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January 28

Senior, Sebatian Valladares looks ready for the final stretch!    Valladares finally looks healthy after an injury littered season. Sebastian wrestled strong this past weekend at Chaminade High School placing 3rd at the 126lb weight class. Senior Alec Nuno placed 7th at the 113lb weight class. Valladares and Nuno were the only Royal grapplers to attend the one day event.

January 21

Ramirez Continues to improve by Placing 2nd at Arroyo Tournament!  The first rain of the season didn't bring tears to Senior, Francisco Ramirez who shinned in El Monte, CA. Ramirez placed second at the one day tournament with a 3-1 record for the day. "This is Fran's first tournament finals of the year and I think he was a little nervous" said Coach Becerra of his Co-Team Captain. "these tournaments are to help these kids improve not only in physical realm but also the psychological. He'll be ready when it counts in the CIF Championships next month.  Michael Orosco (182) also looked impressive, placing 3rd in his weight class. Making a splash in his weight class was Junior William Hewes who placed 4th at 154lbs.

January 13-14

Ramirez wrestling tough at Santa Ynez Tournament  Francisco Ramirez wrestled tough this weekend going 4-2 and placing 5th at the Santa Ynez Varsity Wrestling Tournament. Ramirez, a Senior and Co-Team Captain, wrestled up a weight class (170lbs.) and showed he could hang with the big boys. "Fran is a quiet leader that leads by example" said Head Coach Tony Becerra. Michael Orosco and Alec Nuno were other Royal Grapplers to do well at the tournament by winning medals in there respective divisions. 

January 9

Coach Becerra receives Royals "Coach of the Year" honors at Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon. San Marcos Head Coach Tony Becerra was recognized today at the SBART luncheon. Becerra, with the help of then Athletic Director Bob Archer, started the wrestling program in 1999 and within 3 years they had an individual CIF Champion and placed top ten in their CIF division. Becerra has coached the only California state finalist from the area since 1996 (Alex Mack). Coach Becerra has contributed to youth wrestling over the years through his youth wrestling club, South Coast Wrestling Club. Currently, Becerra is developing a Junior High School wrestling program that will help teenagers in the area with wrestling, academics and mentorship.

January 6-7

Nogales Tournament Good Testing Ground for the Royals! After a long Christmas break the Royals wrestling team was back in action at Nogales High School. Michael Orosco and William Hewes, both coming off of injury, looked tough going 3-1 on the first day of competition. Will had an easy first round on the second day, finishing his opponent with a pin. Michael also had a great match that he dominated on his feet and on the mat. Both grapplers finished one match away from the medal round. Another Royal wrestler to have wins was Fawaz El Tayyeb who went 2-2.

Nuno and Ramirez, are bright spots, on the injury littered Royals team!       With a battered team, the Royals limped into the CIF power Northview High School gym on Saturday. Only 4 of 14 wrestlers made the trip and to add salt to the wound, one of the four had food poisoning and was unable to compete. Senior Alec Nuno had a great start by winning his first two matches by pin. Alec faced the eventual champion from Northview in the semi-finals and dropped into the consolation bracket. Alec, wrestling at the 106lb weight class, placed 5th in his division. Francisco Ramirez, also a senior, wrestled tough in the tournament placing 6th in the 160lb weight class. Sophomore Charles Giroux continued to improve with a first period pin in the first round of the one day event. Charles was 1-2 for the day. Come see the Royals wrestle next at Home in the "Thunder Hut" against league rival Buena High School on Tuesday January 3rd. JV at 5:00PM and Varsity at 7:00PM. We will be honoring Sergio Romero that night if you can attend.

Raynor Leads the Royals JV at Righetti High School! First year wrestler, Junior Mark Raynor placed 2nd at the Righetti JV wrestling tournament this past Saturday. Mark was 3-1 for the day reaching the finals for the first time in his short wrestling career. Freshmen Honowaii Rodriguez was 3-2 placing 4th and Joe Alvaro was 2-2. New comer and football player Cesar Lara wrestled well and recorded a 3-2 match record while placing 4th. Congratulations Royals!

