Salem Hills is coming off a 6th place finish at the 4A State Championships this past year and look to have a strong team coming back with 5 returning state placers which is more than Uintah returns and equals what Maple Mountain returns. The difference is in the returning state qualifiers though as Salem only returns 9 compared to Uintah's 13 and Maple Mountain's 15. I don't see Salem cracking the top 5 in 4A but should be in strong contention for that 6th spot again. To jump into the top 5 and knock out one of the power 5 teams they will need a bunch of kids to step up. I would expect Ryan Larsen to get on the podium this year and Wood will be a tough freshman but will it be enough to crack the top 5? Larsen at 160 and Van Tassell at 170 are the leaders but Larsen will be in a dog fight at 160 as 4A looks very strong with Discher, Tomlinson, Van Tassell or Hellstrom and Manookin all possibly fighting to end on top. 

Returning State Qualifiers: 9

Returning State Placers: 5

Impact Freshman

• Heston Wood (120) - Youth Super State 2nd
• Christian Zavala (126) - Northern State 2nd

Possible Line Up

• 106: Payton Bowden (Fr.)
• 113: Ryan Larsen (So.) State Qualifier
• 120: Heston Wood (Fr.) Youth Super State 2nd or Caleb MacDonald (Sr.) 
• 126: Noah Patterson (Sr.) State 4th or Bryton Shepherd (Sr.) State Qualifier
• 132: Connor Jackson (Sr.)
• 138: Chyler Zeeman (So.) State 6th
• 145: Dylan Carter (Jr.) State Qualifier
• 152: Merrell Morley (So.) State 6th
• 160: Kyle Larsen (Sr.) State 3rd
• 170: Jaxon Van Tassell (Sr.) State 2nd
• 182: Cody Woodhouse or Justin Martin (Jr.) State Qualifier
• 195: Michael Winder (Sr.) or Garrett Lloyd (Jr.)
• 220: Jake Lyman 
• 285: Doug Julian (Jr.)