3A Wrestling Week 4 Recap and Week 5 Preview

by Tyler Buhr

Week 4 brought us some post-Christmas break 3A wrestling action as some teams jumped back into it but now that we are into week 5 mostly everybody will return to full action in the form of several duals, tris, and weekend tournaments.

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Week 4 Recap

Week 4 of 3A wrestling featured a few Colorado 3A teams heading out to the Doc Buchanan Invitational in Clovis, California, a huge tournament where teams from all over the nation gather to test their mettle. The only 3A Colorado wrestler to bring back a medal would be Nick Dardanes of Brush; he would go 3-3 and bring back an 8^th place finish at the competitive tournament.

Week 5 Preview

Week 5 brings us several good tournaments as well as a few duals and triangulars for some Colorado 3A wrestling action.

Good duals/tris to watch for:

University/Fort Morgan/Holy Family triangular on 1/9 features three 3A teams all near or in the top ten team rankings
Another tri featuring three 3A teams is the Strasburg/Liberty Common/Weld Central tri which took place on 1/8. Weld Central would handily win both their duals there and Liberty Common would edge out Strasburg by a score of 30-24.
Woodland Park at Lamar on 1/9
Alameda International at Abraham Lincoln on 1/9
Mitchell at Pueblo Centennial on 1/9
Tri featuring Brush, Eaton, and Resurrection Christian on 1/10, three very good 3A teams all ranked in the top ten.

Individual Tournaments to see:

2025 Valley Viking Invitational 1/11
- 3A teams going: Denver West, Eaton, Estes Park, Fort Morgan, Holy Family, Liberty Common, Platte Valley, Timnath, University, Valley
Rocky Mountain Invite – Pagosa Springs, CO 1/11
- Bayfield, Centauri, Montezuma Cortez, Pagosa Springs
Along with several others featuring 1-3 3A teams such as the Gunnison Cowboy Invitational, AWest Invitational, Rodriguez TOC, and the Pueblo Centennial Invitational.