California Coast Wrestling Classic: Three Harbor wrestlers come away with medals

APTOS -- The California Coast Wrestling Classic in Aptos came to an end Friday evening and three of Harbor High's strongest grapplers came away with medals to hang on their bedroom wall.

Harbor's Dakotah Francis advanced to the finals but came up short in a 5-3 loss to No. 1 Gress Lawson of El Dorado in the 220-pound championship.

"We were both kind of equally matched," Francis said. "But the illegal point, I didn't think it would happen but it happened. That kind of screwed up me a little bit."

The illegal point came in the third period with less than a minute to go. Francis was penalized for taking down Lawson after the referee had blown the whistle. It gave Lawson the momentum and scored the match's winning two points on a near-fall with seconds left on the clock.

"He did all the things he needed to do and it just came down to the last takedown," Harbor coach Brendan Guinn said. "The guy scrambled out of it. It was kind of like a freak thing."

Still, it was a standout performance for the senior to get so far in a pool with other elite wrestlers -- even after he missed a week of practice with an injured shoulder. Guinn couldn't be any prouder for Francis.

"His first tournament coming out and taking second place, I'm stoked for him," Guinn said.

The other two members of the Pirates wrestling squad to win medals was junior Willy Lamacchia, who placed third in the 138-pound division, and junior Bryan Battisto,

who took seventh in the 160-pound division.

"I'm a little disappointed I wasn't able to be in the finals and win the tournament," Lamacchia said. "I felt like I wrestled average in the beginning of the day but I had a good third-place match and I got it done."

"I was missing a little bit of my upper and lower attack in my semifinal. I was just shooting and I didn't have any snaps or fake-shots, so he knew it was coming and he was able to stop it," Lamacchia added.

Other wrestlers from Santa Cruz County that received medals were Ramon Zacarias of Aptos (eighth at 120) and Michael Kraft of San Lorenzo Valley (8th at 145). Nico Guerrero, who lives in Santa Cruz but competes for Bellarmine Prep, finished in fifth place at 126 pounds.

Ponderosa was the top team by racking up 242 points, taking the tournament title from Elk Grove Senior by three points. Not far behind were Porterville (224), Madera (216.5), and Jesuit (140.5) to make up the rest of the top five. Harbor was the top finisher in the county with a 23rd-place finish and 66.5 points.

Despite the hectic holiday schedule, co-coordinator of the CCWC Ken Pollastrini was still pleased with the crowd and the amount of teams that showed up to the event.

"I think it was great, there was 65 schools that turned out," Pollastrini said. "So being two days after Christmas that's pretty good. The local schools did fairly well, it's a big tournament and we had several people place which was good. Some of these schools are top notch in California but overall they did fairly well being it's an early tournament in the season, we were all pretty happy with the way they did."

High school wrestling
California Coast Classic
At Aptos High

Team Results
1, Ponderosa, 242; 2, Elk Grove, 241; 3, Porterville, 224; 4, Madera, 216.5; 5, Jesuit, 140.5; 6, El Dorado, 132.5; 7, Saint Francis (Mountain View), 115.5; 8, Gilroy, 114; 9, Woodland, 103; 10, Alisal, 101.

Notables
23, Harbor, 66.5; 36, Aptos, 49; 41, Scotts Valley, 43; 51, SLV, 25; 55, Watsonville, 12; 60, Soquel, 6.?

