Uintah Wrestling Takes 25th All-Time State Title; Wasatch Finishes Third

Uintah Wrestling Takes 25th All-Time State Title; Wasatch Finishes Third

OREM, Utah-Thursday, Uintah High School captured their 25th all-time 5A state wrestling title at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University.

The Utes posted 276.5 points, narrowly edging Payson as the Lions finished second with 265 points. Wasatch was a distant third with 184 points.

Uintah has now won wrestling titles in 1958, 1959, 1968-1973, 1975-1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990-1992, 1998, 1999, 2021 and 2022.

Several Wasps had a successful Thursday as Heath Clyde won the state title at 126 pounds, besting Payson’s Ethan Boulton by virtue of a 5-2 decision. His teammate, Ryder Robinson, won the individual 5A state title at 132 pounds. Robinson vanquished Cody Burr of Mountain View 10-0 in a major decision victory.

The team results are as follows:

  1. Uintah (276.5 points)
  2. Payson (265 points)
  3. Wasatch (184 points)
  4. Lehi (93 points)
  5. Viewmont (88.5 points)
  6. Mountain View (87.5 points)
  7. Box Elder (83 points)
  8. Spanish Fork (79.5 points)
  9. Woods Cross (69 points)
  10. Murray (66 points)
  11. Salem Hills (63 points)
  12. Maple Mountain (59.5 points)
  13. Springville (56 points)
  14. Stansbury (52 points)
  15. Alta (39 points)
  16. Park City (37.5 points)
  17. Orem (36 points)
  18. Timpanogos (26.5 points)
  19. Tooele (21.5 points)
  20. Northridge (19 points)
  21. Skyline (18 points)
  22. Bountiful (16 points)
  23. Cedar Valley (10 points)
  24. Hillcrest (9 points)
  25. Olympus (8 points)
  26. Brighton/Highland (7 points apiece)

28. Timpview (3 points)

29. Bonneville (1 point)

The individual results are as follows:

106 pounds

1st place match

Karson Shelley of Spanish Fork over Connor Knudsen of Timpanogos (fall, 3:43)

3rd place match

Logan Holmes of Uintah over Breyton Banks of Salem Hills (major decision, 13-4)

5th place match

Dallen Thomas of Payson over Tyler Khoundet of Stansbury (decision, 8-7)

113 pounds

1st place match

Michael Alexander of Uintah over Aaron Garcia of Payson (fall, 0:22)

3rd place match

Glade Harman of Mountain View over Parker Hansen of Tooele (decision, 10-6)

5th place match

Gable Stoddard of Mountain View over Braden Balmforth of Cedar Valley (decision, 8-4)

120 pounds

1st place match

Bridger Ricks of Box Elder over Jared Miller of Park City (fall, 3:22)

3rd place match

Parker Hayes of Wasatch over Eduardo Cabrera of Payson (decision, 5-2)

5th place match

Jaxon Moe of Alta over James Astling of Viewmont (fall, 4:54)

126 pounds

1st place match

Heath Clyde of Wasatch over Ethan Boulton of Payson (decision, 5-2)

3rd place match

Andrew Monson of Skyline over Brody Rhoades of Uintah (decision, 12-5)

5th place match

Raiden Harrison of Uintah over Spencer Lee of Viewmont (medical forfeit)

132 pounds

1st place match

Ryder Robinson of Wasatch over Cody Burr of Mountain View (major decision, 10-0)

3rd place match

David Wetzel of Spanish Fork over Jackson Ricks of Box Elder (decision, 6-3)

5th place match

Creeson Harrison of Uintah over Will Dixon of Payson (fall, 3:30)

138 pounds

1st place match

Colton Theobald of Payson over Austin Kelly of Wasatch (decision, 4-1)

3rd place match

Andrew Weakley of Springville over Bridger Warren of Spanish Fork (Sudden Victory-1, 7-5)

5th place match

Cole Carter of Payson over Jaxon Johnson of Uintah (Sudden Victory-1, 5-3)

144 pounds

1st place match

Colton Erickson of Woods Cross over Brady Merkley of Uintah (decision, 5-1)

3rd place match

Layne Osborn of Payson over Tyler Blevins of Mountain View (medical forfeit)

5th place match

Bryson Lloyd of Wasatch over Jacob Rhoades of Uintah (decision, 5-3)

150 pounds

1st place match

Isaac Orrock of Murray over Luke DeGraffenried of Salem Hills (decision, 6-1)

3rd place match

Dillon Dick of Uintah over Trevor Frank of Payson (decision, 7-5)

5th place match

Alex Koyle of Spanish Fork over Ben Brown of Northridge (fall, 3:26)

157 pounds

1st place match

Moses Espinoza-Owens of Viewmont over Christian Slack of Wasatch (decision, 12-5)

3rd place match

Chandler Thompson of Murray over Conner Zamani of Box Elder (fall, 2:46)

5th place match

Kelton Smith of Payson over Cole Andersen of Spanish Fork (decision, 9-2)

165 pounds

1st place match

Marcus Espinoza-Owens over Dustin Rhoades of Uintah (major decision, 12-4)

3rd place match

Cameron Williams of Mountain View over Charlie Fassold of Wasatch (decision, 5-2)

5th place match

Kobe Paniagua of Murray over Quayde Beck of Payson (fall, 1:55)

175 pounds

1st place match

Landen Shurtleff of Payson over William Price of Uintah (fall, 5:58)

3rd place match

Tevita Valeti of Springville Joshua Biesinger of Maple Mountain (decision, 7-5)

5th place match

Cole Eldredge of Lehi over Josh Olson of Stansbury (fall, 5:56)

190 pounds

1st place match

Austin Richens of Uintah over Andrew Jensen of Maple Mountain (decision, 13-7)

3rd place match

Will McCleary of Lehi over Chandler Loveless of Payson (decision, 7-4)

5th place match

Jace Beckstead of Alta over Hudson Doussett of Orem (fall, 1:05)

215 pounds

1st place match

Cash Henderson of Woods Cross over Monson Morley of Salem Hills (fall, 3:03)

3rd place match

Angel Fuentes of Payson over Stone Combs of Park City (decision, 6-2)

5th place match

Jett Swain of Uintah over Danny Hoyal of Lehi (fall, 1:50)

285 pounds

1st place match

Isaac Terrell of Lehi over Gage Howard of Uintah (decision, 5-1)

3rd place match

Alex Rosas of Stansbury over Alex Hansen of Orem (decision, 11-4)

5th place match

Austin McNaughtan of Wasatch over Nathan Bulpitt of Lehi (fall, 5:33)