Week One - Colorado HS Boys Wrestling Ranking 2A & 3A

ON THE MAT RANKING - 2021 Week 1 - BOYS , February 4, 2021

Tim Yount, 1310 Meadowlake Way, Monument, CO 80132, Cell: 719-351-2985, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -

Top Ten Teams

2A - 1-Wray 2-Centauri 3-Buena Vista 4-Cedaredge 5-Lyons 6-Rocky Ford 7-Meeker 8-Hotchkiss 9-Crowley County 10-John Mall

3A - 1-Pagosa Springs 2-Eaton 3-Weld Central 4-Bennett 5-Valley 6-Platte Valley 7-Alamosa 8-Jefferson 9-Moffat County 10-Lamar

Class 2A

106lbs

Caleb Camp, Buena Vista
Shawn Cordova, Dolores Huerta
Clay Everett, Mancos

113lbs

Colorado HS Boys "Wrestler of the Week" - Week One

by Tom Blair, ICW staff

Week one of the 2021 Colorado high school boys wrestling season had just duals / tri / quads as this is a shorten wrestling season with no individual tournaments.

InsideCoWrestling and Cliff Keen Athletic are proud to sponsor this weekly award for the season. Cliff Keen’s commitment to wrestling nation-wide has gone back over 60 years and their support as the sponsor of Colorado High School Boys “Wrestler of the Week “is greatly appreciated. Please check out their website for all your wrestling needs at www.cliffkeen.com

This week, four nominees were sent to our committee members and voted upon by their record / results for the week with consideration for the competition that they have wrestled. The task to narrow it down to one choice is not an easy decision to make and it is one that is not taken lightly by the committee members.

The nominees for the first week of Colorado High School Boys “Wrestler of the Week” are Tyler Collins, Wray 152lbs senior, Remington Peterson, Rye 182 lbs Junior, Levi Martin, Mancos 113 lbs Freshman, Brady Collins, Wray 120 lbs Sophomore

It is with great honor that sponsor Cliff Keen Athletic and InsideCoWrestling present the Colorado High School “Wrestler of the Week” for week one to Remington Peterson of Rye HS who is ranked #5 in 2A. (ranking is by ‘On the Mat)

Remington Peterson accomplishment for the week was going 9 – 0 in the dual meets. Peterson would beat the #1 / 2A, the #3 / 3A, the #4 / 3A and the #6 / 2A wrestlers along the way of being undefeated on week one of the season.

Congratulations to student / athlete Remington Peterson for being named Colorado High School Boys “Wrestler of Week” for week one of the high school season, from the staff at Insidecowrestling.com and sponsor Cliff Keen Athletic. The winner not only get recognized for his accomplishment but is given a custom gear bag from sponsor Cliff Keen.

SPECTATORS & CLEANING & ZOOM, OH MY!

#1 OTM RANKED, SARAH SAVIDGE, SMILES AFTER HER WIN BY FALL

By E.J. Everard, ICW Staff

“Loved the Zoom! It was awesome getting to watch the girls.” - Dacia Coddington

The Vista Ridge High School Athletic Director, Mr. Monson, was dedicated to offering an in person spectator option for the first wrestling event of the 2021 season on January 28. After multiple meetings and phone calls, the protocols were defined and gate pass lists printed. Vista Ridge offered the NFHS Network live feed, as well as a live Zoom meeting. Parents asked to position the camera so the scoreboard and time could be seen, as well as to announce wrestlers before each match. We also had to mute all guests. On Saturday, January 30th, the boys and girls were competing at different locations. Since spectators were not allowed at either location, we had to problem solve in real time since our Zoom account did not allow concurrent meetings. Families connected the live stream to their television at home or watched from their phone, because they had to work or care for others. One family even setup at a nearby Village Inn to watch virtually, since they drove their wrestler. We coordinated for a parent to run the boys Zoom session and record matches. He began to commentate throughout each match and received rave reviews. The general consensus after a week of competition is that everything inside the 28 foot circle will continue to be what we love about the sport, regardless of the differences outside of it.

After completing two pilot seasons, Girls Wrestling is here to stay in Colorado! Both Girls and Boys Wrestling follow the same National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) rules, to include weigh-ins while wearing the singlet.

