Updated: January 15, 2020

STATE RANKINGS

Wrestlers are placed at their projected weights – targeting where they will be in January when the +2 pounds weight allowance goes into effect. At season’s end, these rankings will be used to seed the CIF State Tournament. Rankings mean very little once the whistle blows but having a centralized, data-driven resource that accurately tracks the top CA wrestlers (from a total pool of 25,000+) is a good thing. The goal is to be as transparent as possible and list every competitor (within reason) who has a good shot at qualifying for state.

There is a predictive nature to these rankings – over the past five years, applying the final rankings released prior to the state meet, 91% of eventual state medalists were ranked in the top 12 and nearly 97% were ranked in the top 16. I pride in maintaining the integrity of the quarterfinals match-ups as those usually mean the correct wrestlers were seeded. Over the past three state meets, nearly 99% (331 of 336) of the eventual quarterfinalists were seeded in the top 16 with 96% (322 of 336) seeded in the top 12.

The margin separating wrestlers outside the top 20+ is slim – so unless there’s compelling evidence to put a wrestler much higher on the list, don’t be discouraged. In my view, it’s more important to properly sort out the top 20 in each weight class rather than nitpick on whether a #35 deserves to be a #26 or debate about the last couple honorable mention (HM) spots. Besides, just being listed means a wrestler is in the top 3% of all CA competitors, which is a major accomplishment in itself. If a team has a solid “B” (or even “C”) wrestler, he will be listed as a shared spot in the rankings (if it’s not clear who the starter will be) or as a well-deserved HM. There are some legitimate back-ups who are top 10-type talents so they are most definitely worth mentioning, especially if they beat state-caliber opponents.

Rankings criteria will be consistent with those applied at tournament seeding meetings – 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 by season’s end (for state seeding) will be overall body of work as case-by-case discretion must be made when H2Hs conflict or are lacking. This also places emphasis on state qualifier results (“Masters” tournaments) rather than H2Hs and tournament placings from much earlier in the season.

I welcome feedback, questions, or corrections at castateranker@gmail.com.

