Duran Wrestling

THE DURAN WRESTLING TEAM WENT TO CASTLE ROCK COLORADO THIS WEEKEND TO COMPETE FOR A STATE TITLE AS A TEAM AND AS INDIVIDUALS. WE TOOK 18 WRESTLERS THAT WERE SET AND READY TO WRESTLE ON THE ELITE TEAM ROSTER ALSO HAD 5 FEMALES THAT ENTERED TO COMPETE IN THE 1ST ANNUAL GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT. ALSO TOOK 10 ROOKIE WRESTLERS TO COMPETE IN THE ROOKIE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE RESULTS ARE IN AND THE LONG HARD WEEKEND OF INTENSE WRESTLING IS OVER. TRACKWRESTLING HAS DURAN TEAM IN 8TH PLACE OVER ALL. THE DURAN WRESTLERS DID A GREAT JOB. RESULTS ARE IN

DYLAN KOLB —— STATE CHAMPION— DYLAN KOLB DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN A ROUND ROBIN STYLE BRACKET. HE WON THE FIRST MATCH WITH A PIN LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD. THEN THE SECOND MATCH HE LOST BY PIN LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD. BOTH OF THESE MATCHES WERE EITHER TIED OR ONE WRESTLER WAS BEHIND THE OTHER BY ONE POINT WHEN THEY WERE PINNED. SO THE NEXT MATCH WAS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DYLAN KOLB. THE FIRST PERIOD WOULD END TIED 0 TO 0. SECOND PERIOD AND WERE DOWN WITH A QUICK REVERSAL WE END THE SECOND 2 TO 0. DYLAN GOES BOTH UP FOR THE THIRD PERIOD. HE WOULD GET A STALLING CALL AND GIVE UP ONE POINT. WITH SHORT TIME LEFT HE LANDS A VICTORY BY ONE FOR A VERY INTENSE MATCH. GREAT JOB DYLAN.

MISHALIA BARELA —– GIRLS STATE CHAMPION —– 5TH COED ELITE DIVISION—– MISHALIA IS ONE OF THE MOST DESERVING CHAMPIONS WE WILL EVER SEE. SHE HAS NEVER SLACKED OFF AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE GOT TO WRESTLE AGAINST OTHER FEMALES TO SEE WHO THE BEST FEMALE WRESTLER IS. OF COURSE WE EXPECTED HER TO WIN KNOWING HOW GOOD SHE REALLY IS. BUT JUST LIKE LIFE NOTHING IS EASY. SHE WON THE FIRST MATCH WITH A QUICK PIN. SHE THEN WOULD HAVE A THRILLER IN HER FINAL MATCH. SHE WOULD FIND HERSELF AHEAD AND FIGHTING OFF HER BACK SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO TO WIN BY TWO POINTS GREAT JOB. ALSO MISHALIA EARNED A 5TH PLACE MEDAL IN THE COED ELITE DIVISION. SHE WRESTLED VERY HARD FOR TWO DAYS TO EARN HER MEDALS GREAT JOB.

ALEXZANDRA VASQUEZ —– GIRLS STATE CHAMPION —– ALEXZANDRA WRESLTED VERY HARD FOR HER CHAMPIONSHIP BEATING AN OPPONENT WHO HAS ALREADY BEATEN HER ONCE. THIS WAS VERY INTENSE WRESTLING AND WAS HONESTLY A JOY TO WATCH. ALEX PRETTY MUCH HANDLED THE OPPONENT WITH NICE TECHNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF HEART. GREAT JOB ALEX WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU YOUR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE A STATE TITLE UNDER YOUR BELT. IN THE ELITE COED DIVISION ALEX WAS ONE POINT AWAY FROM THE MEDAL ROUNDS WHEN THE BUZZER WENT OFF. ALEX YOU DID A GREAT JOB THIS WEEKEND WRESTLING VERY HARD FOR TWO FULL DAYS. GREAT JOB.

