AURORA | Pairings involving Aurora wrestlers for the Class 5A & 4A state wrestling tournament, Feb. 18-20, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, as released by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Updated with changes to 126 and 220 5A brackets on Feb. 18. Aurora wrestlers are bold and uppercased:
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2016 CLASS 5A/4A STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
CLASS 5A
106 pounds: Upper bracket — Ricky Nava, soph., Northglenn (33-13) vs. Malik Heinselman, soph., Castle View (40-1); Devin Cogil, sr., Legacy (43-4) vs. Angelo Guillen, soph., Grand Junction (33-12); Presley Madril, fr., Broomfield (24-10) vs. AXEL PACHECO, SR., AURORA CENTRAL (27-10); Lance Peltier, jr., Rampart (32-10) vs. Colton Yapoujian, fr., Pomona (29-7); Lower bracket — Jacob McClaskey, soph., Grand Junction Central (37-13) vs. Johnny Sanchez, jr., Brighton (34-7); GIOVANNI FEDERICO, SOPH., GRANDVIEW (40-10) vs. Rudy Sanchez, sr., Adams City (30-6); BEN RHOTON, SR., HINKLEY (32-6) vs. Zack Szostak, soph., Doherty (27-12); Daniel Roth, jr., Coronado (17-20) vs. Mosha Schwartz, fr., Ponderosa (40-6)
113 pounds: Upper bracket — Collen Bauernschmidt, soph., Ralston Valley (23-11) vs. Fabian Gutierrez, sr., Adams City (41-3); Stephen Debelko, jr., Coronado (16-3) vs. Justin Pacheco, fr., Pomona (25-15); FABIAN SANTILLAN, FR., GRANDVIEW (35-9) vs. Josh Nira, soph., Rocky Mountain (29-5); Adrian Marquez, fr., Castle View (31-10) vs. Andrez Martinez, fr., Grand Junction Central (40-8); Lower bracket — Gage Loveall, jr., Northglenn (26-7) vs. Brandon Tyson, sr., Broomfield (43-6); OCTAVIO LOPEZ, SOPH., AURORA CENTRAL (15-12) vs. Louie Romero, jr., Mountain Range (30-5); Preston Weaver, jr., Mountain Vista (37-9) vs. Maverick Keigher, soph., Doherty (35-8); Brody Lamb, soph. (Poudre) vs. Cody Fatzinger, jr., Arvada West (27-5)
120 pounds: Upper bracket — Will Hendrickson, fr., Fossil Ridge (22-11) vs. Tomas Gutierrez, sr., Pomona (23-2); Collin Metzgar, jr., Doherty (31-10) vs. Hunter Matney, jr., Ponderosa (40-9); Munkhdulugu Batnasan (Cherry Creek) vs. Xander Rens, fr., Monarch (20-2); Tyler Johnson, jr., Chaparral (26-11) vs. Job Greenwood, fr., Poudre (31-9); Lower bracket — Noah Vigil, soph., Adams City (23-9) vs. Dylan Martinez, soph., Grand Junction (32-6); RAFAEL GARIBAY, SR., HINKLEY (32-5) vs. Stephan Ikeler, sr., Fort Collins (37-8); XAVIER CARDENAS, SR., GRANDVIEW (27-8) vs. Trent Blazon, sr., Legacy (23-7); QUINCY MORENO, SR., AURORA CENTRAL (32-13) vs. Jordan Martinez, jr., Pine Creek (30-3)
126 pounds: Upper bracket — Estavon Maldonado, jr., Arvada West (18-10) vs. Jackson Huffman, sr., Horizon (24-3); Parker Benekas, soph., Ponderosa (30-10) vs. Justin Lien, jr., Castle View (30-14); DAVID RIVERA, FR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (31-15) vs. Andrew Bench, jr., Grand Junction Central (39-7); Theorius Robison, fr., Pomona (27-4), bye; Lower bracket — Teigan Thomas-Trujillo, sr., Mountain Vista (31-10) vs. Parker McQuade, soph., Monarch (35-5); Owen Lamb, sr., Poudre (33-12) vs. BEN EHRHARD, SR., GRANDVIEW (27-10); Noah Romero, jr., Prairie View (17-8) vs. Polo Garcia, jr., Denver East (28-6); Jordan Bledsoe, sr., Adams City (19-19) vs. Josh Finesilver, sr., Cherry Creek (42-5)
