Will Stewart had the best finish for the Wildcats, placing second at 165 pounds. The junior led 4-2 entering the final period, but Westlake’s Kaizen Detoles had a takedown and a nearfall in the third period and he hung on for a 7-6 win.Harleigh Prater (125) finished second, Violet Gray (130) placed fifth, Matalina Diaz […]
Will Stewart had the best finish for the Wildcats, placing second at 165 pounds. The junior led 4-2 entering the final period, but Westlake’s Kaizen Detoles had a takedown and a nearfall in the third period and he hung on for a 7-6 win.Harleigh Prater (125) finished second, Violet Gray (130) placed fifth, Matalina Diaz (140) was sixth, and Shyann Page (120) and Clara Denton-Baleztena (145) both finished seventh for the Phoenix who finished second among 48 teams in the team race.
Vail Mountain 44, Caprock Academy 27: Rachel Bogan scored seven points, Ali Yarnell added six and Brenley Witt chipped in with five as the Eagles (2-7, 0-2 2A/1A Western Slope League) lost their sixth straight.Jeremy Griffith (170) finished third, pinning Brighton’s Bryce BravoPacker in 4:07; Eli Hernandez (138) finished sixth and Jordyn Willie (144) placed eighth for the Warriors, who finished 15th in the 35-team tournament.The 400 freestyle relay team of Hardin, Dorr, Kostur and Abbey Buschhorn took second in 4:09.88Grand Junction diver Madalyn Dietrich was at the event and took first in the 1-meter dive with 346.6 points.Tobyn Trottier (285) finished eighth for the Bulldogs, who placed 21st with 75 points.GIRLS BASKETBALLCentral’s Hassin Maynes continued his undefeated season by winning the 157-pound title at the Rodriguez Tournament of Champions at Eaglecrest High School.GIRLS SWIMMINGBOYS BASKETBALLHailee Wagner scored 20 points, but Fruita Monument lost 44-40 at Chaparral on Saturday. The Wolverines outscored the Wildcats (7-6) 17-10 in the third quarter to take a 33-25 lead heading into the fourth quarter.Maynes (29-0) pinned his way to the crown, winning all five matches with pins in under 2 minutes, 30 seconds. In the championship match, Maynes pinned Chaparral’s Dominic Cordray in 2:19.The 200 medley relay team of Buschhorn, Pommarane, Hoskin and Kylee Mull took first with a time of 2:06.72.Tatum Williams (285) lost in the quarterfinals, but rebounded to win three matches in the consolation bracket to finish fourth. Gage Chelewski (138) finished sixth for Fruita, which placed 11th with 109.5 points.Not all results were immediately available. Fruita finished with 359 points, 100 more than second-place Durango.Grand Junction won the three-team Demon Invite at Glenwood Springs.Jhett Wells and Daniel Thomason combined for 45 points in Fruita Monument’s 66-52 loss at Chaparral.Tuzon pinned Cedar Valley’s Hallie Denney in 34 seconds to win the title at 155 and McCoy pinned Hillcrest’s Eleni Nonu in 85 seconds to capture the crown at 170. Five of Tuzon’s six wins were pins — all two minutes or under — and all five of McCoy’s wins were by pin — all under two minutes.Wells had 25 points and Thomason 20 for the Wildcats (9-4), whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Wells and Thomason scored all of Fruita’s points in the first quarter, had all but three in the second and scored all but two in the third.Emily Hardin won the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke with times of 1:05.94 and 1:06.49, respectively.For Palisade, both Kadin Mulford (138) and Eli Bency (150) placed fifth. Mulford lost in the semifinals and the consolation semifinals, but then scored a technical fall victory in the fifth-place match. Bency lost in the second round and then advanced to the consolation semifinals, where he lost before rebounding with a 15-8 victory in the fifth-place match.Kostur won the 50 freestyle in 27.82 seconds and Pommarane won the 500 freestyle in 5:57.68. Leah Talbot won the 100 breaststroke when she touched the wall in 1:23.26.The 200 freestyle relay team of Hardin, Elli Dorr, Bailey Pommarane and Kennedy Kostur won with a time of 1:50.84.Fruita Monument and Palisade both competed at the 66-team boys Rockwell Rumble in Herriman, Utah.Caprock Academy (4-5, 1-1 2A/1A Western Slope League) lost 52-49 to Vail Mountain.Shylee Tuzon and Claris McCoy both won titles for the District 51 Phoenix girls wrestling team at the Rockwell Rumble in Herriman, Utah, on Saturday.Wagner scored 13 of Fruita’s 15 fourth-quarter points. Liv Campbell and Kenzie Mason both added eight points for the Wildcats.Fruita Monument won an invitational in Montrose.
