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February 20, 2015
RECORD NUMBER OF CLASSIFICATION STATE CHAMPIONS HIGHLIGHT THE 3RD ANNUAL
UTAH HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING SUPER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 21 AT CORNER CANYON HIGH SCHOOL
Led by 27 classification state champions, the 3 rd annual Utah High School Wrestling Super State
Championships will take place this Saturday February 21 at Corner Canyon High School in Draper.
The tournament, fully sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA),
features state place winners from each of the five UHSAA classifications. USA Wrestling Utah will
run the tournament led by Executive Director Jeff Newby. Wrestling begins Saturday at 10am
with the semi-finals scheduled to start at 1pm and the championship matches beginning at 4pm.
Now in its third year, the Super State wrestling tournament continues to grow. The UHSAA
continues to sanction the tournament and is grateful to organizers for their willingness to
conduct the tournament under the rules and guidelines of the UHSAA to assure it promotes the
goals and ideals of education based competition comments Bart Thompson, Assistant Director
of the UHSAA. Congratulations to those who qualified and will compete in the tournament. It is
a tournament of winners. All who compete regardless of the outcomes are proven winners. This
tournament provides a unique opportunity for the best of the best to test their skills, preparation
and determination against one another at a high level of competition. It allows very successful
high school student athletes the opportunity for continued improvement. Good luck to all the
winners who participate.
A quartet of nationally-ranked wrestlers Taylor Lamont, Johnny OHearon, Jacob Armstrong and
Wyatt Koelling all look to add another Super State title to their already impressive careers.
Senior Jacob Armstrong (46-2) from Salem Hills, a University of Nebraska commit, looks to add a
3rd consecutive Super State title having previously won the 145 and 160 weight classes. He won
his third consecutive 4A championship last weekend at 182. Teammates from Maple Mountain,
Lamont (61-0) a junior and OHearon (54-1) a senior, each won championships during the
inaugural Super State tournament in 2013. Lamont, now a 3-time 4A champion is ranked in the
top 10 of most national rankings, while OHearon marched his way to a second straight 4A
championship last weekend. Rounding out the nationally ranked competitors, junior Wyatt
Koelling (38-1) from Davis won a Super State title last year at 182 and is now a 2-time 5A
champion winning the 195 class last weekend.
With 27 classification champions, a tournament record, each weight class boasts at least one
state champion and several of the weight classes multiple champions. At 132, we will see four
classification champions battle it out for best in the state, highlighted by 2-time 2A champion
Kyle Evans (50-4), a junior from Beaver, freshman phenom Brock Hardy (42-1) from 4A Box Elder,
returning Super State champion Jayden Pentz (32-3) from 3A Morgan and 1A champion Austin
Trapp (43-5) from Piute. The 120 bracket also boasts multiple champions in returning Super

State champion Tanner Cox (60-8), a junior from Maple Mountain and a 2-time 4A champion as
well as 5A champion junior Cameron Hunsaker (46-2) from American Fork and 2A champion
McKoy Christiansen (42-3), a junior from Emery.
4A team runner-up Maple Mountain leads all high schools with 11 participants, while 5A power
Layton enter 8 wrestlers. 4A champion Wasatch submitted 7 wrestlers along with 5A Lehi and 3A
Morgan.
As the Utah Wrestling Coaches Association President I can honestly say that the coaches in
Utah, the fans and the wrestlers are very much in support of the third annual Utah High School
Wrestling Super State Event, said Chad Blevins, Mountain View Head Coach. We appreciate
the strength of USA Utah Wrestling and local business sponsors for making this event possible.
Corner Canyon High and Coach Jeff Eure are gracious enough to hold this event at their school.
We are also very fortunate to have college coaches from across the country scouting future
talent. Every year we are finding more and more High School All Americans competing at Super
State. The strength of all of the 5 classifications in Utah can be seen in this event. It is an
exciting event for all the wrestlers. Even if a wrestler goes 2 and out he can hold his head high
knowing he just lost to 2 of the best wrestlers in the state. The finals always showcase
incredible match-ups and the team trophy could be a very tight battle this year. We hope that
many coaches will continue to support this emerging tradition.
Other returning Super State Champions include sophomore Tanner Benedict (33-8) from Layton
at 113 and returning 285 champion Brackin Stringam (56-3), a senior from Lehi who won the 5A
championship last weekend. Other multiple-time classification state champions participating
include 2-time 2A champion Jaxon Cole (50-2), a sophomore from North Summit at 106, 2-time
4A champion from Wasatch junior Braiden Parker (44-6) at 113, two-time 3A champion Ashton
Seely (53-2) a sophomore from Juab at 170 and 2-time 1A champion Preston Stephenson (50-2)
from Wayne. The senior Stephenson could meet Wasatch senior Spencer Heywood (48-5) in a
marquee final at 160, as Heywood won the 4A championship last weekend and is a 2013 Super
State finalist.
2014 Championship Match Results
106 * Tanner Benedict (Fr/Layton) over * Raynger Keckler (Fr/Logan) Fall 3:18
113 * Tanner Cox (So/Maple Mtn) over Brock George (Sr/Syracuse) Dec 6-2
120 * Jayden Pentz (Sr/Morgan) over * Kyle Evans (So/Beaver) Dec 8-2
126 Andrew Astle (Sr/Layton) over * Jackson Wilson (Jr/Am Fork) Dec 5-1
132 Dusty Hone (Sr/Cedar City) over * Taylor Lamont (So/Maple Mtn) Dec 3-2
138 Matt Findlay (Sr/Alta) over * Greg Lamb (Jr/Corner Canyon) TF 17-2
145 Jacob Naylor (Sr/Davis) over * Ben Bolingbroke (So/Clearfield) Dec 2-1
152 Colton Marshall (Sr/Layton) over Brooks Robinson (Sr/Maple Mtn) SV 7-5
160 * Jacob Armstrong (Jr/Salem Hills) over Bailey Carlson (Sr/Pleasant Grove) Dec 8-1
170 Kimball Bastian (Sr/Maple Mtn) over Dalton Harmon (Sr/Juab) Dec 5-3
182 * Wyatt Koelling (So/Davis) over Dylan Brown (Sr/Manti) Dec 7-2
195 Landon Brown (Sr/Layton) over Brayden Nuffer (Sr/Taylorsville) Dec 9-3
220 Roy Nash (Sr/Taylorsville) over Aspen Naylor (Sr/Syracuse) Dec 5-2
285 * Brackin Stringam (Jr/Lehi) over * Dalton Mortensen (Jr/Granger) Fall 3:16
* Indicates 2015 participant