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Head Varsity Coach: Doug Silva  - dsilva@smjuhsd.org

Asst. Coach: Luis Villa - lvilla@smjuhsd.org

Danielle Garren - dgarren@smjuhsd.org

Jason Limon - jlemon@smjuhsd.org

Eddie Meza - emeza@smjuhsd.org

Oscar Velasco - ovelasco@smjuhsd.org

Eddie Velasco, Isaac Sechslingloff, Rodolfo Pena 

 

update: 3/7/24

 

 

 

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INFORMATION

IMPORTANT  Remind Code: @smhsboysw

SUMMER WRESTLING CAMP WITH CAL POLY AT SANTA MARIA HIGH SCHOOL. www.thewrestlinginstitute.com

  • March 23 Thousand Oaks tournament
  • March 27 Wednesday - Team Banquet
  • April 6 Morro Bay
  • APRIL 13 SANTA MARIA
  • April 27 Righetti
  • May 11 Oxnard
  • May 15 FREE Physicals at Santa Maria
  • May 18 Association Duals
  • May 25 Camarillo
  • June 21-23 David Taylor camp at Buchanan HS
  • June 25-28 Buchanan Camp at Santa Maria
  • July 22-25 Cal Poly Camp at Santa Maria
  • Practice schedule below Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
  • 23-24 schedule see below
  • CLICK HERE FOR THE WRESTLER'S DIET

 

We are super excited for 23/24 season.. We have an amazing coaching staff and look forward to a great 23/24 season! 

 

 

Highlight video 2023

Highlight video 2022

Highlight video 2016

Highlight video 2014

Alex Lopez: Masters Champ and Highlights

SMHS W

MISSION

Our Mission is to put academics and citizenship first and foremost.  The wrestling room is a classroom and is to be respected as such, no vulgar language or behaviors from athletes or coaches.  

VISION

The Program is more important than the individuals that make up the team.  There is no I in TEAM.  Together Everyone Achieves More.

SLOGAN

Dedication - On time, always at practice, no excuses for missing

GOALS

Qualify all 14 wrestlers to the Masters Tournament
Wrestler, Coach, and Mentor

2023 - 2024 Roster

 Weight
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 Name (year)  Name (year)  Name (year)
 106 Misael Lopez (11) Federico Solano (11) 
 113 Jesus Santiago (10) Omar Tello (10)Juan San Juan (10)
 120 Fernando Diaz (12) Marco Ramirez (9) 
 126 Bryan San Juan (12) Kevin Carrizal (12) 
 132 Leo Mendoza (11) Ricardo Gonzalez (10)
 138 Mateo Peinado (11) Freddy Salmeron (12) 
 144 Gio Gaytan (12)  
 150 Martin Ballesteros (12)  
 157 Joel Angeles (11) Silvino Zeferino (11) 
 165 Alexis Iturbide (12)  
 175 Steven Enriquez (10) Angel Delgado (12) 
 190 Erik Guzman (11)  
 215 Muhammed Baker (11)  
 Heavy Jossue Buatista (11) Jose Bautista (11) Bryan Cardenas (11)

 

WRESTLER'S OF THE WEEK

This week wrestlers of the week go to Erik Guzman and Alexis Iturbide for placing in the cif tournament and moving on to the Central Section Masters Meet.

UPDATES

  • New weight classes for 2023-2024 season 14 Weight Classes – 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 157, 165, 175, 190, 215, 285
  • We will now move to the Mountain League in wrestling.

Francisco "Paco" Villa (In Loving Memory)


He played football for Santa Maria but broke his finger in a game and continued playing without the coaches knowing.  He was one tough dude and made an even better wrestler from 2012-2015.  He was a two-time masters qualifier and came back to coach 2018-2021.  Sadly, he passed away in 2021 doing what he loved.  He had a big heart for the kids of Santa Maria High School.  He will be honored by the Saints, who will host the Francisco Villa Memorial Wrestling tournament. R.I.P. Francisco 1996-2021.  Your contributions will not be forgotten.  "Once a Saint, Always a Saint."