EMILIO MAES —– ROOKIE STATE CHAMPION —–  EMILIO MAES IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING ROOKIES THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN. HE HAS A NATURAL WRESTLING ABILITY THAT IS RARLEY SEEN WHEN IT COMES TO NEW WRESTLERS. HE IS A HARD WORKER AND DISPLAYS A GREAT TRUST IN THE COACHING STAFF AS HE HAS NEVER SAID NO AND ALWAYS DONE JUST WHAT WE ASK OF HIM. EMILIO HAD A STACKED ROOKIE BRACKET FILLED WITH GOOD KIDS. SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN BEATEN HIM BEFORE. BUT WHEN HE WALKED IN HE HAD A DIFFERENT ADDITUDE AND HE LOOKED HUNGRY FOR VICTORY. THE HUNGER LEAD TO QUICK WINS AND WHEN HE NEED TO GO THE DISTANCE YOU COULD TELL THAT HE WAS BOTH IN SHAPE AND VERY TECHNICAL WHICH IN THE END OF HARD MATCHES IS A GREAT RECIPE FOR A WIN. EMILIO WOULD WIN A VERY HARD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS HE WAS THROWN TO HIS BACK WITH SHORT TIME LEFT. AND HE WAS FORCED TO WIN IT OFF OF HIS BACK WHICH ALL GREAT CHAMPIONS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO. HE WAS FIGHTING FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS HOLDING ON TO A VICTORY. GREAT JOB EMILIO.

STEVEN APODACA —– 2ND PLACE ELITE DIVISION —– STEVEN CAME IN THE DAY WITH THE NUMBER ON SEED AND WE WERE ALL HOPE THAT HE CONTINUED HIS WINNING WAYS. WITH A VERY TOUGH MATCH HIS FIRST OPPONENT WE ALL KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG FIGHT. FIGHT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO WITNESS IN THE WRESTLING CIRCLE ON THIS DAY.  IT WAS A BATTLE OF THE BEST; JUST TOO BAD IT HAD TO BE ROUND ONE. STEVEN WOULD THROW HIS OPPONENT IN A 4 PT MOVE FROM HIS FEET. AND WITH A VERY TOUGH OPPONENT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH. WE WOULD FALL SHORT AS THE BUZZER CAME TO A CLOSE. NOT LETTING IT TAKE FULL EFFECT STEVEN WOULD SHOW THE HEART OF A TRUE CHAMPION. HE WOULD DO THE IMPOSSIBLE WHICH IS TO LOSE IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN END THE DAY IN SECOND. HE WOULD MAKE QUICK WORK OF THE NEXT FOUR WRESTLERS TO HAVE A CHANCE AT A WRESTLE BACK. HE WOULD TAKE ON THE WRESTLER THAT ENDED UP IN SECOND PLACE FOR A TRUE SECOND. STEVEN WOULD MAKE QUICK WORK ENDING IN WAY OF PIN IN JUST 40 SECONDS. STEVEN SHOWED WHAT CHAMPIONS DO WHEN THEY LOSE. IT DIDNT CRY DIDNT HAVE BAD SPORTSMANSHIP HE LOST LIKE A CHAMPION AND CAME BACK THE SAME. GREAT JOB STEVE.

IDAN PEEK —– 2ND PLACE ELITE DIVISION —– IDAN IS THE MOST LOYAL RESPECTFUL KID WE HAVE EVER SEEN. HIS SPORTSMANSHIP IS THAT OF WHICH WE HAVE NEVER SEEN. IDAN WOULD WIN HIS FIRST MATCH JUST LIKE WE EXPECTED HIM TO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A VERY TOUGH OPPONENT. HIS SECOND MATCH WAS AGAINST HIS RIVAL AND TEAM MEMBER CHARLES HARRIS FAITHFUL WINNER GOES TO THE SHIP LOSER GOES TO OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET. IDAN WOULD WIN A THRILLER TO MAKE THE SHIP. HE THEN WOULD SQUARE OFF WITH THE ELITE JIMMY WEAVER. WE KNOW THAT THIS WRESTLER IS VERY TOUGH BUT IDAN SHOWS NO FEAR. AND THIS WAS SET TO BE A MATCH OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. HE WOULD GO IN THERE AND DO IS ABSOULTE BEST LOSING ONLY BY POINTS. IDAN WRESTLED WITH ALL HIS HEART AND LEFT EVERYTHING ON THE MAT ENDING THE DAY WITH SILVER IS NOT WHAT WE HAD WANTED BUT IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF WRESTLING FOR IDAN PEEK. GREAT JOB SON.

QUEINTIN HERRERA —– ROOKIE 2ND PLACE —– QUEINTIN WAS VERY MUCH ON HIS GAME THIS DAY. HE WOULD WIN THE FIRST COUPLE MATCHES WITH PURE AGGRESSION AND SUPERERE WRESLTING ABILITY. HE THEN CAME IN SEMI FINAL MATCH AND WAS TIED IN THE THIRD OUR CHOICE WE GO DOWN AND GET TURNED WITH SHORT TIME TO LOSE THAT MATCH. IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND VERY INTENSE. QUEINTIN WOULD THEN COME BACK ALL THE WAY TO WIN SECOND PLACE. WINNING HIS THIRD PLACE MATCH OVER A WRESTLER THAT BEAT HIM JUST A WEEK AGO. HE WOULD WIN BY PIN IN JUST 15 SECONDS BY WAY OF CHICKEN WING. HE THEN WOULD WRESTLE ALMOST THE LAST MATCH OF THE DAY AND HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE WIN FOR THE SILVER MEDAL GREAT JOB HERRERA.

