Grandview’s Gabriel Baumgartner wins 5A heavyweight state title to give city a champ

Senior's overtime takedown ends Wolves' state title drought; Cougars' trio all finish second on final night at Pepsi Center

by Courtney Oakes - 2/19/17

Grandview senior Gabriel Baumgartner, center, is congratulated by head coach Ryan Budd, right, and assistant coach Brian Timberman after his 4-2 overtime victory over Brighton’s Tanner Aitken in the 285 pound championship match at the 2017 Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Baumgartner is Grandview’s first state champion since 2008. (Photo by Gabriel Christus/Aurora Sentinel)

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Four Aurora wrestlers — three from Cherokee Trail — headed to 5A state title matches
by Courtney Oakes - 2/18/17

DENVER | Two of the four Aurora wrestlers who made it through to championship matches at the Class 5A state tournament — Cherokee Trail’s Zeke Silva and Max Gonzales — were expected to be there. Story ->

Aurora Class 5A/4A state tournament results, Day Two

by Courtney Oakes - 2/18/17

AURORA | Team scores and full Aurora championship and consolation bracket results from the second day of the 2017 Class 5A/4A state wrestling tournament, held on Feb. 17, 2017, at the Pepsi Center. Aurora teams and individuals bold and uppercased: there. Story ->

2017 Class 5A Region 1 team scores, individual results
by Courtney Oakes - 2/12/17

COLORADO SPRINGS | Team scores, placing match results and state qualifiers from the 2017 Class 5A Region 1 tournament Feb. 10-11 at Fountain-Fort Carson High School. Results ->

Grandview pins down Centennial League title with win over Cherokee Trail

Wolves get on big roll, win 10 straight matches vs. Cougars to all but lock up their third consecutive Centennial League championship

by Courtney Oakes - 1/28/17

AURORA | Like a snowball rolling down a hill, the Grandview wrestling team picked up steam match-by-match Friday night at Cherokee Trail.

The anticipated tight battle for the Centennial League championship between the Wolves and Cougars — ranked No. 4 and No. 10, respectively, in Class 5A by On The Mat — never really materialized, as Grandview won 10 straight matches on its way to a 55-16 victory. Story ->

Grandview takes 6th at grueling Top of the Rockies tourney

Six Wolves make it onto medal podium at Centaurus' tough meet

by Courtney Oakes - 1/23/17

LAFAYETTE | The Grandview wrestling team continued to hold its own against top teams in and out of Colorado on its brutal schedule, which included a sixth-place finish at the rugged Top of the Rockies tournament Saturday at Centaurus High School.

Coach Ryan Budd’s Wolves had six top-five placers and earned 118.5 points to finish just outside of the top five in a tournament that featured 31 teams from Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming and is generally considered much more difficult than the state tournament. Story ->

Woods claims title, Grandview places third at rugged Arvada West Invitational

Five Aurora teams compete in loaded multi-class tournament

by Courtney Oakes - 1/16/17

AURORA | Another outstanding tournament, another strong result for the Grandview wrestling team.

The Wolves finished third place in Saturday’s rugged Arvada West Invitational, which featured a multi-classification mix of 20 teams that also included wrestlers from locals Overland, Vista PEAK, Smoky Hill and Hinkley.

Senior Robert Woods won the lone championship for coach Ryan Budd’s Grandview team, which had a total of seven top-four placers. Woods — ranked No. 5 in 5A in On The Mat’s Week 6 rankings — topped Overland’s Kaelin Chin (No. 8) in the second round and went on to win the title with a 5-3 victory over Castle View’s Travis Gallagher in the final. Story ->

Fabian Santillan digs into his ‘arsenal’ to win Reno Tournament of Champions title

Cartwheel takedown put Grandview sophomore on the map, put him on path to becoming program's first champ at rugged tourney

By COURTNEY OAKES, Sports Editor, Updated: December 21, 2016 3:19 pm

Note to opponents of Fabian Santillan this season: if you somehow find a way to be ahead of him late in a match, expect anything.

ANYTHING.

The Grandview sophomore created a buzz around the prep wrestling world with his jaw-dropping winning move Dec. 16 in a quarterfinal match at the Reno Tournament of Champion. Story ->

Reno Tournament of Champions 2016

Pomona Captures Team Title, Santillan named OW

December 18, 2016by RTOC

By: Alex Steen
www.theopenmat.com

Pomona, Colorado, took home the team title Saturday night at the 2016 Reno Tournament of Champions (RTOC) behind six placers including 132-pound champion Theorius Robison. #23 Choctaw (OK) finished in second place with #38 Roseburg (OR), #16 Allen (TX), and #32 Wasatch (UT) rounding out the top five. Jet Taylor (126), Robison (132), and Colton Schultz (220) successfully defended their titles from 2015, taking home another RTOC crown.

The story of the tournament may have been Fabian Santillan (Grandview), who came in unseeded, but stunned third-seed Colton Yapoujian (Pomona) with a spectacular last second takedown (https://youtu.be/WMJ1MAiIGaI) in the round of 16 on Friday night. He was just getting started. Santillan trailed Brady Poulson (Delta) 1-0 in the third period of their semi-final bout before the Grandview sophomore found a reversal and near fall with under 20 seconds to reach the finals. That should have been the end of the road for Santillan as he met the 12th ranked wrestler in the nation, Ian Timmins (Wooster), who had looked outstanding throughout the tournament. Timmins took an early 4-0 lead, but Santillan stepped over the senior in a neutral scramble, nearly earning a fall, and ending the first period with a 6-4 lead. That would be the theme of the match as twice more Santillan would out-scramble Timmins and score back points. In the end, the scoreboard read 15-7 as Fabian Santillan won the title at 120 pounds. He was named Outstanding Wrestler for his incredible tournament. more ->