DENVER - Five teams and 196 individuals were crowned state champions Saturday, the final day of the 2024 Colorado High School Activites Association's Wrestling State Championships, at Ball Arena.
Over the course of the three days, over 1,000 wrestlers competed with one champion being named in each weight class across all five classification.
Four wrestlers concluded their careers undefeated at the state championship event, as they each won their fourth-straight title. While Mullen's Dale O'Blia (3A, 120) and Fort Lupton's D'mitri Garza-Alarcon (3A, 138) join a long list of boys four-time wrestling champions, Pomona's Persaeus Gomez (Girls, 130) and Calhan's Ciara Monger (Girls, 235) became the first-ever four-time girls wrestling champions (girls wrestling became a CHSAA-sanctioned sport for the 2020-21 school year).
Among the teams, three first-time champions were crowned, as Mullen won the 3A title, Mead captured the 4A championship and the Pomona girls were victorious for the first time. Pomona also captured the boys' 5A championship, marking its sixth-straight title, while Meeker (2A) won its ninth state title in boys wrestling.
During Friday evening's session, CHSAA honored its coaches with 20 years of service: Brian Hufford (Northglenn), Michael Stelling (Northglenn), Bobby Matthew (Niwot), Kyle Low (Arapahoe), Jeff Harrington (Mountain Range), David Benedict (Vista Peak), Ed Soto (Pueblo County).
Recaps
2A Boys: Meeker Sends Longtime Head Coach Off With Team State Championship
3A Boys:
Four-Time Champs Steal the Show
4A Boys: Mead Makes History by Winning School’s First State Wrestling Championship
5A Boys: Depth Guides Pomona to Sixth-Straight Team State Title
Unclassified Girls: Girls Wrestling: First-Ever Four-Time Champions Highlight State Tournament
Four-Time Champions: Dale O'Blia (Mullen), D'mitri Garza-Alarcon (Fort Lupton), Persaeus Gomez (Pomona), Ciara Monger (Calhan) Win Fourth-Straight State Titles
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All Sessions
Session 1:
Preliminaries (2A/3A/Girls)
Session 2:
Preliminaries (4A/5A)
Session 3A:
Quarterfinals & First Round Consolation (2A/3A/Girls)
Session 3B:
Quarterfinals & First Round Consolation (4A/5A)
Session 4A:
Second Round Consolation (2A/3A/Girls)
Session 4B:
Semifinals (All Classes) & Second Round Consolation (4A/5A)
Session 5:
Third Round Consolation, Semifinal Consolation, 5th Place Match, 3rd Place Match (All Classes)
Session 6:
Championship Finals (All Classes)
Four-Time Champions (with video of championship finals match)
Three-Time Champions
- 2A, 120: Traven Sharon (Fowler)
- 2A, 215: Judd Harvey (Meeker)
- 3A, 150: Royce Uhrig (Gunnison)
Two-Time Champions
- 2A, 113: Waitley Sharon (Fowler)
- 2A, 132: Eddie Bowman (Trinidad)
- 3A, 126: Samuel Rosales (Jefferson)
- 4A, 113: Isaiah Harrison (Mountain View)
- 4A, 150: Jake Glade (Mead)
- 4A, 165: Javani Majoor (Falcon)
- 4A, 190: Dalton Berg (Mead)
- 5A, 138: Thomas Verrette (Ponderosa)
- 5A, 175: Tyler Eise (Ponderosa)
- 5A, 215: Quinn Funk (Legacy)
- Girls, 105: Rylee Balcazar (Fort Lupton)
- Girls, 110: Isabella Cross (Mesa Ridge)
- Girls, 115: Mia Hargrove (Discovery Canyon)
- Girls, 135: Timberly Martinez (Pomona)
- Girls, 155: Desza Munson (Pomona)
