After many matches, several area wrestlers took home medals from the 2010 State Wrestling Tournaments.  Click here to recap all the brackets from the 2010 State Wrestling Tournaments and find out where your favorite wrestlers finished.  Here are the six wrestlers who finished the season as state champs:

Mark Edmonds (Holyoke) won the Class 2A 112-pound title with a 9-3 decision.  It was the only time Mark failed to pin his opponent as he notched three pinfall victories in the first three round leading up to the title bout.

Buddy Watson (Wiggins) won the Class 2A 130-pound title with a 10-6 decision.  That win allowed Buddy to finish off a dominant season for the Tigers as he had a 45-1 tally, the most wins by any area wrestler this season.

Chad Stroh (Holyoke) won his second straight state title as he took the Class 2A 135-pound crown with a pinfall in just 97 seconds.  The win allowed Stroh to also finish with just one loss--his tally was 35-1 for the season.

Layne Crumley (Akron) won his state championship at the Class 2A 145-pound class with a 4-2 decision.  Layne had two major decisions and a pinfall leading up to that bout and finished the year 40-1.

Kohl Knutson (Wiggins) also won a second straight state title in 2010.  Kohl finished off the field in Class 2A's 171-pound division with a pinfall victory in 3:15.

Tyler Davis (Wiggins) won the state championship at the Class 2A 189-pound class with a 12-2 major decision.  The win allowed him to cap a 39-1 year with a state championship.

Congratulations to all our area wrestlers who competed and medalled at state!

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This past weekend more than a busload of area wrestlers qualified for the state wrestling tournaments in Denver this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With so many wrestlers qualified for state, it may be hard to keep up with them if you’re looking at attending.

Here’s your cheat sheet, with a look by classification and weight class of each of the wrestlers (a * next to the wrestler’s name denotes winner of their regional tournament this last Saturday) and their Thursday opponent listed in parentheses:

Class 2A (103)

• Peach Hastings* from Merino with an 18-4 record (Cameron Ham, Custer County)
• Austin Titus from Wray with a 20-21 record (Julio Maldonado, Center)

Class 2A (112)

• Gabe Gonzales from Akron with a 24-15 record (Chad Peterson, Rangely)
• Devon Hase from Merino with a 26-5 record (Dylan Stroud, Paonia)
• Cody Robinson from Wiggins with an 8-12 record (Cole Baughman, Dove Creek)
• Mark Edmonds* from Holyoke with a 25-2 record (Kolton Shull, Dolores)

Class 2A (119)

• Dustin Baker from Sedgwick County with a 15-12 record (Ricky Long, Rocky Ford)
• Ramon Tarin* from Wray with a 26-16 record (Zach Kinder, Burlington)
• Wayne Gross from Wiggins with a 19-17 record (Nick Hammes, Holly)
• Jason Carwin from Fleming with an 18-9 record (Dylan Parker, Fowler)

Class 2A (125)

• RD Braz* from Wray with a 19-17 record (Wesley Bell, Custer County)
• Justin Ball from Akron with a 16-17 record (Cody Duran, Antonito)
• Nathan Schroeder from Wiggins with a 27-10 record (Jeff Herrera, Ignacio)

Class 2A (130)

• Skyler Dittmer from Holyoke with a 31-8 record (Adam Ortivez, La Veta)
• Blane Richards from Sedgwick County with a 32-3 record (Jack Woods, Custer County)
• Khy Rigel from Fleming with a 19-9 record (Casey Haga, Ignacio)
• Buddy Watson* from Wiggins with a 37-1 record (James Thompson, Cripple Creek)

Class 2A (135)

• Chad Stroh* from Holyoke with a 27-1 record (Blake Wanstedt, Rangely)
• Dave McCombs from Wiggins with a 19-6 record (Nick Williams, Hayden)
• Harrison Johnson from Fleming with a 35-3 record (Cody Rapke, Paonia)
• Omar Martinez from Wray with a 12-11 record (Seth Gabardi, Norwood)

Class 2A (140)

• Jourdan Hottinger from Akron with a 24-10 record (Jose Luis Olivas, Center)
• Wyatt Barber* from Merino with a 26-1 record (Devon Cordona, Hoehne)
• Jason Erker from Wiggins with a 16-9 record (Josh Piehinger, Ignacio)

Class 2A (145)

