The Jaguars logged an historic week on the high school wrestling mat, capturing both North Bay league and North Coast Section duals titles within a span of three days.
Windsor began the stretch with a Feb. 7 visit to Casa Grande, recording a convincing 58-21 win over the Gauchos to complete an unbeaten NBL dual meet season at 7-0.
On Saturday, Feb. 10, the Jags were the #1 seed at NCS Duals Team Championships hosted by El Molino, soundly defeating Drake (60-10), Petaluma (50-24) and Ukiah (52-25) to capture the Division 2 title.
“It was a very nostalgic meet since I wrestled at El Molino in high school, and fun to watch our kids do what I was able to do back then as a young athlete,” Jags coach Rich Carnation said. “The meet was a reminder that sometimes things don’t go as well as you’d like them to individually, but when the team does well that’s what’s important.”
Scoring individual victories for the Jaguars were 108-pound Blake Fredrickson (2-0),108-pound Jon Fredrickson (1-0), 115-pound Brandon Fong (3-0), 122-pound Justin Campbell (2-1), 128-pound Tony Russotti (1-2), 132-pound Conor Brown (3-0), 140-pound Brennen Brown (2-1), 147-pound Gil Brantley (2-1), 154-pound Trent Silva (3-0), 162-pound Jacob Campos (2-1), 170-pound Justin Calvi (1-0), 182-pound Lorenzo Leon (3-0), 195-pound Alex Cruz (3-0), 220-pound Ben Smith (1-1) and heavyweight Austin Jacob (3-0).
This Saturday, Feb. 17, Windsor will be the team to beat at the North Bay League Championship Tournament hosted by Montgomery (9 a.m.). The Jaguars need only to finish ahead of second place Ukiah in team points to win the NBL title outright.
The first stop for athletes with state aspirations, participants at the NBL tourney will be gunning for a top-three finish in their respective weight class to advance to the North Coast Section Championships on Feb. 23-24 at James Logan High School in Union City. A top three finish at NCS will earn a trip to the prestigious CIF State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield on Mar. 2-3.
“We could have somewhere between 11 and 14 kids that qualify for NCS,” Carnation predicted. “Our goal is always to qualify kids in every weight class, but we’ll do the best we can.”
Below are the complete results for varsity boys and girls from the Feb. 7 meet with Casa Grande.
Varsity boys – Windsor 58, Casa Grande 21 (Feb. 7 at Casa Grande)
106 Colin Hilliard (CG) won by 7-2 decision over Jonathan Fredrickson (W)
113 Brandon Fong (W) won by pin over Cameron Harding (CG)
120 Justin Campbell (W) won by forfeit
126 Dominic Green (CG) won by pin over Anthony Russotti (W)
132 Conor Brown (W) won by pin over Joseph McGuire (CG)
138 Brennan Brown (W) won by pin over Jack McGuire (CG)
145 Trent Silva (W) won by 16-3 major decision over Aaron Krupinsky (CG)
152 Gil Brantley (W) won by pin over Sean Lopez (CG)
160 Caleb Wood (CG) won by pin over Jacob Campos (W)
170 Justin Calvi (W) won by forfeit
182 Justin Naugle (CG) won by pin over Lorenzo Leon (W)
195 Alex Cruz (W) won by pin over Josmar Altamirano (CG)
220 Ben Smith (W) won by forfeit
285 Austin Jacob (W) won by forfeit
Varsity girls – Windsor 42, Casa Grande 28
101 Rose Chavez (W) won by forfeit
106 Molly Cox (W) won by forfeit
111 Dulce Chavez (W) won by forfeit
116 Ivory Osborn (W) won by forfeit
121 Bridgette Mihalca (CG) won by forfeit
126 Maxine DeMars (W) won by forfeit
131 Kaia Stites (CG) won by 11-1 major decision over Bianca Correa (W)
143 Skyler Finley (CG) won by forfeit
150 Arora Vierra (CG) won by forfeit
160 Julia Sawyer (W) won by forfeit
189 Danitza Garcia (W) won by forfeit
235 Lillian McCoy (CG) won by forfeit