132 pounds: Upper bracket — SEAN KELLY, JR., OVERLAND (30-9) vs. Jacob Greenwood, soph., Poudre (26-4); Eli Schwartz, sr., Ponderosa (26-11) vs. Adam Aguilar, sr., Legend (34-3); JONNATHAN QUIJADA, SR., AURORA CENTRAL (37-6) vs. David Opheim, jr., ThunderRidge (41-7); Josh Boulton, jr., Fort Collins (34-12) vs. Daniel Van Hoose, jr., Fruita (34-4); Lower bracket — Jakob Otto, jr., Cherry Creek (28-15) vs. Cole Polluconi, soph., Monarch (38-2); Seth Sanchez, jr., Lincoln (27-5) vs. Wendell Berry, sr., Thornton (35-6); Santana Salas, jr., Prairie View (26-13) vs. Dayton Marvel, soph., Pomona (19-9); Ronald Salazar III, fr., Pine Creek (28-12) vs. Riley Garner-Orr, jr., Grand Junction Central (35-1)
138 pounds: Upper bracket — Taylor Dawal, sr., Monarch (33-13) vs. Ryan Deakin sr., Legacy (44-2); KIPP CORBY, SR., RANGEVIEW (34-8) vs. SERJ CHAVEZ, JR., HINKLEY (33-6); TANNER PATTERSON, SR., GRANDVIEW (27-11) vs. Jeremy Latham, jr., Grand Junction (35-9); Kyle Smart, jr., Fossil Ridge (26-11) vs. Dre-Son Scruggs, jr., Palmer (37-4); Lower bracket — OMAR GONZALEZ, JR., AURORA CENTRAL (27-15) vs. David Kavanagh, sr., Denver East (39-2); David Bekkedahl, jr., Poudre (27-12) vs. Caleb Stranahan, sr., Legend (27-13); Gunner Anderson, jr., Rocky Mountain (29-6) vs. Antonio Deaguero, sr., Adams City (25-7); Eli Konrad, sr., Fruita (29-15) vs. Dylan Wood, sr., Ralston Valley (36-3)
145 pounds: Upper bracket — Angelo Romero, sr., Columbine (22-8) vs. Jason Romero, jr., Pomona (22-6); Chase McElhany, sr., Coronado (12-4) vs. Gavin Deaguero, soph., Adams City (32-12); Nathan Baca, soph., Brighton (29-11) vs. Alex Bezugly, sr., ThunderRidge (25-8); Brandon Mckain-Miller, sr., Westminster (27-6) vs. Jayden Woodruff, soph., Ponderosa (28-9); Lower bracket — Caden Feenstra, sr., Monarch (30-9) vs. Bradley Lehmann, sr., Prairie View (22-3); JT Skalecki, fr., Grand Junction (20-6) vs. Gabriel Dinette, soph., Lakewood (42-1); JOSE MILLAN, SR., AURORA CENTRAL (28-10) vs. Alika Kealoha, jr., Thornton (30-10); Joseph O’Donnell, sr., Rocky Mountain (31-10) vs. Zack Martinez, sr., Mountain Range (45-2)
152 pounds: Upper bracket — Corbin Chavez, sr., Prairie View (31-14) vs. Josiah Rider, soph., Grand Junction (33-1); BRANDON MINEAR, JR., REGIS JESUIT (31-11) vs. Shane Kroner, sr., Legend (35-13); Nate Pritchard, soph., Monarch (34-11) vs. Adrian Kois, sr., Thornton (34-7); Daniel Turco, jr., Ponderosa (12-22) vs. Drian Hays, soph., Legacy (33-10); Lower bracket — Jack Armijo, soph., Adams City (16-5) vs. Camden Roach, sr., Chaparral (34-8); Josh Betts, soph., Rocky Mountain (26-10) vs. Matt Finesilver, sr., Cherry Creek (41-3); Diego Calderon, sr., Poudre (37-6) vs. Alejandro Gandara, sr., Heritage (38-5); Xavier Herrera, soph., Pomona (23-7) vs. Jaret Strasheim, soph., ThunderRidge (38-7)
