OREM, Utah-Saturday, Spanish Fork boys wrestling won the 5A state title, breaking a 20-year streak while Wasatch placed third at Utah Valley University.
The Dons posted 272.5 points to earn the state title while Box Elder placed second with 256 points. The Wasps finished third by netting 226.5 points. The team standings are as follows:
- Spanish Fork 272.5
- Box Elder 256
- Wasatch 226.5
- Salem Hills 129
- Viewmont 97
- Springville 87
- Kearns 83
- Woods Cross 72.5
- Northridge 64
- Hunter 63
- Roy 53
- Alta 46
- Maple Mountain/Olympus 43.5
- (15) Skyline 43
- (16) Cedar Valley 40
- (17) West Jordan 35
- (18) Bountiful/Hillcrest 32.5
- (20) Cyprus 29
- (21) Clearfield 23
- (22) Brighton 18
- (23) Bonneville 11
- (24) Highland 8
- (25) Taylorsville 5
- (26) East/West 3
The Dons have now won state wrestling titles in 1984, 2003, 2004 and 2024.
The Wasps won four individual state title Saturday. The winners are Benjamin Kohler (126 pounds), Max Richins (132 pounds), Daxton Bonner (138 pounds) and Henry Hanssen (157 pounds).
The individual state champions in the respective weight classifications are as follows:
106 pounds
State champion: Conley Evans of Box Elder over Taegan Leavitt of Spanish Fork (Decision 8-4)
Third Place: Connor Simons of Spanish Fork over Kevin Mayo of Salem Hills (Fall 1:22)
Fifth Place: Jacob Gardner of Woods Cross over Dallas Zobell of Springville (Fall 2:49)
113 pounds
State champion: Caleb Jackson of Maple Mountain over Kaleb Blackner of Roy (Fall 3:36)
Third Place: Brody Vogelsberg of Spanish Fork over Mason Bingham of Box Elder (Decision 3-2)
Fifth Place: Walter Beacham of Alta over Diego Ortiz of Hunter (forfeit)
120 pounds
State champion: Karson Shelley of Spanish Fork over Breyton Banks of Salem Hills (Decision 8-4)
Third Place: Johnny Orr of Alta over Seth Hall of Skyline (Fall 3:44)
Fifth Place: Ryder Christensen of Wasatch over Saul Gamino of Box Elder (Fall 0:58)
126 pounds
State champion: Benjamin Kohler of Wasatch over Alex Lindquist of Viewmont (MD 13-1)
Third Place: Kyler Spencer of Spanish Fork over Bostyn Tucker of Box Elder (Decision 7-5)
Fifth Place: Pace Williams of Olympus over Gavin Gulbranson of Box Elder (Decision 9-5)
132 pounds
State champion: Max Richins of Wasatch over Dawson Auger of Northridge (Decision 4-0)
Third Place: Cooper Limb of Hillcrest over Cahill Simons of Spanish Fork (Decision 4-2)
Fifth Place: Maximo Quintana of Roy over David Soria of Bonneville (Fall 1:45)
138 pounds
State champion: Daxton Bonner of Wasatch over Porter Olson of Spanish Fork (Decision 9-8)
Third Place: Tate Ripplinger of Viewmont over Jonah Ware of Wasatch (Decision 10-5)
Fifth Place: Landon Child of Northridge over Andrew Simmons of Box Elder (Fall 1:45)
144 pounds
State champion: Jackson Ricks of Box Elder over Spencer Rees of Viewmont (MD 14-2)
Third Place: Edward Sears of Spanish Fork over Sam Morrill of Salem Hills (Decision 5-1)
Fifth Place: Blake Buckway of Box Elder over Gavin Houston of West Jordan (Decision 7-3)
150 pounds
State champion: Junior Wetzel of Spanish Fork over Tayson Wylie of Box Elder (TF-1.5 5:32 (22-6))
Third Place: Davin Fedler of Springville over Daniel Schraedel of Salem Hills (Fall 0:40)
Fifth Place: Gabe Barnett of Wasatch over Gatlin Call of Spanish Fork (Fall 0:50)
157 pounds
State champion: Henry Hanssen of Wasatch over Deegan Hardy of Box Elder (Fall 1:10)
Third Place: Brennan Higgs of Clearfield over Ryker Olson of Spanish Fork (Fall 2:57)
Fifth Place: Tucker Keller of Northridge over Thatcher Casperson of Salem Hills (MFFL)
165 pounds
State champion: Alex Koyle of Spanish Fork over Wyatt Hanssen of Wasatch (Decision 6-4)
Third Place: Lock Smoot of Woods Cross over Jayce Wandell of Cedar Valley (Decision 9-8)
Fifth Place: Zachary Jones of West Jordan over Marcus Sollers of Hillcrest (Fall 2:38)
175 pounds
State champion: Brandon Murray of Box Elder over Kaden Moore of Salem Hills (Decision 4-0)
Third Place: Kenyon Paea of Hunter over Lisiate Valeti of Springville (Decision 10-3)
Fifth Place: Kody Whited of Cedar Valley over Logan Cefalo of Box Elder (Fall 2:55)
190 pounds
State champion: Tevita Valeti of Springville over Andre Leota of Olympus (Decision 3-1)
Third Place: Lucas Andtbacka of Skyline over Hyrum King of Spanish Fork (MD 17-7)
Fifth Place: Gavin Riggs of Kearns over Isaac Liechty of Bountiful (Fall 2:49)
215 pounds
State champion: Cash Henderson of Woods Cross over Lione Hola of Kearns (Fall 2:49)
Third Place: Jaxson Young of Salem Hills over Kaleb Djambov of Viewmont (Fall 0:46)
Fifth Place: Garrett Christensen of Wasatch over Mack Youngberg of Viewmont (Decision 4-3)
285 pounds
State champion: Skyler Armenta of Cyprus over Austin Mcnaughtan of Wasatch (Decision 13-8)
Third Place: Siope Havea of Hunter over Cody Kaleikini of Box Elder (Fall 3:45)
Fifth Place: Carter Rudolph of Roy over Raymond Tongolei of Kearns (Fall 2:54)