KEY: # = current rank; LW = last week’s ranking

State Medalist

State Qualifier

106 POUNDS

#	WT	LW	NAME	GR	TEAM	SECTION	PREVIOUS
1	106	1	Andre Gonzales	11	Poway	San Diego	’19: 1st SDS, 3rd CA (106)
2	106	2	Zeth Romney	10	Chaminade	Southern	’19: 3rd SS, 5th CA (106)
3	106	3	Raymond Lopez	11	Buchanan	Central	.
4	106	4	Maxximus Martinez	9	St. John Bosco	Southern	.
5	106	5	Michael Torres	10	Oakdale	Sac Joaquin	.
6	106	6	Beau Mantanona	9	Palm Desert	Southern	.
7	106	11 (113)	Isaiah Kainoa Medina	10	Vacaville	Sac Joaquin	’19: 4th SJS, 1-2 CA (106)
8	106	7	Dominic Mendez	10	Righetti	Central	’19: 3rd CS, 2-2 CA (106)
9	106	9	Ethan Perryman	11	Temecula Valley	Southern	’19: 2-2 SS (106)
10	106	10	Santino Sanchez	10	San Marino	Southern	.
11	106	8	Chris Calderon	11	Esperanza	Southern	’19: 2nd SS, 2-2 CA (106)
12	106	22	Allan Hendricks	10	Centennial	Southern	’19: 1-2 SS (106)
13	106	11	Clarence Moore	9	Gilroy	Central Coast	.
14	106	12	Calvin Antonio	11	Evergreen Valley	Central Coast	’19: 2nd CCS, 1-2 CA (106); DEF ’18: 3-2 Qtrs. CCS (106)
15	106	13	Nikko Beato	11	Rancho Bernardo	San Diego	’19: 2nd SDS, 0-2 CA (106) ’18: 3rd SDS, 0-2 CA (106)
16	106	20	Bobby Cuevas, Jr.	10	De La Salle	North Coast	’19: 2nd NCS, 0-2 CA (106)
17	106	14	Isaac Herrera	9	Del Oro	Sac Joaquin	.
18	106	15	Matt Terrence	10	Clovis	Central	’19: 5th CS, 3-2 CA (106)
19	106	17	Naythan Galbiso	11	Imperial	San Diego	’19: 3rd SDS, 0-2 CA (106)
20	106	18	Justin Wells	9	Clovis North	Central	.
21	106	19	Adrian Ledezma	12	Roosevelt	Southern	’19: 1-2 SS (106)
22	106	21	Lorenzo Gunn	12	Benicia	North Coast	’19: 3rd NCS, 0-2 CA (106)
23	106	23	Ashawn Perez	9	Yucaipa	Southern	.
24	106	-	Caleb Park	9	Calvary Chapel	Southern	.
25	106	26	Nate Gonzalez	10	Selma	Central	.
26	106	-	Login Robinson	10	Steele Canyon	San Diego	’19: 2-2 Qtrs. SDS (106)
27	106	24	Artie Carranza	10	Arlington	Southern	’19: 2-2 SS (106)
28	106	27	Nathan Lopez	12	Hillcrest	Southern	’19: 2-3 Qtrs. SS (106)
29	106	-	Ethan Nguyen	10	Diamond Ranch	Southern	’19: 0-2 SS (106)
30	106	28	Andrew Lopez	10	Warren	Southern	.
31	106	29	Daniel Penagos	12	Paramount	Southern	.
32	106	33	Elijah Flores	9	Rowland	Southern	.
33	106	35	Kade Ayres	10	Fountain Valley	Southern	.
34	106	HM (113)	Kevin Lopez	10	Elk Grove	Sac Joaquin	’19: 2-2 SJS (113)
35	106	36	Nick Trave	11	Petaluma	North Coast	’19: 4th NCS (106)
36	106	37	Isaiah Rubio John Fredrickson	10 11	Windsor	North Coast	’19: 7th NCS (106)
37	106	34	Julio Bautista	12	Folsom	Sac Joaquin	.
38	106	38	Dylan McDonald	10	Lemoore	Central	’19: 2-2 CS (106)
39	106	HM	Brandon Lazcano	11	Santa Barbara	Southern	.
40	106	39	Liam Nelson	10	Orland	Northern	’19: 3rd NS (106)
HM	106	HM	Cisco Cabrera Ray Harris	9 9	Buchanan	Central	.
HM	106	HM	Justin Ramirez Koda Holeman	11 10	Clovis	Central	.
HM	106	HM	Dom De’Altonaga Nathan Lam	11 10	Poway	San Diego	.
HM	106	HM	Tyler Riley	10	Vacaville	Sac Joaquin	.
HM	106	25	Joseph Pangelinan	12	Murrieta Valley	Southern	’19: 1-2 SS (106)
HM	106	30	Jose Bravo	11	Oxnard	Southern	.
HM	106	31	Adam Trejo	12	Alemany	Southern	.
HM	106	40	Tristen Lorraine	9	Frontier	Central	.
HM	106	HM	Jasias Carrasco	9	Dinuba	Central	.
HM	106	HM	Nick Stringer	12	Nordhoff	Southern	’18: 0-2 SS (106)
HM	106	HM	Jeremy Lee Oani	9	Righetti	Central	.
HM	106	HM	Justin Cisneros	12	Morro Bay	Central	’19: 2-2 CS (106)
HM	106	HM	Francisco Alcantar	11	Nipomo	Central	’19: 8th CS, DEF CA (106)
HM	106	-	Mario Sandoval	9	Northview	Southern	.
HM	106	HM	Jake McLaughlin	10	Mater Dei	Southern	.
HM	106	HM	Sebastian Rodriguez	11	Laguna Hills	Southern	.
HM	106	HM	Mark Justin Ramirez	9	Fremont	Central Coast	.

