DENVER | Individual results for each of the 32 Aurora wrestlers who competed at the Class 5A boys state wrestling tournament Feb. 19-21, 2026, at Ball Arena with their record at the state tournament and final season record:
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AURORA BOYS AT 2026 CLASS 5A STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
106 POUNDS
ELIJAH VAN HORN, SOPH., CHEROKEE TRAIL (5-1, 44-5) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round— won 17-2 technical fall over Prairie View’s Axel Cuevas; Quarterfinal — lost 6-3 decision to Rock Canyon’s Mason Enquist; 2nd round consolation — won 17-1 technical fall over Brighton’s Kayce Spellman; 3rd round consolation — won 6-2 decision over Denver North’s Cameron Vallejos-Meredith; Consolation semifinal — won 4-0 decision over Denver East’s London Silva; Third-place match — won 12-3 major decision over Rock Canyon’s Mason Enquist
113 POUNDS
RICHARD AVILA, SR., REGIS JESUIT (4-1, 39-12) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round — lost 20-2 technical fall to Ponderosa’s Cole Simpson; Quarterfinal — pinned Denver North’s Anthony Garcia, 3:20; Semifinal — pinned by Brighton’s Tony Tufano, 0:37; Consolation semifinal — pinned Denver East’s Synscere Garcia, 2:37; Third-place match — won 9-7 decision over Chaparral’s Luke Jennings
FRANZ MARQUEZ-PREZA, SOPH., EAGLECREST (0-2, 39-20): 1st round — lost 14-0 major decision to Pomona’s Colby Payne; 1st round consolation — pinned by Pine Creek’s Kyle Blow, 2:30
120 POUNDS
IAN BACON, SR., VISTA PEAK PREP (4-1, 34-5) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round — won 19-2 technical foul over Regis Jesuit’s Dane Anderson; Quarterfinal — won 8-5 decision over Chatfield’s Colin George; Semifinal — lost 3-2 decision to Fruita Monument’s Kel Unrein; Third-place match — lost 5-4 decision to Prairie View’s Joseph Vigil
DJ SNIDER, JR., GRANDVIEW (4-2, 21-9) (FIFTH PLACE): 1st round — won 15-12 decision over Brighton’s Juan Quintana; Quarterfinal — pinned by Pomona’s Logan Dellow, 2:34; 2nd round consolation — won 17-1 technical fall over Regis Jesuit’s Dane Anderson; 3rd round consolation — lost 7-2 decision to Vista PEAK Prep’s Ian Bacon; Fifth-place match — won 10-9 decision over Loveland’s Dominik Ortiz
DANE ANDERSON, SR., REGIS JESUIT (1-2, 41-13): 1st round — lost 19-2 technical fall to Vista PEAK Prep’s Ian Bacon; 1st round consolation — won 9-8 decision over Ponderosa’s Teagan Allen; 2nd round consolation — lost 17-1 technical fall to Grandview’s DJ Snider
126 POUNDS
JR ORTEGA, JR., GRANDVIEW (4-0, 50-1) (STATE CHAMPION): 1st round— pinned Pine Creek’s Myles Marhofer, 1:29; Quarterfinal — pinned Denver South’s Robert Baca 3:05; Semifinal — won 15-0 technical fall over Pomona’s Zaidyn Quinonez; Championship match — pinned Castle View’s Jacob Ness, 3:07
DONAVON DELBRIDGE II, SR., EAGLECREST (1-2, 26-9): 1st round — pinned by Pomona’s Zaidyn Quinonez, 4:46; 1st round consolation — won 4-3 decision over Tagg Charity of Smoky Hill; 2nd round consolation — lost 23-8 technical fall to Ponderosa’s Elisha Blackmon
TAGG CHARITY, SOPH., SMOKY HILL (0-2, 29-18): 1st round — lost 8-0 major decision to Northglenn’s Andrew Hufford; 1st round consolation — lost 4-3 decision to Eaglecrest’s Donavon Delbridge II
132 POUNDS
COOPER MATHEWS, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (4-0, 50-4) (STATE CHAMPION): 1st round — pinned Loveland’s Logan Ruder, 1:50; Quarterfinal — won 21-5 technical fall over Brogan Bartholomew of Chaparral; Semifinal — won 19-4 technical fall over Denver East’s Jimmy Hamoodi; Championship match — won 13-4 major decision over Grandview’s Kyle Menuez
