Two Clovis West wrestler debuted in the Top-25 of their respected weight classes.

Senior Steven Knoblauch is currently ranked #16 in the country at 125 lbs

Junior Nikko Reyes is ranked # 11 in the 160 lb weight class.

Both these wrestlers are also in the top 100 in there graduating class in the recruiting rankings.

Steven is the #58 ranked Senior recruit in the country.

Nikko is the # 34 ranked Junior recruit in the country.

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Nikko Reyes

Steven Knoblauch

                                                                                                                                  

Two Clovis West High School Seniors recieved wrestling scholarships this year. 2010 California State Champion Chris Martinez has signed his letter of intent to wrestle at San Francisco State University.  Chris will be looking to compete at 125 lbs for the Gators this coming season.  Senior Zach Zimmer 2010 California State Runner-up at 119lbs has also signed to wreslte in college at the University of Indiana of the Big 10 confrence. Indiana University had the # 7 recruiting class in the country this year.

Good Luck boys it has been a pleasure coaching you the past 3 years, we will all be following your success in college.

2010 Calfornia State Champion

After the dust settled all three Clovis West Wrestlers finished in the top 3 of there respected weight classes. The Golden Eagles were led by 2010 California State Champion Senior Chris Martinez 125 lbs, Senior Zach Zimmer finished up his high school carreer with a Second place finish at 119lbs (becoming only the second wrestler in the history of Clovis West to place three times in the state tournament. Sophmore Sensation Nikko Reyes capped off an outstanding weekend placing 3rd at 160 lbs. Nikko had to wrestle the #1, #2, #3, #6  ranked wrestler to earn his spot on the podium. Nikko’s only loss came to the hands of the State Champion.

We are really proud of how our boys wrestled this weekend Team Finished #8 overall out of 92 teams. We came away with two champions in Stevan Knoblauch 112 lbs with a 5-4 win over Vinny Moita of De lassle and Zach Zimmer with a 3-2 win over a state champion from Choctaw, Ok (also a nice qtr win 10-3 over Fabbian Garica Turlock). What a weekend by our sophmore man child Nikko Reyes-loosing first round to the number #2 seed Ian Roy of Poway(3-2) and battling back 9 matches to place third. On his way back he avenged his loss to Roy of Poway in the Cons. Semis. winning 3-2 Nice Job Reyes! 125lbs Chris Martinez finished 6th on a default. Chris won a thrilling 3-2 match over Gilroy’s Jessie Delgado in the qtrs. (those two alway wrestle a great match) Sophmore 103 Brandon Rodriguez was one match away from placing. Junior Jumoke Hunter 215 was also one match away.

