As I wrote in today's newspaper, it was an exciting night of wrestling Monday at the Utah All-Star Duals, and the box scores didn't tell the whole story. Thankfully, video does. Check out this clip from the final seconds of the bout between Alta's Matt Findlay and Maple Mountain's Britain Carter.
Findlay's last-minute takedown and subsequent near fall that gave him an 11-8 win was characteristic of the night. Of the 32 matches, 17 were decisions of five points or less. Three out of the six pins were in the last period, and some, such as Taylon Niederhauser's, were in the last five seconds.
It was definitely a night for big programs. Delta won all three of its matches. Bingham won both of its contests, as did Box Elder Payson won three of four, including wins by both its four-time all-stars Zac Loveless and Mitch Brown. Maple Mountain won three of five — a good number considering the level of competition.
I also did two interviews on video. Feel free to check them out below.
— Kyle Goon
kgoon@sltrib.com
Twitter: @kylegoon