The Dragon wrestlers, both the men’s and women’s teams, competed at the Cooper D Lish tournament held in Marsh Valley December 13-14. The MHS wrestlers competed against 24 teams from Utah, Wyoming and Idaho that provided tough competition on the mats. The tournament featured three different divisions including men’s varsity and jv, as well as the women’s tournament.  

Wrestling extremely well throughout the two day varsity tournament, the Malad wrestlers racked up the highest winning percentage across all the various brackets. Two men’s varsity wrestlers went undefeated in the two day tournament, Drake Morrison at 150lbs, going 5-0, and Gabe Hooste at 175lbs going 7-0. In the women’s tournament, Dezirae Haven also finished the tournament undefeated with five wins.  

“The kids all did very well this weekend.  They wrestled hard and won a lot of close matches,” shared Head Coach Devin Morrison.  Coaches for the Lady Dragons shared, “We were impressed with how they wrestled and look forward to seeing what they bring to the next tournament. 

“There are several first year wrestlers this year with the rest of the more seasoned wrestlers.  These ladies put in a lot of hard work in the practice room and the coaches are proud of the success that they are having early on in the season.”

Individual results of the tournament

Varsity

150lbs Drake Morrison, 1st

175lbs Gabe Hooste, 1st

106lbs Jack Willie, 2nd

132lbs Porter Mills, 2nd

138lbs Sam Willie, 2nd

175lbs Trevor Allen, 2nd

138lbs Zane Komrofske, 3rd

113lbs Ayden Potter, 4th

144lbs Roper Higley, 4th

157lbs Oakley Maddox, 4th

JV

132lbs Jaxsen Purdum, 2nd

138lbs Parker Price, 2nd

138lbs Cruz Carter, 3rd

120lbs Gavin Hooste, 4th

126lbs Joao Pila Teles, 4th

138lbs David Leckie, 4th

175lbs River Taylor, 4th

Girls

Dezirae Haven, 1st

Braylee Price, 3rd

Stella Merja, 4th

Bella Smith, 4th

The Dragons will wrestle at their home tournament held on December 20-21 with wrestling beginning at 1pm Friday and 9am on Saturday. At the tournament the Dragons will be raising money for fellow wrestler Beth Schardine who was in a car accident Friday and is currently at Primary Children’s hospital.  The Lady Dragons will wrestle the same weekend in Ririe for the 3rd Annual Ririe Rumble.