At right: 2004 State Games individual champion San Diego Power Masters (Landon Holmes, Wes Fenton, Jose Herrera)

California State Games
Folkstyle Wrestling Tournament
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Rancho Bernardo High School

Top Teams
1. Team San Diego 87 points
2. Enforcers All-Stars 54 points
3. Grossmont Alliance 32 points
4. Chula Vista Badgers 25 points
5. SD Kings 17 points
6. Arlington High School 14 points
7. (tie) Southern Pacific AAU 11 points
7. (tie) Freebirds Wrestling Club 11 points

Wrestler of the Year
Chad Thornock (Enforcers), 137 pounds

Medalists
105 Pounds
Gold: Shawn Miller (Grossmont Alliance)
Silver: Vinny Elizalde (Team San Diego)
Bronze: Anthony Soto (USA Pounders)
Championship match: Miller decisioned Elizalde, 4-0

114 Pounds
Gold: Ryon Schafer (Arlington High School)
Silver: Wilfred Charbono (Team San Diego)
Bronze: James Steiner (Team San Diego)
Championship match: Schafer decisioned Charbono, 10-4

121 Pounds
Gold: Brady Beamon (Team San Diego)
Silver: Jordan Chavez (Freebirds)
Bronze: Jordan Saunders (Grossmont Alliance)
Championship match: Beamon pinned Chavez, 3:18

127 Pounds
Gold: Austin Harvey (Imperial High School)
Silver: Luis Lopez (Chula Vista Badgers)
Bronze: Ryan Schmehr (Grossmont Alliance)
Championship match: Harvey decisdioned Lopez, 13-6

132 Pounds
Gold: Tony Pietropaula (Enforcers)
Silver: Bryan Grubbs (Team San Diego)
Bronze: Richie Cascante (Southern Pacific AAU)
Championship match: Pietropaula decisioned Grubbs, 3-2

137 Pounds
Gold: Chad Thornock (Enforcers)
Silver: Oscar Lizarraga (Team San Diego)
Bronze: Richard Rios (Santa Fe)
Championship match: Thornock pinned Lizarraga 1:19

142 Pounds
Gold: Audric De Castro (SD Kings)
Silver: Michael Lee (Southern Pacific AAU)
Bronze: Robert Mata (Team San Diego)
Championship match: De Castro decisioned Lee, 11-4

147 Pounds
Gold: Kalin Goodsite (Enforcers)
Silver: Jerome Bourassa (Team San Diego)
Bronze: David McCluggage (Chula Vista Badgers)
Championship match: Goodsite pinned Bourassa, 1:38

154 Pounds
Gold: Matthew Hernandez (Enforcers)
Silver: Joseph Carrillo (SD Kings)
Bronze: Kyle Switzler (Team San Diego)
Championship match: Hernandez decisioned Carrillo, 5-1

162 Pounds
Gold: Billy Rogers (Team San Diego)
Silver: Renzo Salazar (Grossmont Alliance)
Bronze: David Ramirez (Chula Vista Badgers)
Championship match: Rogers decisioned Salazar, 6-3

173 Pounds
Gold: Bradley Johnson (Enforcers)
Silver: Angel Ramirez (Grossmont Alliance)
Bronze: Danile Velez (Team San Diego)
Championship match: Johnson decisioned Ramirez, 12-10

191 Pounds
Gold: Jonathan Beck (Team San Diego)
Silver: Cory Anderson (Team San Diego)
Bronze: Toree Cox (Freebirds)
Championship match: Beck major decisioned Anderson, 13-3

217 Pounds
Gold: Barron Hinojosa (Chula Vista Badgers)
Silver: Edward Pietrenka (Orange Glen High School)
Bronze: Myles Porter (Arlington High School)
Championship match: Hinojosa decisioned Pietrenka, 8-6

Heavyweight
Gold: Hassan Khalil (Team San Diego)
Silver: Eduardo Saucedo (San Diego High School)
Bronze: David Gomez (Enforcers)
Championship match: Khalil pinned Saucedo, 1:57

Total entrants: 175

California State Games
Freestyle Wrestling Tournament
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at Rancho Bernardo High School

Team Champion
No team champion awarded

Wrestler of the Year
Nick Hart (Imperial Valley Wrestling), Novice 65-pounds

Medalists
42-50 Pounds
Gold: Patrick Samson (Wolfpack)
Silver: Alex Ramirez (Pounders)
Bronze: Robert Avila (Santa Fe)
Championship: Samson pinned Ramirez, 0:28

59-66 Pounds
Gold: Nick Hart (Imperial Valley Wrestling)
Silver: Nathan Hart (Imperial Valley Wrestling)
Bronze: Jayden Smith (Imperial Valley Wrestling)
Championship: Match score not recorded

