They had to wait a week longer than all of the other boys wrestling teams in Region 11, but it was still an ideal region opener for the Wolves. Green Canyon put together a solid performance, plus was tested a bit, in its 44-24 victory over Logan in front of a good Thursday evening crowd at Crimson Gym.“Real good,” GC head coach Dirt Howa answered when answered about opening region action with a win.
“Even with two of our varsity kids out, our two JV kids actually came in and won both matches. Logan’s getting better and better. We’re kind of growing together as teams, so we had some awesome matchups.
They won a few of them, we got a few of them and it’s a good way to start a (region) wrestling season.” The Wolves took control early by prevailing in six of the first seven matches, with four of those wins coming in pinning fashion. The Grizzlies did finish strong as they closed out the dual with four straight victories, but a 30-3 deficit ultimately proved to be too much to overcome.
“We started to wrestle them tough (late),” LHS head coach Rocky Lunceford said. “We had four opportunities to put their guys away, which would have won it for us and we just ..
. couldn’t finish, so we’ll work on that and we’ll meet them again and get them next time.” Three Green Canyon wrestlers were able to battle off of their backs and come through with big victories for their team.
In all fairness, the Wolves were winning two of those matches pretty comfortably when th.
