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Christopher High School (Gilroy), 15 January 2012

A good turnout of 125 people for this tournament.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 26
Intermediate 21
Novice 30
Schoolboy 48
Total 125

Watsonville High School, 8 January 2012

Happy New Year! Our first tournament of the New Year had 101 participants.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 18
Intermediate 25
Novice 27
Schoolboy 31
Total 101

The coaches from Hollister and Watsonville presented special awards to wrestlers who placed first at both the Hollister and Watsonville tournaments.

Tsunami Champions
DivisionNameTeam
Bantam Khader YasinHollister Warriors
Keith Pelaiz Jr.Hollister Warriors
Intermediate Zachary ThompsonHollister Warriors
Daniel MezaPalomino Academy
Sebastian EspinozaPalomino Academy
Victor JacintoHollister Warriors
Ruben De La TorrePV Rivercatz
Novice Alexis ZacariasPV Rivercatz
Vincent JacintoHollister Warriors
Saul GonzalezHollister Warriors
Abel Peña Jr.PV Rivercatz
Middle School Michael ZaragozaHollister Warriors
Gio ZacariasPV Rivercatz

Harbor High School, 18 December 2011

Thanks to the 65 people who went the extra mile(s) because of our location change and came to Santa Cruz to attend the tournament.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 11
Intermediate 13
Novice 13
Schoolboy 28
Total 65

San Benito High School (Hollister, CA), 11 December 2011

Our first kids-only tournament of the season had 95 competitors. Welcome to all the new wrestlers from Los Banos and Dos Palos.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 21
Intermediate 24
Novice 27
Schoolboy 23
Total 95

Fremont High School, 5 November 2011

A small, but fun tournament with 72 people.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 5
Intermediate 8
Novice 12
Schoolboy 23
Cadet 8
Junior 16
Total 72

Andrew Hill High School, 16 October 2011

The numbers went back up for this Sunday tournament. Thanks to everyone who attended.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 7
Intermediate 13
Novice 15
Schoolboy 14
Cadet 34
Junior 26
Total 109

Seaside High School, 8 October 2011

We had a small turnout for this tournament, which had been scheduled only shortly before it took place. Thanks very much to all the people who helped roll up the mats after the tournament!

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 1
Intermediate 3
Novice 2
Schoolboy 9
Cadet 1
Junior 28
Total 44

Santa Cruz High School, 25 September 2011

We switched to Sundays for our folkstyle tournaments, and had an excellent turnout of 114 competitors for this season’s first tournament.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 5
Intermediate 11
Novice 17
Schoolboy 18
Cadet 17
Junior 46
Total 114

SCVWA Championships, 28 May 2011

We had 339 competitors at the last tournament of the local season. Thanks to all the wrestlers, parents, and coaches who helped make this season a success!

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 21 11
Intermediate 30 10
Novice 38 21
Schoolboy 43 18
Cadet 36 22
Junior 38 27
Open 17 7
Total 223 116

Santa Teresa High School, 21 May 2011

Here are the stats for a total of 307 wrestlers:

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 23 6
Intermediate 31 10
Novice 31 18
Schoolboy 44 24
Cadet 37 15
Junior 32 17
Open 12 7
Total 210 97

Oak Grove High School, 7 May 2011

A little bit smaller turnout than last week, but still quite a good number of wrestlers as we returned to Oak Grove High School: 342 in all.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 22 9
Intermediate 28 12
Novice 44 27
Schoolboy 46 27
Cadet 33 25
Junior 34 20
Open 13 2
Total 220 122

Fremont High School, 23 April 2011

This was our biggest tournament of the year, with 430 competitors.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 32 20
Intermediate 35 19
Novice 39 22
Schoolboy 44 24
Cadet 53 33
Junior 37 22
Open 32 18
Total 262 158

Pajaro Valley High School, 16 April 2011

Again, a great turnout of 311 people at Pajaro Valley:

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 18 6
Intermediate 27 12
Novice 31 18
Schoolboy 26 13
Cadet 39 31
Junior 30 26
Open 19 15
Total 190 121

James Lick High School, 9 April 2011

At this tournament, we separated Greco and Freestyle. We had an excellent turnout, with a total of 341 people.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 21 3
Intermediate 21 8
Novice 23 14
Schoolboy 28 13
Cadet 54 30
Junior 49 40
Open 23 14
Total 219 122

Oak Grove High School, 26 March 2011

We had a great turnout at the first freestyle/greco tournament of the season. This was the “triple threat” tournament—the first period of every match was freestyle, the second period was greco, and the third was folkstyle.

