Cheyenne isn’t really known as a “wrestling town.” Gillette – which won its 10th consecutive Class 4A state title Saturday – is a wrestling town. Green River and Rock Springs are wrestling towns.
Cheyenne is not. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the medal stand this weekend.
Cheyenne East, which was second in 4A, had 10 athletes place in the top six. Cheyenne Central had seven and Cheyenne South put two on the medal stand in its first foray the 4A ranks. That means 19 of the 84 athletes who placed in the top six at state call the Capital City home.
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2012 State wrestling notes (Day 1)
Cheyenne East junior 132-pounder Blaze Cress will be making his third consecutive championship appearance tonight. He’ll face Sheridan’s Clay Carter, who was second at 125 pounds a year ago and has spent most of this season ranked No. 1 at 132. Carter bested Cress 5-2 in the 4A East Regional final last weekend.
Cress was the state runner-up at 119 pounds last season and 103 pounds as a freshman. Both of those losses came to Gillette’s Lukas Poloncic, who will wrestle for the 138-pound title tonight.
Cress is 25-10 after Friday, but this hasn’t been the easiest season for him.
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