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gle Valley’s nior athlete is Ea se st be ’s ty un agle Co . Period. e Andy Armstrong me the 16th stat y wrestler beca lle Va e in w y, or The Eagl st hi d e program’s prou champion in th sion. vi di d un po 0ly tough 22 ning the brutal ny. in heady compa m ch you hi ts That pu ey Pat Day, whi ck AILY.COM all of Fame jo H as w R/DTAYLOR@VAILD st r. fir te e Th DOMINIQUE TAYLO e’ll be a quiz la er th in e 0 us 16 ca at be need to know ris Harvey won the first since Ch e champ lds Central’s Jacob Armstrong was undefeated stat st fir e th as w mstrong, above, ho Ar ng dy ro . st An 00 m Eagle y’s 20 Ar lle in d Va e An ng Eagl 2006. Mike Lo ch Saturday at the ce heavyweight ld during their mat so allGypsum. sin ho al in a m as ay in su w rd by e yp tu G H os Sa . Cr t rd om fr tournamen t 40-0 reco ng tli ec rf es d wr pe l an a na e as io siv w at en vit Valley In Armstrong fall. the Devils’ off e match with a pin anchoring both Armstrong won th state in football, e openly celebrat defensive lines. s goal he didn’t really d an . ag ily br m wrestler, but hi fa to s e to salute hi He isn’t on ds an get pinned.” st e to th t ts cost Armto no d st pointe was ju the win on poin e, supporting at er th th as w em on the mat. He th er m ve this rd for pins in a be able to ha The only bum . “It’s great. All the school reco id g “It’s amazing to sa in ty ng ins, an of ro st ce m an 26 pins in 40 w ything,” Ar strong a ch ill finished with me through ever st ng ro st m Ar e . off.” season the sam hard work paid were planted at . e tournament is fifth s senior season as hi w impressive ratio r ng fo s ro st ed m se gs about the stat e in Ar th Th d. st de he envien ug on to as Center and the One of the wrestling se as at the Pepsi ’t sit well. w spot his junior dn utes, ng di in ro m at st th 19 m d of Ar l an junior, the wait. s for a tota id. “I wantsa ur ho he ,” 72 ar t e ye ou in the state as a st ab la fo r fo -hour wait r th otivation after rons of Denver is included a 24 Th “I had a lot of m g. lin st re w e. fifth.” 4 seconds of ampionships, Armstrong’s lif ed to better than stling match of ate wrestling ch st re moot point. w 12 t a es 20 g as e gg w lin th bi st es r re bl te w And so, af l these varia t the spring al t en ou sp e ab H g ance in the in k. ch ry or a s w Wor t to mat and hi never stood e ll th ne ht on Be t Armstrong wen tt en re em ar ler look downrig Canon City’s G helped his mov very good wrest e weight room. a th e freestyle. That in ad s m ur ng ho ro d st e hours an ingfinal. Arm no is not a wax focus. Then cam ctory. k h John Ramun or ac w co ’s ll poor in a 14-3 vi ng ba ro ot st fo m Ar t Devils ou ab s d di d “Andy just di hi y, but wax he poetic kind of gu “It . id sa d . thing,” Bear a row in in weight room n Classic titles in r fu rio ng ar vi W ha o dy tw e it was An repeated as he e, tim Armstrong mad e th d By started to roll. and going out an and the top seed December, and rong was 36-0 st m Ar , on destroying.” pi regional cham n. sio vi di ng (We suppose it d ro un st m po in the 220was first. Ar er r rb Ba on as t M ’s was more fun fo y senior wen Mountain View an The Eagle Valle th s. ng nd ro co st se m Ar 64 pinned him in e. Hunter Benell.) cond day of stat 2-for-2 on the se e. Pueblo South’s ic tw es ut in m ll six t the He went the fu e Armstrong hi n, 7-5. By the tim w oomBr do t t en ou w ok rt to ne e Rei s stride. H hi ng tti hi as w semifinals, he wasn’t close. kes, 3-0, and it Beard said. field’s Connor Ea ling coach Ron st re w ils ev D ,” er at kid’s a good “Never in dang performance. Th 0 3g in at in m “That was a do
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