Wrestling

Schedule

OFF SEASON TRAINING IS MANAGED BY SUNNYVALE WRESTLING CLUB

The wrestling schedule is considered tentative at this point in the year. We will solidify the schedule prior to the 10/31/22 start date but there will be some movement as we see what the team needs as the season progresses.

Date	Tournament Name/Dual Meet Opponent	Meeting Time	Wrestling Start Time	Location
12/2/2022	JV Earthquake Duals	12:30 PM	3:30 PM	San Benito HS - Hollister, CA
12/3/2022	38th annual Fehlman/Baxter Memorial Varsity Dual Tournament	6:30 AM	9:00 AM	San Benito HS - Hollister, CA
12/3/2022	32nd annual Ed Ferrell Classic FS and Girls Tournament	6 AM	9 AM	Harbor HS - Santa Cruz, CA
12/9/2022	Webber Lawson 2nd Man Tournament	12:45 PM	3:30 PM	Fremont HS
12/10/2022	Webber Lawson Varsity Tournament (Boys and Girls)	6:45 AM	9:00 AM	Fremont HS
12/17/2022	Morning Star Varsity Tournament	5:15 AM	9:00 AM	Los Banos HS
12/17/2022	21st annual Castro Valley Girls Wrestling Classic	TBD	TBD	Castro Valley HS
12/27/2022 - 12/28/2022	Pat Lovell Holiday Varsity Classic	6:00 AM	9:00 AM	Aptos HS
1/6/2023 - 1/7/2023	Doc B Varsity Elite Tournament	TBD	TBD	Clovis HS
1/6/2023 - 1/7/2023	Joe Rios Varsity Tournament	TBD	TBD	Chico HS
1/6/2023 - 1/7/2023	23rd annual True Wrestler Napa Valley Girls Classic	TBD	TBD	Vintage HS - Napa, CA
1/11/2023	Duals vs. Wilcox and Lynbrook	TBD	6:00 PM	Lynbrook HS - Cupertino, CA
1/14/2023	Lady Coast Classic Girls Tournament	TBD	TBD	Santa Cruz HS
1/14/2023	Scott Downs FS Tournament	TBD	TBD	Los Gatos HS
1/18/2023	Dual vs. Cupertino	TBD	TBD	Fremont HS (Senior Night)
1/20/2023 - 1/21/2023	MidCals Varsity Tournament	TBD	TBD	Gilroy HS
1/21/2023	Lynbrook JV Tournament	TBD	TBD	Lynbrook HS - San Jose, CA
1/25/2023	Duals vs. Palo Alto and Mountain View	TBD	6:00 PM	Mountain View HS
1/27/2023	Overfelt JV Tournament	TBD	TBD	Overfelt HS
2/1/2023	Fremont at Los Gatos (this dual will be followed by Stanford vs. SFSU and Stanford vs. Menlo)	2:00 PM	4:30 PM	Los Gatos HS
2/3/2023	SCVAL Finals (Varsity, JV, and Girls)	TBD	TBD	Mountain View HS
2/4/2023	SCVAL Finals (Varsity, JV, and Girls)	TBD	TBD	Mountain View HS
2/11/2023	North Regional CCS Tournament	TBD	TBD	Fremont HS
2/18/2023	CCS "Masters" Tournament	TBD	TBD	Watsonville HS
2/23/2023 - 2/25/2023	CIF State Championships	TBD	TBD	Mechanics Bank Arena - Bakersfield, CA

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Winter Sports include Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, and Wrestling.

In order to be cleared for each sport, you must complete the following 3 steps.

1. Complete Physical Exam Form Part 1 and Part 2.

*All physical forms must be completed by a parent and doctor prior to the start date of your sport. The state of CA only accepts physicals that are signed, stamped and dated from a MD, DO, or PA. NP and RN signed physicals are not currently allowed.

2. Digital registration must be completed via the Athletics Clearance website. Here is a step by step instructional video of how to complete the Athletic Clearance registration.

3. Please also complete the Concussion Baseline Testing Instructions and Agreement - FHS Form as well.

Parents and their athletes will need to visit the site, create an account, and register for each sport they plan to play.

Physicals are available with your doctor or through Wellness Mart.

