DENVER | Results from the opening round of the 2024 Colorado Class 5A & 4A boys state wrestling tournament held on Feb. 15, 2024, at Ball Arena. Aurora wrestlers bold and uppercased: 

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2024 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT RESULTS (1ST ROUND)

Team scores (through 1st round): 1. Pomona 45.5 points; 2. Ponderosa 34; 3. Pine Creek 28; 4. GRANDVIEW 27; 5. Poudre 26; 6. Brighton 21; 7. Chatfield 20; 8. CHEROKEE TRAIL 17.5; 9. EAGLECREST 17; 10. Fruita Monument 13.5; T11. REGIS JESUIT 12; T11. Legend 12; 13. Chaparral 10; T14. Centaurus 8; T14. Central G.J. 8; T14. Fort Collins 8; T14. Legacy 8; T18. SMOKY HILL 6; T18. Northglenn 6; T18. Thornton 6; T21. Arvada West 4; T21. Cherry Creek 4; T21. Columbine 4; T21. Fountain-Fort Carson 4; T21. Heritage 4; T21. Horizon 4; T21. Monarch 4; T21. Mountain Vista 4; T21. Prairie View 4; T21. Ralston Valley 4; T21. ThunderRidge 4; T32. Boulder 3; T32. Castle View 3; T32. Grand Junction 3; T35. Adams City 2; T35. Fairview 2; OVERLAND no score

CLASS 5A

106 pounds: Upper bracket — Jeremiah Waldschmidt, fr. (Ponderosa) pinned Christopher Alvarez, soph., (Mountain Range), 0:47; Owyn Burns, fr. (Brighton) maj. dec. Karter Lawson, soph. (Castle View), 15-5; Luke Gomez, fr. (Chatfield) pinned DANE ANDERSON, SOPH. (REGIS JESUIT), 1:17; JR ORTEGA, FR. (GRANDVIEW) tech. fall Marek Mangers, jr. (Arapahoe), 16-0. Lower bracket — Logan Dellow, fr. (Pomona) dec. Kel Unrein, fr., Fruita Monument (4-1); DASHAWN JENKINS, JR. (SMOKY HILL) pinned Jaxon Joiner, soph. (Legacy), 0:50; BLAKE SADDLER, JR. (EAGLECREST) pinned Emmett Alexander, soph. (ThunderRidge), 5:35; COOPER MATHEWS, FR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL) tech. fall Isack Doumbouya, fr. (Legend), 20-3

113 pounds: Upper bracket — Everest Sutton, sr. (Pine Creek) pinned Dayton Albrecht, soph. (Fountain-Fort Carson), 1:25; JohnPaul Espinoza, jr. (Central G.J.) dec. Gionni Alarid, sr. (Mountain Range), 4-1; Jack Simpson, fr. (Ponderosa) tech. fall Lance Alexander, soph. (ThunderRidge), 16-0; Ignacio Villasenior, fr. (Pomona) pinned Caleb Schultz, soph. (Horizon) 2:28. Lower bracket — Dominic Pacheco, jr. (Thornton) pinned Sean Dammond, soph. (Northfield), 4:40; Christian Trujillo-Quinta, jr. (Adams City) dec. Colin MacInnes, sr. (Castle View), 15-8; Alex Rodriguez, soph. (Chatfield) pinned Nico Benallo, soph. (Ralston Valley), 3:25; ADONIAS CANTU, SR. (EAGLECREST) maj. dec. DONAVON DELBRIDGE, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW), 18-5

120 pounds: Upper bracket — Zaidyn Quinonez, soph. (Pomona) pinned Angelo Melendez, sr. (Mountain Range), 0:15; Levi Carlucci, fr. (Monarch) pinned Brayden Staley, jr. (Legend), 5:40; Gage Chelewski, fr. (Fruita Monument) tech. fall Cormac Loughlin, fr. (Rocky Mountain), 17-2; Marcus Bekkedahl, jr. (Poudre) pinned Louden Elliott, soph. (Fountain-Fort Carson), 4:33. Lower bracket — ETHAN DIAZ, SR. (EAGLECREST) pinned Jeremiah Gelok, jr. (Horizon), 1:27; GRAESON STREIT, FR. (GRANDVIEW) dec. Chad Teters, sr. (Chaparral), 10-6; Braaden Heinz, jr. (Brighton) pinned Johnny Escalera, sr. (Northglenn), 2:45; Griffin Rial, jr. (Pine Creek) pinned JOVANI GALVAN, FR. (SMOKY HILL), 2:37