66-73 Pounds
Gold: Marco Ramirezlazos (No Mercy)
Silver: Denver Divins (Freebirds)
Bronze: Zachary Barnhill (No Mercy)
Championship: Ramirezlazos decisioned Divins, 11-1

81-85 Pounds
Gold: Anthony Wesley (CA Xtreme)
Silver: Lake Needham (Ghost Riders)
Bronze: Joey Griego (Sting)
Championship: Wesley decisioned Needham, 11-2

98 Pounds
Gold: Anna Divins (Lancaster Freebirds)
Silver: Braydon Divins (Temecula Valley)
Championship: A. Divins won best 2-of-3 match-ups by falls of 1:31 and 1:08

115-120 Pounds
Gold: Mathias Mendillo (Chula Vista Badgers)
Silver: Corey Griego (Sting)
Bronze: Nick Shaw (Poway)
Championship: Mendillo decisioned Griego, 6-3

126-130 Pounds
Gold: Abraham Sanchez (Chula Vista Badgers)
Silver: Mario Lopez (Pounders)
Bronze: Jesse Martinez (Gators)
Championship: Sanchez pinned Lopez, 1:45

217 Pounds
Gold: Cuauhtemo Cervantes (South San Francisco Gators)
Silver: Michael Gamboa (Chula Vista Badgers)
Championship: Cervantes won best 2-of-3 match-ups by falls of 1:50 and 1:48

Total entrants: 42

2008 Tournament
State Games Results

2008 California State Games
Full Results and Feature Story

State Games Wrestling Notepad
East County athletes excelled once again at this year’s wrestling tournament, held at Rancho Bernardo High School. In Saturday’s high school team tournament, Victor Richmond Jr. (Helix) and Renzo Salazar (Gateway West) placed second and third, respectively, in their 147-pound weight class while Valhalla’s Wade Templeton took third place in his 142-pound weight class. In Sunday’s youth freestyle tournament, Santee’s Christopher Bailey earned one of the two outstanding wrestler awards after winning his 80-pound Midget Division weight class.This year’s youth freestyle tournament also featured first-place finishes by Brendon Ray of the Sultans (Novice 75 pounds) and Spring Valley’s Walker Williams (Midget 71 pounds) and Vincent Richmond (Schoolboy 131 pounds). Brenden Shaffer of Santee (Rookie 60 pounds) and Shawn Miller of El Cajon (Schoolboy 105 pounds) both finished third in their respective weight classes.Medals were awarded to the top three competitors in each weight class. Bailey, who attends Hillcreek Elementary School, placed first in this year’s San Diego/Imperial Kids Wrestling Association finals en route to taking a third-place finish in the elite California/USAWrestling state championships.At last weekend’s State Games tournament, Bailey recorded pins in his first two trips to the mat before edging San Diego’s Lake Needham in two closely-contested matches for the gold medal.Vincent Richmond defeated Rancho Bernardo’s Ryan Milkovits in the double-elimination format, winning the pair’s first match-up by period scores of 7-4 and 4-2 and capturing the second bout by period scores of 7-0 and 3-0. The high school team tournament drew 220 entrants and included intense competition in several weight classes. The Enforcers All-Stars from Riverside captured the team title with seven weight class champions. The Enforcers entered three teams overall, with their second team, the Desert Enforcers, finishing in second place. The South County-based Hulk Wrestling Club finished third with one champion (Gustavo Ortiz of Chula Vista High School at 162 pounds).Poway’s Ryan Nasseri (127 pounds), Tim Boone (154 pounds) and Anthony Almanza (173 pounds) all captured gold medals to highlight the showing by San Diego County wrestlers.Nasseri earned additional honors as the tournament’s outstanding lower weight wrestler while Boone was named the tournament’s outstanding upper weight wrestler. Boone, who finished fifth in his 137-pound weight class at this year’s California high school state championship meet in March, was named the 2008 California State Games Wrestler of the Year.Nasseri defeated defending State Games champion Chad Thornock of the Enforcers by a 7-5 decision. Along the way, Nasseri defeated Poway teammate Anthony Alvarez, 3-2, in the semifinals. Boone recorded two pins and two technical falls in his four matches, defeating Clayton Schuelke of the Enforcers in the final. Victor Richmond Jr. placed first in his 137-pound weight class at this year’s Grossmont Conference II finals. He finished 3-1 in four mat appearances at this year’s State Games. His only loss was by 1:20 fall to defending State Games champion Matthew Melendrez of Cal High in the championship match. Richmond topped Tal Dahan of Beverly Hills by a 14-0 major decision in the semifinals.Salazar won his opening two matches by scores of 13-4 and 10-1 before dropping a match by 2:55 pin against Melendrez. Salazar then won both his matches in the consolation round to claim the bronze medal. Salazar out-pointed Dahan 13-5 for third place.Templeton (second at this year's Grossmont Conference finals at 132 pounds) advanced to the semifinal round where he lost to Morse’s Angel Garcia after opening with two strong wins. Templeton then pinned Morse’s Robert Alvarez in 1:45 before scoring a 7-2 decision against Dale Fodler of the Riverside Roadrunners in the bronze medal match.

