DENVER | Pairings involving Aurora wrestlers for the Class 5A & 4A state wrestling tournament, Feb. 15-17, 2024, at the Ball Arena in Denver, as released by the Colorado High School Activities Association on Feb. 12. Aurora wrestlers are bold and uppercased:
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2024 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
CLASS 5A
106 pounds: Upper bracket — Christopher Alvarez, soph., Mountain Range (20-16) vs. Jeremiah Waldschmidt, fr., Ponderosa (21-4); Karter Lawson, soph., Castle View (14-8) vs. Owyn Burns, fr., Brighton (30-13); DANE ANDERSON, SOPH., REGIS JESUIT (20-17) vs. Luke Gomez, fr., Chatfield (51-6); Marek Mangers, jr., Arapahoe (20-11) vs. JR ORTEGA, FR., GRANDVIEW (34-10). Lower bracket — Logan Dellow, fr., Pomona (38-8) vs. Kel Unrein, fr., Fruita Monument (45-8); Jaxson Joiner, soph., Legacy (30-16) vs. DASHAWN JENKINS, JR., SMOKY HILL (26-7); BLAKE SADDLER, JR., EAGLECREST (30-18) vs. Emmett Alexander, soph., ThunderRidge (19-4); Isack Doumbouya, fr., Legend (14-17) vs. COOPER MATHEWS, FR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (46-6)
113 pounds: Upper bracket — Dayton Albrecht, soph., Fountain-Fort Carson (27-10) vs. Everest Sutton, sr., Pine Creek (24-4); Gionni Alarid, sr., Mountain Range (26-9) vs. JohnPaul Espinoza, jr., Central G.J. (31-4); Jack Simpson, fr., Ponderosa (35-16) vs. Lance Alexander, soph., ThunderRidge (34-13); Caleb Schultz, soph., Horizon (24-15) vs. Ignacio Villasenor, fr., Pomona (46-1). Lower bracket — Sean Dammond, soph., Northfield (32-11) vs. Dominic Pacheco, jr., Thornton (14-1); Christian Trujillo-Quinta, jr., Adams City (32-18) vs. Colin MacInnes, sr., Castle View (15-7); Nico Benallo, soph., Ralston Valley (18-13) vs. Alex Rodriguez, soph., Chatfield (38-4); DONAVON DELBRIDGE, SOPH., GRANDVIEW (13-5) vs. ADONIAS CANTU, SR., EAGLECREST (55-2)
120 pounds: Upper bracket — Angelo Melendez, sr., Mountain Range (23-9) vs. Zaidyn Quinonez, soph., Pomona (20-2); Brayden Staley, jr., Legend (22-21) vs. Levi Carlucci, fr., Monarch (30-7); Cormac Loughlin, fr., Rocky Mountain (28-15) vs. Gage Chelewski, fr., Fruita Monument (37-7); Louden Elliott, soph., Fountain-Fort Carson (25-12) vs. Marcus Bekkedahl, jr., Poudre (32-11). Lower bracket — Jerimiah Gelok, jr., Horizon (14-22) vs. ETHAN DIAZ, SR., EAGLECREST (43-10); GRAESON STREIT, FR., GRANDVIEW (31-14) vs. Chad Teters, sr., Chaparral (31-11); Johnny Escalera, sr., Northglenn (34-12) vs. Braaden Heinz, jr., Brighton (35-13); JOVANI GALVAN, FR., SMOKY HILL (6-5) vs. Griffin Rial, jr., Pine Creek (41-5)
126 pounds: Upper bracket — BRAXTON WIDRIKIS, FR., GRANDVIEW (35-9) vs. Geno Cardenas, sr., Pomona (24-8); Tristan Gauvin, soph., Fossil Ridge (37-10) vs. LJ George, sr., Fruita Monument (35-18); Finn England, sr., Heritage (24-5) vs. ALIJAH GABALDON, JR., EAGLECREST (32-8); Sid Dillon, jr., Chatfield (38-13) vs. Matthew Clifton, soph., Legacy (40-8). Lower bracket — Gavin Baca, soph., Rocky Mountain (21-10) vs. Ryder Rhodes, sr., Pine Creek (37-9); Murphy Harris, sr., Grand Junction (27-9) vs. JAY EVERHART, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (37-14); Ty Reeves, jr., Poudre (27-13) vs. Declan Strait, jr., Chaparral (21-2); Tucker Mahoney, sr., Castle View (14-14) vs. Michael Lopez Jr., soph., Ponderosa (25-4)
