It looks like he got several things wrong on the story. It appears to be "State Record for HIS AGE". The Ram is nice, but to me it doesn't look like a state record over all. Unless I am missing something with the scoring. It appears to be 3/4 or slightly better curl.
All this said, I am not trying to do the young man a dis-service, by knocking his Ram. I think it is a heck of an animal, but the terminology in the news is flawed. And I think Bone is correct in that it would be Manson tag based on the pictures and the knowledge of the other tags being filled already.