CIF 5th Place

19th Place

Head Coach Doug Silva.

• CIF - Erik 6th place and Alexis 5th place
• AG Dual - Win 51-30, big wins from Misael, Mateo, Martin, Joel, Alexis, and Bryan.
• Righetti Dual - Loss 45-23.  Bryan, Leo, Martin, Joel, Alexis all with wins.  Jesus and Fernando with really tight matches, dual was much closer than the score indicates.
• Cam,CI duals - 4-6 record as a team.  Standout performers were Misael 2nd, Steven 4th, Leo 3rd, Bryan 3rd, Omar 4th.
• Bash tournament - 7th place overall finish.  Alexis, Mateo 5th, Bryan, Leo, Fernando 6th.
• Paso Dual - Loss 45-21.  Misael, Joel, Alexis, Steven all with wins.
• Apple Cider Tournament - Big Bryan 4th, Steven and Alexis 6th.
• Righetti and Newbury Park Tournament - Martin 5th place and Saul made the semi's and ended up 6th place at the Righetti tournament.

2023 League Champions - CIF 7th Place D3

Head Coach Doug Silva.

• CIF - Jesus Santiago (8th), Bryan San Juan (3rd), Joel Angeles (2nd), Jose Vasquez (2nd), Alexis Iturbide (5th), Angel Herrera (6th) all qualify for the Masters Meet.
• Cabrillo - Win 44-33, SLO - Win 48-24, Nipomo - Win 63-18. Santa Ynez - Win 42-39, Lompoc - Win 57-16, St. Joseph - Win 54 - 24
• CIT - Mateo and Bryan with 2 wins each.  Tough tournament.
• Santa Ynez Tourney- Jesus 4th, Bryan 6th, Joel 6th and Angel P 6th.
• Old Dutch - 15th place out of 19 teams.  Kevin Carrizal 4th place and Angel Herrera 6th place led the team down the stretch.  Good start to the season.
• ASICS So Cal Challenge - 23rd out of 40 teams.  Joel 6th, Bryan 8th and Fernando Diaz 8th.
• Reedley - 13th Place out 26 Teams.  Top finishers, Bryan, Alexis and Angel P all with a 4th place finish
• Channel Islands Duals - 5-4 dual meet record, barely lost to Liberty 39-36 and big win against the host school 69-12.  Several kids earned their first varsity win, Angel D, Freddy, Jesus, Braulio (4 wins), and Silvino.  Makai Soto led the way with a 7-2 record and 5th place finish, also Jesus with a 6-3 record and 3rd place finish.

2022 7th Place CIF CS Division D4

Head Coach Doug Silva.  

• Masters Results - Angel Lucas, Angel Anguiano.  Both are 1st year wrestlers and had an amazing season, making it to the Master's tournament.
• CIF Results - Bryan San Juan 6th, Kevin Carrizal 5th, Fernando Diaz 7th, Jose Vasquez 6th, Angel Lucas 2nd, Alexis Iturbide 8th, Makai Soto 8th, Jacob Vea 8th, Angel Anguiano 1st.
• No Individual League Finals
• League Duals Results - Tie 3rd place. Loss Morro Bay, Loss Nipomo, Loss St Joseph, Win San Luis Obispo.
• Mission Oak - Jose Vasquez 4th
• Blackwatch - 38th out of 61 teams, no placers
• CI Duals - 9th out of 17 teams.  Bryan San Juan 3rd, Angel Anguiano 5th
• Righetti Old Dutch - 17th out of 18 teams, no placers

Head Coach Corey Costanza.  Covid year.  League duals only along with a league tournament.  Eric Carrizal took third in the league finals.

Head Coach James Gross

CIF Results 

• Eric Carrizal 2nd,
• Juventino Garcia 3rd,
• Miguel Manuel Jimenez 3rd,
• Nicholas Quang 2nd.