132 pounds: Upper bracket — Garrett Sims, soph., Poudre (21-16) vs. Lincoln Gregersen, sr., Ralston Valley (44-4); Don Balerio, jr., Fossil Ridge (35-17) vs. Ethyn BravoPacker, fr., Brighton (19-7); Carlos Rojas, fr., Pomona (19-8) vs. William Dean, sr., Central G.J. (34-11); Bobby Mitchell, fr., Horizon (30-14) vs. NEHEMIAH QUINTANA, SR., GRANDVIEW (34-7). Lower bracket — Cole Rechsteiner, sr., Arapahoe (24-18) vs. Donovan Archuletta, sr., Prairie View (25-4); Rudy Martinez III, soph., Thornton (32-13) vs. Elijah Banks, jr., Pine Creek (34-9); CONNOR MOHR, SR., REGIS JESUIT (31-15) vs. Tanner Roahrig, sr., Grand Junction (19-9); Trenton Moret, soph., Chatfield (27-13) vs. Jaylen Burge, soph., Ponderosa (21-2)
138 pounds: Upper bracket — Max Tafoya, fr., Legend (19-12) vs. Thomas Verrette, soph., Ponderosa (37-8); Zachary Cronholm, jr., Mountain Range (34-14) vs. Keagan D’Amico, jr., Brighton (23-8); Landon Hetrick, soph., Legacy (34-13) vs. CHANCE MATHEWS, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (41-8); Aiden Keilman, sr., Doherty (28-17) vs. Gavin Weichelt, soph., Pine Creek (30-17). Lower bracket — Jack Helgerson, sr., Fort Collins (28-13) vs. Nico Bekkedahl, sr., Poudre (33-8); Kaemon Cobb, sr., Rocky Mountain (26-11) vs. DANIEL LANTZ, SR., REGIS JESUIT (32-12); Brayden Badini, sr., Mountain Vista (34-13) vs. OSCAR HINOJOS, SR., EAGLECREST (35-24); Noah Escamilla, jr., Douglas County (30-16) vs. Angel Serrano, soph., Pomona (30-7)
144 pounds: Upper bracket — Orin Mease, sr., Fruita Monumentn (44-9) vs. Jacob Myers, sr., Ponderosa (22-3); Alexander DeCianne, jr., Lakewood (35-16) vs. RYAN EVERHART, SOPH., CHEROKEE TRAIL (36-12); Landon Dutton, sr., Arvada West (24-20) vs. Josiah Gallegos, sr., Brighton (26-3); Alex Husen, sr., Fossil Ridge (19-10) vs. Silas Thompson, sr., Columbine (39-1). Lower bracket — Dominic Cordray, jr., Chaparral (27-16) vs. Billy Greenwood, jr., Poudre (9-0); Abe Pomeroy, jr., Boulder (31-7) vs. Noah Jadd, soph., Rock Canyon (25-13); Antonio Beall, jr., Monarch (35-11) vs. Kaden Ontiveros, sr., Castle View (35-5); Amadaeus Gurule-Valles, sr., Grand Junction (21-13) vs. Derek Barrows, soph., Pomona (33-6)
150 pounds: Upper bracket — Kaden Housego, sr., Brighton (26-15) vs. GARRETT REECE, JR., REGIS JESUIT (42-1); BRITTON MATEJOVSKY, FR., EAGLECREST (30-19) vs. Auston Eudaly, jr., Arvada West (39-6); Griffin Bower, jr., Poudre (20-9) vs. Max Buffington, sr., Fossil Ridge (31-13); Elijah Scherrei, sr., Valor Christian (20-14) vs. Chase Bell, sr., Chaparral (36-7). Lower bracket — Christian Olsen, sr., Doherty (12-23) vs. JONATHAN MONTES GONZALES, SOPH., GRANDVIEW (41-8); Tyler Capps, jr., Pomona (35-13) vs. Griffen Langer, jr., Mountain Vista (37-10); Alex Herrera, sr., Pine Creek (27-13) vs. Jude Miller, sr., Fort Collins (37-5); Ryan Del Campo, sr., Legacy (22-13) vs. DJ Wince, jr., Ponderosa (34-8)
