2A Wrestling Week 4 Recap and Week 5 Preview by Tyler Buhr

2A Wrestling Week 4 Recap and Week 5 Preview

By Tyler Buhr

Week 4 Recap

2026 Niwot Invitational – Niwot High School

Team Scores

17 Niwot  32.0

19 Lyons 28.0

Individual Results

Rowan Gantzer (Lyons) took home 1st place with 3 pins on the weekend.  

Lucas Menza (Niwot) placed 4th on the weekend including 3 pins in total going 3-2.

2026 Valley Viking Invitational – Valley High School

Team Scores

2 Highland 156.5

3 Wray 120.0

7 Akron 88.5

8 Limon 85.5

9 Dayspring Christian 71.0

13 Holyoke 43.0

14 Forge Christian 22.0

	Highland	Wray	Akron	Limon	Dayspring Christian	Holyoke	Forge Christian
1st	106-Cason Jensen 126-Korbin Hoke 190-Wyatt Chase	150-Austin Collins			175-Joseph Noce
2nd	113-Braiden Sidwell 120-Robert Olson 150-Tyler Varra 157-Audie Lewis	175-Brody Richards	138-Jax Kusel	215-Dreison Davis 285-Spoke Carr
3rd	132-Carter Jensen	106-Dante Morris 120-Lance Buoy				126-Noel Tarin 285-Hudson Koellner
4th			113-Eli Hart 144-Kaleb Grauer 175-RyLee Bacon	138-Parker Harris 190-Carlos Nunez	120-Micah Everhart 150-Elijah Martin		215-Anthony Medina285-Elijah Lodwig

45th Annual Mark Purslow Invitational – Bennett High School

Team Scores

2 Trinidad 171.0

5 Wiggins 123.5

7 Merino 109.5

14 Kiowa 21.0

15 Byers 19.0

16 Calhan 18.5

Individual Results

	Trinidad	Wiggins	Merino	Kiowa	Byers
1st	113-Isaiah Martinez	157-Owen Erker
2nd	175-Dominic Edwards	132-Dios Garcia	190-Ethan Park
3rd	106-Santiino Garcia-Sanchez 215-Connor Knezel	165-Cyrus Barkdoll	126-Casey Kaus
4th	126-Albert Lopez 157-Matthew Garduno 165-CJ Sandoval 285-Adrian Garduno	215-Redd Linton	106-Caleb Frank		175-Wes Butterfield
5th		113-Radley Thomas	120-Everett Hickam 138-Bouxe Smith 165-Ermel Gonzalez 215-Oliver Guereca
6th	120-Jose Padilla	150-Keaton Crownover	157-Jackson Jones	113-Caden McManus 144-Eric Shoup 190 Colton Miller

Colt “Bobby Hawk” Classic – Pueblo South High School

Team Scores

5 Fowler 119.5

8 Crowley County 78.5

Individual Results

Fowler

Stockton Sharon (106) 2nd

Gunner Housten (132) 5th

Taten Phillips (138) 5th

Bronson Damgaard (150) 2nd

Graeson Bottini (157) 5th

Jesse James (165) 4th

Logan Rambat (215) 3rd

Elija Pruett (285) 6th

Crowley County

Derreck Buford (113) 2nd

Levi Gibson (175) 1st

Naithyn Ditchen (285) 2nd

La Veta Invitational – La Veta High School

Team Scores & Individual Results (Top 4)

4 Simla 78.0 Tyson Pfost (126) 3rd, Hayden Pfost (132) 1st, Ayden Lally (157) 4th

5 Ellicott 75.5 Sean Marill (126) 1st, Lucas Heuberger (157) 2nd, Adam Zapien (285) 1st

6 Rye 67.5 Martin Collins (120) 4th, David Horton (138) 4th, Hyrum Peterson (150) 3rd, Skyler Moore (190) 1st

7 Swink 44.5 Logan Marshall (138) 3rd, Keegan Martin (285) 2nd

8 La Veta 43.0 Joe Ingoldby (113) 4th, Weston Huff (132) 4th, 

9 Sierra Grande 33.0

10 Del Norte 29.0 Asher Albright (150) 2nd, Layne Roesch (175) 3rd, Modesto Guttierrez (285) 4th

11 Primero 24.0 Kyler Spleen (138) 2nd, Tristen Holt (190) 3rd, Kailain Sanford (285) 3rd

West Grand Invitational – West Grand High School

Team Scores

1 Meeker 203.0

3 West Grand 157.5

4 Hayden 153.0

7 Rangely 68.5

8 North Park 65.0

9 Soroco High School & Middle School 62.5

11 Gilpin County School District 57.0

14 Custer County 39.5

Individual Results

	Meeker	West Grand	Hayden	Rangely	North Park
1st	120-Eli Rundberg 175-Drake Jones	157-Landon Lockhart	113-Israel Perez 150-Jarrett Davis 165-Carson Campbell		215-Levi Seely
2nd	138-Kael Overton 144-Holton Harvey 150-Cooper Maupin	165-Lance Eisenman175-Ruben Hatcher			215-Wyatt Seely
3rd	175-Wyatt Ross 190-Jonah Christensen	106-Caleb Klotz 165-Walker Howell 285-Lucas Hernandez	144-Danek DeMorat 150-Noah Weber 157-Ryder Weber	120-Reid Sadra
4th	120-Cody Richardson 132-Lyam Richardson 138-Tanner Shults			106-Bryson Elam 144-Davon Lucero	157-Tristan Telck

Week 5 Preview

Mel Smith Wrestling Tournament – Florence High School

2A Teams: Buena Vista, Cedaredge, Crowley County, Custer County, Fowler, Highland, Monte Vista

Lamar Men’s Thunder Invitational – Lamar CO

2A Teams: Burlington, Cheyenne Wells,  County Line, Crowley County, Holly, La Veta, Las Animas, Limon, Manzanola, Peyton, Simla, Springfield, Stratton, Swink, Trinidad

Rocky Mountain Invitational – Pagosa Springs High School

2A Teams: Antonito, Center, Del Norte, Dolores, Ignacio, Mancos, Nucla, Olathe, Rocky Ford, Sargent

Wiggins Invitational – Wiggins High School

2A Teams: Akron, Byers, Calhan, Dayspring Christian Academy, Gilpin County, Holyoke, Kiowa, Lyons, Merino, North Park, Walsenburg, Wiggins