Ok Im going to leave the world of national sports and jump into the world of local High School Sports. When I was in high school and possibly earlier than that the State Wrestles were my favorite weekend of the year. To this day I still feel the same way, the state wrestling tournament has become a family time, a time when myself and my parents as well as my brothers and sisters get together and spend Friday and Saturday watching our beloved Delta Rabbits wrestle for the State Title. Delta wrestling is one of the most storied programs in the state, it has a total of 29 state championships from 1955 through 2011 which is more than any other program in the state and is tied for the second most in the nation and according to the Deseret news they are the favorite to win there 30th title this weekend. This year Delta qualified 20 wrestlers for the tournament and had 2 kids win there individual region championships, Dane Nielson (160) and Ryan Peterson (182). There main competition this year are about the same as normal, Wasatch will be gunning for the Rabbits with 15 wrestlers. But this year the Rabbits will have to fend off former 4A power Payson as well as Uintah who is back in the 3A fold. Those teams qualified 17 wrestlers repectivly. Its should be a great time and some great wrestling. I for one love this weekend and will be spending most of it at the UCCU Center on the campus of UVU. My family is coming up and we get to enjoy each other. So if your bored or you are a sports fan looking for something to watch and want to watch some great individual competition head out to the State wrestling tournament and enjoy.
PS the Wrestling schedule is as follows: 4A and 5A are wrestling on Feb 15-16 and 1A, 2A, and 3A are wrestling 16-17. Get out and support these kids and programs and GO DELTA!
I do have one thing to add. I would like to know what happened with the 2 Anderson boys from Oak City at the Southern Regional this year. I wasn't able to go this year. One boy went in seated 3rd and the other 5th. That to me says both had a chance to win thier wieghts but will at should qualify easily for the state tourney. But niether qualified to go. Did they have bad match ups? Did they just get 2 refs that are sick of Delta winning? I feel for ya boys. I Hope the younger of the 2 can pull from this year and use it as ammo to motivate him to a higher level of competing next. GO DELTA!!!
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