157 pounds: Upper bracket — Matthew Luhring, jr., Cherry Creek (17-17) vs. Banks Norby, sr., Poudre (39-3); Jeyden Perez, soph., Columbine (30-12) vs. Wade Suckow, jr., Fort Collins (30-6); Brogan Trollope, fr., Pine Creek (22-18) vs. Kegan Swain, sr., Chaparral (9-2); Connor McFarlin, jr., Douglas County (17-16) vs. Hassin Maynes, jr., Central G.J. (47-1). Lower bracket — Trystan Freeman, sr., Fountain-Fort Carson (26-12) vs. RYAN CURRAN, SR., REGIS JESUIT (35-6); Dominic Sanchez, jr., Ponderosa (21-8) vs. GUNNER LOPEZ, SOPH., GRANDVIEW (17-2); Brennon Joiner, sr., Legacy (33-8) vs. Cash Callas, jr., Arapahoe (25-5); Matthew Kimberly, jr., Mountain Vista (34-14) vs. Emmitt Munson, soph., Pomona (28-7)
165 pounds: Upper bracket — Terry Cox, sr., Northfield (25-9) vs. Dante Hutchings, sr., Pomona (39-7); Brody Shuss, jr., Legend (26-5) vs. Kai Rutherford, sr., Fairview (17-4); Trent Target, sr., Fruita Monument (41-15) vs. Brett Lamb, jr., Poudre (30-13); KYLE STEVENS, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (19-11) vs. ZACHARY BROPHY, SR., SMOKY HILL (13-2). Lower bracket — Jacob Brown, sr., Northglenn (27-13) vs. Luke Graver, jr., Pine Creek (32-14); Giovanni Fasano, jr., Ponderosa (28-14) vs. Izaiah Schoepp, sr., Brighton (30-6); GABE RANGEL, SR., EAGLECREST (18-8) vs. Beckett Cropp, sr., Fort Collins (32-8); Charlie Rohlf, jr., Mountain Vista (38-11) vs. CHARLIE HERTING, JR., GRANDVIEW (43-5)
175 pounds: Upper bracket — Benjamin Nichols, sr., Prairie View (35-15) vs. Tyler Eise, jr., Ponderosa (31-2); Gabe Martinez, sr., Heritage (9-9) vs. DYLAN MCMAHON, SR., GRANDVIEW (26-20); Demetrius McGriff, sr., Pine Creek (30-16) vs. Miles Brugger, sr., Northglenn (33-10); Jackson Camp, sr., Rocky Mountain (24-16) vs. Jay Aplanalp, jr., Chatfield (39-8). Lower bracket — Colter Junker, sr., Poudre (31-13) vs. Jackson Scott, sr., Horizon (29-8); MICHAEL COLLINS, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (37-11) vs. THAYNE LUNDY, SR., EAGLECREST (43-8); Jeremy Griffith, jr., Central G.J. (28-22) vs. Emmerson Claeys, soph., Pomona (34-3); Carter Coorough, jr., Ralston Valley (35-16) vs. Sloan Schilling, jr., ThunderRidge (42-6)
190 pounds: Upper bracket — MARCUS NESBITT, JR., GRANDVIEW (21-13) vs. Kalob Ybarra, soph., Pomona (28-6); Champ Jones, jr., Legend (33-9) vs. Connor Jacquot, sr., Fossil Ridge (38-8); Mason Shore, jr., Centaurus (38-11) vs. Cooper Bredesen, jr., Mountain Vista (31-9); Daniel Ronquillo Monte, sr., Prairie View (28-16) vs. Ryder Clarkson, jr., Poudre (26-12). Lower bracket — DALTON LEIVIAN, SR., EAGLECREST (43-11) vs. True Tobiasson, sr., Fruita Monument (30-6); MATTEO GARREFFA, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (27-15) vs. Jack Hurlbirt, jr., Douglas County (21-10); JARRIUS WARD, JR., OVERLAND (37-7) vs. David Williams, sr., Thornton (20-7); Conall Liburdi, sr., Valor Christian (25-18) vs. Westin Hoffschnedier, sr., Ponderosa (32-7)
