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A captain’s note:

Happy winter break wrestlers! We have a busy week upon us, with practices each morning and concluding with the Lou Bronzan tournament(12/22-23). This will the first of many two-day tournaments and it is important that each participant is down to their competitive weight class. Let’s take home some metal!

113- Alex Gougousis

120-  Eli Blackwell

132- Riley Revino

145- Samuel Blackwell

160- Anthony Gougousis

170- Kyle Silveira

195- Brock Mccarty

Also Competing in the Brittany David tournament this Saturday 12/23:

111- Nikki Gallegos

 

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Winter Break Practice Schedule

 

12/18 – 8-10am

12/19 – 8-10am

12/20 – 8-10am

12/21 – 8-10am

12/22 – No practice, Lou Bronzan tournament

12/23 – No practice, Lou Bronzan and Brittany David tournament

12/25 – Merry Christmas 🎅

12/26 – 8-10am

12/27 – 8-10am

12/28 – 8-10am / Sierra Nevada (tentative)

12/29 – 8-10am / Sierra Nevada (tentative)

1/1/18 3:30-5:30pm – Varsity Wrestle Offs for League

1/2 Back to School, normal practice

 

 

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Uniform – Second Order Option

A second and final order is being placed for uniform.  If you did not get on the initial order and want to get something now, please let Coach Blackwell know. Hoodie, bag and qtr-zip available for parents/fans as well if they want it as well.

 

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Results from Tracy @ Manteca Dual

Tracy High finished it’s pre-season varsity duals with a win over Manteca High School. In the end, the score was tied but based on criteria, came out with the win.

Leading up to the varsity dual, the JV squad short on participants, would lose to Manteca.  Included in the JV dual was an exhibition match between the lone girl from Manteca vs Tracy High’s Nikki Gallegos.

Results are available on trackwrestling.

Girls exhibition:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?seasonId=571559009&pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=392495132

Boys JV:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?seasonId=571558009&pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=427158132

Boys Varsity:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?seasonId=571558009&pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=201758132

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Patterson Scrimmage

The Bulldogs were able to get some good pre-season scrimmage matches in against our friends in Patterson.

We had wins from:
Alex Gougousis by pin
Jonathan Uhl by decision
Eli Blackwell by pin
Andrew Manibusan by pin (twice)
Octavio Torres by pin
Sammo Blackwell by pin
Nate Stroup by pin
Kyle Silveira by decision
Nicholas Bronson by pin
Orlando Rivero by pin

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Results from the Bay Area 55

The Bay Area 55 again proved to be a good opening tournament for the official start of the CIF boys varsity season. With a partial team in attendance, the Tracy Bulldogs tied for 15th with Freedom High School among 37 high school teams with 65 points.

Those contributing to the team score was Kyle Silveira (1-2) with 3 team points, Riley Revino (3-2) with 10 team points, Brock McCarty with 24 team points and Eli Blackwell with 28 team points.

Other wrestlers who competed include Octavio Torres who lost his first match by decision and his second match in overtime in a very challenging match.  Anthony Gougousis, returning from illness lost both of his matches.  Orlando Rivero also lost both of his matches. 

Here are the tournament reported results from trackwrestling:

The Bay Area 55 Results for Tracy
121 – Eli Blackwell (5-0) placed 1st and scored 28.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Eli Blackwell (Tracy) 5-0 won by fall over Elias Jiames (Santa Teresa) 0-2 (Fall 2:17)
Champ. Round 2 – Eli Blackwell (Tracy) 5-0 won by fall over Kavin Arumugam (Dublin) 0-2 (Fall 0:47)
Quarterfinal – Eli Blackwell (Tracy) 5-0 won by decision over Lance Renteria (Mission San Jose) 9-2 (Dec 4-3)
Semifinal – Eli Blackwell (Tracy) 5-0 won by decision over Anthony Barbalinardo (Livermore) 3-4 (Dec 4-2)
1st Place Match – Eli Blackwell (Tracy) 5-0 won by decision over Ahkil Vega (Cupertino) 8-1 (Dec 5-3)

133 – Riley Revino (3-2) place is unknown and scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Riley Revino (Tracy) 3-2 won by fall over Ke`Andre Brown-Webster (Concord) 1-4 (Fall 0:57)
Champ. Round 2 – Miguel Reyes (Cupertino) 4-0 won by fall over Riley Revino (Tracy) 3-2 (Fall 1:57)
Cons. Round 2 – Riley Revino (Tracy) 3-2 won by fall over Rohan Jayapravash (Mission San Jose) 2-4 (Fall 1:15)
Cons. Round 3 – Riley Revino (Tracy) 3-2 won by fall over Peter Sim (Tokay) 2-2 (Fall 4:10)
Cons. Round 4 – Dominic Jose (American) 4-1 won by decision over Riley Revino (Tracy) 3-2 (Dec 3-2)