DivisionFreestyle/Greco
Bantam 22
Intermediate 20
Novice 22
Schoolboy 32
Cadet49
Junior55
Open42
Total 242

Christopher High School, 16 January 2011

Here are the numbers for the tournament at Christopher High School in Gilroy.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 10
Intermediate 13
Novice 16
Schoolboy 31
Total 70

Santa Cruz High School, 20 November 2010

Here are the numbers for the second tournament at Santa Cruz.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 17
Intermediate 13
Novice 13
Schoolboy 11
Total 54

Santa Cruz High School, 13 November 2010

Here are the numbers for the tournament at Santa Cruz.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 17
Intermediate 8
Novice 1
Schoolboy 4
Total 30

Fremont High School, 6 November 2010

Here are the numbers for the tournament at Fremont.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 6
Intermediate 6
Novice 0
Schoolboy 22
Total 34

Andrew Hill High School, 30 October 2010

We returned to Andrew Hill for the Halloween Open. This week we had 59 people. Bantam and Intermediate classes were combined in order to give wrestlers matches.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 0
Intermediate 7
Novice 11
Schoolboy 17
Cadet 13
Junior 11
Total 59

Andrew Hill High School, 16 October 2010

New season! Here are the numbers from the first tournament. Another important number: we were able to raise $140. for Team Roman.

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 2
Intermediate 9
Novice 10
Schoolboy 16
Cadet 8
Junior 20
Total 65

Santa Cruz High School, 8 May 2010

We returned to Santa Cruz yet again for the Coastal Open. A light turnout with 238 competitors. Remember, we will be back in Santa Cruz for the SCVWA Championships in three short weeks! Be ready, and be there!

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 20 12
Intermediate 15 6
Novice 12 7
Schoolboy 25 19
Cadet 30 24
Junior 25 20
Open 14 9
Total 141 97

Oak Grove High School, 24 April 2010

We returned to Oak Grove for another tournament, with a total of 349 competitors.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 23 16
Intermediate 21 9
Novice 34 20
Schoolboy 40 25
Cadet 40 32
Junior 33 21
Open 21 14
Total 212 137

Pajaro Valley, 10 April 2010

Turnout was less than last week; probably lots of you went to the competition in Reno. The total this week came out to 233 competitors.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 14 7
Intermediate 21 11
Novice 21 11
Schoolboy 15 8
Cadet 36 23
Junior 20 16
Open 17 12
Total 144 89

James Lick, 3 April 2010

Back to normal: separate groups for Freestyle and Greco. The turnout was great; 361 competitors from both divisions.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 37 9
Intermediate 23 15
Novice 28 11
Schoolboy 50 17
Cadet 37 19
Junior 45 27
Open 28 15
Total 248 113

Oak Grove, 27 March 2010

We held our annual “Triple Threat” tournament at Oak Grove High School (Triple Threat: First round freestyle, second round greco, third round folkstyle). Here are the numbers:

DivisionCount
Bantam 38
Intermediate 22
Novice 25
Schoolboy 46
Cadet 38
Junior 44
Open 33
Total 246

North Monterey, 10 January 2010

This was a late-announced tournament; here are the numbers:

DivisionCount
Bantam 12
Intermediate 13
Novice 6
Schoolboy 10
Total 41

21 November 2009

People are preparing for the holidays, it would seem. Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone!

Santa Cruz, 21 November 2009

DivisionCount
Bantam 15
Intermediate 11
Novice 11
Schoolboy 13
Cadet 6
Junior 2
Total 58

14 November 2009

The numbers were good at the Santa Cruz WipeOut tournament.

Santa Cruz, 14 November 2009

DivisionCount
Bantam 17
Intermediate 12
Novice 29
Schoolboy 26
Cadet 11
Junior 6
Total 101

31 October 2009

This tournament had a much better turnout, double the first tournament of the season.

