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Legends of Colorado Wrestling

By Tom Blair, ICW Staff

InsideCoWrestling staff is taking on a new challenge and expanding its interviews with Colorado High School and college coaches, that it has done in the past and is currenting doing / posting. This new set of series of interview is finding out about the history of Colorado wrestling and interviewing the men and women that are Legends of Colorado Wrestling. So, keep an eye out for your favorite coach or personality.

ICW is starting these interviews out with a well-known coach that has been attending the Colorado High School State Championships for over 50 years – 30 years as a coach in the north east corner of the state. The legend we are talking about is Bob Smith, coach of the Wray wrestling program with many Colorado state team titles and individual champions. He is a Hall of Fame inductee in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Plus having a worth of knowledge in the sport of wrestling in Colorado. Please click on the link for the video interview: https://youtu.be/5gzDTP5rNXE

Boundary 2 Boundary - Colorado High School Wrestling / Joshua Galindo, Berthoud

Eposide # 88 of Boundary 2 Boundary - Colorado High School Wrestling is with Head Wrestling Joshua Galindo of Berthoud. Galindo joins the Spartan nation after coaching college club teams at Colorado University (head coach) for 2 years and Colorado State University (assistant coach) for three years. Galindo is looking forward to grow not just Berthoud High School but to restart Berthoud Wrestling Club to build the programs from the ground up. is goal this year to at least double the number of wrestlers the team has had in the last few years. Click on the link to view the video: https://youtu.be/Htvz01FysGA

Colorado high school girls land in national ranking

By Tom Blair

The national high school preseason ranking has hit the newsstand and the social media. Three groups have worked together to produce this ranking. USA Wrestling, FloWrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum has published the Preseason Rankings for high school girl’s wrestlers for the 2021-22 season. The national ranking evaluates all girls enrolled in grades 8-12, and athletes from all 50 states are eligible for selection. With the new upcoming wrestling season nine new No. 1 wrestlers are in the rankings. They include Cecilia Williams of Michigan (112), Katie Gomez of California (117), Shelby Moore of Washington (122), Savannah Cosme of Colorado (127), Hanna Errthum of Wisconsin (132), Grace Stem of Pennsylvania (144), Amit Elor of California (152), Sabrina Nauss of Michigan (180) and Sam Calkins of California (200).

Colorado has 15 wrestlers among the national ranking, plus one former Colorado wrestler now living in South Caroliner who is ranked 2^nd at 112lbs Zao Estrada, sophomore, Hilton Head, S.C., Hilton Head High School.

Colorado native wrestlers finish strong at World Team Trials

photo by The Open Mat

By Tom Blair, ICW staff

World Team Trials are being held this weekend Sept 11 & 12, 2021 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The wrestlers in the three senior division are all attempting to gain the top spot and a trip to the World Senior Championship being held in Oslo, Norway on October 2 – 10, 2021. The semifinals matchup has two wrestlers in each division representing Colorado as Tyler Graff (Loveland HS grad and 4x state champion) is at 61 kg in the freestyle division along with Ryan Deakin (Legacy grad and state champion) at 70 kg. In the Women Freestyle division there is a pair of talented ladies, Marissa Gallegos (Jefferson HS , 1x State champion) at 55kg and Maya Nelson (Denver HS, World Junior Champion) at 59 kg. In the semifinal pairing in Greco -Roman are G’Aneglo (Tracy) Hancock (Fountain-Ft Carson grad and 2x state placer) wrestling at 97 kg and Cohlton Schultz (Ponderosa grad and 4x state champion) at 130 kg.

With the semifinals in the books for all three divisions in the World Team Trials Challenge tournament. Four Colorado wrestlers earned their way into the best 2 out of 3 finals match.

Boundary 2 Boundary - Colorado High School Wrestling / Chaparral Alex Joesph

Boundary 2 Boundary Episode #87 of Colorado High School Wrestling is with the new head coach at Chaparral High School in Parker - Alex Joseph. The rookie head coach takes over from Andy Sistek who moved to Seward, Nebraska. Alex was the assistant coach last year at Chaparral, so he known the kids and the program from the inside. Alex graduated from Chaparral in 2000 and wrestled at Northern Colorado in college. Click on the link to view the interview: https://youtu.be/Bn4yxpNfnhk

"Boundary 2 Boundary- Colorado High School Wrestling" Chatfield Head Coach Joe Moore

Episode # 85 of "Boundary 2 Boundary- Colorado High School Wrestling" is with our guess head wrestling coach from Chatfield High School in Littleton, Colorado - Joe Moore. The 1st year head coach came over from Littleton HS where he was head coach for 5 years where he was building a strong program that was almost gone from school. Coach Moore grew up in Okoboji, IA where he was an Iowa High School State Place Winner and complied 130 high school career wins. He continued wrestling at the University of Iowa from 2007 to 2011. While a Hawkeye, Coach Moore was a 2X letter winner, a 2X Academic All Big Ten recipient, and a member of the 2008, 2009, and 2010 National Championship teams.