160 pounds: Upper bracket — Peter Isais, jr., Pine Creek (33-6) vs. Brennan Ratcliff, sr., Bear Creek (40-4); TYLER ROSS, JR., GRANDVIEW (38-12) vs. Xavier Vasquez, jr., Greeley West (33-5); Nolan Krone, jr., Pomona (23-9) vs. Jared Todd, sr., Heritage (27-4); Jack Huber, jr., ThunderRidge (33-11) vs. Nicholas Cote, jr., Coronado (32-14); Lower bracket — EJ Barrera, jr., Grand Junction Central (38-9) vs. Aaron Trygstad, sr., Chaparral (37-8); Jake Hansen, sr., Rocky Mountain (32-10) vs. Zachary Deaguero, sr., Adams City (40-7); Dimitri Brown, sr., Fairview (27-7) vs. Tate Samuelson, soph., Castle View (39-5); Earl C. Manzanares, soph., Chatfield (30-8) vs. Terrell Wooley, sr., Cherry Creek (26-2)
170 pounds: Upper bracket — Tim Mullin, jr., Columbine (15-12) vs. Dawson Cranmer, sr., Chaparral (28-5); Elmer Baca, sr., Prairie View (33-10) vs. Aaron Helbok, sr., Adams City (37-7); Garrett McCullar, sr., Poudre (20-7) vs. Idan Peek, sr., Pine Creek (35-12); MATTHEW LITTLE, SR., GRANDVIEW (25-14) vs. Seth Latham, soph., Grand Junction (35-5); Lower bracket — Alex Morales, sr., Mountain Range (33-10) vs. Connor Ventura, sr., Broomfield (38-5); Cameron Gonzales, jr., Pomona (27-7) vs. Christian Robb, jr., Cherry Creek (36-11); CHARLES REIGIES, SR., GATEWAY (27-8) vs. Josh Cordova, sr., Thornton (32-4); Caleb Bergeson, sr., Fairview (21-8) vs. SETH BOGULSKI, SR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (39-3)
182 pounds: Upper bracket — CHRISTIAN CALKINS, SR., RANGEVIEW (27-11) vs. Matt Hebel, sr., Legacy (37-1); NICK ELGIN, SR., REGIS JESUIT (36-7) vs. ZEKE SILVA, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (33-4); Kenny Molina, sr., Adams City (29-15) vs. Donnie Negus, sr., Douglas County (38-4); Shawn Garcia, jr., Grand Junction (27-1) vs. Tarron Adams, soph., Brighton (14-8); Lower bracket — Jorge Perez, sr., Thornton (25-15) vs. Garrett Niel, soph., Pine Creek (39-6); ELIJAH KELLY, JR., GATEWAY (20-10) vs. Jimmy Weaver, jr., Coronado (36-6); Weston Holdren, soph., Grand Junction Central (29-17) vs. Matthew Dunkelman, soph., Loveland (32-7); Gavin Van Horn, sr., Palmer (21-10) vs. Uriah Vigil, jr., Pomona (23-2)
195 pounds: Upper bracket — Tyler Eaton, sr., Arapahoe (18-13) vs. Trenton Schultz, jr., Mountain Vista (40-1); Zack Walker, sr., Broomfield (26-15) vs. Jared Seely, sr., Fruita (38-3); Jake Debruyn, jr., Lakewood (25-10) vs. Ian Helwick, soph., Brighton (27-13); Kade Santiago, sr., Grand Junction Central (15-15) vs. Kacin Nowlin, sr., Pine Creek (25-8); Lower bracket — KAELIN CHIN, SOPH., OVERLAND (21-10) vs. Nolan Funk, sr., Legacy (42-1); MYLES PRICE, SR., RANGEVIEW (26-16) vs. Nicholas Marchman, sr., Castle View (27-15); ROBERT WOODS, JR., SMOKY HILL (10-7) vs. Noah Reisdorff, sr., Cherry Creek (29-11); Brendon Woolsey, jr., Prairie View (29-8) vs. Zack Gomez, sr., Arvada West (29-7)
