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>> WELCOME BACK TO THE 9 NEWS PREP RALLY.
PREP RALLY. HERE IS TAYLOR TEMBY.
>> WHAT STARTED THE WEEK WITH
896 OF THE STATE'S BEST
WRESTLERS ENDED WITH THE TOP
ONE IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS.
56 CHAMPIONS CROWNED ON A
HISTORIC NIGHT AT PEPSI CENTER.
THERE WAS NO DOUBT COLTON
SCHULTZ WOULD BECOME PART OF
IT.
IT.
IT. HE
IT. HE ESPECIALLY ENTERED THE STATE
TOURNAMENT UNDEFEATED AND
HADN'T GIVEN UP A SINGLE POINT
ALL SEASON.
ALL SEASON. THE CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT, HE
PINNED HIS OPPONENT IN UNDER 60
SECONDS, SOMETHING THAT HE DID
EVERY ROUND THIS STATE
TOURNAMENT.
TOURNAMENT. HE IS NOW A FOUR-PETE CHAMP AT
285 POUNDS.
285 POUNDS. >> IT IS CRAZY.
IT IS ALL I DREAMED OF SINCE I
WAS A KID.
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE WORKED
FOR FOR 15, 16 YEARS NOW, SINCE
I WAS A LITTLE KID ROLLING
AROUND ON THE MATS.
>> GOOD THINGS COME FROM PUEBLO
COUNTY, ESPECIALLY ON THE MAT.
TWO YEARS AFTER HUNTER EARNED A
FOUR-PEAT ANOTHER HORNET HAS
DONE THE SAME.
HE WON BY A 7-3 DECISION.
THE FIRST FOUR-PEATER THAT GOT
THE PEPSI CENTER ON ITS FEET.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THAT
MOMENT WHEN I SAW HUNTER GET
HIS FOUR, I WANTED TO BE IN
THAT SAME EXACT SPOT.
>> ANDREW WOULD MAKE IT TWO FOR
TWO ON THE NIGHT.
HE WON THE 4A, 152-POUND
BATTLE.
BATTLE.
BATTLE. THE WIN ALSO LEFT HIM WITH AN
UNDEFEATED RECORD THIS SEASON.
NOW WITH THREE YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE UNDER HIM, HE SAYS
IT WASN'T THE WINS THAT GOT HIM
TO THIS POINT.
>> I THINK YOU GROW THE MOST
FROM LOSSES THAN YOU DO WINS.
THAT'S WHY I THINK I'M SO
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. PEOPLE HERE DON'T SEE ME LOSE
BUT I HAVE LOST A LOT IN MY
CAREER.
CAREER.
CAREER. EVERY TIME I LOSE, I DON'T
DWELL ON IT.
I LEARN WHAT I DID WRONG AND I
GROW FROM IT.
>> THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A
FOURTH FOUR-PEATER IF NOT FOR
ANTONIO OF JESUIT.
THE SOPHOMORE PLAYED SPOILER
UPSETTING ROBINSON IN THE
SEMIFINALS AND WOULD WIN THE 5A
TITLE IN A 2-1 DECISION.
>>> DOMINIQUE IS ON THE PODIUM
FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THREE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. THE WINDSOR JUNIOR ENTERED AS A
TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMP AT 132
POUNDS.
POUNDS.
POUNDS. HE KEPT HIS STREAK ALIVE
WINNING THE 4A CROWN BY A 15-5
MAJOR DECISION OVER JAMES
ROWONA.
ROWONA.
ROWONA. >>> ANOTHER STATE TITLE.
THE SAVE CAPPED OFF AN
IMPRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
WITH HIS SECOND STRAIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WON THE 5A, 138-POUND WEIGHT
CLASS AN 11-2 MAJOR DECISION
OVERRED JESUIT JUNIOR.
>> I'M STILL IN THE MOMENT.
IT FEELS AWESOME, SURREAL.
I'M PROUD OF WHAT I HAVE DONE.
ON TO THE NEXT.
>> HE WON AN INDIVIDUAL TITLE
BACK IN 2017.
POMONA'S JUSTIN IS BACK WITH
HIS SECOND.
HIS SECOND. THE SENIOR CAPPED OFF HIS HIGH
SCHOOL CAREER WITH A WIN IN THE
132-POUND BRACKET AND HELPED
THE PANTHERS TAKE HOME THE 5A
TIGHT UNTIL THE PROCESS.
A CLOSE 1-0 DECISION OVER RANDY
MYERS.
MYERS.
MYERS. >>> FOR THE NIGHTTIME IN 84
YEARS OF THE COLORADO WRESTLING
TOURNAMENT, TWO GIRLS REACHED
THE PODIUM.
THE PODIUM. JASMINE FINISHED FIFTH IN THE
3A CLASS AND ANGIE FINISHED
FOURTH.
FOURTH.
FOURTH. EYE SIAH MADE IT A FAMILY
AFFAIR.
AFFAIR.
AFFAIR. HE FINISHED ON TOP OF THE
PODIUM AFTER TAKING OPEN THE
3A, 138-POUND CROWN.
HE DEFEATED DILLON IN A 7-3
DECISION MAKING THEIR FIRST
TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT A
SPECIAL ONE FOR THE RIOS
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS. >> TO HAVE TWO WRESTLERS IN
STATE AND PLACING IS PROBABLY
UNIMAGINABLE, UNTHINKABLE.
UNIMAGINABLE, UNTHINKABLE. IT IS A GREAT MOMENT TO ENJOY.
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
IT IS A LOT OF HARD WORK.
IN THE END IT PAID OFF.
>> WHILE THERE WERE SOME
WRESTLER THAT'S FINISHED FIRST
FOUR TIMES IN THEIR CAREERS,
OTHERS WERE MAKING HISTORY FOR
ONE WIN.
ONE WIN.
ONE WIN. MICHAEL WON HIS SCHOOL'S FIRST
EVER INDIVIDUAL TITLE IN THE
2A, 113-POUND WEIGHT CLASS.
>> IT IS GREAT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING INFORMER THIS
MOMENT ALL MY LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR.
IT IS AWESOME.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE BEEN GOING
SINCE I WAS IN PRESCHOOL.
NOW I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
FIRST STATE CHAMP FROM MY HIGH
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. IT IS A GREAT FEELING.
>> PRAIRIE VIEW MCFADDEN THE
SAME SITUATION.
SAME SITUATION. HE BROUGHT HOME THE SCHOOL'S
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING THE
152-POUND TIGHT UNTIL A 5-2
DECISION OVER TYSON.
FOR A FULL LIST OF RESULTS FROM
THE TOURNAMENT, GO TO OUR
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
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INTERVIEWS AND THE RESULTS ON
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