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American Leadership Academy’s Sage Mortimer reacts just after defeating Duchesne’s Bowdy Larsen in the 106-pound weight class during the Dollamur Utah All-Star Dual held Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the UCCU Center in Orem. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
American Leadership Academy’s Sage Mortimer reacts just after defeating Duchesne’s Bowdy Larsen in the 106-pound weight class during the Dollamur Utah All-Star Dual held Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the UCCU Center in Orem. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
American Leadership Academy’s Sage Mortimer reacts just after defeating Duchesne’s Bowdy Larsen in the 106-pound weight class during the Dollamur Utah All-Star Dual held Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the UCCU Center in Orem. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Pleasant Grove junior Brooklyn Hays celebrates after she won the state title in the 145-pound weight class at the 6A state girls wrestling tournament in Saratoga Springs on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
Two female wrestlers with local ties had great tournaments at the 2025 Claw U.S. Open Championships held in Las Vegas this past weekend.
Brooklyn Hays, who prepped at Pleasant Grove and was recognized as the top girls wrestler in Utah Valley for the 2021-22 season, placed third at 68 kilograms.
Hays won her two first matches before losing a very tight contest to Solin Piearcy, 3-2. Hays bounced back first defeating Destiny Lyng 7-3 before pinning Noelle Gaffney to finish third.
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Pleasant Grove junior Brooklyn Hays celebrates after she won the state title in the 145-pound weight class at the 6A state girls wrestling tournament in Saratoga Springs on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
Pleasant Grove junior Brooklyn Hays celebrates after she won the state title in the 145-pound weight class at the 6A state girls wrestling tournament in Saratoga Springs on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
Meanwhile, former American Leadership Academy wrestler Sage Mortimer placed fourth at 53 kilograms. Mortimer recently won the Under 23 world title in Tirana, Albania but was upset by Brianna Gonzalez in the semifinals by technical fall, 13-2. Then Mortimer bounced back to win her consolation semifinal bout before losing a wild match to Katie Gomez, 14-12, to finish fourth. Gonzalez, by the way, then upset top seed Felicity Taylor 6-5 to claim gold.
Terrell Barraclough, who became Utah Valley’s sixth All-American in program history by placing fifth in the 2025 NCAA wrestling championships, had a good tournament. After winning his two first bouts, Barraclough (74 kilograms) was defeated by Quincy Monday 4-3 in the quarterfinals. Then Barraclough won his next three bouts in consolation to finish fifth in the men’s freestyle event.
Former Utah Valley wrestler Isaiah Delgaldo (70 kilograms) went 3-2 being knocked out one match before the placing rounds.
Utah Valley wrestling fans should be excited about the signing of Geronimo Rivera (61 kilograms), the 4-time state champion from Layton High School. The Wolverine commit competed in the Under-20 freestyle tournament winning several matches though he failed to place in the top eight.
Mountain View senior Glade Haman, who placed second in 5A state this year after winning a state title in 2024, also competed in the Under-20 event at 61 kilograms and went 2-2.
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