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Articles
Nov.
23, 2007: Wrestling USA Magazine
Jordan Junior
Wrestling Defeats the Champions Tournament
(Sandy, Utah) Nov. 23, 2007 - Fourteen members of Jordan Junior
Wrestling traveled to Springville to compete in the Champions
folkstyle wrestling tournament. Of those 14, nine placed,
including four champions.
"This was a great opening tournament for the wrestlers," said
Coach Bill Kilpack (III). "With some strange scheduling
requirements this year, we had only held three practices before
going. So we expected the kids to be rusty. But they really
stepped up and made even that much hard work and dedication pay
off."
Winning championships were four athletes: two on the elementary
team, and two on the junior high/middle school team. The two
elementary team champions included 7-year-old Spencer Maxwell
Sandy, who wrestled in the Intermediate 51-pound Bantam (ages 7
and 8) bracket; and 9-year-old Siondileigh Kilpack of Sandy, in
the Beginner 52-55-pound Midget (ages 9 and 10) division. In the
Middle School division, 10-year-old Tayler Johnson of Draper won
gold in the Advanced Novice (ages 11 and 12) 75-79-pound
bracket, and Alex Maxwell of Sandy took first in the Beginner
58-66-pound bracket.
Taking second was 9-year-old Spencer Westover of Sandy, in the
Beginner Midget 59-64-pound bracket, in his first tournament
ever.
Placing third was Zayne Sayers of Sandy, in the Advanced Junior
High 149-166-pound bracket.
Placing fourth were three wrestlers: Garrick Kilpack of Sandy in
the Advanced Bantam 44-45-pound bracket; Devin Johnson of Draper
in the Advanced Midget 55-58-pound bracket; and Jordan
Breashears of Kearns, in the Advanced Junior High 159-160-pound
bracket.
Also competing were Bronson Battaglia of Sandy, in the Novice
Intermediate 79-82-pound bracket; MacKelti Kilpack of Sandy, in
the Intermediate Novice 83-87-pound bracket; Kevin Maxwell of
Sandy, in the Intermediate Junior High 82-85-poiund bracket; and
Tyler Schwendiman of South Jordan, in the Advanced Novice
65-69-pound bracket.
Jordan Junior Wrestling is a folkstyle wrestling program offered
through Salt Lake County Recreation, operating out or Jordan
High School in Sandy. For more information, go to
http://members.aol.com/jordanjuniors/
or email
jordanjuniors@aol.com.
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