220 pounds: Upper bracket — MAX GONZALES, JR., CHEROKEE TRAIL (33-2), bye; Andres Martinez, soph., Grand Junction Central (25-14) vs. Tanner Aitken, jr., Brighton (26-6); Noah Dohm, sr., Broomfield (28-15) vs. ANTHONY MALONE, SR., EAGLECREST (26-5); Tadeo Villavicencio, jr., Doherty (16-18) vs. GABRIEL BAUMGARTNER, JR., GRANDVIEW (30-12); Lower bracket — Weston Mayer, soph., Poudre (33-16) vs. Cohl Schultz, fr., Ponderosa (43-1); Tayler Clifton, sr., Pine Creek (32-7) vs. Dominic Vecchiarelli, sr., Arvada West (30-10); Jeff Rohrer, sr., Thornton (22-13) vs. Kyle Stewart, sr., Legend (39-5); Dominic Montoya, jr., Cherry Creek (18-14) vs. Charles Dunkelman, sr., Loveland (25-1)
285 pounds: Upper bracket — Richard Huff, sr., Palmer (31-11) vs. Clayton Voytilla, sr., Fruita (36-3); Jon Engle, soph., Fort Collins (28-13) vs. Donovan Roker, jr., Greeley West (32-8); Jordan Horsley, sr., Grand Junction Central (32-15) vs. Tui Faamausili, sr., Legacy (35-9); Hayden Still, soph., Lakewood (37-9) vs. Ian Scott, sr., Monarch (34-7); Lower bracket — Darby Johnson, soph., Ponderosa (19-21) vs. Mason Watt, soph., Broomfield (29-7); Kyle Dix, sr., Pomona (19-12) vs. Broden Baker, sr., Legend (28-12); RYAN CAMPBELL, JR., SMOKY HILL (19-17) vs. JOSHUA VIGIL-HARRISON, SR., GRANDVIEW (36-8); Jayden Manu, soph., Loveland (17-8) vs. Forrest Lalaguna, sr., Centaurus (21-5)
CLASS 4A
113 pounds: Upper bracket — Dylan Wood, sr., Windsor (22-19) vs. Josiah Nava, soph., Pueblo County (36-3); Devin Lueck, soph., Mesa Ridge (23-17) vs. Felix Cano, soph., Glenwood Springs (35-6); Derek Golden, sr., Roosevelt (34-11) vs. Miguel Manuel, sr., Greeley Central (34-8); Matt Tobey, soph., Palmer Ridge (28-14) vs. Jaden Porreco, soph., Discovery Canyon (32-10); Lower bracket — DILAN ESPARZA, JR., VISTA PEAK (28-11) vs. Hunter Williams, soph., Thompson Valley (27-8); Garrick Arias, sr., Woodland Park (29-10) vs. Benjamin Markworth, jr., Air Academy (25-10); Kevin Hooks, fr., Cheyenne Mountain (26-17) vs. Zach Cisneros, soph., Pueblo West (28-18); Kristian Arguello, fr., Pueblo South (14-20) vs. Jace Trujillo, fr., Pueblo East (29-4)
138 pounds: Upper bracket — Tanner Eshleman, jr., Silver Creek (9-10) vs. Sam Turner, sr., Discovery Canyon (37-2); Austin Bernal. soph., Palisade (34-8) vs. Dante Madril, sr., Pueblo West (33-7); Tucker Coffey, jr., Canon City (24-15) vs. Kody Scholl, soph., Widefield (29-15); Jeff Farris, soph., Windsor (8-13) vs. Braydon Besse, soph., Thompson Valley (21-8); Lower bracket — Kitt Knisley, jr., Palmer Ridge (23-17) vs. MARCUS GUERRA, SR., VISTA PEAK (33-8); Brady Badwound, fr., Alameda International (19-15) vs. Elijah Valdez, soph., Mesa Ridge (34-7); Coby Welch, sr., Valor Christian (31-12) vs. Steve Mattorano, soph., Cheyenne Mountain (27-8); Alonzo Samaniego, sr., Greeley Central (29-16) vs. Chris Sandoval, jr., Pueblo County (27-2)