Oritz, who starred on the mat last season for Chula Vista High School, paced the dozen or so Hulk Wrestling club members on the mat with his championship showing at 162 pounds. Ortiz was the Spartans’ “Golden Boy” last season, consistently placing at major sectionb-wide tournaments. He went undefeated in three trips to the mat at this year’s State Games tournament, scoring a 2:31 pin against Vista’s Kith Woods in his opening match and then topping Carlsbad’s Nick Heene by a 10-6 score in the semifinals. Ortiz ended his perfect day with a 6-2 decision in the championship round against his opponent from Riverside.Hilltop’s Angel Seville finished third at 105 pounds, Seville wrestled three times, dropping a 13-1 major decision to eventual weight class champion Heber Castillo of the Enforcers All-Stars and losing by a 3:44 pin to silver medalist David Layne of the Desert Enforcers. Seville recorded a 6-3 decision against Valley’s Jess Diaz in the bronze medal match.The Hulk’s David Cinco finished fourth in his 173-pound weight class, losing by fall to Rim of th World’s Clayton Elliott in the bronze medal match.Hulk Wrestling Club co-coach Dean Marlow said the summertime outing was a chance for wrestlers to get a competitive feel of what to expect this coming high school season.“We have kids from several schools. This is an opportunity for them to get some experience – just to come out and get some matches,” Marlow said.

2007 Tournament
State Games Results

California State Games - 2007

2007 California State Games Folkstyle Tournament champions - San Bernardino Wrestling Association

California State Games Wrestling Championships
High School Folkstyle Tournament
Saturday, July 14 at Rancho Bernardo High School  
Full Results and Feature Story

Feature story
'Shoe fits' for Martinez as State Games champion

Team scores

Total entrants: 215
Most Outstanding Wrestler (Tournament): Nikko Cataline (SBWA), 147 pounds (pictured at right with tournament director Frank Unpingco) California State Games Wrestler of the Year: Anthony Meza (Vista), 173 pounds

Youth Freestyle Tournament

Sunday, July 15 at Rancho Bernardo High School Team champion: Poway Elite Most Outstanding Wrestlers (Tournament): Josh Cortez (Moorpark), Victor Lopez ( Poway Elite) California State Games Wrestler of the Year: Victor Lopez ( Poway Elite)

Total entrants: 67.2007 California State Games Freestyle Tournament champions - Poway Elite

2006 Tournament
State Games Report
State Games Results

2005 Tournament
State Games main link

State Games wrestling link

New! 2005 State Games results

New! Valhalla's Holmes successfully defends State Games title

New! Frank Unpingco: South County's wrestling Saint

2004 Tournament

State Games Wrestling results

High School Division report:

Power Masters power to team title

Hilltop's Santillan checks off State Games title

Youth wrestling: 2004 San Diego Mighty Mites Schedule of Events

2003 Tournament

15th California State Games preview

Site change: Patrick Henry High School

Mighty Mites, Power Masters mine gold (feature story)

High school folkstyle: Saturday, July 19 (weight class results) - San Bernardino dominates finals, wins team trophy

Kids freestyle: Sunday, July 20 (weight class results) - San Diego Mighty Mites win team title over Brawley, El Centro

2002 Tournament

Update! Poway tops field in 2002 California State Games ... again (click here for results)

Feature story: Power Masters pair turns up the heat (Kerry Tilaro, Houston Lear earn medals)

Preview: Hilltop High's Bryan Scambler follows path to Cadet Nationals

Poway's Patrick Payne - Wrestler of the Year

2001 Tournament

Poway captured its third consecutive California State Games wrestling tournament team title in competition held Saturday, July 14 at Helix High School in La Mesa. Poway's Joe Baker (112), Jacob Angel (135), Patrick Payne (140), Paul Baird (152) and Mike Williams (189) were among five individual weight class champions for the Titans. Ryan Guffey, representing the San Diego Power Masters, was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler with three pins in as many matches in his 160-pound weight class.

Top teams: 1. Poway 17 points; 2. Monte Vista 13 points; 3. Fall Guys 9 points.

Click here for individual results  

Monte Vista gets jump-start on season with 2nd place finish (click here)

To view the State Games weight class brackets, click here

 For more information, click here for State Games preview story.