Wrestling All County Honors

We are trying something new here at the Idaho Enterprise by handing out some all county honors following each sports season.  Wrestling is a little different than some of the other sports due to the athletes being split into different weight classes.  Since they are split into classes and the fact that it is such a physical sport it is too difficult to compare wrestlers from different weight classes to each other.  So what we have decided to do with the wrestling is name one female and one male all county wrestler of the year as well as name the top wrestler in the county from each weight class.  We do understand that in several of the weight classes that there is only one wrestler in that weight from the county and therefore will win the all county honor for that weight by default but that should not diminish this honor.  Anyone who has wrestled or even known a wrestler knows how much work has to go into just participating in a wrestling season.  It is easily one of the most grueling sports any high school athlete can partake in.  

The girls have fewer participants overall but still feature some real talent. Girls weight classes range from 100lbs to 235lbs, however locally we do not have girls in every weight class so we will just name the ones that we do have.  We also decided to put a minimum number of matches of twenty as one of the stipulations to qualify for this list.  This did eliminate some girls who suffered from early season ending injuries.  So without any further ado here are your all county girls wrestlers from each weight class.

100 lbs. Brynlee Hemmert (Soda Springs)

107 lbs. Hayden Ball (Grace)

126 lbs. Bella Eddins (Grace)

132 lbs. Laryah Dilworth (Soda Springs)

145 lbs. Josie Newby (Grace)

152 lbs. Skyla Cloud (Grace)

185 lbs. Abbiegail Krupp (Soda Springs)

The boy wrestlers had a few more participants and a lot more head to head competition.  Again we decided to put a minimum number of matches of twenty as one of the stipulations to qualify for this list.  There were some very close calls made for this list with several of the weights having multiple wrestlers deserving of the honor.  In the end this was what we came up with in each weight category for the boys.

106 lbs. Simon Krupp (Soda Springs)

120 lbs. Conner Lee (Soda Springs)

126 lbs. Cael Newby (Grace)

132 lbs. Carter Kimball (Grace)

138 lbs. Brett Hobbs (Grace)

144 lbs. Jack Eddins (Grace)

150 lbs. Lukky Welker (North Gem)

157 lbs. Zayden Garbett (Soda Springs)

165 lbs. Mack Jorgensen (Grace)

175 lbs. Carson Cook (Soda Springs)

190 lbs. Elijah Dilworth (Soda Springs)

215 lbs. Cole Garbett (Soda Springs)

So there you have it, our picks at each weight for our all county honors.  Now to move on to our all county wrestlers of the year.  For the girls it came down to two Lady Grizzlies with similar seasons.  In the end we gave the nod to the senior Josie Newby.  Josie is the daughter of James and Misty Newby of Grace.  Josie capped her season off with a district title and placing third at the state wrestling meet.  On the boys side of things it came down to two Cardinals.  Both boys ended the season with just four losses but only one finished with a state title.  Our boys all county wrestler of the year is Cole Garbett.  Cole is the son of Clay and Deena Garbett of Soda Springs.  Cole finished his year with a district championship followed up by a state championship.

Congratulations to all the wrestlers that made this year's list of all county honors.