106 NOTES: Some great match-ups transpired last weekend at the big Southern tournaments – Five Counties and Temecula Valley. The fight for #1 was on full display with season-long #1 Gonzales (Poway) making his 106 debut with a come-from-behind victory over freshman sensation Mantanona (Palm Desert). Romney (Chaminade) remains at #2, though he’s still at 113. The reason for his prolonged stay there seems to be his success at the weight, negating the urgency to get down to 106. Romney placed at national-caliber Doc B at the weight, and last weekend, won Five Counties – in the finals, he beat another top freshman Martinez (SJ Bosco).

At #3 is Lopez (Buchanan) who traveled to New Jersey to compete at a Bergen Catholic dual meet event. So nothing changes among the top 6. #4 Martinez (SJ Bosco) was Five Counties runner-up to Romney, Torres (Oakdale) cruised to the Tim Brown title in Sacramento, and #6 Mantanona (Palm Desert) continues to close in against the state’s best. New #7 is Medina (Vacaville), who’s dropped from 113. He’s a major threat here, as the only CA opponents he’s lost to this season are returning state runner-up Gioffre (Buchanan) and #1 Gonzales (Poway). Medina placed 3rd at a very tough Temecula Valley, losing to Gonzales while beating #8 Mendez (Righetti) and #9 Perryman (Temecula Valley).

Sanchez (San Marino) rounds out the top 10. The big jump of the week is Hendricks (Centennial), who had a late start to the season but was runner-up at Five Counties. Of course, the Five Counties champion was Buchanan’s unofficial “B” wrestler, freshman Cabrera, who would easily be in the top 10 and could still lay claim for the starting spot as the season winds down.