December 14 2011

Giroux Continues to improve and gets the Pin for the Royals! Sophmore Charles Giroux keeps getting better as he comes from behind to win for the Royals at Santa Ynez Wednesday night. Giroux, a second year wrestler and younger brother of former stud wrestler Louie Giroux, is on the road to becoming a great wrestler. "he (Giroux) keeps at it through the whole match. It's like he's wrestling by the numbers right now and it's showing to be effective. I always tell the kids to listen to me and I can help them improve during the match and Charles is just the perfect example of that. In time it'll just come naturally but for now, I'm there for him." said coach Becerra of Giroux. Senior Alec Nuno and Junior Frank Carmona record the Royals other 2 pins in the San Marcos loss to Santa Ynez Wednesday night.

December 8,9 2011 

Ramirez Stepping Up to Lead the Royals! Senior Francisco Ramirez at 170lbs had a tough 2 days of wrestling. Francisco was 8-2 for the 2 days and placed 3rd overall in his weight class. In his 8 wins, 6 were by pin and 2 by decision. One lose was to a state qualifier from Centennial Corona high school. Centennial Won the tournament going 10-0 for the 2 days with 7 returning CIF placers on their team. This years squad is inexperienced but ready to improve. Sophomore Charles Giroux showed great improvement during the two day competition and senior Sebastian Valladares had 6 wins at his weight class of 132lbs. Highlight of the first day was seeing first year Junior Johnathan Nateras record his first Varsity win and pin. Johnathan is part of a core of Junior football players who came out for wrestling in hopes of improving their strength and agility for next years football season. Junior Michael Orosco had a great first day with 3 wins until he suffered an injury in his 5 match of the day. Michael and the rest of the Royal grapplers will return to competition on Saturday at CIF power Northview.

June 6, 2011

Coach Becerra is Back! Long time Head Coach Tony Becerra is back in a full time capacity after a year of reorganization. Coach Becerra is motivated to get back in the wrestling room and get this Royal Wrestling team to top form and competing for a Channel League Championship and Individual CIF Awards. Coach Becerra is ready to get the summer program going and getting the kids ready for camp during this most important time of the off season. "I'm hoping for a big freshman class this year, freshman are the key for a strong program. We need to get as many freshman football players involved too. Football and wrestling go hand n hand and complement each other. Alex Mack, the starting Pro Bowl center for the Cleveland Browns Football team, is the perfect example of how one program can help the other. Alex's nickname his freshman year was Goofy. Alex was a big kid but just hadn't developed his coordination or balance yet. During summer wrestling camp at the end of his sophomore year, Alex just hit the switch in his head and all the coaches were impressed with his work ethic and his physicality. That camp was his turning point in both football and wrestling. Alex earned football honors that next fall and was crowned CIF Wrestling Champion in the Heavy weight division. Alex wasn't the only football player to benefit from wrestling that season. The Royals football team was loaded with starting players on both offense and defense. That football team was one of the last teams to qualify for the CIF Playoffs and also won multiple City Championships. " said Coach Becerra.

2009-2010 CIF WRESTLING ACADEMIC TEAM CHAMPIONS!

January 7-8, 2011

Solano Places 8th at Super Championship at Nogales!

Another week and another placing for newcomer Yaskin Solano. Solano, a first year Junior, has put his hard work and natural ability together to be a standout wrestler this season. With a 8th place finish at the Super Championships at Nogales High, Solano has put himself on the map of grapplers to contend with. Blake Rogers was the only other Royals wrestler to make it to the second day of the monster two day tournament. This is a very young team with no wrestler having more than two years of wrestling experience. The future looks bright as this young team builds momentum moving towards the league championship early next month.  Next Match will be the Arroyo Tournament in El Monte, Ca 1-22-11. Wrestling begins at 9:30 AM.

Junior Varsity Gets It Done To Perfection As They Go   5-0 at Righetti Tournament!

The 2011 San Marcos Junior Varsity is reaching new heights. With a 5-0 record in team dual meets this weekend, the future looks bright for the Royals. Sophomore Diego Gonzales, first year Junior Jam Magtanong and second year Junior Emmanuel Serrano all went 5-0 with all wins by Pin. Freshman Sam Strong recorded a 4-1 performance and Alec Nuno went 3-2, Charles Giroux went 3-2 as other team members sophomore Tanner Nuno went 2-3 and Gina Roca went 1-3. The Royals performance was quite impressive being they only had 8 wrestlers and started every match with a 36 point deficit. The Royals beat Cabrillo, Paso Robles, Nipomo, power home team Righetti and Colorado State, Chapperal High School. Way to go Royals! Next Match will be 1-15-11 at the Ventura County Junior Varsity Championships at Hueneme High School.

