RICHFIELD, Utah-Saturday, the Beaver Beavers made school history by winning their first wrestling title at the 2-A state wrestling tournament at the Sevier Valley Center.
The Beavers’ historic win came by posting 254.5 points to outlast second-place Millard (242 points).
Earning individual wins for the Beavers were Russell Evans downing North Summit’s Bronson Richins via an 8-7 decision at 126 pounds and Cort Raddon besting Duchesne’s Jaxon Verduzco by virtue of a technical fall 1-5 at 4:08 at 170 pounds.
The standings concluded as follows:
3rd place-Altamont (208 points)
4th place-North Summit (175.5 points)
5th place-Duchesne (164 points)
6th place-Enterprise (103 points)
7th place-Monticello (102 points)
8th place-Gunnison Valley (88 points)
9th place-North Sevier (69 points)
10th place-Kanab (34.5 points)
11th place-Layton Christian (5 points)
12th place-Parowan (3 points)
Here are the individual champions in the respective weight classifcations as follows:
106 pounds
Camden Moat of Millard over Slade Mickelsen of North Sevier (decision, 10-5)
113 pounds
Gatlen Farnsworth of Altamont over Hagen Mayer of Beaver (fall, 4:22)
120 pounds
Sam Rasmussen of Millard over Douglas Evans of Beaver (decision, 7-5)
126 pounds
Russell Evans of Beaver over Bronson Richins of North Summit (decision, 8-7)
132 pounds
Brevin Olson of Monticello over Tezlin Winn of Gunnison Valley (decision, 6-3)
138 pounds
Kaleb Sanchez of Duchesne over Brian Evans of Beaver (decision, 5-4)
145 pounds
Jaxon Morlan of Duchesne over Dylan Rees of Millard (fall, 2:23)
152 pounds
Braxton Messersmith of Enterprise over Easton Richins of Altamont (decision, 10-4)
160 pounds
Riggin Boger of Altamont over Josh Whitaker of Millard (fall, 2:54)
170 pounds
Cort Raddon of Beaver over Jaxon Verduzco of Duchesne (technical fall, 1-5 4:08)
182 pounds
John Gates of Millard over McCoy Beal of Altamont (decision, 3-1)
195 pounds
Danny Garcia of Millard over Michael Warino of Kanab (decision, 5-0)
220 pounds
Cash Robb of Altamont over Collin Tuff Adair of Monticello (fall, 3:34)
285 pounds
MacIntyre Thacker of Altamont over Kyler Boren of Beaver (fall, 1:22)