113 POUNDS

#	WT	LW	NAME	GR	TEAM	SECTION	PREVIOUS
1	113	1	Richard Figueroa	11	Selma	Central	’19: 1st CS, 1st CA (106) ’18: 1st CS, 1st CA (106)
2	113	2	Joey Cruz	10	Clovis North	Central	’19: 4th CS, 3rd CA (120)
3	113	3	Jack Gioffre	10	Buchanan	Central	’19: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (106)
4	113	4	Brock Bobzien	10	Poway	San Diego	’19: 1st SDS, 1-2 CA (113)
5	113	5	Dario Lemus	9	Clovis	Central	.
6	113	6	Brayden Abell	11	Oakdale	Sac Joaquin	’19: 3rd SJS, 4th CA (106) ’18: 5th SJS, 1-2 CA (106)
7	113	8	Zachary Thompson	11	Palma	Central Coast	’19: 2nd CCS, 3-2 CA (113) ’18: 3rd CCS, 1-2 CA (106)
8	113	10	Sean Solis	10	Fountain Valley	Southern	’19: 7th SS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (106)
9	113	12	Tiger Ortiz	11	Calvary Chapel	Southern	’19: 6th SS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (106)
10	113	13	Justin Rodriguez	10	Palm Desert	Southern	.
11	113	14	Salahdin Farukh	11	Valley	Sac Joaquin	’19: 6th SJS, 0-2 CA (106)
12	113	18	Devin Avedissian	10	Temecula Valley	Southern	’19: 3-3 SS (113)
13	113	17	Trenton Guillermo	11	Yucaipa	Southern	’19: 2-2 SS (106)
14	113	16	Zack Fierro Amit Klair	9 11	Gilroy	Central Coast	’19: 6th CCS (120); DEF ’18: 4th CCS (106)
15	113	16 (106)	Logan Valledor	10	Vacaville	Sac Joaquin	.
16	113	25	Julian Lizardo	12	East Nicolaus	Northern	.
17	113	19	Talan Niimi	10	Granite Bay	Sac Joaquin	’19: 2-2 SJS (106)
18	113	20	Egberto Davalos	11	Turlock	Sac Joaquin	.
19	113	21	Jaden Ramos	12	Redwood	North Coast	’19: 4th NCS (113)
20	113	22	Alex Calderon	12	Redwood	Central	.
21	113	24	Dylan Atherton	11	Arroyo	Southern	’19: 3-3 SS (113)
22	113	HM	Travis Ewing	10	Esperanza	Southern	.
23	113	40	Coen Quintana	9	Dinuba	Central	.
24	113	23	Andrew Diaz	10	Bakersfield	Central	.
25	113	31	Thomas Le	10	Laguna Hills	Southern	.
26	113	27	Wanderlei Whittington	9	Monache	Central	.
27	113	-	Jesse Cota	10	Patterson	Sac Joaquin	’19: 7th SJS (106)
28	113	28	Mac Le Gaspe	11	Northview	Southern	.
29	113	29	David Saenz	11	Roosevelt	Southern	.
30	113	32	Nathan Muniz	12	Hillcrest	Southern	’19: 1-2 SS (113)
31	113	33	Joshua Acala	12	Frontier	Central	’19: 10th CS, 1-2 CA (106)
32	113	34	Jose Sanchez	12	Maria Carrillo	North Coast	’19: 5th NCS (113) ’18: 7th NCS (113)
33	113	35	Ricky Valdez	10	Hesperia	Southern	.
34	113	HM	Caden Thiel	10	Aliso Niguel	Southern	.
35	113	36	Brandon Eusebio	9	Rancho Bernardo	San Diego	.
36	113	30	Daniel Moreno	12	Brawley	San Diego	’19: 4th SDS, 2-2 CA (106); DEF
37	113	37	Matthew Jordan	12	Valhalla	San Diego	’19: 6th SDS (113) ’18: 4-2 SDS (106)
38	113	HM	Atri Feizi	9	De La Salle	North Coast	.
39	113	HM	Nathan McDonald	12	Villa Park	Southern	’19: 0-2 SS (120)
40	113	HM	Ethan Qureshi	10	Portola	Southern	.
HM	113	HM (120)	Sebastian Bustamante	9	Buchanan	Central	.
HM	113	-	Noah Arsitio	11	Clovis North	Central	’19: 4th CS, 2-2 CA (106)
HM	113	HM (106)	Alan Casey	9	Oakdale	Sac Joaquin	.
HM	113	HM	Brody Dollins	11	Sutter	Northern	’19: 1st NS, 0-2 CA (106) ’18: 3rd NS (106)
HM	113	32 (106)	Jorge Soriano	10	San Fernando	Los Angeles	’19: 1st LAS, 0-2 CA (106)
HM	113	HM	Ryan Lobato	9	Chaparral	Southern	.
HM	113	HM	Adrian Perciado	11	Serrano	Southern	’19: 2-2 SS (106)
HM	113	HM	Zachary Ikaika Ramos	12	Olympian	San Diego	’19: 5th SDS (106)
HM	113	HM	Jesus Plasencia	12	Eastlake	San Diego	’19: 6th SDS (106)
HM	113	HM	Isaac Lopez	11	Bonita Vista	San Diego	.
HM	113	HM	Ethan Guillermo	10	Palm Desert	Southern	.
HM	113	HM	Kenneth Rodgers	9	Calvary Chapel	Southern	.
HM	113	HM	Conor Uyekawa	12	Los Alamitos	Southern	.
HM	113	HM	Jack Morton	11	Glendora	Southern	.
HM	113	-	Ivan Torres	11	Greenfield	Central Coast	’19: 4-2 CCS (113)
HM	113	-	David Rudkin	9	Chico	Northern	.

113 NOTES: The top two, #1 Figueroa (Selma) and #2 Cruz (Clovis North) were off this past weekend, while #3 Gioffre (Buchanan) competed in New Jersey. #4 Bobzien (Poway) won the Temecula Valley title, defeating #11 Rodriguez (Palm Desert) in the finals by fall. #5 Lemus (Clovis) was also home for the weekend, and #6 Abell (Oakdale) continues to be sidelined, missing out on the Tim Brown tournament. He hasn’t logged a result since forfeiting out of a Las Vegas event and this bears watching – hopefully he’ll be back in action soon. #7 Thompson (Palma) won the Tim Brown title. I bumped a couple guys up to 113, returning state medalist Barreto (Rowland) and state quarterfinalist Luna (St. Francis), who will have to contend with a very crowded 120 field.

