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Escondido, CA — Another week of Valley league duals, leads to another week of a very competitive dual. Due to illness, eligibility and other circumstances dictated that both teams rely on their freshman to fill the lineups. A total of 9 freshman competed on the night. With 2 matches left the Cougars held a small lead, at 128lb the Cougars needed a win from Anthony Solis to seal the deal and he did not disappoint. Anthony’s pin gave the Cougars a hard fought 3 point victory.

Escondido, CA — The varsity team for the 2nd straight week wrestled in Escondido, this time at the San Pasqual Invitational. The tourney had 28 teams and was a barn burner. We had a largest team to date at an event, and we finished with 3 placers. Liam Baker 5th, Daniel Felix 4th, and Isaac Zavala 3rd.

Santa Ana, CA — The Cougar grapplers made the trek up to Santa Ana to compete in the Asics Socal Challenge, a 2 day event that hosts many of the top teams in southern California. This is the toughest tournament we will

San Diego, CA — The Cougars traveled to Del Norte for the 2nd week of league action. Due to illness there weren’t any girls or JV matches contested on the night. The varsity dual was exciting, back and forth action and leads swapping to each team through the 14 matches contested. Going into heavyweight the Cougars held a 42-36 lead. The Nighthawks needed a pin to tie and then the bout would come down to criteria to determine the winner. That is exactly what happened. After going down the list of criteria EHS was claimed the victor after reaching the 7th tie breaker criteria due to forfeiting less matches than the Nighthawks.

Escondido, CA — The Cougar boys varsity team had only a handful of wrestlers eligible to compete this past week, due to sickness and other commitments. We brought a total of 4 wrestlers to the OG Jim Londos tournament across town. We had 3 wrestlers come away with a medal.

San Marcos, CA — Last week the Cougars traveled to Mission Hills to open league competition. The night started with the Girls and the JV winning 7 of 8 matches. The Cougars boys varsity however came away with a loss, 28-56. The Cougars battled in through out the night and due to some circumstances had to forfeit 4 of the 14 weight classes, digging ourselves in a 0-24 hole we could not come back from.

Poway, CA — The EHS freshman and JV wrestlers competed at the John Bright Invitational at Poway High this past weekend and showed a ton of improvement and show the coaches that the future is bright. We had 5 wrestlers compete in the freshman tournament and 4 compete in the JV tournament. Everyone battled and improved with each match. For the JV tournament Jesus Rodriguez placed 3 rd at 184lbs, and Zach Branim was a match away from claiming a podium spot. The freshman competitors had 3 placers. Damian Zavala at 134lbs placed 4th. Anthony Soto placed 3rd at 140lbs and Zane Villanueva was 2nd at 140lbs as well.

Imperial Beach, CA — The lady Cougar wrestlers competed at the Queen of the Sea tournament at Mar Vista High School this past Saturday and continued to show they are gonna be a pain for every and anyone as we close in on the postseason. The Cougars finished in 7th out of 30 teams with only 4 wrestlers. Congrats to Michelle Klein 2nd place, Brianna Felix 2nd place, Carla Flores 4th place and Melanie Flores finishing top 8.

Chula Vista, CA — The Lady Cougars competed in their first tournament of the 2021-2022 season. The girls performed well enough to finish in 8th place in the 38 team competition. The Lady Cougars only had wrestlers in 4 of the 14 weight classes. All 4 wrestlers helped contribute to the team score by winning matches. Congratulations to our 2 finalists and 2nd place finishers, Delilah DeGuia and Brianna Felix.

Chula Vista, CA — The Girl’s wrestling team worked hard to give the Cougars an early Christmas gift, a 3rd place trophy to add to the awards case. The Lady Cougars brought 5 wrestlers to the tournament and everyone contributed to the team’s success, by placing in the top 4 of their respective weight class. Despite only filling 5 of the 15 weight classes the Cougars tallied 90 team points allowing them to take 3rd out of the 24 teams in the tournament. Freshman Melanie Flores placed 4th, while freshman Brianna Felix came away with a 2nd place medal. Sophomore Delilah DeGuia also placed 2nd. Both our juniors Carla Flores and Michele Klein each finished the day as tournament champions of the weights, this is the first tournament titles for both ladies.

La Verne, CA — This past weekend a partial varsity squad traveled to La Verne, Ca and competed the 2 day Damien Classic. We had 6 wrestlers compete and all 6 qualified for the 2nd day of the tournament. All 6 won a minimum of 3 matches in the weekend.

Imperial Beach, CA — The Cougar varsity team took to the mats for the first time in the 2021-22 wrestling season. We brought a total of 9 wrestlers, only 3 wrestlers have had a full season of varsity experience under their belt. Despite not having much experience, the team showed that they are willing to fight in every match and just need more practice time to really turn a corner and become dangerous wrestlers.