KYLE MENUEZ, JR., GRANDVIEW (3-1, 34-6) (SECOND PLACE): 1st round — pinned Monarch’s Cooper Craze, 2:34; Quarterfinal — pinned Brighton’s Trevor Heinz, 3:52; Semifinal — won 16-8 major decision over Legacy’s Matthew Clifton; Championship match — lost 13-4 major decision to Cherokee Trail’s Cooper Mathews
138 POUNDS
JOVANI GALVAN, JR., SMOKY HILL (5-1, 42-6) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round — won 15-0 technical fall over Prairie View’s Gavin Price; Quarterfinal — lost 11-4 decision to Chatfield’s Alex Rodriguez; 2nd round consolation — won 5-4 decision over Pine Creek’s Carson Diana; 3rd round consolation — won 15-11 decision over Horizon’s Robert Mitchell; Consolation semifinal — won 3-1 decision over Broomfield’s Ethan Brown; Third-place match — won 7-6 decision over Chatfield’s Alex Rodriguez
ANTHONY SEGURA, JR., GRANDVIEW (4-2, 38-10): 1st round — pinned Logan Scranton-Chaney (Mountain Vista), 1:59; Quarterfinal — pinned by Pomona’s Angel Serrano, 2:46; 2nd round consolation — pinned Legend’s Tazz Hyer, 4:56; 3rd round consolation — pinned Eaglecrest’s Cade Picone, 2:17; Consolation semifinal — lost 13-0 major decision to Chatfield’s Alex Rodriguez; Fifth-place match — pinned Broomfield’s Ethan Brown, 2:14
CADE PICONE, SOPH., EAGLECREST (2-2, 45-16): 1st round — pinned Poudre’s Praise Oluniyi, 4:49; Quarterfinal — lost 1-0 UTB to Broomfield’s Ethan Brown; 2nd round consolation — won 11-2 major decision over Erie’s Noah Bridgewater; 3rd round consolation — pinned by Grandview’s Anthony Segura, 2:17
WESTON MANUEL, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (0-2, 26-18): 1st round — pinned by Pomona’s Angel Serrano, 1:19; 1st round consolation — lost 7-4 decision to Mountain Vista’s Logan Scranton-Chaney
144 POUNDS
BRAXSTON WIDRIKIS, JR., GRANDVIEW (2-2, 34-10): 1st round — lost 7-5 decision to Brighton’s Ethyn BravoPacker; 1st round consolation — pinned Legacy’s Landon Hetrick, 2:48; 2nd round consolation — won 18-2 technical fall over Fountain-Fort Carson’s Lucas Moon; 3rd round consolation — lost 13-3 major decision to Loveland’s Christian Carroll
DANE SIMS, JR., EAGLECREST (0-2, 14-9): 1st round — pinned by Fruita Monument’s Jace Mizushima, 3:26; 1st round consolation — pinned by Pomona’s Zavin Capps, 2:39
150 POUNDS
RENZO LUBUGUIN, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (2-3, 36-17) (SIXTH PLACE): 1st round — pinned Poudre’s Sawyer Schneider, 3:27; Quarterfinal — won 20-4 technical fall over Fort Collins’ Michael Rembelski; Semifinal — lost 20-1 technical fall to Derek Barrows of Pomona; Consolation semifinal — lost 7-6 decision to Vista Ridge’s Silas Arnds; Fifth-place match — lost 9-1 major decision to Cherry Creek’s Xzavier Tixier
BRITTON MATEJOVSKY, JR., EAGLECREST (1-2, 48-17): 1st round — lost 15-0 technical fall to Vista Ridge’s Silas Arnds; 1st round consolation — pinned Prairie View’s Elijah Casias, 2:38; 2nd round consolation — lost 12-7 decision to Fort Collins’ Michael Rembelski
ARTURO ZEPEDA, SR., GRANDVIEW (0-2, 22-18): 1st round — pinned by Ponderosa’s Jack Simpson, 2:00; 1st round consolation — lost 11-10 decision to Fossil Ridge’s Tyler Coats
157 POUNDS
JONATHAN MONTES GONZALES, SR., GRANDVIEW (4-1, 43-7) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round — pinned Chatfield’s Justin Gerard; Quarterfinal — pinned Legend’s Seth Nugent, 0:49; Semifinal — lost 4-1 decision to Pomona’s Donovan Symalla; Consolation semifinal — won 2-1 decision over Cherokee Trail’s Ryan Everhart; Third-place match — won 6-1 decision over Broomfield’s Nicholas Penfold
