Staff Photo: Jonathan Phillips
Archer’s Dequan Olbert, right, takes down McEachern’s E.J. Sheppard during the Class AAAAA state wrestling tournament Thursday at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

DENVER, Colo. (KKCO) -- Eighteen local wrestlers advanced to the semi-finals of the State Wrestling tournaments at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The semi-finals will take place on Friday night. KKCO 11 Sports will provide highlights and results tonight at 10 p.m. and also online.

SEMI-FINALISTS
2A
125 - Keegan Arnold (Nucla)
140 - Tray Sickles (Nucla)
152 - Cody Rapke (Paonia)
189 - Morgan Reider (Paonia)
285 - Zach Solaas (Paonia)

3A
112 - Jacob Solseth (Olathe)
125 - Zach Shank (Olathe)
135 - Ryan Spor (Hotchkiss)
140 - Larry Schmuesser (Rifle)
160 - Wyatt Yarnell (Olathe)
171 - Kyle Piatt (Olathe)

4A
125 - Daniel Salazar (Palisade)
130 - Drew Schumann (Montrose)
135 - Kordell Bradshaw (Montrose)
171 - Bryce Gaber (Montrose)
215 - Michael Patton (Delta)

5A
145 - Jessie Hoffschneider (Grand Junction)
152 - Zach Short (Central)