For the first time, girls wrestling will have two classifications at the state tournament at Ball Arena.
All of Aurora’s programs reside in Class 5A, which will run concurrently with 4A for the first time at Ball Arena. Among those in the 5A tournament will be at least one qualifier from all five city girls programs — Eaglecrest, Overland, Regis Jesuit, Smoky Hill and Vista PEAK Prep — and 24 entrants in all.
The Colorado High School Activities Association issued the official state tournament brackets Monday (find them, here).
Eaglecrest finished in third place at the Region 2 tournament at Fountain-Fort Carson and had nine wrestlers make the state tournament. None were regional champions, but juniors Sydney Babi (105 pounds) and Jordan Heibult (125), senior Bailee Mestas (130) and freshman Maxime Lentz (140) were runners-up.
Junior Sofie Ghasabayan (100), freshman Tatum Debelak (115), junior Alaysia Ornelas (135), senior Natalie Replogle (145) made it for coach Horacio Vialpando’s Raptors with third-place finishes and sophomore Brenna Brummet (190) made it when she took fourth and did not have to face a wrestleback.
Vista PEAK Prep claimed second place at the Region 3 tournament at Poudre High School and came away with an all-time high of seven state qualifiers.
Coach Ashley Jaramillo’s Bison were led by junior Amelia Bacon, the regional champion at 125 pounds and a returning state finalist. Junior Parice Jones (190) won the other regional crown for the Bison, senior Anastasia Smith (110), junior Idaly Garcia (130) and sophomore Khloe Yizar (235) made it with third-place finishes and junior Hailey Brown (105) and sophomore Maylin Morales (135) made it with fourth places.
Sophomore Remington Zimmerer won the Region 3 title at 120 pounds to pace four qualifiers for coach Zach Zimmerer’s Regis Jesuit team, which also had fourth-place finishers advance in junior Hannah Pramita (125) and sophomore Jordyn Walker (235) along with freshman Heidi LaTourrette, who was a wrestleback winner at 140.
Coach Adrian Gonzalez’s Overland team has a trio of qualifiers in senior Ruth Worknhe (who finished second among just three wrestlers at 235), sophomore Jacklyn Torreblanca Oseguera (170) and junior Dureti Abdulkadir, who won a wrestleback to advance at 140.
Sophomore Hailey Torrez (155) of coach Jake Fisher’s Smoky Hill team rounds out the city’s state contingent.
Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@sentinelcolorado.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