JOYCLN NOEL —– 2ND PLACE GIRLS DIVISION —— JOYCLN HAD A VERY GOOD DAY. JOYCLN WAS VERY EXCITED TO WRESTLE AT THIS TOURNAMENT WITH HER FATHER IN HER CORNER SHE WOULD SHOW ALOT OF HEART. JOYCLN WRESTLED SOME TOUGH MATCHES IN HER GIRLS DIVISION SHOWING. SHE ENDED THE DAY IN 2ND PLACE AND DID A GREAT JOB. JOYCLN WAS ALSO ONE ROUND AWAY FROM PLACING IN THE COED ROOKIE DIVISION AS SHE LOST A THRILLER BY ONE POINT. JOYCLNS STRENTH IN THIS TOURNAMENT WAS WRESTLING OFF OF THE BOTTOM AS SHE ALWAYS JUMPED UP AND GOT AWAY. HER LAST MATCH WAS HER BEST AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER GREAT JOB.

CELINA SANCHEZ —– 3RD GIRLS DIVISON — 6TH COED DIVISON—– CELINA WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING DURAN WRESTLERS THIS TOURNAMENT EARNING A MEDAL IN EACH OF THE DIVISIONS. SHE WOULD WIN A CLOSE MATCH IN THE GIRLS OPENER BY WAY OF PIN EVEN WHEN THE MATCH WAS UPSIDE DOWN ON THE SCORE. SHE WOULD THEN SQUARE OFF WITH SOME HEAVIER GIRLS THAT OUT WEIGHTED HER BY 15 TO 20 POUNDS SHE WOULD FIGHT WITH ALL HER MIGHT BUT STILL IN THE END CAME UP SHORT AND ENDED THE DAY WITH A THIRD PLACE FINISH. IN THE BOYS SHE DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL AND ENDED WITH THE 6TH PLACE MEDAL.

CEASER SANCHEZ —– 3RD ELITE DIVISION —– THIS WAS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR CEASER AND NO NOT BECUASE HE WALKED AWAY WITH A VERY BIG TROPHY BUT BECAUSE HE SHOWED HOW MUCH HEART HE REALLY HAS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF CEASER WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO SIT THIS ONE OUT AND MAKING A LAST MINUTE DECISION HE JOINED THE SQUAD AND WRESLTED VERY HARD. NOT KNOWING THE COMPETION HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM LEAVING WITH A BLOODY NOSE BLACK EYE AND A TROPHY IN HIS HAND.

RAND LOUSE —– 3RD PLACE ROOKIE DIVISION— WOW RAND GREAT JOB. THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY WAS RAND LOUSE WINNING SOME VERY TOUGH MATCHES TO EARN A BRONZE IN A VERY TOUGH BRACKET. RAND IS ALWAYS READY TO WRESTLE AND HAS BEEN AS EXCELLENT KID TO WORK WITH ALL YEAR LONG HE HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE DURAN WRESTLING TEAM. HE WON HIS FIRST MATCH BY WAY OF PIN AND THEN JUST CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT TO MAKE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. RAND LOOKED VERY IMPRESSIVE AND WAS READY ON THIS DAY. GREAT JOB RAND LOUSE.

CHARLES HARRIS FAITHFUL —– 4TH PLACE—– CHARLES DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WORKED VERY HARD TO EARN HIS MEDAL. HE KNEW IT WOULD BE TOUGH AFTER HIS LOSE LAST YEAR IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TO GET THERE AGAIN HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THOUGH HIS TEAM MATE IN IDAN PEEK. CHARLES WON HIS FIRST MATCH AND DID IT WITH STYLE. HE THEN WAS SET TO HAVE A REMATCH WITH IDAN IN THE SEMIS. HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB COMING UP A LITTLE SHORT. HE WOULD THEN PIN HIS WAY TO THE 3RD AND 4TH PLACE MATCH. HE WOULD THEN COME UP SHY AS HE DID AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF HARD WORK. HE ALSO LEFT ALL HE HAD ON THE MAT AND COULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIS ACHEIVEMENTS. GREAT JOB CHARLY.

