2015-05-22



By Pablo Di Maria

Placentia, California – For the majority of Americans, Memorial Day is a special occasion to honor our fallen heroes that have lost their lives in combat. Numerous households will be filled with barbeques, family gatherings, picnics. . . And also the occasion to get away from the normal monotonous of the work week. For others, it’s the start of summer, a time to look towards the pleasant days in sunny Southern California.

However, for those hardcore wrestling fans in the state of California, it is a three-day weekend to relax and enjoy high school and middle school wrestling at El Dorado High School.

Host school El Dorado High School will be hosting the sixth annual SCWAY America’s Cup from May 23-24. The 12 team dual meet tournament includes wrestlers from the state of Idaho and local talent from all over California. The America’s Cup looks to showcase talented competitors; some of the wrestlers have major credentials like being Fargo All-Americans, Flo Nationals place winners, NHSCA place winners or being state champions in their respective state.

Team Idaho won this event last year by defeating an all-star squad from California, 28-27. That loss is still engraved in the minds of many California fans that are optimistic that this year’s team will bring back the title to the Golden State.

“Last year’s lost to Idaho was unexpected.” Said wrestling fan Joe Martinez “But that’s what I love about the SCWAY organization, they bring the best kids to our state and we must step up and accept the challenge. In this type of events, all egos must be thrown out the window and be ready to wrestle. There is no easy matches here.”

Obviously, is not guarantee that the teams from California will be the favorites to defeat Team Idaho this weekend; team “A” from Idaho will come in full thrust with their top stars to reclaim their title. All but three wrestlers from team Idaho were state champions in the biggest state classification in their respective state.

A mixture of wrestlers from some of the top-notch schools in the Golden State like Clovis, Buchanan, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Pitman, Oakdale, Modesto and many Southern California teams will be in attendance.

Sunday is expected to be filled with some of the top middle school wrestlers that the state of California has to offer.

Action is expected to begin at 8 A.M and be concluded by 3 P.M. both Saturday and Sunday.

Wrestlers Committed to wrestler in college that will be wrestling this weekend:

120 lbs. Dorian Sapien from Borah, ID. – Clackamas Community College (NJCAA)

126 lbs. Drake Foster from Post Falls, ID. – University of Wyoming (Div. I)

131 lbs. Justin Mejia from Clovis High School – University of Iowa’ 17 (Div. I)

152 lbs. Taylor Owens from Borah, ID. – Boise State (Div. I)

152 lbs. Nigel Ruiz from Bishop Amat High School – Army (Div. I)

165 lbs. Kenneth Moore from Hoover High School – Grand Canyon University (Div. I)

182 lbs.  Seth McLeod from Post Falls, ID. – Boise State (Div. I)

182 lbs. Josh Hokit from Clovis High School – Drexel’16 (Div. I)

195 lbs.  John Hensley from Meridian, ID. – Boise State (Div. I)

And many more whose names weren’t given at the time of writing this article.

*Disclaimer – teams or individuals may or may not wrestle in the event. Unfortunately, many circumstances may occur that could stop teams and or individuals from attending the event.

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