HILL, ARIAS, DEBUS PLACE IN TOP 5 AT COLORADO MESA INVITE

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Chadron State College’s Mike Hill, Leandro Arias and Jordan Debus had solid performances at the Colorado Mesa Wrestling Invitational Saturday in Grand Junction, Colo.

Hill, a sophomore from Lingle, Wyo., dropped his first match at 285 pounds but strung together four straight wins in the consolation bracket to claim third place. He pinned his first two foes and then earned a sudden victory decision before dispatching Western State’s Kyle Graulus by a 4-2 decision in the third place match.

Arias went 4-1 at 141 pounds. He won his first two matches before suffering a tight 2-1 decision to Cody Cole of Western State. Arias rebounded, though, and won two straight decisions to claim third place.

Debus, a junior from Mitchell, easily won his first two matches at 184 but Zack Slotten earned a 3-2 decision to drop him to the wrestlebacks. While there, Ryan Swanson outscored Debus 16-12 but Debus claimed fifth place after picking up a forfeit victory over Khymba Johnson.

Five CSC wrestlers won at least two matches Saturday, including Josh McCance and Perry McAfee at 133, Bryce Wiedeman at 157, Tyler Smart at 165 and Devan Fors at 184.

CSC Results

125 – Jonathon Stelling, Colorado Mesa, pinned Spencer Hunt, CSC, 6:43; Hunt dec. Cory Carter, Colorado Mines, 4-2; Adrian Avelar, Western Wyoming, dec. Hunt, 7-4. (Hunt 1-2)
133 – Josh McCance, CSC, major dec. Eli Perez, Western State, 10-2; McCance dec. Joshua Metivier, Utah Valley, 8-4; Zach Shank, UA, pinned McCance, 1:00; Chaz Lovato, Western Wyoming, dec. McCance, 7-6. (McCance 2-2)
133 – Perry McAfee, CSC, dec. Chaz Lovato, Western Wyoming, 11-4; McAfee dec. Brandon Gallagher, UA, 8-5; Daniel Salazar, Colorado Mesa, dec. McAfee, 4-2; Tyler Adams, Western State, pinned McAfee, 2:43; Travis Roberts, Sierra College, dec. McAfee, 8-7 (McAfee 2-3)
133 – Daniel Salazar, Colorado Mesa, pinned Bobby West, CSC, 6:15; West major dec. Joshua Metivier, Utah Valley, 12-4; Colby Watters, Colorado Mines, dec. West, 11-4 (West 1-2)
141 – Leandro Arias, CSC, dec. Zack Denney, UA, 2-0; Arias pinned Shannon Maris, UA, 6:33; Cody Cole, Western State, dec. Arias, 2-1; Arias, dec. Denney, 3-2; Arias dec. Andy Jones, UA, 12-6 for third place. (Arias 4-1)
141 – Gable Prach, Colorado Mines, pinned Jesse Larralde, CSC, 6:18; Zack Denney, UA, pinned Larralde, 3:00. (Larralde 0-2)
149 – Reed Burgener, CSC, pinned Robbie Workman, Embry Riddle, 1:00; Tucker Ray, Utah Valley, pinned Burgener, 3:01; Josh Chang, Embry Riddle, technical fall Burgener, 17-1 (Burgener 1-2)
157 – Zachary Young, Colorado Mines, dec. Bryce Wideman, CSC, 6-4; Wiedeman pinned Eric Bach, UA, 3:40; Wideman dec. Garrett Adams, UA, 9-7; Wideman pinned Austin Harris, Western State, 3:23; Juan Alvararado, N.M. major dec. Wiedeman, 12-4. (Wiedeman 3-2)
157 – Nick Swanson, UA, major dec. Bruce Zurek, CSC, 14-2; Zurek pinned Aaron Demay, Sierra; Jesse Routsong, Embry Riddle, pinned Zurek. (Zurek 1-2)
165 – Tyler Miles, Colorado Mesa pinned Taylor Pownall, CSC, 2:15; Horaciao Vialpando, UA, pinned Taylor Pownall, 4:25. (Taylor Pownall 0-2)
165 – Tyler Smart, CSC, dec. Willy Holdren, UA, 6-0; Smart, dec. Joshua Brown, Colorado Mesa, 6-2; Travis Saxon, N.M., dec. Smart, 3-1 in sudden victory; Smart, forfeit Jake Eggers, UA, Caleb Wyatt, Colorado Mesa, dec. Smart, 6-3 (Smart 3-2)
165 – Jessie Hoffschneider, UA, pinned Tyler Pownall, CSC, 1:02; Jake Eggers, UA, pinned Tyler Pownall, 1:28 (Pownall 0-2)
174 – No CSC entry
184 – Devan Fors, CSC, pinned Hunter Murry, Dixie State, 6:17; Nick Petersen, Colorado Mesa, major dec. Fors, 12-4; Fors pinned Dylan Turley-Rule, Northern Colorado; Ryan Swanson, Colorado Mines, dec. Fors, 7-0. (Fors 2-2)
184 – Jordan Debus, CSC, major dec. Dylan Turley-Rule, Northern Colorado, 16-4; Debus pinned Khymba Johnson, Sierra College, 3:00; Zak Slotten, Colorado Mesa, dec. Debus, 3-2; Ryan Swanson, dec. Debus, 16-12; Debus forfeit Khymba Johnson, Sierra, for fifth place. (Debus 3-2)
197 – Paul Wilson, major dec. Chris Leak, 13-0; Leak pinned Sam Johnstone, Embry Riddle, 1:50; Leak dec. Troy Kilgore, Embry Riddle, 10-4; Riley Argyle, Western Wyoming, dec. Leak, 7-1 (Leak 2-2)
285 – Josh Atkinson, UA, dec. Ryley Dawson, CSC, 3-1; Alexander MacKenzie, Colorado Mines, pinned Dawson, 2:39. (Dawson 0-2)
285 – Daniel Gusez, Sierra, dec. Mike Hill, CSC, 4-0; Mike Hill, CSC, pinned Cody Marquez, N.M. Highlands; Hill pinned Alexander MacKenzie, Colorado Mines, 4:07; Hill dec. Zac Jensen, Utah Valley, 3-1 in sudden victory; Hill dec. Kyle Graulus, Western State, 4-2 for third place (4-1)