Matt Addington doesn’t really know where his wrestling style comes from. Perhaps he forgot.
Kind of like when the Florence sophomore showed up to a tournament earlier this season without his shoes and had to borrow a pair from his coach. He liked the “old school” shoes so much he still uses them, although he might not be in charge of bringing them.
“Yeah, I usually forget something every time,” Addington said with a grin. “I’m pretty forgetful.”
He’s also forgotten how to lose this season, despite an unorthodox style.
Addington scored a 16-3 major decision over Platte Valley senior Trevor Shockley to improve to 33-0 Thursday in the opening round of the Class 3A state tournament at the Pepsi Center.
Long and lanky, the 140-pounder “doesn’t care who he wrestles, he’s just ready to go,” coach Bob Masse said.
Not bad considering Addington had surgery this season to remove meniscus from his left knee. Now it matches his right knee, which he tore up at the regional tournament last season.
“My brother is kind of an out-there kid,” said Andrew Addington, a 130-pound senior.
The Addington brothers have been wrestling for Masse since Andrew was 6. Andrew, who is 30-8 this season a year after placing sixth in the 125 class, lost his opening match Thursday via a 6-2 decision to Lamar’s Brendon Downing.
“The way everyone else sees it is, ‘Oh, your little brother is showing you up,’ ” Andrew said. “I love having my little brother on the team. It’s fun to have someone there that when you go home they know what you went through in practice.”
Practice has been a great place for the brothers to get out their aggression and help each other improve. Matt has enjoyed gaining enough weight to surpass his older brother and is proud he can “beat him up” in the wrestling room. Their styles, however, couldn’t be more different.
“He’s the most unorthodox wrestler you’ve ever seen,” Andrew said of his younger brother. “You can’t practice for what he has.”
The two returning champions at 119 advanced as St. Mary’s Gabrian Martinez and La Junta’s Ross Leyba won via technical falls. Each of 3A’s seven returning champs moved along without much fanfare.
Mitchell Polkowske (39-0) of Centauri scored 10 takedowns against Yuma’s Seth Brown to win 24-9 at 145 pounds.
“Sonny Yohn (formally of Alamosa) has the takedown record of 336 and I need about 10 more right now to beat it,” Polkowske said.
Class 3A | Preliminaries at Pepsi Center
Team scores — Roosevelt 37, Gunnison 24, Centauri 23, Florence 22 1/2, Olathe 19, Brush 18, Lamar 18, La Junta 17, St. Mary’s 15, Monte Vista 14 1/2, Eaton 12, Buena Vista 11, Hotchkiss 10, Pagosa Springs 10, Platte Valley 10, Yuma 10, Valley 9, Arrupe Jesuit 8, Ignacio 8, Trinidad 8, Bayfield 6, Bennett 6, Holy Family 6, Middle Park 6, Sheridan 6, University 6, Coal Ridge 4, Erie 4, Estes Park 4, Highland 4, Manitou Springs 4, Rye 4, Strasburg 4, Weld Central 4, The Pinnacle 2.
103 pounds — Garrett Eastep, Manitou Springs, pinned Tannor Raisley, Eaton, 1:34; Josh Jaime, Lamar, dec. Josh Valerio, Salida, 4-0; Jacob Cole, Florence, pinned Kyle Walter, Roosevelt, 5:38; Corbin Bennetts, Buena Vista, pinned Garrett Barber, Bennett, 3:02; Kurtis Romero, La Junta, pinned Marty Peterson, Cedaredge, 3:07; Ben Polkowske, Centauri, dec. Todd Bushman, Castle View, 2-0; Casey Bollinger, Olathe, pinned Andrew Oppegaard, Sheridan, 1:30; Dustin Hass, Brush, maj. dec. Kevin Cole, Trinidad, 16-4.
112 — Pablo Mascrenas, Monte Vista, pinned Jace McMurry, Buena Vista, 1:42; Kevin Bass, Brush, dec. Chris Bombard, Bennett, 11-4; Alex Quinonez, Hotchkiss, dec. Kyle King, Florence, :56; Evan Boyer, Valley, dec. Ty Robinson, Castle View, 10-3; C.J. Brophy, Yuma, dec. Jeremy Darr, Peyton, 8-6; Casey Haga, Ignacio, pinned Neal Schultz, Coal Ridge, 1:23; Presley Papachek, Roosevelt, pinned Kyle Monson, Lamar, 4:48; Mario Espinosa, Centauri, dec. Jose Medina, Olathe, 8-3.
