Ray J. McGuire Official Aurora, Colorado Ray McGuire's career in officiating spanned 36 years and consisted of kid's tournaments, junior high school, high school, and college events. He was a state champion for school, and college events. He was a state champion for Denver North High School and later he was crowned "Mr. Colorado" as a physique competitor. He officiated over 10 Colorado State High School championship tournaments as well as Big 8 (now Big 12) tournaments in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma and Ames, Iowa. McGuire was the first person in Colorado to officiate at 70 years of age and officiated until one month before his death. He refused to read the newspapers and know who was "supposed to win" in order to maintain his objectivity. He constantly encouraged young wrestlers to continue to strive to improve and challenge themselves. McGuire often officiated for private schools that were struggling financially and donated his pay to help the wrestling program. He believed in wrestling's ability to teach personal responsibility, good sportsmanship and giving "one last effort after you've given all you've got."