The Colorado high school wrestling state tournaments take place Thursday through Saturday at Ball Arena in Denver. Our staff will be there throughout the weekend providing live coverage. Refresh this page for the latest updates and results.
Tournament info: Schedule, returning champions, undefeated wrestlers and storylines to watch | Day 1 | Day 2
Headlines from Day 3
- CHSAA four-time state champions wrestling club expands with record-tying four members, including the first two girls
- The view from the Ball Arena tunnels: Pre-match routines vary at CHSAA state tournament, but singular focus is required
- Keeler: A state wrestling love story: How Brush’s Gerrard Flores was felt at Ball Arena Saturday, if only in spirit
- The people in your corner: The influencers behind Colorado’s high school wrestlers at Ball Arena
- Dazzling Pomona freshman Ignacio Villasenor powers Panthers’ sixth straight team 5A boys wrestling title
- Led by Otto Black and Jake Glade, Mead Boys capture first state wrestling title in school history
- Trinidad’s Eddie Bowman goes after Caleb Camp’s four-time bid and comes out a champion
- PHOTOS: Colorado high school state wrestling tournament 2024
Updates
11 p.m. — There it is, another CHSAA state wrestling tournament in the books. We added four more wrestlers to the list of four-time state champions, including the first two girls. And we saw a host of new team champs, from the Pomona girls, to the Mullen boys in 3A and Mead boys in 4A. Thanks to all who followed along. Let’s do this again next year. — Matt Schubert
10:40 p.m. — Calhan’s Ciara Monger caps the night with an effortless victory over Fort Lupton senior Anastacia Salazar. The Fort Hayes State commit was determined to finish the consequential night on a high note, for the crowd and of course for herself, en route to a second-round pin.
“It’s very much a relief, because I’ve had all these people coming up to me being like, ‘You better win four.’ It’s so much pressure that’s off me,” Monger said. “I’m overwhelmed with this (feat). My main point and excitement about winning four was for the history of the girls, and to show the next generation that it’s going to be hard, if if you keep pushing forward, you can do this sport.”
9:09 p.m.– History was made inside Ball Arena. Pomona senior Persaeus Gomez (34-0) became the first female four-time state champions in Colorado wrestling history after pinning Canon City Girls sophomore Kate Doughty in 1:26. — Ryan McFadden
8:53 p.m. — Mead Boys are inching closer to a 4A state title. Senior Otto Black defeated Roosevelt sophomore Chris LaLonde in the championship round of the 138-pound weight class. Later, senior Jack Glade (52-7) won his second straight title after defeating Thompson Valley’s Kellen Engelhardt in the 150-pound weight class. The Mavericks are currently in first place with 162.5 points followed by second-place Pueblo East with 132.5 points. — Ryan McFadden
7:57 p.m. — Sand Creek senior Landon Drury denies Thompson Valley’s Jackzen Rairdon a four-peat in the Class 4A 144-pound title. Drury — who won the 138-pound title in Greco-Roman at the 2023 Junior National Championships, and is a member of the USA U20 World team — controlled the match from start to finish in the 8-4 win. Rairdon’s only points came by escapes. — Kyle Newman
7:53 p.m. — We have the first four-time state champion in Colorado girls wrestling history. Pomona’s Persaeus Gomez pins Canon City sophomore Kate Daughtry in the first period to set off another standing ovation from the crowd. Gomez finishes 34-0. — Kyle Newman
7:42 p.m. — Four-timer No. 2 on the night is D’Mitri Garza-Alarcon, who beat Mullen senior Gilbert Antillion 6-1 in their Class 3A 138-pound match. Probably not as quick of a match as the crowd was expecting from the Fort Lupton pin machine, but a dominating performance nonetheless. — Kyle Newman
7:25 p.m. — Buena Vista senior Caleb Camp is denied his four-peat bid in the Class 3A 132-pound match by Trinidad senior Eddie Bowman by a score of 7-2. It wasn’t exactly an upset, as Bowman (who also won the 132-pound crown last year) won a national tournament over the summer and capped a 36-0 undefeated season. — Kyle Newman
