Prep wrestling: 5A, 4A championship highlights


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OREM — Black is the absence of light. It evokes an ambience of intimidation that many sporting teams use to influence an onset of emotional butterflies for opponents.

So, it comes as no surprise that Pleasant Grove uses the praxis of dyeing hair midnight black specifically for the state tournament qualifiers.

"It's just a tradition that we started a couple years ago," said PG captain Korbin Levin. "We just always do it for state — we dye it black."

Black is back.

The Vikings raided the 5A state tournament at Utah Valley University on Thursday night to treasure the wrestling championship for the 14th time in school history with an overall score of 237.0.

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OREM — The 4A state championship wrestling finals provided spectators with an unbelievable seven pins and several close matches as Maple Mountain ran away with the state crown. The Golden Eagles earned the commanding victory with 305 points.

The journey to the team's first-ever state title was no easy stroll — though it may have appeared to be. The Golden Eagles went undefeated the entire season and placed the most wrestlers on the top of the podium.

The jaunt to class supremacy took the entire team according to Maple Mountain head coach Justin Judkins. Judkins attributed the win, in part, to the junior varsity performance earlier in the tournament. "The whole first round they (JV) just got after it," he said. "It was largely due to the JV and then our studs that really came through tonight in the championship."

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