Author: Justin Pederson

DENVER • Pine Creek held a dinner with wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans Saturday evening prior to the final round of the 2012 State Wrestling Championships. It’s been their tradition to celebrate the season as part of the state experience before returning to the Pepsi Center for everyone to cheer on wrestlers who made the…

DENVER • Pine Creek held a dinner with wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans Saturday evening prior to the final round of the 2012 State Wrestling Championships. It’s been their tradition to celebrate the season as part of the state experience before returning to the Pepsi Center for everyone to cheer on wrestlers who made the…

DENVER • Pine Creek took care of business on the second day of the state wrestling tournament Friday at Pepsi Center advancing four wrestlers to the state finals, putting it in the driver’s seat for the team title. Pine Creek put six wrestlers in the semifinals, three more than the next-best teams, Pomona, Mountain Range…

DENVER • Some key upsets helped the Pine Creek cause on the first day of the state wrestling championships, but a pair of gimpy knees could cause some issues Friday and Saturday. Fountain-Fort Carson and Coronado got off to strong starts as well. Doherty senior Evan Boulton earned a hard-fought 3-2 decision over Pomona’s Austin…

DENVER – Ellicott’s Brandon Simmons got off to a strong start, claiming his first state victory in his third time qualifying. Simmons went 0-2 as a freshman and sophomore and missed qualifying last year due to a groin injury.  But the memories from his first two visits paid dividends in the first round when Simmons…

DENVER • Some key upsets helped the Pine Creek cause on the first day of the state wrestling championships, but a pair of gimpy knees could cause some issues Friday and Saturday. Fountain-Fort Carson and Coronado got off to strong starts as well. Doherty senior Evan Boulton earned a hard-fought 3-2 decision over Pomona’s Austin…

Here’s the full rundown of the state wrestling tournament as it pertains to area teams: Class 5A Top team: Pomona has been ranked No. 1 all season and qualified 10 wrestlers, seven of them ranked in the top four in their weight class. Teams to watch: Pine Creek has been a close second to Pomona…

The wrestling community likes to use words like gritty, salty, tough, dedication and sacrifice to describe wrestlers and their craft. Pine Creek’s Jerry McGinty III earned all those accolades Saturday. The senior outscored his opponents 55-0 in winning the 138-pound title in the Class 5A Region 1 tournament,  claiming a top seed in the state…

In the slim chance that anyone was left wondering what Pine Creek is really made of, senior 195-pounder Brandon Tribble showed the crowd at the 5A Region 1 tournament Saturday with a 3-2, triple-overtime championship victory over Grant Neal of Regis. The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in 5A in Tim Yount’s On the Mat Rankings,…