John Scarffe, Gilpin County. Gilpin County Schools hosted an invitational wrestling tournament on February 1, 2020. Eleven teams, including two Gilpin County wrestlers, took part in the invitational, which began at 9 a.m. with a 7 a.m. weigh-in time. Students from the other high school teams represented Clear Creek, Eagle Valley, Estes Park, Evergreen, Littleton, Middle Park, North Park, Platte Canyon, Strausburg and Wheatridge.

Tom Siegrist, who works in Evergreen, ran the tournament in a round-robbin format.

His son William took second place in the 285-pound weight class. Bradley Robinson from Gilpin County wrestled in the 106-pound weight class. He was pinned in his first round against Jackson Bumgardner with Eagle Valley High School and did not place.

Evergreen High School had four wrestlers in first place and two in second. Strausburg High School had two wrestlers in first place and four in second place, while North Park High School placed three in first and two in second and Estes Park took two first places and three second places. Littleton High School had two first place finishes with Eagle Valley placing one in first and Clear Creek High School taking one second place.

Results of the Gilpin County High School Wrestling Invitational follow.

Weight Class 106

First Place - Bram Jackson - Estes Park High School

Second Place - Andrew Hannigan - Platte Canyon High School

Weight Class 113

First Place - Ryan Rozanski - Evergreen High School

Second Place - Travis Houser -  Estes Park High School

Weight Class 120

First Place - Elijah Kitchen -  Estes Park High School

Second Place - Spencer Nuttal - Strausburg High School

Weight Class 126

First Place - Destry Schmidt - North Park High School

Second Place - Gabe Erdahl - Strausburg High School

Weight Class 132

First Place - Zach Marrero - Strausburg High School

Second Place - Billy Newkirk - Evergreen High School

Weight Class 138

First Place - Karsten Beich - Littleton High School

Second Place - Jon Riggenbach - Strausburg High School

Weight Class 145

First Place - Gabe Zimmerer - Evergreen High School

Second Place - Michael Hillman - Clear Creek High School

Weight Class 152

First Place - James Gallegos - Middle Park High School

Second Place - Obadiah Jones - Estes Park High School

Weight Class 160

First Place - Eli Houston - North Park High School

Second Place - Champ Stuart - Middle Park High School

Weight Class 170

First Place - William Geiman - Eagle Valley High School

Second Place - Ayden Parks - Estes Park High School

Weight Class 182

First Place - Reese Gibson - Evergreen High School

Second Place - Kaleb Brumley - Middle Park High School

Weight Class 195

First Place - Trevor Smith - Strausburg High School

Second Place - Liam Osborn - Evergreen High School

Weight Class 220

First Place - Noah Henderson - Evergreen High School

Second Place - Cordell Garriott - North Park High School

Weight Class 285

First Place - Issak Hosford - Littleton High School

Second Place - William Siegrist - Gilpin County High School

(Originally published in the February 6, 2020, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)