The state dream is on the men’s wrestling team at Yuma High School this weekend.
Teams will compete in Class 2A Region 1 tournaments on Fridays and Saturdays at the Bank of Colorado Event Center on the NJC campus in Sterling.
Head coach Kyle Newton and staff are expected to bring eight grapplers to the region. At least five of Wells’s said they expected to be among the top five seeds in their respective divisions.
Seeds won’t be known until Thursday, as coaches enter specific data about each wrestler into trackwrestling.com on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It’s not the old days when coaches got together on regional Mondays to hash out the seed.
“What it really comes down to is a one-to-one standard,” Newton said.
Region 1 includes Ray, Dolores Huerta, Wiggins, Byers, Akron, Burlington, Clear Creek, Dayspring Christian, Gilpin County, Holyoke, Limon, Loveland Classical, Lyons, Merino, Sedgwick County/Fleming, Stratton There are 17 schools.
“It seems like in our area, it’s usually pretty stacked,” Newton said.
The top four in each division will qualify for the Class 2A State Tournament next week at Denver’s Ball Arena.
big o
The Yuma wrestler wrapped up the regular season last Saturday with the Big O Duals at the YHS. The event was named after his longtime assistant and coach, Terry Ostman, who passed away over a year ago. This was his second Big O Duals.
Yuma beat Holyoke for the second time in a row, 48-6. Karen Blatch lost 215 to Joel Estrada, Trey Stegman lost 150 to Tyson Mosentine, Daden Boprez lost 157 to Ivan Cumminz, Sieg Martinez lost 165 to Eddie Hermosillo, Kevin Hermosillo lost 190. Tanner Hymes, Dallas Blank, Deacon Brown lost the win.
A tough Chatfield team gave Yuma a 55-18 team loss. Stegman won with 150 and Hermosillo won with 175. Another of his wins for Yuma was a 190 for Brach. Yuma has lost 4 games and been eliminated 6 on the mat.
Dayspring Christian defeated Yuma 36-35. Stegman grabbed another win by the fall with a 150. Beauprez won by the fall with 157, Martinez won by the fall with 165, Hermosillo won by the fall with 175, and Blach got a technical fall (19-4) with 215. Dayspring won two games on the mat, with the remaining points forfeited.
Yuma defeated the Resurrected Christians, 30-21. Himez won the fall with 132, Stegman won the fall with 150, Beauprez won the fall with 157 and Martinez won the fall with 165. Yuma is Matt and he lost three games. Both teams have 1 win and 1 loss. There were 5 double confiscations.
