STATE RANKINGS We’ve come to the end! The CIF
State Tournament, held at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield,
will begin this Thursday morning (February 27) and culminate with the
individual finals on Saturday evening. We started the season with nearly
24,000 wrestlers so all the best of luck and health to the remaining 560
state qualifiers, as well as their coaches and families. The final rankings below were used to seed each
40-person bracket. The top 16 were positioned in the draw and the rest of the
field was layered in using formulas – as much as possible, we try to avoid
same-section first rounders or high placers from the power sections running
into each other too early. As everyone knows, seedings are meaningless after the
first whistle. Its only purpose is to set up the starting line – to reward
the most deserving competitors based on season accomplishments. But as the
saying goes, past performance does not guarantee future results. Just because
A beats B and B beats C does not mean A will beat C. An important objective is to maintain the integrity of
the hypothetical quarterfinal match-ups. As long as the quarterfinals are
filled with top 12-16 seeds, I’m happy. During the past 3 years, 331 of 336
eventual quarterfinalists were top 16 seeds (98.5%) while 332 of 336 were top
12 seeds (95.8%). Looking at the medal podium, 325 of 336 state medalists
during the past 3 years were top 12 seeds (96.7%). This is not surprising –
the best wrestlers during the regular season usually rise to the occasion
during the postseason. But certainly, “upsets” can and most definitely will
happen as style dictates match-ups. Seeding/ranking criteria is consistent with those
applied at most tournaments – among them, (1) head-to-head results,
prioritizing most recent match-up if H2Hs are even; (2) returning state
medalist or qualifier; (3) returning section medalist; (4) common opponents;
(5) quality of tournament schedule. Another important component will be
overall body of work as case-by-case discretion must be made when H2Hs
conflict or are lacking. This also places more emphasis on Masters
performance rather than rely purely on results from earlier in the season. I’ll add a short commentary for each weight and when I
mention “national” ranking, I’m referring to the version provided by the
long-standing and well-established InterMat website, though
there are a wide range of national rankings available from different sources. I welcome feedback, questions, or corrections at castateranker@gmail.com.
|
# |
WT |
LW |
NAME |
GR |
TEAM |
SECTION |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
106 |
1 |
Andre
Gonzales |
11 |
Poway |
1-San
Diego |
’19: 1st SDS, 3rd CA (106) |
2 |
106 |
2 |
Raymond
Lopez |
11 |
Buchanan |
1-Central |
. |
3 |
106 |
3 |
Michael
Torres |
10 |
Oakdale |
1-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
4 |
106 |
4 |
Beau
Mantanona |
9 |
Palm
Desert |
1-Southern |
. |
5 |
106 |
5 |
Isaiah
Kainoa Medina |
10 |
Vacaville |
2-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 4th SJS, 1-2 CA (106) |
6 |
106 |
7 |
Dominic
Mendez |
10 |
Righetti |
2-Central |
’19: 3rd CS, 2-2 CA (106) |
7 |
106 |
6 |
Matt
Terrence |
10 |
Clovis |
3-Central |
’19: 5th CS, 3-2 CA (106) |
8 |
106 |
8 |
Ethan
Perryman |
11 |
Temecula
Valley |
2-Southern |
’19: 2-2 SS (106) |
9 |