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Coaches

Erik Duus

Erik Duus joined Fremont’s coaching staff in 2003 as Co-Head Coach with Bobby Soto. Duus is also a former San Jose Mercury News Coach of the Year. Before being hired at Fremont as a Japanese teacher he was an assistant wrestling coach at Stanford University. Since Duus joined the Fremont staff Fremont wrestling has seen the best results in its history at the state level. Duus is a Japanese National Champion. 2x Freestyle Open All-American. University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa wrestling alumnus. Judo National Bronze Medalist. Current Stanford assistant Judo coach. Former Stanford University assistant Wrestling Coach. Co - founder of Wrestler Nation. Sunnyvale Wrestling Club Head Freestyle Coach

Daniel McCune

A varsity wrestler for Fremont High School from 1997 - 2000, Coach McCune returned to Fremont as a teacher in 2009. He official joined the coaching staff in 2010. Coach McCune was an assistant coach for Coach Soto and the head coach of Columbia Middle School in 2001 before going onto coach in the Santa Cruz area. He also worked as the team administrator for UC Davis in 2006. Coach McCune was the head coach for Harbor High School during the 2008-2009 season and has worked with West Coast Wrestling Camps since 2007. Coach McCune is a member of the Sunnyvale Wrestling Club coaching staff.

Austin Solari

Greg Crane

ERNESTO ANCONA

TARIQ HANIFF

Webber Lawson

The call to " go west, young man" was taken seriously by Webber Lawson as he left his native Oklahoma and landed in California where he pursued his wrestling career at Inglewood High, Cal Poly-SLO, and LA Athletic Club where he won the 1948 Western Regional Olympic Trials and was named the Outstanding Wrestler. In addition, he won three Far Western Championships. He refereed and coached for twenty-five years in three different CIF Sections, most notably at Fremont High School in the Central Coast Section. His teams won 52 straight duals, four consecutive Central Coast Section (CIF) Titles, and a Northern California Invitational Team Championship.

For more information please visit the Webber Lawson website.

Tournament

Please visit the tournament website for sign up, Contract, and information

https://www.wrestling.life/webber-lawson

jv/2nd Man tournament friday december 9th, 2022

varsity (Boys and Girls) tournament saturday december 10th, 2022

Please send checks to:

Fremont High School
Attn: Daniel McCune
1279 Sunnyvale - Saratoga Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Check should be payable to "Fremont High School" with Wrestling in memo.

Email Daniel McCune at daniel_mccune@fuhsd.org for tournament contract, to confirm entry and to answer any questions. We are currently full, email if you would like to be placed on the waiting list. Thank you for your support!

Webber Lawson Tournament Site

Bio

Webber was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2001. The information below is from the California Wrestling Hall of Fame's website.

Webber wrestled varsity his freshman year for Bristow High School in Oklahoma and wrestled three years varsity for Inglewood High School in California, where he was also a student wrestling coach from 1946-48. His teams were undefeated in dual meets for three years. Web wrestled for Cal Poly SLO and the LA Athletic Club where he won the 1948 U.S. Western Regional Olympic Trials and was voted as the Outstanding Wrestler. In addition, he was a three-time Far Western Champion, won the Senior Open AAU Championships, won 6 SPAAU titles, and won the U.S. Western Pan Am Title. He officiated and coached for 25 years in three different C.I.F. sections, most notably at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale where his teams won 52 straight dual matches and won 4 Central Coast Section titles in a row, and a Northern California Invitational Team Championship. He also served one year as President of the National High School Wrestling association.

http://www.californiawrestlinghalloffame.com/pages/2001.html

San Jose Mercury News Excerpt

The local wrestling community lost one of its founding members when Webber Lawson died in November at the age of 80. He had retired in Colfax.

Lawson coached at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale from 1964-1979, leading the Indians (later the school would change the mascot to the Firebirds) to the first three CCS titles from 1966-1968. His Firebirds team also won a NorCal Invitational tournament title. He later coached at Homestead, where he retired from teaching in 1988.

The Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo alum teamed with Lynn Dyche and Jim Root to establish the CIF state wrestling tournament in 1973. A member of the Calfornia Wrestling Hall of Fame, Lawson was a standout himself. In 1948, he won the Western Region Olympic trials and was a three time Far Western champ. Even in his days coaching in high school, he was the toughest wrestler in the practice room, said Root, the former West Valley community college head coach.

"He was always tough on his wrestlers, but they loved him for it," Root said. "He helped get the state wrestling tournament going; it was really neat to have a dream like that and end up living it. Webber was a great coach, a great man and a real character; he loved to talk and tell his stories."

http://www.mercurynews.com/high-school-sports-headlines/ci_14273706?nclick_check=1

Jim Root on Webber Lawson and the beginnings of the State Tournament

Webber came from Briston H.S. in Oklahoma where he was a varsity wresler in 1945. He moved to Inglewood H.S. in 1946. He placed 3rd twice in the Southern Cal C.I.F.

