Flagstaff Peaks Tournament
"Wrestling at 7000 ft."
Dec. 5/6
Yuma traveled to Flagstaff, Az.  for the first tournament of the year.  This tournament is a dual meet format with 4 duals the first day and three more the next.  After the duals, the top three finishers from each pool (7 teams in each) compete for medals.
Yuma didn't fare too well in the dual meet competition, forfeiting two weights on the first day and three on the second.
Two sets of  Criminal brothers won medals:  Francisco Macias finished second at 135 lbs., losing in overtime in the finals to Ontiveros  from Flagstaff, 7-5.  Macias  had defeated this same wrestler earlier in dual meet competition, 4-3.   Steve Martinez also finished second at 152, losing his finals match to  Zenthon Hatcher of Coconino 7-4.  Martinez had also defeated his opponent earlier in the tournament, 6-4.  Steven Macias (130) finished 5th by decisioning Lind of Cactus, 7-2.  Freshman Noel Martinez (119) earned Yuma's only other place with a 6th place finish at 119.  He lost a close 2-1 decision to Carroll of Prescott by giving up a takedown in the last three seconds of his match.  Both Francisco Macias and Steve Martinez finished 7-1 for the two day affair.

Dual results:
Yuma 24  Page 51  Winners for Yuma:  Brock Williamson (103) pin over Puler :29, Noel Martinez (119) by forfeit,  Francisco Macias (135) dec. Bryant  11-5, Steve Martinez (152) pin White 2:40.
 
Yuma 24 Coconino 49  Winners for Yuma:  Williamson by forfeit,  N. Martinez pin Dyer 3:04, F. Macias dec. Dyer 16-6, David Luquin (140) tech fall over Dyer 17-1, S. Martinez dec. Hatcher 6-4.

Yuma 33  Bradshaw Mt. 43  Winners for Yuma:  Williamson pin Menchaca :33, Hector Salazar (125) pin Rich 1:50, S. Macias by forfeit, F. Macias pin Nava 5:38, Luquin pin Dollar 3:02, S. Martinez dec. Schrepf 12-6.

Yuma 54  Snowflake 23  Winners for Yuma:  Williamson by forfeit, N. Martinez pin Reed 3:06, S. Macias pin Pape 1:43, F. Macias pin Rodriguez 1:55, Luquin pin Prestwich 3:59, S. Martinez pin Kapp 4:20, Manny Franco (215) by forfeit, and Tom Castello (275) by forfeit
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Yuma  54 Sinagua 18  Winners for Yuma:  F. Macias pin Brenton :59, Luquin pin Gagna 1:07, Ray Laurel (171) pin Ciulei :56, Manny Franco pin Dobbe 4:49.  N. Martinez, Salazar, S. Macias, Nick Johnson (145), and S. Martinez all won by forfeit.
Yuma 22  Goldwater 38  Winners for Yuma:  S. Macias dec. Zartega 9-0, F. Macias by forfeit, S. Martinez dec. Barnett 5-0, Fabian Moreno (160) dec. Binder 8-5, Laurel win by forfeit.

Yuma 39  Flagstaff 41  Winners for Yuma:  H. Salazar pin Kovak 1:00, S. Macias by forfeit, F. Macias dec. Ontiveros 4-3, Luquin by forfeit, Johnson by inj. default over Weikopt,  S. Martinez by forfeit, Moreno pin Wakstra 4:54.

Pictures from the tournament