6:54 p.m. — Mullen senior Dale O’Blia becomes the first four-time champion of the night of a possible six. He beats Severance senior Jonathan Morrison 6-0 at Class 3A 120 to become the 31st four-time champion all-time. — Kyle Newman
6:47 p.m. — Pomona freshman Justice Gutierrez (34-1) defeated Canon City Girls sophomore Piper Montoya (33-6) to win the 100-pound state title. In the 105-pound weight class, Fort Lupton senior Rylee Balcazar (45-0) capped off her perfect season by pinning Pueblo Central freshman Acelyn Duran (34-3) in four minutes of the championship round. –– Ryan McFadden
6:34 p.m. — In Class 3A at 106 pounds, Severance freshman Drake VomBaur polished off a perfect season at 41-0 and gave his family a sixth state title in the process. His older brothers were big-time wrestlers for Windsor. Vance VomBaur was a two-time state champion and wrestles at Minnesota; Will VomBaur was a three-time state champion and wrestled at Air Force. Drake beat Eaton sophomore Blake Hawkins, 7-3. — Kyle Newman
5:52 p.m. — The Parade of Champions hits hard once again. Ball Arena is packed as Durango’s Sadie Hanson delivers a stirring rendition of the national anthem, and we’re off. The UNIFIED matches are up first before we get to the championship action. — Kyle Newman
3:10 p.m. – Ball Arena has been cleared out following the last of the consolation rounds of the 2024 CHSAA state wrestling tournament. Class 5A is once again being dominated by Pomona, which is 50 team points clear of second place. Mead has a firm lead in 4A; 3A and 2A are much tighter.
Cedaredge has come out of nowhere in the 2A team title race. Wray and Meeker have finished first and second the past two years, but thanks to numerous third-place finishes and two wrestlers competing for championships, Cedaredge could pull off an upset and claim their first-ever team title. The Meeker-Wray rivalry is coming to a head with multiple individual title competitors of their own. The 2A team title race should be a thriller. – Braidon Nourse
10 a.m. — The consolation rounds have begun at Ball Arena, with those matches going through 3 p.m. until the arena is cleared out for the Parade of Champions at 5:30 p.m. Medals will be won today, and champions crowned, and we’ll be here to cover it all.
In case you missed it, we had plenty of coverage from Day 2. The Post’s Patrick Saunders told the story of Legacy 215-pounder Quinn Funk, who’s looking to repeat as a state champion for Legacy. Ryan McFadden chatted with Fort Lupton’s Rylee Balcazar, who’s eyeing perfection in her fourth and final year on the mat. And Kyle Newman caught up with Littleton’s James Horton, who won’t let being deaf stand in the way of his question to win a state title, as part of Friday night’s prep notebook.
Championship matchups
Team scores will be updated after the first and second sessions.
Girls
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pomona | 135.5 |
| 2 | Grand Junction Central | 129 |
| 3 | Loveland | 93.5 |
| 4 | Discovery Canyon | 78 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 71 |
| 6 | Canon City | 64 |
| 7 | Eaglecrest | 62 |
| 8 | Mesa Ridge | 60.5 |
| 9 | Fort Lupton | 57 |
| 10 | Bennett | 53.5 |
100 pounds: Justice Gutierrez (Pomona) def. Piper Montoya (Canon City), Dec 6-0.
105: Rylee Balcazar (Fort Lupton) def. Acelyn Duran (Pueblo Central), Fall 4:00.
110: Isabella Cross (Mesa Ridge) def. Sarah DeLaCerda (Alamosa), Fall 4:40.
115: Mia Hargrove (Discovery Canyon) def. Lindsey Lopez (Loveland), Dec 3-1.
120: Hayden Newberg (Vista Ridge) def. Amelia Bacon (Vista Peak), Dec 5-1.
125: Lexie Lopez (Loveland) def. Adrianna Lopez (Discovery Canyon), Dec 4-3.
130: Persaeus Gomez (Pomona) def. Kate Doughty (Canon City), Fall 1:26.
135: Timberly Martinez (Pomona) def. Cadie Percy (Severance), MD 8-0.
140: Kacey Walck (North Fork) def. Vivienne Gitke (Bennett), Fall 3:41.
145: Sierra Lynne Moskalski (Loveland) def. Myka Martinez (Widefield), Fall 0:31.
