Trojans down North Summit, Wasatch and win Enterprise Tournament

The Trojan Grapplers finished another week with four days of competition in grand fashion with a first place team championship at the Enterprise Tournament to go with their two dual road victories at North Summit (63-9) and Wasatch (39-36). As Morgan prepares to host divisionals Feb. 3-4, Coach Dustin Rock is pleased with his team’s performances the past two weeks. “It was a good week for us,” he commented, “We don’t beat Wasatch in Heber City very often. It was fun!”

“The Enterprise Tournament was a great team effort. We learned that we don’t need a ton of champions to win; it took the entire team to win that one,” Rock said. 

At the Enterprise Tournament, Luke Woolsey was the Trojans’ only champion, but each wrestler stepped up big and earned points for the team to take the team title. Morgan scored 243 points to second place Panguitch’s 181 points and third place Snow Canyon’s 179.5. Among the 19 schools participating in the tournament, Morgan saw several 3A teams they will face next week in divisionals.

Woolsey (113 pounds) advanced to the finals with quarterfinal (1:08) and semifinal (3:35) pins. He won the championship bout by fall (3:10) over Crimson Cliffe. At 120 pounds, Ryler Jorgensen dropped into the consolation bracket after a semifinal loss but came back to take the 3rd Place Match by fall (3:47).

Drew Korth, wrestling at 126 pounds, opened with two wins by fall and tech fall before tech falling his semifinal opponent from Emery 19-3. In the finals, Richfield’s Dayson Torgerson prevailed over Korth by fall (1:58).

At 138 pounds, senior Taite Toone opened with two wins before needing overtime to beat Richfield’s Drexton Torgerson 3-2 in the quarterfinals. Toone dropped a 13-6 decision in the semis to Timpanogos, but he came back to win his consolation semifinal and wrestle against Drexton Torgerson again in the 3rd Place Match. In another tight bout, Toone prevailed 8-7.

Rylan Crowther advanced to the championship bout for the 150 bracket. He won his semifinal match by fall over Piute’s Kade Severe. In the finals, Crowther lost by decision 11-4 to Snow Canyon’s Brenden Smith to earn second place.

Like Crowther, Zak Sargent won three in a row to wrestle for the tournament title. Wrestling at 157 pounds, Sargent pinned his first three opponents (2:53, 5:21, 2:12). In the finals for 157 pounds, Keagan Boyce of Deseret Hills won by decision 10-5 over Sargent.

Krew Galbraith (165 pounds) earned fourth place with three consecutive wins in the consolation bracket after falling in the quarter finals. In the 3rd Place Match, Galbraith lost by fall (1:50). Also at 165 pounds, Gabe Toone placed sixth. He advanced to the semifinals on two pins before he lost by decision 6-2 to Crimson Cliffs. Toone lost a tough overtime battle in the 5th Place Match to Cedar City’s Justin Anderson 6-4.

At 190 pounds, Rylee Creasey suffered a 2-1 semifinal loss to Richfield’s Emery Thorson before he came back to pin his opponent from Piute for a victory in the 3rd Place Match.

Aydon Thomson and Treyson Rich both placed in the 215 pound bracket. Thomson advanced to the finals and lost a very close match 3-2 by decision to take second place while Rich fell in the quarterfinals but came back in the 5th Place Match to beat Jesse King from Timpanogos 5-0 for the second time in the tournament.

Cole Keele wrapped up the placers with a second place finish at 285. Keele won his first three matches by fall (3:48), decision (8-6) and decision (7-5) before losing a 7-4 decision in the finals to Snow Canyon’s Tyler Gubler.

Against Wasatch, the Trojans knew they would face tough competition in the 5A Wasps. After the first four matches opened with the teams trading wins–106-Wasatch win by major decision, 113-Morgan’s Luke Woolsey win by pin, 120-Wasatch win by pin and 126-Morgan’s Drew Korth win by pin–the Wasps took the next four matches (three by pin and one by decision) to jump out to a 31-12 lead. Morgan’s Zak Sargent earned a big pin in 1:38 at 157 pounds to stop the momentum and narrow the lead, 31-18. The Trojans surrendered a pin at 165, but these were the last points the Wasps would score as Lance Toone took the forfeit at 175 and Rylee Creasy (190) Aydon Thomson (215) each pinned opponents to tie the score at 36-36. At 285 pounds, Cole Keele was the last wrestler of the night. He got a take down in the first period to go up 2-0 and held on to win the match 2-0 to give the Trojans the three point victory.

Morgan-Wastach Dual Results Morgan 39: Wasatch 36

106: Gage Anderson (WHS) over Max Holtry (MHS) (MD 15-3), 113: Luke Woolsey (MHS) over Ryder Christensen (WHS) (Fall 4:58), 120: Daxton Bonner (WHS) over Ryler Jorgensen (MHS) (Fall 3:05), 126: Drew Korth (MHS) over Benjamin Kohler (WHS) (Fall 2:49), 132: Parker Hayes (WHS) over Maverick Guymon (MHS) (Fall 1:08), 138: Ryder Robinson (WHS) over Taite Toone (MHS) (Fall 3:38), 144: Keith Cragun (WHS) over Donavin Gibson (MHS) (Fall 3:09), 150: Bryson Lloyd (WHS) over Rylan Crowther (MHS) (Dec 10-8), 157: Zak Sargent (MHS) over Henry Hanssen (WHS) (Fall 1:38), 165: Patrick Winegar (WHS) over Krew Galbraith (MHS) (Fall 3:19), 175: Lance Toone (MHS) over (WHS) (For.), 190: Rylee Creasey (MHS) over Quinn Richins (WHS) (Fall 1:48), 215: Aydon Thomson (MHS) over Hunter Homer (WHS) (Fall 5:19), 285: Cole Keele (MHS) over Robbie Whelan (WHS) (Dec 2-0) (WHS unsportsman like conduct -1.0).

Morgan-North Summit Dual Results Morgan 63: North Summit 9

285: Lane Henderson (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 106: Max Holtry (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 113: Luke Woolsey (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 120: Ryler Jorgensen (MHS) over Whitney Oldham (NSHS) (TF 15-0 4:32), 126: Drew Korth (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 132: Maverick Guymon (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 138: Taite Toone (MHS) over Rhyley Brundy (NSHS) (Dec 9-5), 144: Donavin Gibson (MHS) over Wyatt Kelly (NSHS) (Fall 1:52), 150: Rylan Crowther (MHS) over Koda Tomaiko (NSHS) (Fall 2:36), 157: Cutler Blonquist (NSHS) over Zak Sargent (MHS) (Dec 7-6), 165: Krew Galbraith (MHS) over (NSHS) (For.), 175: Adrian Chavez (NSHS) over Lance Toone (MHS) (Fall 4:55), 190: Rylee Creasey (MHS) over Logan Judd (NSHS) (MD 12-3), 215: Aydon Thomson (MHS) over Wylee Staples (NSHS) (Dec 7-0).