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Schedule

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Practice Schedule

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MEMORIES

Practice August 2023

Boys Wrestling Season Results, History and Hall of Fame

Santa Maria High School CIF Qualifying results since 1967

2024 - Who's next?

Head Coach Doug Silva.

Righetti and Newbury Park Tournament - Martin 5th place and Saul made the semi's and ended up 6th place at the Righetti tournament.

AG Dual - Win 51-30, big wins from Misael, Mateo, Martin, Joel, Alexis, and Bryan.

Righetti Dual - Loss 45-23.  Bryan, Leo, Martin, Joel, Alexis all with wins.  Jesus and Fernando with really tight matches, dual was much closer than the score indicates.

Cam,CI duals - 4-6 record as a team.  Standout performers were Misael 2nd, Steven 4th, Leo 3rd, Bryan 3rd, Omar 4th.

Bash tournament - 7th place overall finish.  Alexis, Mateo 5th, Bryan, Leo, Fernando 6th.

Paso Dual - Loss 45-21.  Misael, Joel, Alexis, Steven all with wins.

Apple Cider Tournament - Big Bryan 4th, Steven and Alexis 6th.

2023 - League Champions - CIF 7th place D3

Head Coach Doug Silva.

CIF - Jesus Santiago (8th), Bryan San Juan (3rd), Joel Angeles (2nd), Jose Vasquez (2nd), Alexis Iturbide (5th), Angel Herrera (6th) all qualify for the Masters Meet.

Cabrillo - Win 44-33, SLO - Win 48-24, Nipomo - Win 63-18. Santa Ynez - Win 42-39, Lompoc - Win 57-16, St. Joseph - Win 54 - 24

CIT - Mateo and Bryan with 2 wins each.  Tough tournament.

Santa Ynez Tourney- Jesus 4th, Bryan 6th, Joel 6th and Angel P 6th.

Old Dutch - 15th place out of 19 teams.  Kevin Carrizal 4th place and Angel Herrera 6th place led the team down the stretch.  Good start to the season.

ASICS So Cal Challenge - 23rd out of 40 teams.  Joel 6th, Bryan 8th and Fernando Diaz 8th.

Reedley - 13th Place out 26 Teams.  Top finishers, Bryan, Alexis and Angel P all with a 4th place finish

Channel Islands Duals - 5-4 dual meet record, barely lost to Liberty 39-36 and big win against the host school 69-12.  Several kids earned their first varsity win, Angel D, Freddy, Jesus, Braulio (4 wins), and Silvino.  Makai Soto led the way with a 7-2 record and 5th place finish, also Jesus with a 6-3 record and 3rd place finish.

2022 - 7th Place CIF CS Division D4

Head Coach Doug Silva.  

Masters Results - Angel Lucas, Angel Anguiano.  Both are 1st year wrestlers and had an amazing season improving everyday making it to the Master's tournament.

CIF Results - Bryan San Juan 6th, Kevin Carrizal 5th, Fernando Diaz 7th, Jose Vasquez 6th, Angel Lucas 2nd, Alexis Iturbide 8th, Makai Soto 8th, Jacob Vea 8th, Angel Anguiano 1st.

No Individual League Finals

League Duals Results - Tie 3rd place. Loss Morro Bay, Loss Nipomo, Loss St Joseph, Win San Luis Obispo.

Mission Oak - Jose Vasquez 4th

Blackwatch - 38th out of 61 teams, no placers

CI Duals - 9th out of 17 teams.  Bryan San Juan 3rd, Angel Anguiano 5th

Righetti Old Dutch - 17th out of 18 teams, no placers

2021

Head Coach Corey Costanza.  Covid year.  League duals only along with a league tournament.  Eric Carrizal took third in the league finals.

