High school wrestling: Herriman steals Westlake's thunder at Region 7 meet

By Jonathan Boldt

For the Deseret News

Published: Friday, Feb. 8 2013 8:10 a.m. MST

Summary

The Herriman Mustangs road into town Thursday night and stole Westlake’s thunder, winning the Region 7 championship in convincing fashion.

Region 7 wrestling championships

At Westlake High School

Team results

1. Herriman, 466.5; 2. Westlake, 362.5; 3. Olympus, 194; 4. Murray, 155; 5. Skyline, 155; 6. Hillcrest, 73.

Individual results

106 – 1. Chandler Strand, Herriman; 2. Hayden Butler, Westlake; 3. Cody Lightfoot, Murray; 4. Holden Reynolds, Olympus; 6. Tristen Mogadam, Hillcrest.

113 – 1. Jaron Jensen, Herriman; 2. Brock Goldstrohm, Skyline; 3. Alfredo Mejia, Westlake; 4. Justin Miller, Herriman; 5. Colby Webb, Westlake; 6. Kyrin Benally, Murray.

120 – 1. Cody Jorgenson, Westlake; 2. Lukas Erickson, Olympus; 3. Cody Benally, Murray; 4. Michael Benavidez, Westlake; 5. Lazaro Garcia, Herriman; 6. Cade Halliday, Herriman.

126 – 1. Jordan Zufelt, Westlake; 2. Jacob Shields, Skyline; 3. Nicholas Steedman, Murray; 4. Tyler Schwendiman, Herriman; 5. Nataniel Peterson, Hillcrest; 6. Bronson Mabey, Murray.

132 – 1. Brigg Butler, Westlake; 2. T.J. Trujillo, Westlake; 3. Porter Treanor, Olympus; 4. Colton French, Herriman; 5. Nate Jakmejian, Murray; 6. Savid Acuna, Murray.

138 - 1. Chevy Albretson, Olympus; 2. Trey Giles, Herriman; 3. Danny Green, Westlake; 4. Jordan Taylor, Westlake; 5. Braxton Bytheway, Murray; 6. Jake Thaller, Olympus.

145 – 1. Hayden Rentfro, Westlake; 2. Tosh Wilcox, Olympus; 3. Taylor Brundage, Herriman; 4. Dallin Dunn, Westlake; 5. Taylor Ashton, Murray; 6. Leroy Dansie, Herriman.

152 – 1. Kenner French, Herriman; 2. Jason Avery, Westlake; 3. Ryan Kartchner, Hillcrest; 4. Ryan Larson, Olympus; 5. Justin Boettcher, Murray; 6. Dylan Swenson, Herriman.

160 – 1. Tyson Roberts, Herriman; 2. Brock Backus, Herriman; 3. Spencer Hansen, Westlake; 4. Jed Murri, Westlake; 5. JeanPaul Parraga, Skyline; 6. Cade Madson, Hillcrest.

170 – 1. Shane French, Herriman; 2. Kenyon James, Skyline; 3. Drew Hale, Herriman; 4. Ross Cameron, Westlake; 5. Peter Schafer, Olympus; 6. Christian Almy, Hillcrest.

182 – 1. Colton Goates, Skyline; 2. Wade French, Herriman; 3. Justin Trujillo, Murray; 4. Corbin Mitchell, Herriman; 5. Thomas Huffman, Murray; 6. Josh Kasanicky, Westlake.

195 – 1. Dawson Wilkey, Herriman; 2. Kyle Sorensen, Skyline; 3. Tuifatu Pauga, Westlake; 4. Tristin Beckstead, Herriman; 5. Keaton Pearson, Murray; 6. Jarin Clawson, Hillcrest.

220 – 1. Will Rudman, Olympus; 2. James Whitterend, Herriman; 3. James Lewis, Westlake; 4. Skyler Richards, Skyline; 5. Zak Lockwood, Olympus; 6. Alexander McDonald, Hillcrest.

285 – 1. Dallon Burningham, Herriman; 2. Connor Birch, Herriman; 3. Nathan Shumway, Westlake; 4. Colin Thompson, Olympus; 5. Autin Rosado, Skyline.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Herriman Mustangs road into town Thursday night and stole Westlake’s thunder, winning the Region 7 championship in convincing fashion. Scoring 466.5 points to the home team’s 362.5 enabled Herriman to easily walk away with the title.

The Thunder placed second after jumping out to an early lead in the lower weight divisions, but the strength of the Mustangs was too much to overcome.

The strong showing for Herriman was proof for head coach Steve Bowdren that his squad is on a level playing field with the rest of Class 4A.

“The sky is the limit with this team,” Bowdren said. “We’ve got some tough competition with Maple Mountain, Box Elder and Mountain Crest, but I think we’re capable of competing with them. So that’s what we plan to do.”

Success for the Mustangs this season has been a balanced mix of hard work and just enough fun, according to the man at the helm.

“This team has a really funny personality,” Bowdren said. “They’re always messing with each other and joking around with me, having a good time. That’s part of it (the team's success). But when it’s time to go to work, they do it. They are a really close-knit team.”

Third place was taken by Olympus (194), with Murray (155), Sklyline (155) and Hillcrest (73) rounding out the team scoring.

The 4A state championships will be held at the UCCU Center at Utah Valley University in Orem next Wednesday through Saturday.

Jonathan Boldt is the Editor-in-Chief of the UVU Review at Utah Valley University, and can be reached at jonboldt@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @jboldt24. www.uvureview.com www.boldted.com

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