December 18, 2010

Solano Shines at Northview Tournament!

Yaskin Solano is quickly climbing the the learning curve as he places 4th at one of the toughest one day tournaments in the State. Solano, a first year junior, has done very well this season placing at Newbury Park, Camarillo Duals and now NorthView. Alec Nuno has success as he finishes the day with a 4-1 record to capture the Consolation Championship! 

JV Gets Experience at Righetti Tournament

Diego Gonzales had a strong showing dominating his matches with 2 pins and 2 technical falls on his way to the Finals at 215lbs weight class. Newcomer Sam Strong showed a lot of intensity on his way to winning his first wrestling medal with a 4th Place finish at the 152lbs weight class. 

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December 10-11, 2010

Orosco, Solano, Hewes and Rogers Place high at Tough Team Tournament at Camarillo!

Michael Orosco displays intensity as he slips into the 3rd place spot for the 160 pound weight class. With a record of 7-3, He shows, as a sophmore, he can hang with the upperclassmen. Yaskin Solano tears up the competition at the 189 pound weight division. With a record of 8-2 for the tournament, he clinches his 3rd place victory in his first year wrestling. Will Hewes shows that he will be a force to reckon with in  the next 2 years as he proves himself with a record of 7-3 at the 152 pound weight class. Oddly enough, even though Hewes and Orosco had the same record. Will didn't place the same, but he still comes out with a respectable 4th place finish. Blake Rogers showed an intensity and drive that was admirable as he came out with his hard earned 6-4 victory for the tournament. Those who didn't place but deserve an honorable mention are Alec Nuno, Jam Magtanong, Andrew Pinnock, Fransisco Ramirez, Diego Gonzales, Edgar Montiel.

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April 27, 2010 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SAN MARCOS ROYALS WRESTLING TEAM!

2009-2010 CIF WRESTLING

ACADEMIC TEAM CHAMPIONS!

We are proud to announce that we are the 2009-2010 CIF Academic Champions. With a combined Varsity GPA of 3.5, the Royals Wrestling Team earned their first academic championship. This is just another example of our commitment to academic excellence. 

Team Members:

Michael Martins     Carlos Medina    Malerie Fleischman     Andrew Pinnock     David Billesbach     Blake Rogers              Connor Pffeferle     Michael Orosco     Tim Wallis                      Louie Giroux     Julian Lake     Edgar Montiel     Luis Urbina

Feb 20, 2010

GIROUX CONTINUES LONG STREAK OF CIF PLACE WINNERS FOR THE ROYALS. Senior Louie Giroux finished his highly decorated senior season with placing 6th in the 171lb division at the CIF Wrestling Championships held at Pacifica High School in Oxnard. Seniors Julian Lake, Tim Wallis, Luis Urbina and Connor Pffeferle were all 1 match away of placing. Carlos Medina, Andrew Pinnock, Blake Rogers, Michael Orosco and Edgar Montiel were the other qualifiers. Congratulations to all of our Royal Wrestlers! We are proud of you all.

Feb 8,2010

PFEFFERLE EARNS the SANTA BARBARA  ATHLETIC ROUND TABLES' "ATHLETE OF THE WEEK!"Senior Connor Pfefferle had an awesome week of wrestling for the Royals. Tuesday night against the Chargers of Dos Pueblos High School, Connor got the wheels of a comeback rolling when he beat his opponent in the 147lb weight class. The win was the first of seven strait matches for the Royals who were down on the score board 33-0. With the Heavy Weight match completed, the Royals were ahead of the Chargers 33-34, but with the final match of the night being one of three forfeits for the Royals, the Chargers came away with the win. Connor entered the Channel League Championships as the #1 seed in his weight class. Dominating his weight class, Pfefferle got his first pin in :24 sec and his second pin in his Finals match against DP's Sam Samiento in 1:10. With his performances this week, the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon honored Pfefferle with the Athlete of Week Award. Pfefferle is one of two Channel League Champions for the Royals, the other is David Billesbach at the 132lb weight class. The two champions will be joined by 9 of their team mates next weekend at the Individual CIF Championships at Pacifica High School of Oxnard.

