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2016-2017 High School Preview: Box Elder

By wrestleutah.com, 08/29/16, 8:45AM MDT

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Box Elder will look to make a big push this year with 8 returning state placers!!!  Just to give you an idea Uintah returns 4 state placers, Maple Mountain returns 5, Payson returns 6 and Wasatch returns 8. Box Elder also returns 2 state champs and another (Riley Taylor) who will be the favorite at heavy. Only Wasatch returns that kind of firepower (who we assume will claim another state title). That is the good news.....The bad news is that Box Elder returns only 12 state qualifiers which is less than Uintah (13), Payson (13), Maple Mountain (15) and Wasatch (15). The other bad is the incoming freshman class is thin so the depth of the Bees could be a big question mark. 

It will be a lot of fun come February to see if the big 3 in Ricks, Hardy, and Taylor can carry the Bees past Uintah, Payson and Maple Mountain or if the depth of the other schools will come out victorious. 

Returning State Qualifiers: 12

Returning State Placers: 8

  • 106: Garrett Ricks (1st)
  • 113: Koy Caldwall (4th)
  • 120: Austin Bingham (6th)
  • 126: Porter Hodgson (6th)
  • 132: Brady Harris (4th)
  • 145: Brock Hardy (1st)
  • 182: Jackson Roubidoux (5th)
  • 285: Riley Taylor (2nd)

Impact Freshman & projected weight

  • Isaac Richards (106) - Youth Super State 5th place

Possible line up

  • 106: Dylan Morgan (So.) - State Qualifier
  • 113: Garrett Ricks (Jr.) - State Champion
  • 120: Koy Caldwell (Jr.) - State 4th place
  • 126: Austin Bingham (Sr.) - State 6th place
  • 132: Porter Hodgson (Sr.) - State 6th place
  • 138: Trevor Murray (So.) 
  • 145: Brady Harris (Jr.) - State 4th place
  • 152: Brock Hardy (Jr.) - State Champion
  • 160: Justin Murray (Sr.) 
  • 170: Kole Evans (Sr.) - State Qualifier or Keaton Richards (Jr.)
  • 182: Harrison Johnson (Sr.)
  • 195: Jackson Roubidoux (Sr.) - State 5th place
  • 220: Ryan Gunn (So.) - State Qualifier
  • 285: Riley Taylor (Sr.) - State 2nd place