2020 - 

Head Coach James Gross.  CIF Results - Eric Carrizal 2nd, Juventino Garcia 3rd, Miguel Manuel Jimenez 3rd, Nicholas Quang 2nd.

 

2019 - 9th place

Head Coach Steve Hart.  Division 3. Cif results - Valentin Martinez 6th, Brian Montanez 6th, Elijah Arguijo 3rd, Emilio Barajas 4th, Nicolas Quang 6th, Nelson Gamez 6th.

LPL Preseason Meet - SMHS 2-0 with dominant wins over Lompoc and Cabrillo

 

1st year moving to CIF Central Section 2019

 

2018  -  19th place

Head Coach Mark Jansen.

CIF - Frank Lopez finished off an outstanding career by finishing 3rd place. Gabriel Bravo 7th place.

League Finals - Champions: Frank Lopez, Ruben Lopez.  2nd Place: Eluterio Edralin.  3rd - Gabriel Bravo

Frank Lopez is having a strong season he finished 4th at CIT (80 teams), 2nd at the Bash (15 teams) 1st at Santa Ynez (21 teams)

Eluterio Edralin 3rd Bash, 3rd Santa Ynez

Gabriel Bravo 3rd Bash, 3rd Santa Ynez

 

2017 League Champs 5 years in a row, 8th place in CIF 

Head Coach Costanza.

SS Masters - Josias Calderon had a strong tournament going 2-2, he was a match away from qualifying. Both losses were by a point to guys he wrestled and beat before.  Frank Lopez was sick and was 0-2 but good thing he gets another crack it next year.

CIF Individuals (8th place)- 8 qualifiers Josias Calderon 3rd place, Frank Lopez 3rd place, Jorge Moreno 7th place, Marcus Peinado 7th place, Jonathan Garcia 8th place, George Arevalo 7th.

CIF Duals - Win Newbury Park 66-6, L Rio Mesa 40-28

League Finals - 6 League Champions - Jorge Moreno, Frank Lopez, Josias Calderon, Eluterio Edralin, Jonathan Garcia, Marcus Peinado.

SEE THE NEW WRESTLING ROOM!

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 65-12    Morro Bay 51-21    Santa Ynez 48-22    Nipomo 42-25    Lompoc 40-28

 

2016 League Champs 8th place in CIF  Masters champion first since 1983 

Head Coach Corey Costanza.

State - Alex Lopez goes 2-2 with an extremely close match to Kim from Poway.  We felt Alex got near fall (no call) and fleeing the mat (2 no calls), it could have gone either way but Kim went on to place 7th. What a season!  See the video here

SS Masters Champion Alex Lopez first champion since 1983 (see results all the way at the bottom of the page).  Marcus won two matches by pin and Josias had a major decision to help the team to a tie for 25th place.

CIF Individuals (8th place) - Champion Alex Lopez, 3rd Place Marcus Peinado, 4th Place Josias Calderon

League Finals - League Champions: Alex Lopez, Frank Lopez, Josias Calderon, Noe Gamez, Luis Villa, Marcus Peinado, Jonathan Garcia.  League Runnerups Dominic Casares, Ruben Lopez

CIF Duals - L 1st round to Pioneer Valley.  PV went on to win the duals so it doesn't feel that bad.  Time to focus on League.

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 77-0 Morro Bay 63-12 Santa Ynez 68-12    Nipomo     Lompoc 

 

2015 League Champs 4th place CIF 

9 league champs, 13 cif qualifiers, 8 2nd day at CIF, 1st cif champ since 2005, 6 Masters qualifiers 

SS Masters - Top 50 team finish - Alex Lopez had the best finish at 3-2 and in the top 12 of the tournament he is only a junior and made it to the second day of competition.  Brian, Luis, and Paco also did well missing the state qualifier by a match.  Isaac and Franko were there too, great finish with 6 master's qualifiers.

