Sarah Trujillo, Gilpin County.  After weeks of hard work and dedication, the Gilpin County High School wrestling team left

Kiowa High School with one of the most successful meets known to Gilpin County. The wrestlers taking on competition at the tournament were Josh Trujillo, Mike Wenholz, Manny Gomez, Triston Dipasquale, and Will Innis. Each varied in weight, allowing them to conquer at all levels of competition, Trujillo at 152, Wenholz at 126, Gomez at 170, and Dipasquale, as well

as Innis, at 120.

Trujillo led the night being undefeated and taking first in his weight class. He finished off the night with two pins and a major that he fought till the end to win 6-4. Then, both Gomez and Dipasquale placed second in their weight classes, Gomez with two pins and Dipasquale with a major. This meet was especially meaningful for Wenholz, as it was his first one since he broke

his femur while playing football earlier in the school year. For his first meet back, he was extremely successful finishing in fourth with three pins and one tech fall. He could have possibly even placed higher, but, due to CHSAA rules, he got the chance to re-wrestle a kid who beat him in his first match and took it to him, beating him 15-0.

After a successful tournament, the team placed third out of eighteen teams; this was a huge achievement for the wrestlers. As a whole, the Kiowa meet was one to put in the books for the high school wrestling team.

(Originally published in the January 25, 2018 print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)