TOP OF THE ROCKIES
@Centaurus HS, Lafayette, CO

After Laramie's less than stellar performance at Douglas Last week, still without Michael Gonzales,(fearfully for the season) and Pete vanderHeiden (SAT's), they managed to give their best tournament performance of the year. At the end of the first day, Laramie was not even in the top five. But Saturday was a different story. The team, led by seniors Reynold Candelaria Nate Nicholas and Brady Nielsen, rallied the troops to an impressive 2nd place finish only one point behind Colorado's Top Ranked Alamosa. But it was even closer than that and Alamosa can thank Josh Ingram, the Broomfield Heavyweight. With time running out in the Championship bout against Brady Nielsen, Ingram managed an escape taking away Nielsen's Major Decision. That major would have given Laramie one more team point to tie them for first.

The only other Wyoming team in the tournament was Cheyenne Central, which finished in 5th, a meere 9.5 points behind Laramie. It was the first time Laramie has beaten Central in tournament competition this year.

Placing for Wyoming were; Laramie- Reynold Candelaria 1st, Brady Nielsen 1st, Remington Trabing 2nd, Nate Nicholas 2nd, Josh Cook 3rd, and Beau Suder 4th. For Central- Paul Tafoya 1st, Ryan Brown 2nd, Ben Vavra 2nd, Seth Conine 2nd, Dillon Stone 3rd, Jesse Whiteley 4th and Brian Walker 4th.

Top of the Rockies Final team scores — 1. Alamosa 149; 2. Laramie (Wyo.) 148; 3. tie, Uintah (Utah) and Pomona 144; 5. Cheyenne (Wyo.) Central 138.5; 6. Centaurus 126; 7. Ponderosa 124; 8. Loveland 118.5; 9. Pueblo South 98.5; 10. Roosevelt 90; 11. Brighton 78; 12. Broomfield 71.5; 13. Wasson 63; 14. Longmont 61.5; 15. Pueblo East 53; 16. Eaglecrest 52; 17. Boulder 41; 18. Chatfield 29; 19. Fort Morgan 20; 20. Grandview 15.5

QUARTERFINALS

103 — Coty Hacking (UintahZ) dec. Matt Salazar (Alamosa) 8-5; Anthony Gutierrez (Brighton) dec. John Olivas (Roosevelt) 11-7; Andy Etzen (Ponderosa) pinned Lee Blazon (Pomona) 3:23; Kyle Swensen (Centaurus) dec. Dillon Stone (Cheyenne Central) 7-2.

112 — Reynold Candalaria (Laramie) dec. Justin Hood (Loveland) 6-2; Anthony Cortez (Brighton) tech. fall Kyle Kaiser (Fort Morgan) 18-3; Brett Roller (Wasson) pinned Jake Robl (Grandview) 4:51; Tyler Haner (Roosevelt) dec. Matt Martinez (Pueblo East) 4-2.

119 — Tom Clum (Pomona) pinned John Hunt (Wasson) 2:37; Justin Salazar (Roosevelt) pinned Dallen McKee (Uintah) 3:45; A.J. Sack (Brighton) dec. Micah Schuch (Laramie) 9-8; T.J. Archuleta (Centaurus) dec. Mike Arias (Longmont) 4-3.

125 — Remington Trabing (Laramie) major dec. Matt Galvez (Pueblo South) 14-5; Dan Jenkins (Brighton) major dec. Ben Slafter (Roosevelt) 12-3; Carson Bernard (Loveland) dec. Derrick Jaramillo (Uintah) 6-3; D.J. Meis (Alamosa) pinned Nathan Adler (Longmont) 1:55.

130 — Pat Walsh (Alamosa) pinned Beau Suder (Laramie) 1:45; Robert White (Centaurus) pinned Mike Peltz (Loveland) 0:56; Nick Hernandez (Chatfield) tech. fall Thomas Chavez (Broomfield) 18-2; Dan Clum (Pomona) pinned Grant Campbell (Ponderosa) 3:44.

135 — Bryson Vasquez (Loveland) dec. Marc Blattner (Pomona) 6-1; Dustin Rodman (Alamosa) dec. Adam Martinez (Pueblo South) 9-7; Pat Sharp (Uintah) pinned Luke Jesser (Roosevelt) 2:32; Josh Cook (Laramie) won by default over Jason Yolton (Eaglecrest).

