Quartet of Mustangs Place in 26th Reno Tournament of Champions

Sunday, December 19

Reno, NV

9 a.m.

Reno Tournament of Champions (Non-Starters)

Samuel Aguilar, shown wrestling at the Pac-12 Championships last season, won four of five matches Sunday for second-place finish at 285 pounds in Reno Tournament of Champions.

Quartet of Mustangs Place in 26th Reno Tournament of Champions

12/19/2021 7:34:00 PM | Wrestling

RENO, Nevada -- Luka Wick and Samuel Aguilar earned second-place finishes while Trevor Tinker finished third and Abe Hinrichsen fifth, highlighting Cal Poly's performance at the 26th annual Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday at the Reno Events Center.

Leaving most of the starting lineup back home, sixth-year Mustang head coach Jon Sioredas entered 18 of his younger wrestlers and redshirts into the one-day tournament featuring wrestlers from 56 schools or clubs.

Wick won his first four matches by fall to reach the finals at 149 pounds before he withdrew in the finals. Ramon Ramos of Arizona State received the win by medical forfeit as Wick tweaked a knee in his semifinal win. His quickest fall was in 1 minute, 42 seconds over Lane Stigall of Oregon State in the semifinals. Wick is now 12-0 on the year.

Making just his second appearance on the mat this season, Aguilar scored a decision, major decision and two falls to reach the finals at 285 pounds, then was edged in overtime by Gary Traub of Oregon State. Traub scored a takedown 21 seconds into the sudden-victory period for the 3-1 win. Aguilar sports a 4-3 mark for the year.

Also wrestling at 285 pounds, Tinker scored two falls and a major decision before he ran into Traub, ranked 10th in the nation by InterMat, in the semifinals, falling 9-3. Tinker bounced back with a 19-5 major decision over KC Buday of Providence for third place. Tinker is 8-4 for the season.

At 133, Hinrichsen, a true freshman, placed fifth. He officially wrestled just three times, earning a win by medical forfeit and two others because his opponents had already wrestled the maximum six matches on the day. Hinrichsen's 3-1 mark lifted his record for the season to 12-7.

Four other Mustang wrestlers finished one victory shy of placing. They were Tyler Avila at 157 pounds, Nathan Tausch at 165, Jarad Priest at 174 and Trent Tracy at 197.

Avila earned two decisions and a major before he was stopped short by Sal Silva of Southeastern in a 13-11 decision. Tausch was 4-1 on the day before he was edged by Frank Almaguer of California Baptist in a 3-1 decision.

Priest posted a 3-1 mark before falling to Albert Urias of CSU Bakersfield in an 8-3 decision while Tracy carded a fall, technical fall and decision before he was beaten by No. 32 Nick Stemmet of Stanford in a 3-1 decision.

Selected Cal Poly wrestlers will compete in the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Results for Cal Poly wrestlers:

125
No entries.

133
Abe Hinrichsen bye, dec. Nathan Aguilar (Oregon State) 10-6, won by medical forfeit over Brandon Paulson (California Baptist), was dec. by Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) 3-1 SV-1, dec. Jace Palmer (Northern Colorado) 8-1, no contest vs. Hunter Leake (California Baptist), no contest vs. Carson Taylor (Grand View) (fifth place).

141
Jack Lenox was dec. by Edison Alanis (California Baptist) 5-3, was pinned by Brady Hoshino (California Baptist) 5:00.

Adam Jacob dec. Kael Brisker (Southwestern Oregon CC) 8-1, was dec. by Hunter Eveland (Unattached) 4-3, maj. dec. Ryan Davis (Corban) 16-3, dec. Blake Haney (Grand View) 4-2, was maj. dec. by Matyin Wilkie (Montana-Northern) 12-3.

149
Elijah Blake dec. Isaiah Mora (California Baptist) 6-2, was dec. by Lane Stigall (Oregon State) 6-3, pinned Ricky Torres (Cal Poly) 2:21, dec. Analu Benabise (Wyoming) 9-4, dec. Elijah Palacio (Menlo) 4-3, forfeited to Ramon Ramos (Arizona State).

Luka Wick bye, pinned Gavi Gies (Providence) 6:49, pinned Chayse LaJoie (Unattached) 6:49, pinned Trevor Anderson (Grand View) 1:42, pinned Lane Stigall (Oregon State) 4:37, lost by medical forfeit to Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) (second place)

Trae Vasquez was dec. by Victor Jacinto (Clackamas) 4-0, was pinned by Ryan Zimmerman (American) 2:25.

Ricky Torres was maj. dec. by Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 13-1, was pinned by Elijah Blake (Cal Poly) 2:21.

157
Daniel Vizcarra dec. Dougie Swanson (Providence) 3-1, pinned Jacob Mask (Clackamas) 4:05, was dec. by Kolby Ho (Clarion) 9-2, was dec. by Antonio Segura (American) 1-0.

Tyler Avila bye, dec. Antonio Segura (American) 7-2, dec. Boltyn Taam (Team Platypus) 5-2, was dec. by AJ Raya (California Baptist) 7-4, maj. dec. Giovanny Bonilla (Grand View) 13-2, was dec. by Sal Silva (Southeastern) 13-11.

165
Max Anderson was dec. by Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 9-3, was dec. by Ryan Fiorentino (Oregon State) 8-7.

Nathan Tausch pinned Marty Margolis (Grand View) 3:54, was maj. dec. by Matt Olguin (Oregon State) 16-4, tech. fall John Bittinger (Eastern Oregon) 22-7 (7:00), maj. dec. Paul Ortiz (Clackamas) 16-2, won by injury default over Augustine Garcia (CSU Bakersfield) 5:13, was dec. by Frank Almaguer (California Baptist) 3-1.

174
Jarad Priest bye, maj. dec. Austin VanHouten (Umpqua) 9-0, dec. Rylin Burns (Montana-Northern) 7-3, was dec. by Mason Reiniche (Oregon State) 8-3, dec. NaKoda Siegel (Montana-Northern) 7-4, was dec. by Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) 8-3.

184
William Kloster maj. dec. Cody Stahl (Southern Oregon) 11-0, dec. Colby Huynh (Wyoming) 4-1, was dec. by Mark Chaid (Northern Colorado) 7-3, was maj. dec. by Tyce Raddon (Western Wyoming) 14-4.

197
Trent Tracy pinned Michael Densmore (Embry-Riddle) 1:18, tech. fall Cameron Bauman (Southwestern Oregon CC) 16-0 (1:41), was pinned by Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) 6:45, dec. Gage Braun (Southeastern) 6-3, was dec. by Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 3-1.

Cole Jackson was dec. by Mateo Morales (CSU Bakersfield) 6-3, lost by medical forfeit to Gage Braun (Southeastern).

Josh Harkey pinned Brodie Scott (Embry-Riddle) 1:48, was dec. by Tyler Scheurn (Western Wyoming) 9-3, was dec. by Marco Retano (Eastern Oregon) 9-6.

285
Trevor Tinker bye, pinned Justin Wilson (Eastern Oregon) 3:46, maj. dec. Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) 10-2, pinned Koby Johnson (Western Wyoming) 4:27, was dec. by Gary Traub (Oregon State) 9-3, maj. dec. KC Buday (Providence) 19-5 (third place)

Samuel Aguilar maj. dec. Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 12-2, pinned Jayden Dobson (Southwestern Oregon CC) 1:26, pinned Armando Barcenas (Simpson) 2:04, dec. KC Buday (Providence) 13-6, was dec. by Gary Traub (Oregon State) 3-1 SV-1 (second place)