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California Wrestling Roundup: Winners Crowned
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... Read more
Wrestling’s Star Studded Monterey Clinic of Champions
Founder Bill Grant Brings a “Who’s Who” of Wrestling every year to the Monterey Peninsula. At 41 Years, the 2019 edition is as star-studded as ever. SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes (The California Wrestler Editor in Chief) wrote a historical perspective of the Monterey Clinic of Champions this past August,... Read more
Sac City College: Wrestling Coach Lee Kemp
Sacramento City College Wrestling Sacramento City College Wrestling Coach Gales adds a 3-time World Champion and National Wrestling Hall of Famer Kemp to his staff. Coach Gales has announced that Lee Kemp has been hired to join his staff as an assistant wrestling coach. Kemp’s Gold Medals in Wrestling... Read more
San Lorenzo’s Jacarra Winchester Wins Women’s World Wrestling Championship
Winchester the Winner at Women’s World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Gold – Jacarra Winchester (USA); Winchester dec. Irie, 5-3 Silver – Nanami Irie (Japan) Bronze – Olga Khoroshavtseva (Russia); Khoroshavtseva tech. fall Sedneva, 13-1 Bronze – Bolortuya Bat Ochir (Mongolia); Bat Ochir dec. Gun, 12-9 5th – Marina Sedniva... Read more
Cal Poly Wrestling Adds Coach Sean Fausz to Staff
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... Read more
Frank Jasper’s Vision Quest: Bridging Multiple Generations
Frank Jasper’s Vision Bridges Multiple Generations The character from the 1985 movie Vision Quest, that resonated with the audience for the last three and a half decades, planted a seed in Frank Jasper’s life that today has brought him full circle back to his character Brian Shute. While attending... Read more
Peyton Omania Redshirts to Pursue U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Team
Peyton Omania of Michigan State to take Olympic redshirt to pursue spot on U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team Michigan State wrestling freshman Peyton Omania elected to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2019-20 season, MSU wrestling head coach Roger Chandler announced Wednesday. See SportStars story, Omania: CIF State Wrestling Championship Omania,... Read more
CIF Wrestling State Champs Figueroa, Santiago, Vasquez Represent California
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... Read more
Team California Girls Wrestling Come up Winners
This past March 24th weekend, Team California won both the Cadet (under 16) and Junior Girl’s Folkstyle Nationals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Several All-Americans are from the Sac-Joaquin, North Coast, and Northern Sections. Below is a list of girls from these sections that earned All-American honors. USAW Junior Folkstyle... Read more