125 pounds: Upper bracket — Geno Cardenas, sr. (Pomona) over BRAXTON WIDRIKIS, FR. (GRANDVIEW), forfeit; LJ George, sr. (Fruita Monument) pinned Tristan Gauvin, soph. (Fossil Ridge), 3:07; ALIJAH GABALDON, JR. (EAGLECREST) pinned Finn England, sr. (Heritage), 1:08; Matthew Clifton, soph. (Legacy) dec. Sid Dillon, jr. (Chatfield), 7-3. Lower bracket — Ryder Rhodes, sr. (Pine Creek) pinned Gavin Baca, soph. (Rocky Mountain), 5:31; JAY EVERHART, SR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL) dec. Murphy Harris, sr. (Grand Junction), 9-6; Declan Strait, jr. (Chaparral) dec. Ty Reeves, jr. (Poudre), 5-4; Michael Lopez Jr., soph. (Ponderosa) pinned Tucker Mahoney, sr. (Castle View), 1:19

132 pounds: Upper bracket — Lincoln Gregersen, sr. (Ralston Valley) pinned Garrett Sims, soph. (Poudre), 0:48; Ethyn BravoPacker, fr. (Brighton) maj. dec. Don Balerio, jr. (Fossil Ridge), 13-5; William Dean, sr. (Central G.C.) dec. Carlos Rojas, fr. (Pomona), 9-5; NEHEMIAH QUINTANA, SR. (GRANDVIEW) tech. fall Bobby Mitchell, fr. (Horizon), 19-4. Lower bracket — Donovan Archuletta, sr. (Prairie View) pinned Cole Rechsteiner, sr. (Arapahoe); Elijah Banks, jr. (Pine Creek) pinned Rudy Martinez III, soph. (Thornton), 4:41; Tanner Roahrig, maj. dec. CONNOR MOHR, SR. (REGIS JESUIT), 9-1; Jaylen Burge, soph. (Ponderosa), 13-0

138 pounds: Upper bracket — Thomas Verrette, soph. (Ponderosa) pinned Max Tafoya, fr. (Legend), 3:10; Keagan D’Amico, jr. (Brighton) pinned Zachary Cronholm, jr. (Mountain Range), 0:39; CHANCE MATHEWS, JR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL) pinned Landon Hetrick, soph. (Legacy), 34-14; Gavin Weichett, soph. (Pine Creek) pinned Aiden Kellman, sr. (Doherty), 3:28. Lower bracket — Nico Bekkedahl, sr. (Poudre) pinned Jack Helgerson, sr. (Fort Collins), 1:37; DANIEL LANTZ, SR. (REGIS JESUIT) pinned Kaemon Cobb, sr. (Rocky Mountain), 3:30; Brayden Badini, sr. (Mountain Vista), dec. OSCAR HINOJOS, SR. (EAGLECREST), 4-3; Angel Serrano, soph. (Pomona) pinned Noah Escamilla, jr. (Douglas County), 2:43

144 pounds: Upper bracket — Jacob Myers, sr. (Ponderosa) tech. fall Orin Mease, sr. (Fruita Monument), 15-0; RYAN EVERHART, SOPH. (CHEROKEE TRAIL) pinned Alexander DeCianne, jr. (Lakewood), 2:48; Josiah Gallegos, sr. (Brighton) pinned Landon Dutton, sr. (Arvada West), 1:33; Silas Thompson, sr. (Columbine) pinned Alex Hussen, sr. (Fossil Ridge), 3:13. Lower bracket — Billy Greenwood, jr. (Poudre) dec. Dominic Cordray, jr. (Chaparral), 7-1; Abe Pomeroy, jr. (Boulder) maj. dec. Noah Jadd, soph. (Rock Canyon), 20-8; Kaden Ontinveros, sr. (Castle View) maj. dec. Antonio Beall, jr. (Monarch), 11-1; Derek Barrows, soph. (Pomona) pinned Amadaeus Gurule-Valles, sr. (Grand Junction), 0:49

