The Takedown Newsletter 12.11.09

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Panther Wrestling Newsletter

12.11.09 Volume 02- Issue 04

Nine Panthers Medal at San Benito Tourney: Gold Medal: 103 – Justin Ramirez, Gold Medal: 125 – Charlie Villegas, Silver Medal: Liz Villarreal, Silver Medal: Hector Villanueva, Jr., Bronze Medal: Samantha A. Martinez, Bronze Medal: Ana Almaguer, Bronze Medal: Danica Garner, Bronze Medal: Clarisa Pina, Bronze Medal: Ernie Garcia. Congratulations to each of you!

Saturday, December 5, 2009, San Benito, Texas: It was a very “ l o n g “ day for our wrestlers as the tournament began nearly two hours late for the boys, three hours late for the girls, all due to a computer glitch that required the weight brackets be redone. Matches were rescheduled among the four mats and two gyms at a non-stop pace; and with teams already at a 14 to 16 hour day the 3rd place matches were scratched and a coin was flipped for medals at 8:00 p.m. A final bracket listing was not posted; the matches listed are what The Takedown was able to get from early print-outs or verbal sources. The Panther Wrestling faithful showed-up in-force and supported our teams. It was a pleasure meeting the families of our first year wrestlers and providing them information on our wrestling program and wrestling in general. (If a score needs correction, feel free to contact The Takedown and we will do so. Thanks!

Panthers:

103 Justin Ramirez: Match 1: Bye. Match 2: Justin was ahead 15-8 when he pinned J. Herrera of San Benito at the 1:05 mark of the 3rd period. (W) Congratulations! Match 3: Justin defeated M. Gomez of Mission by Technical Fall (18-3) in the 3rd period. Gold Medal (W) Congratulations!

112 Madison Belcher: Match 1: Madison led 3-2 after the 1st period and 12-4 in the 2nd period when he was pinned by Conrad Murillo of Weslaco East. (L) Match 2: Madison trailed 0-2 when he was pinned with two seconds left in the 1st period by Zack Merino of Corpus Christi Ray. (L)

119 Cody Casarez: Match 1: With the match scoreless, Cody pinned E. Garcia of Weslaco East at the 1:18 mark of the 1st period. (W) Congratulations! Match 2: Cody was pinned by E. Torres of Weslaco East. Torres finished in second place at district last year. (L) Match 3: Cody defeated V. Camacho of San Benito in a rematch of Thursday’s Greyhound Dual. (W) Congratulations!

125 Juan C. (Charlie) Villegas: Match 1: Leading 14-3 Charlie pinned V. Martinez of Rio Hondo at the 1:08 mark of the 2nd period. (W) Congratulations! Match 2: Leading 2-0 with 17 seconds left in the opening period, Charlie pinned Weslaco East’s D. Garcia. (W) Congratulations! Match 3: Tied 0-0 after the 1st period, leading 2-0 after the 2nd and ahead 6-1 when time expired; Charlie defeated C. Uribe of PSJA Memorial by way of decision. (W) Congratulations! Match 4: Charlie led 4-0 at the end of the 1st period, 9-0 second period and at 14-0 in the third period when he pinned S. Grett of Corpus Christi King at the 1:15 mark. Gold Medal (W) Congratulations!

130 Ernie Garcia: Match 1: Ernie led C. Rodriguez of Weslaco East 6-2 after the 1st period, 15-6 after the second period and into the third when Ernie pinned Rodriguez with 1:06 left in the period. (W) Congratulations! Match 2: Ernie trailed 0-2 after the 1st period but came back to tie the match at 3-3 after the second period. Ernie was in control all but the last few seconds of the third period when B. Casarez of Corpus Christi King escaped Ernie’s grasp to score one point and win 4-3. (L) Match 3: Ernie defeated M. Jurado of San Benito. (W) Congratulations! Match 4: As told to The Takedown: Ernie defeated A. Leal of Rio Grande City on the seventh overtime 1-0. (W) Congratulations! Match 5: Ernie was to have wrestled for 3rd place but due to a shortened format, tourney officials had wrestlers flip a coin instead. Bronze Medal (W) Congratulations!

