California (CIF) high school state wrestling, live updates: Day 1 scoring results, championship matchups

Buchanan, Poway, Gilroy and St. John Bosco off to strong starts in the boys, Walnut and Gilroy take the lead among the girls after the first day

Welcome to live updates from the 2024 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Wrestling Championships from Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. 

This is the 51st event for the boys and 13th for the girls that determines the very best individuals and teams in the Golden State. This is the fifth year the boys and girls tournaments have run at the same time.  

There is no classification, no divisions, it's simply the best wrestlers regardless of school size, league or section. 

Photo: Joe Bergman

Check back throughout the day for live results, photos, video and results. 

CIF WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Thursday

Session I
Girls Championships begin at 9 a.m.
Boys Championships begin at noon

Friday

Session II
Consolations begin at 9:00 a.m.
Quarterfinals begin at 1:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 24

Session III
Consolations begin at 9:00 a.m.
Semi-finals begin at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday

Session IV
Championship Finals begin at 6:15 p.m.

IMPORTANT LINKS

• NFHS LIVE STREAM

• LIVE SCORING

• BOYS BRACKETS PDF

• BOYS BRACKET ELECTRONIC

• GIRLS BRACKET PDF

• GIRLS BRACKET ELECTRONIC

• CURRENT TEAM SCORE

• STATE CIF "NOTEBOOK" PREVIEW

LIVE UPDATES

Through two rounds 

Boys team scores: Buchanan 117, Poway 100, Gilroy 85, St. John Bosco 72, Clovis 69, Bakersfield 58, Palm Desert 47.5, Granite Hills 37.5, Fountain Valley 37, Canyon Springs 33.5. 

Girls team scores: Walnut 33, Gilroy 32, Newport Harbor 28, Poway 22, Santa Ana 22, Hillcrest 20, Northview 20, Pitman 20, Brawley 18, Clovis East 16, Granada 16, Selma 16.

Quarterfinalists: CLICK HERE

Photos: California CIF high school state wrestling championships (2/22/24)

NATIONALLY RANKED CALIFORNIA WRESTLERS

(Among the top 25 in each weight group)

 105

11-Henry Aslikyan (Birmingham, CA) SO

14-Arseni Kikiniou (Poway, CA) FR

113

7-Edwin Sierra (Poway, CA) JR

12-Rocklin Zinkin (Buchanan, CA) SO

17-Abram Cline (Granite Hills, CA) SR

120

8-Isaiah Quintero (El Dorado, CA) SR

9-Ronnie Ramirez (Walnut, CA) JR

10-Moses Mendoza (Gilroy, CA) SO

17-Slater Hicks (Valencia, CA) FR

18-Nathan Carillo (St. John Bosco, CA) SO

23-Antonio Rodriguez (Los Gatos, CA) SO

126

3-Isaiah Cortez (Gilroy, CA) JR

15-Nikade Zinkin (Clovis, CA) JR

132

16-Victor-Alexander Gutierrez (Central Catholic, CA) SO

17-Elijah Cortez (Gilroy, CA) JR

138

1-Daniel Zepeda (Gilroy, CA) JR

5-Paul Kelly (Poway, CA) SR

144

6-Joseph Toscano (Buchanan, CA) SO

150

1-Brock Mantanona (Palm Desert, CA) SR

2-Miguel Estrada (Frontier, CA) SR

9-Laird Root (Poway, CA) SR

20-Ethan Parco (Los Gatos, CA) SR

157

6-Andrew Barbosa (Palm Desert, CA) SR

7-Grigor Cholakyan (St. John Bosco, CA) SR

8-Leo Contino (Buchanan, CA) JR

165

5-Collin Guffey (Granite Hills, CA) SR

6-Joseph Antonio (St. John Bosco, CA) JR

8-Dylan Pile (Los Gatos, CA) JR

16-Adrien Reyes (Clovis, CA) JR

175

16-Angelo Posada (Poway, CA) JR

190

13-Sonny Kling (Canyon Springs, CA) SR

17-Thomas Sandoval (Vacaville, CA) SR

215

9-Coby Merrill (John W. North, CA) SO

10-Robert Platt (Poway, CA) SR

285

1-Cody Merrill (Gilroy, CA) SR

9-Nicholas Sahakian (St. John Bosco, CA) JR

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

BOYS

(106) Clarence Moore (Sr., Branham) def. Rocklin Zinkin (Fr., Buchanan) F-4:45

(113) Ronnie Ramirez (So., Walnut) def. Antonio Rodriguez (Fr., Los Gatos) Dec 9-2

