Eighth-grader Delgado wins Schoolboy 100-pound division at
national championships
Gilroy – Gilroy Hawk wrestler Jesse Delgado won the Schoolboy 100-pound division title at the USA Wrestling ASICS Kids/Cadet Folkstyle National Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa. last weekend, the third national title of his young wrestling career
In the championship match of the Schoolboy division, which is for wrestlers ages 13-14, Delgado defeated New York’s Casey Lanave 8-4. Lanave had taken second in this year’s high school state championships in New York, where eighth graders are allowed to compete at the high school level.
Delgado opened up the tournament with a 5-4 win over Colorado’s Robert Pickrell and a 16-1 victory over Wisconsin’s Maximillion Loberger. In the quarterfinals, Delgado faced Washington’s Efrain Aguilar III, who won last year’s Western Regionals. The Gilroy Hawk came out on top 6-1 against Aguilar III, who came back to take third place.
To get into the championship, Delgado beat another New York opponent, Tyler Lusht, by a convincing 15-2 decision in the semifinals.
Next year, Delgado will wrestle at Gilroy High alongside another Schoolboy national champion, Hunter Collins. Now-sophomore Collins was a national champion as a Gilroy Hawk two years ago.
“Jesse has been training real hard and we can’t wait for him to join our high school team next year,” said Gilroy High assistant wrestling coach Mike Koester.