140 — Max Smith (Alamosa) dec. Robert Meza (Roosevelt) 5-3; Jeff Swanton (Centaurus) pinned J.C. Ciscar (Eaglecrest) 3:40; Jason McCaw (Loveland) dec. Jack Eachus (Brighton), 4-2, OT; Gary Dack (Pomona) tech. fall Danny Koken 15-0.

145 — Chris Maes (Pueblo East) dec. Tyson Murray (Uintah) 14-11; Lenny Woodson (Pueblo South) pinned Elliot Smith (Boulder) 2:36; Derrick Hendren (Pomona) tech. fall Trevor Denning 22-9; Joe Fermanski (Ponderosa) dec. George Martinez (Cheyenne Central) 12-5.

152 — Elgin McCurdy (Uintah) pinned Pat B arnett (Loveland) 1:02; Brandon Del Grosso (Alamosa) dec. Jessie Whiteley (Cheyenne Central) 10-9; Ronnie Martinez (Pomona) dec. John Davis (Pueblo East) 12-5; Reid Ferrari (Centaurus) dec. Ryan Van Buskirk (Longmont) 8-1.

160 — Paul Tafoya (Cheyenne Central) major dec. Keith Nolf (Brighton) 11-2; Tyler Lucks (Loveland) dec. Casey Dalrymple (Ponderosa) 10-4; Scott Jacobson (Eaglecrest) dec. Mickey Anderson (Uintah) 4-2; Nate Nicholas (Laramie) dec. Mike Fellows (Longmont) 12-4.

171 — E.K. Waldhaus (Pueblo South) pinned Mike Whitney (Brighton) 5:00; Josh Robinson (Roosevelt) dec. Sieger Steinbeck (Chatfield) 6-4; Peter Pasque (Ponderosa) dec. Matt Christensen (Boulder) 4-3; Ryan Brown (Cheyenne Central) pinned Aaron Brown (Broomfield) 4:30.

189 — Ben Vavra (Cheyenne Central) dec. Terry Davis (Pueblo East) 6-3; Jason Sams (Roosevelt) dec. Joey Bryant (Broomfield) 6-3; Joey Morris (Centaurus) dec. Mike Leibovitz (Boulder) 12-6; Manuel Martinez (Alamosa) pinned Jaime Tovar (Uintah) 2:45.

215 — Malcolm Havens (Ponderosa) pinned Chad Phillips (Pueblo South); Aaron Mahan (Broomfield) pinned Bryan Chase (Alamosa) 1:46; Seth Conine (Cheyenne Centrsl) dkec. Jim Carwin (Fort Morgan) 4-0; Matt Smith (Eaglecrest) pinned Seth Koester (Roosevelt) 1:51.

275 — Brady Nielsen (Laramie) pinned Chad McMullins 3:07; Ferdinand Torres (Pomona) dec. Dan Richards (Wasson) 8-6; Josh Ingrim (Broomfield) dec. Isaac Gutierrez (Pueblo South) 5-1; Zane Ross (Ponderosa) pinned Brian Walker (Cheyenne Central) 5:27.

SEMIFINALS

103 — Coty Hacking (Uintah) tech fall. Anthony Gutierrez (Brighton) 19-2; Kyle Swensen (Centaurus) major dec. Andy Etzen (Ponderosa) 14-2.

112 — Reynold Candalaria (Laramie) dec. Anthony Corftez (Brighton) 16-8; Tyler Haner (Roosevelt) major dec. Brett Roller (Wasson) 16-8.

119 — Tom Clum (Pomona) pinned Justin Salazar (Roosevelt) 2:37; A.J. Sack (Brighton) dec. T.J. Archuleta (Centaurus) 4-2.

125 — Remington Trabing (Laramie) dec. Dan Jenkins (Brighton) 8-2; Carson Bernard (Loveland) dec. D.J. Meis (Alamosa) 5-4.

130 — Pat Walsh (Alamosa) dec. Robert White (Centaurus) 4-2; Dan Clum (Pomona) major dec. Nick Hernandez (Chatfield) 16-2.

135 — Bryson Vasquez (Loveland) dec/ Dustin Rodman (Alamosa) 4-2; Pat Sharp (Uintah) dec. Josh Cook (Laramie) 6-3.

140 — Jeff Swanson (Centaurus) pinned Robert Meza (Roosevelt) 3:07; Gary Dack (Pomona) dec. Jason McCaw (Loveland) 4-2.