(120) Isaiah Cortez (So. Gilroy) def. Isaiah Quintero (Jr., El Dorado) Dec 1-0

(126) Elijah Cortez (So. Gilroy) def. Joseph Toscano (Fr., Buchanan) Dec 2-1

(132) Daniel Zepeda (So., Gilroy) def. Gavin Bauder (Jr., Clovis North) TF-5:28 20-5

(138) Dario Lemus (Sr., Clovis) def. Brock Mantanona (Jr., Palm Desert) Dec 6-3

(145) Miguel Estrada (Jr., Frontier) def. Laird Root (Jr., Poway) Dec 4-2 TB2

(152) Beau Mantanona (Sr., Palm Desert) def. Collins Guffey (Jr., Granite Hills) Dec 2-0

(160) Nicco Ruiz (Sr., St. John Bosco) def. Angelo Posada (So., Poway) F-1:24

(170) Luke Condon (Sr., Poway) def. Sloan Swan (Sr., Buchanan) F-1:59

(182) Timothy McDonnell (Sr., Fountain Valley) def. Sonny Kling (Jr., Canyon Springs) Dec 5-4

(195) Robert Platt (Jr., Brawley) def. Coby Merrill (Fr., Gilroy) Dec 3-1 SV

(220) Nicholas Sahakian (So., St. John Bosco) def. Kannon Campbell (Sr., Buchanan) Dec 5-1

(285) Daniel Herrera (Jr., Palm Desert) def. Sam Hinojosa (Sr., Stagg) Dec 3-2

Photo: Joe Bergman

GIRLS

(101) Brenda Nunez (Sr., Buchanan) def. Jillian Wells (Sr., Lakeside) Dec 3-0

(106) Anaya Falcon (Jr., Walnut) def. Paige Morales (Sr., Central) Dec 8-2

(111) Kiely Tabaldo (Sr., Menlo-Atherton) def. Karissa Turnwall (Sr., Paloma Valley) Dec 3-0

(116) Isabella Marie Gonzalez (So., Clovis East) def. Alex Waitsman (Sr., El Camino Real) F-1:38

(121) Lilly Avalos (Sr., Pitman) def. Lilyana Balderas (Fr., Anaheim) F-1:19

(126) Carissa Qureshi (Sr., Marina) def. Baya Austin (Fr., Pitman) F-1:05

(131) Taydem Khamjoi (Sr., Cesar Chavez) def. Gabryella Austin (So., Pitman) F-2:54

(137) Gianna Dibenedetto (Jr., Bella Vista) def. Valerie Glenn (Sr., Gilroy) MD 10-0

(143) Jennah Creason (Jr., Redwood) def. Adelaida Fernandez (Fr., Birmingham) F-1:42

(150) Duda Rodrigues (Jr., Newport Harbor) def. Johanna Forman (Sr., Northview) Dec 6-0

(160) Leilani Lemus (Fr., Clovis) def. Vida Beckel (Sr., Cypress) F-3:04

(170) Jocelyn Yepez (Sr., Paramount) def. Kathryn Hingano (Jr., Rio Linda) MD 10-1

(189) Saiheron Preciado-Meza (Sr., Marina) def. Naomi Roby (Sr., Golden Valley) F-1:56

(235) Destiny Marquez (Sr., Marina) def. Allie Phillips (Sr., Mark Keppel) Dec 1-0

Photo: Joe Bergman

BOYS TOP 10 TEAM SCORES

1. Buchanan 244

2. Poway 202.5

3. Gilroy 194

4. Clovis 173

5. Bakersfield 166.5

6. Palm Desert 165

7. St. John Bosco 163.5

8. Los Gatos 89

9. Granite Hills 76

10. Oakdale 75

GIRLS TOP 10 SCORES

1. Marina 114

2. Walnut 88

3. Pitman 86

4. Gilroy 73

5. Golden Valley 62

6. Buchanan 57.5

7. Evergreen Valley 55

8. Northview 54

9. Redwood 45

10. Clovis East and Golden West 41