Warriors Defeat Huskies in Home Opener

The Warriors successfully defended the home mat Wednesday night in front of a nice crowd defeating the visiting Washington Huskies on both varsity and junior varsity levels.  The team is now on winter break and will get a few days off to rest and recover before practice resumes Tuesday, December 27th at 9AM.

VARSITY - MSJ 54 WASH 24

106 - Swaraj Pantakar (MSJ) dec. Moore (WASH), 7-2
113 - Vinay Pathania (MSJ) by forfeit
120 - Will Booth (MSJ) by forfeit
126 - Isai Perez fall Petracks (WASH), 0:46
132 - Alex Dornfest (MSJ) fall Wang (WASH), 5:49
138 - Matt Farberov (MSJ) fall Salemi (WASH), 4:24
145 - Dereis (WASH) fall Enrique Green (MSJ), 5:46
152 - Aaron Lu (MSJ) Nawabi (WASH), 1:51
160 - Warren (WASH) by forfeit
170 - Pham (WASH) by forfeit
182 - Isaac Garza (MSJ) fall Johnson (WASH), 5:01
195 - David Kim (MSJ) dec. Divoley (WASH), 6-3
220 - Shane Keenan (MSJ) by forfeit
285 - Garcia (WASH) fall Swahib Kaba (MSJ), 4:50

JUNIOR VARSITY - MSJ 78 WASH 12

106 - Deion Sirwet (MSJ) fall Rommelfang (WASH), 0:21
113 - Daniel Chiao (MSJ) by forfeit
120 - Vishak Menon (MSJ) fall Mantui (WASH), 1:09
126 - Dante Sirwet (MSJ) by forfeit
132 - Andrew Ren (MSJ) fall Champion (WASH), 1:21
138 - Zeki Yasar (MSJ) by forfeit
145 - Ben Torrez (MSJ) by forfeit
152 - Saleem Karim (MSJ) fall Marcelo (WASH), 0:42
160 - Cheng (WASH) by forfeit
170 - double forfeit
182 - Eric Chiang (MSJ) by forfeit
195 - Aldo Lopez (MSJ) by forfeit
220 - Richard Guzman (MSJ) by forfeit
285 - Deonte Rogers (MSJ) by forfeit

EXHIBITION MATCH

Nina Krishnan (MSJ) fall Lepanue (WASH), 3:59

Updated CIF State Rankings

(Rankings provided by Michael Cho of The California Wrestler)

Shout out to our senior captains who remained ranked among the state's best in the latest state rankings:

Will Booth remains on the honorable mention list at 113 pounds after an undefeated performance at the Healdsburg Duals.  David Kim climbed a few spots to #37 at 182 pounds.  David, who has wrestled up at 195 lbs. so far this season, also went undefeated at the Healdsburg Duals.  Corbin Lee remains undefeated on the season and broke his way into the top-10 rankings at #9 this week.

Check out the full set of rankings here.

Winter Break Practice Schedule

**Please note that the practice times for 12/27-12/30 and 1/2-1/4 have been changed to 9am**

Hey guys, we have a short week this week including our home opener dual meet vs. Washington HS on Wednesday.  Here is a look at our calendar for the next couple of weeks as we approach Winter Break:

MON 12/19 - practice 5pm
TUE 12/20 - practice 3pm
WED 12/21 - Washington HS @ MSJ 5pm
THU 12/22 - MON 12/26 - off
TUE 12/27 - FRI 12/30 - practice 9am
MON 1/2 - WED 1/4 - practice 9am

School is back in session on THU 1/5 with practice at 3pm.  The varsity team will compete at the Mat Classic at Granada HS in Livermore on SAT 1/7.

MSJ Finishes 4th at Healdsburg Duals

MSJ finished the day with a 3-2 overall record, good enough for a 4th place finish out of a 16-team field. Wrestling out of Pool "C", MSJ compiled a perfect 3-0 record, defeating Bella Bista (44-35), Redwood (48-33), and Petaluma (34-30).

As the winner of Pool "C", MSJ entered the Gold Bracket in the championship round, losing to Weston Ranch in the semifinals (43-30).  MSJ and Castro Valley did not wrestle in the consolation finals, and MSJ dropped to 4th place by criteria (overall point differential).