Great Job boys! 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
First Place
103: #6 Victor Lopez (Poway) DEC Gaven MacDonald (Calvary Chapel) D 11-6
112: #5 Steven Knoblauch (Clovis West) DEC #2 Vince Moita (De La Salle) D 5-4
119: #1 Zach Zimmer (Clovis West) DEC #7 Kyle Garcia (Choctaw) D 3-2
125: Isaiah Martinez (Lemoore) DEC #4 Scott Filbert (Ironwood Ridge) D 12-6
130: #1 Louis Trujillo (Rio Rancho) DEC #3 Mitchell Minotti (Easton) D 5-4
135: #1 Luke Goettl (Mingus) DEC #2 Kade Moss (Bingham) D 9-2
140: #1 Mark Hartenstine (Easton) DEC #2 Nathan Hoffer (East Anchorage) D 2-1
145: #1 Jacob Snider (Ponderosa) DEC #3 Nick Wooden (Spring Creek) D 5-3
152: #1 Steven Hernandez (Bishop Gorman) DEC #2 Justin DeAngelis (Jenks) D 9-7
160: #3 Ronnie Balfour (Tulsa Union) DEC #5 Travis Gallegos (Foothill PC) D 8-2
171: #1 Johnny Field (Bishop Gorman) DEC #2 Luke Sheridan (De La Salle) D 6-4
189: #7 Chace Eskam (Carlsbad) DEC #1 Tanner Hall (Meridian) D 3-2
215: #1 William Knowls (Calvary Chapel) DEC #2 Kevin Innis (St. Peters Prep) D 3-2
285: Travis Morgan (Stillwater) DEC Wes Tillett (Shamokin) D 4-3
Third Place
103: #3 Gerritt Bradley (Wasatch) DEC #7 Bo Nickal (Rio Rancho) D 7-3
112: #1 Josh Walker (Tulsa Union) DEC Chris Diaz (Sanger) D 4-3
119: #9 Fabian Garcia (Turlock) WBF #6 Shane Thomas (Catoosa) F 2:28
125: #1 Jesse Delgado (Gilroy) DEC Richard Rios (Santa Fe) D 6-2
130: #2 Jordan Toledo (Pleasant Valley PA) DEC #4 Dustin Reed (Choctaw) D 7-6
135: Joey Davis (Santa Fe) DEC Will DeYoung (Poway) D 5-4
140: #4 Jake Briggs (Bella Vista) DEC #5 Holden Packard (Mountain View) D 5-2
145: #10 Alex Elder (West Salem) DEC #2 Kory DeBerry (Sunnyside) D 5-2
152: #7 Steven Kelly (Ponderosa) WBF #6 Marco Decaro (Temecula) F 3:11
160: Nikko Reyes (Clovis West) DEC CJ Berry (Chico) D 9-3
171: #3 Austin Gabel (Ponderosa) DEC Dominic Kastl (Gilroy) D 5-3
189: #5 Derek Good (Ponderosa) DEC Cody Roman (Centennial) D 6-2
215: #3 Diego Bravo (Sunnyside) WBF #4 Austin Morehead (Sutter Union) F 2:44
285: #1 Luis Barragan (Gilroy) WBF John Schupp (Vacaville) F 2:31
Fifth Place
103: Evan Disora (Easton) DEC #4 Trevor Willson (Ironwood Ridge) D 3-2
112: Dean O’Burke (Calvary Chapel) WBF #6 Silverio Esparza (Lemoore) F M FOR
119: #4 Beau Roberts (Mountain View) DEC #3 Sean Silva (Barstow) D 3-1
125: #3 Aj Vallez (Sanger) WBF #9 Chris Martinez (Clovis West) F Medical Forfiet
130: #10 Willie Fox (Gilroy) DEC #5 Kyle Webb (Ironwood Ridge) D 6-0
135: #3 Joseph Rizzolino (Easton) DEC Saul Garcia (Moorpark) D 7-1
140: #3 Ethan Owens (Grundy) DEC Moses Quesada (Clovis East) D 7-6
145: #7 Tyler Johnson (Vacaville) WBF Dyllan Rodriguez (Sanger) F 0:27
152: Vicente Aboytes (Gilroy) WBF #5 David Wilber (Mingus) F M FOR
160: #2 Ian Roy (Poway) DEC #7 Ricky McDonald (Bishop Manogue) D 3-1
171: #8 Clint Morrison (Cedar Cliff) DEC #6 Jared Miler (Kotzebue) D 8-7
189: #2 Justin Walker (De La Salle) WBF #8 Patrick Evans (Borah) F 2:39
215: #8 Blake Beam (Stillwater) DEC #6 Shea Nolan (Rio Rancho) D 5-2
285: Hunter Davis (Choctaw) WBF Luis Contreras (Madera) F M FOR
Seventh Place
103: #2 Jared Miller (Dillingham) WBF Britain Carter (Maple Mountain) F M FOR
112: Shayne Tucker (Bella Vista) DEC Ernest Klingel (Pleasant Valley PA) D 7-1
119: #5 Gabe Brown (Poway) DEC #2 Jeremy Hurley (Grundy) D 5-2
125: #5 Matt Nunez (Rio Rancho) DEC #6 Brian Crutchmer (Tulsa Union) D 6-3
130: #11 Joey Lavallee (Reno) DEC Landon Burkhalter (Bella Vista) M 11-0
135: #7 Ben Sullivan (Chugiak) DEC Austin Powell (Columbia) D 9-4
140: #9 Brandon Pesarchick (Shamokin) DEC #6 Spencer Brown (Cottonwood) D 6-4
145: #6 Kyle Ash (Tulsa Union) WBF #4 Grant Sullivan (Chugiak) F 2:52
152: Desmond Rios (Pleasant Valley CA) WBF Daniel Allen (Green Valley) F 1:43
160: Jackson Matheson (Pleasant Valley CA) WBF Jacob Pendleton (Lemoore) F 5:17
171: Hudson Buck (Vacaville) WBF #5 James Cook (Madera) F M FOR
189: #6 Taylor Savio (Lehi) DEC Broc Westlake (Reed) M 10-2
215: #5 Ben Holmes (Vacaville) DEC Steven Locke (Barstow) D 6-3
285: Miguel Torres (Modoc) DEC William Espinoza (Sunnyside) D 5-1

NUWAY

WORLD CHALLENGE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

October 9, 2010

Clovis West High School

Fresno, CA

Online Registration Only

Available August 15^th @

www.trackwrestling.com

Site: Clovis West High School, 1070 E Teague Ave., Fresno, CA 93720 

Rules: National Federation High School Rules (45 minute rest between matches not in effect).

