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Panthers place 3 wrestlers on SWL 1st team

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Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 9:10 PM
Ryan Daves wrestles Matt Sandoval of Montrose on Saturaday in Grand Junction. Daves won the 126-pound match by a 5-0 decision.
Trenton Gustafson takes down Caleb Brown (Grand Junction Central) at Grand Junction High School on Saturday. Gustafson won the 182-pound match by a 6-2 decision. 

Ryan Daves and Trenton Gustafson posted 5-0 wrestling records Saturday at the Southwestern League duals in Grand Junction.

For their efforts, the two Montezuma-Cortez High School juniors were named first team All-Southwestern League. Seager Oliver went 4-1 at 152 pounds to also make All-SWL first team. His loss came by pin to Willy Holdren of SWL champion Grand Junction Central.

The Panthers wrestled five duals against their fellow SWL schools and scored a 25-24 win over Montrose. All five M-CHS grapplers won against the Indians. Levi Gross earned a tough 12-11 decision against Jason Cooper at 113 pounds. Justice Ramos won by forfeit at 132 pounds. Both Panthers posted 2-3 records on the day.

M-CHS lost its four other duals by scores of 63-17 (Grand Junction), 36-28 (Fruita Monument), 48-18 (Durango) and 72-9 (Central).

The Panthers will wrestle Saturday at their regional tournament held at Eagle Valley High School in Gypsum with a time to be announced.

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