155: Desza Munson (Pomona) def. Ashley Booth (Mead), TF-1.5 4:00 (16-1).
170: Matilda Hruby (Brighton) def. Claris McCoy (Grand Junction Central), Fall 0:23.
190: Gianna Falise (Eaglecrest) def. Elizabeth Sandy (Douglas County), Fall 1:31.
235: Ciara Monger (Calhan) def. Anastacia Salazar (Fort Lupton), Fall 3:47.
Class 5A
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pomona | 250 |
| 2 | Ponderosa | 215.5 |
| 3 | Grandview | 116 |
| 4 | Poudre | 113 |
| 5 | Pine Creek | 104.5 |
| 6 | Eaglecrest | 79 |
| 7 | Cherokee Trail | 76 |
| 8 | Fruita Monument | 72.5 |
| 9 | Brighton | 53.5 |
| 10 | Chatfield | 52 |
106 pounds: Cooper Mathews (Cherokee Trail) def. Jeremiah Waldschmidt (Ponderosa), MD 8-0.
113: Ignacio Villasenor (Pomona) def. Adonias Cantu (Eaglecrest), MD 15-2.
120: Griffin Rial (Pine Creek) def. Zaidyn Quinonez (Pomona), Dec 4-0.
126: Michael Lopez Jr. (Ponderosa) def. Geno Cardenas (Pomona), Fall 1:57.
132: Lincoln Gregersen (Ralston Valley) def. Jaylen Burge (Ponderosa), Dec 5-0.
138: Thomas Verrette (Ponderosa) def. Nico Bekkedahl (Poudre), MD 14-4.
144: Billy Greenwood (Poudre) def. Jacob Myers (Ponderosa), TB-1 2-1.
150: Garrett Reece (Regis Jesuit) def. Jonathan Montes Gonzales, Fall 3:46.
157: Banks Norby (Poudre) def. Emmitt Munson (Pomona), Dec 5-4.
165: Charlie Herting (Grandview) def. Brett Lamb (Poudre), Fall 4:36.
175: Tyler Eise (Ponderosa) def. Emmerson Claeys (Pomona), TF-1.5 2:43 (16-0).
190: Westin Hoffschneider (Ponderosa) def. Kalob Ybarra (Pomona), Dec 5-2.
215: Quinn Funk (Legacy) def. Jake Howell (Cherry Creek), Fall 3:36.
285: Xavier Valentin-Bradford (Centaurus) def. Eli Stevens (Northglenn), Fall 2:00.
Class 4A
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mead | 177.5 |
| 2 | Pueblo East | 132.5 |
| 3 | Windsor | 105.5 |
| 4 | Falcon | 91.5 |
| 5 | Thompson Valley | 84 |
| 6 | Broomfield | 74 |
| 7 | Roosevelt | 71 |
| 8 | Sand Creek | 67 |
| 9 | Canon City | 62 |
| 10 | Loveland | 59 |
106 pounds: Manuel Amaro (Pueblo East) def. James Pantoja (Windsor), Dec 4-2.
113: Isaiah Harrison (Mountain View) def. Dominik Ortiz (Loveland), Fall 1:06.
120: Robert Joseph Meza III (Falcon) def. Kadin Mulford (Palisade), Dec 4-1.
126: Deven Lopez (Pueblo East) def. AJ Hague (Riverdale Ridge), Dec 9-6.
132: Mikai Alirez (Greeley Central) def. Niko Fernandez (Pueblo East), Dec 8-4.
138: Otto Black (Mead) def. Chris LaLonde (Roosevelt), TB-1 3-2.
144: Landon Drury (Sand Creek) def. Jackzen Rairdon (Thompson Valley), Dec 8-4.
150: Jake Glade (Mead) def. Kellen Engelhardt (Thompson Valley), SV-1 10-8.
157: David Burchett (Falcon) def. Luke Diehl (Coronado), Dec 5-3.
165: Javani Majoor (Falcon) def. Carson Hageman (Erie), Dec 9-3.
175: Leister Bowling (Mead) def. Jack Doughty (Canon City), MD 8-0.
190: Dalton Berg (Mead) def. Bronco Hartson (Roosevelt), Dec 4-0.
