Seven GHS grapplers advance to semifinals. Ten of 13 still
alive. CHS’s Lopez in semifinals. Day 2 wrestling will commence at
10 a.m. Saturday with the finals set for 7 p.m. at Independence
High School.
Seven Gilroy High wrestlers will begin the second day of competition at the Central Coast Section Championships with semifinals matches.
Leif Dominguez (103), Paul Fox (112), Victor Olmos (119), Nikko Villarreal (125), Willie Fox (130), Blake Kastl (135) and Aaron Gonzales (140) all went 3-0 during the first day of action Friday to move through the quarterfinals and put themselves one win away from a finals berth.
As a team, the Mustangs hold onto the first-place position with 129.5 points followed by Saint Francis (93.5) and Bellarmine (72) in second and third place.
After losing his second match of the day, 145-pounder Lupe Jimenez won his next two to stay alive in the consolation bracket. Heavyweight Jose Lara mirrored Jimenez’s path and will continue his tournament in the consolation rounds. Andrew Toste (189), meanwhile, went 2-0 through his first two bouts but fell to top-seeded Logan Kellogg in the quarterfinals. Toste will resume Day 2 in the consolation bracket.
Julian Carbijal (0-2), Felix Gonzalez (1-2) and Izack Lugo (1-2) were eliminated after Day 1.
Dominguez, the tournament’s No. 2 seed will face Christopher High’s Jimmie Lopez in the semifinals. Lopez, the No. 3 seed, went 3-0 on Friday, picking up wins via 9-5 decision, first-period fall and a 13-2 major decision. In other semifinals matchups – Paul Fox takes on San Lorenzo Valley’s Michael Kraft, Olmos goes up against Devin Brown of Pacific Grove, Villarreal will engage with Los Gatos’ Robbie Chen, Willie Fox gets Carmen Soriano of Gonzales, Kastl meets up with RJ Raffanti of Bellarmine and Gonzales will go head to head with Amir Bakhshi of Cupertino.
Lopez is the lone Cougars’ representative still alive in the tournament. John Riffle (0-2), Steven White (1-2), Tomas Zamora (1-2) and Ricardo Bribriescas (1-2) also participated but saw their tournament’s come to an end on Day 1.
Wrestling will commence at 10 a.m. Saturday with the finals set for 7 p.m. at Independence High School.
Day 1 results: Gilroy
103 – Leif Dominguez’s place is 6th and has scored 15.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Leif Dominguez (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Matt Mittlstead (Santa Teresa) 0-2 (Pin 2:41)
Champ. Round 2 – Leif Dominguez (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Brandon Jew (Riordan) 0-2 (Pin 1:42)
Quarterfinal – Leif Dominguez (Gilroy) 3-0 won by injury default over Kevin Le (Wilcox) 2-1 (I-D)
112 – Paul Fox
Champ. Round 1 – Paul Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Daniel Papp (Gunn) 0-2 (Pin 3:38)
Champ. Round 2 – Paul Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by tech fall over Nick Young (Bellarmine) 0-2 (TF 15-0)
Quarterfinal – Paul Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Jason Mendel (Harker Academy) 2-1 (Pin 1:49)
119 – Victor Olmos
Champ. Round 1 – Victor Olmos (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Jacob Contreras (Saint Francis) 2-2 (Pin 1:25)
Champ. Round 2 – Victor Olmos (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Kenji Young (Westmont) 1-2 (Pin 3:53)
Quarterfinal – Victor Olmos (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Travis Roberts (Serra) 2-1 (Pin 5:09)
125 – Nikko Villarreal
Champ. Round 1 – Nikko Villarreal (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Charley Clarke (Saint Francis) 0-2 (Pin 1:12)
Champ. Round 2 – Nikko Villarreal (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Dario Gamino (James Lick) 1-2 (Pin 0:35)
Quarterfinal – Nikko Villarreal (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Cassidy Octavio (Bellarmine) 2-1 (Pin 3:38)
130 – Willie Fox
Champ. Round 1 – Willie Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Jeremy Cothran (Santa Teresa) 0-2 (Pin 1:08)
Champ. Round 2 – Willie Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Lawrance Combs (North Salinas) 3-1 (Pin 1:39)
Quarterfinal – Willie Fox (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Adam Wigginton (Fremont) 2-1 (Pin 2:00)
135 – Blake Kastl
Champ. Round 1 – Blake Kastl (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Manmeet Dhillon (Piedmont Hills) 1-2 (Pin 0:45)
Champ. Round 2 – Blake Kastl (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Jordan Servito (Lynbrook) 3-1 (Pin 1:39)
