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As expected, the three dual meets were hard fought and had pretty close outcomes. Cal came in second behind Buena Park. All wrestlers had a good showing and gained more mat time, which will pay off come league and CIF. Jon Toro (119), Elias Rodriguez/Andrew Garcia (145), Matt Melendrez (152), and Mark Contreras went 3-0 earning a first place medal. Torrey Moreno (103), Alex Gray (130), Abraham Romero (135), and Matt Morris (215) came in second.
Cal 42 Western 32
Cal 42 La Mirada 33
Cal 27 Buena Park 40
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The Quad at Western will be a nice tough challenge this tuesday. It features the host, Western; La Mirada; Buena Park; and Cal. All four programs have produced State qualifiers recently.
Wrestling starts at 2pm.
Click on the directions page to learn how to get to Western H.S.
Cal to wrestle Bell HS at home on wednesday.
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A slow start of seven consecutive loses to three consecutive pins in the finals sum up today’s tournament. In the end, everyone contributed to a 3rd place trophy. Tournament Champions: Matt Melendrez (Upper weight MVP), Elias Rodriguez, and Daniel Guzman. Jon Toro lost a tough 3-2 decision but wrestled back to take 3rd place. Equally impressive was the first time varsity wrestlers Torey Moreno, Abraham Romero, Miguel Maldonado and Anthony Zepeda posted victories. Damin Maldonado also performed well winning his first match ever at 171s after two weeks of wrestling. The team should continue to improve as the competition gets tougher.
Click for TMI bracket results
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“It’s a long season” “It’s a short season” were two ways that the season was described at practice a few weeks ago in order to get you mentally prepared for the wrestling season. As I reflected a bit on this, I would like to offer a different way of describing it. First, I would like to get the emotion out of describing our season. “It’s a short season” could lead to various anxiety provoking thoughts such as “I don’t have enough time to get better and be a CIF champion”. “It’s a long season” could lead to frustration with thoughts like “This hard training, weight cutting, and tournaments seem like they will never end”. Both could potentially lead you to underperform on the mat either by not trying hard enough because of lack of motivation or burnout.
Describing the season with facts and staying with the facts will take the emotion out and help you stay focused in your training and at tournaments. Doing this will increase the probability of you having a good performance. So varsity wrestlers, reframe this as: “the season is three months long” (from Los Osos tournament to State). Basically, I want you to take the judgment out of the way you define the season, practice, weight cutting, etc. Another way of describing the season is to focus on the “here and now” and not on how long it has been or how many more weeks there are left. In other words, the season is “right now” “just this moment”.
Come to Wednesday evening practice, as I will lead an experiential exercise that will help you understand the above concepts through experience and answer any questions on this post.
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JV to report at Cal High @ 6:30 am
Go to the directions page for directions to El Rancho HS.
Results to follow
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The Cal Wrestling Family came together this past Saturday as alumni, former parents, current wrestlers, parents and coaches came to pay respect and remember one of our own, Eddie Brown. Twenty-six humble alumni competed to honor Eddie with his parents’ and sisters’ presence sitting in the stands where they once sat for four years. The wrestlers’ atrophying high school bodies were not a concern as they were gracious in putting up a good show for a good-sized crowd. There were many exciting matches and the highly anticipated match between Ben and Scire was as good as advertised. We hope to continue to grow as a family and see more alumni at next year’s event (33 attended this year). The Eddie Brown alumni duals will continue to be held annually on the Saturday before thanksgiving.
CLASS OF 2004
Ben Taylor
Andy Buehler
Andy Freeman
Jason Blackburn
CLASS OF 2005
Richard Moreno
Patrick Munoz
Alex Garcia
Levi Pocock
Daniel Avila
CLASS OF 2006
Scire Dompe
Brandon Dompe
Travis Abeyta
Andres Cordova
David Gomez
Andrew Petterez
Chris Miller
CLASS OF 2007
Roy Ramirez
Nick Patterson
Jesus Ortega
John Martin
Josh Audelo
Kenneth Gonsalves
Richard Juarez
Victor Foss
CLASS OF 2008
Jeremy Araiza
Richard Callahan
Jordan Blackburn
Kevin Orense
Alex RamirezTrevor AbeytaCharlie BaraczaDevin OcampoJohny Avila
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Join us in celebretaing Eddie Brown’s life at our 2nd annual Eddie Brown Alumni Duals this saturday, November 22nd. The night will have several matches between alumni, featuring Scire vs. Ben as our main event.
Doors open at 5:00 pm, wrestling starts at 6:00 pm
Event will be held in the big gym.
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The Hydration test is on Tuesday November 24th at Cal High at 6:00am Wrestlers to be there by 5:45 am.
Bring $10 and light shorts to weigh yourself with.
SOME HINTS FOR PASSING THE HYDRATION TEST
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Consume 2-4 cups of water in 1-2 hour period right before the test.
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No vigorous activity on the evening before and the day of the testing.
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Avoid any caffeinated drinks (YES, this means soda) on the day before and day of the testing.
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On the day of testing, drink 17 oz. of fluid. (A sports drink is an excellent choice).
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Avoid any vitamins or mineral supplements two days before and the day of testing.
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Be awake three hours prior to testing.
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Do not eat two hours prior to testing.
Please call us or post (under comments) if you have any questions
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