3A Wrestling Week 3 Recap Week 4 Preview, by Tyler Buhr

With the passing of the Holidays and 2025 officially here, wrestling season now takes on a whole different feeling. The state tournament being at the forefront of everyone’s minds and it being only 6 weeks away, the pressure is building. The 2-pound allowance will now be in affect and look for many wrestlers to be settled into a new weight class once wrestling resumes. Before we look ahead to this weekend for current action let’s look at some noteworthy action from before the break.

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Week 3 Recap

2024 NCCT in Greeley (more than 80 total Teams)

Top 5 3A Team Finisher

14. Eaton 109 points

16. Holy Family 94 points

20. La Junta 86 points

25. Fort Morgan 75.5 points

31. University 65 points

Individual placers in Top 6

106 lbs.

3^rd Joseph Gamez – La Junta

113 lbs.

3^rd Blake Hawkins – Eaton

120 lbs.

3^rd Jordan Gamez – La Junta

126 lbs.

3^rd Jordan Romeron – Abraham Lincoln

165 lbs.

5^th Parker Buhr – Centauri

190 lbs.

1^st Cal Sidwell – Eaton

215 lbs.

4^th Camden Austin – Holy Family

285 lbs.

1st Samuel Stockton – Resurrection Christian

Warrior Classic 2024 (more than 50 total Teams)

Top 5 3A Team Finisher

6. Fort Lupton 112.5 points

18. Grand Valley 63.5 points

22. Brush 53.5 points

28. Rifle 48 points

30. Bayfield 41 points

Individual placers in Top 6

106 lbs.

1^st Isaiah Rodriguez – Fort Lupton

2^nd Anthony Manzanares – Pagosa Springs

113 lbs.

5^th Hunter Mars – Bayfield

6^th Cruz Trujillo – Pueblo Centennial

120 lbs.

6^th Logan Sweetman – Fort Lupton

126 lbs.

5^th Jaysen Skeen – Grand Valley

138 lbs.

3^rd Josiah Gonzalez – Fort Lupton

144 lbs.

1^st Nick Dardanes – Brush

3^rd Jason Soto – Pueblo Centennial

150 lbs.

4^th Kaedon Martinez – Moffat County

6^th Colton Lucero – Pagosa Springs

165 lbs.

5^th Isaac Valencia – Rifle

175 lbs.

2^nd Christopher Galicia – Fort Lupton

190 lbs.

4^th Arath Lopez – Rifle

285 lbs.

5^th Ben Metzger – Conifer

Reno Tournament of Champions – Reno, Nevada

Noteworthy 3A action – Alamosa would have the highest finish out of any other Colorado 3A teams (31.5 points) but no individual medal performances. Next would be Jefferson with 28.5 points and individually Isiah Gallegos would take away a 6^th place finish at 138 lbs. Mullen would finish with 26 team points and no individual medals.