LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Friday, Jan. 6, and Saturday, Jan. 7, the Clear Lake Cardinals entered wrestlers into two separate, two-day tournaments.

Five boys went to the Dennis Jensen Invitational in Middletown and eight girls to the 19th annual True Wrestler Napa Valley Girls Classic, held at Vintage High School.

At the Middletown tournament wrestlers competed in a round robin format the first day to determine seeding for the second day medal tournament. 

Justin Cantrell (152 lbs.) went 3-0 on day one with one pin and was the No. 1 seed. On day two he made the finals again, but lost an exciting triple overtime match by one point, taking the silver medal, going 2-1 with one pin.

Brandon Dickey (145 lbs.) went 1-2 with one pin on day one and on day two came back with a vengeance going 3-1 with three pins to win the bronze medal against a wrestler that had previously beaten him.

Frankie Sturr (132 lbs.) went 2-2 with one pin on day one and on day 2 was 1-2 with one pin to win a fourth place medal.

Ozod Ermatov (138 lbs.) was 2-2 on each day with one pin to win a fifth place medal and Hayden Eastham (126 lbs.) finished with a sixth place medal.

At  the prestigious Napa Valley Girls Tournament featured 120 teams and 620 wrestlers, and was loaded with state medalists, state qualifiers and section medalists.

Ashley Vasquez (189 lbs.) made it to the second day, going 1-2 with one pin. Mavis Pyorre (111 lbs.) went 2-2 and Shelby Butcher (189 lbs.) went 1-2 with one pin.

Also wrestling some hard-fought matches for the Cardinals were Mackenzie Markham (101 lbs.), Scarlett Ballard (121 lbs.), Merari Alvarez (160 lbs.), Samantha Bruno (235 lbs.) and Kally Vinson (235 lbs.).