Hotchkiss’ Head loses title match

By Robert Garcia
Saturday, February 23, 2013

You might call Jesse Head of Hotchkiss High School the dragon slayer. In his march to the state finals he took down some top-notch talent.

Head, however, was pinned in 3:59 by No. 4 ranked Andrew Register of The Classical Academy, in the championship match.

Head, a 138-pound senior, defeated returning state champion, top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Jared Mestas of Dolores Huerta in the quarterfinals and No. 3 ranked Joel Contreras of Sterling by way of a :36 pin in last night’s semifinals.

Head, who finished this season with a 26-6 record, qualified for the Colorado State Wrestling Championships for just the second time.