CIF Individuals - 4th Place Team finish - The best finish in team history with 6 individual Masters qualifiers and first CIF Champion since 2004.  Finishers are Champion Luis Villa, 2nd Place Isaac Sechslingloff and Brian Bustamante, 3rd Place Franko Jimenez, 4th Place Francisco Villa and Alex Lopez.

League Finals - 2015 League Champs - The 9 League Champions are Isaac, Benji, Zeke, Alex, Eric, Franko, Rafa, Luis, Paco.  2nd place Brian and 3rd place Sammy and Juan J,  Juan A 

CIF Duals - Win against Simi Valley 62-9.  The loss against Righetti 38-21.  The Righetti match was closer than the score indicates.  5 matches came down to the wire, unfortunately, the saints came out behind which was the difference in the match.

CIT tournament - 6th Place 60 teams in attendance. Alex Lopez, Franko Jimenez 3rd Place, Benji Sheller 5th place, Isaac Sechslingloff and Luis Villa 7th place

Santa Ynez Tournament - 2nd Place.   Champions Isaac, Benji, Alex, 2nd Place Zeke, Luis, Brian

Atascadero New Years Revolution - 3rd Place.  Champions Isaac, Ezekiel, Alex, 2nd place includes Francisco Villa and Josiah Calderon.  Brian Bustamante and Raul Castro got 3rd place.  Eric Tadeo and David Lopez finished in 4th place, and Juan Jimenez was 5th.  The strong team showing considering Luis, Benji, and Franko all did not compete.

Bash in Lemoore 7th place team finishes 40 teams attended.  The top finishers were Isaac Sechslingloff 3rd place, Francisco Villa 3rd place, Luis Villa 5th place, and Franko Jimenez 6th place.

Channel Islands Duals 8-1 and a 1st place finish.  Sophomore Isaac Sechslingloff was voted outstanding wrestler (see photo).  W Buena 49-19, W Channel Islands 48-27, L Ventura 47-27, W S Bakersfield 53-27, W Vista 42-30, W Oxnard 69-6, W Santa Ynez 74-0, W Rio Mesa 51-20, W Hueneme.  Brings the team's dual meet record to 14-2.

Paso Robles Dual W 51-6 SM, Rotational Duals Dual record 5-0, Pioneer Valley Dual L 27-30 (PV ended up 2nd in their CIF division) St Joseph Dual W 60-9

Pete Duca Invitational - 4th place team finish  Champions Isaac Sechslingloff, Benji Sheller, and Luis Villa.  3rd place includes Alex Lopez and Franko Jimenez.  6th place Eric Tadeo, 7th place Ezekiel Atilano and 8th place Raul Castro

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 65-15 Morro Bay 64-12 Santa Ynez 62-9 Nipomo 54-9    Lompoc 81-0

 

2014 League Champs - 11th place

10 league finalists, 14 CIF qualifiers, CIF Semi-Finals, 8 wrestlers Day 2 of CIF

State - Oscar Velasco, first State Qualifier since Jason Quinter in 2003 had a couple of close matches but got knocked out of the tournament early.  Great season for a great young man.

SS Masters - Oscar Velasco finished in 8th place and qualifies for state.  He had an awesome tournament.  Francisco Villa had a tough tournament he was out early but wrestled two close matches.

CIF Individuals (11th place) - 8 wrestlers made it to the second day of competition, the most ever, most teams are happy to have 8 at the tournament. Oscar Velasco CIF finalist in 2nd place and Francisco Villa in 5th place.

CIF Duals - CIF Semi-Finalists!  Win over South El Monte 44-24, Win over Schurr 36-30, L Yorba Linda (champs) 55-12. 