106
First place match ? Alejandro Teran (Porterville) 11-2, def. Aaron Rugnao (Bear Creek) 22-1, (Dec 6-1).
Third place match ? Chris Ennis (Elk Grove) 7-1, def. Jimmy Costa (Madera) 14-4, (Pin 3:41).
Results
1, Alejandro Teran of Porterville; 2, Aaron Rugnao of Bear Creek; 3, Chris Ennis of Elk Grove; 4, Jimmy Costa of Madera; 5, Tj Holloway of Ponderosa; 6, Adrain Alonzo of Alisal; 7, William Peterson of Foothill; 8, Erik Silva of Foothill.
113
First place match ? Javi Jimenez (Porterville) 14-1, def. Tristan Scott (Elk Grove) 15-2, (Dec 10-4).
Third place match ? Anthony Wesley (Jesuit) 13-1, def. Kalen Ippolito (South Lake Tahoe) 5-2, (TF 19-4).
Results
1, Javi Jimenez of Porterville; 2, Tristan Scott of Elk Grove; 3, Anthony Wesley of Jesuit; 4, Kalen Ippolito of South Lake Tahoe; 5, Marlon Diokno of El Camino; 6, Hayden Mattox of Pitman; 7, Kalani Tonge of Elk Grove B; 8, Edgar Rubio of Alisal.
120
First place match ? Anthony Hernandez (Vacaville) 16-2, def. Jesse Vasquez (Gilroy) 5-1, (Pin 1:31).
Third place match ? Sean Summers (St. Francis) 17-1, def. Brian Geurrero (Rancho Cotate) 9-2, (Dec 3-2).
Results
1, Anthony Hernandez of Vacaville; 2, Jesse Vasquez of Gilroy; 3, Sean Summers of St. Francis; 4, Brian Geurrero of Rancho Cotate; 5, Ethan Larrabee of Elk Grove; 6, Gilbert Martinez of Jesuit; 7, Spencer Boling of Half Moon Bay; 8, Ramon Zacarias of Aptos.
126
First place match ? Mason Pengilly (Porterville) 15-0, def. Daniel Ruiz (Madera) 14-2, (TF 17-0).
Third place match ? Carlos Anaya (North Monterey County) 15-2, def. Mark Brown (El Dorado) 14-5, (Maj 12-2).
Results
1, Mason Pengilly of Porterville; 2, Daniel Ruiz of Madera; 3, Carlos Anaya of North Monterey County; 4, Mark Brown of El Dorado; 5, Nico Guerrero of Bellarmine; 6, Sam Barker of Vacaville; 7, Jacob Jagelski of Los Gatos; 8, Daniel Williams of Hughson.
132
First place match ? Jimmy Scarr (Ponderosa) 16-1, def. Jason Garcia (Elk Grove) 14-4, (Dec 8-3).
Third place match ? Alex Elko (Jesuit) 15-3, def. Cameron Meszaros (St. Francis) 15-6, (Pin 5:43).
Results
1, Jimmy Scarr of Ponderosa; 2, Jason Garcia of Elk Grove; 3, Alex Elko of Jesuit; 4, Cameron Meszaros of St. Francis; 5, Terrell Turner of Elk Grove B; 6, Storm Peterson of Foothill; 7, Chase Herrin of Hughson; 8, Gilbert Valadez of Pitman.
138
First place match ? Mccoy Kent (Enochs) 23-1, def. Davis Hallberg (Elk Grove) 15-4, (Dec 8-3).
Third place match ? Willy Lamacchia (Harbor ) 6-1, def. Julian Macias (Bellarmine) 14-4, (Maj 14-2).
Results
1, Mccoy Kent of Enochs; 2, Davis Hallberg of Elk Grove; 3, Willy Lamacchia of Harbor; 4, Julian Macias of Bellarmine; 5, Colin Hustrulid of Ponderosa; 6, Nick Valadez of Pitman; 7, Will Amos of Redwood; 8, Robb Rodriguez of San Benito.
145
First place match ? Martin Sandoval (Porterville) 10-0, def. Angel Beltran (Granada) 9-1, (Pin 4:20).
Third place match ? Andrew Patrick (Hughson) 19-1, def. Isaac Garcia (Madera) 16-4, (Maj 10-2).
Results
Martin Sandoval of Porterville; 2, Angel Beltran of Granada; 3, Andrew Patrick of Hughson; 4, Isaac Garcia of Madera; 5, Gino Roman of El Dorado; 6, Modan Goldman of Fremont; 7, Kenneth Moore of Hoover; 8, Michael Kraft of San Lorezo Valley.
152
