Almost anything can be found on the Internet these days. Brush wrestler Rafael Munoz found inspiration.

Perusing various message boards before the start of the season, Munoz saw where people were picking Roosevelt as the team to beat in Class 3A. That lit a fire under Munoz and his teammates on the Beatdiggers, and Saturday night at the Pepsi Center they emphatically proved the Internet prognosticators wrong.

Munoz capped a perfect 18-0 season, edging Brandon Montoya (33-8) of Roosevelt 6-3 in the 145-pound championship match to help Brush win its first team championship in school history.

"On the message boards I heard people saying Roosevelt was the best team, but I told them since football we were going to take it all," Munoz said. "Last year I wasn?t here, but I came back to give coach (Dave) Uhrig a state title. We deserve it."

Munoz spent last season in Iowa, where he racked up a 37-4 record but failed to make it out of sectionals. After sitting out the first part of this season, Munoz went on a tear, ending with the win over Montoya on Saturday night.

"This was my goal, and it finally came true," Munoz said. "I love this sport."

Munoz was one of four Brush wrestlers to win individual titles, as Cody Cole (119), Aaron Quinlin (171) and Nick Dreitz (215) also took home championships for the Beetdiggers.

Roosevelt, which pushed Brush for the team lead through all three days of the tournament, won three titles, but it wasn?t enough to get to the Roughriders to the top of the standings. The Beetdiggers outpaced Roosevelt 193-170.

Dan Frank (125), P.J. Gallegos (130) and Tim Frank (152) won championships for the Roughriders.

In the night?s most exciting match, John Bailey (38-1) of Florence outlasted Ross Leyba (21-6) of La Junta 16-12 to grab the 112 pound championship. Bailey had an 11-2 lead heading into the third period, but was quickly reversed and put on his back by Leyba to start the third.

Bailey was millimeters from being stuck for close to a minute, but he was able to fight it off and score a reversal of his own midway with under a minute remaining.

Leyba, who won the 103-pound title in 2005, came off his back to reverse Bailey again with about 12 seconds to go, and was looking to the referee to slap the mat but time ran out.

Afterward, both wrestlers appeared worse for the wear as Bailey struggled to get his warmup on and Leyba battled hand cramps from the exertion.

"I wasn?t sure how the points would come out after he put me on my back like that," said Bailey, a sophomore. "I knew I wasn?t stuck; I was just hoping the refs would make the right decision. Luckily he did."

Leyba, who pinned his three other opponents in the tournament, thought he had Bailey flat on the mat on more than one occasion.

"I had him pinned on his back and I was waiting for (the referee) to call it but he never did," Leyba said. "If I would?ve had another 15 seconds I would have got him. I think I had him anyway, but there?s nothing to be ashamed of."

Mitchell Polkowske of Centauri wrapped up one of the best individual seasons in Colorado history by going 48-0, winning the 135-pound title by besting Justin Prieto of Monte Vista 12-1. The 48 victories ties Tyler Graff of Loveland for the most wins without a loss in a single season in Colorado.

Lance Gallegos of Arrupe Jesuit picked up his second consecutive state title when he beat Micky Koonce of Florence 14-6 in the 140-pound championship match.

"It means a lot to come out and win twice in a row," Gallegos said.



Class 3A Team scores

Brush 193; 2. Roosevelt 170; 3. Florence 141; 4. Olathe 93.5; 5. Monte Vista 84.5; 6. Gunnison 84; 7. Eaton 73; 8. Arrupe Jesuit 69; 9. Lamar 66.5; 10. St. Mary?s 67; 11. Platte Valley 65.5; 12. La Junta 64; 13. Centauri 63; 14. Bayfield 47.5; 15. University 46; 16. Ignacio 41; 16. Manitou Springs 41; 18. Yuma 39; 19. Highland 31.5; 20. Salida 31; 21. Middle Park 27; 22. Pagosa Springs 23; 22. Sheridan 23; 24. Bennet 20; 25. Buena Vista 19.5; 26. Clear Creek 14; 27. Castle View 13; 27. Holy Family 13; 29. Hotchkiss 12; 30. Peyton 11; 31. Estes Park 10.5; 32. Weld Central 10; 33. Trinidad 8; 34. Coal Ridge 7; 35. Strasburg 5; 36. Valley 4; 37. Cedaredge 3; 37. Classical Academy 3; 37. Lutheran 3;



Class 3A championship matches

103 pounds

Gabrian Martinez, St. Mary?s, So. (29-1) def. Garret Eastep, Manitou Springs, Fr. (21-5), 5-0.