League Finals (Lompoc HS Feb 10) - League Champions: 11 wrestlers in the finals at the league, Santa Maria crowned 6 champions.  Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia, Raul Aguirre, Pedro Asuncion, Luis Villa, and Francisco Villa.  Runners up include Eduardo Moreno, Alex Lopez, Freddy Cavazos, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Franko Jimenez

The wrestling team dominated the Los Padres league tournament putting 10 wrestlers in the finals and all 14 wrestlers qualifying for the CIF tournament.  League champions include Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia Raul Aguirre, Pedro Asuncion, and Luis Villa.  2nd place finishers are Eduardo Moreno, Alex Lopez, Freddy Cavazos, Juan Jimenez, and Brian Bustamante.  3rd place is Franko Jimenez, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Francisco Villa.  Rafael Montano finished 4th and is the league alternate.  We are proud of all saint wrestlers and excited to bring home our first outright league championship since 2004.  This team has the most CIF qualifiers in the history of the wrestling team (see bottom of the page)  

The Santa Maria Saints wrestling team has really come together and is a strong unified team and won their first league championship since 2004.  After being seeded 5th in CIF duals, the team made it to the semi-finals and lost to eventual champion, Yorba Linda.  Also, the team had their first State qualifier since 2004 as Oscar Velasco placed 8th in the Southern Section Masters tournament.

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 60-12 Morro Bay 58-15 Santa Ynez 42-24 Nipomo 57-24 Lompoc 59-9 

 

2013 League Champs 18th in Cif 

11 CIF qualifiers, First CIF finalist since 2005

SS Masters  - Jacob Rodas was a match away from qualifying.  Great Job Jacob. 

CIF Individuals (18th Place) - Jacob Rodas CIF Finalist!  2nd place and gave the champion and eventual state placer a run for his money.  Oscar Velasco had a bad tournament and could not repeat his CIF placing from last year.  Matt, Raul, Luis, and Paco all went 2-2 and all will be back next year for a big run.

League Finals  - 7 League Finalists. Champions Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia, Franklin Lopez, Jacob Rodas, Runner ups Raul Aguirre, Luis Villa, Francisco Villa.

Undefeated 5-0 in the league.  Dual team league champs!  Unfortunately, we had a letdown at the league finals and finished second in the league.  Jacob Rodas lead the team as a CIF finalist and an 18th place team finish. Jacob is the first CIF finalist since 2004.  Overall, a strong finish to a tough season with a lot of sophomores and juniors wrestling in CIF, the future looks bright.  We also had two freshman win matches at CIF which is extremely promising for a program on the rise

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 36-35 Morro Bay 40-28 Santa Ynez 42-24 Nipomo 42-28 Lompoc 48-20 

2012 28th in CIF 1st Cif placers since 2006

The season ended with Sophomore Oscar Velasco taking 5th place and Junior Jacob Rodas getting 4th place.  It was a good season of wrestling and we have the building blocks in place to make a run at a strong season next year.  The team has improved every year.  These two young men are the first CIF placers from Santa Maria since Gabriel Rodriguez in 2005.  League record 3-2

2011 33rd in CIF

The season ended with 2nd-year wrestler Christian Lopez (Weeman) finishing at 4-2 in CIF and a match away from qualifying for the masters' tournament, an amazing run for a tough kid.  Underclassman Jacob Rodas, Joseph Lopez, and Matt Garcia also did well.  Senior Rodolfo Pena made a big push at the end, he defeated several seeded wrestlers at the CIF tournament, Jacob and Rodolfo both 3-2. League record 2-3 

2010 39th in CIF

We had a lot of seniors that were tough and competitive.  We didn't finish the season at CIF as strong as we started but league results were good. (We did have the toughest CIF division to our boys' credit) Josh Robles League Champ, Sergio Lomeli 2nd, Raul Nava 2nd, Mike G 2nd, Steven Miranda 2nd, Rodolfo Pena 3rd, Jacob Rodas 3rd, Roman Aguilera 3rd, Joseph Lopez 3rd, and Isaac Delacruz 3rd. It's exciting to know Pena, Rodas, Aguilera, Weeman, Lopez, and Delacruz are all coming back. League record 2-3 

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1967   1973   2003   2005   2013*   2014   2015   2016   2017   2023