106 |
9 |
Santino
Sanchez |
10 |
San
Marino |
3-Southern |
. |
10 |
106 |
10 |
Allan
Hendricks |
10 |
Centennial |
4-Southern |
’19: 1-2 SS (106) |
11 |
106 |
11 |
Clarence
Moore |
9 |
Gilroy |
1-Central
Coast |
. |
12 |
106 |
12 |
Bobby
Cuevas, Jr. |
10 |
De
La Salle |
1-North
Coast |
’19: 2nd NCS, 0-2 CA (106) |
13 |
106 |
13 |
Naythan
Galbiso |
11 |
Imperial |
2-San
Diego |
’19: 3rd SDS, 0-2 CA (106) |
14 |
106 |
14 |
Adrian
Ledezma |
12 |
Roosevelt |
5-Southern |
’19: 1-2 SS (106) |
15 |
106 |
15 |
Caleb
Park |
9 |
Calvary
Chapel |
7-Southern |
. |
16 |
106 |
16 |
Nate
Gonzalez |
10 |
Selma |
4-Central |
. |
17 |
106 |
17 |
Login
Robinson |
10 |
Steele
Canyon |
3-San
Diego |
’19: 2-2 Qtrs. SDS (106) |
18 |
106 |
29 |
Nathan
Lopez |
12 |
Hillcrest |
6-Southern |
’19: 2-3 Qtrs. SS (106) |
19 |
106 |
18 |
Artie
Carranza |
10 |
Arlington |
9-Southern |
’19: 2-2 SS (106) |
20 |
106 |
20 |
Ethan
Nguyen |
10 |
Diamond
Ranch |
8-Southern |
’19: 0-2 SS (106) |
21 |
106 |
- |
Ethan
Ward |
9 |
Turlock |
3-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
22 |
106 |
24 |
Nick
Trave |
11 |
Petaluma |
2-North
Coast |
’19: 4th NCS (106) |
23 |
106 |
25 |
John
Fredrickson |
10 |
Windsor |
3-North
Coast |
. |
24 |
106 |
26 |
Kevin
Lopez |
10 |
Elk
Grove |
4-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 2-2 SJS (113) |
25 |
106 |
- |
Jimmy
Reyes |
11 |
Hanford |
5-Central |
. |
26 |
106 |
27 |
Julio
Bautista |
12 |
Folsom |
5-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
27 |
106 |
32 |
Jonathan
Nguyen |
11 |
Tokay |
6-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 1-2 SJS (106) |
28 |
106 |
- |
Gavin
Smith |
9 |
Chico |
1-Northern |
. |
29 |
106 |
35 |
Dylan
McDonald |
10 |
Lemoore |
6-Central |
’19: 2-2 CS (106) |
30 |
106 |
37 |
Michael
Huh |
10 |
Westmont |
2-Central
Coast |
’19: 2-2 CCS (106) |
31 |
106 |
33 |
Mark
Justin Ramirez |
9 |
Fremont |
3-Central
Coast |
. |
32 |
106 |
39 |
Jacob
Jones |
9 |
Rancho
Bernardo |
4-San
Diego |
. |
33 |
106 |
40 |
Nathan
Galicia |
9 |
Madera |
7-Central |
. |
34 |
106 |
- |
Hunter
Ludwig |
9 |
Sutter |
2-Northern |
. |
35 |
106 |
- |
Howard
Harton |
11 |
Kerman |
8-Central |
. |
36 |
106 |
- |
Ryan
Woods |
9 |
Palisades |
1-Los
Angeles |
. |
37 |
106 |
- |
Elijah
Delatorre |
9 |
Pioneer
Valley |
9-Central |
. |
38 |
106 |
- |
Matthew
Candray |
11 |
WA
Union |
10-Central |
. |
39 |
106 |
- |
Justin
Chiang |
11 |
Lowell |
1-San
Francisco |
. |
40 |
106 |
- |
Dave
Heng |
9 |
Skyline |
1-Oakland |
. |
|
# |
WT |
LW |
NAME |
GR |
TEAM |
SECTION |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
113 |
1 |
Richard
Figueroa |
11 |
Selma |
1-Central |
’19: 1st CS, 1st CA (106) ’18: 1st CS, 1st CA (106) |
2 |
113 |
2 |
Joey
Cruz |
10 |
Clovis
North |
2-Central |
’19: 4th CS, 3rd CA (120) |
3 |
113 |
3 |
Jack
Gioffre |
10 |
Buchanan |
3-Central |
’19: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (106) |
4 |
113 |
4 |
Zeth
Romney |
10 |
Chaminade |
1-Southern |
’19: 3rd SS, 5th CA (106) |
5 |
113 |
5 |
Dario
Lemus |
9 |
Clovis |
4-Central
|
. |
6 |
113 |
6 |
Brock
Bobzien |
10 |
Poway |
1-San
Diego |
’19: 1st SDS, 1-2 CA (113) |
7 |
113 |
7 |
Brayden
Abell |
11 |
Oakdale |
1-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 3rd SJS, 4th CA (106) ’18: 5th SJS, 1-2 CA (106) |
8 |
113 |
8 |
Zachary
Thompson |
11 |
Palma |
1-Central
Coast |
