6A girls wrestling: 4-time champ Pace guides Copper Hills to 1st team title

OREM — Every year since she was a freshman, Brooklyn Pace's sweet championship on the mat was always accompanied by the bitter taste of defeat as her Copper Hills wrestling team finished behind three-time state champion Westlake.

Not Thursday night, though.

The senior 125-pounder wrapped up her historic career with a fourth straight individual title, then paced the Grizzlies to their first 6A girls wrestling title in school history at the UCCU Center in Orem.

"Each year has been a little bit different for me, working on different things mentally and physically to get better," said Pace, who improved to 35-0 with a 3-minute, 59-second pin of Fremont's Brooke Deeter. "But this season was a perfect season, being able to wrap it all up with a nice little bow. I wasn't nervous at all tonight; I was just feeling super grateful."

Copper Hills piled up 183.5 points to Mountain Ridge's 172 as the two Salt Lake Valley rivals dueled into the championship finals.

But Pace and teammate Kimberlynn Fowers (140) each won an individual title to help the Grizzlies pull away with 195.5 points and the program's first team title, snapping Westlake's run of three consecutive 6A championships.

"I love the girls on Westlake's team; we travel together to all the national tournaments," said Pace, who has visits scheduled to Grand Valley State and Hastings College after folkstyle wrestling nationals. "But it did sting a little every year when all my (club) teammates were taking first as a team, and I was stuck in second. So this year, I'm so happy to share the victory with my whole team. We've worked so hard this year."

Mountain Ridge finished second with 172 points, followed by Corner Canyon (165), Syracuse (162) and Westlake (158.5).

Westlake's Celeste DeToles joined Pace as a four-time state champion in 6A, finishing off Davis' Jessica Mangelson in 5:54. Thunder teammate Keilikki nau Rarick won her third title with a 1:58 fall over Mountain Ridge's Hannah Whitlock at 235 pounds.

Davis junior Kristina Davis won her third state title at 100 pounds, running her undefeated record to 34-0 with a 3:22 pin over Fremont's Kinlee Brandley.

Team scores

1. Copper Hills, 195.5
2. Mountain Ridge, 172
3. Corner Canyon, 165
4. Syracuse, 162
5. Westlake, 158.5
6. Davis, 148
7. Herriman, 128
8. Fremont, 106
9. Layton, 92
10. Weber, 87

Individual results

• 100 — 1. Kristina Kent, Davis. 2. Kinlee Brandley, Fremont. 3. Ashlyn Ballantyne, Westlake. 4. Emma Wallace, Davis. 5. Elise Larsen, American Fork.
• 105 — 1. Payton Gines, Syracuse. 2. Macie Anderson, Herriman. 3. Emma Branton, Davis. 4. Mina Trinh, Riverton. 5. Irma Archila-Menendez, Copper Hills. 6. Emerson Purser, Corner Canyon.
• 110 — 1. Bella Butterfield, Riverton. 2. Emily Ball, Syracuse. 3. Myah French, Copper Hills. 4. Brooke Fuller, Layton. 5. Paedyn Knight, Fremont. 6. Kara Williamson, Westlake.
• 115 — 1. Brynlee Sorensen, Layton. 2. Hallie Hansen, Pleasant Grove. 3. Hannah Bingham, Weber. 4. Elliza Brunner, Copper Hills. 5. Suzana Clark, Lehi. 6. Luciana Gamez, Mountain Ridge.
• 120 — 1. Aleena Navarrete, Weber. 2. Marlie Rigby, Layton. 3. Savanna Rode, Pleasant Grove. 4. Alyna Cordova, Layton. 5. Gloria Jessop, Mountain Ridge. 6. Kennedy Jeppson, Westlake.
• 125 — 1. Brooklyn Pace, Copper Hills. 2. Brooke Deeter, Fremont. 3. Millie Leib, Davis. 4. Midori Kano, Corner Canyon. 5. Jennifer Brumbaugh, Davis. 6. Daisy Naylor, Syracuse.
• 130 — 1. Kaitlyn Worthley, Fremont. 2. Nadia Thomas, Skyridge. 3. Alexis Pavlides, Riverton. 4. Olivia Byington, Corner Canyon. 5. Kara Noyce, Copper Hills. 6. Ameris Jensen, Westlake.
• 135 — 1. Celeste Detoles, Westlake. 2. Jessica Mangelson, Davis. 3. Elizabeth Lemon, Copper Hills. 4. Hailey Tibbs, Herriman. 5. Amelia Jenkins, Mountain Ridge. 6. Amaya Kano, Corner Canyon.
• 140 — 1. Kimberlynn Fowers, Copper Hills. 2. Hailey Harvie, Herriman. 3. Amelia Roennebeck, Syracuse. 4. Meleana Fager, Corner Canyon. 5. Catelynn Bingham, Davis. 6. Marley Michaelis, Westlake.
• 145 — 1. Madison Sherman, Skyridge. 2. Olivia Merino, Mountain Ridge. 3. Kinsey Byrge, Corner Canyon. 4. Addison Grant, Weber. 5. Sarah Griffiths, Herriman. 6. Makena Pearce, Weber.
• 155 — 1. Katie Law, Herriman. 2. Isabella Morgan, Corner Canyon. 3. Hailey Curtis, Mountain Ridge. 4. Fa'aoso Tone, Copper Hills. 5. Eliza Davis, Davis. 6. Ava Morgan, Corner Canyon.
• 170 — 1. Clarion Fager, Corner Canyon. 2. Ashlyn Packer, Syracuse. 3. Gabriella Merino, Mountain Ridge. 4. Amayah Flores, Davis. 5. Lydia Frandsen, Farmington. 6. Sophia Peck, Copper Hills.
• 190 — 1. O'dessa Laititi, Westlake. 2. Hope Barton, Syracuse. 3. Naidelyn Lucio, Mountain Ridge. 4. Gwenith Curry, Corner Canyon. 5. Lailah Davis, Fremont. 6. Kimberly Zapata, Layton.
• 235 — 1. Keilikki nau Rarick, Westlake. 2. Hannah Whitlock, Mountain Ridge. 3. Vala Netane, Copper Hills. 4. Sam McCormick, Herriman. 5. Brooklyn Van Fleet, Syracuse. 6. Olivia Biscaro, Layton.

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