Webber was one of only five high school boys to make the Final Olympic Trials in Iowa in 1948.

He was also famous for a long string of pins during his high school days.

I met Webber when I started at Cal Poly in 1959. He was one of the 'old guys' finishing up his degree. He was not sure about coaching because he wanted to go back to Inglewood to a tool die job. I think Donny was just a baby at the time.

Sheldon Harden, CP wrestling coach, talked Webber into going to Tulare Western, a new school that year.

I started teaching coaching in the Campbell District in 1963. I coached at Blackford (Asst. Coach ) the first year and went to Westmont (new school)for the next eight years. I then went to West Valley for the next 30 years.

Lynn Dyche was a Hayward H.S. grad as was I and we were at Cal Poly the same time. He was two years ahead of me and he also started coaching at Andrew Hill in 1963 after he went into the Army.

Webber came up to Fremont in 1966. He really hit the road running with a good group of athletes - Brendt Larry Noon, Allen Dunn, Steve Wilhelm, Bob Garcia, Tom Morrison and Bill(?) Harrigan.

Our Westmont Tournament was a big thing in the SC Valley those days as there were not as many schools and it was always a tough tournament. Fremont won the event for three or more years. Webber really peaked his team so he could gauge how his team would do in the Nor Cal Tournament.

Ted Locicero, Webber's assistant at Homestead, always said Webber was the toughest guy in the workout room.

The rumor at Fermont was similar, but Brendt Noon should verify that fact.

We always had a great time when we competed with each other's teams and Pat Lovell's, another 'Poly Rat'.

It was fun after wrestling to get together. Webber would brag about how good his kids were until we reminded him that his wrestler lost to one of our wrestlers. He really changed his tune quickly after that.

We could always slow Webber down by reminding him that we new him very well.

One of Webber's classics was the Poly Rat Tournament at Fremont. Every coach was a Cal Poly grad. The most important thing was the coach award for the last place team. We all pushed our guys real hard that day to win.

We were also interested in the Nor Cal Tournament and ran the event. As coaches we always dreamed about a full State Tournament some day.

In 1972 we went to southern Cal to meet with the C.I.F. administrators about starting a State Tournament. They questioned us about how to run a tournament. Our proposal was approved on a 'trial' basis. We were so happy that we could hardly believe it at our lunch break.

Lynn was the Tournament Director for the first three events. I had to stay away because I was now a collage coach and they did not want me because I might be recruiting the high school kids.

Webber gave me a complament one time when he told me that he prepared his Fremont boys by telling them that wrestling a Westmont kid was the same as wrestling another Fremont wrestler.

Webber, Lynn and Gus Talbot of Lynbrook also interviewed for the job at West Valley College. After I was hired, the athletic director told me that Webber talked more about me and that they should hire me.

Webber was a great wrestler, coach and friend. He was very supportive of the sport like the rest of us. He was truly a man of character and he was also a real charater .

We were all lucky to have known him and we will miss him.

Past Winners

2019 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Evergreen Valley

2nd Place Team:
Archbishop Riordan

Most Team Pins:
Evergreen Valley
17 Pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Michael Bigler (Archbishop Riordan)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Xavier Bruening (Burlingame)

2018 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Evergreen Valley

2nd Place Team:
Monta Vista Christian

Most Team Pins:
Evergreen Valley
25 Pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Chris Cabaug (Monta Vista Christian)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Marcos Jimenez (Evergreen Valley)

2017 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Evergreen Valley

2nd Place Team:
Monta Vista Christian

Most Team Pins:
Leigh
15 Pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Mateo Montoya
(Monta Vista Christian)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Garrett Baerenstecher (Leigh)

2016 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Fremont

2nd Place Team:
Bellarmine

Most Team Pins:
Fremont
19 Pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Isaiah Palomino (Bellarmine)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Miguel Reyes (Cupertino)

2015 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Bellarmine

2nd Place Team:
Alisal

Most Team Pins:
Cupertino
24 Pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Isaiah Palomino (Bellarmine)

Most Falls in Least Time:
David San Miguel (Bellarmine)

2014 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Fremont High School

Second Place Team:
Bellarmine College Prep

Most Team Pins:
Fremont High School
26 pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Jacob Thalin (Santa Teresa)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Cody Rentfro (Hilmar)

2013 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Fremont High School

Second Place Team:
Wilcox High School

Most Team Pins:
Bellarmine College Prep
17 pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Bryan Battisto (Harbor)

Most Falls in Least Time:
Isaiah Palomino (Bellarmine)

2012 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Mission Oak High School

Second Place Team:
Mitty High School

Most Team Pins:
Fremont High School
16 pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Cady Chessin (Los Gatos)

