Denver CO. Pepsi Center- The first day of the 2012 State wrestling tournament is a thing of the past and the area wrestlers are 2-5 in advancing to the next rounds. Adam Ortivez, wrestling at 138 pounds came into the tournament as the number one ranked wrestler and number one seed and he shown the 138 pound division why he was named by Tim Yount’s ‘On the Mat’ forum as the man expected to win it all. He took little time to defeat his first opponent, Travis Hill of Akron by pin in a time of 1:22. He will wrestle tomorrow in the championship quarter-finals against Nick Williams of Hayden. Williams came into the tournament as the number five wrestler in the state with a record of 18-7. He won his first match in a 15-3 major decision. At this point in the competition, a win tomorrow puts him in the semi-finals.