Entry Fee/Deadline: $25.00 October 5, 2010 by 11 pm (PST) -Late Registration ($35) closes October 8, 2010 8 pm (PST).             $5 additional fee without NUWAY Club Membership at weigh-ins

Registration: Online only www.trackingwrestling.com Wrestler may enter only one weight class and only one division. Must make registered weight to compete. No changes at weigh-in (but can email weight changes until late registration ends). No late entries/walk-ins. Entries will be confirmed via e-mail.

Seeding:  Wednesday evening (October 6). Entries received after this meeting (7 pm) will not be seeded.

Tentative Schedule:  WI – Friday (8th) 6-8 pm   Wrestling starts Saturday (9th) 8 am  (Sunday if needed)  

                     Time schedule will be posted at weigh-ins.  We have NOT wrestled on Sunday in previous years.

Information on weigh-in procedures, registration, weights, age groups, time periods, awards, etc. is on the  

tournament website. www.goldeneaglewrestling.com  

For more Information, contact the Tournament Director

Ralph Garcia  (559) 930-0145 or email – coachralphgarcia@yahoo.com

Or the website (goldeneaglewrestling.com) and/or the SCWAY (www.savecaliforniawrestling.com)

The California World Challenge:  Winners Qualify for Americas Cup and Seeding for Western States Tournament at Clovis HS 

NUWAY CLUB MEMERSHIP CARD.   They can be purchased at (www.savecaliforniawrestling.com)

ADMISSION – Adults – $5     Students/Children – $2   

COACHING:  Floor pass required. Two certified coaches maximum in each competitor’s corner.

MEDICAL INFORMATION: Athletes must submit to a skin disease screening prior to weigh-in. The chief medical officer has full authority without appeal in determining the eligibility of an athlete to compete. In the event of injury or illness, no contestant will be permitted to continue the competition without approval of the Chief Medical Officer, whose decision is final and not subject to appeal.

FORMAT: Double Elimination (every wrestler will get two matches) – Referee decisions final. All protests to be directed to tournament directors. All age protests must be made before final match of first day of wrestling for that particular age group. Birth certificates must be available if requested by tournament directors.

Coach Ralph Garcia takes over as new head coach at Clovis West High. Coach Garcia comes to us by way of Clovis High School where he served as the head assistant wrestling coach.

Ralph wrestled first at Moorpark College , where he was a 2x Junior College State Champion, and then at Cal Poly, becoming a 2x Pac-10 place winner. Coach Garcia did his high school wrestling at Camarillo HS in Southern California where he was a 2x CIF Section Champion and a 7th place finisher in the California State Championships. Ralph is married to wife Erin and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Cal Poly. Coach Garcia also served as the head assistant coach at Fresno City College where he was Co-Assistant Coach of the Year for California Community Colleges in 2006.

Clovis West High School is very excited about having Coach Garcia lead the Golden Eagles into the future.

Summer workouts are done and the team is off until Monday, Aug 31. We will be wrestling every Monday and Wednesday from 6:00-7:30. It is very important that everyone attends these practices, it is not optional. Every wrestler that plans to wrestle in the 2009-2010 season is required to attend, unless they are playing a fall 2009 sport.

Coach Garcia

            The path to a state championship begins now! Clovis West wrestling off season is in full swing, The eagles will be lifting on Monday, Wednesday, Friday after school, this is a key part of the building process for these young wrestlers. Clovis West  will also be having an open room to wrestle on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school, we encourage all who are interested in getting better and being committed to attend. If you are part of the wrestling class you are expected to be in attendance.

            “The 1^st period is won by the best technician. The 2^nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3^rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.”  Dan Gable

  The mighty golden eagle wrestling team capped off their wrestling season by finishing in a tie for seventh place at the annual California High School State Championships.  The Golden Eagles were led by sophomore sensation, Stevan Knoblauch, who had an outstanding weekend ending with a second place finish.  Junior, Zach Zimmer, capped off his year with another medal as he finished in fourth place.  Also, junior, Chris Martinez, brought home some hardware as he finished what he started last year and claimed that illusive state medal with a fifth place finish.  Clovis West freshman phenom, Nikko Reyes, was one match away from placing as he lost to the champion 3-0, and to the third ranked wrestler in the state who got upset earlier in the tournament 3-1.

            Clovis West now looks to the future as they return with five state qualifiers and three state placers.  The Golden Eagles have their sight set on a school fourth state championship.