AURORA | Conrad Parra’s Aurora Central wrestling team has taken its lumps the past two seasons at the Aurora Public Schools Championships quad meet since winning the inaugural event in 2012.
The Trojans handled Gateway, Hinkley and Rangeview in the round-robin dual tournament Wednesday evening at Gateway High School to claim district bragging rights for the year.
The deciding match came in the middle round of duals when Parra’s Aurora Central team faced off with coach Tim Corby’s Rangeview team after both posted convincing opening victories against Gateway and Hinkley, respectively.
Returning Class 5A state qualifiers Kipp Corby and Deron Solomon posted consecutive pins at 138 and 145 pounds to put the Raiders out in front in the dual, but the Trojans slowly worked their way back into it. A big swing came in the upper weights, when Aurora Central 182-pounder Juan Fraire beat the clock in the first period to pin Rangeview’s AJ Thomas in 1:55 and Trojans’ 195-pounder Jevin Jordan won by forfeit to tie the match at 24-24.
Rangeview standout Max Gonzales received a win by forfeit at 220 pounds as Parra moved up first-year wrestler Elias Arietta into the heavyweight spot. The move worked out perfectly for the Trojans, as Arietta pinned the Raiders’ Humberto Caloca in the third period for an unexpected six points.
Some unexpected shuffling in the lower weights also played out well for Aurora Central, as Quincy Moreno posted a major decision victory at 113 pounds, where Rangeview’s Dominic Wenger — another returning state qualifier — typically wrestlers. Wenger, who lost to Moreno in the championship match at the Rangeview Raider Classic a few weeks earlier, moved up to 120 pounds for the dual and got pinned by Aurora Central’s Guido Umogwaneza just before the second period ran out.
Umogwaneza’s pin pushed the Trojans ahead by two points and 126-pounder Jonnathan Quijada, Aurora Central’s only returning 5A state qualifier, sealed the win with a 12-2 major decision of Kahari Gordon. Yovanny Osuna capped the match off with a 4-0 decision over Tyler Shavalier in a match that wouldn’t have affected the team result.
The Trojans rolled past Gateway 61-3 in the opening round and sealed the perfect day by handling Hinkley 51-14.
Rangeview finished 2-1 with victories over Hinkley (53-21) and Gateway (71-12) as Corby won twice by pin and once by technical fall on a perfect day, 170-pounder Christian Calkins recorded two pins and received a forfeit, as did Gonzales, who spent just 1 minute, 35 seconds on the mat.
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AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUAD WRESTLING
ROUND 1
Rangeview 53, Hinkley 21
132 pounds: Tyler Shavalier (Rangeview) pinned Xavier Abeyta (Hinkley), 0:36; 138 pounds: Kipp Corby (Rangeview) tech. fall Cassandra Ledger (Hinkley), 24-9; 145 pounds: Serj Chavez (Hinkley) dec. Deron Solomon (Rangeview), 4-3; 152 pounds: Jonathan Perdomo (Hinkley) maj. dec. Ryan Mercure (Rangeview), 20-6; 160 pounds: Austen Bradshaw (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 170 pounds: Lamont Weddle (Rangeview) pinned Carlos Argueta (Hinkley), 2:57; 182 pounds: Christian Calkins (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 195 pounds: AJ Thomas (Rangeview) pinned Rhytion Coleman (Hinkley), 3:10; 220 pounds: Max Gonzales (Rangeview) pinned Chris Amezquita (Hinkley), 0:27; 285 pounds: Humberto Caloca (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 106 pounds: Ben Rhoton (Hinkley) tech. fall David Nuttall (Rangeview), 19-3; 113 pounds: Dominic Wenger (Rangeview) pinned Montey Aldulaimi (Hinkley), 1:09; 120 pounds: Rafael Garibay (Hinkley) pinned Ayden Escarcega (Rangeview), 1:39; 126 pounds: Gideon Greer (Hinkley) dec. Kahari Gordon (Rangeview), 7-5 (OT)
Aurora Central 61, Gateway 3
ROUND 2
Aurora Central 41, Rangeview 30