150 pounds: Upper bracket — GARRETT REECE, JR. (REGIS JESUIT) pinned Kaden Housego, sr. (Brighton), 1:03; Auston Edualy, jr. (Arvada West), 1:56; Griffin Bower, jr. (Poudre) pinned Max Buffington, sr. (Fossil Ridge), 1:42; Chase Bell, sr. (Chaparral) pinned Elijah Scherrei, sr. (Valor Christian), 3:38. Lower bracket — JONATHAN MONTES GONZALES, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW) pinned Christian Olsen, sr. (Doherty), 2:34; Griffen Langer, jr. (Mountain Vista) dec. Tyler Capps, jr. (Pomona), 6-5; Jude Miller, sr. (Fort Collins) maj. dec. Alex Herrera, sr. (Pine Creek), 25-16; DJ Wince, jr. (Ponderosa) pinned Ryan Del Campo, sr. (Legacy), 3:07

157 pounds: Upper bracket — Banks Norby, sr. (Poudre) pinned Matthew Luhring, jr. (Cherry Creek), 2:56; Wade Suckow, jr. (Fort Collins) maj. dec. Jeyden Perez, soph. (Columbine), 9-0; Kegan Swain, sr. (Chaparral) pinned Brogan Trollope, fr. (Pine Creek), 1:50; Hassin Maynes, jr. (Central G.J.) pinned Connor McFarlin, jr. (Douglas County), 1:29. Lower bracket — RYAN CURRAN, SR. (REGIS JESUIT) pinned Trystan Freeman, sr. (Fountain-Fort Carson), 2:27; GUNNER LOPEZ, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW) dec. Dominic Sanchez, jr. (Ponderosa), 8-4; Brennon Joiner, sr. (Legacy) dec. Cash Callas, jr. (Arapahoe), 9-5; Emmitt Munson, soph. (Pomona) pinned Matthew Kimberly, jr. (Mountain Vista), 3:53

165 pounds: Upper bracket — Dante Hutchings, sr. (Pomona) tech. fall Terry Cox, sr. (Northfield), 20-1; Brody Shuss, jr. (Legend) pinned Kai Rutherford, sr. (Fairview), 2:47; Brett Lamb, jr. (Poudre) pinned Trent Target, sr. (Fruita Monument), 2:50; ZACHARY BROPHY, SR. (SMOKY HILL) dec. KYLE STEVENS, SR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 10-8. Lower bracket — Luke Graver, jr. (Pine Creek) pinned Jacob Brown, sr. (Northglenn), 5:36; Izaiah Schoepp, sr. (Brighton) maj. dec. Giovanni Fasano, jr. (Ponderosa), 12-4; Beckett Cropp, sr. (Fort Collins) dec. GABE RANGEL, SR. (EAGLECREST), 18-9; CHARLIE HERTING, JR. (GRANDVIEW) pinned Charlie Rohlf, jr. (Mountain Vista), 2:39

175 pounds: Upper bracket — Tyler Eise, jr. (Ponderosa) pinned Benjamin Nichols, sr. (Prairie View), 0:57; Gabe Martinez, sr. (Heritage) pinned DYLAN MCMAHON, SR. (GRANDVIEW), 1:24; Miles Brugger, sr. (Northglenn) dec. Demetrius McGriff, sr. (Pine Creek), 4-1; Jay Aplanalp, jr. (Chatfield) pinned Jackson Camp, sr. (Rocky Mountain), 2:53. Lower bracket — Jackson Scott, sr. (Horizon) pinned Colter Junker, sr. (Poudre), 3:55; THAYNE LUNDY, SR. (EAGLECREST) dec. MICHAEL (NOAH) COLLINS, JR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 11-5; Emmerson Claeys, soph. (Pomona) pinned Jeremy Griffith, jr. (Central G.J.), 3:30; Sloan Schilling, jr. (ThunderRidge) pinned Carter Coorough, jr. (Ralston Valley), 0:40

190 pounds: Upper bracket — Kalob Ybarra, soph. (Pomona) pinned MARCUS NESBITT, JR. (GRANDVIEW), 0:46; Connor Jacquot, sr. (Fossil Ridge) dec. Champ Jones, jr. (Legend), 6-3; Mason Shore, jr. (Centaurus) pinned Cooper Bredesen, jr. (Mountain Vista), 5:38; Ryder Clarkson, jr. (Poudre) pinned Daniel Ronquillo Monte, sr. (Prairie View), 1:27. Lower bracket — True Tobiasson, sr. (Fruita Monument) dec. DALTON LEIVIAN, SR. (EAGLECREST), 8-2; MATEO GARREFFA, JR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL) pinned Jack Hurlbirt, jr. (Douglas County), 4:25; David Williams, sr. (Thornton) dec. JARRIUS WARD, JR. (OVERLAND), 3-2 (UTB); Westin Hoffschneider, sr. (Ponderosa), 1:45