112 pounds

John Bailey, Florence, So. (38-1) def. Ross Leyba, La Junta, Jr. (21-6), 16-12.



119 pounds

Cody Cole, Brush, Sr. (39-1) pinned Vincente Gallegos, Arrupe Jesuit, Fr. (36-6), 3:37.



125 pounds

Dan Frank, Roosevelt, So. (36-5) def. Ethan Martinez, St. Mary?s, Jr. (32-2), 8-6.



130 pounds

P.J. Gallegos, Roosevelt, Sr. (35-7) def. Richard Apodaca, Arrupe Jesuit, Sr. (39-4), 8-4.



135 pounds

Mitchell Polkowske, Centauri, Jr. (47-0) dec.. Justin Prieto, Monte Vista, Jr. (35-10), 12-1.



140 pounds

Lance Gallegos, Arrupe Jesuit, Sr. (40-3) def.. Micky Koonce, Florence, Sr. (40-5) , 14-6.



145 pounds

Rafael Munoz, Brush, Sr. (18-0) def. Brandon Montoya, Roosevelt, So. (33-8), 6-3.



152 pounds

Tim Frank, Roosevelt, Sr. (39-3) def. Shane Menodza, University, Jr. (32-11), 13-2.



160 pounds

Brandon Kammerzell, Eaton, Sr. (41-1) def. Chris Diaz, Olathe, Sr. (39-3), 6-4.



171 pounds

Aaron Quinlin, Brush, Sr. (28-6) def. Nathan Heuer, Roosevelt, So. (35-10), def. 7-3.



189 pounds

David Clark, Platte Valley, Jr. (41-4) def. Joe O?Farrell, University, Sr. (34-7), 6-1



215 pounds

Nick Dreitz, Brush, Sr. (37-3) pinned Dustin Frank, Roosevelt, Jr. (28-12), 2:33.



285 pounds

Austin Kinnison, Highland, Jr. (31-2) def. Troy Appel, Lamar, Sr. (35-4), 5-4.



Third place matches

103 ? Angelo Ramirez, Yuma def. Kenny Porter, Bennett 12-8

112 ? Zach Legino, Roosevelt def. Pablo Mascaranas, Monte Vista 2-0

119 ? Bryson Gray, Olathe def. Phillip Sheridan, Centauri 8-1

125 ? Tommy Ketchum, La Junta maj. dec. Cole Kembel, Brush 12-1

130 ? Cody Haga, Ignacio def. Ely Martinez, St. Mary?s 5-4

135 ? Derrick Cordova, Brush def. Roy Westbrook, Bayfield 5-4

140 ? Travis Darling, Ignacio maj. dec. Richie Grauberger, Brush 11-0

145 ? Jordan Larsen, Bayfield maj. dec. Tony Magno, Florence 11-1

152 ? Dustin Cadwell, Gunnison def. Wes Yamell, Olathe 7-5

160 ? Justin Grosse, Gunnison def. Cade Hasser, Lamar 12-5

171 ? Christian Griffith, Eaton pinned Kyle Symonds, Platte Valley 4:32

189 ? Kyle Martinez, Olathe def. Daniel Rubalcaba, Brush 5-2

215 ? Mike Mazzucca, Salida def. Jon Medley, Florence 4-2

285 ? Tanner Wilcox, Florence def. Anthony Curiel, Middle Park 1:43



Fifth place matches

103 ? Ty Robinson, Castle View def. Jose Medina, Olathe 7-0

112 ? Cahlen Keys, Centauri def. Jake Eitzen, Estes Park

119 ? Zach Trujillo, Monte Vista maj. dec. Joe Visconti, Middle Park

125 ? Adam Garcia, Monte Vista tech. fall Andrew Addington, Florence 17-2

130 ? Branson Bartlett, Peyton pinned Justin Fleshman, Lamar 4:47

135 ? Jared Cass, Platte Valley def. Nate Halpin, Florence 4-1

140 ? Kevin Warren, Monte Vista def. Trevor Shockley, Platte Valley 8-4

145 ? Casey Seifert, Sheridan maj. dec. Joe Ducharme, 18-8

152 ? Aaron Smith, Florence def. Mike Smith, Pagosa Springs 6-4 OT

160 ? Zach Diaz, Yuma def. Jeff Plumb, Roosevelt 10-4

171 ? Eric Lee, Gunnison maj. dec. Scott Campbell, Florence 11-1

189 ? Aaron Batt, Eaton def. Steve McQuigg, Manitou 7-4

215 ? Scott Redden, Gunnison pinned Preston Rinniger, Eaton 4:58

285 ? Scott Wilkins, Salida pinned Adam Waters, Brush 4:00