MEILLENE BARELA —– 4TH PLACE GIRLS DIVISON —— BARELA DID A GREAT JOB AND WRESTLED VERY HARD AGAISNT SOME AMAZING GIRLS. SHE WRESTED THE MOST MATCHES TO EARN HER MEDAL OUT OF ALL THE GIRLS. SHE WOULD ALSO DO THE ROOKIE DIVISION AND SHOW HOW TOUGH SHE IS AS SHE LOST WITH SECONDS LEFT. SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SHE HAS ALWAYS DOES HER BEST AND LEAVES IT ALL ON THE MAT SINCE DAY ONE. SHE ALSO SLIDE UNDER THE RADAR THIS YEAR WITH A VERY IMPRESSIVE OVERALL RECORD AND HAS BEEN AN OUTSTADING ATHELTE. GREAT JOB MEILENNE.

BRANDON CHAMBERLIN —– 5TH PLACE ROOKIE CHAMPIONSHIPS —– BRANDON SHOWED UP AND WAS READY TO WRESTLE. HE WOULD LOSE A FIRST ROUND THRILLER BY ONE POINT. HE WOULD THEN WIN THE NEXT 3 MATCHES CONVINCINGLY BY WAY OF PIN. HE WOULD GO ON TO LOSE YET ANOTHER CLOSE MATCH AND THEN FIND HIMSELF IN THE 5TH AND 6TH PLACE MATCH. BRANDON WOULD WRESTLE VERY HARD AND END THE DAY WITH A WIN. HE WOULD BEAT THE WRESTLER THAT BEAT HIM IN ROUND ONE. GREAT JOB BRANDON WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE DID THIS LAST WEEKEND. YOU HAVE WRESTLED HARD ALL YEAR. AND KNOW YOU GOT TO SHOW OFF YOUR TALENT GREAT JOB.

JOE BARELA —– 6TH PLACE ELITE DIVISON —– JOE WAS THE MOST UNDER RATED MEMBER ON OUR TEAM. JOE ALSO HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST BRACKETS WITH 32 WRESTLERS SQUARING OFF TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN THE STATE TITLE. JOE WOULD HAVE SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE WINS IN HIS FIRST THREE MATCHES AND THEN FIND HIMSELF EYE TO EYE WITH ONE OF THE MOST ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS THERE IS. JOE WOULD SHOW NO FEAR BUT LOSE A THRILLER AND WRESLTED VERY HARD. HE WOULD LOSE THAT MATCH AND HIS NEXT BUT HE SHOWED TRUE HEART AND COURAGE TO GET HIS MEDAL AS IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HARD EARNED OF THE DAY.  JOE YOU EARNED YOUR MEDAL AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. YOU HAVE HAD ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SEASONS YET. YOU STARTED OUT STRONG WINNING TWO DAN GABLES AND BECOMING AN ELITE WRESLTER IN VERY SHORT TIME. THEN YOU WOULD GO ON A VERY TOUGH STRETCH TO COME TO THE BIGGEST STATE TOURNAMENT EVER AND WIN AGAINST SOME VERY TOUGH WRESTLERS WE ARE VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU. YOU HAVE COME ALONG WAY JOE BARELA AND YOUR HARD WORK IS THE REASON FOR YOUR SUCCESS. GREAT JOB JOE.

THERE WERE ALSO FOUR WRESLTERS IN THE ELITE BRACKETS THAT WON SOME VERY CLOSE MATCHES AND COME UP SHORT BY ONE ROUND IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT TO RECIEVE A MEDAL. ALEX VASQUEZ, KEITH BAILEY, JACOB PRILLAMAN, AND KYLE MOORE WERE ALL IMPRESIVE EACH WON TWO ROUNDS BUT IN THE END WERE ELIMINATED BEFORE MEDALING. ALL DURAN WRESTLERS DID A GREAT JOB AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE TEAMS 8TH PLACE FINISH. CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL DURAN TEAM MEMBERS EVERY SINGLE PERSON WAS A VITAL PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THE TEAM. GREAT DAY FOR ALL DURAN PARTICIPANTS.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE COACHES AND PARENTS THAT CAME TO THIS EVENT. IT WAS A LONG TWO DAYS AND EVERYONE WAS TIRED AND WORN OUT. DURAN WOULDNT BE ANYTHING WITH OUT THE LOYALTY AND SUPPORT OF THE COACHING STAFF AND THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE THIS YEAR AND YOUR CONTINUED HELP AND DETICATION IS THE REASON FOR THE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE THAT WE SHARE AT DURAN WRESTLING. EACH PARENT COACH AND WRESTLER MAKE THIS TEAM WHAT IT IS. WE MAY NOT HAVE WON IT ALL THIS YEAR BUT TOGETHER WE GAVE IT ALL WE HAD EACH AND EVERY PERSON. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.