{"id":66149,"date":"2020-02-17T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-wrestlers-qualify-for-state-tournament\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:35:22","slug":"local-wrestlers-qualify-for-state-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-wrestlers-qualify-for-state-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Local wrestlers qualify for state tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From the time that they begin competing at the peewee level, most wrestlers dream of one day competing in a high school state tournament. Now, after solid performances at their respective regional tournaments last weekend, seven local wrestlers will get that chance.<\/p>\n

Abeyta and Featherman qualify for M-CHS<\/div>\n

Leading the way for the Montezuma-Cortez High School at the Class 3A Region 1 Tournament in Montrose, Feb. 14-15, were Anthony Abeyta and Austin Featherman.<\/p>\n

For Abeyta, a berth in next week\u2019s state tournament came after a second-place finish in the regional tournament\u2019s 145-pound division that came courtesy of pin victories over Moffat County\u2019s Taylor Coleman and Bayfield\u2019s Deegan Barnes, and a major decision win over Olathe\u2019s Daniel Gray.<\/p>\n

Abeyta\u2019s only loss came by forfeit to Pagosa Springs\u2019 Brae Bergdolt in the 145-pound class championship match.<\/p>\n

For Featherman, a spot in next week\u2019s state tournament was made possible by a fourth-place finish at 126 pounds after pin victories over Coal Ridge\u2019s Brandon Short and Moffat County\u2019s Dario Alexander. Featherman lost to Alamosa\u2019s Trevor Maestas and Rifle\u2019s Cauy Smith.<\/p>\n

Narrowly missing out on a trip to the state tournament for M-CHS were Ryan Pipkin, who placed fifth in the 120-pound division, and Ethan Root, who finished fifth at 152 pounds.<\/p>\n

M-CHS finished 11th overall in the tournament, which was won by Pagosa Springs High School.<\/p>\n

Three Mancos wrestlers qualify for state<\/div>\n

Three members of the Mancos High School team will go to state after cracking the top four at the Class 2A Region 1 Tournament in Montrose, Feb. 14-15.<\/p>\n

Chase Moore finished third at 160 pounds. He played basketball last year.<\/em>Moore secured an 8-5 decision victory over Meeker High School\u2019s Dax Sheridan and a pin victory over Hotchkiss\u2019 Ethan Guy. His only loss was by major decision to Paonia\u2019s Grey Neal.<\/p>\n

Freshman Ayden Matthews placed fourth at 120 pounds after wins over Rangely\u2019s Braxton Moore and Paonia\u2019s Trey Berjarano and lost twice to Cedaredge\u2019s Ryan Imhoff.<\/em>Lot Martin finished fourth at 170 pounds after wins over Paonia\u2019s Shane Odom and Rangely\u2019s Anthony Garner.<\/em>Mancos\u2019 Breccen Morelli and Colt Fury narrowly missed qualifying for state after finishing fifth in their weight classes. Mancos finished sixth in the 15-team regional tournament.<\/p>\n

Escarcega and Sanders qualify<\/div>\n

Leading the way for Dolores High School at the Class 2A Region 1 Tournament was senior Bryan Escarcega, who qualified for state after placing second in the 220-pound weight class.<\/p>\n

Escarcega\u2019s regional wins came over Cedaredge\u2019s Christopher Alejandre and Soroco\u2019s Tristan Singer. The Dolores senior lost by injury forfeit to Paonia\u2019s Austyn Norris in his weight class\u2019 championship match.<\/p>\n

Dove Creek sends one to state<\/div>\n

Jayden Sanders, who placed fourth in the 132-pound division at the Class 2A Region 1 Tournament and will go to state.<\/p>\n

He opened the tournament with a loss to Hayden\u2019s Dylan Zimmerman before rebounding with pin victories over Norwood\u2019s Cash Joseph and Mancos\u2019 Lane Greenlee.<\/p>\n

The Colorado state tournament is at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Feb. 20-22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M-CHS, Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek will be represented at prestigious meet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,28,37,36,29,346],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-66149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores-high-school","tag-headlines","tag-mancos-high-school","tag-montezuma-cortez-high-school","tag-newsletter","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66149","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=66149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90347,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66149\/revisions\/90347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66149"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=66149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}