The wrestling season is coming to an end. The state tournament is the only event that will take place before the season comes to a close. Five wrestlers from Fossil Ridge High School have advanced to the final tournament of the season after having a successful run at the regional tournament which was held Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10.

113- Hunter Geist-Sanchez had a bye the first round and then went on to beat Pilgrim from ThunderRidge 7-5 in the quarterfinals. Moving on to the semifinals, he lost to Kuykendall from Monarch 11-4 and dropped to the backside. In the consolation semifinals, Geist-Sanchez pinned Almanza from Legacy in 2:27 and then lost to Noble from Poudre by pin in 4:43 to get 4th and qualify for State.

138 – Zach Klingner pinned Guess in 1:20 from Chatfield in the opening round and continued on to beat Labonde from Cherokee Trail by Major Decision 10-1 in the quarterfinals. The semifinals was the end for Klingner before he dropped to the consolation round because he lost to Polluconi from Monarch by Tech Fall 17-1. For the consolation semifinals he beat Hansen from Legacy by pin in 1:57, and then lost to Keigher from Doherty 5-0 to finish 4th and qualify for State.

145- Cody Ginther also had a bye the opening round. He went on to beat Scott from ThunderRidge in the quarterfinals by pin in 1:54. For the semifinals Ginther was to compete against Greenwood from Poudre, who was competing for his fourth state title in a row, and lost by pin in 2:50. The consolation round started well for Ginther because he beat Pierson from Cherokee Trail 9-7 in the semifinals. His final rounded ended in heartbreak, where he lost by medical forfeit due to a knee injury but he still finished 4th to qualify for State.

152- Austin Yeager had a bye the first round and then went on to beat Grandberg from Fairview 7-3 in the quarterfinals. He fell to the consolation bracket after losing in the semifinals to McQuade from Monarch by pin in 2:47. In the consolation semifinals Yeager lost to Ambriz from Cherokee Trail 2-1 and dropped to the 5th place match. He grabbed the fifth place position after beating Sullivan from Legacy by pin in 2:38. In order to qualify for State, he had to wrestle Lucas from Horizon in the wrestleback match and he won by pin in 0:56 to finish fourth out of the region and qualify for State.

182- Nathan Meyer beat Brenner from Monarch in the first round by pin in 1:26. He continued on to beat Medrano from Chatfield in the quarterfinals by pin in 1:04. Meyer dropped down to the consolation bracket after losing in the semifinals to Strasheim from ThunderRidge 7-4. In the consolation semifinals he beat Lay from Horizon by pin in 2:49 and then beat Golden from Poudre by pin in 4:21 to finish 3rd and qualify for State.

The state tournament will be held Thursday, February 15 through Saturday, February 17 at the Pepsi Center. After last year’s state tournament, 2017, Meyer is looking to make Fossil history once again and place higher than sixth place. Fossil also had one more State qualifier than last year and are hoping that will increase their chances in placing. Wish a Sabercat luck as they approach the last tournament of the wrestling season.