Yesterday’s results:
(1) Matt Grothe d. (16) Mattias Ciabatti, 96-4%
(9) Mistral Raymond d. (8) Shurron Pierson, 78-22%
(4) Nate Allen d. (13) Rafael Williams, 99-1%
(5) B.J. Daniels d. (12) Reshard Cliett, 97-3%
(11) Austin Reiter d. (6) Chad Barnhardt, 56-44%
(3) Stephen Nicholas d. (14) Lindsey Lamar, 77-23%
(10) D’Ernest Johnson d. (7) DeDe Lattimore, 62-38%
(2) Mike Jenkins d. (15) Elkino Watson, 93-7%
We dubbed the Rocky Regional the Region of Death yesterday, and it lived up to its name: three of the first round’s four upsets came from this regional, with Mistral Raymond, Austin Reiter, and D’Ernest Johnson all beating the odds to advance to the Round of 32.