![]() GREG BROOKS (RANGEVIEW), 9-6ġ90 pounds (4A): EZEKIEL TAYLOR (VISTA PEAK) dec. fall Josiah Gallegos (Brighton), 17-2ġ38 pounds: Brandon Cannon (Ponderosa) pinned JONATHAN MONTES GONZALES (GRANDVIEW), 0:58ġ65 pounds: Dante Hutchings (Pomona) CHARLIE HERTING (GRANDVIEW)ġ90 pounds (5A): MAX KIBBEE (GRANDVIEW) dec. ETHAN DIAZ (EAGLECREST), 6-4ġ32 pounds: GARRETT REECE (REGIS JESUIT) tech. Geno Gallegos (Fruita Monument), 7-6ġ20 pounds: DJ Wince (Ponderosa) dec. Reach him at Twitter: IG: Sentinel Prep SportsĪURORA BOYS 5A & 4A STATE WRESTLING SEMIFINAL RESULTSġ06 pounds: ADONIAS CANTU (EAGLECREST) dec. ![]() That group is made up of Eaglecrest’s sophomore Alijah Gabaldon (126) and senior LaDainian Gordon (175), Grandview freshman Gunner Lopez (132), Cherokee Trail senior Ellis Williams (175) and Regis Jesuit senior Dirk Morley (285).Ĭourtney Oakes is Sentinel Colorado Sports Editor. ![]() That group will wrestle third-round consolation winners (who begin at 10 a.m.) to decide if they will wrestle for fifth place or third place.įive Aurora wrestlers made it through the second round of consolations. The five wrestlers who lost their semifinals Friday night - Eaglecrest junior Ethan Diaz (120), Grandview freshman Jonathan Montes Gonzales (138) and sophomore Charlie Herting (165), Brooks (190) and Vista PEAK senior Oscar Valdez (4A 215 - are assured of placing in the top six. The win boosted Cantu to 39-8 on the season and he will take that mark into the final against Pomona freshman Zaidyn Quinonez (31-10), who defeated top-ranked Griffin Rial of Pine Creek in the semifinals. Cantu wrestled on junior varsity last season, but rocketed all the way to the championship match as a junior as he has posted three straight wins, capped by a tough 7-6 semifinal victory over Fruita Monument’s Geno Gallegos. The final pits Taylor (39-4) against Roosevelt junior Bronco Hartson (24-2).Ĭantu gives Eaglecrest its second straight state finalist at 106 pounds after Dorian Ervin made it last season. To get to the final, Taylor had to grind his way past Thompson Valley’s Ronan Bittner, who had held off with a 1-0 victory. Regardless of the outcome, he will finish with the program’s top state finish as he surpasses the third-place of Donavon Jarmon that came in 2021 when the truncated tournament was held in Pueblo due to the coronavirus pandemic. Taylor holds the distinction of becoming the first Vista PEAK Prep boys wrestler to make the state championship match, in the same season the school has its first girls finalist in Leilani Caamal. The championship match pits Reese (43-3) against Ponderosa junior Jacob Myers (35-6), last season’s 5A 120-pound state champion. Reece made it through a grind of a 5A 132-pound quarterfinal against Cherokee Trail sophomore Chance Matthews (a state placer last season) with a 3-0 victory and had much less drama in the semifinals, where he pushed the pace from opening whistle and secured a 17-2 win by technical fall. Kibbee (35-5) has a rematch with Legacy’s Quinn Funk (45-3), who he lost to at the Top of the Rockies tournament at Centaurus in January. Kibbee earned his way into the 5A 190-pound final by getting past Rangeview senior Greg Brooks in an all-Aurora battle, as he prevailed in a 9-6 decision. The title match will be a new experience for all four finalists, though two are returning placers in Kibbee - who placed third last season - and Reece, who was sixth. Like local news? Sign up for The Sentinel’s free email edition and get two emails a week with all local news and no spam, ever.Championship matches begin following the Parade of Champions at 5:30 p.m. You are either trying to access subscribers-only content or you have reached your limit of 4 free articles per 30 days. Jenkins' neighborhood celebration included free ice cream from a sponsor and a small parade led by a half-dozen Citrus Heights police vehicles and a Metro Fire ladder truck in the rear. “It's so important for people to come out and meet the neighbors they haven't met before. “It was wonderful out here tonight,” said Greenback Wood Neighborhood Watch leader Susan Jenkins, who noticed a rise in participation this year. At least 13 different neighborhood groups held various outdoor social events around Citrus Heights Tuesday night, as part of National Night Out – an annual event focused on preventing crime by knowing and looking out for your neighbor.
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