PLEASANT VIEW -- Alta High wrestlers played spoilers to the host Weber Warriors as they took top honors at the Warrior Duels wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday.
Mat marauders from eight schools clashed in the round-robin tournament at Weber High School as Alta's Zane Rasmussen (106), Matt Findlay (113), and Gavin Godfrey (152) won all seven matches in their respective classes on their way to the team podium's top spot.
Weber placed four wrestlers at the top of the 145, 160, 182, 220 classes to take second place, and Logan rounded out the top three, putting wrestlers at the top of the 126, 132, 138, 170 and 285 classes.
"Alta's got a solid team," Weber wrestling coach Jeff Eure said. "The tournament was good overall and it exposed some of the weaknesses and things we need to work on moving forward."
The Warriors had a solid showing in the middle and heavy weights on their home turf as Hunter Riggs, Mack Huntsman, Devon Childress and Jared Tracy all finished tops in their classes.
Riggs logged four pins through his matches in the 145 weight class, one of which came against Alta's Will Kilpack.
"He's (Kilpack) first in the state right now," Riggs said. "It was close but I pulled it out."
Childress nabbed the top spot in the 182 class for the Warriors after taking the tie-breaking match when he and Logan's Josue Arredondo both finished 6-1.
Tracy notched a pair of pins and two decisions for the 220 title and Mack Huntsman scored pins in five of his seven matches to round out the Warrior first place finishes.
"I've set my goals all year to be undefeated," Huntsman said. "I felt like my first few matches were a little slow but then I picked it up with the rest of the team as the weekend went on."
Other top area performers included Bear River's Dominic Kunder (120); Logan's Talon Teeples (126), Quinn Hinckley (132), Isaac Harrison (138), Spencer McKay (170) and Jacoby Wildman (285), as well as Sky View's Klayton Kelsey (195).
Bear River finished fourth, followed by Tooele, Sky View, Lone Peak and Clearfield in the team standings.
Bees top field at Viewmont Invite
A Bountiful, most of the premier teams in 5-A, 4-A, 3-A and 2-A wrestling gather for the Viewmont Invitational, but it was Box Elder that took home the team trophy.
Coach Mike Ripplinger's Bees tallied 294.5 points, while Delta finished with 219, Mountain Crest was at 196, Millard tallied 177, and host Viemont was at 162.
Layton finished sixth, and Davis was eighth in the 25-team event.
So dominant were the Bees that their JV squad finished 13th overall and sent a handful of wrestlers to the podium on Saturday evening.
At 145 pounds, the Bees' Jake Tolman went into two overtimes to edge teammate Matt Williams 2-1.
At 132, Box Elder's Dante Winward decisioned Mountain Crest's Rayden Lindley 3-2.
Box Elder's Shand Hardy pinned his opponent to win the 113-pound title, while Rasten Yeates won at 152 and Nick Sorenson won at 160.
The Bees' Britton Gunter was second at 170, while Breckin Gunter was second at 195. Rylee Reeves was second overall at 285, while Joe Flores finished third at 220.
Layton's Ken Astle won the title at 138, while teammate Carlos Turner won at 285.
The Mustangs' Brady Dart won at 126, Taylon Niederhauser won at 182 and Sylas Wells won at 220.
Other winners included Olympus' Brandon McBride at 170, .
Davis was led by second-place efforts from Nick Casey at 182 and Brady Roth at 220, while Daviaire Dicker was third at 195.
Viewmont's Tanner Luke was third at 113, while Lawson Essig was third at 170.
Turner pinned Reeves at 1:11 in the heavyweight finale.
All-star update
The popular All-Star match will be held on Jan. 9 at the Utah Valley University's UCCU Center.
Action is set for 7 p.m., with 56 athletes wrestling on three mats.
Organizers say the event will follow the same format as last year where will choose a full team from the 5-A schools, a full team from the 4-A schools, a full team from the 3- schools and a combined 2-A/1-A team.
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