Daniel Cormier’s Gilroy wrestling dynasty reigns again as Mustangs boys, girls take home titles at CCS meet
Central Coast Section boys
Gilroy wins 23rd consecutive title
At this point, it’s not a matter of if Gilroy wins the CCS wrestling title.
It’s when, and by how much. The Mustangs clinched their 23rd consecutive section crown Saturday night in Watsonville under eighth-year coach Daniel Cormier, the UFC Hall of Famer who took over the Mustangs’ storied program in 2018 and has kept the standards, expectations and results as high as ever.
If not higher. For the third straight year, Gilroy eclipsed 300 points at the section championship meet, a feat that has only been achieved by seven teams in the section’s history.
All of them were from Gilroy High, and they have all come since the 2018 section meet, which was the season before Cormier took over from Greg Varela, who left to lead Los Gatos’ program.
Los Gatos finished runner-up with 202 points. St. Francis (173.5), Serra (102.5) and Palma (102.5) rounded out the top five.
See below for full championship results by weight class.
CCS girls
Mustangs back on top
After a one-year hiatus, the Gilroy girls staked their claim back atop the section, finishing with 193 points to comfortably lead second-place Gunn (102.5).
Gilroy broke through for the first time as a section champ in 2024 and finished third last year. Now with another section title, Cormier may have another budding dynasty on his hands.
St. Francis (97), Monterey (92.5), Fremont-Sunnyvale (89.5) rounded out the rest of top five point-getters.
In an interesting twist, a Gilroy brother and sister were the only wrestlers to win individual championships by forfeit.
Travis Grace claimed the boys title at 175 pounds, and Tamara Grace took home the girls championship at 130.
Tamara won every match leading up to the championship by fall or technical fall, and Travis won every match by fall within 36 seconds of the match starting.
Central Coast Section boys
Team scores (top five)
Gilroy 307.5, Los Gatos 202, St. Francis 173.5, Serra 102.5, Palma 102.5
Championship results
106: Roman Fonseca (Gilroy) def. Qusay Altowiti (North Monterey County), Fall 3:58
113: Eli Mendoza (Gilroy) def. Santos Tizoc (Silver Creek), Fall 5:46
120: Aiden Garcia (Palma) def. Gavin Pongsai (Gilroy), MD 12-0
126: Julian Holguin (Bellarmine) def. Luke Schoch (Los Gatos), Dec 4-1
132: Joseph Albert (Alvarez) def. Dominic Bozanic (Gilroy), Dec 4-3
138: Moses Mendoza (Gilroy) def. Joseph Paplov-Ramirez (Los Gatos), Fall 2:30
144: Michael Terrell (Los Gatos) def. Jameson Moore (Fremont-Sunnyvale), MD 17-4
150: Tommy Holguin (Bellarmine) def. Wesley Hayden (Los Gatos), MD 16-5
157: Jacob Perez (Alvarez) def. Sebastian Garcia (Serra), MD 14-4
165: Kaleo Garcia (Gilroy) def. Stephen Seymour (Hollister), TF 19-3 (2:41)
175: Travis Grace (Gilroy) over Eliart Manzur (Palma) by forfeit
190: Ojas Shastri (Los Gatos) over Rocco Biasotti (Bellarmine), Dec 7-1
215: Brian Haran (Gilroy) over James Hayden (Bellarmine), TF 20-3 (2:26)
285: Fabian Martinez (Alisal) over Gabriel Attia (San Lorenzo Valley), Dec 10-6
Central Coast Section Girls
Team scores (top five)
Gilroy 193, Gunn 102.5, St. Francis 97, Monterey 92.5, Fremont-Sunnyvale 89.5
Championship results
100: Jaelle Cortez (Gilroy) def. Eva Bhattacharya (Menlo-Atherton), Dec 7-0
105: Ann Porter (Gilroy) def. Lila Tsao (Homestead), MD 10-0
110: Isabel Garcia (Alisal) def. Malaika Batdorf (Pioneer), Dec 7-1
115: Daisy Infante (Galileo) def. Tillia Perry (Monterey), Dec 6-0
120: Mia Gonzales (Lynbrook) def. Hannah Villareale (San Mateo), Fall 1:37
125: Jocelynn Mendoza (Gilroy) def. Abigail Lee (Lynbrook), Dec 2-0
130: Tamara Grace (Gilroy) over Vera Bentley (Santa Cruz) by forfeit
135: Sarai Cortez (Gilroy) def. Mei Elgierari (Gunn), MD 13-0
140: Khloe Meisenbach (South San Francisco) def. Peyton Frost (Santa Teresa), MD 12-0
145: Haru Duus (Fremont-Sunnyvale) def. Diana Maldonado (St. Francis), Fall 3:01
155: Kimmora Teo (Wilcox) def. Liberty Evans (Mountain View), Dec 6-5
170: Areli Rodriguez (Alisal) def. Juliana Deak (Christopher), Fall 1:50
190: Sophia Halterman (Half Moon Bay) def. Jazmine Mendez (Christopher), Fall 1:23
235: Izabella Juarez (Wilcox) def. Lutimilla Otuhouma (Lincoln-San Jose), Fall 5:28
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