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.