Feb 6,2010

PFEFFERLE and BILLESBACH WIN CHANNEL LEAGUE TITLES FOR the ROYALS!  Connor Pfefferle and David Billesbach, both Seniors, had great weekends at the Channel League Championships on Saturday afternoon at the Dos Pueblos High School Gym. The Seniors both made it into the league Finals in their prospective weight classes. Both wrestlers won their matches with pins. The Royals had 5 wrestlers make it into the Finals on Saturday. Julian Lake, Louie Giroux and Michael Orosco all placed second in league. Orosco,a freshman, will be one of the leaders that will help the Royals rebuild. The Royals Graduate 10 Seniors this year. All 11 Royals qualified to the CIF Individual Championships in two weeks at Pacifica High School in Oxnard. Wrestlers Carlos Medina, Andrew Pinnock, Blake Rogers, Tim Wallis, Edgar Montiel and Luis Urbina are the other Royals to qualify. Luis Urbina is the only returning CIF Placer from last year. Urbina broke his right middle finger in a tournament earlier this season and was unable to compete and was given the leagues Heavy Weight alternate possition in order to qualify for the CIF Championships.

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Feb 2,2010

Royals Dominate, but Lose Close One at Dos Pueblos!

The Royals faced an uphill battle Tuesday Night coming up 5 points short in it's league finale at Dos Pueblos High School. With 3 forfeits, 18 points,  looming over their heads, the San Marcos Royals wrestling team didn't have much room for mistakes when facing Channel League power, the Dos Pueblos Chargers. At 114lbs, Sophomore Jon Andrade did his best to keep from being pinned. Andrade lost the match by tech fall allowing DP to score 5 team points. The 121lb weight class featured Senior Malerie Fleischman in her Varsity League debut. Malerie was a top 10 finisher in the Women's State Wrestling Championship this past weekend. The womens meet was billed as the largest girls wrestling tournament in the world, with over 400 competitor's. Fleischman lost her match by fall. David Billesbach faced the defending league champion in his 132lb bout, losing by major decision. 4 more points were added to the DP score,21-0. Freshman Blake Rogers wrestled a fearless match in the 137lb weight class. Rogers scored a takedown and 3 point near fall in the first period. In a hard fought match, Rogers lost by fall late in the 2nd period. 27-0 DP. With San Marcos forfeits in the 127lb and 142lb weight classes, the one sided match seemed to be just that, but the heart of a lion showed it's character. Down 33-0, the Royals wrestlers had something to prove. Senior Connor Pfefferle jumped to an impresive lead in his 147lb bout, winning by decision and scoring the Royals first points. 33-3. Freshman, Michael Orosco proved over powering in his second varsity match with a 3rd period pin over his Senior DP opponent. With his win over DP, Orosco goes into this weekends Channel League tournament as the 2nd seed. 33-9. The 162lb contest was a grinder of a match with only 2 points scored entering into the 3rd period. San Marcos Senior, Tim Wallis got his revenge to an earlier tournament loss by beating his DP rival 6-2. 33-12. Louie Giroux showed his skill and added to his impressive win total by pinning his competitor early in the 2nd period.33-18. Fellow Team Captian, Julian Lake added another win for the Royals adding 4 team points in a 12-2 major decision.33-22. First year wrestler, Edgar Montiel was slammed in his bout, costing DP 6 team points in their illegal manuver.33-28. Big Jon Galicia received a forfeit from DP launching the Royals into the lead at 33-34.Dp knowing the match was in hand with the Final forfeit San Marcos would give in the 105lb weight class. Overall the Royals won the head to head match count, winning 6 matches to DP's 3. Final Score was 39-34.