First place match ? Joseph Clay (Rancho Cotate) 10-0, def. Braden Henderson (Elk Grove) 14-3, (Dec 5-1).
Third place match ? Cole Severns (Enochs) 24-2, def. Lupe Jiminez (Gilroy) 7-2, (TF 22-7).
Results
1, Joseph Clay of Rancho Cotate; 2, Braden Henderson of Elk Grove; 3, Cole Severns of Enochs; 4, Lupe Jiminez of Gilroy; 5, Cameron Petersen of St. Francis; 6, Tj Shamblin of Ponderosa; 7, Trent Marshall of Palo Alto; 8, Austin Tibbs of Ponderosa.
160
First place match ? Trae Providence (Ponderosa) 17-3, def. Miguel Ruiz (Madera) 12-3, (Dec 6-4).
Third place match ? Matthew Penyacsek (Gilroy) 7-1, def. Kyle Campiotti (Granada) 12-3, (Dec 10-6).
Results
1, Trae Providence of Ponderosa; 2, Miguel Ruiz of Madera; 3, Matthew Penyacsek of Gilroy; 4, Kyle Campiotti of Granada; 5, Joey Lopez of Elk Grove; 6, Gerhard Hohbach of Palo Alto; 7, Bryan Battisto of Harbor; 8, Joseph Dias of Hughson.
170
First place match ? Jovan Villalobos (Alisal) 14-3, def. Nathan Morris (Redwood) 10-1, (Dec 9-2).
Third place match ? Kyle Thorpe (Atwater) 19-1, def. Ryan Holmes (Stockdale) 18-5, (Dec 3-0).
Results
1, Jovan Villalobos of Alisal; 2, Nathan Morris of Redwood; 3, Kyle Thorpe of Atwater; 4, Ryan Holmes of Stockdale; 5, Mark Penyacsek of Gilroy; 6, Emilio Flores of Woodland; 7, Jorge Bocanegra of Monterey; 8, Bobby Posadas of Grace Davis.
182
First place match ? Nick Troquato (Ponderosa) 16-0, def. Cameron Tate (Center) 17-3, (Maj 17-9).
Third place match ? Alec Gamboa (Madera) 14-2, def. Logan Paxton (Pleasant Grove) 11-4, (Dec 6-3).
Results
1, Nick Troquato of Ponderosa; 2, Cameron Tate of Center; 3, Alec Gamboa of Madera; 4, Logan Paxton of Pleasant Grove; 5, Garret Rose of Center; 6, Arthur Georgiyen of South San Francisco; 7, Jacob Golden of Monterey; 8, Danny Sandoval of Woodland.
195
First place match ? Jojo Ochoa (Atwater) 20-0, def. Cole Wilbourn (Jesuit) 16-3, (Maj 15-7).
Third place match ? Jaime Galvan (Mt. Whitney) 6-1, def. Matt Elford (Porterville) 9-2, (Dec 7-1).
Results
1, Jojo Ochoa of Atwater; 2, Cole Wilbourn of Jesuit; 3, Jaime Galvan of Mt. Whitney; 4, Matt Elford of Porterville; 5, Josh Philips of Chavez; 6, Blake Flores of Monterey; 7, Jack Loumena of Leland; 8, Aarron Montejano of Madera.
220
First place match ? Gress Lawson (El Dorado) 13-0, def. Dakotah Francis (Harbor ) 5-1, (Dec 5-3).
Third place match ? Briar Litz (Foothill) 15-1, def. Henry Sharoyan (Ponderosa) 16-5, (2-OT 2-1).
Results
1, Gress Lawson of El Dorado; 2, Dakotah Francis of Harbor; 3, Briar Litz of Foothill; 4, Henry Sharoyan of Ponderosa; 5, Kyle Mask of Madera; 6, Thomas Taylor of John F. Kennedy; 7, Eduardo Madrigal of Porterville; 8, Chris Sanchez of Bellarmine.
285
First place match ? Jaharre Taylor (Elk Grove) 16-0, def. Anthony Kosinski (Marin Catholic) 8-1, (Pin 2:58).
Third place match ? Gary Miltenberger (Fremont) 13-1, def. Sione Kanongata`a (Fremont) 6-2, (Dec 10-9).
Results
1, Jaharre Taylor of Elk Grove; 2, Anthony Kosinski of Marin Catholic; 3, Gary Miltenberger of Fremont; 4, Sione Kanongata`a of Fremont; 5, Dante Duke of El Dorado; 6, Patricio Munoz of James Lick; 7, Tarik Zeid of Prospect; 8, Roy Powell of Mader.

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