119 — Jake Eitzen, Estes Park, pinned Derek Tucker, Florence, 1:28; Shaun Clynke, Holy Family, maj. dec. Zane Leaf, Classical Academy, 14-3; Gabrian Martinez, St. Mary’s, tech. fall Justin Forsythe, Yuma, 16-0; Andrew Muniz, Arrupe Jesuit, pinned Leo Elizaldi, Hotchkiss, 3:21; Ross Leyba, La Junta, tech. fall Jason Pridy, Olathe, 15-0; Cahlen Keys, Centauri, pinned Clay Flot, Platte Valley, 2:37; Kenny Porter, Bennett, pinned Calyn Miller, Gunnison, 5:09; C.J. York, Roosevelt, dec. Steven Smith, Pagosa Springs, 2-1.
125 — B.J. Van Slyke, Trinidad, pinned Ryan Roper, Gunnison, 2:42; Darrian Adame, Lamar, dec. Josh Neill, Highland, 6-3; Ethan Martinez, St. Mary’s, pinned Tyler Hanson, Hotchkiss, 3:21; Michael Williams, Strasburg, pinned Clayton Johnson, Ellicott, 1:53; Zach Legino, Roosevelt, pinned Alejandro Lucero, Holy Family, 3:49; Elijah Watkins, The Pinnacle, dec. Trevor Huntsman, Bayfield, 13-12; Vicente Gallegos, Arrupe Jesuit, pinned Colby Lindfield, Castle View, 2:59; Phillip Sheridan, Centauri, tech. fall Kris Nieto, Olathe, 17-2.
130 — Adam Garcia, Monte Vista, tech. fall Cole Cunningham, Valley, 18-3; Kyle Piatt, Olathe, pinned Jordan Smith, Platte Valley, 5:39; Tommy Ketchum, La Junta, maj. dec. Cole Mastin, Pagosa Springs, 13-1; Caleb Wyatt, Hotchkiss, dec. Trey Emerson, Yuma, 11-7; Dan Frank, Roosevelt, pinned Nolan Kissner, Cedaredge, 3:07; Brendon Downing, Lamar, dec. Andrew Addington, Florence, 6-2; Jacob Cadwell, Gunnison, pinned Eric Tresch, Strasburg, 3:59; Ely Martinez, St. Mary’s, tech. fall John Howard, Clear Creek, 16-1.
135 — Jon Korf, Yuma, pinned Caleb Pringle, Pagosa Springs, 5:02; Josh Roper, Gunnison, pinned Nathan Lara, Valley, 3:54; Justin Prieto, Monte Vista, pinned Geoff Keeling, Strasburg, 3:43; Edgar Castro, Weld Central, dec. Weston Arnold, Buena Vista, 6-2; Phillip Gallegos, La Junta, maj. dec. Dylan Markley, Olathe, 14-1; Nate Halpin, Florence, pinned Jovan Chavez, Erie, 5:33; Keenan Grumley, Coal Ridge, pinned John Sandoval, Holy Family, 4:13; Ronnie Blea, University, dec. Ty Conrad, Bayfield, 8-6.
140 — Brandon Downing, Lamar, pinned Travis Boullion, Buena Vista, 2:21; Matt Smith, Eaton, maj. dec. Taylor Swanemyr, Bayfield, 10-0; Luke Hunter, Olathe, pinned Ryan Moser, Clear Creek, 1:40; Jeff Kielian, Roosevelt, pinned Iver Sandoval, Centauri, 1:48; Matt Addington, Florence, maj. dec. Trevor Shockley, Platte Valley, 16-3; Daniel Cadwell, Gunnison, pinned Elliot Copeland, Bennett, 5:09; Cole Kembel, Brush, maj. dec. Raudel Lucero, Ignacio, 13-1; Joe Visconti, Middle Park, dec. Jakob Roberts, La Junta, 7-6.
145 — Jimmy Hirsch, Weld Central, dec. Dane Axtell, Olathe, 7-0; Jared Cass, Platte Valley, dec. Austin Thorne, Bayfield, 5-4; David Vasquez, La Junta, tech. fall Michael Larsen, Coal Ridge, 15-0; Nick Urban, Roosevelt, dec. Jake Landals, Manitou Springs, 6-4; Roy Grauberger, Brush, pinned Matt McDowell, Florence, :21; Adam Gurule, Sheridan, dec. Colton Garcia, Gunnison, 7-3; Mitchell Polkowske, Centauri, tech. fall Seth Brown, Yuma, 24-9; Eric Tiedeman, Bennett, dec. Ben Register, Classical Academy, 13-8.
