CEDAR CITY — Wrestlers from more than one dozen high schools gathered in Cedar City last weekend for the annual Iron Town Duals tournaments.

Cedar High School hosted the boys’ event, which consisted of each team competing in a total of eight dual matches Friday-Saturday. In addition to local teams Cedar, Canyon View, Milford, Panguitch, Snow Canyon and Hurricane, there were a few teams from Nevada and California schools as well.

Snow Canyon won all eight of its duals to earn top honors as a team, while Panguitch took second overall and Milford third, according to Cedar head coach Luke Payne.

Payne noted that Cedar didn’t go up against co-host Canyon View, nor did they face Hurricane or Snow Canyon. 

“I guess we would have been somewhere in the middle of the pack,” Payne said.

Payne also joked that the post-holiday event gives participants a chance to “work off the fruitcake.”

Among the individual highlights, starting with the lighter weights and working up:

In the 106-pound class, junior Tanner Marshall of Panguitch went 8-0. At 113 pounds, Paul Wright of Hurricane went 7-1.

At 120 pounds, Kaden Guymon of Snow Canyon went 8-0, while Judd Netto of Milford went 7-1. Netto’s only loss was to Guymon via fall (pin).

At 126 pounds, Hagen Mayer of Milford went 8-0, while Shad Partridge of Panguitch went 7-1, his only loss by pin to Mayer.

At 132 pounds, senior Seth Armstrong of Hurricane went 8-0.

At 138 pounds, Jack Cavalieri of Canyon View went 7-1. His teammate Nathan Nicoll went 8-0 in the 144-pound category.

At 150 pounds, Brenden Smith of Snow Canyon went 8-0, while Quaid Thompson of Milford went 7-1 his only loss a 7-3 decision to Smith.

At 157 pounds, Theron Evans of Panguitch went 8-0, while Branson Hawkins of Hurricane went 7-1, his only loss coming by pin in the first round to Evans.

At 165 pounds, Henry Pulica of Canyon View and Justin Anderson of Cedar both went undefeated at 8-0. Five of Pulica’s wins and six of Anderson’s were by pin. In that same weight class, Alex Stubbs of Hurricane went 7-1, his only loss a 9-3 decision to Pulica.

At 175 pounds, Cael Houston of Panguitch went 7-1, his only loss to Boulder City’s Hunter Moore via pin in the third round. Five of Houston’s wins were by pin and two were by forfeit.

At 190 pounds, Gavin Cardenas of Canyon View went 8-0, while Aiden Po’uha of Cedar and Kolter Stuart of Snow Canyon both went 7-1.

At 215 pounds, Vincent Threlfall of Snow Canyon went 8-0.

In the 285-pound or heavyweight category Jayson Ziegler of Cedar went 8-0, with seven wins coming by pin.

To see full results on the trackwrestling.com website, click here.

Meanwhile in Saturday’s Iron Town Duals girls tournament hosted at Canyon View Middle School, Canyon View High School took first place with 255 team points, while runner-up Salem Hills finished with 191.

“They have been working hard in the weight room,” Canyon View head coach Dallas Lowry said of his team. “Iron sharpens iron, and these girls work hard.”

Top results by Southern Utah athletes included the following:

Elizabeth Cox of Enterprise took second in the 100-110 pound category.

Julia Kay of Canyon View placed first in the 105-111 pound category. Teammate Kristie Jensen took second at 103-113 pounds.

Alexandra Ramirez of Enterprise placed second at 113-120. Angela Mackelprang of Canyon View was runner-up at 114-118. Melbourne Earl of Cedar took first in the 118-123 pound bracket.

Kieran Mooney of Panguitch won the 126-128 category, while Canyon View’s Taylor Dittmer placed second.

Nia Hagler of Snow Canyon took second at 124-134 pounds.

Lucy Harris of Desert Hills won the 140-142 category, while Canyon View’s Addison Rushton placed second.

Katherine Hall of Cedar placed first in the 145-157 category, while Hallie Carter of Canyon View took second and Payton Graham of Snow Canyon took third.

Kelsey Dia Weaver of Canyon View placed second in 146-152 while Adriane Geminiano of Canyon View placed second in 178-191.

Lastly, Maitae Cardenas of Canyon View placed first in the 206-232 pound category.

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, Canyon View head coach Dallas Lowry took female wrestlers Kay, Cardenas and sophomore Tilisa Matakaiongo, along with boys Dax Nicoll and seventh-grade standout Jaxten Bowler, up to Orem to compete in the prestigious Ross Brunson Utah All-Star Duals tournament staged at Utah Valley University.

At the all-star event, Kay and Nicoll both came away with first place for Canyon View, with Kay defeating Springville’s Emeri Mortimer by a second-round pin in the 105-pound finals. Nicoll won his finals match at 138 pounds, defeating Gatlen Farnsworth of Duchesne in a 9-8 decision.

Matakaiongo and Cardenas both finished second in their respective categories. At 190 pounds, Matakaiongo was pinned by Taylorsville’s Cheyenne Ruiz in the finals, while Cardenas also lost by second-round pin, in the 235-pound category to Bretlee Potter of Bear River.

Additionally, Bowler placed second in the junior high 85-pound category, losing in the finals by a 6-2 decision to Trevor Cowan of Box Elder.

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