Junior Donny Proffit continued to dominate for the Kemmerer Rangers. Proffit won the 138 class of the tournament. Sophomore Dawson Schramm also had a strong performance at the tournament. Schramm earned first place in the 126 class.
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Kemmerer sophomore Carson Carlson works to pin a Mountain View wrestler at the Joe Aimone Wrestling Invitational in Kemmerer on Saturday, Dec. 16. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
The wrestling tournament in Kemmerer on Saturday, Dec. 16, was dedicated to Joe Aimone, the late Kemmerer wrestling coach and teacher.
Joe’s widow Barb told some of her husband’s favorite stories of his student athletes — from the foreign exchange student who thought he had signed up for soccer but ended up on the wrestling team, to the wrestler who only won one match his entire career but was supported by the entire team. Barb spoke of Joe’s dedication to his wrestlers as athletes and people.
Barb Aimone speaks at the inaugural Joe Aimone Wrestling Invitational in Kemmerer on Dec. 16. Barb’s late husband Joe was a coach and teacher at Kemmerer High. Kemmerer had two wrestlers win their weight classes in the tournament. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
Wrestlers from Kemmerer, Big Piney, Lyman, Cokeville, Bear Lake, Star Valley, Dubois, Mountain View, Wyoming Indian, Wind River and Jackson competed in the tournament.
Junior Donny Proffit continued to dominate for the Kemmerer Rangers. Proffit won the 138 class of the tournament.
Donny Proffit works to pin a Lyman or Bear Lake wrestler at the Kemmerer invitational on Saturday, Dec. 16. Proffit had another strong performance, winning the 138 class in the tournament. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
Sophomore Dawson Schramm also had a strong performance at the tournament. Schramm earned first place in the 126 class.
Also competing for the Rangers in the tournament were Caysen Smith, Victoria Peck, Rayce Kindschuh, Hayden Julander, Jeydon Boyd, Carson Carlson, Colter Julian and Brendan Miller.
Dawson Schramm gets some advice from coach Darrell Bullington before he faces an opponent at the Joe Aimone wrestling invitational on Saturday, Dec. 16. Schramm won the 126 class at the tournament. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
Hayden Walker and Kylee Smith are out with injuries.
Waylan Nelson of Star Valley won the 106 class. Kyle Skinner of Bear Lake won the 113 class. Tradeon McPherson of Bear Lake won the 113 class. Lochlyn Teichert of Cokeville won the 132 class. Cokeville’s Ammon Teichert won the 145 class. Big Piney’s Adam Willoughby won the 152 class. Colton Vangieson of Lyman won the 160 class. Cokeville’s Antheny Peterson won the 170 class, and Cokeville’s Rick Nate won the 182 class. Big Piney’s T.J. Frazier and Bear Lake’s Tyler Lusk were co-champions of the 195 class. Dryden Menck of Lyman won the 220 class. Lyman also had a champion in the 285 class, Roy Collins.
Jeydon Boyd competes against a wrestler from Star Valley at the Joe Aimone wrestling invitational in Kemmerer on Dec. 16. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
The Rangers traveled to Lyman on Tuesday, Dec. 19, for a dual meet.
The wrestling team takes a break for Christmas, and then travels to the Jaguar Classic in West Jordan on Friday, Dec 29. The Rangers host Mountain View at home on Thursday, Jan. 11.
Kemmerer’s Rayce Kindschuh competes against a Lyman wrestler at the Joe Aimone wrestling invitational on Saturday, Dec.16. (GAZETTE PHOTO / Theresa Davis)
