Windsor Produced history a bunch of times Saturday night at the Pepsi Center.
Dominick Serrano and also Isaiah Salazar both combined the champions club, with Serrano’s tournament at Class 4A 132 lbs and Salazar’s title at 182 lbs. Their performances helped speed Windsor .
“My eighth-grade year, when I watched men winning names and came to my high school state tournament, I looked down from the top of the stadium and stated, ‘I need to do something like that,’” Serrano explained. “TodayI and Isaiah did that, again. The belief in ourselves and trust in the coaches paid away. ”
Serrano and Salazar also became the first teammates to clinch their fourth tournament in precisely exactly the identical year, also gave Windsor its initial four-time champs. And as if that wasn’t sufficient understanding of the listing books, Serrano finished his career a dazzling 168-0, becoming just the 2nd largest wrestler in history alongside Kyle Sand (Arvada West, 125-0 from 2000-04).
“It’s an wonderful feeling,” Serrano explained. “I’m beyond words, but I know that I couldn’t’ve done this. … Never in a million years (growing up) could I have believed I would be you to do this. ”
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Both are dedicated to wrestle at the Division I level, with Serrano going to Nebraska and Salazar headed to Minnesota. Serrano is also a multiple-time national champion, while Salazar didn’t shed over his final two decades and polished off yet another undefeated season of his own.
“The entire (Windsor) fan base — it makes me happy to do it for them,” said Salazar, who won his first title with Class 3A Eaton. “I couldn’t be thankful for them. ”
Serrano, that had an bloody nose made a major choice that was 22-8 over Broomfield junior John Beau Hostler. With blood pouring out Serrano’so called nostril postmatch, he explained that he channeled all his energy this weekend .
“I didn’t actually consider the hype,” Serrano stated. “I same with this tournament, and just always concentrated in my game. I put my energy in my competition, not into things that t happened and remained away from the networking aspect of things. ”
Meanwhile, the Salazar also did his part to look after business. He pummeled Montrose senior Cole Simmons in his final, winning with pin. It was a performance reminiscent of both his or her Serrano’s complete prep careers.
“What Dom and Isaiah did these last few decades, we sought out the maximum level of competition in our strategy,” Windsor coach Monte Trusty explained. “We traveled across the country, and we don’t have them remain within their comfort zone. This ’s the part … They grinded through those evaluations. ”
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Even the duo’s four-peat feat bookended three other individual state names for Windsor since the Wizards went 5-for-5 in title matches. Junior Vance Vombaur won at 138, senior Cody Eaton won 160 and senior Tristian Perez won at 170. Five state champions in one tournament is tied for third in CHSAA history.
“5-0 — that was the target,” Salazar explained. “We couldn’t draw on it up any better. ”
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