Undefeated Champions
- 2A, 132: Eddie Bowman (Trinidad), 36-0
- 3A, 106: Drake VomBaur (Severance), 41-0
- Girls, 105: Rylee Balcazar (Fort Lupton), 45-0
- Girls, 130: Persaeus Gomez (Pomona), 34-0
- Girls, 145: Sierra Lynne Moskalski (Loveland), 31-0
- Girls, 155: Desza Munson (Pomona), 42-0
- Girls, 170: Matilda Hruby (Brighton), 40-0
- 3A, 175: Ritchie Bruno (Brush), 23-0
- 2A, 215: Judd Harvey (Meeker), 50-0
- Girls, 235: Ciara Monger (Calhan), 33-0
- 4A, 138: Otto Black (Mead), 49-0
- 5A, 144: Billy Greenwood (Poudre), 13-0
- 4A, 165: Javani Majoor (Falcon), 40-0
- 5A, 215: Quinn Funk (Legacy), 45-0
Blog Coverage
Team Champions
2A: Meeker (ninth overall, first since 2016)
3A: Mullen (first overall)
4A: Mead (first overall)
5A: Pomona (11th overall, sixth-straight)
Girls: Pomona (first overall)
Individual Champions
Class 2A Boys
- 106: Miguel Franco (Dolores Huerta Preparatory)
- 113: Waitley Sharon (Fowler)
- 120: Traven Sharon (Fowler)
- 126: Austin Collins (Wray)
- 132: Eddie Bowman (Trinidad)
- 138: Landon Martin (Cedaredge)
- 144: Samuel Meisner (Wray)
- 150: Tripp DuVall (Holly)
- 157: Grant Statz (Sedgwick County/Fleming)
- 165: Jaden Gardner (Lyons)
- 175: Cade Blunt (Meeker)
- 190: Brendan Clatterbaugh (Meeker)
- 215: Judd Harvey (Meeker)
- 285: Americo Lorenzini (Wiggins)
Class 3A Boys
- 106: Drake VomBaur (Severance)
- 113: Enrique Soto (Jefferson)
- 120: Dale O Blia (Mullen)
- 126: Samuel Rosales (Jefferson)
- 132: Nick Dardanes (Brush)
- 138: D`mitri Garza-Alarcon (Fort Lupton)
- 144: Miles Harris (Gunnison)
- 150: Royce Uhrig (Gunnison)
- 157: Isaak Chavez (Mullen)
- 165: Genaro Pino (Pueblo Central)
- 175: Ritchie Bruno (Brush)
- 190: Josh Polkowske (Centauri)
- 215: Jayce Prante (Englewood)
- 285: Champion Dyes (Mullen)
Class 4A Boys
- 106: Manuel Amaro (Pueblo East)
- 113: Isaiah Harrison (Mountain View)
- 120: Robert Joseph Meza III (Falcon)
- 126: Deven Lopez (Pueblo East)
- 132: Mikai Alirez (Greeley Central)
- 138: Otto Black (Mead)
- 144: Landon Drury (Sand Creek)
- 150: Jake Glade (Mead)
- 157: David Burchett (Falcon)
- 165: Javani Majoor (Falcon)
- 175: Leister Bowling (Mead)
- 190: Dalton Berg (Mead)
- 215: Isaiah Jones (Mesa Ridge)
- 285: Grant Gordon (Mead)
Class 5A Boys
- 106: Cooper Mathews (Cherokee Trail)
- 113: Ignacio Villasenor (Pomona)
- 120: Griffin Rial (Pine Creek)
- 126: Michael Lopez Jr. (Ponderosa)
- 132: Lincoln Gregersen (Ralston Valley)
- 138: Thomas Verrette (Ponderosa)
- 144: Billy Greenwood (Poudre)
- 150: Garrett Reece (Regis Jesuit)
- 157: Banks Norby (Poudre)
- 165: Charlie Herting (Grandview)
- 175: Tyler Eise (Ponderosa)
- 190: Westin Hoffschneider (Ponderosa)
- 215: Quinn Funk (Legacy)
- 285: Xavier Valentin-Bradford (Centaurus)
Unclassified Girls
- 100: Justice Gutierrez (Pomona)
- 105: Rylee Balcazar (Fort Lupton)
- 110: Isabella Cross (Mesa Ridge)
- 115: Mia Hargrove (Discovery Canyon)
- 120: Hayden Newberg (Vista Ridge)
- 125: Lexie Lopez (Loveland)
- 130: Persaeus Gomez (Pomona)
- 135: Timberly Martinez (Pomona)
- 140: Kacey Walck (North Fork)
- 145: Sierra Lynne Moskalski (Loveland)
- 155: Desza Munson (Pomona)
- 170: Matilda Hruby (Brighton)
- 190: Gianna Falise (Eaglecrest)
- 235: Ciara Monger (Calhan)