California State Placers (single division)

California State Placers
  
1973Mike Draper4th
1973Jeff Muro4th
1982Vince Silva4th
1983Oscar Saucedo4th
1992Rudy Correa7th

 

CENTRAL SECTION HALL OF FAME

STATE QUALIFIERS

Central Section Masters Placers
  
   
   
   
   
  

 

MASTERS QUALIFIERS

Central Section CIF Placers
  
2019Valentin Martinez6th
2019Brian Montanez6th
2019Elijah Arguijo3rd
2019Emilio Barajas4th
2019Nicolas Quang6th
2019Nelson Gamez6th
2020Eric Carrizal2nd
2020Juventino Garcia3rd
2020Miguel Jimenez3rd
2020Nicolas Quang2nd
2022Bryan San Juan6th
2022Kevin Carrizal 5th
2022Fernando Diaz7th
2022Jose Vasquez6th
2022Alexis Iturbide8th
2022Makai Soto8th
2022Jacob Vea8th
2022Angel AnguianoChampion
2022Angel Lucas

2nd

2023Jesus Santiago8th
2023Bryan San Juan3rd
2023Joel Angeles2nd
2023Jose Vasquez2nd
2023Alexis Iturbide5th
2023Angel Herrera6th

 

SOUTHERN SECTION HALL OF FAME

STATE QUALIFIERS

CIF SS Masters Placers
  
*1967Brad DruktenisChampion
*1969Jose RiveraChampion
*1970Ernie Del Rio3rd
*1971Ernie Del Rio4th
*1972Ernie Del RioChampion
1973Mike Draper3rd
1973Jeff Muro2nd
1981Vince Silva4th
1982Vince SilvaChampion
1983Oscar SaucedoChampion
1989Fernando Garcia5th
1992Rudy Correa5th
2000Andrew Guzman2nd
2004Jason Quintero4th
2014Oscar Velasco8th
2016Alex LopezChampion
 
* No State Tournament before 1973

 

MASTERS QUALIFIERS

CIF Southern Section Placers
  
1967Brad Druktenis
Champion
1969Jose Rivera
Champion
1970Ernie Del Rio
Champion
1971Ernie Del Rio
Champion
1972Ernie Del Rio
Champion
1973Mike Draper
Champion
1973Jeff Muro
Champion
1975Jose Rivera
Champion
1981Vince Silva
Champion
1982Vince Silva
Champion
1983Oscar Sauceda
Champion
1983Troy Martinez
Champion
1989Fernando Garcia2nd
1989Ray Murillo4th
1991Jason Ramirez4th
1991Rudy Correa4th
1992Rudy Correa3rd
1997David Ramos3rd
1997Eliseo Torres3rd
1997Edmundo Torres5th
1998Edmundo Torres2nd
2000Andrew Guzman
Champion
2001Anthony Dakuras5th
2002Anthony Dakuras4th
2003Anthony Dakuras3rd
2003Gabriel Rodriguez5th
2004Joe Diaz5th
2004Mike Gomez5th
2004Gabriel Rodriguez3rd
2004Matt Nartatez5th
2004Jason Quintero2nd
2005Gabriel Rodriguez
Champion
2005Joe Diaz2nd
2006Gabriel Rodriguez5th
2012Oscar Velasco5th
2012Jacob Rodas4th
2013Jacob Rodas2nd
2014Oscar Velasco2nd
2014Francisco Villa5th
2015Isaac Sechslingloff2nd
2015Alex Lopez4th
2015Franko Jimenez3rd
2015Luis Villa
Champion
2015Francisco Villa4th
2015Brian Bustamante2nd
2016Alex Lopez
Champion
2016Josias Calderon4th
2016Marcus Peinado3rd
2017Frank Lopez3rd
2017Josias Calderon3rd
2018Frank Lopez3rd
2019
SM MOVES TO Central Section See Central Section Hall of Fame