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Jan 7, 2010

Royals Open League with Win Over the Dons! Urbina Returns in Dominant Fashion! The San Marcos Royals started league play with a dominant win over cross town rivals the Santa Barbara Dons. Beginning with the 135lb weight class, first time varsity wrestler Andrew Pinnock lost by fall. The Dons won their next match by forfeit. At the 152lb weight class, there was a "barn burner." Senior Ethan Davis had his hands full with a returning league finalist for the Dons. Davis outlasted the Dons wrestler scoring 3 team points for the Royals. At 160lbs, the excitement continued with the match going into overtime. Senior Tim Wallis was able to come from behind in the final seconds of regulation to force the match into an extra period. First person to score was all that was needed for the win, but Wallis didn't finish there, pinning his opponent and scoring the much needed 6 team points. Louis Giroux made an impression with the crowd by pinning his rival. The 189lb weight class saw varsity newcomer Edgar Montiel keep it close in his loss. Julian Lake continued in his pinning ways by a quick win at the 215lb weight class. Returning CIF Placer, Luis Urbina made his debut for the 2009-2010 season in dominant fashion, while getting the fall early in the first period of his Heavy Weight match. Santa Barbara bounced back with a major decision over Cody Inda, scoring 4 team points in the 112lb division. Carlos Medina(125) finished the evening with a fall to cap off the dual meet and gave the Royals a 45-19 victory

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Dec 19, 2009

Giroux, Lake and Billesbach reach Finals at NorthView Tournament! Louis Giroux, Julian Lake and David Billesbach make an impression on tournament host David Ochoa. Coach David Ochoa of power house Northview High School was impressed by the effort given by the three Royals finalst on Saturday night. Julian Lake came from behind in the final seconds of the third period to tie up the score and send his simi-final match into overtime against his Northview opponent. In the overtime period, Lake pressed his opponent and in a quick exchange of moves, Lake ended up with the winning takedown advancing him to the 189lb Finals. This was Lakes second Finals apperance in three weeks. Louis Giroux faced West Covina in his Finals match at the 171lb weight class, losing by decission. David Billesbach wrestled in his first Varsity Finals against West Covina, also losing by decission. Other placers include Tim Wallis (160) who placed 4th, Carlos Medina (119) who placed 7th and Malorie Fleishman(119) who faced teammate Carlos medina in her first medal match in a Varsity tournament. Congratulations to all our Royal Winners! Keep up the hard work!

Three Royals Place 3rd! Three Royals place 3rd at Righetti High School. Sophmore Blake Rogers placed 3rd in his second medal placing in as many tournaments. Rogers was the Channel League 135lb Novice Tournament Champion in the season opener. Kenny Jones(215) and Michael Orozco(160) were also 3rd place winners at the tournament wrestled in Santa Maria. Freshman Estaban Villegas placed 4th in the 119lb weight class. Great Jobs to all of our Royal Competitors!

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Dec 12, 2009

Louie Giroux wins the Camarillo Tournament in dominate fashion. Louis Giroux had a great weekend going 9-0 with 7 pins and improving his record to 14-2. This is Louie's second tournament placing in two tries, 5th at Newbury Park, setting up for his biggest test of the season this weekend at Northview where he will be competing in 171lb weight class. Julian Lake has also had an impressive season thus far placing 2nd at Camarillo with a 8-1 record registering 5 pins of his own. Julian is finding himself at the top of the 215lb weight division with this follow up performance, Newbury Park Champion last week. Julian's record improves to 13-2. Royals 145lb Connor Pfefferle had a great performance of his own, competing in the toughest weightclass of the tournament. Connor was 6-3 for the two days but was excited facing the #3 ranked wrestler in the State, Matt Hickman from Camarillo.  Connor gave Hickman, I think, the toughest test of the day, losing by decision. Mikey Martins had his best tournament of his carrer placing 3rd with a 7-2 record and adding 6 pins to his list. The pin of the day was Saturdays team record 20 seconds. Martins overall record is now 13-3. David Billesbach is off to a great start too placing 4th at Camarillo and 5th at Newbury Park. David had a chance to redeem himself from last weeks lost, facing Rio Mesa's Michael Gabrie in the first round, beating Gabrie 7-2. David improves to 12-4.

Placing at Camarillo and Newbury seems to be the theme for this very experienced Royals team that boast 9 seniors. We have had a bout with the flu that limits our ability to fill a full team but I think this coming weekend we will see the Royals at their best. Heavy Weight Luis Urbina has been battling the flu for a few weeks now, we hope to have him at weight and ready to go very soon. Luis is a Senior and returning CIF Placer from last season.