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Tournament Preview: The Millard Ironman

By wrestleutah.com, 11/27/18, 12:00PM MST

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Every year, on the first weekend in December the Utah wrestling world turns it’s eyes to a small speed trap town on I-15 in Millard County.  Fillmore, once the seat of the territorial government, with a population somewhere south of 2500 host one of the most prestigious tournaments in Utah Wrestling.  The Millard Ironman.  This seasons tournament showcases 7 of the top 25 teams in Utah, #3 Pleasant Grove, #7  Juab, #9 Maple Mountain, #15 Delta, #21 Canyon View, #22 North Sevier and host school Millard who boast a #13 ranking.  Cedar City, Duchesne, Murray, North Sanpete, South Sevier, Stansbury and West Jordan round out the teams who will face off in 9 dual meets a piece.

 

What Competition looks like:

On Friday, wrestling starts with each team place in a pool of four teams all of which will wrestle.  After that, the 1st and the 2nd place teams from each pool will wrestle all the teams who placed 1st or 2nd in each of the other pools.  The 3rd and 4th place teams are placed in a pool and wrestle each other.

 

Pool A: #13 Millard, Stansbury, North Sanpete, Duchesne

Pool B: #3 Pleasant Grove, #22 North Sevier, Cedar City, South Sevier

Pool C: #7 Juab, #21 Canyon View, West Jordan, Pleasant Grove 2

Pool D: #15 Delta, #9 Maple Mountain, Murray, Independents

 

My guess would be that all 7 ranked teams make it out of their pools.  And will face off  on Saturday.  The question mark is whether the Stansbury Stallions or the Duchesne Eagles make it out of Pool A to try to knock of ranked foes. 

 

Key Team Match Ups:

Delta vs Maple Mountain on Friday should let us know how good each team is.  Both have question marks. 

Juab vs Delta should give us an early look at a yearlong 3A battle.

#21 vs #22 should be a dog fight between Canyon View and North Sevier. 

 

Possible  Individual Matchups:

These matchups might happen and have rankings implications moving forward.

120: #3 Conner Ingram (Juab) #8 Jayden Petersen (Delta

126:#8 Zeke Kelley (Pleasant Grove) #2 Van Bray (Millard), Declan Morris (Maple Mountain)

132: #3 Oakley Ridge (Pleasant Grove) #7 Kalob Nybo (Juab)

138: #3 Cole Zorn (Pleasant Grove)#8 Tristan Fillmore (South Sevier)

145: #4 Hayden Anderson (Millard) Tyler Lynn (Juab), Cannon Fuellenback (South Sevier)

152: #1Brady Lowry (Canyon View)  #4Cade Bowring (Juab)

160: #3 Jaxon Moore (Pleasant Grove) #7 John Whitaker (Millard) #4 Dyllin Broughton (Delta),  Wyatt Harmon (Juab), Andrew Jensen (MM)

170: Jake Jackson (Delta) #1 Zack Johnson (Maple Mountain)#4 Mac Dodson (Pleasant Grove)

182: #7 Parker Gasser (Maple Mountain), #8 Charles Watts (Juab), Cannon Carlson (Pleasant Grove)

195: #2 Bowen Shields (Delta) # 5 Blake Mangleson (Juab) #8 Ryker Blackburn (Duchesne)

220: #1 Maika Tauteoli (Pleasant Grove), #2 Calun Whitaker (Millard), #5 Tanner Sorenson (North Sevier)

285: #1 Keegan Wilkinson (Pleasant Grove), #5 Carson Kay (Maple Mountain) #7 Spencer Tauteoli (Pleasant Grove)

 

Key Questions that will be answered:

Juab’s Line Up:  Who will be at 120, 126, and 132?  Warner, Nybo and Ingram will fill those weights, but who will be where?