215 pounds: Upper bracket — Quinn Funk, sr. (Legacy) pinned Matthew Geri, sr. (Pine Creek), 0:42; Harper Packebush, jr. (Chatfield) pinned Wyatt Buehler, jr. (Ponderosa), 5:44; Lucas Driver, jr. (Fountain-Fort Carson) pinned Matthew Redfearn, jr. (Arapahoe), 5:58; Nathan Sandy, sr. (Legend) dec. Cassius Garcia, sr. (Poudre), 6-2. Lower bracket — Maddux Najera, soph. (Pomona) pinned BRADEN CONROY, SR. (EAGLECREST), 2:46; Sam Benton, sr. (Fairview) dec. Sean Franzen, jr. (Fruita Monument), 5-2; OZ NOWICK, FR. (GRANDVIEW) pinned Landon Kalsbeck, soph. (Columbine), 3:43; Jake Howell, sr. (Cherry Creek) pinned MOUHAMED BENBELKACEM, SR. (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 1:29

285 pounds: Upper bracket — Adrian Arellano, jr. (Pomona) pinned Slyder Sedlacek, jr. (Lakewood), 4:16; Isaac Landry, jr. (Pine Creek) pinned Zach Knowles, sr. (Central G.J.), 4:00; Aiden Griffin, sr. (Legend) pinned Ben Brown, jr. (Arapahoe), 2:42; Eli Stevens, soph. (Northglenn) pinned Ethan Hernandez, sr. (Fountain-Fort Carson), 2:14. Lower bracket — Tatum Williams, jr. (Fruita Monument) pinned RILEY NEUMEYER, SR. (EAGLECREST), 1:51; Jesse Wolf, jr. (Chatfield) pinned Braden Zack, sr. (Arvada West), 2:59; LELAND DAY, FR. (GRANDVIEW) pinned SILVER VELASQUEZ DELAO, JR. (OVERLAND), 1:43; Xavier Valentin-Bradford, sr. (Centaurus), 0:39

CLASS 4A

120 pounds: Upper bracket — Ryan Dugan, jr. (Durango) pinned Nikolas Carrillo, jr. (Frederick), 1:16; DJ Snider, fr. (Sand Creek) maj. dec. Jayden Morm, soph. (Denver South), 12-4; Robert Jose Meza III, jr. (Falcon) over Taven Morey, jr. (Thompson Valley), injury time; Gabe Hardin, sr. (Montrose) dec. Wyatt Faris, jr. (Pueblo County), 3-1. Lower bracket — Julian Chavez, jr. (Greeley West) tech. fall Zach Zulkosky, jr. (LEPA), 17-2; Cody Tanner, sr. (Broomfield) dec. John Paul Salazar, jr. (Mountain View), 14-9; Kadin Mulford, fr. (Palisade) dec. IAN BACON, SOPH. (VISTA PEAK PREP), 4-2; Julian Espinoza, jr. (Pueblo East), 3:52

285 pounds: Upper bracket — Grant Gordon, jr. (Mead) pinned Julian Tautua’a, sr. (Palisade), 0:59; Chance Mohrenweiser, sr. (Mesa Ridge) pinned Grady Agone, soph. (Windsor), 1:59; Trayveon Johnson, sr. (Thomas Jefferson) pinned Ramon Sanchez-Jaime, sr. (Greeley Central), 1:31; Mars Soto, sr. (Broomfield) pinned Jacob Sullivan, sr. (Vista Ridge), 1:15. Lower bracket — JOSEPH MAES, SR. (VISTA PEAK PREP) pinned Andre Ortiz, sr. (Greeley West), 3:20; Jackson Downs, jr. (Air Academy) dec. Jackson Downs, jr. (Air Academy), 9-4; Jude Suhajda, jr. (Discovery Canyon) maj. dec. Jack Stangier, sr. (Pueblo County), 12-1; Rene Perez, sr. (Skyline) over Julian Hayes, jr. (Loveland), forfeit

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