{"id":42698,"date":"2022-01-15T04:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T11:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/demons-go-5-0-in-home-dual-tournament-mancos-goes-3-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:08:43","slug":"demons-go-5-0-in-home-dual-tournament-mancos-goes-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/demons-go-5-0-in-home-dual-tournament-mancos-goes-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Demons go 5-0 in home dual tournament; Mancos goes 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ben
Ben Belt of Durango High School gets deep in a shot against Ignacio\u2019s Tyler Barnes on Friday at the Durango Duals. Belt won the match 5-1. Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Durango beat Monticello, Utah, 48-18; Mancos\u2019 nine-member squad, 49-24; Kirtland New Mexico, 45-24; Piedra Vista\u2019s sub-varsity, 63-18; and Farmington\u2019s sub-varsity, 48-33.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good start. We\u2019re trying to get an event in Durango that people want to come watch,\u201d said DHS coach Luke Morris.<\/p>\n

Even though DHS went 5-0, Morris said there\u2019s still room for improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe keep getting reminders that we\u2019ve still got work to do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got about five weeks left in the season, so we\u2019ll be cranking it up a notch in practice and changing some things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Oren
Oren Moore of Durango scores a near fall against Farmington's Dominic Sartor on Friday before eventually pinning him. Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Levi
Levi Martin of Mancos works to finish a takedown against Aaron Duarte of Farmington on Friday. Martin ended up pinning him. Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tyler
Tyler Woodworth of DHS gets deep in a shot against Farmington's Mason Begay on Friday. Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Junior
Junior Garcia-Rodriguez of Durango takes down Kirtland's Kylie Huttinga on Friday. Cody Oivas\/Durango Herald<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Ignacio\u2019s wrestlers also competed in Durango, but didn\u2019t wrestle a duals, just individual matches here and there.<\/p>\n

Mancos, meanwhile, went 3-2, beating Piedra Vista 48-24, Farmington 48-29 and Kirtland 42-30, but falling to Durango and Monticello, 47-30.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless we\u2019re perfect, it\u2019s hard to win duals,\u201d said Mancos head coach Cole Allison. \u201cWe\u2019re getting better. Were using each event to build toward the big prize. We\u2019ve got big goals as a group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler Woodworth went 5-0 at 160 pounds for DHS, which included an 11-0 win over Mancos\u2019 No. 3-ranked Ayden Mathews.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a tough kid, so Tyler has to work for every point against him,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n

Chris McGrath also went 5-0 for the Demons at 132. \u201cHe\u2019s really turned a corner the last couple of weeks,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n

At 182 and 195, Junior Garcia-Rodrguez went 5-0 with four pins.<\/p>\n

Ryan Dugan went 4-1 at 106, pinning three opponents but also getting pinned once.<\/p>\n

At 152, Dale Harris went 3-2. \u201cHe\u2019s finally scoring some points and winning some matches,\u201d Morris said, adding that Harris\u2019 and McGrath\u2019s performances stood out to him.<\/p>\n

Izik Garett went 3-2 at 113 for Durango, including one pin.<\/p>\n

Cole Pontine finished 4-1 at 120, pinning one of his opponents.<\/p>\n

Riley Belt finished 3-1 at 138. Morris said they held out a couple wrestlers who will compete in Pueblo tomorrow out of the final dual against Farmington.<\/p>\n

At 145, Oren Moore finished 4-1.<\/p>\n

Ben Belt finished 3-1 at 170 pounds for DHS but also won an exhibition match against Ignacio\u2019s Tyler Barnes, 5-1. Belt took a slim, 2-1 lead into the third period, but escaped and scored a takedown to secure the win.<\/p>\n

Belt\u2019s loss was to Mancos\u2019 Cole Dainty-Guilfoyle, 10-4. Belt scored the first takedown, but Dainty-Guilfoyle escaped, took Belt down and cradled him to take a 5-2 lead in the first. Belt got in on a couple more deep shots, but Dainty-Guilfoyle was able to grab an ankle or scramble free to avoid getting taken down. Dainty-Guilfoyle added takedowns in the second and third period to win the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a harder worker than Cole,\u201d Allison said. \u201cHe can wrestle with anybody, and I think he showed that versus Belt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in the event, however, Barnes beat Dainty-Guilfoyle,12-6, but the Bluejay was hurt in the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was leading Ignacio before he got injured,\u201d Allison said. \u201cIt looked like he rolled his ankle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miguel Stubbs went 3-2, competing at 195 and 220 for the Demons.<\/p>\n

Vicent Draper, meanwhile, went 3-2 at 285.<\/p>\n

Durango did not compete at 126.<\/p>\n

Manco\u2019s 126-pounder, defending state champion Levi Martin went 4-1, losing only to Monticello\u2019s Zachary Thayn by fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does the little things well and makes it a point to fine-tune some things for down the road,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Belt of Durango High School gets deep in a shot against Ignacio\u2019s Tyler Barnes on Friday at the Durango Duals. Belt won the match 5-1. Cody Olivas\/Durango Heraldcca Durango beat Monticello, Utah, 48-18; Mancos\u2019 nine-member squad, 49-24; Kirtland New Mexico, 45-24; Piedra Vista\u2019s sub-varsity, 63-18; and Farmington\u2019s sub-varsity, 48-33. \u201cIt was a good start. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29,1205],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-42698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42698","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=42698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85428,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42698\/revisions\/85428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42698"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=42698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}