215 pounds: Upper bracket — Matthew Geri, sr., Pine Creek (30-17) vs. Quinn Funk, sr., Legacy (41-0); Harper Packebush, jr., Chatfield (40-12) vs. Wyatt Buehler, jr., Ponderosa (16-5); Lucas Driver, jr., Fountain-Fort Carson (23-7) vs. Matthew Redfearn, jr., Arapahoe (22-11); Cassius Garcia, sr., Poudre (12-11) vs. Nathan Sandy, sr., Legend (38-5). Lower bracket — BRADEN CONROY, SR., EAGLECREST (22-25) vs. Maddux Najera, soph., Pomona (26-5); Sean Franzen, jr., Fruita Monument (31-13) vs. Sam Benton, sr., Fairview (35-5); Landon Kalsbeck, soph., Columbine (3-2) vs. OZ NOWICK, FR., GRANDVIEW (21-10); MOUHAMED BENBELKACEM, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (9-13) vs. Jake Howell, sr., Cherry Creek (27-2)
285 pounds: Upper bracket — Slyder Sedlacek, jr., Lakewood (25-19) vs. Adrian Arellano, jr., Pomona (21-6); Zach Knowles, sr., Central G.J. (36-15) vs. Isaac Landry, jr., Pine Creek (28-15); Aiden Griffin, sr., Legend (33-12) vs. Ben Brown, jr., Arapahoe (24-7); Ethan Hernandez, sr., Fountain-Fort Carson (12-8) vs. Eli Stevens, soph., Northglenn (3-0). Lower bracket — RILEY NEUMEYER, SR., EAGLECREST (28-27) vs. Tatum Williams, jr., Fruita Monument (45-4); Braden Zack, sr., Arvada West (24-15) vs. Jesse Wolf, jr., Chatfield (31-3); SILVER VELASQUEZ DELAO, JR., OVERLAND (24-10) vs. LELAND DAY, FR., GRANDVIEW (34-9); Maddox Broughton, sr., Valor Christian (21-11) vs. Xavier Valentin-Bradford, sr., Centaurus (35-2)
CLASS 4A
120 pounds: Upper bracket — Nikolas Carrillo, jr., Frederick (24-21) vs. Ryan Dugan, jr., Durango (49-3); DJ Snider, fr., Sand Creek (17-3) vs. Jayden Morm, soph., Denver South (36-9); Taven Morey, jr., Thompson Valley (24-16) vs. Robert Jose Meza III, jr., Falcon (40-8); Wyatt Faris, jr., Pueblo County (33-15) vs. Gabe Hardin, sr., Montrose (27-6). Lower bracket — Zach Zulkosky, jr., Lewis-Palmer (19-20) vs. Julian Chavez, jr., Greeley West (23-4); John Paul Salazar, jr., Mountain View (16-14) vs. Cody Tanner, sr., Broomfield (43-6); Kadin Mulford, fr., Palisade (33-5) vs. IAN BACON, SOPH., VISTA PEAK PREP (33-14); Isaiah Flores, sr., Wheat Ridge (30-15) vs. Julian Espinoza, jr., Pueblo East (41-5)
285 pounds: Upper bracket — Julian Tautua’a, sr., Palisade (5-6) vs. Grant Gordon, jr., Mead (41-10); Chance Mohrenweiser, sr., Mesa Ridge (25-13) vs. Grady Agone, soph., Windsor (19-12); Ramon Sanchez-Jaime, sr., Greeley Central (11-4) vs. Trayveon Johnson, sr., Thomas Jefferson (27-5); Jacob Sullivan, sr., Vista Ridge (30-10) vs. Mars Soto, sr., Broomfield (45-7). Lower bracket — Andre Ortiz, sr., Greeley West (30-17) vs. JOSEPH MAES, SR., VISTA PEAK PREP (32-7); Frankie Pacheco, jr., Pueblo South (18-15) vs. Jackson Downs, jr., Air Academy (24-8); Jack Stangier, sr., Pueblo County (34-11) vs. Jude Suhajda, jr., Discovery Canyon (37-4); Julian Hayes, jr., Loveland (22-12) vs. Rene Perez, sr., Skyline (34-4)