Most Falls Least Time:
Jacob Jagelski (Los Gatos)

2011 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Palo Alto High School

Second Place Team:
Live Oak High School

Most Team Pins:
Homestead High School
17 pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Isaiah Locsin (Live Oak)

Most Falls Least Time:
AJ Murbito (Saratoga)

2010 Tournament Awards

Team Awards

Team Champion:
Los Gatos High School

Second Place Team:
Alisal High School

Most Pins:
Los Gatos High School
22 pins

Individual Awards

Outstanding Wrestler:
Chris McCallaCreay (Harker)

Most Falls Least Time:
Logan Kellogg
(San Lorenzo Valley)

Scholarship Recipients

Webber Lawson Memorial Scholarship

2011 -- Adam Wigginton, $1,000
San Jose State
Graduated in 2017
Major: Mechanical Engineering

2012 -- Samer El Nounou, $500
San Jose State, transferred to UC Davis
Graduated in 2016
Major: Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
Minor: Managerial Economics

2013 -- Joey Caires, $750
Cal Poly
Graduated in 2017
Major: Kinesiology

2014 -- Ben Murphy, $500
UC Berkley
Graduated in 2018
Major: Computer Science

2015 -- Christian Reyes, $1,000
San Francisco State University
Graduated in 2019
Major: Child Development
Minor: in Education

2016 -- No Qualified Applicants

2017 -- Angelo Reyes, $750
San Francisco State University
Graduated in 2021
Major: Computer Science

2018 -- Taniela Feliciano Takafua, $750
Simon Fraser University

2019 -- James Ost, $500
Rochester Institute of Technology
-- Nicole Lee, $500
Stanford

2020 -- Melissa Lee, $500
Stanford

2021 -- Branden Bulatao, $750
Stevens Institute of Technology
-- Annie Hua, $750
Columbia
-- Annabel Garcia, $750
Simon Fraser

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Honors/History

CCS and State Stats

Three Time Champs

Brendt Noon (1967, 1968, 1969)*
Filip Novachkov (2004, 2005, 2006)
Greg Crane (2004, 2005, 2006)

Three Time Finalists

Anthony Baza (1999, 2000, 2001)
Boris Novachkov (2005, 2006, 2007)
Melissa Lee (2018, 2019, 2020)
Annie Hua (2018, 2019, 2020)***

Two Time Champs

Oliver Salud (1991, 1992)
Anthony Baza (2000, 2001)
Boris Novachkov (2006, 2007)
Melissa Lee (2018, 2019)**

Two Time Finalists

Allen Dunn (1966, 1967)
Larry McCoid (1966, 1967)
Steve Wilhelm (1966, 1967)
Eric Ekern (1970, 1972)
Daniel Atondo (2002, 2003)
Gary Miltenberger (2013, 2014)
Taniela Feliciano Takafua (2017, 2018)
TJ Takafua (2020, 2022)***

State Stats

Three time placers

Filip Novachkov (4th, 2nd, 1st)

Two Time Placers

Boris Novachkov (1st, 1st)
Greg Crane (5th, 1st)
Evonne Evien (5th, 3rd)**
Melissa Lee (5th, 4th)**
Annie Hua (8th, 4th)** ***

Finalists

Frank Tamura (1974)
Bobby Soto (1990)
Joel Valencia (1995)
Filip Novachkov (2005)
Boris Novachkov (2006)
Filip Novachkov (2006)
Greg Crane (2006)
Boris Novachkov (2007)

NHSCA Senior Nations Place Winners

3rd Filip Novachkov (2006)
2nd Boris Novachkov (2007)
8th Gary Miltenberger (2014)
8th Cohle Feliciano (2019)

*Also won the Nor Cal Invitational all three years

** Placings were at the Girls Tournament

*** 2021 CCS and State was cancelled due to COVID-19

CCS History

Wrestling becomes the first CCS competition after the split from NCS in 1966

1966

FHS wins the first ever CCS Wrestling team title.

2nd Allen Dunn (148 lbs.)
2nd Larry McCoid (178 lbs.)
2nd Steve Wilhelm (Hwt.)
3rd Fogelman (123 lbs.)

1967

FHS repeats as team champions and has five individual champions

1st Allen Dunn(145 lbs.)
1st Brendt Noon (154 lbs.) OW
1st Larry Noon (165 lbs.)
1st Larry McCoid (178 lbs.)
1st Steve Wilhelm (Hwt.)
4th Tom Morrison (106 lbs.)
4th Gene Delaney (123 lbs.)

