California High School Wrestlers Named To The Open Mat National Rankings Following is a list of California wrestlers who were included in the Open Mat Individual Top 20 national high school rankings released on October 23. List is ordered by weight class. St. John Bosco, Selma high schools to top... Read more

Adidas National High School Wrestling Rankings from The Open Mat Following is a list of California wrestlers who were included in the Open Mat Individual Top 20 national high school rankings released on October 16. List is ordered by weight class: 113 – Richard Figueroa (Selma, CS, 11) 2x State... Read more

SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes provides a California Wrestling Roundup of regional wrestlers making their names known on the international stage. Intro by theopenmat.com We officially ring in the start of the 2019 high school season with perhaps the season’s biggest tournament. More than 1,000 high school wrestlers will head to... Read more

Cal Poly Wrestling San Luis Obispo  Cal Poly head wrestling coach Jon Sioredas has added a top young talent to his staff.  Sean Fausz has joined the program as an assistant coach. Fausz is a third-place finisher at the 2019 Senior Freestyle World Team Trials. He will begin his coaching... Read more

Three CIF Wrestling State Champs- Figueroa, Santiago, and Vasquez will Represent California at FLO’s Who’s #1 Dual – OCT. 5th_______________________________ GET CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________ Complete WNO Card Announced 132: #1 Jesse Mendez, IN vs #4 Ryan Jack, CT 132: #2 Dom Serrano, CO vs #3 Shayne Van Ness,... Read more

Being familiar with, and to some extent fans of the Coen brothers cult film, Fargo, we thought we’d take some fun liberties with SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes’ (The California Wrestler) compilation of Team California 2019 Fargo All-Americans. Ya, sure, there’s a lot of good wrestlers that go to Fargo! Congratulations... Read more

As the natural next step for high school wrestlers aspiring to wrestle in the college ranks, The California Wrestler’s award-winning newsletter Editor and SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes files this report on new California college wrestling programs. For a list of Best Colleges For Men’s Wrestling, Nationwide see college factual Each college... Read more

As you know, I’m a SportStars INSIDER. The publisher recently asked me to talk about my roots in high school wrestling. Just so happens, I have a story to share with you about that! Outside of my main gig, I’m the editor of The California Wrestler! The 2018 – ’19... Read more

After Missing His 2017 Season With A Shoulder Injury, Quarterback Noah May Delivered An Epic Hail Mary Throw To Send St. Mary’s Football Into The Sac-Joaquin Semifinals • Call it luck, or call it skill. The truth is it’s a little of both for the quarterback of the St. Mary’s... Read more

Celebrating Over 50 Years of History, Family Style It has been thirty-seven years since I first set foot on a Livermore Cowboys’ wrestling mat. I recall it being a very cold and rainy November day outside; the winter months were upon us. My freshman season of football had just ended,... Read more

Once again we rank California’s lady wrestlers with the help of SportStars Insiders at The California Wrestler. And, no big surprise here, once again Amit Elor, the College Park wrestling standout comes in as #1 in the Nation! Read (much) more about Elor in SportStars wrestling section. FLO – Girl’s... Read more

Bailey and Cowan place at Freakshow The Livermore Elite Wrestling Club (LEWC) entered nine competitors into the 2020 Freakshow hosted by the Ford Idaho Center and RMN Events in Nampa, Idaho. Dubbed “The Freakshow of Amateur Wrestling,” it is a Halloween-spirited national tournament that attracts the best, most competitive wrestlers in the country. Competition... Read more