130 Gilbert Mata: Match 1: Gilbert was pinned with 48 seconds left in the 1st period by J. Vasquez of Corpus Christi Ray. (L)

135 Hector Villanueva, Jr.: Match 1: In a match that Coach Pederson noted that Hector will remember for the rest of his life, Villanueva stormed back after trailing 1-5 in the first and second periods to take a 13-9 lead and win the match by a decision over J. Rodriguez of Corpus Christi King. (W) Congratulations! Match 2: Hector trailed 12-18, then stormed back to take a 24-22 lead before pinning A. Gonzalez of San Benito with 0:02 seconds left in the period. (W) Congratulations! Match 3: Hector trailed 0-4, 0-11, and 0-15 when the match was stopped on a tech fall, the win going to a PSJA Memorial wrestler. (L) Silver Medal Congratulations!

135 Nick Mireles: Match 1: Nick trailed 0-2 when he was pinned by E. Ocanas of Weslaco East at the 52.2 mark of the first period. (L) Match 2: Trailing 2-4, Nick was pinned at the 1:00 mark of the first period by C. Villagran of Corpus Christi King. (L)

140 Gonzalo Gutierrez: Gonzalo suffered a shoulder injury; sat out this tournament in order to heal.

140 Josh (Chip) Cruz: Match 1: Josh won by a decision in the third period over J. Alcantar of Weslaco East. Alcantar finished in second place this past year at 140. (W) Congratulations! Match 2: Josh was pinned by J. Marroquin of PSJA. Marroquin is the defending district champion. (L) Match 3: Trailing 0-4 after period 1 and 0-9 in the second period, Josh was pinned by Rattler wrestler L. Cota of Rio Grande City. (L)

145 Dante de la Rosa: Match 1: Dante was pinned by M. Reyes of San Benito. (L) Match 2: Dante led 7-4 at the end of the 1st period and 13-10 at the end of the 2nd and 3rd periods. Yet after a quick review of the scoring book, the referee acknowledged that he had lifted the wrong arm in awarding points and revised the score to 8-15, and the win to A. Carrera of Mission. (L)

152 Adrian Sanchez: Match 1: Tied 6-6 after the first period and into the second period when Adrian was pinned at the 1:37 mark by M. Lozano of Weslaco East. (L) Match 2: Behind 0-2, Adrian was pinned at the 0:57 mark of the 1st period by Zeke Alvarez of San Benito. (L) Match 3: Behind on points, 3-10 in the third period, Adrian lost to Steve Munoz of Weslaco East. (L)

160 Andres (Andy) Sanchez: Match 1: Andy trailed 2-6 (1st period), 6-12 (2nd period) and closing-in at 12-14 when time expired as he lost to F. Leonar of Marine Military Academy. (L) (An interesting note, Andy’s cousin Daniel Rodriguez is the MMA Leatherneck Coach.) Match 2: Behind on points, 2-0, 2-5, and 3-9, Andy lost to R. Zavala of Weslaco East. (L)

160 Andres Medina: Match 1: Trailing 0-4, 0-8, and 0-10, Andres was pinned at the 32.3 mark of the second period by J. Martin of Corpus Christi King. (L) Match 2: Andres was scheduled to wrestle A. Vasquez of San Benito but the match was scratched.

180 Matt Torres: Match 1: Trailing 1-3, 1-10, and 1-14 at the end of the third period, Matt lost a Major Decision to Senon Moya of Weslaco East. (L) Match 2: Matt was in control from the start as he lead 5-0, 5-2, and 8-6 to defeat J. Camarena of Marine Military Academy. (W) Congratulations! Match 3: Matt was defeated by J. Engleking of MMA. (L)

215 Alex Solis: Match 1: Alex won a 5-3 decision over R. Jimenez of Corpus Christi Ray. (W) Congratualtions! Match 2: Behind 4-8, Alex was pinned at the 52.2 mark of the second period by Jacob Lopez of San Benito. (L) Match 3: Trailing 4-9, Alex was pinned at the 19.6 mark of the third period by a wrestler from Corpus Christi Ray. (L)