1968

FHS wins their third straight CCS team title and Brendt Noon becomes the first Indian to win back to back individual titles.

1st Tom Morrison (115 lbs.)
1st Walt Nakabayashi (136 lbs.)
1st Brendt Noon (168 lbs.)
2nd Hawthorne (130 lbs.)
4th Bobby Garcia (106 lbs.)

1969

Fremont takes second in the team standings to Los Gatos, Brendt Noon wins his third individual title.

1st Brendt Noon (178 lbs.)
2nd Bobby Garcia (106 lbs.)
2nd Terry Commons (115 lbs.)
2nd Gary Davis (157 lbs.)

1970

1st Carl Ekern (194 lbs.)

1971

Fremont finished tied for 5th in CCS with Cupertino High.

2nd Lawson (98 lbs.)
3rd Ekern (178 lbs.)
4th Zucker (136 lbs.)

1972

2nd Ekern (194 lbs.)
4th Lawson (115 lbs.)

1973

4th Lawson (123 lbs.)
4th Staats (194 lbs.)

1974

Fremont finished in a 3 way tie for 6th place with Mountain View and Los Gatos.

2nd Marty Mariani (136 lbs.)
2nd Frank Tamura (178 lbs.)

1975

2nd Bobby Kayne (141 lbs.)

1976

4th Bert Ekern (178 lbs.)

1977

1st Bert Ekern (178 lbs.)

1978

Fremont takes second in the team standings with two individual titles.

1st Scott Mariani (178 lbs.)
1st Steve Zankich (194 lbs.)
2nd Jack Lawson (123 lbs.)

1985

3rd Dan Savage (175 lbs.)

1986

3rd Dan Savage (175 lbs.)

1987

4th Albert Gaxiola (126 lbs.)
5th Bobby Soto (98 lbs.)

1988

Fremont finished 10th as a team.

5th Richard Urbano (112 lbs.)
5th Albert Gaxiola (132 lbs.)
5th Phil Davis (245 lbs.)
6th Bryan Huggins (126 lbs.)

1989

4th Bobby Soto (112 lbs.)
6th Bryan Huggins (138 lbs.)

1990

After a decade without a CCS champion Fremont returns with an individual title at 112 lbs.

1st Bobby Soto (112 lbs.)

1991

1st Oliver Salud (130 lbs.)
3rd Marcial Cruz (140 lbs.)
5th Warren Newsome (152 lbs.)

1992

Oliver Salud becomes the second Fremont wrestler in history to win back to back CCS titles.

1st Oliver Salud (135 lbs.)
3rd Warren Newsome (152 lbs.)

1994

4th Joel Valencia (140 lbs.)

1995

2nd Joel Valencia (140 lbs.)
6th Jeremy Piamonte (119 lbs.)

1996

3rd Jeremy Piamonte (130 lbs.)
4th Geoff Beckstrom (285 lbs.)

1998

Fremont took 28th in the team standings.

3rd Matt Sabraw (140 lbs.)
6th Jamie Kashitani (135 lbs.)

1999

Fremont finished 11th in the standings.

2nd Anthony Baza (130 lbs.)
3rd Jamie Kashitani (140 lbs.)
5th Arturo Galano (103 lbs.)

2000

Fremont finished 6th in the standings.

1st Anthony Baza (135 lbs.)
4th Chris Osian (103 lbs.)
4th Chris Healy (145 lbs.)

2001

Fremont finishes 7th in the team standings, Anthony Baza becomes the third Fremont wrestler to repeat as champion.

1st Anthony Baza (145 lbs.)
2nd Chris Osian (112 lbs.)
4th Kia Garcia (125 lbs.)
5th Bayardo Sanchez (135 lbs.)

2002

Fremont finishes 12th.

1st Daniel Atondo (160 lbs.)
2nd Alvin Cacdac (130 lbs.)
3rd Chris Osian (119 lbs.)

2003

Fremont finishes 5th as a team.

2nd Daniel Atondo (160 lbs.)
4th Josh Desherlia (145 lbs.)
5th Joseph Seo (125 lbs.)
5th Bayardo Sanchez (152 lbs.)
6th Ernesto Ancona (215 lbs.)

2004

Fremont takes 2nd in the team standings behind Gilroy.

1st Filip Novachkov (103 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (140 lbs.)
3rd Joseph Seo (130 lbs.)
3rd Ernesto Ancona (215 lbs.)
4th Kurtis Ogasawara (135 lbs.)

2005

Fremont finishes 3rd in the team standings behind Gilroy and Los Gatos. Filip Novachkov and Greg Crane become the 4th and 5th Fremont wrestlers to win back to back CCS titles.