152 — Brandon Montoya, Roosevelt, pinned Clint Myers, Salida, 1:41; Will Hannah, Valley, maj. dec. Jared Holman, Centauri, 10-2; Zach Farber, Buena Vista, pinned Zach Miller, Estes Park, 3:04; Jordan Larsen, Bayfield, pinned Tyler Toth, Clear Creek, 2:48; Casey Seifert, Sheridan, pinned Aaron Heredia, Monte Vista, 2:37; Chaun Ary, Eaton, dec. Jimmy Agee, Classical Academy, 5-4; Mike Smith, Pagosa Springs, pinned Augustus Meikle, Weld Central, 5:05; J.C. Jimenez, Olathe, dec. Nick Lovell, Yuma, 9-7.
160 — Jeff Plumb, Roosevelt, dec. Phillip Merwin, La Junta, 2:42; Tony Magno, Florence, tech. fall Juan Garcia, Gunnison, 16-0; Bryce Kammerzell, Eaton, maj. dec. Austin Kern, Valley, 16-7; Rod Garrett, Middle Park, pinned Clarence Radcliff, Bayfield, 3:49; Joe Du Charme, Pagosa Springs, pinned Jason Anderson, Cedaredge, 4:10; Zach Diaz, Yuma, pinned Carl Nighswanger, Weld Central, 2:37; Marvin Rivera, Olathe, dec. Adam Heredia, Monte Vista, 11-6; Shane Mendoza, University, pinned Riley May, Lamar, 1:42.
171 — Nathan Heuer, Roosevelt, maj. dec. Logan Doi, Lutheran, 12-1; Scott Campbell, Florence, pinned Kevin Laidlaw, Coal Ridge, 1:13; Arthur Plonski, Holy Family, pinned Andy Herrick, Highland, 4:42; Ethan Hasty, Monte Vista, maj. dec. Todd Robison, Buena Vista, 11-2; Justin Rogers, Centauri, pinned T.J. Jacobson, Gunnison, 2:46; Jacob Hunter, Brush, pinned Craig Soulka, Peyton, 1:25; Jesse Rivera, Olathe, maj. dec. Garrett Campbell, Pagosa Springs, 14-5; Kyle Symonds, Platte Valley, pinned Tylor Yates, Valley, 3:01.
189 — David Clark, Platte Valley, pinned Abel Velasquez, Ignacio, 1:26; Jake Hutchins, Valley, pinned Davy Rhodes, Olathe, 4:09; Markus Eckstein, Bayfield, dec. Cliff Leonhardt, Yuma, 9-2; Mike Rucker, Buena Vista, maj. dec. Neil Pearson, Clear Creek, 21-9; Stephen Fox, Lamar, pinned Jake Richards, Hotchkiss, 1:04; Eric Hurd, Pagosa Springs, dec. Adam Liges, Roosevelt, 5-3; Kip Hefftner, Gunnison, pinned Andy Guerin, Lutheran, :30; Daniel Rubalcaba, Brush, dec. Edgar Borunda, Monte Vista, 7-3.
215 — Brandon Vaughn, Lamar, pinned Steven Schofield, Pagosa Springs, :59; Preston Rininger, Eaton, pinned Jarod Goad, Classical Academy, :41; Tanner Wilcox, Florence, bye; Scott Redden, Gunnison, pinned Zach Mars, Strasburg, :31; Dustin Frank, Roosevelt, pinned Mitch Strang, Middle Park, 1:49; Chance Wyatt, Ignacio, pinned Rodolfo Gonzalez, Sheridan, :45; Michael Beard, Hotchkiss, pinned Aaron Olsen, Platte Valley, :43; Justin Forell, Rye, pinned Jeremiah Bossow, Weld Central, 2:42.
Heavyweight — Austin Kinnison, Highland, pinned Cody Kanz, Cedaredge, :47; Jon Medley, Florence, pinned Tyler Parrish, La Junta, 3:28; John Kuykendall, Gunnison, pinned Casey Craddock, Eaton, 1:39; Geoffrey Grayson, St. Mary’s, pinned Kelby Repp, Lamar, 1:06; Gilbert Martinez, Trinidad, pinned Tyler Brack, Bennett, 2:40; Derek Frank, Roosevelt, pinned Tyler Hawk, Olathe, 5:03; Vincent Chacon, Centauri, pinned Steven Carr, Clear Creek, 1:40; Cees Doxsey, Erie, pinned Adrian Lozano, Hotchkiss, 1:32.
