Bingham's other champion was Spencer Paulson at heavyweight, as Miners' wrestlers won five of the six championship matches they competed in.

"We haven't had great depth, but we've had some quality kids in the lighter weights, and we're fairly solid in the upper weights," said Paulsen.

West Jordan was right behind Bingham with four individual winners, as Nicko Paraso (112), Jeff Job (145), Tyler Jones (160) and Cody Brems all captured their respective titles.

Other Region 3 state champs were: Copper Hills' Josh David's at 135 and Copper Hills' David Williams at 215.

Riverton's 13 state tournament qualifiers was followed closely by Hunter's 12, and 11 each from Bingham and West Jordan. Copper Hills qualified five wrestlers for state, while Kearns qualified two.

PREP WRESTLING

REGION 3

Feb. 1-2, 2006

at Kearns High School

TEAM SCORES

1, Riverton, 304; 2, Hunter, 277.5; 3, Bingham, 276.5; 4, West Jordan, 245; 5, Copper Hills, 146; 6, Kearns, 51.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

103 — 1, Ryker Vandertoolen, Bingham; 2, Nick Branca, Copper Hills; 3, Merrick Christensen, Riverton; 4, C.J. Clark, Bingham.

112 — 1, Nicko Paraso, West Jordan; 2, Dallis Osbourne, Riverton; 3, Chase Mecham, Hunter; 4, Jace Rogers, West Jordan.

119 — 1, Mitch Moss, Bingham; 2, Collin Grant, West Jordan; 3, Chase Burns, West Jordan; 4, Tyler Garn, Riverton.

125 — 1, Jesse Clark, Bingham; 2, Lane Gardner, Riverton; Derek Young, Kearns; 4, Kenny Jackson, Hunter.

130 — 1, Blake Griffiths, Bingham; 2, Branden Fredrickson, Riverton; 3, Alex Eliason, Hunter; 4, Beau Stine, Copper Hills.

135 — 1, Josh David, Copper Hills; 2, Braxton Kennedy, Bingham; 3, Kameron Stone, Hunter; 4, Justin Peck, Bingham.

140 — 1, Chris Julkunen, Riverton; 2, Colten Griffiths, Hunter; 3, Kaicy Sweeny, West Jordan; 4, Cam Woods, Riverton.

145 — 1, Jeff Job, West Jordan; 2, Bryan Sorensen, Riverton; 3, Zack Vallentine, Bingham; 4, Braden Wamsley, Hunter.

152 — 1, Shaun Lott, Riverton; 2, Jake Farley, Hunter; 3, Chase Steele, West Jordan; 4, Jared Hall, West Jordan.

160 — 1, Tyler Moss, West Jordan; 2, Jake Grygla, Kearns; 3, Tyler Justet, Hunter; 4, Shane McCellan, Riverton.

171 — 1, Chris Savage, Riverton; 2, Jesse Justet, Hunter; 3, Bobby Kane, Copper Hills; 4, Andrew Park, Bingham.

189 — 1, Cody Brems, West Jordan; 2, Skylar Bird, Hunter; 3, Calvin Schumaker, Bingham; 4, Kail Popelmayer, Hunter.

215 — 1, David Williams, Copper Hills; 2, Jare Glore, West Jordan; 3, Landon Pugmire, Riverton; 4, Josh Larsen, Hunter.

275 — 1, Spencer Paulson, Bingham; 2, Ammon Nielson, Riverton; 3, Justin Blackmore, West Jordan; 4, Preston Wood, Hunter.

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