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Clovis High wrestlers repeat as Doc Buchanan champs

Published

11 years ago

January 5, 2013

CalGrappler

Clovis HS – 2013 Doc Buchanan Champions

The Fresno Bee

Finals update: Clovis heavyweight Nick Nevills pulled off a reversal with 30 seconds left to cap a 4-0 win over Wyoming Seminary’s Michael Johnson on Saturday night, clinching the Cougars’ fourth straight Doc Buchanan Invitational title.

Clovis won 180-178, with Nevills a three-time Doc B champ.

Wyoming Seminary of Pennsylvania had taken a 178-176 lead about midway through the first-place matches.
Here are the first-place match results:

106: Matt Gamble (Monache) over Adrian Campasano (Central) 19-12

113: Zahid Valenica (St. John Bosco) over Israel Saavedra (Modesto) 9-2

120: Mason Pengilly (Porterville) over Isaiah Locsin (Live Oak) SV-1, 5-3

126: Judson Preskitt (Wyoming Seminary-PA) over Vincent Gomez (Frontier) 6-4

132: Aaron Pico (St. John Bosco) over Javier Gasca III (Kingsburg) pin 5:40

138: Anthony Valencia (St. John Bosco) over Sergio Enloe (Poway) 18-5

145: Niko Villarreal (Gilroy) over Victor Lopez (Poway) 5-3

152: Reed Van Anrooy (Roseburg-OR) over Shayne Tucker (Bella Vista) SV-1, 5-3

160: Isaiah Martinez (Lemoore) over Nick Fiegener (Folsom) 16-1

170: Corey Griego (Sultana) over Peter Santos (Oakmont) 1-0

182: Adrian Salas (Clovis) over Eric Morris (Wyoming Seminary-PA), injury default

195: Mason Kumashiro (Los Alamitos) over Nicolas Johnson (Murrieta Valley) 6-5

220: Spencer Empey (Reed-NV) over Garrett Ryan (Wyoming Seminary-PA) pin 5:55

285: Nick Nevills (Clovis) over Michael Johnson (Wyoming Seminary-PA) 4-0

Pre-finals: Clovis High and Wyoming Seminary Preparatory of Kingston, Pa., nationally ranked wrestling programs separated by nearly 3,000 miles, were matched Saturday night in two of the 14 finals while battling for the team title of the Doc Buchanan Invitational at Clovis High.

Wyoming Seminary, ranked second nationally with a roster representing nine states, Washington, D.C., and Lithuania, won all four of its semifinal matches Saturday morning while compiling 174 points entering the 5:30 p.m. finals.

The Blue Knights from a Methodist Church-based private school in northeast Pennsylvania, will match nationally No. 1-ranked and Harvard-bound Eric Morris against Clovis’ Adrian Salas at 182 pounds and Michael Johnson against the Cougars’ Nick Nevills in a showdown of nationally ranked Nos. 7 and 3 wrestlers at 285.

Clovis has 170 points.

The Cougars, the state’s two-time reigning champions ranked No. 9 nationally, have won three straight titles in the 35th annual event that has drawn 41 nationally ranked wrestlers and 465 overall from 100 teams and five states. Cowboy hats go to individual champions.

Lemoore senior Isaiah Martinez, a nationally No. 2-ranked wrestler and two-time state gold medalist headed for Illinois, roared into the 160-pound final with his fourth straight pin of the tournament. He’ll meet Folsom’s Nick Fiegener, who crushed Bakersfield’s Hunter Hodges with a 15-0 technical fall in the semis.

An all-Central Section 106-pound final is set with Central’s Adrian Campasano and Monache’s Matt Gamble.

Porterville’s Mason Pengilly will oppose Live Oak-Morgan Hill’s top-seeded Isaiah Locsin at 120 pounds.

The 132-pound feature will match Kingsburg’s nation No. 14 Javier Gasca III against St. John Bosco-Bellflower’s nation No. 1 Aaron Pico, a freshman.

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The MatBoss Podcast Episode 34: Gerry Abas

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5 years ago

August 15, 2019

CalGrappler

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.

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Stephen Abas named head coach at Fresno High School

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5 years ago

June 5, 2019

CalGrappler

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

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2019 CIF State Wrestling Championships Schedule

Published

5 years ago

February 18, 2019

CalGrappler

Rabobank Arena - Bakersfield, California — Rabobank Arena – Bakersfield, California

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)