’19: 2nd CCS, 3-2 CA (113) ’18: 3rd CCS, 1-2 CA (106) |
9 |
113 |
9 |
Tiger
Ortiz |
11 |
Calvary
Chapel |
2-Southern |
’19: 6th SS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (106) |
10 |
113 |
11 |
Justin
Rodriguez |
10 |
Palm
Desert |
3-Southern |
. |
11 |
113 |
14 |
Devin
Avedissian |
10 |
Temecula
Valley |
4-Southern |
’19: 3-3 SS (113) |
12 |
113 |
10 |
Sean
Solis |
10 |
Fountain
Valley |
5-Southern |
’19: 7th SS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (106) |
13 |
113 |
12 |
Salahdin
Farukh |
11 |
Valley |
2-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 6th SJS, 0-2 CA (106) |
14 |
113 |
15 |
Trenton
Guillermo |
11 |
Yucaipa |
6-Southern |
’19: 2-2 SS (106) |
15 |
113 |
17 |
Zack
Fierro |
9 |
Gilroy |
2-Central
Coast |
. |
16 |
113 |
13 |
Calvin
Antonio |
11 |
Evergreen
Valley |
3-Central
Coast |
’19: 2nd CCS, 1-2 CA (106); DEF |
17 |
113 |
18 |
Logan
Valledor |
10 |
Vacaville |
3-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
18 |
113 |
22 |
Abraham
Cerda |
10 |
Hoover |
5-Central |
’19: 7th CS, 0-2 CA (106) |
19 |
113 |
- |
Alex
Subias |
11 |
Orange
Lutheran |
7-Southern |
’19: 0-2 SS (106) |
20 |
113 |
40 |
Enzo
Fukunaga |
10 |
Woodbridge |
8-Southern |
. |
21 |
113 |
HM |
Ryan
Lobato |
9 |
Chaparral |
9-Southern |
. |
22 |
113 |
- |
David
Rudkin |
9 |
Chico |
1-Northern |
. |
23 |
113 |
37 |
Jesse
Cota |
10 |
Patterson |
5-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 7th SJS (106) |
24 |
113 |
23 |
Talan
Niimi |
10 |
Granite
Bay |
4-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 2-2 SJS (106) |
25 |
113 |
19 |
Michael
Mallot |
12 |
Union
Mine |
6-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 5th SJ, 0-2 CA (106) |
26 |
113 |
38 |
Brandon
Eusebio |
9 |
Rancho
Bernardo |
2-San
Diego |
. |
27 |
113 |
HM |
Jose
Sanchez |
12 |
Maria
Carrillo |
1-North
Coast |
’19: 5th NCS (113) ’18: 7th NCS (113) |
28 |
113 |
25 |
Jaden
Ramos |
12 |
Redwood |
2-North
Coast |
’19: 4th NCS (113) |
29 |
113 |
- |
Ashton
Onsurez |
11 |
Centennial |
7-Central |
’19: 9th CS, 0-2 CA (113) |
30 |
113 |
29 |
Joshua
Acala |
12 |
Frontier |
6-Central |
’19: 10th CS, 1-2 CA (106) |
31 |
113 |
32 |
Andrew
Diaz |
10 |
Bakersfield |
8-Central |
. |
32 |
113 |
27 |
Wanderei
Whittington |
9 |
Monache |
10-Central |
. |
33 |
113 |
31 |
Alex
Calderon |
12 |
Redwood |
9-Central |
. |
34 |
113 |
39 |
Atri
Feizi |
9 |
De
La Salle |
3-North
Coast |
. |
35 |
113 |
HM |
Zachary
Ikaika Ramos |
12 |
Olympian |
4-San
Diego |
’19: 5th SDS (106) |
36 |
113 |
HM |
Tash
Nguyen |
10 |
Birmingham |
1-Los
Angeles |
. |
37 |
113 |
- |
Jesus
Plasencia |
12 |
Eastlake |
3-San
Diego |
’19: 6th SDS (106) |
38 |
113 |
- |
Jonathan
Garcia |
10 |
Orland |
2-Northern |
. |
39 |
113 |
- |
Amir
Jaradie |
9 |
SF
International |
1-San
Francisco |
. |
40 |
113 |
- |
Jake
Runge |
9 |
Skyline |
1-Oakland |
. |
|
# |
WT |
LW |
NAME |
GR |
TEAM |
SECTION |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
120 |
1 |
Carlos
Negrete |
11 |
Buchanan |
1-Central |
’19: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (113) ’18: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (106) |
2 |
120 |
2 |
Tristan
Lujan |
12 |
Selma |
2-Central |
’19: 1st CS, 1st CA (113) ’18: 2nd CS, 4th CA (113) ’17: 3rd CS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (106) |
3 |
120 |
19 |
Maxximus
Martinez |
9 |
St.