145 — Lenny Woodson (Pueblo South) major dec. Chris Maes (Pueblo East) 16-5; Derrick Hendren (Pomona) pinned Joe Fermanski (Ponderosa) 3:47.

152 — Elgin McCurdy (Uintah) major dec. Brandon Del Grosso (Alamosa) 11-3; Reid Ferrari (Centaurus) pinned Ronnie Martinez (Pomona) 5:44.

160 — Paul Tafoya (Cheyenne Central) major dec. Tyler Lucks (Loveland) 12-4; Nate Nicholas (Laramie) pinned Scott Jacobson (Eaglecrest) 0:56.

171 — E.K. Waldhaus (Pueblo South) pinned Josh Robinson (Roosevelt) 3:58; Ryan Brown (Cheyenne Central) dec. Peter Pasque (Ponderosa) 15-9.

189 — Ben Vavra (Cheyenne Central) dec. Joey Bryant (Broomfield) 8-5; Manuel Martinez (Alamosa) dec. Joey Morris (Centaurus) 8-4.

215 — Malcolm Havens (Ponderosa) pinned Aaron Mahan (Broomfield) 1:12; Seth Conine (Cheyenne Central) pinned Matt Smith (Eaglecrest) 5:00.

275 — Brady Nielsen (Larlamie) dec. Ferdinand Torres (Pomona) 6-3; Josh Ingrim (Broomfield) pinned Zane Ross (Ponderosa) 5:27.

THIRD PLACE

103 — Dillon Stone (Cheyenne Central) dec. Matt Salazar (Alamosa) 5-0.

112 — Brett Roller (Wasson) pinned Matt Martinez (Pueblo East) 2:27.

119 — Brandon Meis (Alamosa) major dec. Justin Salazar (Roosevelt) 19-8.

125 — D.J. Meis (Alamosa dec. Dan Jenkins (Brighton) 1-0.

130 — Robert White (Centaurus) pinned Beau Suder (Laramie) 2:48.

135 — Josh Cook (Laramie) pinned Dustin Rodman (Alamosa 2:39.

140 — Shane Summers (Ponderosa) dec. Sean Smith (Boulder) 9-6.

145 — Tyson Murray (Uintah) major dec. Chris Maes (Pueblo East) 10-0.

152 — Ryan VanBuskirk (Longmont) dec. Jessie Whiteley (Cheyenne Central) 8-6, OT.

160 — Tyler Lucks (Loveland) pinned Keith Nolf (Brighton) 0:56.

171 — Wes Griffis (Loveland) dec. Josh Robinson (Roosevelt) 5-2.

189 — Joey Bryant (Broomfield) dec. Tyler Schell (Longmont) 7-0.

215 — Aaron Mahan (Broomfield) dec. Simon Berg (Loveland) 6-4.

275 — Dan Richards (Wasson) pinned Brian Walker (Cheyenne Central) 3:44.

CHAMPIONSHIP

103 — Kyle Swenson (Centaurus) dec. Coty Hacking (Uintah) 11-4.

112 — Reynold Candaleria (Laramie) dec. Tyler Haner (Roosevelt) 16-8.

119 — Tom Clum (Pomona) tech. fall A.J. Sack (Brighton) 16-1.

125 — Carson Bernard (Loveland) dec. Remington Trabing (Laramie) 6-2.

130 — Tom Clum (Pomona) dec. Pat Walsh (Alamosa) 5-4.

135 — Bryson Vasquez (Loveland) dec. Pat Sharp (Uintah) 3-2.

140 — Gary Dack (Pomona) dec. Jeff Swanson (Centaurus) 7-3.

145 — Derrick Hendren (Pomona) tech. fall Lenny Woodson (Pueblo South) 20-5.

152 — Elgin McCurdy (Uintah) pinned Reid Ferrari (Centaurus) 1:11.

160 — Paul Tafoya (Cheyenne Central) dec. Nate Nicholas (Laramie) 6-3.

171 — E.K. Waldhaus (Pueblo South) pinned Ryan Brown (Cheyenne Central) 5:56.

189 — Manuel Martinez (Alamosa) pinned Ben Vavra (Cheyenne Central) 0:57.

215 — Malcolm Havens (Ponderosa) major dec. Seth Conine (Cheyenne Central) 12-4.

275 — Brady Nielsen (Laramie) dec. Josh Ingrim (Broomfield) 8-1.