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After their home dual against Pagosa Springs last Thursday \u2013 in which Shawn Higgins, Stevie Fuentes, Matthew Broughton, Josh Ramos and Kerwin Tom all picked up wins \u2013 the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers competed in the Butch Melton Invitational Tournament in Ignacio on Saturday.<\/p>\n
There, Higgins (106) and Broughton (132) came out as the top dogs in their respective weight classes, each going 5-0 on the day to take first.<\/p>\n
Fuentes (113) and Tom (182) also had strong showings, as each cruised to 4-0 starts before falling in their championship matches to place second.<\/p>\n
Josh Ramos\u2019 (145) only loss came to On The Mat\u2019s No. 3 ranked Class 3A 145-pounder Ryan Nava of Bayfield. Other than that, he went 4-0 to finish fifth. And then Swayde Noyes (170) was 3-2 and finished eighth, and Casen Allmon (126) and Ethan Root (138) each went 1-4 on the day.<\/p>\n
Dolores, Mancos and Dove Creek also made the trip to Ignacio on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Dolores senior Brandon Ward (120) was the Bears\u2019 top finisher, going 4-1 and falling in the championship match to place second. Austin Hackney also went 4-1 and finished third.<\/p>\n
And then David Schmittel (145) went 3-2 and placed eighth, Josh Petrow (132) was 3-2 and took 10th and Zander Eichner (113) finished 1-2.<\/p>\n
Representing the Mancos Blue Jays, heavyweight Casey Orange went 4-1 to finish second and Breccen Morelli (138) went 4-1 and took third.<\/p>\n
And then Kaleb Hargraves (160) wound up in sixth with a 3-2 record, Cameron Fury (170) went 2-3 and Andrew Ruatti (132) finished 1-4.<\/p>\n
Dove Creek junior Derek Kibel suffered a concussion in his opening match and was forced to forfeit four matches before picking up a forfeit win to go 1-4 on the day. Kibel is currently in the concussion protocol but head coach Eric Stiasny says that he hopes he\u2019ll be able to return for the regional tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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