5A Region 1

Time/place: 9 a.m. Saturday, with the finals starting at 2:30 at Coronado High School

Participating schools: Arapahoe, Arvada, Castle View, Chaparral, Chatfield, No. 1 Coronado, Doherty, Douglas County, No. 11 Fountain-Fort Carson, Highlands Ranch, Liberty, Mountain Vista, Palmer, Rampart, Rock Canyon and ThunderRidge

Weight classes to watch (four from each class advance to state):

112: Coronado No. 1 Adrian Cordova is one of four wrestlers in the class top 10 statewide; No. 5 Dylan Bull of Mountain Vista, No. 6 Roman Trujillo of Arvada West and No. 10 Kyle McCririe of Douglas County.

125: Six of the top 16 in the state compete, including No. 6 Devan Cruz of Coronado, No. 14 Rylen Pimienta of Doherty and No. 16 Gabe Kruse of Palmer.

130: No. 1 Carter McElhany of Coronado should meet No. 4 Randy Boerner of Arvada West in the final.

171: Fountain-Fort Carson’s Josh Schoenberger, No. 2, could face No. 4 Ethan Olson of Coronado or No. 12 Daniel Wells of Doherty along the way.

189: Coronado No. 1 Nathan Burak has five other top-14 wrestlers in the bracket, including No. 2 Gus Marker of Castle View, No. 5 Tanner Keiley of Fountain-Fort Carson and No. 7 Julian Lujan of ThunderRidge.

215: No. 1 Jared Rieck of Coronado faces a tough test in No. 4 Aaron Norris of Chatfield, if No. 7 Chris Frisbie of Castle View doesn’t get in the way. No. 13 Dustin Weese of Arvada West and No. 14 JJ Rohde of Arapahoe will also compete.

285: No. 6 Nick Tokarsky of Chaparral and No. 10 Jacob Schwartz of Douglas County are the highest-ranked wrestlers in the bracket, but Arapahoe’s Joe Zaccardi, Palmer’s Anthony Rugg, Rampart’s Keith Karnes and Coronado’s Fabian Alaniz, ranked Nos. 15-18 respectively should make the fight for state berths interesting.  

4A Region 2

Time/place: 3 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at Bowers Gym, Widefield High School

Participating schools: No. 3 Broomfield, No. 5 Discovery Canyon, Falcon, Harrison, Mesa Ridge, Mitchell, Pueblo Centennial, No. 6 Pueblo Central, Pueblo County, Pueblo East, No. 10 Pueblo South, Pueblo West, Sand Creek, Sierra, Vista Ridge, Wasson and Widefield.

Weight classes to watch:

103: Six of the top-12 wresters, including Nos. 3-6. Widefield’s AJ Robb (No. 6), Discovery Canyon’s Bryce Oberg (No. 10) and Ruben Valdez of Mesa Ridge (No. 12) will vie for a spot in the state bracket.

112: Finals should be a showdown between No. 1 Alex Baca of Pueblo Central and No. 2 AJ Rees of Discovery Canyon. But Broomfield’s Jon Sterling (No. 6) could be the spoiler. Seven of the top 18 will compete.

140: No. 2 Nick Babcock of Broomfield and No. 3 Nick Adams of Discovery Canyon should meet in the final.

145: The Thunder’s Garrett Adams and Mesa Ridge’s Keith Cays own the highest rankings at No. 6 and 7 respectively. Falcon’s Cody Soulka (No. 16) will compete for a state berth as well.

215: Seven wrestlers ranked from No. 4 to No. 14 will vie for slots at state, including No. 5 Danny Stout of Wasson, No. 6 Quinton Riley of Vista Ridge, No. 8 Brian Gelston of Air Academy and No. 9 Braulio Mendez from Mitchell.

285: No. 3 Patrick Smith of Pueblo East and No. 4 Terrell Stanley of Widefield hope to hold off No. 11 Marcus Williams of Vista Ridge and No. 13 Tuli Laulu of Sand Creek for a spot in the finals. 

Widefield’s A.J. Robb (bottom) faces a tough regional at 103 pounds. Photo by