Coach Moore inherited both the girls and boys program at Chatfield, the girls just won the 2021 Girls State Title this past March. His goals are simple improve on the results from last year, get more kids involved in the sport and grow Chatfield wrestling. Click on the link to view video: https://youtu.be/4vPR3w67GcU

Black Fox Wrestling Academy

Luke Morris

InsideCoWrestling was at the Black Fox Wrestling Academy in Franktown, Co to tour the facility and interview owner / head coach Luke Morris. The club which under went a name change from Sons of Thunder has been around for years. This stand alone facility allows for members of all the area high schools to workout with a high level of competition in the room allowing each wrestlers to improve. The club travels to individual and dual tournaments throughout the state and the nation seeking out the best wrestlers to challenge their skills. Click on the link to view the video: https://youtu.be/VtnxV2db0G8

College commitment for Colorado wrestlers

By Tom Blair

With the summer almost over and fall nearby it is time for the college committed wrestlers to head to their campus across the state and nation. Listed below are wrestlers that I know that are attending colleges to start their next adventures and continue their wrestling career. If I missed someone ( which I am sure I did – missing the women wrestlers) please either post a comment or message me and they will be added to the list of 2021 graduates.

American - Antonio Segura, Regis Jesuit

Arizona State – Issac Hutchings, Buena Vista

Augustana (Iowa) – Kam Hanel, Thompson Valley

Chadron State – Zane Rankin, Lamar

Colorado School of Mines – Cody Thompson, Loveland

Colorado School of Mines - Davion Chavez, Alamosa

Colorado Mesa – Tanner Baumgartner, Weld Central

Colorado Mesa – Braden Baumgartner, Weld Central

Colorado Mesa – Oran Huff, Lyons

Colorado Mesa – Kolten Strait, Rocky Mountain

Cornell – Vince Cornella, Monarch

CSU Pueblo – Michael Atencio, Rye

CSU Pueblo – Eric Griego, Pueblo County

CSU Pueblo - Elias Gonzales, Pomona

CSU Pueblo - Alberto Zelaya

Boundary 2 Boundary Colorado High School Wrestling - Ponderosa

Boundary 2 Boundary Colorado High School Wrestling, Episode #86 guess is Jarion Beets-Head coach of Ponderosa High School in Parker, Colorado. Beets is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa and a 2X All-American. He has been in Colorado since 2012 coaching at Mile High Wrestling Club and then an assistant coach at Ponderosa High School. He is looking forward to the challenge of being the head coach and taking the team to the next level with a new coaching staff and with Covid19 in our view mirror. Click on link to see video: https://youtu.be/xoHJUoeXBSY

Summer Olympic Wrestling Results

photo courtesy of USA Wrestling

By Tom Blair, ICW Stafff

With the Olympics being over and the USA Wrestling team back on home soil with nine medals, it is time to reflect on their results. The USA Wrestling team comprised of 15 wrestlers in the three classifications. The Women Freestyle had all six weight classes filled by 50 kg Sarah Hildebrandt , 53 kg Jacarra Winchester, 57 kg Helen Maroulis, 62 kg Kayla Miracle, 68 kg Tamyra Mensah-Stock and 76 kg Adeline Gray. Men’s Freestyle qualified five out of the six weight classes with 57 kg Thomas Gilman, 74 kg Kyle Dake , 86 kg David Taylor, 97 kg Kyle Snyder and 125 kg Gable Steveson. The Men’s Greco-Roman only qualified four wrestlers out of the six weight classes with 60 kg Ildar Hafizov, 67 kg Alejandro Sancho, 87 kg John Stefanowicz and 97 kg G’Angelo Hancock.

Winning four medals in the Women’s division were 50 kg - Sarah Hildebrandt, Bronze; 57 kg – Helen Maroulis, Bronze; 68 kg – Tamyra Mensah Stock, Gold and Colorado native Adeline Gray at 76 kg with a Silver. The Men’s Freestyle five medalist were 57 kg – Thomas Gilman, Bronze; 74 kg - Kyle Dake, Bronze; 86 kg – David Taylor, Gold; 97 kg - Kyle Snyder, Silver and 125 kg - Gable Steveson, Gold.

The USA Wrestling team also finished in second place in both the Women’s and Men’s Freestyle team race, with the Women’s team behind Japan by 35 points – Japan 120 points and USA 85 points. The Men’s team was a much closer race with Russia having 105 points and USA having 100 points.