138 pounds: Kipp Corby (Rangeview) pinned Omar Gonzalez (Aurora Central), 2:37; 145 pounds: Deron Solomon (Rangeview) pinned Jonathan Ramos (Aurora Central), 4:44; 152 pounds: Jose Millan (Aurora Central) dec. Austen Bradshaw (Rangeview), 8-5; 160 pounds: Ignanico Galindo (Aurora Central) dec. Lamont Weddle (Rangeview), 9-2; 170 pounds: Christian Calkins (Rangeview) pinned Jonnathan Arias (Aurora Central), 3:54; 182 pounds: Juan Fraire (Aurora Central) pinned AJ Thomas (Rangeview), 1:55; 195 pounds: Jevin Jordan (Aurora Central) won by forfeit; 220 pounds: Max Gonzales (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 285 pounds: Elias Arietta (Aurora Central) pinned Humberto Caloca (Rangeview), 5:04; 106 pounds: David Nuttall (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 113 pounds: Quincy Moreno (Aurora Central) maj. dec. Bryan Fierro (Rangeview), 20-6; 120 pounds: Guido Umogwaneza (Aurora Central) pinned Dominic Wenger (Rangeview), 3:59; 126 pounds: Jonnathan Quijada (Aurora Central) maj. dec. Kahari Gordon (Rangeview), 12-2; 132 pounds: Yovanny Osuna (Aurora Central) dec. Tyler Shavalier (Rangeview), 4-0
Hinkley 39, Gateway 32
138 pounds: Jarrett Reigies (Gateway) dec. Cassandra Ledger (Hinkley), 10-4; 145 pounds: Sergio Chavez (Hinkley) won by forfeit; 152 pounds: Will West (Hinkley) pinned Alan Studt (Gateway), 0:27; 160 pounds: Charles Reigies (Gateway) tech. fall Jonathan Perdomo (Hinkley), 19-4; 170 pounds: Shawn Koehler (Gateway) pinned Carlos Argueta (Hinkley), 1:04; 182 pounds: Double forfeit; 195 pounds: Rhytion Coleman (Hinkley) pinned Arthur Laubach (Gateway), 1:51; 220 pounds: Chris Amezquita (Hinkley) won by forfeit; 285 pounds: Double forfeit; 106 pounds: Ben Rhoton (Hinkley) won by forfeit; 113 pounds: Monte Aldulaimi (Hinkley) dec. John Suber (Gateway), 17-10; 120 pounds: Rafael Garibay (Hinkley) won by forfeit; 126 pounds: Jordan White (Gateway) dec. Gideon Greer (Hinkley), 9-3; 132 pounds: Blake Thomas (Gateway) pinned Xavier Abeyta (Hinkley), 1:03
ROUND 3
Rangeview 71, Gateway 12
145 pounds: Deron Solomon (Rangeview) tech. fall Jarrett Reigies (Gateway), 15-0; 152 pounds: Austen Bradshaw (Rangeview) pinned Alan Studt (Gateway), 0:39; 160 pounds: Charles Reigies (Gateway) pinned Jeremiah MacIntire (Rangeview), 0:38; 170 pounds: Christian Calkins (Rangeview) pinned Shawn Koehler (Gateway), 3:45; 182 pounds: AJ Thomas (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 195 pounds: Arthur Laubach (Gateway) won by forfeit; 220 pounds: Max Gonzales (Rangeview) pinned Rafael Aldava (Gateway), 1:08; 285 pounds: Humberto Caloca (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 106 pounds: David Nuttall (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 113 pounds: Dominic Wenger (Rangeview) pinned John Suber (Gateway), 1:09; 120 pounds: Ayden Escarcega (Rangeview) won by forfeit; 126 pounds: Kahari Gordon (Rangeview) pinned Tyris Trueblood (Gateway), 3:21; 132 pounds: Tyler Shavalier (Rangeview) pinned Jordan White (Gateway), 5:44; 138 pounds: Kipp Corby (Rangeview) pinned Blake Thomas (Gateway), 3:52
Aurora Central 51, Hinkley 14
145 pounds: Sergio Chavez (Hinkley) pinned Jonathan Ramos (Aurora Central), 0:48; 152 pounds: Jose Millan (Aurora Central) pinned Will West (Hinkley), 1:04; 160 pounds: Jonathan Perdomo (Hinkley) dec. Ignacio Galindo (Aurora Central), 6-5; 170 pounds: Jonnathan Arias (Aurora Central) pinned Carlos Argueta (Hinkley), 1:46; 182 pounds: Juan Fraire (Aurora Central) won by forfeit; 195 pounds: Jevin Jordan (Aurora Central) dec. Rhytion Coleman (Hinkley), 8-7; 220 pounds: Elias Arietta (Aurora Central) pinned Chris Amezquita (Hinkley), 1:03; 285 pounds: Double forfeit; 106 pounds: Double forfeit; 113 pounds: Quincy Moreno (Aurora Central) dec. Ben Rhoton (Hinkley), 2-0; 120 pounds: Rafael Garibay (Hinkley) tech. fall Guido Umogwaneza (Aurora Central), 20-3; 126 pounds: Jonnathan Quijada (Aurora Central) maj. dec. Gideon Greer (Hinkley), 11-0; 132 pounds: Yovanny Osuna (Aurora Central) pinned Xavier Abeyta (Hinkley), 1:08; 138 pounds: Omar Gonzalez (Aurora Central) won by injury time over Cassandra Ledger (Hinkley)