Andrew Hill, 31 October 2009

DivisionCount
Bantam 3
Intermediate 20
Novice 18
Schoolboy 15
Cadet/Junior 37
Total 93

10-17 October 2009

The new season has started. Turnout is light, but we expect it to increase.

Pajaro Valley, 17 October 2009

DivisionCount
Bantam 12
Intermediate 8
Novice 14
Schoolboy 11
Cadet 2
Junior 8
Total 55

Andrew Hill, 10 October 2009

DivisionCount
Bantam 2
Intermediate 6
Novice 4
Schoolboy 11
Cadet 6
Junior 13
Total 42

News from 2008-2009 Season

30 May 2009

We wrapped up the local season at Fremont High School with the SCVWA championships. (We had 479 people over the two days.) Thanks to everyone who has been instrumental in keeping the tournaments running throughout the season; we couldn’t do it without you. And a special thank you to the wrestlers and their parents; we absolutely couldn’t do it without you!

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 45 12
Intermediate 36 12
Novice 38 15
Schoolboy 59 32
Cadet 71 36
Junior 48 28
Open 31 16
Total 328 151

16 May 2009

The tournament at San Benito High School in Hollister was slightly smaller than last week’s with a “mere” 444 people. The Greco numbers stayed fairly level, and we had a significantly larger number of Novice competitors this week.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 42 11
Intermediate 42 15
Novice 50 16
Schoolboy 50 35
Cadet 58 34
Junior 42 28
Open 14 7
Total 298 146

9 May 2009

And the hits just keep on coming! This was the biggest tournament of the season, with 515 competitors.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 43 11
Intermediate 28 11
Novice 38 9
Schoolboy 78 36
Cadet 79 33
Junior 74 43
Open 18 14
Total 358 157

18 April 2009

This was the biggest tournament so far this season with 469 competitors! Thanks to everyone who helped it run so smoothly.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 45 14
Intermediate 26 10
Novice 44 15
Schoolboy 61 28
Cadet 60 24
Junior 50 28
Open 38 26
Total 324 145

11 April 2009

Our total of 370 competitors came as a very pleasant surprise to us. Thanks to Coach Lucas and the folks at Pajaro Valley High School who kept things running smoothly. Here are the numbers:

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 51 15
Intermediate 16 5
Novice 35 6
Schoolboy 38 16
Cadet 53 21
Junior 44 32
Open 26 12
Total 263 107

4 April 2009

The competition was plentiful again at James Lick High School. Here are the numbers, with a total of 362 competitors:

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 23
Intermediate 12 3
Novice 29 11
Schoolboy 32 14
Cadet 59 35
Junior 51 33
Open 38 22
Total 244 118

14 March 2009

The freestyle/Greco season started off with an astonishingly well-attended tournament at Silver Creek High School. Thanks to everyone who helped to keep the tournament running smoothly throughout the long day.

We were honored to have a visit from the Japan Junior National team. (Click a picture to see the larger version.)

Japanese Wrestlers Team coach Translator

And here are the numbers from the tournament, with a total of 319 wrestlers.

DivisionFreestyleGreco
Bantam 26
Intermediate 16
Novice 23
Schoolboy 30
Cadet 48 28
Junior 50 29
Open 45 24
Total 238 81

23 November 2008

We returned to Santa Cruz for a tournament with 127 wrestlers:

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 24
Intermediate 22
Novice 24
Schoolboy 15
Cadet 26
Junior 16
Total 127

15 November 2008

Santa Cruz hosted this tournament with 99 wrestlers in attendance:

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 13
Intermediate 7
Novice 24
Schoolboy 12
Cadet 24
Junior 19
Total 99

8 November 2008

We had 122 wrestlers at our second tournament of the season at Silver Creek High School:

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 26
Intermediate 17
Novice 25
Schoolboy 9
Cadet 24
Junior 21
Total 122

25 October 2008

Our first tournament of the season at Andrew Hill High School drew 66 wrestlers:

DivisionFolkstyle
Bantam 10
Intermediate 0
Novice 25
Schoolboy 4
Cadet 6
Junior 22
Total 66