Story by John Salzer

SAN MARCOS, Calif.  - Santa Ana came into the South State Duals tournament as the #8 seed and faced off against #3 ranked in state and #1 seed Mt SAC, who they had just faced on Wednesday. Mt SAC ended up turning the heat and defeated the Dons by a score of 47-0, as the Dons were giving up three weight classes.

Santa Ana then ended up facing #5 seed West Hills where a pin by 125 pound wrestler Samuel Galdamez-Valle was a major deciding factor in the dual, giving the team the win over West Hills 27-24. Santa Ana thereby avenged dual losses to West Hills from earlier in the season. In the consolation semi-finals,

The Dons faced off against the #3 seed and host Palomar. While getting close, Santa Ana was unable to come up with enough wins and lost the dual 24-19.

In the dual for 5th place, Santa Ana wrestled against #6 seed Bakersfield, who was edged by #4 seed Rio Hondo. With both Santa Ana and Bakersfield double forfeiting at 165 and 184, plus a forfeit by Bakersfield at 149 and a forfeit by Santa Ana at 285, the dual started off on equal ground. The Dons won five out of the six matches that occurred in the dual to secure the win over Bakersfield 24-12, which also avenged an earlier season dual loss to Bakersfield, and gave the team 5th place. #2 seed Cerritos defeated #1 seed Mt SAC and proved why they are ranked #2 in the state behind Fresno City.

The top performer of the day was Wolfgang Bernal, who went 3-1 including a majority decision. SAC's female wrestler Polette Montano also got to wrestle an exhibition match against Rio Hondo's Melissa Estrada and won the match by fall in the first period. Santa Ana will be hosting Rio Hondo @ SAC Gymnasium on Wednesday, Oct. 18th at 7:00 p.m.

Quarter-Finals: #1 Mt SAC 47, #8 Santa Ana 0

125 - John Martinez (Mt SAC) win by fall 3:19 over Samuel Galdamez-Valle(Santa Ana)

133 - Nathan Barragon (Mt SAC) win by decision 9-5 over Edgar Gonzalez (Santa Ana)

141 - Adam Valdez (Mt SAC) win by decision 6-5 over Joshua Fuentes - Norikiyo (Santa Ana)

149 - Manuel Salcedo (Mt SAC) win by decision 6-4 over Jeremy Huang (Santa Ana)

157 - Hector Mora (Mt SAC) win by decision 10-4 over Wolfgang Bernal (Santa Ana)

165 - Apollo Santos (Mt SAC) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

174 - Hector Vargas (Mt SAC) win by technical fall 21-4 over Brandon Tierney (Santa Ana)

184 - Luis Melecio (Mt SAC) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

197 - David Chavarria (Mt SAC) win by fall 3:51 over Leonel Perez (Santa Ana)

285 - Demetrius Lopez (Mt SAC) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

Consolation First Round: #8 Santa Ana 27, #5 West Hills 24

125 - Samuel Galdamez-Valle (Santa Ana) win by fall 1:51 over Ezequiel Villeda (West Hills)

133 - Edgar Gonzalez (Santa Ana) win by West Hills FORFEIT

141 - Joshua Fuentes - Norikiyo (Santa Ana) win by decision 11-5 over Adrian Marrufo (West Hills)

149 - Jeremy Huang (Santa Ana) win by decision 4-0 over Jose Paez (West Hills)

157 - Wolfgang Bernal (Santa Ana) win by decision 8-2 over Jeronimo Cardoso (West Hills)

165 - Angel Robles (West Hills) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

174 - Brandon Tierney (Santa Ana) win by West Hills FORFEIT

184 - Ivan Sevilla (West Hills) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

197 - Kobe Rojas (West Hills) win by fall 2:51 over Leonel Perez (Santa Ana)

285 - Gonzalo Garza (West Hills win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

Consolation Semi-Finals: #3 Palomar 24, #8 Santa Ana 19

125 - Isaac Guerrero (Palomar) win by decision 7-1 over Samuel Galdamez-Valle (Santa Ana)

133 - Edgar Gonzalez (Santa Ana) win by Palomar FORFEIT

141 - Jacob Jiminez (Palomar) win by decision 6-4 over Joshua Fuentes - Norikiyo (Santa Ana)

149 - Jeremy Huang (Santa Ana) win by decision 9-4 over Nathan Navida (Palomar)

157 - Wolfgang Bernal (Santa Ana) win by majority decision 15-4 over Arturo Osorio (Palomar)

165 - Zack Moistner (Palomar) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

174 - Brandon Tierney (Santa Ana) win by decision 4-0 over David Moreno (Palomar)

184 - Merceles Velasquez (Palomar) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

197 - Leonel Perez (Santa Ana) win by decision 4-2 over Layce Barmaki (Palomar)

285 - Chance Eskam (Palomar) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT

5th Place Dual: #8 Santa Ana 24, #6 Bakersfield 12

125 - Samuel Galdamez-Valle (Santa Ana) win by decision 6-4 over Pedro Ramirez (Bakersfield)

133 - Edgar Gonzalez (Santa Ana) win by decision 7-3 over Marco Velasquez (Bakersfield)

141 - Joshua Fuentes - Norikiyo (Santa Ana) win by fall 1:24 over Mark Rodriguez (Bakersfield)

149 - Jeremy Huang (Santa Ana) win by Bakersfield FORFEIT

157 - Wolfgang Bernal (Santa Ana) win by decision 10-6 over Brayden Riley (Bakersfield)

165 - DOUBLE FORFEIT

174 - Brandon Tierney (Santa Ana) win by decision 4-0 over Jeremy Maas (Bakersfield)

184 - DOUBLE FORFEIT

197 - Zavion Roberson (Bakersfield) win by fall 2:23 over Leonel Perez (Santa Ana)

285 - Ramiro Macias (Bakersfield) win by Santa Ana FORFEIT