CalGrappler Team & Wrestler of the Week 2/18
Vacaville HS
Team: Vacaville High
With nine finalist and seven champions in the tough Sac-Joaquin Section Division I-AA tournament, Vacaville distanced themselves from the rest of the competition winning the event with 302 points. Del Oro was second in the team race with 193 points, Rodriguez was third with 114, Will C. Wood and Gregori high tied for fourth with 112 points. It’s the 20th straight year the Bulldogs have won the event, whether it’s called Sub-Section, Division I North or the current Division I-AA name. Winners for Vacaville were Gionn Peralta (106 pounds), Kasey Klaus (120), Bobby Ehman (132), Hayden Fry (145), Zack Dawson (152), Chris Lai (182) and Jeramy Sweany (195). They all went 4-0 and had their arms raised as champions in the end. Anthony Hernandez (113) and Danny Delgado (160) finished second, Cameron Bailey (126) placed third, Steven Gomez (heavyweight) finished fourth, Zach Crane (220) took fifth, and Jesse Johnson (170) and Matt Brazet (138) came in seventh. The top eight in each weight qualified to the San Joaquin Section Masters Meet in Stockton this weekend. Congratulations to Vacaville High for being the CalGrappler team of the week.
Individual: Julian Flores, San Marino High
Only a freshman Julian Flores from San Marino is gathering attention throughout the state. This past weekend in the CIF-SS Eastern Division at Oak Hills high, he won his first CIF title with a first period pin of Michael Santiago from host school Oak Hills. In all four matches he wrestled, he pinned all his opponents. Flores at the moment is ranked No. 10 in the state rankings and no. 3 in the Southern Section. Next week for Flores and his teammates is the Southern Section Master Meet at Temecula Valley High. Flores will have a bye in the first round and will wait for the winner of the Miles Avila-Johnson from Bloomington High versus Adam Duarte from Schurr High to see whom he will wrestle in the second round. Congratulations to Julian Flores for being CalGrappler wrestler of the week.
