With 10 Cerritos wrestlers coming in at top-five spots in their weight class, the Falcons wrestling team  finished in second place in the West Hills tournament, with the total of 132.5 points, behind only first placewinner Fresno City College who scored 155.5 points.

Due to the early end of the Mt. SAC duals, head wrestling coach Don Garriott thinks that his team should take more time on the mat.

The team used its summer practices to train and practice their wrestling techniques while the early tournaments of the season is where they build their conditioning and stigma.

149 pound wrestler, sophomore Jesse Ponce, has put a lot of value into early season preparation.

“In the 1st individual tournaments we want to come out hard, but at the same time we still have to remember we have a full year ahead,” Ponce said.

“Winning and losing will take care of itself, we don’t want to put too much stress or pressure on ourselves too early in the season,” he adds.

Freshman Chad Thornock  ranked third place and freshman Steven Cabauas in fourth place in the 133 weight class.

Sophomore Mario Delgado, a 197 pounder, was defeated it in his match against Lucas Keene from Fresno College, and  competed against both his teammates Alex Rolon and Giovanni Castanon.

Castanon took 3rd place in the 197 pound weight, along with Mario Delgado who finished in as second place.

Sophomore Jose Lopez finished in first place in the 285 pound weight class.

Freshman Kyle Pivovaroff ranked 3rd place in the 147 pounds, Ryan Collins also in 3rd place  for the 184 pounds, and Cody Bollinger in second place for 157 pounds.

This was Eric Sauvageau first individual match after being red shirted last year. Was ranked second place in the 165 pound weight class.

Tillman Tran was place place in the 141 pound weight class.

The Falcons wrestling team will compete in the Santa Ana Tournament next on October 2.