{"id":23872,"date":"2025-01-25T15:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T22:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-falls-short-at-home-duel-focus-turns-to-regionals-and-state\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:43:12","slug":"mancos-falls-short-at-home-duel-focus-turns-to-regionals-and-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-falls-short-at-home-duel-focus-turns-to-regionals-and-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos falls short at home duel, focus turns to regionals and state"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mancos
Mancos senior Brandon Vannest looks to pull Cedaredge's Ty O'Connell over as O'Connell fights to push his body forward for the pin Friday at the Bluejay Fieldhouse. (Kaitlyn Lowley\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANCOS \u2013 Cedaredge defeated Mancos in Friday\u2019s Senior Night duel at the Bluejay Fieldhouse, 64-15.<\/p>\n

Seniors Quinton Martinez and Brandon Vannest were honored before the contest, thanking their families, friends and coaches for their support over the past four years.<\/p>\n

The Bruins took control early after Mancos\u2019 Colten Vannest topped Cedaredge\u2019s Travis Gill in the 285-pound match in a 4-2 decision.<\/p>\n

Cedaredge took control early after Mancos’ Colten Vannest defeated Travis Gill 4-2 in the 285-pound match. Cedaredge then went on a 9-0 streak, with four of those wins coming via forfeit, as Mancos did not have enough athletes to compete in the dual.<\/p>\n

Cedaredge\u2019s Jared Roberts started the streak with a dominant 11-2 major decision over Mancos’ Traycer White in the 106-pound match. They were led by Cash Martinez\u2019s (120) 1:25 fall over Jason Vannest, Ethan Hice\u2019s (138) pin over Quinton Martinez, and Ethan Toothaker\u2019s (144) 1:07 fall over Levi Gardener.<\/p>\n

Mancos head coach Travis White said some members of his roster are currently out with colds and added that it hurt their chances against the No. 1-ranked Class 2A team in the state.<\/p>\n

\"Jared
Jared Roberts of the Cedaredge Bruins tries to gain an advantage over Mancos freshman Traycer White as White fights against being pinned. (Kaitlyn Lowley\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to get healthy before regionals,\u201d White said. \u201cYou bring one of the top teams in state to wrestle, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2013 you\u2019ve got to have a full squad if you want to compete with them. So, we knew going into this that the team score wasn\u2019t going to be great, but we won a handful of matches and that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mancos did not go home empty-handed. Senior Brandon Vannest and junior Jacob Martin both earned victories by pinfall. Vannest pinned Cedaredge\u2019s Ty O\u2019Connell at 1:03, and Martin finished the night on a high note, pinning Kolter Mann at 0:22.<\/p>\n

Mancos had a strong showing at the San Juan Basin League tournament Thursday at Ignacio High School, with five athletes finishing at least in third place. Freshman Traycer White won first in the 106-pound division, while Jacob Martin took first in the 190-pound division.<\/p>\n

Coach White said Martin and Brandon Vannest are the team\u2019s leaders and key athletes to watch, while the underclassmen are quickly learning what challenges lie ahead in future seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our upperclassmen,\u201d he said. \u201cBrandon Vannest is a two-time state placer, and Martin was a state qualifier last year. Both are going to be leading the way for us. Half our team is made up of freshmen, and for them, getting over the shock at regionals and state will be the biggest step.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cedaredge's
Cedaredge's Travis Gill attempts to flip over Bluejays junior Colten Vannest on Friday at the Bluejay Fieldhouse. (Kaitlyn Lowley\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mancos has faced a challenging schedule, starting with the Western Slope Showdown and traveling to Rio Rancho, New Mexico, for a tournament hosted by Class 5A state-bound Cleveland High School. Martin placed seventh in a tough 190-pound bracket featuring wrestlers from Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and California. White said their schedule gave the team an advantage heading into state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wrestled a very tough schedule this year. There are a couple tournaments we went to that are comparable, if not tougher, than our state tournament. So, they\u2019re ready for that type of competition,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone is going to have a little bit of nerves, but as long as they don\u2019t let them take over, they\u2019re going to do great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mancos will compete in the Butch Melton Invitation in Ignacio on Saturday before heading into regionals on Feb. 7.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

senior Brandon Vannest looks to pull Cedaredge's Ty O'Connell over as O'Connell fights to push his body forward for the pin Friday at the Bluejay Fieldhouse. (Kaitlyn Lowley\/Special to The Journal) MANCOS \u2013 Cedaredge defeated Mancos in Friday\u2019s Senior Night duel at the Bluejay Fieldhouse, 64-15. Seniors Quinton Martinez and Brandon Vannest were honored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-23872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23872","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=23872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78297,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23872\/revisions\/78297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23872"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=23872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}