{"id":23523,"date":"2025-02-15T11:58:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-mancos-dove-creek-wrestlers-face-third-place-matches-today-at-state\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:37:37","slug":"cortez-mancos-dove-creek-wrestlers-face-third-place-matches-today-at-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-mancos-dove-creek-wrestlers-face-third-place-matches-today-at-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez, Mancos, Dove Creek wrestlers face third-place matches today at state"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mancos\u2019
Mancos\u2019 Jacob Martin celebrates his first-place win over Cedaredge\u2019s Kolter Mann at the Class 2A Region 2 Regionals tournament in Ignacio on Feb. 8. He\u2019ll wrestle for third place today at the state tournament.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Day 2 of the Colorado High School Activities Association state wrestling tournament wrapped up Friday night at the Ball Arena in Denver. Here is a recap of the second day of the championships.<\/p>\n

Montezuma-Cortez girls continue to lead<\/div>\n

CeJae Snyder continues to make a statement in her freshman season. Despite losing the 115-pound championship semifinals matchup with Ivey McAlhany of Walsenburg High School on Friday by pin fall, Snyder rallied in the consolation semifinals bracket by pinning Moffat County\u2019s Ryleigh Hedman at 1:32. Snyder advances to the third-place match against Skyview\u2019s Arianna Alvarado on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Senior Aubrey Rutherford is making a memorable first and final appearance at the Ball Arena in the 145-pound bracket. After losing by pin at 2:23 in the championship semifinals, Rutherford bounced back with an impressive 3-0 streak, securing all her victories by pin fall. She will face Tairyn Lowenberg of Olathe in Saturday\u2019s third-place match.<\/p>\n

\"Mancos\u2019
Mancos\u2019 Brandon Vannest hooks one arm over Cedaredge\u2019s Wylee Lorimor and uses the other to force to a pin at the Class 2A Region 2 Regionals tournament in Ignacio on Feb. 8.
\n He\u2019ll wrestle for third place today at the state tournament. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Mancos looks to place three at podium<\/p>\n

Bluejay senior Brandon Vannest is aiming to end his final appearance in the 157-pound bracket on a high note. After losing his championship semifinal match to Casey Midcap by pin at 5:27, Vannest moved to the consolation semifinals, where he secured a 4-2 decision victory over Wylee Lorimor of Cedaredge. This win earned him a spot in Saturday\u2019s third-place match against Caden Ruggles of Center.<\/p>\n

Junior Jacob Martin bounced back after his 190-pound quarterfinal loss to Carter Stromer of Buena Vista, going on a 3-0 run on Friday. He won two matches with quick pin falls and one by a 12-0 major decision against Kai Wilcox of Colorado Springs. Martin now aims for his first podium finish, as he will face Stromer again in a rematch for the third-place spot.<\/p>\n

Freshman Traycer White capped off his freshman season as he placed fifth in the state 106-pound bracket by a 7-4 decision over Monte Vista\u2019s Mathieu Duncan. After losing his first-round match, White rallied to a 4-0 streak before losing to Fowler\u2019s Stockon Sharon in the consolation semifinals to find himself in Saturday\u2019s fifth-place match against Duncan.<\/p>\n

\"Dove
Dove Creek\u2019s Teagan Larimore looks to pin the shoulder of Monte Vista\u2019s Elijah Baumgardner to win at the Class 2A Region 2 Regionals tournament in Ignacio on Feb. 8.
\n He\u2019ll wrestle for third place today at the state tournament.(Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Dove Creek aims to place Larimore at third<\/div>\n

Sophomore standout Teagan Larimore lost Friday\u2019s championship semifinal round to Wray\u2019s Austin Collins in the 132-pound bracket but won his consolation semifinal match by a 6-3 decision over Jadiss Rodriguez of Rocky Ford to advance to the third-place match against Cedaredge\u2019s Ethan Hice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cortez\u2019s Snyder and Rutherford rally in girls competition, Mancos\u2019 Brandon Vannest and Martin also battle back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39,28,37,36,29,1205],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-23523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dove-creek-high-school","tag-headlines","tag-mancos-high-school","tag-montezuma-cortez-high-school","tag-newsletter","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78161,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523\/revisions\/78161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23523"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=23523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}