Cherokee Trail's Ezequiel Silva, left, and Regis Jesuit's Nick Elgin lock up during a 182-pound first round match at the Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Silva won an 11-4 decision to become one of 16 city wrestlers to advance to the Feb. 19 championship quarterfinals. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Cherokee Trail’s Ezequiel Silva, left, and Regis Jesuit’s Nick Elgin lock up during a 182-pound first round match at the Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Silva won an 11-4 decision to become one of 16 city wrestlers to advance to the Feb. 19 championship quarterfinals. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Cherokee Trail’s Ezequiel Silva, left, and Regis Jesuit’s Nick Elgin lock up during a 182-pound first round match at the Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Silva won an 11-4 decision to become one of 16 city wrestlers to advance to the Feb. 19 championship quarterfinals. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

DENVER | Team scores and results from the first round of the Class 5A and 4A state wrestling tournaments on Feb. 18, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Aurora wrestlers are bold and uppercased:

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WRESTLING
WRESTLING

AURORA 2016 CLASS 5A/4A STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Team scores: 1. Pomona 27 points; T2. Legacy 21; T2. Pine Creek 21; 4. Ponderosa 16.5; 5. Poudre 15.5; 6. GRANDVIEW 15.0; T7. Adams City 12; T7. Brighton 12; T9. Broomfield 11; T9. Fruita 11; T9. Grand Junction 11; 12. Castle View 10; T13. Coronado 9; T13. Monarch 9; 15. HINKLEY 8.5; T16. Denver East 8; T16. Legend 8; T16. ThunderRidge 8; 19. Cherry Creek 7.5; T20. AURORA CENTRAL 7; T20. Central Grand Junction 7; T20. Chaparral 7; T20. Mountain Range 7; T24. CHEROKEE TRAIL 6; T24. Lakewood 6; T24. Loveland 6; T24. Mountain Vista 6; T28. SMOKY HILL 4; T28. Arvada West 4; T28. Doherty 4; T28. Douglas County 4; T28. Greeley West 4; T28. Thornton 4; T34. Centaurus 3; T34. Ralston Valley 3; T36. GATEWAY 2; T36. Chatfield 2; T36. Horizon 2; T36. Northglenn 2; T36. Palmer 2; T36. Prairie View 2; EAGLECREST, OVERLAND, RANGEVIEW, REGIS JESUIT no score

CLASS 5A

106 pounds: Upper bracket — AXEL PACHECO (AURORA CENTRAL) maj. dec. Presley Madril (Broomfield), 13-5; Lower bracket — Rudy Sanchez (Adams City) maj. dec. GIOVANNI FEDERICO (GRANDVIEW), 11-0; BEN RHOTON (HINKLEY) tech. fall Zack Szostak (Doherty), 16-1

113 pounds: Upper bracket — FABIAN SANTILLAN (GRANDVIEW) dec. Josh Nira (Rocky Mountain), 8-3; Lower bracket — Louie Romero (Mountain Range) maj. dec. OCTAVIO LOPEZ (AURORA CENTRAL), 10-0

120 pounds: Lower bracket — RAFAEL GARIBAY (HINKLEY) dec. Stephan Ikeler (Fort Collins), 4-0; XAVIER CARDENAS (GRANDVIEW) maj. dec. Trent Blazon (Legacy), 15-2; Jordan Martinez (Pine Creek) tech. fall QUINCY MORENO (AURORA CENTRAL), 19-4

126 pounds: Upper bracket — Andrew Bench (Grand Junction Central) dec. DAVID RIVERA (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 5-0; Lower bracket — Owen Lamb (Poudre) pinned BEN EHRHARD (GRANDVIEW), 3:22

132 pounds: Upper bracket — Jacob Greenwood (Poudre) tech. fall SEAN KELLY (OVERLAND), 20-4; David Opheim (ThunderRidge) dec. JONNATHAN QUIJADA (AURORA CENTRAL), 9-6

138 pounds: Upper bracket — SERJ CHAVEZ (HINKLEY) maj. dec. KIPP CORBY (RANGEVIEW), 16-6; TANNER PATTERSON (GRANDVIEW) pinned Jeremy Latham (Grand Junction), 1:57; Lower bracket — David Kavanagh (Denver East) pinned OMAR GONZALEZ (AURORA CENTRAL), 3:22

145 pounds: Lower bracket — JOSE MILLAN (AURORA CENTRAL) pinned Alika Kealoha (Thornton), 3:17

152 pounds: Upper bracket — Shane Kroner (Legend) dec. BRANDON MINEAR (REGIS JESUIT), 4-3

160 pounds: Upper bracket — Xavier Vasquez (Greeley West) dec. TYLER ROSS (GRANDVIEW), 5-2

170 pounds: Upper bracket — Seth Latham (Grand Junction) pinned MATTHEW LITTLE (GRANDVIEW), 2:36; Lower bracket — CHARLES REIGIES (GATEWAY) dec. Josh Cordova (Thornton), 9-8; SETH BOGULSKI (CHEROKEE TRAIL) pinned Caleb Bergeson, sr., Fairview (21-9)

182 pounds: Upper bracket — Matt Hebel (Legacy) maj. dec. CHRISTIAN CALKINS (RANGEVIEW), 13-1; ZEKE SILVA (CHEROKEE TRAIL) dec. NICK ELGIN (REGIS JESUIT), 11-4; Lower bracket — Jimmy Weaver (Coronado) dec. ELIJAH KELLY (GATEWAY), 8-0

195 pounds: Lower bracket — Nolan Funk (Legacy) pinned KAELIN CHIN (OVERLAND), 0:37; Nicholas Marchman (Castle View) dec. MYLES PRICE (RANGEVIEW), 11-4; ROBERT WOODS (SMOKY HILL) pinned Noah Reisdorff (Cherry Creek), 3:15

220 pounds: Upper bracket — MAX GONZALES (CHEROKEE TRAIL), bye; Noah Dohm (Broomfield) pinned ANTHONY MALONE (EAGLECREST), 5:07; GABRIEL BAUMGARTNER (GRANDVIEW) pinned Tadeo Villavicencio (Doherty), 5:54

285 pounds: Lower bracket — JOSHUA VIGIL-HARRISON (GRANDVIEW) dec. RYAN CAMPBELL (SMOKY HILL), 4-1

CLASS 4A

113 pounds: Lower bracket — Hunter Williams (Thompson Valley) dec. DILAN ESPARZA (VISTA PEAK), 5-3

138 pounds: Lower bracket — MARCUS GUERRA (VISTA PEAK) dec. Kitt Knisley (Palmer Ridge), 10-5

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...