MSJ @ JFK Dual Results

VARSITY - MSJ 65 JFK 12

106 - Swaraj Patankar (MSJ) by forfeit
113 - Vinay Pathania (MSJ) by forfeit
120 - Will Booth (MSJ) dec. Han Vu (JFK), 3-0
126 - Corbin Lee (MSJ) fall Ben Cecere (JFK), 2:50
132 - Louis Leung (MSJ) by forfeit
138 - Alex Dornfest tech. fall Daniel Briones, 20-2
145 - Enrique Green (MSJ) fall Julian Torres (JFK), 1:47
152 - Aaron Lu (MSJ) dec. Abdur Rahman (JFK), 7-0
160 - Saleem Karim (MSJ) by forfeit
170 - Darius Wells (JFK) by forfeit
182 - Isaac Garza (MSJ) fall Kyle Machalowski (JFK), 1:24
195 - David Kim (MSJ) fall Mohammed Joiyah (JFK), 0:50
220 - Tom Taylor (JFK) fall Shane Keenan (MSJ), 1:33
285 - Swahib Kaba (MSJ) fall Abdul Kayumi (JFK), 2:27

JUNIOR VARSITY - MSJ 42 JFK 35


106 - Deion Sirwet (MSJ) by forfeit
113 - Dante Sirwet (MSJ) by forfeit
120 - Climaco (JFK) tech. fall Daniel Chiao (MSJ)
126 - Walter (JFK) fall Isai Perez (MSJ)
132 - Andrew Ren (MSJ) by forfeit
138 - Varun Suresh (MSJ) fall Hovar (JFK)
145 - Zeki Yesar (MSJ) fall Hernandez (JFK)
152 - Teran (JFK) fall Michael Lin (MSJ)
160 - double forfeit
170 - Phan (JFK) by forfeit
182 - Eric Chiang (MSJ) fall Munoz (JFK)
195 - Dhaliwal (JFK) by forfeit
220 - Richard Guzman (MSJ) by forfeit
285 - Tonna (JFK) fall Deonte Rogers (MSJ)

Chukchansi Invitational Results

The varsity team turned in a solid team performance down at Madera South HS last Friday and Saturday, bringing home four medals with only six competitors in a tough 40-team field.  

#8-seeded Vinay Pathania dropped down to the 106-lb. weight class for the first time this season and compiled a 4-3 overall record for an 8th place medal.  #5 seeded Will Booth suffered a close 5-2 decision loss in the 2nd round Friday but bounced back strong and reeled off five straight wins to advance into the consolation final, bringing home a 4th place medal.  All David Kim ever seems to do is wrestle in tough, close decision battles, and this weekend was no different.  David compiled an overall 5-2 record, matching his seed and bringing home a 5th place medal.  And a special congrats to senior Corbin Lee, the 2011 Chukchansi Invitational champion at 120-pounds, compiling a 5-0 record and remaining undefeated on the season. 

MSJ placed 14th as a team with 65 total team points.

2011 Penn State Wrestling Highlight Video

Check out this video of last season's NCAA Division I National Champions, Penn State University:

Cougar Frosh-Soph/JV Info

ALL frosh-soph and JV wrestlers will compete this Saturday, December 10th at Newark Memorial HS.

We will meet at NMHS NO LATER than 6 A.M. for weigh-ins. Please DO NOT be late!!

School Info/Map

We encourage you guys to pack your own lunch, snacks and drinks for the tournament. However, you may bring money as there will be a snack bar at the venue.

GO WARRIORS!!

Chukchansi Invitational Info

The varsity team will leave MSJHS at 2pm for Madera on Thursday, December 8th for a 2-day competition beginning Friday morning and concluding Saturday evening.

Hotel Info

School Info/Map

Weigh-ins are scheduled for 7 A.M. on FRIDAY, with competition scheduled to begin at 9 A.M.

Weigh-ins are scheduled for 8 A.M. on SATURDAY, with competition scheduled to begin at 10 A.M.

**a TWO-pound allowance will be given at weigh-ins on FRIDAY, with no additional allowance given on Saturday.  In other words, weight classes for BOTH days of competition will be (108, 115, 122, 128, etc.)**


GOOD LUCK WARRIORS!!!

Pre-Season CIF State Rankings 2011-2012

Check out MSJ seniors Corbin Lee and David Kim featured in the top 40 rankings of their respective weight classes.  We don't usually care for rankings and don't like to place much emphasis on them at all, but I thought it was noteworthy to mention Corbin's decision win over Lupe Florez (Selma HS) in the Ironman finals last Saturday. Florez came in to the '11-'12 season ranked #8, a 2x Central Section medalist and returning CIF state qualifier.  Way to start off the season, Corbin!

2011-2012 Pre-Season State Rankings

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