Tiger Takedown: Aztec Wrestling Newsletter #3 2017-2018 12/18/2017
As you may have noticed, there was not a #2 newsletter last week. Due to the events that tragically unfolded on Thursday, December 7th that took the lives of two of our students, and in remembrance of them and the faculty that saved so many lives, it will be left blank in their memory.
The first Varsity event of this season for Aztec was held in St. George, Utah. It was the always tough Desert Storm Invitational, which had 30 teams represented from 4 states. Aztec won it for the first time ever proving they are #aztecstrong. Cody Candelaria was voted Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament and our lone champion. Our Junior Varsity, which was understaffed, placed 5th out of 28 teams, scoring 338 points with just 9 wrestlers.
Junior Varsity Place winners:
106# 11th Bella Wells Champion 6-0 113# 9th Justin Hargis 6-3
113# 9th Sammy Minton Champion 7-1 120# 10th Dansie Drake 3-6
126# 8th Garrett Kirby 3-3 138# 10th Zane Chapman Champion 10-1
145# 9th Hunter Riddick 5th place 10-2 152# 10th Bode Wooley Champion 13-0
220# 11th Zach Roberts 8th place 5-3
Varsity team Placing: top 8 / 30
1st Aztec 233 pts 2nd Canyon View Utah 220 pts
3rd Millard Utah 210 pts 4th Syracuse HS Utah 207pts
5th Beaver HS. Utah 168 pts 6th Desert Hills HS Utah 160 pts
7th Cimmaron Mem NV. 155 pts 8th Salem Hills HS Utah 151 pts
Aztec Place Winners:
106# 9th Jaren Mcbride 27 pts 8-1 3rd Place
113# 9th Dylan St. Vrain 21 pts 5-2 4th Place
120# 12th Josiah Griego 25 pts 5-1 3rd Place
126# 11th Christian Robison 24 pts 5-1 3rd Place
132# 10th Garrett Birzer 19 pts 5-1 3rd Place
138# 11th Cody Candelaria 36 pts 5-0 Champion OW
145# 12th Dominic Dufur 8.5 pts 3-2 no place
152# 12th Austin Littlefield 25 pts 4-1 Runner-up
160# 11th Hunter Medina 14.5 pts 4-3 6th Place
170# 11th Logan Thorpe 7 pts 2-2 no place
182# 9th Malcolm Altisi 1 pt 0-2 no place
195# 9th Caleb Varzeas 15 pts 5-3 6th Place
220# 12th Jared O’Toole 10 pts 3-2 no place
Aztec Wrestlers of the week: Varsity Team for scoring 233 pts at Desert Storm. JV Sammy Minton for coming from behind to win the Championship
Events this week: Thursday Home Varsity dual vs Monticello @ 4:00 Military Appreciation night come join us as we have our first home event of the year. On a side note; Coach Carson of Dixie High School is donating all proceeds from Tee-shirt sales from the Desert Storm invitational to Aztec High School.