-2.

Lone Peak coach Kimball Cluff said, "Both Paul and Zane wrestled well. Zane, for one, didn't give up. He and the Spanish Fork kid had been battling back and forth all season."

LONE PEAK STATE WRESTLING RESULTS

• 112: Cory Hancock
  
  First round: Matt Finger (Fr) def. Cory Hancock (LP), fall 0:50. Consolation: Cory Hancock (LP) def. Tyler Cravens (Jo), fall 3:37. Corey Hancock (LP) def. Adam Maxwell (Jo), dec. 5-0; Kenji Sato (Vm) def. Hancock (LP), fall 1:25.
   
• 130: Paul Johnson - State champion
  
  First round: Paul Johnson (LP) def. Derek Malan (We), tech. fall 17-1. Quarterfinals: Paul Johnson (LP) def. Alex Eliason (Hu), tech. fall 18-3. Semifinals: Paul Johnson (LP) def. Ikeru Abe (Vm), dec. 8-2. Finals: Paul Johnson (LP) def. Collin Grant (WJ), dec. 5-3.
   
• 140: Todd Dearing
  
  First round: Romeo Drawn (Hu) def. Todd Dearing (LP), fall 3:58. Consolation: Todd Dearing (LP) def. Nick Gardener (La), dec. 8-5. Todd Dearing (LP) def. Jayce Warren (We), dec. 8-7; Greg Taylor (Cf) def. Todd Dearing (LP), dec. 6-5.
   
• 145: Chase Stilson - Fifth place
  
  First round: Chase Stilson (SF) def. Danner Kjar (Vm), maj. dec. 11-3. Quarterfinals: Jonathan Gappmeier (Br) def. Chase Stilson (LP), dec. 10-6. Consolation: Chase Stilson (LP) def. Mike Stone (SF), fall 2:12; Stilson (LP) def. Alex Nicholes (PG), dec. 5-4 (OT). Michael Hortman (AF) def. Chase Stilson (LP), dec. 11-5; Stilson (LP) def. Jed Craner (Fr), fall 3:22.
   
• 160: Chad Stilson
  
  First round: Jared Hall (WJ) def. Chad Stilson (LP), fall 2:58. Consolation: Chad Stilson (LP) def. Matt Cooley (Alta), dec. 4-1. Jake Sneddon (Hu) def. Chad Stilson (LP), dec. 7-3.
   
• 171: Zane Mendenhall - Second place
  
  First round: Zane Mendenhall (LP) def. Vincent Patino (We), fall 3:25. Quarterfinals: Zane Mendenhall (LP) def. Nate Black (Hu), fall 1:52. Semifinals: Zane Mendenhall (LP) def. Shea Kopecky (La), dec. 6-5. Finals: Kyle Weight (SF) def. Zane Mendenhall (LP), dec. 5-2.
   
• 215: Tyler Curtis - Sixth place
  
  First round: Tyler Curtis (LP) def. Kurt Fuhriman (WJ), dec. 5-3. Quarterfinals: Tyler Curtis (LP) def. Thomas Brysen (LY), fall 2:42. Semifinals: Dustin Martin (We) def. Tyler Curtis (LP), tech. fall 15-0. Consolation: John Lindsay (Da) def. Tyler Curtis (LP), maj. dec. 9-1; Seth Anderson (Bi) def. Curtis (LP), maj. dec. 13-2.
   
• 285: Kyle Whimpey
  
  First round: Ron Wyman (Vm) def. Kyle Whimpey (LP), fall 5:15. Consolation: Kyle Whimpey (LP) def. Ricky Meimuli (Br), fall 0:33. Kyle Whimpey (LP) def. Brock Wilson (SF), fall 3:50; Day (AF) def. Whimpey (LP), dec. 4-0.