Together with the 2019 CHSAA state wrestling championship about a month off on Feb. 21-23 at the Pepsi Center, four seniors have been closing in on linking the prestigious four-time winner club. Twenty-one wrestlers have achieved the feat in CHSAA history, with one student-athlete linking the club each of the previous five seasons. This past calendar year, Poudre’s Jacob Greenwood won his fourth title.
Here’s a look at the four seeking a fourth crown next month in Denver, and a record of juniors searching for a third title.
Ponderosa’s Cohl Schultz
Expect Schultz to pin his way to the Class 5A heavyweight title once more, since the Arizona State signee is ranked by Flo Wrestling since the finest pound-for-pound prep wrestler in the entire nation. The Cadet Greco world winner whose stated aim is an Olympic gold medal has never dropped in CHSAA competition, also added to his historic prep resume this winter with titles at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman (his next directly ),” Reno Tournament of Champions (original four-time champion) and also Doc Buchanan (first two-time outstanding wrestler).
Greeley Central’s Andrew Alirez
Ranked No. 1 at Class 4A’s 152-pound branch by On The Mat, also since the fourth-best pound-for-pound prep wrestler in the country, the Northern Colorado signee can become Weld County’s four-time champion subsequent crowns at 145, 126 and 120 lbs. Alirez also made the title of national champion in October at the Who’s No. 1 championship, along with gold at August’s Junior Pan American Championships.
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Pomona’s Theorius Robison
Another Northern Colorado signee, Robison is additionally a two-time Cadet Junior national winner and starred at tailback to the Panthers’ football team. A brash wrestler who backs up his attitude on the mat — that the Pepsi Center crowd booed him following his 132 title for a junior as well as his 126 title for a freshman — Robison is ranked No. 8 in the nation at 138 and No. 1 in the country at Class 5A 145.
Pueblo County’s Brendon Garcia
A Wyoming signee, Garcia can combine Hunter Willits (2014-17) since the lone Hornets’ wrestlers from the four-time champion club. Garcia captured his first title at 106 lbs as a freshman at the Class 3A Dolores Huerta, and has since won a couple more lightweight names at Pueblo County, including last year’s in overtime fashion over Pueblo Centennial’s Jacob Gonzales. Garcia is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A 120 this season, and has also played well on the national stage as according with his 2017 Greco title in Fargo.
Next tide of four-timers
The juniors poised to put themselves up for a crack at the four-time club in 2020 by winning a third title this February are Pueblo East’s Andy Garcia (ranked No. 1, Class 4A 285), Windsor’s Dominick Serrano (No. 1, No. Class 4A 138), Windsor’s Isiah Salazar (No. 1, Class 4A 182) and John Mall’s Wesley Van Matre (No. 1, Class 2A 138).
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