PARKER | Team scores and placing match results, plus state qualifiers, from the Class 5A Region 2 boys wrestling tournament completed on Feb. 10, 2024, at Ponderosa H.S. Aurora teams and individuals bold and uppercased:
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2024 CLASS 5A REGION 2 BOYS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Team scores: 1. Ponderosa 299.5 points; 2. EAGLECREST 231; 3. Rocky Mountain 162; 4. Central Grand Junction 158; 5. Arapahoe 129; 6. Fossil Ridge 103; 7. Monarch 84; 8. SMOKY HILL 80; 9. Cherry Creek 74; 10. Centaurus 60; 11. Northfield 58; 12. Rock Canyon 54.5; 13. Doherty 38.5
Championship matches (both automatically qualify for state tournament)
106 pounds: Jeremiah Waldschmidt (Ponderosa) dec. DASHAWN JENKINS (SMOKY HILL), 6-1; 113 pounds: ADONIAS CANTU (EAGLECREST) dec. Jack Simpson (Ponderosa), 15-14; 120 pounds: ETHAN DIAZ (EAGLECREST) maj. dec. Levi Carlucci (Monarch), 13-4; 126 pounds: Michael Lopez Jr. (Ponderosa) over ALIJAH GABALDON (EAGLECREST), medical forfeit; 132 pounds: Jaylen Burge (Ponderosa) pinned William Dean (Central G.J.), 1:20; 138 pounds: Thomas Verrette (Ponderosa) pinned Kaemon Cobb (Rocky Mountain), 0:50; 144 pounds: Jacob Myers (Ponderosa) pinned Noah Jadd (Rock Canyon), 2:20; 150 pounds: DJ Wince (Ponderosa) pinned Max Buffington (Fossil Ridge), 1:28; 157 pounds: Hassan Maynes (Central G.J.) pinned Cash Callas (Arapahoe), 1:04; 165 pounds: ZACHARY BROPHY (SMOKY HILL) pinned GABE RANGEL (EAGLECREST), 2:32; 175 pounds: Tyler Eise (Ponderosa) tech. fall THAYNE LUNDY (EAGLECREST), 16-0; 190 pounds: Westin Hoffschneider (Ponderosa) pinned Mason Shore (Centaurus), 1:36; 215 pounds: Jake Howell (Cherry Creek) pinned Matthew Redfearn (Arapahoe), 1:11; 285 pounds: Xavier Valentin-Bradford (Centaurus) dec. Ben Brown (Arapahoe), 4-0
Third-place matches (winner automatically qualifies for state tournament)
106 pounds: BLAKE SADDLER (EAGLECREST) dec. Marek Mangers (Arapahoe), 8-4; 113 pounds: JohnPaul Espinoza (Central G.J.) pinned Sean Dammond (Northfield), 2:03; 120 pounds: Cormac Loughlin (Rocky Mountain) maj. dec. Nicholas Pisciotta (Cherry Creek), 9-1; 126 pounds: Tristan Gauvin (Fossil Ridge) dec. Elijah Hernandez (Central G.J.), 3-2; 132 pounds: Don Balerio (Fossil Ridge) pinned Cooper Thompson (Rocky Mountain), 2:04; 138 pounds: OSCAR HINOJOS (EAGLECREST) maj. dec. Aiden Keilman (Doherty), 9-1; 144 pounds: Antonio Beall (Monarch) dec. Alex Husen (Fossil Ridge), 3-0; 150 pounds: BRITTON MATEJOVSKY (EAGLECREST) dec. Christian Olsen (Doherty), 11-5; 157 pounds: Dominic Sanchez (Ponderosa) over ELVIN FIALLOS (SMOKY HILL), DQ; 165 pounds: Giovanni Fasano (Ponderosa) tech. fall Terry Cox (Northfield), 17-2; 175 pounds: Jeremy Griffith (Central G.J.) pinned Jackson Camp (Rocky Mountain), 3:44; 190 pounds: Connor Jacquot (Fossil Ridge) dec. DALTON LEIVIAN (EAGLECREST), 9-5; 215 pounds: Wyatt Buehler (Ponderosa) dec. Zach Lansford (Rocky Mountain), 7-2; 285 pounds: Zach Knowles (Central G.J.) pinned RILEY NEUMEYER (EAGLECREST), 1:37
Fifth-place matches
106 pounds: Liam Zyvoloski (Monarch) pinned James Kohn (Centaurus), 4:51; 113 pounds: Luke Robinette (Arapahoe) maj. dec. Lir Loughlin (Rocky Mountain), 9-0; 120 pounds: JOVANI GALVAN (SMOKY HILL) dec. Dominik Ortiz (Central G.J.), 5-3; 126 pounds: Gavin Baca (Rocky Mountain) dec. Caden Ferguson (Monarch), 7-0; 132 pounds: Cole Rechsteiner (Arapahoe) pinned Tyler Kennelly (Rock Canyon), 2:43; 138 pounds: Dennis Kolesnikov (Northfield) pinned Jon Herskovits (Rock Canyon), 1:29; 144 pounds: Jesse Thompson (Rocky Mountain) dec. Jordyn Willie (Central G.J.), 7-4; 150 pounds: Jacob Daniel (Rocky Mountain) pinned Luke Steiner (Rock Canyon), 0:44; 157 pounds: Matthew Luhring (Cherry Creek) dec. Bryce Sanford (Rocky Mountain), 5-1; 165 pounds: Brady Swigert (Rocky Mountain) dec. Keaton Schoonover (Cherry Creek), 6-0; 175 pounds: Matt Bierle (Monarch) pinned Henderson Cabell (Cherry Creek), 1:31; 190 pounds: Jack Forsythe (Arapahoe) pinned Robert Fatongiatau (Rock Canyon), 0:29; 215 pounds: BRADEN CONROY (EAGLECREST) pinned David Gonzalez (Central G.J.), 1:51; 285 pounds: Alex Carl (Rocky Mountain) pinned NICHOLAS SILVA (SMOKY HILL), 3:23
Wrestlebacks (winner qualifies for state tournament)
113 pounds: Sean Dammond (Northfield) pinned Luke Robinette (Arapahoe), 2:07; 120 pounds: JOVANI GALVAN (SMOKY HILL) dec. Nicholas Pisciotta (Cherry Creek), 7-4; 126 pounds: Elijah Hernandez (Central G.J.) pinned Gavin Baca (Rocky Mountain), 2:44; 132 pounds: Cole Rechsteiner (Arapahoe) pinned Cooper Thompson (Rocky Mountain), 0:43; 215 pounds: BRADEN CONROY (EAGLECREST) dec. Zach Lansford (Rocky Mountain), 7-5
