Perfect symmetry hardly presents itself in a sport like wrestling, but the area grapplers put together a set of fractions that would make any of their math teachers tear up at the beauty.

Sixty-three qualifiers began entered Ball Arena for the first round of the state championships on Thursday. By night’s end, 18 — or 2 /7 — had won their way to the semifinals. Nine more — 1 /7 — wrestled their way to Saturday night’s finals.

Twenty-one — 1 /3 — placed overall from first to sixth.

The following boys and girls finished top-six at the 2023 state tournament (note: title matches were being contested at the time of the writing of this article)

—BoCoPreps.com staff

Local placers:

5A

Emilio Trujillo-Deen, Monarch, title match (144 pounds)

Dominik Gendreau, Monarch, 5th (150s)

Ryan Bynarowicz, Legacy, 6th (175s)

Quinn Funk, Legacy, title match (190s)

Xavier Valentin-Bradford, Centaurus, 5th (285s)

4A

Calvin Mendez, Skyline, 4th (113s)

Ramon Salazar, Erie, title match (132)

Carson Hageman, Erie, 3rd (144s)

Manny Lopez, Broomfield, 4th (144s)

Leister Bowling, Mead, title match (157s)

Dalton Berg, Mead, title match (175s)

Hunter Knight, Longmont, 6th (215s)

Rene Perez, Skyline, 6th (285s)

3A

Brayden Bach, Holy Family, 4th (138s)

Abram Moore, Holy Family, title match (215s)

2A

Jaden Gardner, Lyons, title match (157s)

Girls:

Samantha White, Broomfield, 5th (130s)

Sydney Wu, Broomfield, 6th (135s)

Ashley Booth, Mead, title match (140s)

Kirsten Davis, Mead, 4th (145s)