9th Place 

Head Coach Steve Hart

• Division 3. CIF results - Valentin Martinez 6th, Brian Montanez 6th, Elijah Arguijo 3rd, Emilio Barajas 4th, Nicolas Quang 6th, Nelson Gamez 6th.
• LPL Preseason Meet - SMHS 2-0 with dominant wins over Lompoc and Cabrillo
• 1st year moving to CIF Central Section 2019

19th Place 

Head Coach Mark Jansen.

• CIF - Frank Lopez finished off an outstanding career by finishing 3rd place. Gabriel Bravo, 7th place.
• League Finals - Champions: Frank Lopez, Ruben Lopez.  2nd Place: Eluterio Edralin.  3rd - Gabriel Bravo
• Frank Lopez is having a strong season. He finished 4th at CIT (80 teams), 2nd at the Bash (15 teams) 1st at Santa Ynez (21 teams)
• Eluterio Edralin 3rd Bash, 3rd Santa Ynez
• Gabriel Bravo 3rd Bash, 3rd Santa Ynez

 League Champs 5 years in a row, 8th place in CIF 

Head Coach Costanza

• SS Masters - Josias Calderon had a strong tournament, going 2-2; he was a match away from qualifying. Both losses were by a point to guys he had wrestled and beaten before.  Frank Lopez was sick and was 0-2, but good thing he gets another crack it next year.
• CIF Individuals (8th place)- 8 qualifiers: Josias Calderon, 3rd place, Frank Lopez, 3rd place, Jorge Moreno, 7th place, Marcus Peinado, 7th place, Jonathan Garcia, 8th place, George Arevalo, 7th.
• CIF Duals - Win Newbury Park 66-6, L Rio Mesa 40-28
• League Finals - 6 League Champions - Jorge Moreno, Frank Lopez, Josias Calderon, Eluterio Edralin, Jonathan Garcia, Marcus Peinado.
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• League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 65-12    Morro Bay 51-21    Santa Ynez 48-22    Nipomo 42-25    Lompoc 40-28

League Champs 8th place in CIF  Masters champion first since 1983 

Head Coach - Corey Costanza

• State - Alex Lopez goes 2-2 with an extremely close match to Kim from Poway.  We felt Alex got near fall (no call) and fleeing the mat (2 no calls), it could have gone either way, but Kim went on to place 7th. What a season!  See the video here
• SS Masters - Champion Alex Lopez first champion since 1983 (see results all the way at the bottom of the page).  Marcus won two matches by pin, and Josias made a major decision to help the team to a tie for 25th place.
• CIF Individuals (8th place) - Champion Alex Lopez, 3rd Place Marcus Peinado, 4th Place Josias Calderon
• League Finals - League Champions: Alex Lopez, Frank Lopez, Josias Calderon, Noe Gamez, Luis Villa, Marcus Peinado, Jonathan Garcia.  League Runners-Up: Dominic Casares, Ruben Lopez
• CIF Duals - L 1st round to Pioneer Valley.  PV went on to win the duals, so it doesn't feel that bad. Time to focus on League.
• League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 77-0 Morro Bay 63-12 Santa Ynez 68-12    Nipomo/Lompoc 

League Champs 4th place CIF 

9 league champs, 13 CIF qualifiers, 8 2nd day at CIF, 1st CIF Champ since 2005, 6 Masters qualifiers 