John Bosco |
1-Southern |
. |
4 |
120 |
3 |
Richard
C. Sandoval |
12 |
Santa
Ynez |
2-Southern |
’19:
2nd SS, 5th CA (120) ’18:
9th SS, 0-2 CA (113) ’17:
2-3 Qtrs. SS (106) |
5 |
120 |
4 |
Carter
Bailey |
11 |
Granada |
1-North
Coast |
’19: 3rd NCS, 2-2 CA (113) |
6 |
120 |
5 |
George
Rosas |
10 |
Clovis |
3-Central |
. |
7 |
120 |
6 |
Isriel
Tubera |
12 |
Pitman |
2-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 1st SJS, 3rd CA (113) ’17: 3rd SJS, 7th CA (106) |
8 |
120 |
7 |
Laz
Maldonado |
12 |
Clovis
West |
4-Central |
’18: 6th CS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (106) |
9 |
120 |
8 |
Hayden
Zinkin |
10 |
Clovis
North |
5-Central |
’19: 4th CS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (113) |
10 |
120 |
10 |
Fernando
Barreto |
10 |
Rowland |
3-Southern |
’19: 1st SS, 6th CA (106); DEF |
11 |
120 |
11 |
Noah
Ozuna |
11 |
Bakersfield |
6-Central |
’18: 6th CS, 1-2 CA (113) |
12 |
120 |
12 |
Johnny
Lopez |
10 |
Poway
|
1-San
Diego |
. |
13 |
120 |
13 |
Ryan
Luna |
10 |
St.
Francis |
1-Central
Coast |
’19: 1st CCS, DEF Qtrs. CA (106) |
14 |
120 |
14 |
Mike
Bigler |
12 |
Riordan |
2-Central
Coast |
’19: 3rd CCS, 7th CA (113) ’18: 5th CCS (106) |
15 |
120 |
9 |
Adrian
Limon |
10 |
Northview |
6-Southern |
. |
16 |
120 |
16 |
Tommy
Lavigne |
12 |
Valley
Center |
2-San
Diego |
’18: 1st SDS, 0-2 CA (106) |
17 |
120 |
18 |
Joaquin
Arroyo |
10 |
Calvary
Chapel |
4-Southern |
’19: 5th SS, 2-2 CA (106) |
18 |
120 |
30 |
Tyson
Escobedo |
10 |
Righetti |
7-Central |
. |
19 |
120 |
15 |
Jesse
Gayton |
12 |
Lemoore |
9-Central |
’19: 5th CS, 2-2 CA (120) ’18: 10th CS, 0-2 CA (120) |
20 |
120 |
24 |
Yoshiya
Funakoshi |
10 |
West
Torrance |
5-Southern |
’19: 4th SS, 8th CA (106) |
21 |
120 |
31 |
Jonathan
Hernandez |
9 |
Oakdale |
1-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
22 |
120 |
17 |
Dylan
Maples |
11 |
Bella
Vista |
3-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 2nd SJS, 1-2 CA (106) |
23 |
120 |
25 |
Zack
Stone |
11 |
Orange
Lutheran |
7-Southern |
. |
24 |
120 |
21 |
Abel
AJ Gaitan |
10 |
Yucaipa |
8-Southern |
’19: 4th SS, N/A CA (113) |
25 |
120 |
20 |
Erik
Hernandez |
12 |
Villa
Park |
9-Southern |
’18: 1-2 SS (106) |
26 |
120 |
22 |
Brian
Benevidez |
12 |
Porterville |
8-Central |
’17: 7th CS, 0-2 CA (106) |
27 |
120 |
23 |
Harrison
Nguyen |
12 |
Evergreen
Valley |
3-Central
Coast |
’19: 3rd CCS, 1-2 CA (120) ’18: 4th CCS (120) ’17:
4th CCS (106) |
28 |
120 |
38 |
Darien
Banuelos |
12 |
Carson |
1-Los
Angeles |
’19: 1st LAS, 0-2 CA (120) |
