The Pagosa Springs High School Lady Pirate wrestling team finished up its regular season on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Intermountain League Championship dual against Alamosa.
The Lady Pirates lost the dual 30-23.
Coach Dan Janowsky emphasized that Alamosa had some strong weights, including two defending state champions.
The Lady Pirates gave up the first two weights via forfeit, 100 and 105 pounds, and Alamosa took the first 12 points.
Madi Stretton won the dual’s first match, pinning her opponent after 59 seconds at 110 pounds.
Neveah Castaneda was pinned after one minute and two seconds while wrestling at 115 pounds.
Kelsey Matyniak was pinned after 1:04 while wrestling at 120 pounds.
Corrina Galabota won by forfeit at 125 pounds, and Kyley Matyniak won by forfeit at 130 pounds.
Audrina Smith was pinned after 1:17 at 135 pounds.
At 190 pounds, Laykyn Baxstrom won by a 19-0 technical fall in the dual’s final match.
The girls now have their sights set on the 4A Region 3 tournament this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13 and14, in Hotchkiss at North Fork High School.
The top four individual finishers will qualify for the state tournament in Denver.
Action will begin at 2 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
“The Western Slope region is one of the toughest regions for both boys and girls, as the West Slope is the home of the oldest wrestling programs in the state’s history, dating back to the first state tournaments in the 1930’s,” Janowsky wrote in an email to The SUN.
Janowsky noted he hopes that four or five girls can qualify for the state tournament this weekend, but that it will be tough and will take some really good performances.
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