1st Filip Novachkov (112 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (152 lbs.)
2nd Boris Novachkov (103 lbs.)
2nd Tommy Staats (189 lbs.)
3rd Kurtis Ogasawara (140 lbs.)

2006

Fremont finishes 2nd in the team standing to Gilroy who sets a team points record. Filip Novachkov and Greg Crane become the 2nd and 3rd Fremont wrestlers to win 3 CCS titles.

1st Boris Novachkov (103 lbs.)
1st Filip Novachkov (119 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (160 lbs.)
3rd Kurtis Ogasawara (140 lbs.)
3rd Tommy Staats (189 lbs.)

2007

Fremont finishes 11th in the team standings. Boris Novachkov becomes the 6th wrestler to win back to back CCS titles.

1st Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)
4th La Qunitin Cathey (130 lbs.)
5th Mark Scandalis (135 lbs.)

2008

Fremont finished 12th in the team standings.

3rd LaQuintin Cathey (130 lbs.)
6th Daunte Mills (160 lbs.)
6th Donnie Mena (215 lbs.)

2009

Fremont finishes 16th in the team standings.

5th Casey Johnson (140 lbs.)

2010

Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.

1st Joe Johnson (140 lbs.)
5th Casey Johnson (145 lbs.)
5th Hector Cristobal (215 lbs.)
6th Felix Lugo (189 lbs.)

2011

Fremont has its first girls CCS finalist in the second year of the tournaments history.

2nd Athena Herrera (165 lbs.)

2012

Fremont finishes 19th in the team standings.

6th Edward Garcia (132 lbs.)
6th Samer El Nounou (145 lbs.)

2013

Fremont finishes 16th in the team standings.

2nd Gary Miltenberger (287 lbs.)
5th Joey Caires (115 lbs.)

Fremont has its second girls CCS finalist.

2nd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)

2014

Fremont finishes 2nd in the team standings.

1st Gary Miltenberger (285 lbs.)
3rd Ezra Clark (132 lbs.)
6th Modan Goldman (145 lbs.)
6th Dominick Huerta (160 lbs.)

Girls CCS

3rd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)

2015

Fremont finishes 3rd in the team standings.

2nd Dominick Huerta (160 lbs.)
3rd Ezra Clark (132 lbs.)
6th Christian Reyes (145 lbs.)

2016

Fremont finishes 10th in the team standings.

3rd Angelo Reyes (113 lbs.)
5th Louis Gueziec (126 lbs.)

Girls CCS

4th Sarah Guettaf (126 lbs.)

2017

Fremont finishes 5th in the team standings.

2nd Angelo Reyes (120 lbs.)
2nd Taniela Feliciano Takafua (182 lbs.)
5th Eli Clark (132 lbs.)

Girls CCS

Fremont places multiple girls in CCS for the first time since the inception of the tournament and has the highest team finish in FHS Wrestling history, 15th. Nicole Lee becomes the 3rd CCS finalist for Fremont, as a sophomore. Melissa Lee becomes the 2nd freshman to place in CCS, unfortunately the first Sarah Guettaf moved to France her sophomore season.

2nd Nicole Lee (106 lbs.)
4th Kyanna Gonzalez (160 lbs.)
6th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)

2018

Fremont finishes 7th in the team standings.

2nd Eli Clark (132 lbs.)
2nd Taniela Feliciano Takafua (195 lbs.)
3rd Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)

Girls CCS

Fremont finishes 11th in the team standings.

1st Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (137 lbs.)
5th Annabel Garcia (160 lbs.)

2019

Fremont finishes 9th in the team standings.

2nd James Ost (138 lbs.)
2nd Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)
6th Joseph Kashitani (106 lbs.)

Girls CCS

Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.

1st Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
1st Nicole Lee (106 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (137 lbs.)
3rd Annabel Garcia (150 lbs.)

2020

Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.

2nd TJ Takafua (285 lbs.)
3rd Mark Justin Ramirez (106 lbs.)
4th Branden Bulatao (138 lbs.)
6th Derek Lee (113 lbs.)

Girls CCS

Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.

1st Annabel Garcia (150 lbs.)
2nd Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (143 lbs.)
5th Nicola Tyburski (137 lbs.)

2021

CCS is cancelled due to COVID-19

2022

Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.

1st TJ Takafua (285 lbs.) OW
2nd Jayden Bautista (106 lbs.)
3rd Mark Justin Ramirez (120 lbs.)
5th Omar Arias (138 lbs.) 5th Darragh Howard (145 lbs.)

Girls CCS

Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.