Quarterfinal – Blake Kastl (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Miguel Rodriguez (South San Francisco) 2-1 (Pin 1:21)
140 – Aaron Gonzales
Champ. Round 1 – Aaron Gonzales (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Oscar Zuniga (Greenfield) 0-2 (Pin 1:59)
Champ. Round 2 – Aaron Gonzales (Gilroy) 3-0 won by pin over Chase Norman (North Monterey County) 0-2 (Pin 1:29)
Quarterfinal – Aaron Gonzales (Gilroy) 3-0 won by major decision over Jesse Martinez (South San Francisco) 2-1 (Maj 10-2)
145 – Lupe Jimenez
Champ. Round 1 – Lupe Jimenez (Gilroy) 3-1 won by decision over Zack Zhang (Sobrato) 0-2 (Dec 12-6)
Champ. Round 2 – Spencer Smith (Prospect) 2-1 won by decision over Lupe Jimenez (Gilroy) 3-1 (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Lupe Jimenez (Gilroy) 3-1 won by pin over Giovanni Del Valle (Serra) 1-2 (Pin 1:25)
Cons. Round 3 – Lupe Jimenez (Gilroy) 3-1 won by decision over Andrew O`Connor (Riordan) 2-2 (Dec 9-3)
152 – Julian Carbijal
Champ. Round 1 – Evan Enright (Sobrato) 2-2 won by decision over Julian Carbijal (Gilroy) 0-2 (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Round 1 – Giovanni Marconcini (Riordan) 2-2 won by pin over Julian Carbijal (Gilroy) 0-2 (Pin 1:47)
160 – Felix Gonzalez
Champ. Round 1 – Felix Gonzalez (Gilroy) 1-2 won by pin over Dmitry Grinenko (Monta Vista) 0-2 (Pin 5:39)
Champ. Round 2 – Paul Ahern (Riordan) 3-0 won by pin over Felix Gonzalez (Gilroy) 1-2 (Pin 1:10)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Golden (Monterey) 2-2 won by decision over Felix Gonzalez (Gilroy) 1-2 (Dec 10-6)
189 – Andrew Toste’s place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Andrew Toste (Gilroy) 2-1 won by decision over John Riffle (Christopher) 0-2 (Dec 11-9)
Champ. Round 2 – Andrew Toste (Gilroy) 2-1 won by pin over Lucciano Molina (Capuchino) 2-2 (Pin 5:32)
Quarterfinal – Logan Kellogg (SLV) 3-0 won by major decision over Andrew Toste (Gilroy) 2-1 (Maj 9-0)
215 – Izack Lugo
Champ. Round 1 – James Karasek (Pacific Grove) 3-1 won by major decision over Izack Lugo (Gilroy) 0-2 (Maj 11-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Izack Lugo (Gilroy) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Riggs Powell (Aptos) 3-1 won by pin over Izack Lugo (Gilroy) 0-2 (Pin 1:38)
285 – Jose Lara
Champ. Round 1 – Jose Lara (Gilroy) 3-1 won by pin over Saul Carillo (Watsonville) 2-2 (Pin 1:52)
Champ. Round 2 – Brandon Pulealii (Palma) 2-1 won by decision over Jose Lara (Gilroy) 3-1 (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Jose Lara (Gilroy) 3-1 won by pin over James Otuafi (King City) 0-2 (Pin 1:31)
Cons. Round 3 – Jose Lara (Gilroy) 3-1 won by pin over Roman Maaske (Pacific Grove) 2-2 (Pin 0:32)
Day 1 results: Christopher
103 – Jimmie Lopez
Champ. Round 1 – Jimmie Lopez (Christopher) 3-0 won by decision over Spencer Boling (Half Moon Bay) 3-1 (Dec 9-5)
Champ. Round 2 – Jimmie Lopez (Christopher) 3-0 won by pin over Alvin Nguyen (Silver Creek) 1-2 (Pin 1:05)
Quarterfinal – Jimmie Lopez (Christopher) 3-0 won by major decision over Gabriel Espino (North Salinas) 2-1 (Maj 13-2)
119 – Ricardo Bribriescas
Champ. Round 1 – Ricardo Bribriescas (Christopher) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Josh Gonzales (Palma) 2-1 won by pin over Ricardo Bribriescas (Christopher) 0-2 (Pin 1:27)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Contreras (Saint Francis) 2-2 won by decision over Ricardo Bribriescas (Christopher) 0-2 (Dec 2-1)
160 – Tomas Zamora
Champ. Round 1 – Tomas Zamora (Christopher) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Julian Calderon (Gunn) 2-1 won by pin over Tomas Zamora (Christopher) 0-2 (Pin 2:12)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob France (Everett Alvarez) 2-2 won by pin over Tomas Zamora (Christopher) 0-2 (Pin 2:19)
189 – John Riffle
Champ. Round 1 – Andrew Toste (Gilroy) 2-1 won by decision over John Riffle (Christopher) 0-2 (Dec 11-9)
Cons. Round 1 – Antonio Berber (Alisal) 1-2 won by decision over John Riffle (Christopher) 0-2 (Dec 5-4)
285 – Steven White
Champ. Round 1 – Aaron Jelovic (Santa Teresa) 3-0 won by decision over Steven White (Christopher) 1-2 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Steven White (Christopher) 1-2 won by pin over Justin Wright (Wilcox) 0-2 (Pin 1:52)
Cons. Round 2 – Paea Tukuafu (Fremont) 3-1 won by decision over Steven White (Christopher) 1-2 (Dec 6-0)
1. Gilroy 129.5
2. Saint Francis 93.5
3. Bellarmine 72.0
4. Alisal 64.0
5. Riordan 53.0
6. Palma 52.0
7. South San Francisco 52.0
8. San Benito 48.5
9. Aptos 47.0
10. Los Gatos 47.0
