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Ignacio's Lincoln deKay puts Pagosa Springs' Taylor Hancey into a painful predicament during 165-pound action Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bayfield's Wolverine Classic. deKay would go 4-1 on the day and place second at the weight.
Ignacio's Marlene Martinez-Perez, right, sizes up Bayfield's Lucy Porter during 140-pound action Saturday, Dec. 7, at BHS' Wolverine Classic. Martinez-Perez went 3-2 on the day with three pins (including against Porter) and placed third at the weight.
Ignacio's Zane Pontine plants Bayfield's Cade Grover into the mat during 157-pound action Saturday, Dec. 7, at BHS' Wolverine Classic. Pontine pinned all five of his foes to place first at the weight.
Ignacio's Aven Bourriague, right, looks up to see if he's pinned Gunnison's Malchijah Perez during 120-pound action Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bayfield's Wolverine Classic. Not awarded the stick, Bourriague instead won on points, 10 to 4, and went on to finish with a 5-0 tourney record.
Ignacio's Marlene Martinez-Perez is presented by referee Aaron Velasquez as the winner after pinning Bayfield's Lucy Porter during 140-pound action Saturday, Dec. 7, at BHS' Wolverine Classic. Martinez-Perez went 3-2 on the day with three pins (including against Porter) and placed third at the weight.
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
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IHS grapplers get going in Bayfield

Friday - December 13, 2024 by Joel Priest | Special to the Drum

Boys place seventh, girls fifth at first meet 

Included in the ‘Others receiving votes’ section of the preseason CHSAANow.com Class 2A Coaches’ Poll, only five Bobcats were needed to show why Ignacio should be a force this winter. 

Two of them began the 2024-25 season winning individual titles Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bayfield’s Wolverine Classic, and a third came close as IHS’ boys amassed 70 points and placed seventh out of 11 teams. 

Junior Zane Pontine pinned all five of his opponents in placing first at 157 pounds, with the clincher coming 39 seconds into the second period against 2A San Juan Basin League rival Dolores’ River Wickstrom.  Pontine then polished off his perfect start to the 2024-25 season by sticking BHS’ Cade Grover in just 1:12. 

Junior Aven Bourriague also went 5-for-5, beginning with a 20-5 technical fall over Kirtland, N.M., Central’s Tristan Silver, and also including a forfeit win over Farmington, New Mexico’s Tabyr Gonzalez and, finally, a 9-5 win over Bayfield’s Connor Martindale in the weight’s finale. 

At 165 pounds, junior Lincoln deKay went 4-1, losing only to KCHS’ Nathan Tom.  And that bout was close; Tom prevailed 6-2 after each put in the six hard minutes of work.  Closing out his day, deKay pinned BHS’ Justin Westbrook 1:53 into the second period. 

Dillon Brann went 2-2 at 144, losing his first match 13-6 to eventual weight champ Coan Naranjo of Bayfield, but then pinning Aztec, New Mexico’s Dylan Dansie and ultimately pulled out a 20-17 overtime win against KCHS’ Kaleb Shondee.  And at 126 Josh Kerrigan went 2-3 with one pin, but finished his day losing to Gunnison’s Cody Casebolt via pin in 54 seconds. 

Racking up 123 points, 1A Monticello, Utah, captured the Classic’s team championship.  FHS (116) wasn’t far behind, while GHS (Class 3A’s preseason No. 7 crew) tallied 104 and placed third, ahead of the hosting Wolverines (91.5). 

On the girls’ side of the tournament, Ignacio—which received votes in the preseason Class 4A Girls’ rankings—scored 48 points and placed fifth, with Bayfield (40) right behind in sixth.  Durango earned the team title with 88 points, Gunnison (77.5) came in second and M-CHS (77) settled for third in the eight-team standings—which included 2A Antonito’s first-year squad (eighth place, 18 points). 

Three Lady ’Cats notched runner-up finishes, led by Madison Egger’s 4-1 (all wins via pin) work at 100 pounds.  Lainee Bradley went 3-1 and took second in the combined 130/135 division, and Larissa Espinosa went 0-2 at 235 but ended up second to Pagosa Springs’ Laykyn Baxstrom. 

Marlene Martinez-Perez earned third at 140 pounds but along the way pinned teammate Krysten Neil, who placed fifth. 

 

PRESEASON CHSAANOW.COM CLASS 2A (BOYS) COACHES’ POLL: 1.Wray, 2.Cedaredge, 3.Meeker, 4.Buena Vista, 5.Hotchkiss North Fork, 6.Ault Highland, 7.Rocky Ford, T-8.Center & Monte Vista, 10.Sedgwick County/Fleming.  Others Receiving Votes—Fowler, Mancos, IGNACIO, Walsenburg, Lyons, Burlington, Holly, Wiggins, County Line (Cheyenne Wells/Eads/Wiley/McClave), Pueblo Dolores Huerta Prep. 

PRESEASON CHSAANOW.COM CLASS 4A (GIRLS) COACHES’ POLL: 1.Pueblo Central, 2.Cañon City, 3.Bennett, T-4.Fort Lupton & Gunnison, 6.Alamosa, 7.Thornton Skyview, T-8.Lamar & Yuma, 10.Hotchkiss North Fork.  Others Receiving Votes—Severance, Denver West, Fort Morgan, Berthoud, La Junta, Moffat County (Craig), Olathe, Walsenburg, Wiggins, Fort Collins Liberty Common, Denver Mullen, Edgewater Jefferson, Strasburg, Calhan, IGNACIO, Sedgwick County/Fleming, Brush, Las Animas. 

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