This weight is elite in the top 8 range but opens up quite a bit into the 20s. A couple key H2Hs and a wrestler in the 30s could easily jump 10-15 spots.

120 POUNDS

#	WT	LW	NAME	GR	TEAM	SECTION	PREVIOUS
1	120	1	Tristan Lujan	12	Selma	Central	’19: 1st CS, 1st CA (113) ’18: 2nd CS, 4th CA (113) ’17: 3rd CS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (106)
2	120	2	Carlos Negrete	11	Buchanan	Central	’19: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (113) ’18: 2nd CS, 2nd CA (106)
3	120	3	Richard C. Sandoval	12	Santa Ynez	Southern	’19: 2nd SS, 5th CA (120) ’18: 9th SS, 0-2 CA (113) ’17: 2-3 Qtrs. SS (106)
4	120	4	George Rosas	10	Clovis	Central	.
5	120	5	Isriel Tubera	12	Pitman	Sac Joaquin	’19: 1st SJS, 3rd CA (113) ’17: 3rd SJS, 7th CA (106)
6	120	9	Johnny Lopez	10	Poway	San Diego	.
7	120	7	Carter Bailey	11	Granada	North Coast	’19: 3rd NCS, 2-2 CA (113)
8	120	10	Hayden Zinkin	10	Clovis North	Central	’19: 4th CS, 4-2 Top 12 CA (113)
9	120	11	Damion Elliott	10	Del Oro	Sac Joaquin	’19: 2nd SJS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (113)
10	120	7 (113)	Fernando Barreto	10	Rowland	Southern	’19: 1st SS, 6th CA (106); DEF
11	120	6	William Giron	12	Turlock	Sac Joaquin	’19: 3rd SJS, 2-2 Qtrs. CA (113) ’18: 3rd SJS, 8th CA (106) ’17: 6th SJS, 1-2 CA (106)
12	120	12	Adrian Limon	10	Northview	Southern	.
13	120	9 (113)	Ryan Luna	10	St. Francis	Central Coast	’19: 1st CCS, DEF Qtrs. CA (106)
14	120	8	Mike Bigler	12	Riordan	Central Coast	’19: 3rd CCS, 7th CA (113) ’18: 5th CCS (106)
15	120	13	Abel AJ Gaitan	10	Yucaipa	Southern	’19: 4th SS, N/A CA (113)
16	120	20	Noah Ozuna	11	Bakersfield	Central	’18: 6th CS, 1-2 CA (113)
17	120	14	Brian Benevidez	12	Porterville	Central	’17: 7th CS, 0-2 CA (106)
18	120	15	Jesse Gayton	12	Lemoore	Central	’19: 5th CS, 2-2 CA (120) ’18: 10th CS, 0-2 CA (120)
19	120	17	Jake Stone	12	Roseville	Sac Joaquin	’18: 1st SJS, 2-2 CA (106)
20	120	16	Tommy Lavigne	12	Valley Center	San Diego	’18: 1st SDS, 0-2 CA (106)
21	120	18	Joaquin Arroyo	10	Calvary Chapel	Southern	’19: 5th SS, 2-2 CA (106)
22	120	19	Yoshiya Funakoshi	10	West Torrance	Southern	’19: 4th SS, 8th CA (106)
23	120	22	Dylan Maples	11	Bella Vista	Sac Joaquin	’19: 2nd SJS, 1-2 CA (106)
24	120	23	Tony Yuke	11	McClatchy	Sac Joaquin	’19: 6th SJS, 1-2 CA (113)
25	120	24	John Valdez	11	Grace Davis	Sac Joaquin	’19: DEF, SJS (113) ’18: 7th SJS (106)
26	120	27	Zack Stone	11	Orange Lutheran	Southern	.
27	120	25	Michael Folch	9	Fountain Valley	Southern	.
28	120	31