Ramstetter, in his seventh year with the Grizzlies, will guide the green team, which also includes returning All-American Evan Copeland (Las Cruces, N.M.) at 165 pounds. Assistant coach Rob Odell will coach the white team, which will be led by McCabe, two other returning national qualifiers and a host of talented recruits.
Another intriguing match-up will come in the second bout of the night between green team representative Brian Pitts (Rio Rancho, N.M.), a 2002 All-American at 125 pounds, and white team freshman Joey Deaguero (Commerce City, Colo.), a 3-time Class 5A State Champion from Adams City High School.
San Luis Valley wrestling fans will be quite familiar with both wrestlers in a 141/149-pound inter-weight class tilt between Joe Kelso of Monte Vitsta High School and Jacob Sheridan (La Jara, Colo.) of Centauri High School. Kelso, who went 142-23 with two career state placings while wrestling for the Pirates will represent the green team. Sheridan, who finished in the top three at state during all four years of his Falcon career, will wrestle for the white squad.
The 149-pound match-up will pit another pair of 5A State Champions against each other. Dan Intlekofer (Fort Collins, Colo.), who won the 145-pound title at last year's state tournament while wrestling for Rocky Mountain High School will compete for the green team and will face the 152-pound champion in Noomis Jones (Arvada, Colo.), a recent graduate of Pomona High School.
Green team senior Aaron Thompson (Newton, Kan.) will square off with junior Dusty Vaughn (Montrose, Colo.), the white team's representative, in the 157-pound match before Copeland, who finished third at last year's national championships, will face Andre' Harris (Gold Canyon, Ariz.), a 2-time regional champion and 2-time state placer from Apache Junction High School.
Returning national qualifier James Reynolds (Monte Vista, Colo.) will then take on white team sophomore Max Smith (Parker, Colo.) in the 174-pound match-up before Grizzly fans will have the chance to see heralded recruit Torben Walters (Olney Springs, Colo.) for the first time of his collegiate career in the 184-pound battle.
Walters, became just the 13th Colorado prep wrestler of all-time to win four state titles while wrestling for Crowley County High School. Going a combined 163-3 in his prep career, Walters will wrestle for the green team will take on senior Josh Vialpando (Walsenburg, Colo.), who will drop down a weight class after qualifying for the national championships last year at 197 pounds.
The final match-up of the night will be between returning national qualifying heavyweight Heath Soderstrom (Englewood, Colo.), who will wrestle for the white team against 197-pound junior Casey Woodall (Morenci, Ariz.). Woodall qualified for the national championships at 184 pounds as a sophomore in 2003 before redshirting a year ago. To offset the weight difference, Ramstetter noted that all three periods of that match will begin in the neutral position.
Admission to the dual is free.
The Grizzlies will begin intercollegiate competition on Sunday at the University of Wyoming's Cowboy Open, which is slated to begin at 9 a.m. inside the War Memorial Fieldhouse in Laramie, Wyo.
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