• SS Masters - Top 50 team finish - Alex Lopez had the best finish at 3-2, and in the top 12 of the tournament, he is only a junior and made it to the second day of competition.  Brian, Luis, and Paco also did well, missing the state qualifier by a match.  Isaac and Franko were there too, great finish with 6 master's qualifiers.
• CIF Individuals - 4th Place Team finish - The best finish in team history with 6 individual Masters qualifiers and first CIF Champion since 2004.  Finishers are Champion Luis Villa, 2nd Place Isaac Sechslingloff and Brian Bustamante, 3rd Place Franko Jimenez, 4th Place Francisco Villa, and Alex Lopez.
• League Finals - 2015 League Champs - The 9 League Champions are Isaac, Benji, Zeke, Alex, Eric, Franko, Rafa, Luis, Paco.  2nd place Brian and 3rd place Sammy and Juan J,  Juan A 
• CIF Duals - Win against Simi Valley 62-9.  The loss against Righetti was 38-21.  The Righetti match was closer than the score indicates.  5 matches came down to the wire; unfortunately, the Saints came out behind, which was the difference in the match.
• CIT tournament - 6th Place, 60 teams in attendance. Alex Lopez, Franko Jimenez, 3rd Place, Benji Sheller 5th place, Isaac Sechslingloff and Luis Villa 7th place
• Santa Ynez Tournament - 2nd Place.   Champions Isaac, Benji, Alex, 2nd Place: Zeke, Luis, Brian
• Atascadero New Year's Revolution - 3rd Place.  Champions Isaac, Ezekiel, Alex, 2nd place includes Francisco Villa and Josiah Calderon.  Brian Bustamante and Raul Castro got 3rd place.  Eric Tadeo and David Lopez finished in 4th place, and Juan Jimenez was 5th.  The strong team showing considering Luis, Benji, and Franko all did not compete.
• Bash in Lemoore 7th place team finishes 40 teams attended.  The top finishers were Isaac Sechslingloff 3rd place, Francisco Villa 3rd place, Luis Villa 5th place, and Franko Jimenez 6th place.
• Channel Islands Duals 8-1 and a 1st place finish.  Sophomore Isaac Sechslingloff was voted the outstanding wrestler (see photo).  W Buena 49-19, W Channel Islands 48-27, L Ventura 47-27, W S Bakersfield 53-27, W Vista 42-30, W Oxnard 69-6, W Santa Ynez 74-0, W Rio Mesa 51-20, W Hueneme.  Brings the team's dual meet record to 14-2.
• Paso Robles Dual W 51-6 SM, Rotational Duals Dual record 5-0, Pioneer Valley Dual L 27-30 (PV ended up 2nd in their CIF division) St Joseph Dual W 60-9
• Pete Duca Invitational - 4th place team finish  Champions Isaac Sechslingloff, Benji Sheller, and Luis Villa.  3rd place includes Alex Lopez and Franko Jimenez.  6th place Eric Tadeo, 7th place Ezekiel Atilano and 8th place Raul Castro
• League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 65-15 Morro Bay 64-12 Santa Ynez 62-9 Nipomo 54-9, Lompoc 81-0

League Champs - 11th place

10 league finalists, 14 CIF qualifiers, CIF Semi-Finals, 8 wrestlers, Day 2 of CIF

State - Oscar Velasco, the first State Qualifier since Jason Quinter in 2003, had a couple of close matches but got knocked out of the tournament early.  Great season for a great young man.

SS Masters - Oscar Velasco finished in 8th place and qualifies for state.  He had an awesome tournament.  Francisco Villa had a tough tournament. He was out early but wrestled two close matches.

CIF Individuals (11th place) - 8 wrestlers made it to the second day of competition, the most ever; most teams are happy to have 8 at the tournament. Oscar Velasco, CIF finalist in 2nd place, and Francisco Villa in 5th place.

CIF Duals - CIF Semi-Finalists!  Win over South El Monte 44-24, Win over Schurr 36-30, L Yorba Linda (champs) 55-12. 

League Finals (Lompoc HS Feb 10) - League Champions: 11 wrestlers in the finals at the league; Santa Maria crowned 6 champions.  Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia, Raul Aguirre, Pedro Asuncion, Luis Villa y Francisco Villa.  Runners up include Eduardo Moreno, Alex Lopez, Freddy Cavazos, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Franko Jimenez