1st Hana Duus (143 lbs.)
1st Ariana Varona Rodriguez (189 lbs.) OW
6th Aila Duus (126 lbs.)

CIF State

The California State Tournament began in 1973. Before this CCS was the qualifier for the Nor Cal tournament.

1974

2nd Frank Tamura (191 lbs)

1978

6th Steve Zanich (191 lbs)

1990

2nd Bobby Soto (112 lbs)

1991

5th Marcial Cruz (140 lbs)

1992

6th Warren Newsome (152 lbs)
7th Oliver Salud (135 lbs)

1995

2nd Joel Valencia (140 lbs)

1998

7th Matt Sabraw (140 lbs)

2001

5th Anthony Baza (145 lbs)

2003

4th Daniel Atondo (160 lbs)

2004

Fremont finished 23rd in the State

4th Filip Novachkov (103 lbs)

2005

Fremont finished 13th in the State

2nd Filip Novachkov (112 lbs)
5th Greg Crane (152 lbs)

2006

Fremont finishes 3rd in the State, Fremont’s highest state finish in history. Fremont also has its first three individual State Champions in history. Prior to 2006 Fremont had 4 state finalists and no state champions.

1st Boris Novachkov (103 lbs)
1st Filip Novachkov (119 lbs)
1st Greg Crane (160 lbs)

2007

Fremont finishes tied for 31st. Fremont has its first ever two time state champion.

1st Boris Novachkov (125 lbs)

2013

Fremont has its first ever girls state placer.

5th Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)

2014

Fremont got back on the podium at state after a 7 year drought.

7th Gary Miltenberger (285 lbs)

Fremont has its first ever two time girls state placer.

3rd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)

2018

Fremont has its first ever freshman girls state place winner.

8th Annie Hua (138 lbs.)

2019

5th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
5th Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)

2020

4th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
4th Annie Hua (138 lbs.)

2021 (No official State Tournament due to Covid)

2022

4th TJ Takafua (285 lbs.)

NorCal Invitational

Before the creation of the state tournament was created in 1973 there was a Northern and a Southern championship tournament. This is the history of Fremont's wrestlers at that tournament. All information was gathered from a database of California Wrestling Statistics.
Listed below is the year, weight class, place, and last name of each Fremont wrestler who placed and the team finish (if Fremont finished in the top 10).

1953
127 lbs. 1^st Frank
Team Results: 5^th

1955
138 lbs. 1^st Bermundes
145 lbs. 1^st Venagas
Team Results: 3^rd

1956
103 lbs. 4^th Tsuchimoto
138 lbs. 1^st Bermudez

1957
103 lbs. 3^rd Tsuchimoto
112 lbs. 2^nd Echavaria
133 lbs. 2^nd Nelson
138 lbs. 1^st Stewart *Outstanding Wrestler
145 lbs. 1^st Ilse
Hwt. 2^nd Holbrook
Team Results: 2^nd

1958
Hwt. 3^rd Delgado

1959
120 lbs. 1^st Echavarria
Team Results: 9^th

1960
154 lbs. 1^st Regalda

1962
Hwt. 2^nd Wilhelm

1963
Hwt. 1^st Wilhelm
Team Results: 10^th

1966
120lbs. 2^nd Fogelman
145lbs. 2^nd Dunn
Team Results: 4^th

1967
145 lbs. 1^st Dunn
154 lbs. 1^st Noon
175 lbs. 3^rd McCoid
Hwt. 2^nd Wilhelm
Team Results: 1^st

1968
103 lbs. 4^th Garcia
112 lbs. 3^rd Morrison
133 lbs. 3^rd Nakabayashi
165 lbs. 1^st Noon
Team Results: 2^nd

1969
175 lbs. 1^st Noon
Team Results: 7^th

1971
133 lbs. 4^th Zucker
175 lbs. 4^th Ekern
Team Results: 9^th

1972
112 lbs. 1^st Lawson
191 lbs. 2^nd Ekhern
Team Results: 4^th

Sunnyvale High

Sunnyvale High CCS and NCI Place Winners
Sunnyvale High School was closed in 1982.

1962 (NCI only)

NCI 4th Garza Heavyweight

1964 (NCI only)

NCI 4th Rosecrans 95 lbs.

1965 (NCI only)

NCI 2nd Steve McKeown 138 lbs.

1966 (first year of the CCS Tournament)

1st Dave Kendrall 141 lbs. (2nd at NCI 138 lbs.)

1970

4th Rivera 106 lbs. (also placed 4th at NorCal)
4th Araujo 130 lbs.