THE 2021 PANDEMIC SEASON BEGINS

By E.J. Everard, ICW Staff

Vista Ridge hosted Doherty Girls and Boys on Thursday, January 28, 2021

Colorado wrestlers were able to complete their 2019-2020 Season prior to the global pandemic. However, the 2020-2021 Season would require concessions and without the sound of a whistle, the Vista Ridge and Doherty girls wrestling teams started the season for both high schools. This is the first CHSAA formally sanctioned girls wrestling season and these schools boast two of the largest girls programs in the State. Six of the ten girls varsity weight classes were contested. Only the 100 lbs bout would go the distance, with Doherty’s #5 ranked Candice Brickell edging out Vista Ridge’s Cheyenne Dyess, also a returning state qualifier, with two takedowns and a 4-0 final score. Doherty’s Girls Coach, Eric Metcalf, said “This season has been a game changer, but I was glad to see it’s not changed the drive to succeed and become better wrestlers.” Doherty and Vista Ridge girls will meet again this Saturday Feb 6th during a quad meet with #1 ranked Chatfield and Mesa Ridge.

With the 2021 season not allowing tournaments within the State of Colorado and wrestlers limited to only 20 matches, Athletic Directors and Coaches model healthy resiliency skills by focusing on what they can control and accepting what they can not. Vista Ridge’s periodization plan limits weigh-ins per week, while emphasizing a recipe of nutrition, recovery, sleep, and mindset exercises.

2021 Colorado HS Boys Preseason Ranking 4A - 5A

ON THE MAT RANKING - 2021 Pre-season Rankings - BOYS

January 24, 2021; Tim Yount 1310 Meadowlake Way Monument, CO 80132 Cell: 719-351-2985 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Note:

There are some weights where we have listed two kids per school. Once those schools have official wrestle offs, we will make those adjustments.
KEY: 1A = one away from a medal at state; Fr = Freshman; So = Sophomore; Jr = Junior; Sr = Senior; MS = Middle School State; Regs = Regionals; DNQ = Did Not Qualify; Qual = Qualified for State; Nats = Nationals
Transfers are noted; If a transfer moved to a school a few years ago, I still retain that detail for them in the description.
This detail is based on coach submissions AND when absent, where I believe they will compete based on any additional level of detail I could find; These are based on best guesses for starting season weights.
Kids who are injured are still mentioned only if the plan is for them to return before end of season. They are NOT listed if they are not.
In some situations, schools did coop – Skyview with Thornton and Boulder with Fairview for example. I have listed the other school in ( ) in these cases.
My top team totals are still based on a 16-man State tournament bracket even though we understand that this MIGHT NOT BE what we see in March. I will make these team adjustments in the next few weeks.
If you see name misspellings, please let me know. If you see stats that need to be updated, please let me know that as well.

The top fiften preseason team ranking.

1-Pueblo County 2-Pueblo East 3-Cheyenne Mountain 4-Windsor 5-Loveland 6-Thompson Valley 7-Mesa Ridge 8-Pueblo West 9-Erie 10-Falcon and Discovery Canyon 12-Roosevelt 13-Greeley Central 14-Coronado 15-Montrose

1-Pomona 2-Ponderosa 3-Brighton 4-Monarch 5-Douglas County 6-Rocky Mountain 7-Pine Creek 8-Columbine 9-Prairie View 10-Denver East 11-Thunderridge 12-Poudre 13-Grandview 14-Rampart 15-Adams City

Class 4A

106lbs

LJ Herburger, Pueblo East (4^th in MS State – 90lbs – 2018) (1^st in MS State – 100lbs – 2019) (31-8, Fr, 106, 1A) So, 106;
Zion Mares, Pueblo County (28-16, Fr, 106, 1A) So, 106;
Mickail Skeldum, Mesa Ridge (14-0 in Jr Hi) (30-13, Fr, 106, Qual) So, 106;
Read more: 2021 Colorado HS Boys Preseason Ranking 4A - 5A

2021 Colorado HS Boys Preseason Ranking 2A - 3A

ON THE MAT RANKING - 2021 Pre-season Rankings - BOYS

January 24, 2021; Tim Yount 1310 Meadowlake Way Monument, CO 80132 Cell: 719-351-2985 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Note:

There are some weights where we have listed two kids per school. Once those schools have official wrestle offs, we will make those adjustments.
KEY: 1A = one away from a medal at state; Fr = Freshman; So = Sophomore; Jr = Junior; Sr = Senior; MS = Middle School State; Regs = Regionals; DNQ = Did Not Qualify; Qual = Qualified for State; Nats = Nationals
Transfers are noted; If a transfer moved to a school a few years ago, I still retain that detail for them in the description.
This detail is based on coach submissions AND when absent, where I believe they will compete based on any additional level of detail I could find; These are based on best guesses for starting season weights.
Kids who are injured are still mentioned only if the plan is for them to return before end of season. They are NOT listed if they are not.
In some situations, schools did coop – Skyview with Thornton and Boulder with Fairview for example. I have listed the other school in ( ) in these cases.
My top team totals are still based on a 16-man State tournament bracket even though we understand that this MIGHT NOT BE what we see in March. I will make these team adjustments in the next few weeks.
If you see name misspellings, please let me know. If you see stats that need to be updated, please let me know that as well.