The wrestling team dominated the Los Padres League Tournament, adding 10 wrestlers in the finals and all 14 wrestlers qualifying for the CIF tournament.  League champions include Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia, Raul Aguirre, Pedro Asuncion, and Luis Villa.  2nd place finishers are Eduardo Moreno, Alex Lopez, Freddy Cavazos, Juan Jimenez, and Brian Bustamante.  3rd place is Franko Jimenez, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Francisco Villa.  Rafael Montano finished 4th and is the league alternate.  We are proud of all the Saints wrestlers and excited to bring home our first outright league championship since 2004.  This team has the most CIF qualifiers in the history of the wrestling team (see bottom of the page)  

The Santa Maria Saints wrestling team has really come together and is a strong unified team, and has won its first league championship since 2004.  After being seeded 5th in CIF duals, the team made it to the semi-finals and lost to eventual champion, Yorba Linda.  Also, the team had their first State qualifier since 2004 as Oscar Velasco placed 8th in the Southern Section Masters tournament.

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 60-12 Morro Bay 58-15 Santa Ynez 42-24 Nipomo 57-24 Lompoc 59-9 

League Champs 18th in CIF

11 CIF qualifiers, First CIF finalist since 2005

SS Masters  - Jacob Rodas was a match away from qualifying. Great Job, Jacob. 

CIF Individuals (18th Place) - Jacob Rodas CIF Finalist!  2nd place and gave the champion and eventual state placer a run for his money.  Oscar Velasco had a bad tournament and could not repeat his CIF placing from last year.  Matt, Raul, Luis, and Paco all went 2-2 and all will be back next year for a big run.

League Finals  - 7 League Finalists. Champions Oscar Velasco, Matt Garcia, Franklin Lopez, and Jacob Rodas. Runners-up: Raul Aguirre, Luis Villa, Francisco Villa.

Undefeated 5-0 in the league.  Dual team league champs! Unfortunately, we had a letdown at the league finals and finished second in the league.  Jacob Rodas led the team as a CIF finalist and an 18th-place team finish. Jacob is the first CIF finalist since 2004.  Overall, a strong finish to a tough season with a lot of sophomores and juniors wrestling in CIF, the future looks bright.  We also had two freshmen win matches at CIF, which is extremely promising for a program on the rise

League Duals: 5-0 Cabrillo 36-35 Morro Bay 40-28 Santa Ynez 42-24 Nipomo 42-28 Lompoc 48-20 

28th in CIF /  1st CIF placers since 2006

The season ended with Sophomore Oscar Velasco taking 5th place and Junior Jacob Rodas coming in  4th place.  It was a good season of wrestling, and we have the building blocks in place to make a run at a strong season next year.  The team has improved every year.  These two young men are the first CIF placers from Santa Maria since Gabriel Rodriguez in 2005.  League record 3-2

33rd in CIF

The wrestling season closed with standout performances across the team. Christian Lopez (Weeman) led the way, finishing 4–2 at CIF and coming within one match of qualifying for the Masters Tournament—an impressive run for the determined sophomore. Jacob Rodas, Joseph Lopez, and Matt Garcia represented the underclassmen with strong showings, demonstrating the depth and promise of the program. Senior Rodolfo Peña capped his career with grit, defeating several seeded opponents at CIF and finishing 3–2 alongside Jacob. The Saints wrapped up league competition with a 2–3 record, leaving plenty to build on for next year.

 39th in CIF

The Saints wrestling squad showed grit and toughness all season long, led by a strong senior class that set the tone on the mat. While CIF competition proved to be the toughest division in the state, the team battled hard and delivered solid results in league play.

Highlights included:

• Josh Robles – League Champion

• Sergio Lomeli – 2nd Place

• Raul Nava – 2nd Place

• Mike G – 2nd Place

• Steven Miranda – 2nd Place

• Rodolfo Peña – 3rd Place

• Jacob Rodas – 3rd Place

• Roman Aguilera – 3rd Place

• Joseph Lopez – 3rd Place

• Isaac Delacruz – 3rd Place

With standouts like Peña, Rodas, Aguilera, Lopez, Delacruz, and Christian “Weeman” Lopez all returning, the Saints are primed for an even stronger run next season. The team closed league competition with a 2–3 record, but the foundation has been set for big things ahead.