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Clovis West Shootout helps launch local season
Clovis High’s Justin Mejia is back for another season on the roster of the four-time defending state champions. The Cougars are No. 1 in this year’s staterankings as the first major local tournament of the season nears, the 25-team Clovis West Shootout.
State top-ranked 106-pounder Justin Mejia(@justin-mejia) of Clovis and 160-pounder Alex Garcia of Christopher-Gilroy headline the field for this weekend’s Clovis West Shootout, which serves as the first major local high school wrestling tournament of the season.
Mejia and Garcia are the highest of 77 state-ranked competitors scheduled to be part of a 25-team field that features seven of the Top 25 from California and the top-ranked school from Oregon in Henley-Klamath Falls.
State-ranked teams include four-time defending CIF State champion and this year’s No. 1 Clovis, No. 9 Gilroy, No. 10 Clovis West, No. 12 Fountain Valley, No. 16 Dinuba, No. 20 Del Oro-Loomis and No. 25 Hemet.
Wrestling in 24-man brackets begins at noon Friday and resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday at Clovis West. The finals are slated to start about 2 p.m. Saturday.
Tournament Teams:
Bullard High
Calvery Chapel
Christopher
Clovis High
Clovis High B
Clovis West B
Clovis West High School
Corcoran High
Del Oro A
Del Oro B
Dinuba B
Dinuba High
Dixon High
El Dorado High
Fountain Valley
Gilroy B Team
Gilroy High
Golden Valley Bakersfield
Granite Bay
Hanford West
Hemet High
Henley High
Jesuit
Liberty B
Liberty Bakersfield
Millis High
Modesto Christian
Porterville High
Servite High
Sutter Union
Victor Valley
Wasco
Watsonville High
Episode 34 of The MatBoss Podcast is with four-time All-American and three-time NCAA Division I finalist Gerry Abas of Fresno State. Gerry Abas talks about his start in wrestling in the Bay Area and how his speed, quickness and flash on the wrestling mat had its foundations in break dancing in the 1980s.
He also talks about his classic match and loss to Iowa’s Lincoln McIlravy, coaching his younger brother Stephen at Fresno State, watching the school drop the program and his feelings about it at the time. Abas also speaks about his son Jaden and what we can expect from him on the next level.
Stephen Abas
Stephen Abas, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Fresno State, has been named head wrestling coach at Fresno High School.
“We are excited to welcome Coach Abas to Fresno Unified, knowing that he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with our Fresno High student-athletes,” said Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson.
The statement said Abas would take the helm of the Warriors wrestling program at Fresno High immediately.
As a wrestler at Fresno State University, Abas was a four-time NCAA All-American, winning three NCAA titles at 125 pounds in 1999, 2001, and 2002. Abas tallied a 144-4 overall record for the Bulldogs, including 46 pins. Abas’ career winning percentage of 97.3 percent is also a school record. For all these accomplishments, Abas was named the Fresno State Male Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2001.
Stephen in high school (Canyon Springs HS & James Logan HS) was a 3X CIF state champion and a NHSCA National Champion in 1996.
Stephen Abas – Fresno State, 3X NCAA National Champion
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Registration/Workout 3:00 – 8:00 pm
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Round 1 Girls Championship Round 1 9:00 am – 11:30 am (10 mats)
Round 2 Girls Championship Round 2 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (10 mats)
Round 1 Boys Championship Pig Tail 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (10 mats)
Round 2 Boys Championship Round 1 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm (10 mats)
Round 3 Boys Championship Round 2 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (10 mats)
Round 4 Boys Consolation Pig Tails 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm (10 mats)
Friday, February 22, 2019
Round 5/3 Boys/Girls Consolation Round 1 9:00 – 12:00 pm (10/5 mats)
Round 6/4 Boys/Girls Consolation Round 2 12:00 – 3:00 pm (10/5 mats)
Round 7/5 Boys/Girls Quarterfinals/Consolation Round 3 3:00 – 6:00 pm (10/5 mats)
Round 8/6 Boys/Girls Consolation Round 4 6:00 – 7:30 pm (10/5 mats)
Round 9/7 Boys/Girls Consolation Round 5 7:30 – 8:30 pm (10/5 mats)
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Round 8/10 Girls/Boys Championship Semi-Finals 9:00 – 10:30 am (6 mats)
Round 8/11 Girls/Boys Consolation Semi’s 10:30 – 12:00 pm (6/3 mats)
Round 10/12 Girls/Boys 3rd/5th/7th Places 12:00 -2:00 pm (6/3 mats)
Final Round Championship Finals 5:05 pm (2 mats)
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