Westlake boys and girls wrestling starts strong at Wrestling Against Cancer Duals | News, sports, jobs

By Rock Withers Last updated Nov 26, 2021

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Wrestlers from Westlake and Mountain Crest will battle it out during the Wrestling Against Cancer Dual 2021 at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)

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Wrestlers will compete during the 2021 Wrestling Against Cancer Duals at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)

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American Fork and Mountain Crest wrestlers will battle it out during the 2021 Wrestling Against Cancer Dual at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)

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Wrestlers will compete during the 2021 Wrestling Against Cancer Duals at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)

It was a big night for Westlake at the 2021 Wrestling Against Cancer Duals on Tuesday. The Thunder Girls went 3-0 that night while the boys team won both games.

The Westlake Girls are the defending champions, and the Thunder beat the 1A-3A, 5A returnees state champions Maple Mountain, 46-36, 4A returnees Mountain Crest, 48-36, and a combined team from American Fork. North Sevier and Canyon View, 54-30.

Meanwhile, the Westlake youth team beat last year’s 6A runner-up Layton with 39-33 and last year’s 4A runner-up Mountain Crest 33-33 and won by criteria (most falls).

At the head of the Westlake girls were returning national champions Celeste Detoles (£ 125), Lizzie Shunn (145) and Emmy Finlinson (155), all of whom remained undefeated. Detoles earned a major win by pin against Maple Mountain’s Donna Wright, who finished runner-up last season. The Thunder’s Quincy Peterson (135) also contributed three wins.

In one of the best matches of the evening, Keilikki Nau Rarick (235) defeated Nya Seiuli, who was runner-up last year, 3-2. Rarick scored two more wins on the pin to make it 3-0.

On the boys front, Westlake announced that it would be a serious contender in 6A by defeating Layton, who is a perennial trophy winner in the large school division.

The match, which started at £ 120, was a great back-and-forth, but in a bout of the returning State Placers, Westlake’s Tucker Butler (157) scored a 3-2 decision over Andrew Crowther to give the Thunder a 21-10 lead admit . Layton then won four of the next five fights to take a 27-24 lead before the Thunders took another big win when Colton Cook (197) took a 9-7 sudden win over Layton’s Takoa Byrd. Mason Bodell (285) and Korbin Churhran (106) put the finishing touches on the doubles with pins, which gave Westlake the insurmountable lead with 39:27.

In the meeting against Mountain Crest, the fighting started at 106 pounds. Mountain Crest was leading by 33:27. But then Bodell got the pin in the final fight of the match to tie the score at 33. Westlake earned four pins on both Mountain Crest falls and was declared the winner.

The decisive game came in a huge battle between the defending champions for £ 126. The Thunder won a huge 10-4 win by Brayden Robison against Easton Evans of the Mustang.

Layton beat Mountain Crest 32-26 in the other boys dual, held at Westlake.

Westlake co-hosted the event with Provo High School, and the most competitive duel of the night in Provo was the girls’ match between Springville and Mountain View. Like the boys’ duel between Westlake and Mountain Crest, the duel ended in a 36-36 draw. But Springville actually won more fights by pin and earned the victory.

In the duel there was also a match between Mountain View entry Esther Han (175) and Hotaia Valeti from Springville. Han is rated nationally and Valeti, a returning national champion. Han had a third period fall in a match between two of the best female grapplers in 5A.

In the youth matches, Mountain View split when it defeated Skyridge 44-30 but lost to Riverton 57-22. Skyridge also went 1-1 when it defeated Provo 60-6.

Provo and Westlake donated $ 1,400 to help two families battling cancer as part of the charitable aspect of sport. Here are the dual meet results with the area teams:

Results for boys: Westlake 39, Layton 33; Westlake 33 * Mountain Crest 33 (* winner by criteria); Mountain Views 44 Skyridge 30; Riverton 57 Mountain View 22; Skyridge 66 Provo 6.

Girls Results: Westlake 48 ridge 36; Westlake 46 Maple Mountain 36; Westlake 54 American Fork / Canyon View / North Sevier 30; Ridge 46 Juab 33; American Fork / Canyon View / North Sevier 48 Ogden / Hillcrest 24; Juab 54 Ogden / Hillcrest 30, Maple Mountain 42 Bonneville // Riverton 36; Springville 36 * Mountain View 36 (* Winner by Criteria).

Dual Meet Boys Results at the Davis Duals on Wednesday at Davis High School: Davis 51 Mountain View 30; Mountain Views 48 Stansbury 29; Mountain View 45 Independent Team 23; Mountain view 51 Roy 21; Mountain view 57 Orem 12; Independent Team 65 Provo 9; Riverton 63 Provo 0; Roy 49 Provo 30; Stansbury 52 Provo 18; Roy 54, Orem 19; Orem 42 Provo 36; Davis 75 Orem 3; Riverton 70 Orem 9; Davis 39 Riverton 24.

For other dual meeting campaigns with local teams: Granger defeated Cedar Valley 39-39, winner by criteria. The Aviators also hosted a 41-39 dual meeting in Grantsville.

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