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Dusty Hone is is a
great wrestler and a fine young man. I have had the
pleasure and frustration of coaching against him since the
first time he wrestled my son back when they were 8 or 9
years old at the Utah Summer Games. It has been a real pleasure to
see him grow as an athlete and an individual in the time since then. And if
you know anything about Utah wrestling, you know his
family. Dusty is technically solid, and never stops
thinking while on the mat. Many a time have I
watched him, thinking that he was going to be taken down,
but he somehow managed to move on his butt and keep just
ahead of his opponent. And he's not even in a
dentist's chair! In his high-school wrestling career, he opened and closed with undefeated seasons, while losing only two matches in between, garnering four state titles. In the finals his freshman year, he faced Hurricane standout Josh Pettus and made it look easy, teching him 15-0. This came after pinning Delta's Tayten Babb in the second round to get to the finals. This came after beating Maple Mountain's Grant LaMont at the All-Star Dual. His sophomore year, he pinned Delta's Jose Garcia in the finals, after pinning all but one opponent to get there. This came after beating Panguitch's Jory Owens 8-2 at the All-Star Dual. His junior year, he faced Delta standout Victor Almanza in the finals, defeating him 6-1, after pinning or teching each opponent to reach the finals. His last trip to the finals, he pinned or teched each opponent, to face Jaden Petersen of Pine View in the finals, where he ended his high-school wrestling career with another pin. He followed his fourth state title in high school by taking state in freestyle, where he finished the tournament without a single point being scored against him. Following winning his fourth high-school state title, he went on to make it to the finals that year in the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals in Iowa, where he lost to Nevada superstar Sean Cannon 2-1. Another highlight to his senior year was when he won The Rumble, defeating Maple Mountain's Taylor LaMont in the finals in a 3-1 decision and also won the Reno Tournament of Champions. (He beat LaMont at the All-Star Dual, as well, in a 3-2 decision.) He had a knack for beating Utah phenoms at The Rumble, winning the tournament his junior year, where he defeated Alta's Matt Findlay (himself a four-time state champ) in the finals, in a 2-0 decision and as a sophomore, where he beat Maple Mountain's Britain Carter (also a four-time state champ) in a 2-1 overtime decision, after beating Findlay 4-2 in the semis. This was actually a payback match, after Findlay beat him 7-4 in the All-Star Dual. In 2012, he won both the Rocky Mountain Nationals in Denver and the Reno World Championships. Also worthy of note was when he took state in freestyle in 2011, beating Box Elder's Shand Hardy in the finals after defeating Herriman's Chandler Strand, Pleasant Grove's Kyson Levin, Davis' Taylor Porath, and Delta's Almanza in that tournament. Prior to high school, Dusty was a four-time Junior High State
Champion, and was named Outstanding Wrestler at two of
those four tournaments. He is a four-time National
Champion, and twice placed at the Reno World Championships
(one of those times, making it all the way to the finals).
He
has twice won the Beehive Brawl, in eighth grade, falling short
in the finals against Idaho stud Michael Cook (and if you
know Michael, you understand). He is has been ranked
in the Top 25 in his age division many times, and each
well deserved. His brains are as much a reason for
his good fortune as his athleticism and technique.
2014 State Champion (132 lbs.). 2013 State Champion (126 lbs.). 2011 State Champion (113 lbs.). 2010 State
Champion as a Freshman (103 lbs.).
Career Interscholastic Record: 185-2. 2013–2014
Record: 55-0. 2012–2013
Record: 45-1. 2011–2012
Record: 53-1. 2010–2011
Record: 32-0.
Following is a
summary of Dusty's wrestling career:
- Four-Time State Champion, 3A High School State Championships
- 2014 Runner Up, USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Championships
- 2014 State Champion, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Freesyle
- 2014 Champion, 3A Southern Division Championships
- 2014 3A All-Star Duals Team Member
- 2014 Champion, The Rumble
- 2013 Champion, Reno Tournament of Champions
- 2013 Runner Up, Terminator World Championships, Folkstyle
- 2013 Junior Wrestler of the Year, UtahWrestling.org
- 2013 Champions, 3A Southeastern Division Championships
- 2013 Champion, The Rumble
- 2013 3A All-Star Duals Team Member
- 2013 Runner Up, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Freestyle
- 2012 National Champion, Reno World Championships, Folkstyle
- 2012 National Champion, Rocky Mountain Nationals, Folkstyle
- 2012 Bronze Medalist, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Freestyle
- 2012 Sophomore Wrestler of the Year, UtahWrestling.org
- 2012 3A All-Star Duals Team Member
- 2011 Champion, Las Vegas Holiday Classic
- 2012 Champion, Rocky Mountain Rumble
- 2011 State Champion, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Freestyle
- 2011 Freshman Wrestler of the Year, UtahWrestling.org
- 2011 Champion, 3A Southern Divisional Championships
- 2011 3A All-Star Duals Team Member
- 2010 Champion, Las Vegas Holiday Classic
- Four-Time State Champion, 1A/2A/3A Junior High State
Championships (2007–2010)
- Two-Time Outstanding Wrestler, 1A/2A/3A Junior High
State Championships (2008–2009)
- 2010 Champion, Jacob's Challenge, Folkstyle
- 2010 Champion, State Games of the West, Freestyle
- 2010 Champion, State Games of the West, Folkstyle
- 2010 Runner Up, State Games of the West, Greco-Roman
- 2010 Runner Up, Beehive Brawl, Folkstyle
- 2010 5th Place, NHSCA Middle School Nationals, Folkstyle
- 2009 National Champion, NHSCA Middle School Nationals,
Folkstyle
- 2009 Champion, Beehive Brawl, Folkstyle
- 2008 Champion, USA Wrestling Salt Lake Slam, Folkstyle
- 2008 Champion, Beehive Brawl, Folkstyle
- 2007 National Champion, U.S. Folkstyle Nationals
- 2007 4th Place, Reno World Championships, Folkstyle
- 2006 National Champion, Gladiator World Championships,
Folkstyle
- 2006 Runner Up, Reno World Championships, Folkstyle
- 2006 National Champion, U.S. Folkstyle Nationals
Wrestling
USA Magazine Picks
UtahWrestling.org 2014 Youth Wrestling Ranking
UtahWrestling.org 2012 Youth Wrestling Ranking
UtahWrestling.org 2009 Youth Wrestling Ranking
UtahWrestling.org 2007 Youth Wrestling Ranking
UtahWrestling.org 2006 Youth Wrestling Ranking
UtahWrestling.org 2005 Youth Wrestling Ranking
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