BROOMFIELD | Team scores and placing match results, plus state qualifiers, from the Class 5A Region 3 boys wrestling tournament completed on Feb. 10, 2024, at Legacy H.S. Aurora teams and individuals bold and uppercased:
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2024 CLASS 5A REGION 3 BOYS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Team scores: 1. GRANDVIEW 275.5 points; 2. Poudre 266.5; 3. Northglenn 147; 4. Legacy 141.5; 5. Grand Junction 110; 6. Mountain Range 109; 7. ThunderRidge 96.5; 8. Douglas County 92; 9. Thornton 90; 10. Arvada West 82.5; 11. Lakewood 54.5; 12. Fairview 52; 13. Highlands Ranch 46
Championship matches (both automatically qualify for state tournament)
106 pounds: JR ORTEGA (GRANDVIEW) pinned Emmett Alexander (ThunderRidge), 0:40; 113 pounds: Dominic Pacheco (Thornton) maj. dec. Gionni Alarid (Mountain Range), 9-1; 120 pounds: Marcus Bekkedahl (Poudre) pinned Johnny Escalera (Northglenn), 3:01; 126 pounds: Matthew Clifton (Legacy) dec. Ty Reeves (Poudre), 7-6; 132 pounds: NEHEMIAH QUINTANA (GRANDVIEW) pinned Tanner Roahrig (Grand Junction), 19-9; 138 pounds: Nico Bekkedahl (Poudre) maj. dec. Zachary Cronholm (Mountain Range), 13-2; 144 pounds: Billy Greenwood (Poudre) pinned Alexander DeCianne (Lakewood), 2:51; 150 pounds: JONATHAN MONTES GONZALES (GRANDVIEW) dec. Auston Eudaly (Arvada West), 5-4; 157 pounds: Banks Norby (Poudre) dec. GUNNER LOPEZ (GRANDVIEW), 10-3; 165 pounds: CHARLIE HERTING (GRANDVIEW) pinned Brett Lamb (Poudre), 5:37; 175 pounds: Sloan Schilling (ThunderRidge) dec. Miles Brugger (Northglenn), 10-4; 190 pounds: Ryder Clarkson (Poudre) dec. David Williams (Thornton), 8-4; 215 pounds: Quinn Funk (Legacy) dec. Sam Benton (Fairview), 4-1; 285 pounds: Eli Stevens (Northglenn) pinned LELAND DAY (GRANDVIEW), 2:40
Third-place matches (winner automatically qualifies for state tournament)
106 pounds: Jaxson Joiner (Legacy) dec. Christopher Alvarez (Mountain Range), 4-2; 113 pounds: Lance Alexander (ThunderRidge) pinned Konner Geyler (Grand Junction), 3:42; 120 pounds: GRAESON STREIT (GRANDVIEW) pinned Angelo Melendez (Mountain Range), 2:22; 126 pounds: Murphy Harris (Grand Junction) dec. BRAXTON WIDRIKIS (GRANDVIEW), 8-6; 132 pounds: Rudy Martinez III (Thornton) dec. Garrett Sims (Poudre), 6-5; 138 pounds: Landon Hetrick (Legacy) dec. Noah Escamilla (Douglas County), 11-5; 144 pounds: Landon Dutton (Arvada West) pinned Amadaeus Gurule-Valles (Grand Junction), 1:57; 150 pounds: Griffin Bower (Poudre) pinned Ryan Del Campo (Legacy), 0:45; 157 pounds: Brennon Joiner (Legacy) dec. Connor McFarlin (Douglas County), 8-2; 165 pounds: Kai Rutherford (Fairview) dec. Jacob Brown (Northglenn), 7-5; 175 pounds: DYLAN MCMAHON (GRANDVIEW) pinned Parker Benfield (Highlands Ranch), 3:25; 190 pounds: Jack Hurlbirt (Douglas County) pinned MARCUS NESBITT (GRANDVIEW), 2:09; 215 pounds: OZ NOWICK (GRANDVIEW) pinned Cassius Garcia (Poudre), 4:17; 285 pounds: Braden Zack (Arvada West) maj. dec. Slyder Sedlacek (Lakewood), 18-6
Fifth-place matches
106 pounds: Kyersau Wall (Grand Junction) dec. John Compton (Highlands Ranch), 6-4; 113 pounds: DONAVON DELBRIDGE (GRANDVIEW) dec. Brayden Dobbertin (Highlands Ranch), 8-3; 120 pounds: Keegan Stergon (Arvada West) pinned Pablo Martinez (Thornton), 2:17; 126 pounds: Gian Orlando (Northglenn) over Connor Kennedy (Highlands Ranch), DQ; 132 pounds: Iker Acosta-Ferrera (Mountain Range) pinned Joseph Pineda (Lakewood), 3:34; 138 pounds: GABRIEL RESENDEZ (GRANDVIEW) pinned Rhett Kempton (Grand Junction), 0:55; 144 pounds: Joaquin Hernandez (Mountain Range) pinned Dominick Ibarra (Northglenn), 1:53; 150 pounds: Charleton Hixenbaugh (Douglas County) over Caden Deines (ThunderRidge), medical forfeit; 157 pounds: Harrison Gardner-Stephens (Fairview) pinned Mathias Martinez (Grand Junction), 1:52; 165 pounds: Sean Collette (ThunderRidge) dec. Jaedon Fleet (Mountain Range), 10-4; 175 pounds: Colton Junker (Poudre) pinned Luke Rusin (Douglas County), 2:03; 190 pounds: Anthony Martinez (Northglenn) dec. Giovanni Beaty (Lakewood), 5-1; 215 pounds: Eric Sanchez (Northglenn) pinned Jaden Owens (Grand Junction), 2:06; 285 pounds: Ethan Alumbaugh (Douglas County) pinned Isaac Oliver (Legacy), 4:10
Wrestlebacks (winner qualifies for state tournament)
113 pounds: DONAVON DELBRIDGE (GRANDVIEW) pinned Konner Geyler (Grand Junction), 1:40; 126 pounds: BRAXTON WIDRIKIS (GRANDVIEW) maj. dec. Gian Orlando (Northglenn), 9-0; 144 pounds: Amadaeus Gurule-Valles (Grand Junction) pinned Joaquin Hernandez (Mountain Range), 1:24; 150 pounds: Ryan Del Campo (Legacy) pinned Charleton Hixenbaugh (Douglas County), 0:59; 175 pounds: Colton Junker (Poudre) pinned Parker Benfield (Highlands Ranch), 3:27