The top fifthteen team preseason ranking.

1-Wray 2-Centauri 3-Buena Vista 4-Cedaredge 5-Lyons 6-Rocky Ford 7-Meeker 8-Crowley County 9-John Mall 10-Highland 11-Yuma 12-Peyton 13-Dolores Huerta 14-Hotchkiss 15-Sedgwick County/Fleming

1-Pagosa Springs 2-Eaton 3-Weld Central 4-Bennett 5-Valley 6-Platte Valley 7-Alamosa 8-Jefferson 9-Moffat County 10-Woodland Park 11-Lamar 12-Mullen 13-James Irwin 14-Florence 15-La Junta and Severance

Class 2A

106lbs

Malachi Gallegos, Del Norte (23-18, 6^th in Regs, 106, Fr) (40-10, 106, So, 6^th) Jr, 106;
Caleb Camp, Buena Vista (1A MS State 2019) Fr, 106;
Shawn Cordova, Dolores Huerta (8-19, 6^th in Regs, Fr, 106) (21-14, 5^th in Regs, 106, So) (29-15, 5^th in Regs, 106, Jr) Sr, 106;
Read more: 2021 Colorado HS Boys Preseason Ranking 2A - 3A

2021 Colorado Girls High School Preseason Ranking

by Tom Blair, ICW

The wrestling season is just beginning with a later start date then normal and also a shorten high school season, with duals only for both the girls and boys in Colorado. This the first year of being a CHSAA sanctioned high school sport for girls has been a long time coming. The road has been a long one that started four years ago with the coaches hosting girls only tournament events and the state championship until CHSAA approved to a two year probation and finally sanction of the sport. The growth of the girls teams and individual wrestlers has just about double each year since the start of the high school coaches pushing for the girls only division. Last year number had over 90 high school represented at the district tournaments and the number of girls was around 325. At a quick glance this year the team numbers are down to around 55 high school teams and the individuals numbers could also be done , mostly because of covid19. with this the girls competing shall still get the recognization that they desire. InsideCoWrestling is proud to host the ranking for the girls individual and girls teams ranking for 2021 - 2022 season.

Colorado wrestlers takes 1/3 of the awards at Rockwell Rumble Tournament

By Tom Blair, ICW Staff

The Rockwell Rumble was held last week – Jan 17 & 18 in Orem, Utah at Utah Valley University. The 750 high school wrestlers from California, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Montana wrestled on the 14 mats on the arena floor and competed in the 15 weight classes. The layout for the tournament was broken down into sessions for the weekend and had 5 weight classes per session. There were state champions from all of the states listed above and place winners in each of the 15 weight classes.

Colorado had a large group of wrestlers attending this event – around 200 kids - ready for the challenge and to see where they stood in their preseason training as the matches were full 2-minute periods. This would be the last preseason tournament as the Colorado high school season started on Jan 18^th. Wrestlers represented teams / clubs from Bear Cave, Team Vision Quest, Loveland WC, Thompson Valley WC, Severance WC, Chaparral, Berthoud WC, Castle View, Cedaredge, Grand Junction, Broomfield, Chatfield, Mile High WC, Pomona WC and Platte Valley WC – just to name a few.

Pomona earns 2nd at Utah TOC

By Tom Blair, ICW staff

With high school wrestling season just around the corner and starting on Jan 18^th with practice. This is not the normal season as Colorado wrestling should be in the third part of the season Coaches and wrestling have been finding a way to keep busy with training and attending open and club tournaments. Pomona is no different as they attended the Utah Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah on Jan 9^th,2021. The 16-team individual tournament would have high school and club teams from Colorado and Utah. The teams from Colorado were Pomona, Cedaredge, Meeker, Moffat County, Fruita, and Rangely.

POWA takes Tyrant Duals by storm

By Tom Blair, ICW staff

What do you call a club that goes 16 – 0 in the Tyrant Duals on Jan 9^th and 10^th, you call them team POWA. While both the middle school and the elementary teams went undefeated - which is no small task at a national level tournament, POWA would only lose a total of 16 matches on the weekend. The middle school only had 14 losses and the elementary only lost 2 matches by a total of 9 points.

POWA out of Pueblo, Colorado brought two teams to the Tyrant Duals in Myrtle Beach, Sc. One in the middle school division (16 weight classes) and one in the elementary division (16 weight classes). The middle school team was placed in the National Division, with the tournament having two divisions and 9 teams in each for a total of 18 teams. Each team wrestled 8 duals in the two-day tournament. POWA went undefeated with a record of 8 – 0 while winning the National Division.