Central Valley’s wrestling program secured a split during the opening week of the Central California Conference dual-meet season.
Central Valley’s girls team improved to 1-1 after besting Buhach Colony 73-6 on Thursday in Ceres.
“That’s what I was hoping to see,” Hawks’ head coach Brandy Cordova said. “They came out with a purpose because they didn’t like how they wrestled at the Golden Valley dual.”
Angie Hernandez, Alicia Espinoza, Giana Breshears, Lexi Alberto, Jayden Corona, Arely Camarena, Marianna Carranza, Brianna Espinoza, Kalli Hoffman, Keilany Torres, Samantha Padilla, Divina Velasquez and Kayla Fernandez were all victorious versus Buhach Colony.
Hernandez won by pin at 190 pounds.
Alicia Espinoza won by pin at 170 pounds.
Breshears won by pin at 140 pounds.
Alberto won by pin at 130 pounds.
Corona won by pin at 110 pounds.
Camarena won by major decision at 155 pounds.
Brianna Espinoza won by decision at 235 pounds.
Carranza won by medical forfeit at 135 pounds.
Hoffman (145s), Torres (120s), Padilla (115s), Velasquez (105s) and Fernandez (100s) all won by forfeit.
Central Valley dropped its CCC opener, 54-28, at Golden Valley on Jan. 2.
“I was shocked by the score,” Cordova said. “Golden Valley has some good wrestlers. But our girls didn’t compete at the caliber I’m used to seeing them compete at.”
Torres, Breshears, Camarena, Brianna Espinoza and Alicia Espinoza were all victorious versus Golden Valley.
Brianna Espinoza won by pin at 237 pounds.
Torres won by pin at 117 pounds.
Breshears won by major decision at 147 pounds.
Alicia Espinoza won by forfeit at 172 pounds.
Camarena won by forfeit at 157 pounds.
Central Valley’s boys team improved to 1-1 following its 46-23 victory against Buhach Colony.
“The kids wrestled to their potential,” Hawks’ head coach Rob Beckhart said.”
Salvador Almazan won by pin at 285 pounds.
Makhai Smith won by pin at 215 pounds.
Jayden Mattox won by pin at 120 pounds.
Caleb Beckhart won by major decision at 126 pounds.
Manjot Gill won by decision at 132 pounds.
Kenneth Orrin won by pin at 165 pounds.
Zadrian Arreola (190s) and Enoc Reyes (106s) both won by forfeit.
Central Valley lost 74-0 at Golden Valley on Jan. 2.
Spartans sweep Dawgs
Ceres High’s wrestling program hosted Grace Davis during the opening week of the Western Athletic Conference dual-meet season.
The visiting Spartans swept the Bulldogs on Senior Night at Phil de la Porte Gymnasium on Jan. 3.
Upperclassmen Makynzie Hale, Carmen Arce-Hayes, Destiny Maron, Jose Banuelos, Rocky Moss and Angel Ventura were recognized before their final home match.
Banuelos, Moss and Ventura are first-year grapplers.
“It takes a lot of courage and guts to wrestle,” said Ceres High’s boys Coach Adam Borges. “It’s not a sport that’s easy to pick up. They (Banuelos, Moss and Ventura) come to practice every day. They got a positive attitude. They never complain. I’m glad we have them on the team. I wish they would have come out a couple years earlier.”
Ceres High’s boys team lost 60-24 to defending WAC-champion Grace Davis.
“They’ve won our league the last four years in a row,” Borges said. “I wanted to see how we’d compete. The kids wrestled hard. The score doesn’t show the effort they put in.”
Parker Borges, Abraham Rodriguez, Aiden Cisneros and Hunter Hammons contributed to the Bulldogs point total.
Borges won by pin at 138 pounds.
Rodriguez won by pin at 165 pounds.
Cisneros (126s) and Hammons (285s) both won by forfeit.
Ceres High’s shorthanded girls team suffered a 30-18 loss while battling Grace Davis.
“We have 11 girls on the team,” Bulldogs' Coach Curtis Hulstine said. “There were only six here. Our numbers were low due to Christmas break.”
Ceres High won just one of the dual’s four contested matches.
Jaden Stahl prevailed by decision at 127 pounds. She managed to win despite being slowed by a shoulder injury and exhaustion.
“Just by looking at her, nobody understands how tough she is,” Hulstine said. “She always battles. She’s never out of match.”
“I was really tired,” Stahl added. “I didn’t give up. I knew I had to win for my team. My family was watching. It was definitely motivation. The pressure makes me do better.”
Illiana Enriques lost by pin at 142 pounds.
Arce-Hayes lost by pin at 132 pounds.
Jadasa Haro lost by pin at 117 pounds.
Hale won by forfeit at 192 pounds.
Elizabeth Boyd won by forfeit at 172 pounds.
