Alameda wrestling program gaining positive momentum

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

GOLDEN — Alameda’s boys wrestling team picked up its sixth dual victory in the Class 4A Je co League on Jan. 19.

e Pirates took a 47-27 win over Golden in the Demons’ gym. Alameda and Golden split the eight matches that were wrestled, but three of the four victories by the Pirates were pins and the fourth was a technical fall in the second period.

“ e boys are working hard. e coaches are working hard,” Alameda coach Frank Trujillo said as the Pirates improved to 6-0 in league duals. “I’m so proud of what we are doing because that hard work is starting to show with the wins were are putting up.”

Alameda took advantage of four forfeit victories while only forfeit- ing one weight class at 113 pounds.

Junior William Manzanares (126 pounds), freshman AJ Torrez (132), sophomore Sean Johnson and junior Mushtaq Shokori (157) grabbed individual wins against the Demons.

Torrez took one of the fastest wins of the night pinning Golden junior Max Trujillo in 27 seconds. e win put the Pirates up 18-12 in the team points. Alameda would never trail from there on out.

“ is year with more wrestlers we are more structured as a team,” Johnson said. “We come out here with intentions to win. We just want to win. at is our main motivation.”

Johnson had a rst-period pin of Golden sophomore Riley Kopser. Johnson then led the Pirates with some post-match acrobatic ips after the Pirates shook hands with the Demons.