29 |
120 |
39 |
Russell
Nickerson |
11 |
Quincy |
1-Northern |
’19:
2nd NS, 0-2 CA (120) |
30 |
120 |
HM |
Keola
Abreu |
11 |
Yuba
City |
4-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 3-2 SJS (106) |
31 |
120 |
HM |
Casey
Roberts |
9 |
Vacaville |
5-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
32 |
120 |
- |
Caleb
Waller |
12 |
Heritage |
2-North
Coast |
. |
33 |
120 |
HM |
Sean
Pamintuan |
12 |
James
Logan |
3-North
Coast |
’19: 6th NCS (120) ’18: 8th NCS (113) |
34 |
120 |
HM |
Ralph
Magsino |
12 |
Olympian |
3-San
Diego |
’19:
4th SDS, 0-2 CA (120) |
35 |
120 |
HM |
Anthony
Maldonado |
12 |
Brawley |
4-San
Diego |
’19:
4th SDS, 1-2 CA (113) |
36 |
120 |
- |
Andy
Del Toro |
11 |
San
Fernando |
2-Los
Angeles |
’19: 2nd LAS (120) |
37 |
120 |
HM |
Elijah
Montez |
9 |
Gregori |
6-Sac
Joaquin |
. |
38 |
120 |
- |
Brody
Dollins |
11 |
Sutter |
2-Northern |
’19: 1st NS, 0-2 CA (106) |
39 |
120 |
- |
Shane
Corona |
11 |
Foothill |
10-Central |
. |
40 |
120 |
- |
Richard
Noon |
11 |
Lincoln |
1-San
Francisco |
. |
|
# |
WT |
LW |
NAME |
GR |
TEAM |
SECTION |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
126 |
1 |
Maximo
Renteria |
11 |
Buchanan |
1-Central |
’19: 1st CS, 1st CA (120) ’18: 1st CS, 1st CA (113) |
2 |
126 |
2 |
Jason
Miranda |
12 |
Poway |
1-San
Diego |
’19: 1st SDS, 3rd CA (126) ’18: 1st SDS, 5th CA (113) |
3 |
126 |
6 |
Wayne
Joint |
11 |
Lemoore |
2-Central |
’19: 1st CS, 5th CA (126) ’18: 10th CS, 2-2 CA (113) |
4 |
126 |
3 |
Timothy
Levine |
12 |
St.
John Bosco |
1-Southern |
’19: 5th SS, 2-2 CA (132) ’17: 5th SS, 3-2 CA (106) |
5 |
126 |
4 |
Jayden
Gomez |
11 |
Gilroy |
2-Central
Coast |
’18: 1st CCS, 5th CA (106) |
6 |
126 |
7 |
Damion
Elliott |
10 |
Del
Oro |
1-Sac
Joaquin |
’19: 2nd SJS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (113) |
7 |
126 |
9 |
Kimo
Leia |
10 |
Selma |
3-Central |
’19: 8th CS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (120) |
8 |
126 |
11 |
Justin
Mouritsen |
12 |
Clovis |
4-Central |
’19:
3rd CS, 4th CA (113) ’18:
4th CS, 4th CA (106) |
9 |
126 |
5 |
Ryan
Watts |
11 |
Clovis
North |
5-Central |
. |
10 |
126 |
8 |
William
Giron |
12 |
Turlock |
2-Sac
Joaquin |
’19:
3rd SJS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (113) ’18:
3rd SJS, 8th CA (106) ’17:
6th SJS, 1-2 CA (106) |
11 |
126 |
13 |
Koa
Ruiz |
10 |
San
Marino |
2-Southern |
’19: 9th SS, 2-2 CA (113) |
12 |
126 |
25 |
Jose
Cisneros |
12 |
Sultana |
3-Southern |
’19: 10th SS (120) |
13 |
126 |
11 |
Clayton
Bashor |
11 |
Oakdale |
3-Sac
Joaquin |