RYAN EVERHART, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (4-2, 25-10) (FIFTH PLACE): 1st round— won 15-0 technical fall over Prairie View’s Ryan Costa; Quarterfinal — lost 5-3 decision to Broomfield’s Nicholas Penfold; 2nd round consolation — won 12-11 decision over Mountain Vista’s Max Tafoya; 3rd round consolation — won 3-0 decision over Denver South’s Marcos Zapien; Consolation semifinal — lost 3-2 decision to Brighton’s Ethyn BravoPacker; Fifth-place match — won 10-5 decision over Greeley West’s Marcelo Marquez
AISLEY RETALLACK, SR., EAGLECREST (1-2, 39-19): 1st round — pinned by Pine Creek’s Gavin Weichelt, 0:54; 1st round consolation — pinned Chaparral’s Sam Matlock; 2nd round consolation — lost 16-1 technical fall to Legend’s Seth Nugent
165 POUNDS
GUNNER LOPEZ, SR., GRANDVIEW (3-1, 42-5) (SECOND PLACE): 1st round — won 20-0 technical fall over Douglas County’s Charlie Hixenbaugh; Quarterfinal — won 19-4 technical fall over Valor Christian’s Cole Beyer; Semifinal — won 2-1 decision over Chatfield’s Dominic Meli; Championship match — lost 5-2 decision to Pomona’s Emmitt Munson
175 POUNDS
CHRISTIAN SKOV, JR., GRANDVIEW (4-2, 37-12) (FOURTH PLACE): 1st round — pinned Horizon’s Colton Scott, 1:03; Quarterfinal — lost 21-9 major decision to Brighton’s Ollin Quintana; 2nd round consolation — won 13-3 major decision over Overland’s Juan Valdez Martinez; 3rd round consolation — pinned Lakewood’s Giovanni Beatty, 2:50; Consolation semifinal — won 4-2 decision over Fort Collins’ Holden Irby; Third-place match — lost 17-1 technical fall to Brighton’s Ollin Quintana
JUAN VALDEZ MARTINEZ, SR., OVERLAND (1-2, 47-9): 1st round — pinned by Pomona’s Kalob Ybarra, 0:56; 1st round consolation — won 9-1 major decision over Heritage’s Diego Garcia; 2nd round consolation — lost 13-3 major decision to Grandview’s Christian Skov
ANDREW DIENHART, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (0-2, 34-17): 1st round — lost 16-1 technical fall to Pine Creek’s Brogan Trollope; 1st round consolation — pinned by Rocky Mountain’s Joseph Palmer
190 POUNDS
NAKHAI MILLER, SR., EAGLECREST (1-2, 44-6): 1st round — lost 7-5 decision to Broomfield’s Ethan Goulet; 1st round consolation — won 19-4 technical fall over Northglenn’s Randy Bueno; 2nd round consolation — lost 14-7 decision over Fairview’s Peyton Pacheco
215 POUNDS
MARQUES LAWRENCE, SOPH., GRANDVIEW (2-3, 35-12): 1st round — pinned Valor Christian’s Stone Ramsey, 4:49; Quarterfinal — won 12-8 decision over Brighton’s Keith Robinson; Semifinal — pinned by Northglenn’s Eli Stevens, 4:40; Consolation semifinal — lost 9-3 decision to Erie’s Wyatt Walston; Fifth-place match — pinned by Brighton’s Keith Robinson
285 POUNDS
LELAND DAY, JR., GRANDVIEW (3-1, 44-3) (SECOND PLACE): 1st round — pinned Ralston Valley’s Max Wheeler, 1:35; Quarterfinal — lost 18-2 technical fall over Northglenn’s Charles Coronado; Semifinal — pinned Cherokee Trail’s Youdas Aghouiles, 1:55; Championship match — pinned by Legend’s Alexander Rose, 7:25
YOUDAS AGHOUILES, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (4-1, 43-21) (THIRD PLACE): 1st round — pinned Tristan Valdez of Central G.J.), 0:38; Quarterfinal — pinned Alberto Cedillo of Broomfield, 3:47; Semifinal — pinned by Grandview’s Leland Day, 1:55; Consolation semifinal — pinned Fountain-Fort Carson’s Evan McCarty; Third-place match — pinned Cherry Creek’s Oz Nowick, 1:27
BIRAM GRIFFEY, JR., RANGEVIEW (1-2, 42-9): 1st round — pinned Vista Ridge’s Wesley Gil, 1:40; Quarterfinal — pinned by Legend’s Alexander Rose, 3:04; 2nd round consolation — pinned by Fountain-Fort Carson’s Evan McCarty, 2:07