• Layne Crumley* from Akron with a 32-1 record (Brent Harris, Norwood)
• Dalton Marini from Wiggins with a 20-4 record (Logan Osborne, Rangely)
• Boston Walser from Merino with a 25-17 record (Dustin Braslin, Paonia)

Class 2A (152)

• Cade Garrison from Holyoke with a 25-8 record (Mike Mullin, Simla)
• Cole Crider from Wray with a 16-16 record (Austin Blasi, Burlington)
• Aaron Erker* from Wiggins with a 33-2 record (Sheridan Howe, Las Animas)

Class 2A (160)

• Garrett Walker from Wiggins with a 24-13 record (Gabe Lerma, Burlington)
• Justin Stone from Fleming with a 25-3 record (William Lutz, Rocky Ford)
• Brennan Hottinger* from Akron with a 26-4 record (Terrell Stafford, Baca County)
• Caleb Merritt from Wray with a 9-23 record (Mike Lozono, Holly)

Class 2A (171)

• Kohl Knutson* from Wiggins with a 21-6 record (Stuart Pino, John Mall)
• Kendall Monasmith from Akron with a 22-11 record (Alejandro Torres, Centennial)
• Tuff Gibson from Merino with a 24-6 record (Jose Luis Macias, Center)
• Luke Garrett from Holyoke with a 27-9 record (Colton Wyatt, Ignacio)

Class 2A (189)

• Tyler Davis* from Wiggins with a 31-1 record (Jarrod Hensen, Wray)
• Jarrod Hensen from Wray with a 6-23 record (Tyler Davis, Wiggins)
• Caleb Christensen from Akron with a 28-9 record (Logan Williams, La Veta)
• Ty Gibson from Merino with a 21-9 record (Zach Morgan, Sargent)

Class 2A (215)

• Tyson Urrutia from Merino with a 32-4 record (Kenny Westfall, North Park)
• Luke Davis from Fleming with a 24-14 record (Mike Dillon, Rangely)
• Zach Jackson* from Wray with a 35-6 record (Jaron Ragsdale, Norwood)
• Preston Harms from Akron with a 23-18 record (Treyben Letlow, Hayden)

Class 2A (285)

• Kyle Pollock* from Wiggins with a 28-0 record (Lorenzo Trujillo, John Mall)
• Andrew Lightsey from Fleming with a 17-8 record (Jacob Adolph, Mountain Valley)

Class 3A (103)

• Elijah Mora from Brush with a 31-10 record (Gabe Padilla, Academy)

Class 3A (112)

• Angel Rivera from Brush with a 25-14 record (Dylan Hill, Hotchkiss)
• Alex Klopp* from Yuma with a 35-4 record (Matt Davis, Salida)

Class 3A (130)

• Zeke Mora from Brush with an 18-9 record (Kyle King, Florence)
• Jordan Sprouse from Yuma with a 16-5 record (Gadge Cole, Trinidad)

Class 3A (135)

• Tony Guzman* from Brush with a 28-10 record (Ronnie Mascarenas, Monte Vista)

Class 3A (160)

• Eric Cordova from Brush with a 20-8 record (Caleb Wyatt, Hotchkiss)

Class 3A (171)

• Nick Lovell* from Yuma with a 37-3 record (Tyler Jara, Lamar)
• Kyle Hefner from Brush with an 18-14 record (Elliott Copeland, Bennett)

Class 3A (189)

• Shay Hansen* from Brush with a 14-3 record (Alex Araujo, Bayfield)

Class 3A (285)

• Gaston Fernandez from Brush with an 18-16 record (Vincent Chacon, Centauri)

Class 4A (135)

• Caleb Silz from Fort Morgan with a 26-13 record (Joey Costanza, Pueblo County)

Class 4A (140)

• Derek Gray from Fort Morgan with a 27-15 record (James Martinez, Rifle)

Class 4A (145)

• Luke Englehaupt from Sterling with a 27-8 record (Garrett Krohn, Arvada)

Class 4A (160)

• Brayden Zink from Sterling with a 30-3 record (Vance Hawk, Montrose)

Good luck to all our area wrestlers. Stay tuned to news reports on 104.7 King FM, 1230 KSTC and KNEC 100.9 as well as the Saturday Morning Sports Show as we’ll pass along wrestlers who are still alive in the tournament and still have chances at medaling as the weekend moves along.