139 – Octavio Torres (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Darren Kumar (Mt. Eden) 3-2 won by major decision over Octavio Torres (Tracy) 0-2 (MD 12-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Octavio Torres (Tracy) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Clayton Utter (Cardinal Newman) 2-2 won in sudden victory – 1 over Octavio Torres (Tracy) 0-2 (SV-1 11-9)

161 – Anthony Gougousis (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Grant Huston (Monte Vista) 3-3 won by fall over Anthony Gougousis (Tracy) 0-2 (Fall 0:39)
Cons. Round 1 – Anthony Gougousis (Tracy) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Cuahtomoc Ramirez (Arroyo) 2-2 won by fall over Anthony Gougousis (Tracy) 0-2 (Fall 1:17)

171 – Kyle Silveira (1-2) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kyle Silveira (Tracy) 1-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Casey Frazier (Cardinal Newman) 4-0 won by tech fall over Kyle Silveira (Tracy) 1-2 (TF-1.5 2:50 (16-0))
Cons. Round 2 – Kyle Silveira (Tracy) 1-2 won by fall over Damion Hermosillo (Maria Carillo) 0-2 (Fall 2:02)
Cons. Round 3 – Mark Winters (Mission San Jose) 5-3 won by decision over Kyle Silveira (Tracy) 1-2 (Dec 4-3)

196 – Orlando Rivera (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Orlando Rivera (Tracy) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Max Martir (St. Patricks) 3-4 won by fall over Orlando Rivera (Tracy) 0-2 (Fall 5:26)
Cons. Round 2 – Orlando Rivera (Tracy) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Ben Morales (Castro Valley ) 2-2 won by decision over Orlando Rivera (Tracy) 0-2 (Dec 8-2)

221 – Brock McCarty (6-2) placed 2nd and scored 24.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brock McCarty (Tracy) 6-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Brock McCarty (Tracy) 6-2 won by fall over Nathan Boyce (Amador Valley) 0-2 (Fall 0:54)
Quarterfinal – Brock McCarty (Tracy) 6-2 won by fall over Luke Radabaugh (San Ramon) 4-1 (Fall 0:46)
Semifinal – Brock McCarty (Tracy) 6-2 won by decision over Marko Sanchez (Dougherty Valley) 6-2 (Dec 13-6)
1st Place Match – Ethan Lister (California) 4-0 won by fall over Brock McCarty (Tracy) 6-2 (Fall 3:42)

 

These finalists may have been bruised and bloodied, but they were all smiles once they claimed their medals.

 

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Bear Creek Dual Meet Results

In the JV Boys dual meet vs Bear Creek, Tracy forfeited at 12 weights and had two wrestlers available for competition. Alex Gougousis at 126 pounds and Nicholas Bronson at 182 pounds.  There were double forfeits at the following weights:  106, 113, 120, 132, and 195 where neither school scored. Tracy lost forfeit points to Bear Creek at 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 220, and 285. Alex Gougousis had a forfeit win at 126 pounds and Christopher Bronson had a fall at 182.  The final JV team score was Bear Creek 42, Tracy 12.

In the girls varsity dual meet vs Bear Creek, the lone Tracy wrestler, Nikki Gallegos was pinned.  The final score was Bear Creek 84, Tracy 0.

In the boys varsity dual meet vs Bear Creek, Tracy did not have wrestlers to compete at 106, 113, 160, and 182.  Bear Creek did not have wrestlers at 126 and 132. There were no double forfeits.  Actual matches consisted of Jonathon Uhl losing a decision 5-1 at 120 pounds, Andrew Manibusan getting the fall at 138 pounds, Octavio Torres getting pinned at 145 pounds, Sammo Blackwell losing a decision 8-3 at 152 pounds, Kyle Silveira getting pinned at 170 pounds, Orlando Rivero losing a decision 3-1 at 195 pounds, Brock McCarty losing a decision 1-0 at 220 pounds, Angle Romo getting pinned at 285 pounds.  Eli Blackwell and Riley Revino both took wins by forfeit.  The final score was Tracy 18, Bear Creek 54.

Franky Rotondi had an exhibition match and won by fall.