In a dual that only lasted 21 minutes and saw four wrestling matches, MHS Head Wrestling Coach Kevin Passehl said he knew that his squad's chances of a three-peat were good.
"It's nice to win the league title for the third time in a row," Passehl said. "We've beaten some tough teams this year and today they made it look easy. We'll take three in a row."
 Montrose High School's Kordell Bradshaw works for back points against Montezuma-Cortez's Kole Chadwick during the first period of action Saturday morning. Bradshaw pinned Chadwick at the 2:26 mark in the second period. (Joel Blocker / Daily Press) Advertisement |
Both schools had open weight classes at 145 and 152 pounds, while MHS' Vance hawk (160) received a forfeit.
Montrose led the Panthers 18-0 after only one true match.
"They didn't bring as many kids as I thought they would," Passehl said. "It doesn't matter how many kids they (Cortez) brought, we showed up to wrestle. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is or whether it's a home dual or not were always going to show up to wrestle."
MHS' Bryce Gaber (171) gave the Indians its second match win as he pinned CHS' Trenton Gustafson at the 4:33 mark in the third period, extending the Indians' lead to 24-0.
That match followed with five open weight classes in a row, three of which went to Montrose.
Receiving byes were: Jordan Passehl (189), Braxten Franz (215) and Geordan Hudson (112).
Passehl noted that out of the four matches that took place Saturday, Kordell Bradshaw (119) took care of business, by defeating a tough kid that he could possible face at the regional tournament.
"That was a kid that Kordell needs to beat," Passehl said. "That's exactly what he did. He really wrestled tough today."
Bradshaw pinned CHS' Kole Chadwick at the 2:26 mark in the second period.
With the victory, the Indians can focus their attention towards the regional tournament next weekend at Mullen High School in Denver.
As far as their preparation, Passehl said they're not going to change a thing.
"We're going to continue to wrestle hard next week at practice," he said. "These guys know what they have to do and they have the mind set to do it."
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