The M-CHS Panthers traveled to Grand Junction on Saturday for the Colorado Mesa University Duals, competing in duals against Cedaredge (L, 45-21), Olathe (L, 52-27), Rangely (W, 46-18), Meeker (L, 57-18) and Paonia (L, 63-9).
Freshman Stevie Fuentes was the lone Panther to go undefeated on the day, finishing with a 5-0 record in matches in the 106 and 113-pound weight classes.
Jared Gray, Victor Perez and Josh Ramos were the other Panther wrestlers with winning records.
Gray and Perez finished at 3-2, and Ramos was 4-1 on the day.
Matthew Broughton (2-3), Colton Reynolds (1-3), Garret Boren (1-4), Sonny Boren (2-4) and Rielly Birch (0-5) rounded out the M-CHS grapplers.
Mancos
The Mancos Blue Jays began their season at the Moab Invitational.
The Blue Jays finished 10th as a team and were led by senior Drew Morgan and junior Richard Martinez.
Morgan finished in second place in the 160-pound class with a 4-1 record and his only loss coming in an 11-7 decision in the championship match, and Martinez took third, also finishing with a 4-1 record and winning the 120- pound third place match by tech fall (16-1).
Austin Howerton (3-2) placed sixth, Ricky Lobato (3-2) was seventh, Nick Valez (4-3) and Everett Strazza-Whalen (2-3) finished 10th and Jake Skinner (0-5) was 16th.
Dove Creek
The Dove Creek Bulldogs also competed in the Moab Invitational, finishing three spots ahead of Mancos in the team standings in seventh.
Senior Case Baughman led the Bulldogs with a first place finish in the 132-pound divison and a perfect 5-0 record.
Rhett Quackenbush’s sole loss came in the championship match of the 120-pound class, finishing second with a 4-1 record.
Ricky Adams’ 3-2 record was good for fourth place in the 170-pound division, and Logan Myers finished 1-4 and 14th at 126 pounds.
Dolores
The Dolores Bears opened at the Flagstaff Tournament, featuring 17 teams from three bordering states.
With only seven wrestlers, the Bears were just 2-6 as a team in duals, but they did have individual success.
Gage Reynolds was 9-1 on the weekend and took first place in the 160-pound class, and Brandon Ward finished 8-2 and second place of the 113-pound class.
Austin Hackney did not qualify for the tournament, but at 132-pounds, he went 5-3 in duals.
Josh Petrow, Aiden Hopcia and David Schmittel all went 2-6, and Skieler Grooms was 2-3 before having to pull out of the second day due to illness.
The Bears were back in action on Tuesday at the Shiprock Dual.