1971

3rd Rivera 103 lbs. (also placed 6th at NorCal)

1974

3rd John Baza 130 lbs.

1975

4th Bud Coons 157 lbs.

1978

3rd Ed Baza 130 lbs.

1979

3rd Brian Canali 103 lbs.

California Community College State Place Winners

USA Wrestling

2018 Cadet Nationals

UWW Freestyle WTT
2nd Melissa Lee (40 kgs.)

Folkstyle 3rd
Annie Hua (138 lbs.)

2007 Junior Nationals

Greco Roman 1st
Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)

Freestyle 2nd
Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)

2006 Junior Nationals

Greco Roman 3rd
Boris Novachkov (112 lbs.)

Freestyle 3rd
Boris Novachkov (112 lbs.)

Freestyle 7th
Filip Novachkov (125 lbs.)

2005 Junior Nationals

Greco Roman 1st
Boris Novachkov (98 lbs.)

Freestyle 1st
Boris Novachkov (98 lbs.)

2004 Cadet Nationals

Freestyle 1st
Boris Novachkov (84 lbs.)

Freestyle 5th
Greg Crane (145 lbs.)

Seasons

2020-2021 Season StatsDue to COVID-19 this season only consisted of dual meets.

2019-2020 Season Stats

Wins

45 - TJ Takafua
38 - Mark Justin Ramirez, Derek Lee
36 - Branden Bulatao

Falls

27 - Mark Justin Ramirez
23 - Branden Bulatao
19 - TJ Takafua, Derek Lee

2018-2019 Season Stats

Wins

33 - Cohle Feliciano
31 - James Ost
26 - TJ Takafua

Falls

23 - James Ost
22 - Cohle Feliciano
19 - TJ Takafua

2017-2018 Season Stats

Wins

36 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua
33 - Eli Clark
31 - Cohle Feliciano

Falls

26 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua
22 - Cohle Feliciano
14 - Eli Clark, Branden Bulatao

2016 - 2017 Season Stats

Wins

39 - Angelo Reyes
32 - Ryan Lee
29 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua

Falls

24 - Angelo Reyes
22 - Ryan Lee
18 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua

2015 - 2016 Season Stats

Wins

38 - Angelo Reyes
34 - Joshua Aceves
32 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua

Falls

26 - Joshua Aceves
25 - Angelo Reyes
15 - Samuel Ibanez

2014 - 2015 Season Stats

Wins

41 - Ezra Clark
35 - Angelo Reyes
33 - Dominick Huerta
31 - Christian Reyes, Ryan Lee

Falls

25 - Josh Aceves
23 - Ryan Lee
22 - David Tran
21 - Ezra Clark

Videos

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Motion
Sparring Drill
Level Change
Double Leg
Hi C from Open
High C Low Finish
High C Crack Down
Single Leg 1
Single Leg 2
Low Single
Low Single Drills
Low Single Finishes
Clearing the 2 on 1
Clearing the Collar Tie
Clearing the Front Headlock
Clearing the Underhook
2 on 1 High C
2 on 1 Takedown
Collar Tie Takedown
Front Headlock 1
Front Headlock 2
Front Headlock Jab Step
Inside Tie
Inside Tie 1
Inside Tie 2 (finish variation)
Outside Tie
Outside Tie Fireman's Carry
Single Leg Finish
Snap Down
Throw By
Underhook Takedown Far Leg
Underhook Takedown Near Leg

FHS Wrestling Highlights

Stephan Abas is a four time CA state placer and three time champion as well as a four time NCAA DI placer and three time champion. On top of this phenomenal success in folkstyle he went on to receive a silver medal in Athens in the 2004 Olympics.

Resources

Joe Heskett is currently the head coach at Army (click here for his profile on the Army website). Heskett was an assistant at Ohio State prior to being named the Army head coach. While at Ohio he competed on the US National team until he was diagnosed with a heart condition (click here for story). You can click the Highlights video in the video list to see all of Heskett's accomplishments. If you would like to know more about who Joe Heskett is check out this blog.

Mental Motivational Training from
2012 West Coast Wrestling Camp
Heskett Highlights
Crossface Cradle
Bow Cradle
Fireman's Cradle
Front Headlock Cradle
Leg-In Cradle
Inside Finish

Mark Branch is currently the head coach at Wyoming University (click here for Wyoming profile). He was a four time NCAA DI finalist for Oklahoma State University. Branch is one of the best clinicians I have ever seen. His love of wrestling is infectious. If your interested in Branch's story Flowrestling has a 4 part flocast on Mark Branch's story (Mark Branch Story Part I, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4).

Bottom Position
The Cowboy Cradle

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