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State-record fourth straight championship won by Fresno City

FRESNO – For the fourth season in a row, and 18th time in their history, Fresno City College has won the CCCAA Wrestling State Championships. It marks the first time a school has won four consecutive state championships. Previously, only Fresno City (2010-12), El Camino College (1964-66) and San Bernardino Valley (1959-61) had accomplished the feat.
The Rams, who finished with 186 team points, had seven of their entries advance to the championship rounds in six weight classifications. They went on to win four individual state champions, which improves their state-leading total to 87. Southern California Regional champion Cerritos College finished in a distant second place with 137 team points and had two individual champs. It was a battle for the next three positions in the team standings, with Bakersfield College (77) Sacramento City College (72), Sierra College (70) and Mt. San Antonio College (65) rounding out the top five finishers.
For the third season in a row, Paul Keysaw (pictured, left with George Moreno) was named the state’s (NWCA) Coach of the year, and award he had received 10 times in his career, with second of them coming as the Fresno City head coach. His top assistant, George Moreno, received the (NWCA) Assistant Coach of the Year for the third year in a row.The state tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler was Moorpark College’s Jacob Hansen, who won the 165-pound weight class with a pair of pins and then a 7-2 victory in the championship match. He was the first Moorpark recipient of the award since 1999.
125 Pounds
#1S Jonathan Prata (Cerritos) def. #1N Mario Moreno (Fresno City), 3-2
Three weeks ago at the CCCAA Team Dual State Championship match, Mario Moreno handed Jonathan Prata his first loss of the season, 5-2. But in the most important match of the season, Prata was able to score a third period reversal and earn enough riding time for an extra point to secure the victory.  Rest of the story and the list of champions and medalists at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/State-record-fourth-straight-16-12-2019

December 16, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized