September 30, 2017

Sac City finishes 3rd at the Santa Ana Tournament

This is one of the toughest tournaments of the year because it features the top schools in the South

SCC traveled to Santa Ana for the 21^st addition of the Santa Ana Invitational. The Panthers battled well and finished in 3^rd place out of 13 teams. This was one place higher as SCC passed Mt. San Antonio College who had finished ahead of them the week before. SCC just missed out on 2^nd place over Cerritos by just 2 points.

Leading the charge for SCC was Isaac Bertolotto (184 – RS FR – Turlock). This was the 2^nd week down for Isaac Bertolotto who went 197 his first tournament. Going in unseeded, he knocked off the 2^nd, 3^rd and 5^th seeds along the way to the Championship.

Morgan Sauseda (125 – RS Soph – Chico) got to the finals for the 3^rd straight tournament only to lose to Brandon Betancourt of Fresno for the third time. Morgan Sauseda was dominant on the way to the finals as he racked up a all and 2 tech-falls.

Abel Garcia (174 – Fresh – Oakdale) ended up taking 3^rd place. After losing a 4 OT semi match, he bounced back to win two more and finish 3^rd.

Robert Sillas (184 – Fresh – Yuba City) also ended up with a 3^rd place finish. He had a tech and a major among his 4 wins.

Rounding out the medals, Trevor Mattox (133 – Fresh – Pitman) took 4^th place. Trevor Mattox made it to the semi match before losing to the eventual champion, bounced back for a win before losing out in the bronze medal match.

Robert Seronio (141 – RS Fresh – American Canyon), Carlos Alvarez (149 – SR Soph – Folsom); and Dylan Crawford (157 – Fresh – Lodi) all tied for 5^th place.

Other Panther wrestlers picking up some wins were: Enrique Zavala ( 125 – FR – Alisal HS); Jason Stokkeland (149 – SR Soph – Calaveras); Hunter LaRue (149 – Fresh – Napa); Omari Batts (149 – RS Soph – Bethel HS); Tomas Landeros (157 – RS Fresh – Tracy); Brian Horn (174 – FR – Rocklin); Rob Nickerson (197 – RS Soph – Franklin); and Daniel Warden (285 – FR – Union Mine)

The Panthers will compete next weekend at the Modesto Tournament.