From Deseret News archives:
Wasatch wins 8th straight crown
The raucous crowd enjoyed the finals, but when the dust settled Wasatch won the state title with 311 points followed by Delta with 302. Uintah (264) was strong, followed by North Sanpete (190) and Cedar City (144.5).
After hundreds of matches, Delta's last hope to upset the Wasps came down to the 189-pound match where Kipp Holman had to knock off Wasatch's Garrett Gleave to keep the Rabbits' hopes alive. Delta was clinging to a one-point lead, but Gleave posted a 10-5 win and Wasatch clinched the state title.
"I was nervous," admitted Gleave, "but I was also very excited. I knew I had to get it done. When he (Holman) took me down, it was a wake-up call. I had to get up and get going."
Two matches later, Sean Sullivan (285 pounds) put some icing on the cake by pinning Uintah's Rusty Farnsworth with just eight seconds left in the match. Farnsworth was leading the Wasatch big man 1-0 before Sullivan executed a head throw to pin his Region 10 rival.
"Delta looked real good and so did Uintah," commented Wasatch coach Steve Sanderson. "It was a good, tough three-team race. It's a good feeling to win it."
The Wasps crowned seven champions as Trevor Sweat (119), Blake Mangum (125 pounds) and Jake Salazar (160) joined Shafer, Gleave and Sullivan on top of the podium.
Leading the team race going into the championship round, the Rabbits desperately tried to hold their lead, and the championship matches started off well for the Rabbits.
Uintah's Candace Workman was hoping to become the first-ever female wrestler to win a state title, but Chasen Tolbert ended her quest by pinning the Ute with just one second left in the second period. The Delta wrestler dominated the match throughout to claim the 103-pound title.
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