215: Isaiah Jones (Mesa Ridge) def. William Eilers (Mead), Dec 14-10.
285: Grant Gordon (Mead) def. Rene Perez (Skyline), Fall 3:53.
Class 3A
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mullen | 140.5 |
| 2 | Brush | 122.5 |
| 3 | Eaton | 119 |
| 4 | Resurrection Christian | 107 |
| 5 | Centauri | 106.5 |
| 6 | Gunnison | 99 |
| 7 | Jefferson | 96.5 |
| 8 | Severance | 94.5 |
| 9 | Pueblo Central | 75 |
| 10 | Valley | 74.5 |
106 pounds: Drake VomBaur (Severance) def. Blake Hawkins (Eaton), Dec 7-3.
113: Enrique Soto (Jefferson) def. Damyon Funk (Gunnison), MD 15-6.
120: Dale O’Blia (Mullen) def. Jonathan Morrison (Severance), Dec 6-0.
126: Samuel Rosales (Jefferson) def. Grant Slinkard (Resurrection Christian), MD 14-2.
132: Nick Dardanes (Brush) def. Josiah Gonzales (Fort Lupton), Fall 3:57.
138: D`mitri Garza-Alarcon (Fort Lupton) def. Gilbert Antillon (Mullen), Dec 6-1.
144: Miles Harris (Gunnison) def. Brayden Bach (Holy Family), Dec 12-6.
150: Royce Uhrig (Gunnison) def. David Sanchez (Pueblo Central), Fall 1:27.
157: Isaak Chavez (Mullen) def. Nehemiah Whaley (Valley), Fall 3:13.
165: Genaro Pino (Pueblo Central) def. Preston Smith (Eaton), Fall 5:05.
175: Ritchie Bruno (Brush) def. Dilan Ruiz (La Junta), Fall 3:46.
190: Josh Polkowske (Centauri) def. Isaiah Johnson (Resurrection Christian), MD 8-0.
215: Jayce Prante (Englewood) def. Samuel Stockton (Resurrection Christian), TB-1 3-2.
285: Champion Dyes (Mullen) def. Donovan Mann (Berthoud), Fall 2:56.
Class 2A
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeker | 150 |
| 2 | Cedaredge | 145 |
| 3 | Wray | 129 |
| 4 | Buena Vista | 96.5 |
| 5 | North Fork | 84.5 |
| 6 | Center | 70 |
| 7 | Highland | 67.5 |
| 8 | Sedgwick County/Fleming | 66.5 |
| 9 | Mancos | 61 |
| 9 | Wiggins | 61 |
106 pounds: Miguel Franco (Dolores Huerta Prep) def. Derreck Buford (Crowley County), Dec 7-4.
113: Waitley Sharon (Fowler) def. Cash Martinez (Cedaredge), Dec 9-7.
120: Traven Sharon (Fowler) vs. Merek Charney (Akron), Dec 6-0.
126: Austin Collins (Wray) def. Coen Schmidt (Merino), Dec 6-2.
132: Eddie Bowman (Trinidad) def. Caleb Camp (Buena Vista), Dec 7-2.
138: Landon Martin (Cedaredge) def. Jw Naslund (Nucla), MD 11-1.
144: Samuel Meisner (Wray) def. Aaron Valadez (Center), Fall 3:36.
150: Tripp DuVall (Holly) def. Kevin Cisneros (Monte Vista), Fall 1:33.
157: Grant Statz (Sedgwick County/Fleming) def. Angel Vela (Burlington), Dec 6-5.
165: Jaden Gardner (Lyons) def. Casey Midcap (Wray), Fall 1:02.
175: Cade Blunt (Meeker) def. Keon Bandy (Limon), Fall 4:10.
190: Brendan Clatterbaugh (Meeker) def. Ira Sittner (Highland), Dec 4-2.
215: Judd Harvey (Meeker) def. Eli Flowers (Buena Vista), Fall 2:35.
285: Americo Lorenzini (Wiggins) def. Tavery Chappell (Wray), Fall 3:19.
Results
For results from the preliminary rounds on Day 1 of the tournament, find the official CHSAA brackets for the boys tournaments and girls tournaments. On the final two days of the tournament, we’ll have live championship bracket results on this page.
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